Student Testing Fairness Act of 2003
Latest action · Sep 22, 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.
- IntroducedSep 9, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Student Testing Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise certain requirements regarding student assessments and adequate yearly progress which were added by the No Child Left Behind Act.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2003 to Nov 19, 2004; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 23, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Oct 20, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Oct 28, 2003 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Nov 20, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Dec 8, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 16, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 23, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Mar 23, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Mar 31, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | May 5, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | May 13, 2004 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Nov 19, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2003 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Sep 22, 2003 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Sep 9, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8022)
- Sep 9, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8022 | Ted Strickland D-OH | Sep 9, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31487 | Education for the Disadvantaged: Overview of ESEA Title I-A Amendments Under the No Child Left Behind Act Archived | Report | Jan 9, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding adequate yearly progress and assessments.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Student Testing Fairness Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Curricula
- Disabled
- Dropouts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational statistics
- Educational tests
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- School choice
- Secondary education
- Special education
- Standards
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2003Introduced in House
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.