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HR 3542 114th Congress House

Early Learning Act of 2015

Official title: To provide support for pre-kindergarten education through an Early Education Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingGovernment trust fundsIncome tax ratesPreschool education
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Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Sep 17, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 17, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 23, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Early Learning Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to make annual awards from the Early Education Trust Fund, established in this bill, to state pre-kindergarten agencies according to a formula based on pre-kindergarten enrollment in the state. To be eligible for an award, a state must provide assurances that: (1) the award will be used only to support pre-kindergarten programs, (2) the state will not expend less for pre-kindergarten programs in the award period than it did in the previous year, and (3) each resident in the state who is four years old on October 1 of the award year has the opportunity to enroll in a free pre-kindergarten program.

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a surtax, equal to 1.5% of a taxpayer's adjusted gross income as exceeds $500,000, to support the fund.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 3, 2016
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Lieu, Ted
California · Jan 28, 2016
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 18, 2015
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Chu, Judy
California · Oct 20, 2015
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 7, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 30, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3542: Early Learning Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3542/
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"H.R. 3542: Early Learning Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3542/.
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H.R. 3542, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3542/.
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