Empowering Parents Act of 2001

Summary

Empowering Parents Act of 2001 - Enhancing Public Education Through Choice Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish Public School Choice Programs. Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs), including those serving the lowest performing schools, to enable them to implement programs of universal public school choice. Gives priority to those SEAs and LEAs that: first, serve the lowest performing schools; second, serve the highest percentage of students in poverty; and third, form partnerships for interdistrict approaches to such programs. Public Charter Schools Equity Act - Amends ESEA to establish a program for credit enhancement initiatives to promote public charter school facility acquisition, construction, and renovation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any interest paid on loans by public charter schools. Amends ESEA to direct the Secretary to make competitive Grants for Public Charter School Facilities to States for the Federal share of the cost of programs in which the States make per-pupil payments to public charter schools to help finance school facilities.

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Timeline

1. 30 March 2001

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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2. 30 March 2001

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3218-3220)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 March 2001

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate · 30 March 2001 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 30 March 2001

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Gregg, Judd [R-NH-2] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. DeWine, Mike [R-OH-7] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Mike Crapo · R · Cosponsor
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