HR 5547
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional activities, resources, and data collection with respect to English learners, and for other purposes.
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Bill overview
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve support and data collection for English learners and immigrant children and youth. It requires schools to collect data on the diversity of their teaching staff and to provide language instruction that avoids separating English learners from native speakers and ensures access to dual language programs. The bill also directs agencies to monitor the progress of former English learners and provide culturally competent training for educators.
Key provisions
- Requires data collection on teacher diversity (race, ethnicity, gender, and language).
- Expands the purpose of ESEA to include supporting English learners and immigrant children and youth regardless of immigration status.
- Mandates that schools avoid separating English learners from native speakers and ensure access to dual language programs.
- Directs states to monitor the progress of former English learners.
- Requires agencies to provide culturally competent training for educators.
- Authorizes agencies to provide legal, educational, and financial resources to English learners and their families.
- Calls for policies to improve educational outcomes for English learners, regardless of immigration status.
- Requires agencies to assess state and local laws impacting English learners and notify parents in their native language.
Who is affected
- Elementary and secondary schools
- English learners
- Immigrant children and youth
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 5547
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional activities, resources, and data collection with respect to English learners, and for other purposes.
by redesignating clause (xiv) as clause (xv); and
by inserting after clause (xiii) the following:
to achieve at high levels in academic subjects so that all English learners can meet the same challenging State academic standards that all children are expected to meet; and
to the extent practicable, in a manner that does not—
separate English learners from students who are not English learners; or
deny English learners access to dual language programs;
in paragraph (7), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (8)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
in paragraph (6)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking and
at the end;
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following:
in paragraph (7)—
by striking and
at the end of subparagraph (B);
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking and (B)
and inserting , (B), and (C)
; and
by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
, including services that provide for the assessment of State and local laws (including with respect to immigration and education) that impact English learners and immigrant children and youth and the notification of such parents and families (in the native language of such parents and families) of such laws..
in paragraph (2), by inserting , ethnicity, race, and native language
before the semicolon;
in paragraph (3), by inserting in the aggregate and disaggregated, at a minimum, by English learners with a disability, ethnicity, race, and native language
before the semicolon;
in the aggregate and disaggregated, at a minimum, by English learners with a disability, ethnicity, race, and native languagebefore the semicolon;
, ethnicity, race, and native languagebefore the semicolon; and
in the aggregate and disaggregated, at a minimum, by English learners with a disability, ethnicity, race, and native languagebefore the semicolon.