,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and the 
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require      
reporting by the ,department of         
,education on requests for funding      
projects or programs1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,missed             
,opportunities in ,education ,act of    
#bjag4  #b4 ,annual reporting on missed 
opportunities  7a7 ,in general ,not     
later than ,december #ca of each year1  
the ,secretary of ,education shall      
submit to ,congress a report on missed  
opportunities for each competitive or   
discretionary grant program administered
 by the ,department of ,education in the
 preceding fiscal year4  7b7 ,contents  
,for each grant program described in    
subsection 7a71 the report shall detail 
the #aj individual applications1        

proposals1 or requests for funding      
that--  7#a7 were not funded or awarded1
 completely or partially2 but  7#b7     
showed the greatest potential to improve
 education in the ,united ,states1      
according to the selection criteria and 
established goals of that grant program4
  7c7 ,reporting date flexibility ,if a 
law requires an annual report to        
,congress with respect to a grant       
program described in subsection 7a71 the
 report on missed opportunities required
 under this section for that program    
may--  7#a7 be included in that annual  
report2 and  7#b7 be submitted on or    
before the date that annual report is   
due4  7d7 ,public transparency ,upon    
submission of a report on missed        
opportunities to ,congress under this   
section1 the ,secretary shall make the  
report available to the public on an    
internet website of the ,department of  
,education in a manner that is user     
friendly and able to be searched and    
downloaded by users of the website4  7e7

 ,trade secrets and confidential        
information ,nothing in this section    
authorizes the ,secretary to disclose   
any information that is a trade secret  
or confidential information subject to  
section #eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e or     
section #aije of title #ah4