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H.R. 7086119th CongressEducation
Equitable Access to School Facilities Act
Sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) · 10 active : 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 586.
Where it standsBefore the House34 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govEquitable Access to School Facilities Act
This bill expands and revises certain grant programs under the Charter Schools Program (CSP).
Currently, the CSP's State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant (SFIG) program provides competitive grants to help states establish and enhance or administer per-pupil facilities aid for charter schools.
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The bill replaces the SFIG program with a new grant program, which requires the Department of Education to (1) award competitive grants to state entities with the highest-quality applications for paying the federal share of acquiring and maintaining charter school facilities; and (2) give priority to certain state entities, such as those located in a state that has tax-exempt financing for charter schools. Further, the bill outlines program requirements (e.g., cost-sharing) and allowable uses of grants.
Currently, the CSP's State Entities (SE) program authorizes competitive grants to state entities and, through them, subgrants to eligible applicants to enable them to open and prepare for the operation of a new charter school or replicate or expand a charter school.
The bill revises the SE program by allowing grants to be used for (1) providing assistance to charter schools with locating and accessing a facility, and (2) providing one-time assistance to ensure the facility complies with building codes. Further, state entities may reserve up to 10% of grant funds for a revolving loan fund.
The bill (1) specifies that no funds made available under the CSP create a federal interest in associated property, and (2) revises reporting requirements for the CSP's Credit Enhancement grants.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- State and local government operations
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
10 activeShow all 10 cosponsors
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA-2)
- Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3)
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)
- Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
- J. French Hill (R-AR-2)
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Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
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Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
