HR 2904 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Charter School Program Enhancement Act of 2007

Introduced Jun 28, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Charles W. Boustany, Jr. R-LA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 11, 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. IntroducedJun 28, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Charter School Program Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to authorized public chartering agencies, in addition to state educational agencies, for the provision of subgrants to charter school developers or nonprofit charter support organizations assisting such developers. Raises the maximum term of such grants.

Extends grant priority to states that: (1) provide public charter schools with funding commensurate with that provided to other public schools; (2) focus on creating such schools in areas that have many schools designated as needing improvement; and (3) demonstrate that a high percentage of its charter school students are meeting, exceeding, or making sufficient progress toward state academic performance standards. Eliminates from grant consideration states that have certain restrictive charter school laws.

Alters Charter School Per-Pupil Facilities Aid programs by changing from mandatory to discretionary the authority of the Secretary to provide states with program grants and requiring state grantees to make charter school per-pupil spending commensurate with such spending on other public schools.

Establishes a competitive grant program for the dissemination of successful charter school programs.

Requires charter schools to have independent governing boards that enter into performance-based agreements with authorized public chartering agencies. Prohibits such schools from giving admissions priority to students on the basis of prior academic achievement.

Amends the Charter School Credit Enhancement program by making predevelopment costs an object of credit enhancement and authorizing the use of program grants for limited loans to such schools.

Reauthorizes appropriations through FY2013 for the programs amended by this Act.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2007 to Sep 10, 2007, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJun 28, 2007
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonOriginalJun 28, 2007
R-PRLuis G. FortunoOriginalJun 28, 2007
R-DEMichael N. CastleOriginalJun 28, 2007
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalJun 28, 2007
R-MITim WalbergSep 10, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 11, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jun 28, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Jun 28, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Subjects

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

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  1. Jun 28, 2007Introduced in House

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