Every Student Counts Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2011 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.
- IntroducedApr 7, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Every Student Counts Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require, beginning by the 2011-2012 school year, states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and secondary schools annually to include on the report cards required under title I of the Act: (1) their four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate; (2) the final number of students in their four-year adjusted cohort and their total number of four-year graduates; (3) their cumulative graduation rate; (4) the number and percentage of students graduating in more than four years with a regular secondary school diploma; (5) the number and percentage of students who have been removed from the adjusted cohort; (6) the number and percentage of students from each previous adjusted cohort who remain in secondary school after four years; and (7) the percentage of secondary school students in each grade, except the graduating grade, prepared to advance to the next grade.
Requires such data, except for data on students who remain in secondary school after four years, to be disaggregated and cross tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged.
Directs states, LEAs, and secondary schools in states that lack a statewide longitudinal data system with individual student identifiers to make certain annual interim graduation rate calculations; but prohibits the use of such interim calculations after the 2012-2013 school year.
Requires the use of aggregate and disaggregated four-year adjusted cohort graduation rates or cumulative graduation rates in determining the success of each secondary school and LEA in making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards under the Act. Requires states, LEAs, and schools that do not have a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate or a cumulative graduation rate above 90% overall and for all of the student subgroups, to make specified yearly progress in improving such rate or be deemed as failing to make AYP.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2011 to Sep 12, 2011; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-MI | Hansen Clarke | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | May 10, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | May 10, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 10, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 12, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Sep 12, 2011 |
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 Apr 7, 2011 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Apr 15, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Apr 7, 2011Introduced in House
- Apr 7, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E666-667)
- Apr 7, 2011Referred 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E666 | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA | Apr 7, 2011 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2535.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 767 | Every Student Counts Act | Related bill | Apr 7, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school graduation rates.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Every Student Counts Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2011Introduced 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.
