Bill > S1101

This bill, the "Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2013," aims to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to ensure all children are prepared for college or a career. It proposes changes across various titles of the ESEA, focusing on improving basic educational programs, ensuring high-quality teachers and principals, promoting safe and healthy students, empowering parents through charter schools, and increasing state innovation and flexibility. Key provisions include establishing clearer state academic standards and assessments, allowing for more flexibility in how federal education funds are used by states and local educational agencies, and introducing new grant programs to support high-quality teachers and principals, particularly in high-need schools. The bill also revises provisions related to charter schools, aiming to increase the number of high-quality options available and improve facilities financing, and introduces measures to support safe and healthy school environments. Importantly, it emphasizes parental involvement and provides for greater transparency in reporting school performance data. The bill also includes provisions for rural education, support for Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native students, and adjustments to impact aid programs.