HR 6239
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6239
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to suspend
temporarily the process of identifying schools and local educational agencies
as in need of improvement and of imposing sanctions on such schools and local
educational agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2008
Mr. GRAVES (for himself and Mr. WALZ of Minnesota) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to suspend
temporarily the process of identifying schools and local educational agencies
as in need of improvement and of imposing sanctions on such schools and local
educational agencies.
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 `NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization Act'.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES AS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT AND OF IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON SUCH SCHOOLS
AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
Section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6316) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(i) Temporary Suspension-
`(1) SUSPENSION- Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2008-2009 school year,
the following shall apply:
`(A) NO NEW IDENTIFICATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OR SANCTIONS- A school or
local educational agency shall not be identified for improvement under
this section, and a sanction shall not be imposed by reason of being so
identified. However, a school or local educational agency that was, as
of such date, identified for improvement may continue to be so identified
and may continue to be subject to any specific sanction that was, as of
such date, being imposed.
`(B) NO NEW CORRECTIVE ACTIONS OR RESTRUCTURINGS- A school or local educational
agency shall not be identified for corrective action or restructuring
under this section, and a corrective action or restructuring shall not
be required by reason of being so identified. However, a school or local
educational agency that was, as of such date, identified for corrective
action or restructuring may continue to be so identified and may continue
to be subject to any specific corrective action or restructuring that
was, as of such date, being required.
`(2) SUNSET- Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply beginning on the earlier
of--
`(A) the last day of the 2008-2009 school year; or
`(B) the date of the enactment of an Act containing an authorization of
appropriations for this title for fiscal year 2009.'.
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