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HR 5654 112th Congress House

S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) Act of 2012

Official title: To remove the testing provisions in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Introduced: May 9, 2012 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationSchool administration
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Sep 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 9, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 9, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) Act of 2012 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that states conduct the yearly student academic assessments in mathematics, reading or language arts, and science that are used in determining whether states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards.

Eliminates related requirements, such as those subjecting LEAs and schools to certain improvements, corrective actions, or restructuring, if they fail to make AYP toward state academic performance standards for two consecutive years or more.


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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5654: S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5654/
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"H.R. 5654: S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5654/.
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