HR 650 · 99th Congress · Education
American Defense Education Act
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.(1985-03-04)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
American Defense Education Act - Authorizes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve: (1) instruction in mathematics, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and technology; and (2) guidance and counseling. Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Programs - Requires LEAs which desire to participate in such national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating LEAs to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to: (1) two and one-quarter percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the number of children, aged five through 17, in the school district of the LEA who are eligible to be counted under LEA basic grant provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the number of such children who are not eligible to be so counted. Entitles LEAs which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an incentive payment equal to an additional two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the averag…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (11)
11 Democrats