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Jan 31, 2025
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Jan 31, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Introduced in House
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<p><strong>Building Lasting Opportunities for Community K–12 Act or the BLOCK Act</strong></p><p>This bill repeals on October 1, 2025, specified formula grants for programs administered by the Department of Education (ED). Beginning with FY2026, ED must instead provide block grants for these programs to each state based on amounts received in FY2025.</p><p>Specifically, the bill repeals the following allocation formulas for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965:</p><ul><li>the Education for the Disadvantaged program (which includes Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, Targeted Grants, and Education Finance Incentive Grants);</li><li>State Assessment Grants;</li><li>the Migrant Education Program;</li><li>Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk;</li><li>Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants; </li><li>English Language Acquisition State Grants;</li><li>Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants;</li><li>the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program;</li><li>the Rural Education Achievement Program (which includes both the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program); and</li><li>Indian Education Formula Grants.</li></ul>
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Type: IntroReferral
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Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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| Code: 1000
Jan 31, 2025
Subjects (8)
Academic performance and assessments
Community life and organization
Education
(Policy Area)
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
State and local finance
Cosponsors (1)
(R-MD)
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Jan 31, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 16, 2025 6:12 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 847 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 847
To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to
States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to
States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 847 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 847
To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to
States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to
States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Building Lasting Opportunities for
Community K-12 Act'' or the ``BLOCK Act''.
SEC. 2.
Beginning with fiscal year 2026, and each succeeding fiscal year
thereafter, the Secretary of Education shall award block grants to each
State in an amount that the State received under the provisions listed
in
section 3 for fiscal year 2025, except as otherwise appropriated by
Congress.
Congress.
SEC. 3.
SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.
On October 1, 2025, the following provisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall be
repealed:
(1) Grants to local educational agencies under part A of
title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
(2) State Assessment Grants under part B of title I (20
U.S.C. 6361 et seq.).
(3) Migrant Education under part C of title I (20 U.S.C.
6391 et seq.).
(4) Neglected and Delinquent under part D of title I (20
U.S.C. 6421 et seq.).
(5) Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants under
part A of title II (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.).
(6) English Language Acquisition under part A of title III
(20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.).
(7) Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants under
part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.).
(8) The 21st Century Community Learning Centers under part
B of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.).
(9) Rural Education under part B of title V (20 U.S.C. 7341
et seq.).
(10) Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies under subpart 1 of part A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 7421
et seq.).
On October 1, 2025, the following provisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall be
repealed:
(1) Grants to local educational agencies under part A of
title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
(2) State Assessment Grants under part B of title I (20
U.S.C. 6361 et seq.).
(3) Migrant Education under part C of title I (20 U.S.C.
6391 et seq.).
(4) Neglected and Delinquent under part D of title I (20
U.S.C. 6421 et seq.).
(5) Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants under
part A of title II (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.).
(6) English Language Acquisition under part A of title III
(20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.).
(7) Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants under
part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.).
(8) The 21st Century Community Learning Centers under part
B of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.).
(9) Rural Education under part B of title V (20 U.S.C. 7341
et seq.).
(10) Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies under subpart 1 of part A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 7421
et seq.).
SEC. 4.
In this Act, the term ``State'' means the 50 States, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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