[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1453 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1453
To provide equity in education funding for the States received under
chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 1993
Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. Berman, Mr.
Wilson, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Washington, Mr.
Laughlin, Mr. de la Garza, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr.
Andrews of Texas, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr.
Bryant, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Coleman, Mr.
Frost, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Brooks, Ms. English of
Arizona, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mr. Pickle) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor
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A BILL
To provide equity in education funding for the States received under
chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965.
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 ``Equal Education Funding Act''.
SEC. 2. FORMULA CHANGES.
(a) Amount of Grants.--Subsection (a) of section 1005 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``and puerto rico'' after ``Grants
for territories'';
(B) by striking ``1 percent'' and inserting ``4.5
percent''; and
(C) by inserting ``and Puerto Rico'' after ``Virgin
Islands'' each place it appears;
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``and Puerto Rico'' after ``Grants
for local educational agencies'';
(B) subparagraph (A), by striking ``determined by
multiplying'' and all that follows through the end of
clause (ii) and inserting the following:
``the sum of--
``(i) the product of--
``(I) 50 percent of the number of
children counted under subsection (c);
and
``(II) the average educational cost
factor of the State, except as provided
in subparagraph (C); and
``(ii) the product of--
``(I) 50 percent of the number of
children counted under subsection (c);
and
``(II) the average per pupil effort
factor of the State, except as provided
in subparagraph (C); and
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as
follows:
``(C)(i) In determining the amount under
subparagraph (A)(i)--
``(I) if the amount of the average
educational cost factor in the State is less
than 80 percent of the amount of the average
educational cost factor in the United States,
the amount of the average educational cost
factor shall be 80 percent of the average
educational cost factor in the United States;
or
``(II) if the amount of the average
educational cost factor in the State is more
than 120 percent of the amount of the average
educational cost factor in the United States,
the amount of the average educational cost
factor shall be 120 percent of the average
educational cost factor in the United States.
``(ii) In determining the amount under subparagraph
(A)(ii)--
``(I) if the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor in the State is less than
80 percent of the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor in the United States, the
amount of the average per pupil effort shall be
80 percent of the average per pupil effort
factor in the United States; or
``(II) if the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor in the State is more than
120 percent of the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor in the United States, the
amount of the average per pupil effort factor
shall be 120 percent of the average per pupil
effort factor in the United States.''
(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``Puerto Rico'' after
the ``Virgin Islands''.
(b) Determination of Number of Children.--Subparagraph (A) of
section 1005(c)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 is amended by striking ``on the basis of'' and all that follows
through ``decennial census'' and inserting the following:
``for local educational agencies (or, if such data are
not available for such agencies, for counties) on the
basis of--
``(i) if available, criteria developed by
the Department of Commerce to determine annual
poverty statistics by age; or
``(ii) if the information described in
clause (i) is not available, annual percentage
adjustments to the most recent poverty
statistics available, derived by applying the
most recent calculation of the number of
students aged 5 to 17 determined by the Bureau
of Census in its annual Population Statistics
to the percentage in poverty in a State from
such poverty statistics.''.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
Part A of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after section 1005, the
following:
``SEC. 1005a. TERMS DEFINED FOR BASIC GRANTS.
``For purposes of section 1005--
``(1) the term `average per pupil expenditure' means in the
case of a State or the United States, the aggregate current
expenditures, during the fiscal year for which the computation
is made (or, if unavailable, the most recent fiscal year
preceding the fiscal year for which the computation is made,)
of all local educational agencies in the State plus any direct
current expenditures by the State or in the United States
(which for the purposes of this paragraph means the 50 States
and the District of Columbia), divided by the number of
children enrolled in schools of such agency on the closest
school day to October 1 of such fiscal year;
``(2) the term `average educational cost factor' means the
sum of 50 percent of the ratio of the average per pupil
expenditure of a State in relation to all States, and 50
percent of the average instructional staff salaries factor of
such State;
``(3) The term `average instructional staff salaries
factor' means the average salary of classroom teachers in
elementary and secondary schools in a State divided by the
average of such salaries for all States;
``(4) The term `per pupil income' means the total gross
personal income of a State during a specific year as reported
by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
divided by the total number of children aged 5 to 17 for such
State for the same year as reported by the Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Census.
``(5) The term `average per pupil effort factor' means the
average per pupil expenditure of the State divided by the
average per pupil income factor of the State; divided by the
quotient of the average per pupil expenditure of the United
States and the average per pupil income factor of the United
States.''.
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