Restoration of Parental Rights and State Sovereignty Act of 2013
Latest action · Sep 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 17, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoration of Parental Rights and State Sovereignty Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the Secretary of Education from forcing a state to satisfy any requirement imposed as a condition of receiving assistance under an ESEA grant program.
Prohibits the Secretary from releasing assistance to a state under an ESEA grant program unless the state's legislature has by law expressly approved the program. Allows that approval to be accomplished by a vote to affirm a state budget that includes the use of such federal funds, but requires that budget to expressly include any requirement imposed as a condition on the state's receipt of those funds.
Prohibits ESEA funds that are not allocated to a state due to the state's failure to affirmatively agree to their receipt from being reallocated among the other states.
Expresses the intent of Congress that control over public education and parental rights to control their children's education is vested exclusively within the authority reserved to the states and individual Americans by the Constitution, except when states expressly approve federal terms or conditions on educational assistance or the federal government is obliged to enforce minimum federal equal protection or due process standards.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2013 to Feb 26, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Jul 17, 2013 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Aug 1, 2013 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Jan 28, 2014 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Feb 26, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jul 17, 2013Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
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- Jul 17, 2013Introduced in House
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