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HR 416 115th Congress House

Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen accountability of authorized public chartering agencies and reduce charter school authorizing misconduct.

Introduced: January 10, 2017 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationSchool administration
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 10, 2017
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 Latest action January 10, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) require a charter school grant application to include additional information and assurances related to oversight of authorizing activity by a public chartering agency; and (2) expand grant selection criteria and priorities to include consideration of the number of times a state entity has applied for, and been denied, such a grant.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 416: Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-416/
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"H.R. 416: Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-416/.
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H.R. 416, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-416/.
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