119-s1795

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1795 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1795

 To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter 
 schools.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 15, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Bennet) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter 
 schools.

 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 ``Empower Charter School Educators to 
Lead Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

 

Section 4303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7221b) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1)
            (C) , by striking ``and'' after 
 the semicolon; and
        (B) by striking paragraph

    (2) and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (2)
        (A) provide technical assistance to eligible 
 applicants and authorized public chartering agencies in 
 carrying out the activities described in paragraph

    (1) ;
 ``
        (B) work with authorized public chartering agencies in 
 the State to improve authorizing quality, including developing 
 capacity for, and conducting, fiscal oversight and auditing of 
 charter schools; and
 ``
            (C) at the State entity's discretion--
 ``
            (i) fund a revolving loan fund or similar 
 mechanisms for expenses under subsection

    (h) prior to 
 an eligible applicant receiving reimbursement; and
 ``
            (ii) provide assistance to eligible applicants in 
 locating and accessing a facility; and
 ``

    (3) provide pre-charter planning subgrants (in amounts of 
 no more than $100,000 per prospective applicant) to charter 
 school developers that--
 ``
        (A) intend to submit an application--
 ``
            (i) to an authorized public chartering 
 agency to operate a charter school; or
 ``
            (ii) to nonprofit or public entities for 
 the provision of financial support to such 
 developers;
 ``
        (B) are led by educators who--
 ``
            (i) have not less than 54 months of 
 school-based experience (which may include 
 experience in teaching in or administering 
 after school or summer school programs); and
 ``
            (ii) have demonstrated leadership 
 competencies and success with students, as 
 determined by the State entity; and
 ``
            (C) have successfully completed the development 
 of an initial plan for opening a charter school, as 
 evidenced by a description of the educational needs of 
 the community in which the proposed charter school will 
 be located and how the proposed charter school will be 
 suited to meet those needs.'';

    (2) in subsection
            (c) (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``90 percent'' 
 and inserting ``80 percent'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (i) by striking ``not less than 7 percent'' 
 and inserting ``not more than 10 percent''; and
            (ii) by striking ``and'' after the 
 semicolon;
            (C) by redesignating subparagraph
            (C) as 
 subparagraph
            (D) ;
            (D) in subparagraph
            (D) , as so redesignated, by 
 striking ``3 percent'' and inserting ``5 percent''; and
        (E) by inserting after subparagraph
        (B) the 
 following:
 ``
            (C) reserve not more than 5 percent of such funds 
 to carry out the activities described in subsection

    (b)

    (3) ; and'';

    (3) in subsection
            (d) (1)
        (B) , by striking ``this section'' 
 and inserting ``subsection

    (b)

    (1) '';

    (4) in subsection

    (e)

    (2) , by striking ``this section'' and 
 inserting ``subsection

    (b)

    (1) '';

    (5) in subsection

    (f)

    (1)
        (A)
            (vi) --
        (A) in the matter preceding subclause
            (I) , by 
 inserting ``under subsection

    (b)

    (1) '' after 
 ``program''; and
        (B) in subclause
            (II) , by striking ``subgrant funds 
 under this section'' and inserting ``subgrant funds 
 under subsection

    (b)

    (1) ''; and

    (6) in subsection

    (h) , in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``subsection

    (b)

    (1) ''.
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