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US HR2639

US HR2639
Strength in Diversity Act of 2020


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Introduced
05/09/2019
In Committee
05/16/2019
Crossed Over
09/16/2020
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

Strength in Diversity Act of 2020 Strength in Diversity Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to specified educational agencies (e.g., local educational agencies) to develop or implement plans to improve diversity and reduce or eliminate racial or socioeconomic isolation in publicly funded early childhood education programs, public elementary schools, or public secondary schools. Specifically, ED may award planning and implementation grants to specified educational agencies. A recipient of a planning grant must use the grant to support students through certain activities, such as developing options to improve diversity in schools (e.g., weighted lotteries or school boundary redesign). Further, a recipient of an implementation grant must implement a high-quality plan to support students. This plan must, among other things, include a comprehensive set of strategies that are designed to improve academic outcomes for all students, particularly students of color and low-income students. A grant recipient may also use the grant for certain activities, such as recruiting additional teachers and staff, investing in specialized academic programs, and developing innovative and equitable school assignment plans. Additionally, ED may carry out national activities under the grant program, such as developing best practices for grant recipients and other experts in school diversity. The bill also requires ED to establish performance measures for the program and its related activities.

AI Summary

This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to educational agencies to develop or implement plans to improve diversity and reduce racial or socioeconomic isolation in publicly funded early childhood education programs, public elementary schools, and public secondary schools. The grants can be used for planning activities, such as assessing educational outcomes and developing options to improve diversity, or for implementation activities, such as recruiting teachers, investing in academic programs, and developing transportation plans. The bill also establishes performance measures to track progress on academic outcomes and increasing diversity in covered schools.

Committee Categories

Education, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (106)

Marcia Fudge (D)* Alma Adams (D),  Colin Allred (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  André Carson (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Jim Clyburn (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Joe Courtney (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Antonio Delgado (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  John Larson (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Lucy McBath (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Stacey Plaskett (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  David Price (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Kim Schrier (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  David Scott (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Abigail Spanberger (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Lori Trahan (D),  David Trone (D),  Lauren Underwood (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Susan Wild (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 09/16/2020)

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