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105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3248
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To provide dollars to the classroom.
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3248
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To provide dollars to the classroom.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Dollars to the Classroom Act''.
TITLE I--IMPROVEMENT OF CLASSROOM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. GRANTS TO STATES.
The Secretary is authorized to award grants in accordance with this
title to States for use by States and local educational agencies to
improve classroom services and activities for students.
SEC. 102. GRANT AWARD.
(a) Reservation of Funds.--From the amount appropriated to carry
out this title for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve--
(1) \1/2\ of 1 percent for the outlying areas, to be
distributed among the outlying areas on the basis of their
relative need, as determined by the Secretary in accordance
with the purposes of this section; and
(2) \1/2\ of 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior
for programs under this title in schools operated or funded by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(b) State Allocations.--Funds appropriated to carry out this title
for any fiscal year, which are not reserved under subsection (a), shall
be allocated among the States as follows:
(1) Hold harmless.--If the amount of funds appropriated to
carry out this title in any fiscal year equals or exceeds the
aggregate amount all States received in fiscal year 1998
under--
(A) title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act (20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.);
(B) section 1002(g)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302(g));
(C) section 1502 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6492);
(D) part B of title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6641 et
seq.);
(E) section 3132 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6842 et seq.);
(F) title VI of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7311 et seq.); and
(G) part B of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.),
as such provisions were in effect on the day preceding the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall allocate to
each State the aggregate amount such State received for fiscal
year 1998 under such provisions.
(2) Insufficient funds.--If the amount of appropriations to
carry out this title for any fiscal year is insufficient to pay
the full amounts that all States are eligible to receive under
paragraph (1) for such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce
such amounts for such year.
(3) Remaining funds.--If funds remain after meeting the
requirements of paragraph (1), such remaining funds shall be
allocated among the States in the following manner:
(A) 50 percent of such remaining funds shall be
allocated to States in proportion to their grants under
part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year;
and
(B) 50 percent of such remaining funds shall be
allocated to States in proportion to the number of
children ages 5 through 17, inclusive, according to the
most recent available data that are satisfactory to the
Secretary.
(c) Definition of State.--For purposes of this section, the term
``State'' includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Definition of Outlying Area.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``outlying area'' includes American Samoa, Guam, the United States
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(e) Payments.--Funds awarded to a State under this section shall be
paid to the individual or entity in the State that is responsible for
the State administration of Federal education funds pursuant to State
law.
(f) Use of State Awards.--
(1) In general.--From the amount made available to a State
under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the State--
(A) shall use not more than 5 percent of the total
amount to support programs or activities, for children
ages 5 through 17, that the State determines
appropriate, of which the State shall distribute 20
percent of the 5 percent to local educational agencies
in the State to pay the administrative expenses of the
local educational agencies that are associated with the
activities and services assisted under this section;
and
(B) shall distribute, pursuant to section 103(a),
not less than 95 percent of the amount to local
educational agencies in the State for the fiscal year
to enable the local educational agencies to pay the
costs of activities or services provided in the
classroom, for children ages 5 through 17, that the
local educational agencies determine appropriate
subject to the requirements of section 103(b).
(2) Administrative expenses.--For the purpose of paragraph
(1)(B), the costs of activities and services provided in the
classroom exclude the administrative expenses associated with
the activities and services.
(g) Supplement Not Supplant.--A State or local educational agency
shall use funds received under this title only to supplement the amount
of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made
available from non-Federal sources for the education of pupils
participating in programs assisted under this title, and not to
supplant such funds.
(h) Annual Reports.--
(1) In general.--Each State receiving assistance under this
part shall issue a report on an annual basis, not later than
April 1 of each year beginning the year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, to the Secretary, the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives,
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives that describes how funds under this title have
been used to improve student performance in that State.
(2) Certification.--The report must also include a
certification by the State that 95 percent of funding provided
under this title during the preceding fiscal year has been
expended by local educational agencies within that State for
classroom activities and services pursuant to subsection
(f)(1)(B).
(3) Measures of performance.--In determining student
academic performance within the State, the State shall use such
measures of student academic performance as it deems
appropriate. The State may disaggregate data by poverty,
subject area, race, gender, geographic location, or other
criteria as the State deems appropriate.
