HR 236 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Student Bill of Rights

Introduced Jan 8, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Chaka Fattah D-PA

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Latest action · Feb 21, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 8, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Student Bill of Rights - Directs the Secretary of Education to make annual determinations as to whether each State's public school system provides all its students with educational resources to succeed academically and in life. Requires such education to enable students to: (1) acquire knowledge and skills necessary for responsible citizenship; (2) meet challenging academic achievement standards; and (3) compete and succeed in a global economy.

Requires each system to do so through: (1) providing specified fundamentals of educational opportunity to students at each public elementary and secondary school; (2) providing educational services in school districts that receive funds for disadvantaged students that are, taken as a whole, at least comparable to educational services provided in school districts not receiving such funds; and (3) complying with any final Federal or State court order in any matter concerning the adequacy or equitableness of the system.

Requires withholding of specified portions of its Federal funding for administrative expenses if a system: (1) fails to meet a yearly interim goal; (2) does not remedy, after two school years, a failure to provide comparable educational services to schools that receive funds for disadvantaged children; or (3) does not comply with a court order.

Allows students or parents aggrieved by violations of this Act to bring civil actions for enforcement in Federal district courts.

Directs the Commissioner of Education Statistics to study the effects of educational disparities on economic growth and on national defense.

Cosponsors 188

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2003 to Oct 8, 2004; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalJan 8, 2003
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-PATim HoldenOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalJan 8, 2003
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnFeb 5, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsFeb 5, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumFeb 5, 2003
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Feb 5, 2003
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickFeb 5, 2003
D-NCDavid E. PriceFeb 5, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneFeb 5, 2003
D-AZEd PastorFeb 5, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkFeb 5, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Feb 5, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanFeb 5, 2003
D-NYGregory W. MeeksFeb 5, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanFeb 5, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisFeb 5, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanFeb 5, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerFeb 5, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaFeb 5, 2003
D-MAJohn F. TierneyFeb 5, 2003
D-GAJohn LewisFeb 5, 2003
D-PAJohn P. MurthaFeb 5, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonFeb 5, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezFeb 5, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostFeb 5, 2003
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoFeb 5, 2003
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyFeb 5, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaFeb 5, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsFeb 5, 2003
D-CARobert T. MatsuiFeb 5, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerFeb 5, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroFeb 5, 2003
D-TXRuben HinojosaFeb 5, 2003
D-MDSteny H. HoyerFeb 5, 2003
D-NJSteven R. RothmanFeb 5, 2003
D-CATom LantosFeb 5, 2003
D-CAXavier BecerraFeb 5, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichMar 6, 2003
D-NCFrank W. Ballance Jr.Mar 6, 2003
D-FLKendrick B. MeekMar 6, 2003
D-OHMarcy KapturMar 6, 2003
D-CAMaxine WatersMar 6, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieMar 6, 2003
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Mar 6, 2003
D-WVAlan B. MollohanMar 19, 2003
D-NMTom UdallMar 19, 2003
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMar 31, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanMar 31, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeMar 31, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaMar 31, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoMar 31, 2003
D-VAJames P. MoranMar 31, 2003
D-TNLincoln DavisMar 31, 2003
D-WANorman D. DicksMar 31, 2003
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezMar 31, 2003
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiMar 31, 2003
D-FLPeter DeutschMar 31, 2003
D-MORichard A. GephardtMar 31, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyMar 31, 2003
D-MABarney FrankApr 29, 2003
D-NCBrad MillerApr 29, 2003
D-GADenise L. MajetteApr 29, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelApr 29, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyApr 29, 2003
D-OHTim RyanApr 29, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooJun 3, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersJun 3, 2003
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyJun 3, 2003
D-CASam FarrJun 3, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownJun 3, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinJun 3, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyJun 10, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenJun 10, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonJun 10, 2003
D-HIEd CaseJun 10, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 10, 2003
D-FLJim DavisJun 10, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterJun 10, 2003
D-NJRush HoltJun 10, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerJun 11, 2003
D-TNBart GordonJun 11, 2003
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinJun 11, 2003
D-CACalvin M. DooleyJun 11, 2003
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezJun 11, 2003
D-TXChet EdwardsJun 11, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherJun 11, 2003
D-MOIke SkeltonJun 11, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottJun 11, 2003
D-MOKaren McCarthyJun 11, 2003
D-ILLane EvansJun 11, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezJun 11, 2003
D-TXLloyd DoggettJun 11, 2003
D-CALois CappsJun 11, 2003
D-NJRobert MenendezJun 11, 2003
D-MIBart StupakJun 12, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmJun 12, 2003
D-LAChristopher JohnJun 12, 2003
D-NDEarl PomeroyJun 12, 2003
D-RIJames R. LangevinJun 12, 2003
D-CAMike ThompsonJun 12, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelJun 12, 2003
R-LARodney AlexanderJun 12, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyJun 18, 2003
D-TXNick LampsonJun 18, 2003
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioJun 18, 2003
D-ALRobert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.Jun 18, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopJun 18, 2003
D-TXChris BellJun 19, 2003
D-ORDavid WuJun 19, 2003
D-COMark UdallJun 19, 2003
D-WIRon KindJun 19, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezJun 24, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaJun 24, 2003
D-TXGene GreenJun 24, 2003
D-TXMax SandlinJun 24, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenJun 24, 2003
D-CAJane HarmanJun 25, 2003
D-VARick BoucherJun 25, 2003
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizJun 25, 2003
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJun 26, 2003
D-GADavid ScottJun 26, 2003
D-ARMike RossJun 26, 2003
D-KSDennis MooreJul 9, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaJul 9, 2003
D-CASusan A. DavisJul 9, 2003
D-OHTed StricklandJul 9, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenJul 9, 2003
D-KYKen LucasJul 17, 2003
D-NCMike McIntyreJul 18, 2003
D-MNJames L. OberstarJul 24, 2003
D-CODiana DeGetteJul 25, 2003
D-MSGene TaylorJul 25, 2003
D-TXJim TurnerSep 23, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudMar 10, 2004
D-CANancy PelosiMay 17, 2004
D-OREarl BlumenauerMay 20, 2004
D-MIJohn D. DingellMay 20, 2004
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOct 8, 2004
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOct 8, 2004
D-WARick LarsenOct 8, 2004
D-SDStephanie Herseth SandlinOct 8, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 8, 2003
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Feb 21, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 21, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  2. Jan 8, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Jan 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 3

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S5541—May 17, 2004
HouseDebate and remarks H4120Elijah E. Cummings D-MDMay 14, 2003
HouseDebate and remarks H2461Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXMar 27, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Student Bill of Rights

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 8, 2003Introduced in House

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