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H.R. 7989 119th Congress House

ACE Act

Official title: To amend the weights used to determine amounts for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants for local educational agencies under title I of the E… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the weights used to determine amounts for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Introduced: March 18, 2026 Introduced by: Glenn Thompson Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act

This bill revises the funding formulas for distributing Targeted Grants and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG) to local educational agencies (LEAs).

Under current law, both the Targeted Grant and EFIG formulas use a weighted formula child count to increase aid to LEAs with the highest numbers or percentages of poor and other disadvantaged children (commonly referred to as formula children). Generally, children counted in these formulas are assigned weights based on (1) each LEA's percentage of formula children (commonly referred to as percentage weighting), and (2) each LEA's number of formula children (commonly referred to as number weighting). The higher of the two weighted formula child counts is then used in the formula for determining grants for an LEA.

Under this bill, beginning in FY2026 and for each succeeding fiscal year after, the weighted formula child count used to determine an LEA's Targeted Grant must be based only on the percentage weighting. Additionally, the weighted formula child count used to determine an LEA's EFIG must be based only on the number weighting.

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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Mar 18, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7989: ACE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7989/
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