,i #aadth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ged ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #e1 #bjae ,mr4 ,thompson of ,pennsylvania 7for himself and ,ms4 ,slaughter7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce ,a ,,bill ,to amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies under title ,i of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,all ,children are ,equal ,act or the ,,ace ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,section #aabe;,,aa of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fccf7 is amended-- 7#a7 by amending the heading to read as follows3 #aabe;,,aa4 ,increase grants per formula student as the percentage of economically disadvantaged children in a local educational agency increases 2 and 7#b7 by amending subsection 7a7 to read as follows3 7a7 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,the current ,basic ,grant ,formula for the distribution of funds under this part does not adequately target funds for schools with the highest concentrations of economically disadvantaged students4 7#b7 ,the poverty of a child's family is much more likely to be associated with educational disadvantage if the family lives in an area with high proportions of poor families4 7#c7 ,the current formulas for distributing ,targeted and ,education ,finance ,incentive ,grants is intended to allocate more funds per formula student to local educational agencies with higher concentrations of such students4 7#d7 ,these formula use two weighting systems1 one based on the percentage of the aged #e-ag population in a local education agency that is eligible to receive funds under this title 7percentage weighting71 and another based on the absolute number of such students 7number weighting74 ,whichever of these weighting systems results in the highest total weighted formula student count for a local educational agency is the weighting system used for that agency in the final allocation of ,targeted and ,education ,finance ,incentive ,grant funds4 7#e7 ,since the amount available to be distributed through these formulas is fixed by congressional appropriation1 any gain in allocation share by one local educational agency causes a loss to other local educational agencies4 7#f7 ,the number weighting alternative is often favorable to very large local educational agencies1 even if the agency's formula student percentage is low4 ,but because smaller local educational agencies simply do not have enough students to gain from number weighting1 they are rarely better off under the number weighting alternative4 7#g7 ,the ,congressional ,research ,service has compared the funding allocations of each local educational agency for school year #bjjh-bjji under the current dual weighting system with the funding allocation it would have that year if all local educational agencies had their student count weighted only by percentage weighting4 7#h7 ,this data shows that the use of number weighting in these formulas has shifted funding from smaller to larger local educational agencies notwithstanding the level of poverty in either4 ,this is contrary to the intent of ,congress1 which is to direct more funding per formula student to local educational agencies with high concentrations of poverty1 as measured by the number of formula students as a percentage of the aged #e-ag population of the local educational agency4 7#i7 ,as a result of this unintended consequence of the number weighting system1 #cch of the #cdj local educational agencies that have over #ch4be percent formula students gain nothing from number weighting under the ,targeted ,grant program1 #bha of them actually lose funding because of number weighting1 and #hc of those #cdj highest poverty local educational agencies would actually be better off if ,targeted ,grant funds were allocated using the ,basic ,grant formula with no weighting system at all4 7#aj7 ,congress has a responsibility to correct this unintended inequity by reducing the power of the number weighting system relative to the percentage weighting system so that local educational agencies with high percentages of poverty but low numbers of students are not disadvantaged under the formulas used for grants under this part4 4 #c4 ,targeted grants to local educational agencies ,section #aabe7;c77#b7 of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcce7;c77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking ,the amount and inserting ,except as otherwise provided in subparagraph 7,d71 the amount2 7#b7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,d7 as subparagraph 7,e72 and 7#c7 by inserting after subparagraph 7,c7 the following3 7,d7 ,fiscal year #bjaf and each succeeding fiscal year ,notwithstanding subparagraph 7,c7 or any other provision of this paragraph-- 7i7 for fiscal year #bjaf1 subparagraph 7,c7 shall be applied-- 7,i7 in clause 7ii71 by substituting #a4ce for #a4e2 7,,ii7 in clause 7iii71 by substituting #a4h for #b4j2 7,,iii7 in clause 7iv71 by substituting #b4be for #b4e2 and 7,,iv7 in clause 7v71 by substituting #b4g for #c4j2 7ii7 for fiscal year #bjag1 subparagraph 7,c7 shall be applied-- 7,i7 in clause 7ii71 by substituting #a4b for #a4e2 7,,ii7 in clause 7iii71 by substituting #a4f for #b4j2 7,,iii7 in clause 7iv71 by substituting #b4j for #b4e2 and 7,,iv7 in clause 7v71 by substituting #b4d for #c4j2 7iii7 for fiscal year #bjah1 subparagraph 7,c7 shall be applied-- 7,i7 in clause 7ii71 by substituting #a4je for #a4e2 7,,ii7 in clause 7iii71 by substituting #a4d for #b4j2 7,,iii7 in clause 7iv71 by substituting #a4ge for #b4e2 and 7,,iv7 in clause 7v71 by substituting #b4a for #c4j2 and 7iv7 for fiscal year #bjai and each succeeding fiscal year1 subparagraph 7,c7 shall be applied-- 7,i7 in clause 7i71 by substituting #b1bfb for #fia2 7,,ii7 by striking clause 7ii72 7,,iii7 in clause 7iii71 by substituting #a4b for #b4j2 7,,iv7 in clause 7iv71 by substituting #a4e for #b4e2 and 7,v7 in clause 7v71 by substituting #a4h for #c4j4 4 #d4 ,education ,finance ,incentive ,grant ,program 7a7 ,states with an equity ,factor less than #j4aj ,section #aabe;,a7d77#a77;,b7 of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fccg7;d77#a77;,b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7iii71 by striking ,the amount and inserting ,except as otherwise provided in clause 7iv71 the amount2 and 7#b7 by adding at the end the following3 7iv7 ,fiscal year #bjaf and each succeeding fiscal year ,notwithstanding clause 7iii7 or any other provision of this subparagraph-- 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjaf1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4ce for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4h for #b4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #b4be for #b4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #b4g for #c4j2 7,,ii7 for fiscal year #bjag1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4b for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4f for #b4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #b4j for #b4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #b4d for #c4j2 7,,iii7 for fiscal year #bjah1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4je for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4d for #b4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #a4ge for #b4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #b4a for #c4j2 and 7,,iv7 for fiscal year #bjai and each succeeding fiscal year1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4j for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4b for #b4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #a4e for #b4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #a4h for #c4j4 4 7b7 ,states with an equity factor greater than or equal to #j4aj and less than #j4bj ,section #aabe;,a7d77#b77;,b7 of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fccg7;d77#b77;,b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7iii71 by striking ,the amount and inserting ,except as otherwise provided in clause 7iv71 the amount2 and 7#b7 by adding at the end the following3 7iv7 ,fiscal year #bjaf and each succeeding fiscal year ,notwithstanding clause 7iii7 or any other provision of this subparagraph-- 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjaf1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4ce for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #b4jbe for #b4be2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #c4jch for #c4cge2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #d4je for #d4e2 7,,ii7 for fiscal year #bjag1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4b for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4h for #b4be2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #b4g for #c4cge2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #c4f for #d4e2 7,,iii7 for fiscal year #bjah1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4je for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4ege for #b4be2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #b4cfc for #c4cge2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #c4ae for #d4e2 and 7,,iv7 for fiscal year #bjai and each succeeding fiscal year1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4j for #a4e2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4ce for #b4be2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #b4jbe for #c4cge2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #b4gj for #d4e4 4 7c7 ,states with an equity factor greater than or equal to #j4bj ,section #aabe;,a7d77#c77;,b7 of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fccg7;d77#c77;,b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7iii71 by striking ,the amount and inserting ,except as otherwise provided in clause 7iv71 the amount2 and 7#b7 by adding at the end the following3 7iv7 ,fiscal year #bjaf and each succeeding fiscal year ,notwithstanding clause 7iii7 or any other provision of this subparagraph-- 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjaf1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4hj for #b4j2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #b4gj for #c4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #d4je for #d4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #e4d for #f4j2 7,,ii7 for fiscal year #bjag1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4f for #b4j2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #b4d for #c4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #c4f for #d4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #d4h for #f4j2 7,,iii7 for fiscal year #bjah1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4d for #b4j2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #b4a for #c4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #c4ae for #d4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #d4b for #f4j2 and 7,,iv7 for fiscal year #bjai and each succeeding fiscal year1 clause 7iii7 shall be applied-- 7aa7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by substituting #a4b for #b4j2 7bb7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by substituting #a4h for #c4j2 7cc7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by substituting #b4g for #d4e2 and 7dd7 in subclause 7,v71 by substituting #c4f for #f4j4 4