HR 1752
108th Congress
House
Education
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Gifts
Parent-school relationships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teachers
Textbooks
Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Apr 10, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 10, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional appropriations to purchase textbooks for use by eligible schools under the schoolwide program of part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged).
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a Textbook Recycling Program to facilitate the donation of textbooks by any local educational agency (LEA) to any other LEA for use by such eligible schools.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress and the Secretary on the condition of textbooks used in public elementary and secondary schools, separating data for such eligible schools from that for ineligible ones.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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