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HR 7203 110th Congress House

Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008

Official title: To provide for the establishment of a commission to engage in an informed, national, and public dialogue about how to ensure that each student in the United St… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for the establishment of a commission to engage in an informed, national, and public dialogue about how to ensure that each student in the United States receives an equitable education that enables the student to achieve his or her maximum academic potential.

Introduced: September 28, 2008 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performanceCitizen participationCongressCongressional reporting requirements
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Educational accountabilityEducational equalizationEducational innovationsElementary and secondary educationElementary educationFederal advisory bodiesGovernment Operations and PoliticsSecondary education
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 28, 2008
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes the Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity, composed of the Secretary of Education and 14 educational stakeholders appointed by the Comptroller General.

Tasks the Commission with conducting a study and reporting to Congress on ways to enable all students to achieve their academic potential, with particular emphasis on: (1) ensuring that schools receive adequate resources; (2) developing methods for assessing students' educational needs; and (3) creating innovative strategies for state and local educational agencies to follow to enable students to achieve their academic potential, and to enable such agencies to participate in school funding reform efforts that result in educational equity.

Directs the Commission to conduct outreach programs with communities throughout the nation to engage them in a public dialogue on how to ensure that their schools enable all students to achieve their academic potential.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 28, 2008
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 28, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7203: Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7203/
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"H.R. 7203: Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7203/.
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H.R. 7203, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7203/.
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