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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child is ready for college or a career.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child is ready for college or a career.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Every Child Ready
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for College or Career Act of 2015’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
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Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
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this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
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of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
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sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
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section or other provision of the Elementary and Sec-
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ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
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SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
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The purpose of this Act is to restore freedom to par-
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ents, teachers, principals and other school leaders, States,
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Governors, and local communities so that they can im-
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prove their local public schools.
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SEC. 5. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND
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SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.
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Section 2 is amended to read as follows:
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TITLE I—IMPROVING BASIC PRO-
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GRAMS OPERATED BY STATE
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 AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
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 AGENCIES
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SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
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Section 1001 (20 U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read
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as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
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‘‘The purpose of this title is to ensure that all chil-
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dren have a fair, equitable, and significant opportunity to
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receive a high-quality education that prepares them for
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postsecondary education or the workforce, without the
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need for remediation, and to close the achievement gap
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 between high- and low-performing children, especially the
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achievement gaps between minority and nonminority chil-
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dren, and between disadvantaged children and their more
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advantaged peers.’’.
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SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
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Section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read
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as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
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‘‘(a) L
OCAL
E
DUCATIONAL
 A 
GENCY 
G
RANTS
.—For
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the purpose of carrying out part A, there are authorized
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to be appropriated $14,915,558,000 for each of fiscal
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 years 2016 through 2021.
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‘‘(b) S
TATE
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SSESSMENTS
.—For the purpose of car-
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rying out part B, there are authorized to be appropriated
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$378,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021.
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‘‘(c) E
DUCATION OF
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IGRATORY 
C
HILDREN
.—For
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the purpose of carrying out part C, there are authorized
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to be appropriated $374,751,000 for each of fiscal years
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2016 through 2021.
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‘‘(d) P
REVENTION AND
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NTERVENTION
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ROGRAMS
 
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LINQUENT
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.—For the purpose of carrying out
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