,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,honda introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the
 ,secretary of ,education to award      
grants to promote civic learning and    
engagement1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,sandra ,day ,o',connor ,civic     
,learning ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,sense of 
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,commissioner for ,education   
,statistics1 in administering the       
,national ,assessment of ,educational   
,progress1 should increase the sample   
size of students tested to improve      
disaggregation and analysis of data     
regarding progress in history and       
civics4  #c4 ,civic learning grants  7a7
 ,in general ,subpart #c of part ,c of  
title ,,ii of the ,elementary and       
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj

 ,u4,s4,c4 #fgaa et seq47 is amended--  
7#a7 by repealing sections #bcda through
 #bcdd and inserting the following3     
#bcda4 ,civic learning grants  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,secretary may award       
competitive grants to eligible entities 
for the development and implementation  
of programs to promote civic learning   
and engagement4  7b7 ,use of funds ,an  
eligible entity shall use a grant       
received under this section to develop  
and implement a program to promote civic
 learning and engagement through        
instruction1 professional development1  
and evaluation activities that promote  
any of the following3  7#a7 ,equity     
through access to funding and program   
benefits1 including--  7,a7 programs    
that meet the needs of students with    
divergent learning styles1 students of  
varying ethnic1 racial1 and             
socio-economic backgrounds1 and students
 who are ,english language learners2 and
  7,b7 resources that serve student     
populations that have not traditionally 

received opportunities for high quality1
 engaging civic learning1 with a special
 emphasis on inner-city and rural       
underserved students4  7#b7 ,innovation 
through design1 settings1 and delivery1 
including service learning1 interactive 
on-line programming1 and other          
approaches to engaging students in      
active learning and civic participation4
  7#c7 ,scalability through broad1      
cost-effective implementation and       
institutionalization1 including--  7,a7 
use of the latest technological         
developments2  7,b7 an emphasis on      
programs designed to address relevant   
,state and ,national educational        
standards2 and  7,c7 utilization of low 
per-participant cost models of expanding
 the number of active students and      
teachers4  7#d7 ,accountability through 
assessment and identification of best   
practice models1 including--  7,a7      
independent research and evaluation to  
help assess the effects of civic        
education programs on students'         

knowledge1 skills1 and traits of        
character essential for the preservation
 and improvement of constitutional      
democracy2  7,b7 identifying techniques 
that succeed with traditionally         
underserved student populations2 and    
7,c7 evaluation of teachers' knowledge  
and the adequacy of the teaching        
facility4  7c7 ,definition of eligible  
entity ,in this section1 the term       
eligible entity means a nonprofit       
educational organization4  2 and  7#b7  
by redesignating sections #bcde and     
#bcdf as sections #bcdb and #bcdc1      
respectively4  7b7 ,conforming changes  
7#a7 ,section #bcdb of such ,act 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #fgae71 as redesignated by    
subsection 7a77#b71 is amended--  7,a7  
in subsection 7a7--  7i7 by striking    
organizations described in section      
#bcdc7;a77#c7 each place it appears and 
inserting organizations experienced in  
the development of curricula and        
programs in civics and government       
education and economic education for    

students in elementary schools and      
secondary schools in countries other    
than the ,united ,states2 and  7ii7 by  
striking use funds made available under 
grants or contracts under section #bcdc 
to2  7,b7 in subsection 7b71 by striking
 the ,center for ,civic ,education1 the 
,national ,council on ,economic         
,education1 and organizations described 
in section #bcdc7;a77#c7 and inserting  
an entity specified in subsection 7a72  
7,c7 in subsection 7e71 by striking     
described in section #bcdc and inserting
 specified in subsection 7a72 and  7,d7 
in subsection 7f77#b71 by striking the  
,center for ,civic ,education1 the      
,national ,council on ,economic         
,education1 or organizations described  
in section #bcdc7;a77#c7 and inserting  
an entity specified in subsection 7a74  
7#b7 ,the table of contents of such ,act
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcja et seq47 is       
amended by striking the items relating  
to sections #bcda through #bcdf and     
inserting the following3  #bcda4 ,civic 

learning grants4 #bcdb4 ,cooperative    
civic education and economic education  
exchange programs4 #bcdc4 ,authorization
 of appropriations4  4  7c7             
,authorization of appropriations        
,section #bcdc of such ,act 7#bj        
,u4,s4,c4 #fgaf71 as redesignated by    
subsection 7a77#b71 is amended to read  
as follows3  #bcdc4 ,authorization of   
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated for each of fiscal years
 #bjae through #bjbj--  7#a7 #bh1ejj1jjj
 for grants under section #bcda2 and    
7#b7 #a1ejj1jjj for programs under      
section #bcdb4  4