HR 2456 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

A PLUS Act

Introduced Jun 20, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Rob Bishop R-UT

Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 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.

IntroducedJun 20, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act - Allows each state to submit to the Secretary of Education a declaration of intent, applicable for up to five years, permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Requires each declaration to be formulated by a combination of specified State Authorizing Officials or by referendum and to list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. Allows states to use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but requires them to make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, and advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged. Allows states to amend their declarations.

Allows each declaration state to adopt new academic assessments and standards or apply those described under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, but requires each state to have a single system of assessments and standards that includes student proficiency goals.

Requires each declaration state to: (1) inform the public about its student achievement assessment system; (2) report annually on student progress toward the state's proficiency standards, disaggregating performance data by specified student groups; and (3) keep aggregate spending on elementary and secondary education at no less than 90% of such spending for the school year coinciding with this Act's enactment.

Limits administrative expenses.

Requires each declaration state to provide for the equitable participation of private school children and teachers in the activities assisted under its declaration of intent.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2013 to Mar 6, 2014; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-CO	Cory Gardner	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-OR	Greg Walden	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-OK	James Lankford	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-NC	Robert Pittenger	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Jun 20, 2013
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jun 25, 2013
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jun 25, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jun 25, 2013
R-CA	John Campbell		Jun 26, 2013
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jun 26, 2013
R-GA	Doug Collins		Jul 11, 2013
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Jul 11, 2013
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Jul 11, 2013
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jul 11, 2013
R-GA	Tom Price		Jul 15, 2013
R-MI	Kerry L. Bentivolio		Jul 17, 2013
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jul 24, 2013
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jul 30, 2013
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Aug 2, 2013
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Mar 6, 2014

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 Jun 20, 2013
	Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee	Referred Jul 8, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jun 20, 2013Introduced in House
Jun 20, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3989.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1210	A PLUS Act	Identical bill	Jun 20, 2013

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students.
Short Titles as Introduced: A PLUS Act; Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 20, 2013Introduced in House

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