S 3768
111th Congress
Senate
Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Texas
A bill to eliminate certain provisions relating to Texas and the Education Jobs Fund.
Introduced: September 13, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 13, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7039)
Sep 13, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Education deny Texas and its local educational agencies funds from the Education Jobs Fund until the state assures the Secretary that: (1) funds used to support elementary and secondary education shall be distributed based on LEAs' relative shares of school improvement funds for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; (2) such funds will not be used to supplant state formula funding that is distributed like school improvement funds; and (3) state funding for elementary and secondary education, as a percentage of the state's total revenue, will not be reduced through FY2013.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1