Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act
Sponsor
- Conservative Groups$79,418k
- Climate & Environment$24,960k
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Cosponsors (5)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-05-15
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2025-05-15
Previously
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-15
Plain-English Summary
Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act This bill makes changes to the Charter Schools Program (CSP), which authorizes competitive grants to state entities (e.g., state educational agencies and state charter school boards) to support high-quality charter schools. Specifically, the bill allows state entities to use up to 5% of their CSP grant funds to make pre-charter planning subgrants to certain prospective charter applicants. The bill specifies that state entities may also (1) fund a revolving loan fund or similar mechanisms for expenses prior to an eligible applicant receiving reimbursement, and (2) provide assistance to eligible applicants in locating and accessing a charter school facility. Under the current CSP, state entities must use at least 7% of their CSP grant funds to provide technical assistance to eligible applicants and authorized public chartering agencies. The bill instead allows state entities to use not more than 10% of these funds for technical assistance. Additionally, under the current CSP, state entities may not use more than 3% of CSP grant funds for administrative costs. This bill raises the cap to 5%.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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