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S 1710 114th Congress Senate

AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to authorize a grant-matching program that strengthens and accelerates interventions in the lowest-performing elementary schools and secondary schools.

Introduced: July 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 7, 2015
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 Latest action July 7, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015

This bill authorizes a grant program to enable elementary schools, secondary schools, or specified entities that serve low-performing schools to: (1) improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students, and (2) select national service participants and engage such participants in school turnaround projects.

An entity that receives a grant under the program must use the grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities: (1) improving the quality and frequency of individualized learning time, (2) increasing individualized learning time or extended learning programs, (3) providing college and career readiness guidance and assistance, (4) accelerating reading and mathematics knowledge and skills, or (5) carrying out school-wide activities to increase graduation rates or address nonacademic factors impacting student achievement.

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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1710: AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1710/
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"S. 1710: AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1710/.
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S. 1710, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1710/.
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