Race to the Top Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 23, 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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Race to the Top Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement reforms and innovations designed to improve educational outcomes significantly for all students and reduce achievement gaps significantly among specified student subgroups.
Requires each grant applicant to have a comprehensive and coherent plan for doing so that includes, if applicable:
- improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders and promoting their equitable distribution;
- strengthening the use of data to improve education;
- implementing internationally benchmarked, college- and career-ready elementary and secondary academic standards;
- turning around its lowest-performing schools;
- supporting, or coordinating with, early learning programs for high-need children from birth through third grade;
- assessing kindergarten students' readiness for school success; and
- creating or maintaining successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative, autonomous public schools.
Requires each grantee to establish performance measures that track its progress in implementing its plan and improving educational outcomes for students and specified student subgroups.
Gives grant priority to LEAs with the highest number or percentages of impoverished children and those that serve rural schools.
Requires each state grantee to use at least 50% of its grant for subgrants to LEAs that participate in its plan. Allows LEAs to receive a grant and subgrant for the same fiscal year.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2013 to Feb 5, 2014, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jan 25, 2013 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Jan 25, 2013 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Feb 5, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jan 25, 2013Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2013Introduced in House
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