The bill requires school districts to consult stakeholders in planning and implementing programs to improve student safety, health, well-being, and academic achievement.The bill provides rural school districts with increased flexibility in using federal funding. It includes grants for providing language instruction educational programs, improving low-performing schools, and developing programs for American Indian and Alaska Native students.The bill provides states with increased flexibility and responsibility for developing accountability systems, deciding how federally required tests should be weighed, selecting additional measures of student and school performance, and implementing teacher evaluation systems.The President’s signature follows votes in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, December 2 (359 to 64 with 10 members not voting) and the Senate on Wednesday, December 9 (85 to 12 with 3 members not voting: Cruz, Sanders, Rubio).Īccording to the Congressional summary of the legislation: It will take some time to determine the impact of this approach on state and local policy as well as accountability and reporting measures. It focuses on reducing federal oversight of education and increasing state flexibility in the use of funds. This reauthorization addresses issues such as accountability and testing requirements, distribution and requirements for grants fiscal accountability requirements, and the evaluation of teachers. The new ESEA reauthorization, which will be known as “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA), reauthorizes and amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). On Thursday, December 10, 2015, President Obama signed into law the legislation (S.1177 Every Child Achieves Act of 2015) to reauthorization the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). We love educating Americans about how their government works too! Please help us make GovTrack better address the needs of educators by joining our advisory group.ESEA Reauthorization is Finalized as Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Please join our advisory group to let us know what more we can do. We hope that with your input we can make GovTrack more accessible to minority and disadvantaged communities who we may currently struggle to reach. Our mission is to empower every American with the tools to understand and impact Congress. By joining our advisory group, you can help us make GovTrack more useful and engaging to young voters like you. Young Americans have historically been the least involved in politics, despite the huge consequences policies can have on them. Please sign up for our advisory group to be a part of making GovTrack a better tool for what you do. We hope to make GovTrack more useful to policy professionals like you.
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