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HR 426 113th Congress House Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Minority education Performance measurement Preschool education School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula

Race to the Top Act of 2013

Introduced: January 25, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jan 25, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 25, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Race to the Top Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement reforms and innovations designed to improve educational outcomes significantly for all students and reduce achievement gaps significantly among specified student subgroups.

Requires each grant applicant to have a comprehensive and coherent plan for doing so that includes, if applicable:

  • improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders and promoting their equitable distribution;
  • strengthening the use of data to improve education;
  • implementing internationally benchmarked, college- and career-ready elementary and secondary academic standards;
  • turning around its lowest-performing schools;
  • supporting, or coordinating with, early learning programs for high-need children from birth through third grade;
  • assessing kindergarten students' readiness for school success; and
  • creating or maintaining successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative, autonomous public schools.

Requires each grantee to establish performance measures that track its progress in implementing its plan and improving educational outcomes for students and specified student subgroups.

Gives grant priority to LEAs with the highest number or percentages of impoverished children and those that serve rural schools.

Requires each state grantee to use at least 50% of its grant for subgrants to LEAs that participate in its plan. Allows LEAs to receive a grant and subgrant for the same fiscal year.

What's happening now April 23, 2013

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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