HR 5984 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

COAT Act

Introduced Feb 27, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Rashida Tlaib D-MI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 27, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Charter Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency Act or the COAT Act

This bill requires state educational agencies, in order to receive certain federal funds, to ensure that each contract between a charter school located in the state and a private charter management organization includes certain compliance requirements.

Specifically, such organization must annually disclose certain information to the Department of Education (ED), including the identity of each charter school it operates or manages, the amount expended on operations and administration, information about its contracts, and an audited income statement. ED must publish such information on its website.

Additionally, such organization must hold board meetings that are open and accessible to the public.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2020 to Aug 11, 2020; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-FLDonna E. ShalalaOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-WIMark PocanOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-CARo KhannaOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-PASusan WildOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-OHTim RyanOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalFeb 27, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonMar 2, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonMar 2, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernMar 2, 2020
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIMar 2, 2020
D-FLKathy CastorMar 2, 2020
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonMar 3, 2020
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiMar 4, 2020
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalAug 11, 2020
D-CAZoe LofgrenAug 11, 2020

Withdrew 1 Joe Wilson R-SC Mar 2, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 27, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 27, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Feb 27, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H1251H.R. 5984–6012—Feb 27, 2020

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: Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 39, February 27, 2020, page H1251.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve oversight of private charter management organizations, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
COAT Act
Charter Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 27, 2020Introduced in House

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