Flexibility for Champion Schools Act

Summary

Flexibility for Champion Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA), to direct the Secretary of Education to grant to any State a waiver of all ESEA provisions related to adequate yearly progress (AYP) if that State: (1) establishes academic content standards and tests in specified subjects at specified grades; (2) makes available to the public all such testing results, in the aggregate and disaggregated by certain groups of students, for each local educational agency (LEA) and school; (3) sets pass-rate goals for each LEA and school; (4) determines conditions under which students with disabilities and limited-English-proficient students take State tests or alternative assessments, provided this complies with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); (5) holds LEAs and schools accountable for meeting pass-rate goals, including determining consequences for schools and LEAs that fail to meet such goals, and addresses achievement gaps on State tests affecting certain groups of students; and (6) determines goals for secondary school graduation rates.

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Timeline

1. 26 April 2005

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 April 2005

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E767)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 April 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 26 April 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 17 May 2005

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 26 April 2005 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 26 April 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 26 April 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 April 2005

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Sponsors

• ROBERT GOODLATTE · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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