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Student Bill of Rights

Introduced: May 17, 2006 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
May 5, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 5, 2005
Introduced in House
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Student Bill of Rights - Directs the Secretary of Education to make annual determinations as to whether each state's public school system provides all its students with educational resources to succeed academically and in life. Requires such education to enable students to: (1) acquire knowledge and skills necessary for responsible citizenship; (2) meet challenging academic achievement standards; and (3) compete and succeed in a global economy.

Requires each system to do so through: (1) providing specified fundamentals of educational opportunity to students at each public elementary and secondary school; (2) providing educational services in school districts that receive funds for disadvantaged students that are, taken as a whole, at least comparable to educational services provided in school districts not receiving such funds; and (3) complying with any final federal or state court order in any matter concerning the adequacy or equitableness of the system.

Requires withholding of specified portions of its federal funding for administrative expenses if a system: (1) fails to meet a yearly interim goal; (2) does not remedy, after two school years, a failure to provide comparable educational services to schools that receive funds for disadvantaged children; or (3) does not comply with a court order.

Allows students or parents aggrieved by violations of this Act to bring civil actions for enforcement in federal district courts.

Directs the Commissioner of Education Statistics to study the effects of educational disparities on economic growth and on national defense.

What's happening now May 20, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 41
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 12, 2006
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 29, 2006
Watson, Diane
· Jun 6, 2006
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 23, 2006
KANJORSKI, PAUL
· May 17, 2006
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 17, 2006
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· May 17, 2006
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 17, 2006
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 17, 2006
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 11, 2006
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 10, 2006
D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 10, 2006
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 3, 2006
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 3, 2006
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 3, 2006
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· May 3, 2006
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 2, 2006
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 29, 2005
D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 24, 2005
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 17, 2005
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 17, 2005
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 5, 2005
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 5, 2005
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 5, 2005
Davis, Artur
· May 5, 2005
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 5, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· May 5, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· May 5, 2005
Meek, Kendrick
· May 5, 2005
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 5, 2005
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· May 5, 2005
MOORE, DENNIS
· May 5, 2005
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 5, 2005
D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 5, 2005
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 5, 2005
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 5, 2005
STUPAK, BART
· May 5, 2005
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 5, 2005
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 5, 2005
D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 5, 2005
WEINER, ANTHONY
· May 5, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2178: Student Bill of Rights. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2178/
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