Strength in Diversity Act
Latest action · Sep 6, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strength in Diversity Act
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish the Strength in Diversity Program, through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award competitive grants for the development or implementation of plans to improve diversity or eliminate socioeconomic or racial isolation in public schools and publicly funded early education programs. The grants are available to local educational agencies, a consortium of such agencies, educational service agencies, or other regional educational authorities that have significant achievement gaps and socioeconomic or racial segregation within or across the school districts served by the entity.
ED may give priority to an eligible entity that proposes to use funds to support a program that extends beyond one local educational agency.
Each recipient of an implementation grant shall implement a high-quality plan that includes:
- a comprehensive set of strategies designed to improve academic outcomes by increasing diversity,
- evidence of strong family and community support for these strategies,
- ambitious but achievable goals to increase diversity over the grant period,
- collection and analysis of data to provide transparency and support continuous improvement throughout the grant period, and
- a rigorous evaluation of the proposed project's effectiveness.
ED shall establish performance measures to track the progress of each grant recipient.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 6, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Sep 6, 2018 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Sep 6, 2018 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Sep 6, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Sep 6, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6722 | Strength in Diversity Act of 2018 | Related bill | Sep 6, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2018Introduced in Senate
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