About the bill
The Every Child Achieves Act is a bipartisan educational policy reform bill that would expand state responsibility over schools, provide grants to charter schools, and reduce the federal test-based accountability system of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The bill was referred to the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, or HELP, who issued this summary. The chairman of HELP, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), sponsored the bill. In his press release on July 8, Alexander explained that the bill would continue NCLB’s federal assessments of student learning, but would give states the authority to act based on those results. HELP ranking member Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) issued her own press release in support of the bill. The Senate started debate on the bill last Tuesday. …
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec 10, 2015
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on December 10, 2015.
Incorporated legislation
This bill incorporates provisions from:
H.R. 5: Student Success Act
Passed House (Senate next) on Jul 8, 2015. 19% incorporated. (compare text)
S. 316: Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act
Introduced on Jan 29, 2015. 70% incorporated. (compare text)
S. 308: After School for America’s Children Act
Introduced on Jan 29, 2015. 41% incorporated. (compare text)
H.R. 1042: Afterschool for America’s Children Act
Introduced on Feb 24, 2015. 36% incorporated. (compare text)
H.R. 3087: Education Stability for Foster Youth Act
Introduced on Jul 16, 2015. 69% incorporated. (compare text)
History
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Apr 30, 2015
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Apr 30, 2015
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Ordered Reported
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.
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Jul 8, 2015
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Source Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1177 (114th). |
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Jul 16, 2015
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Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. |
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Nov 17, 2015
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Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
The House passed the bill with changes not in the Senate version and sent it back to the Senate to approve the changes. The vote was by special rule so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Dec 2, 2015
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Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)
A conference committee was formed, comprising members of both the House and Senate, to resolve the differences in how each chamber passed the bill. The House approved the committee's report proposing the final form of the bill for consideration in both chambers. The Senate must also approve the conference report. |
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Dec 9, 2015
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Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. |
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Dec 10, 2015
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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Mar 17, 2016
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Reported by Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions. |
S. 1177 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1177. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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