HR 2373 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Student Bill of Rights

Introduced May 17, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Chaka Fattah D-PA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 17, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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. IntroducedMay 17, 2007
  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 67

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2007 to Sep 17, 2008; 53 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalMay 17, 2007
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-PATim HoldenOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 17, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverMay 21, 2007
D-PARobert A. BradyMay 23, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieJun 11, 2007
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezJul 10, 2007
D-MARichard E. NealJul 10, 2007
D-FLKendrick B. MeekJul 12, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenJul 13, 2007
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerJul 30, 2007
D-WIGwen MooreAug 3, 2007
D-OHBetty SuttonSep 4, 2007
D-NCMike McIntyreSep 7, 2007
D-GADavid ScottOct 16, 2007
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOct 25, 2007
D-ILRahm EmanuelSep 17, 2008

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 May 17, 2007
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Jul 17, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. May 17, 2007Introduced in House
  3. May 17, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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. May 17, 2007Introduced in House

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