Empowering Parents Act of 2001
Latest action · Mar 30, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Charter Schools Equity Act - Amends ESEA to establish a program for credit enhancement initiatives to promote public charter school facility acquisition, construction, and renovation.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any interest paid on loans by public charter schools.
Amends ESEA to direct the Secretary to make competitive Grants for Public Charter School Facilities to States for the Federal share of the cost of programs in which the States make per-pupil payments to public charter schools to help finance school facilities.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2001 to May 2, 2001; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-TN | William H. Frist | Original | Mar 30, 2001 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | May 2, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 30, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3218-3220)
- Mar 30, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3219 | Thomas R. Carper D-DE | Mar 30, 2001 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to promote parental involvement and parental empowerment in public education through greater competition and choice, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Empowering Parents Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Enhancing Public Education Through Choice Act
- Public Charter Schools Equity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Building construction
- Charter schools
- Community and school
- Construction costs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Educational accountability
- Educational equalization
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Elementary schools
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- High schools
- Income tax
- Interest
- Loans
- Parent-school relationships
- Personal income tax
- School buildings
- School choice
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Student transportation
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
