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Keeping Our Promises to America's Children Act of 2003

Introduced: April 22, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jun 9, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 9, 2003
Introduced in House
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Keeping Our Promises to America's Children Act of 2003 - Provides a moratorium on compliance with certain requirements for adequate yearly progress under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA), for any fiscal year in which amounts appropriated are less than those authorized for the applicable program, project, or activity under ESEA title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) (I-A).

Authorizes State or local educational agencies that are recipients of I-A funds to defer commencing, suspend, or modify their administering functions under such requirements with respect to such program, project or activity. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that otherwise applicable negative consequences shall not apply to such recipients because of such actions.

What's happening now July 21, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 13 Independent 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 16, 2004
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 20, 2004
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 20, 2004
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 20, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 20, 2004
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 19, 2004
HILL, BARON
· Apr 22, 2004
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 4, 2004
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 27, 2004
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Nov 18, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 17, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 17, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 17, 2003
TANNER, JOHN
· Sep 11, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 4, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 9, 2003
RODRIGUEZ, CIRO
· Jun 9, 2003
TAYLOR, GENE
· Jun 9, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2394: Keeping Our Promises to America's Children Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2394/
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