A bill to amend title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to permit the Secretary of Education to waive the requirements of subsections (c), (d), or (e) of section 126 of such Act in the case of any local educational agency which is participating in an experimental State program designed to consolidate State categorical educational programs in order to reduce the amount of time expended by State educational personnel for the administration of such programs and to increase local flexibility in the use of educational funds.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive specified requirements for the use of title I special educational needs funds by local educational agencies participating in experimental programs designed to consolidate State categorical educational programs. (Permits such waiver for any one of fiscal years 1982 through 1985, with possible renewal for an additional one-year period, for requirements that: (1) such Federal funds be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds for regular and certain special State and local programs; and (2) agencies receiving Federal assistance maintain, through use of non- Federal funds, services comparable to those provided by unassisted agencies.) Allows State educational agencies of States desiring to carry out such experimental programs to submit to the Secretary, on behalf of local educational agencies desiring to participate in such program, an application for a waiver of such requirements. Prohibits the Secretary from approving any application unless it contains adequate assurances that under such program: (1) the special education needs of all pupils shall be effectively addressed, including the needs of educationally-disadvantaged children, children with limited English-speaking ability, migrant children, and handicapped children; and (2) the number of children to be served shall not exceed 15 percent of the total number of educationally-deprived children in the State who are served under title I of such Act. Allows such waivers only for experimental programs under which the funding and administration of specified State categorical educational programs are consolidated (in whole or in part) in order to: (1) reduce the amount of time expended by educational personnel of the State for administrative aspects of State education programs; and (2) increase local flexibility in the use of educational funds while still satisfying the purposes of State and Federal educational policy. Allows State educational agencies desiring to renew any such waiver for an additional one-year period to submit an application containing such assurances, together with additional information requested for the Secretary's evaluation of such program and the extent of compliance with such assurances for the first year.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on May 22, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 22, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
WILLIAM THOMAS (R-CA) introduced it on May 22, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 22, 1980, 16912 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16912 days ago, on May 22, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers