,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #cj1       
#bjae,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself and ,mr4   
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
use amounts provided for the ,fund for  
the ,improvement of ,education to       
establish a pilot program that supports 
year-round public elementary schools and
 secondary schools4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,all-,year ,schools ,support ,act4  #b4 
,year-round school pilot program  7a7   
,program authorized ,section #edaa of   
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#gbdc7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b7-- 7,a7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#i7 as paragraph 7#aj72 and  7,b7 by   
inserting after paragraph 7#h7 the      
following3  7#i7 ,activities to         
establish or expand programs providing  

year-round education at public          
elementary schools or secondary schools1
 which may include increasing the       
salaries of teachers who agree to work  
in the year-round education programs by 
an amount not to exceed #ajj percent4  2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7e7 ,pilot program for      
year-,round school activities  7#a7 ,in 
general ,from the amounts described in  
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary shall    
carry out a multi-year pilot program    
that awards #d grants1 to eligible      
entities described in paragraph 7#c71 to
 carry out the activities described in  
subsection 7b77#i74  7#b7 ,funding limit
 for the pilot program ,the ,secretary  
shall use1 from the amounts provided    
under section #edja for fiscal years    
#bjaf through #bjai for this subpart1 a 
total of #d1jjj1jjj to carry out the    
pilot program described in paragraph    
7#a74  7#c7 ,eligible entities ,entities
 described in subsection 7a71 except for
 institutions of higher education1 shall

 be eligible for grants under this      
subsection4  7#d7 ,award basis ,in      
awarding grants under paragraph 7#a71   
the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7 give a      
priority to eligible entities that-- 7i7
 propose to use grant funds to carry out
 year-round education activities that   
emphasize science1 technology1          
engineering1 and mathematics2 and  7ii7 
target the year-round education         
activities to be carried out under the  
grant to areas with high populations of 
low-income individuals and to           
low-performing schools2 and  7,b7 ensure
 an equitable distribution of such      
grants across diverse geographic areas4 
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