(4) Availability of report.--Each State shall make the
report described in this subsection available to parents and
members of the public throughout that State.
SEC. 103. LOCAL AWARDS.
(a) Determination of Amount of Funds.--
(1) In general.--The individual or entity in the State that
is responsible for the State administration of Federal
education funds pursuant to State law of each State receiving
assistance under this title, in consultation with the Governor
of such State, the chief State school officer of such State,
representatives from the State legislature, and representatives
from local educational agencies within such State, shall
develop a formula for the allocation of funds described in
section 102, to local educational agencies, taking into
consideration--
(A) poverty rates within each local educational
agency;
(B) children living in sparsely populated areas;
(C) an equitable distribution of funds among urban,
rural, and suburban areas;
(D) children whose education imposes a higher than
average cost per child; and
(E) such other factors as considered appropriate.
(2) Hold harmless.--No local educational agency shall
receive an award under this subsection for any fiscal year in
an amount that is less than the amount the local educational
agency received to carry out programs or activities for fiscal
year 1998 for title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act
(20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.), part B of title II of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6641 et seq.),
section 3132 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6842 et seq.), title VI of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7311 et seq.), and
part B of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.) as in effect on the
day preceding the date of the enactment of this Act plus
amounts the local educational agency is eligible to receive
during fiscal years 1999 through 2003 pursuant to all multiyear
awards made prior to the date of enactment of this Act under
any program that is repealed by section 107 that is not listed
in this sentence.
(3) Insufficient funds.--If the amount allocated to a State
to carry out this title for any fiscal year is insufficient to
pay the full amounts that all local educational agencies in
such State are eligible to receive under paragraph (2) for such
year, the State shall ratably reduce such amounts for such
year.
(b) Local Uses of Funds.--Funds made available under this section
to a local educational agency shall be used for the following classroom
services and activities:
(1) Programs for the acquisition and use of instructional
and educational materials, including library services and
materials (including media materials), assessments, reference
materials, and other curricular materials which are tied to
high academic standards and which will be used to improve
student achievement and which are part of an overall education
reform program.
(2) Professional development for instructional staff.
(3) Programs to improve the higher order thinking skills of
disadvantaged elementary and secondary school students and to
prevent students from dropping out of school.
(4) Efforts to lengthen the school day or the school year.
(5) Programs to combat illiteracy in the student
population.
(6) Programs to provide for the educational needs of gifted
and talented children.
(7) Promising education reform projects that are tied to
State student content and performance standards.
(8) Carrying out comprehensive school reform programs that
are based on reliable research.
(9) Programs for homeless children and youth.
(10) Programs that are built upon partnerships between
local educational agencies and institutions of higher
education, educational service agencies, libraries, businesses,
regional educational laboratories, or other educational
entities, for the purpose of providing educational services
consistent with this section.
(11) The acquisition of books, materials and equipment,
payment of compensation of instructional staff, and
instructional activities that are necessary for the conduct of
programs in magnet schools.
(12) Programs to promote academic achievement among women
and girls.
(13) Programs to provide for the educational needs of
children with limited English proficiency or who are American
Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian.
(14) Activities to provide the academic support,
enrichment, and motivation to enable all students to reach high
State standards.
(15) Efforts to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio.
(16) Projects and programs which assure the participation
in mainstream settings in arts and education programs of
individuals with disabilities.
(17) Projects and programs to integrate arts education into
the regular elementary and secondary school curriculum.
(18) Programs designed to educate students about the
history and principles of the Constitution of the United
States, including the Bill of Rights, and to foster civic
competence and responsibility.
(19) Mathematics and science education instructional
materials.
(20) Programs designed to improve the quality of student
writing and learning and the teaching of writing as a learning
process.
(21) Technology related to the implementation of school-
based reform programs, including professional development to
assist teachers and other school officials regarding how to
effectively use such equipment and software.
(22) Computer software and hardware for instructional use.
(23) Developing, adapting, or expanding existing and new
applications of technology.
(24) Acquiring connectivity linkages, resources, and
services, including the acquisition of hardware and software,
for use by teachers, students, and school library media
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