United States 117th Congress Status: Died 1 D cosponsors

HR 5288 — Teaching Engaged Citizenship Act of 2021

Last action — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4545)

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Summary

Teaching Engaged Citizenship Act of 2021 This bill provides resources to expand civic education. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Civic Education and Service Learning Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities (e.g., state educational agencies) for promoting and expanding civic education in public elementary and secondary schools. Next, the bill creates the Office of Civic Education within ED to promote civic education throughout the United States. The office must establish the Center for Civic Excellence to analyze programs created with the use of grant funds and develop best practices for implementing civic education. Further, the bill establishes the role of Assistant Secretary for Civic Education, whose responsibilities shall include managing the grant program established by the bill. It also establishes an advisory committee to advise the assistant secretary on civic education policy. The bill requires the National Assessment of Educational Progress in civics and history to be administered every two years to certain grade levels. Further, civics and history assessment data must be published in the aggregate for the United States and separately for each state. Additionally, the bill establishes an annual Excellence in Civics Award to highlight excellence in the development and teaching of civic education and service learning. The Library of Congress, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the National Archives and Records Administration must work jointly to develop and publicly distribute educational materials and teaching resources related to civic education and effective citizenship.

Bill Text

Sections of law this bill changes

4 sections in 3 laws

From the bill's own amending language, matched to the official United States Code (current through Public Law 119-124).

Department of education · 20 U.S.C. ch. 48 Amends the act as a whole
Strengthening and improvement of elementary and secondary schools · 20 U.S.C. ch. 70 2 sections
  • § 6311 State plans Amends

    20 U.S.C. § 6311

    The law today

    (a) Filing for grants (1) In general For any State desiring to receive a grant under this part, the State educational agency shall file with the Secretary a plan that is— (A) developed by the State educational agency with timely and meaningful consultation with the Governor, members of the State legislature and State board of education (if the State has a State board of education), local educational agencies (including those located in rural areas), representatives of Indian tribes located in the State, teachers, principals, other school leaders, charter school leaders (if the State has charter schools), specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, administrators, other staff, and parents; and (B) is coordinated with other programs under this chapter, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 701 et seq.),1 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.),2 the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.), the Education 3 Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601 et. seq.), the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9621 et seq.), the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.), and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.). (2) Limitation Consultation required under paragraph (1)(A) shall not interfere with the timely submission of the plan required under this section. (3) Consolidated plan A State plan submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted as part of a consolidated plan under section 7842 of this title. (4) Peer review and Secretarial approval (A) In general The Secretary shall— (i) establish a peer-review process to assist in the review of State plans; (ii) establish multidisciplinary peer-review teams and appoint members of such teams— (I) who are representative of— (aa) parents, teachers, principals, other school leaders, specialized instructional support personnel, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and the community (including the business community); and (bb) researchers who are familiar with— (AA) the implementation of academic standards, assessments, or accountability systems; and (BB) how to meet the needs of disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, and English learners, the needs of low-performing schools, and other educational needs of students; (II) that include, to the extent practicable, majority representation of individuals who, in the most recent 2 years, have had practical experience in the classroom, school administration, or State or local government (such as direct employees of a school, local educational agency, or State educational agency); and (III) who represent a regionally diverse cross-section of States; (iii) make available to the public, including by such means as posting to the Department’s website, the list of peer reviewers who have reviewed State plans under this section; (iv) ensure that the peer-review teams consist of varied individuals so that the same peer reviewers are not reviewing all of the State plans; (v) approve a State plan not later than 120 days after its submission, unless the Secretary meets the requirements of clause (vi); (vi) have the authority to disapprove a State plan only if— (I) the Secretary— (aa) determines how the State plan fails to meet the requirements of this section; (bb) immediately provides to the State, in writing, notice of such determination, and the supporting information and rationale to substantiate such determination; (cc) offers the State an opportunity to revise and resubmit its State plan, and provides the State— (AA) technical assistance to assist the State in meeting the req...

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  • § 6312 Local educational agency plans Amends

    20 U.S.C. § 6312 — at 6312(c)(3)

    The law today

    (a) Plans required (1) Subgrants A local educational agency may receive a subgrant under this part for any fiscal year only if such agency has on file with the State educational agency a plan, approved by the State educational agency, that— (A) is developed with timely and meaningful consultation with teachers, principals, other school leaders, paraprofessionals, specialized instructional support personnel, charter school leaders (in a local educational agency that has charter schools), administrators (including administrators of programs described in other parts of this subchapter), other appropriate school personnel, and with parents of children in schools served under this part; and (B) as appropriate, is coordinated with other programs under this chapter, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 701 et seq.),1 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.), the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), and other Acts as appropriate. (2) Consolidated application The plan may be submitted as part of a consolidated application under section 7845 of this title. (3) State approval (A) In general Each local educational agency plan shall be filed according to a schedule established by the State educational agency. (B) Approval The State educational agency shall approve a local educational agency’s plan only if the State educational agency determines that the local educational agency’s plan— (i) provides that schools served under this part substantially help children served under this part meet the challenging State academic standards; and (ii) meets the requirements of this section. (4) Duration Each local educational agency plan shall be submitted for the first year for which this part is in effect following December 10, 2015, and shall remain in effect for the duration of the agency’s participation under this part. (5) Review Each local educational agency shall periodically review and, as necessary, revise its plan. (6) Rule of construction Consultation required under paragraph (1)(A) shall not interfere with the timely submission of the plan required under this section. (b) Plan provisions To ensure that all children receive a high-quality education, and to close the achievement gap between children meeting the challenging State academic standards and those children who are not meeting such standards, each local educational agency plan shall describe— (1) how the local educational agency will monitor students’ progress in meeting the challenging State academic standards by— (A) developing and implementing a well-rounded program of instruction to meet the academic needs of all students; (B) identifying students who may be at risk for academic failure; (C) providing additional educational assistance to individual students the local educational agency or school determines need help in meeting the challenging State academic standards; and (D) identifying and implementing instructional and other strategies intended to strengthen academic programs and improve school conditions for student learning; (2) how the local educational agency will identify and address, as required under State plans as described in section 6311(g)(1)(B) of this title, any disparities that result in low-income students and minority students being taught at higher rates than other students by ineffective, inexperienced, or out-of-field teachers; (3) how the local educational agency will carry out its responsibilities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 6311(d) of this title; (4) the poverty criteria that will be used to select school attendance areas under section 6313 of this title; (5) in general, the nature of the programs to be c...

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Education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination · 20 U.S.C. ch. 76 1 section
  • § 9622 National Assessment of Educational Progress Amends

    20 U.S.C. § 9622

    The law today

    (a) Establishment The Commissioner for Education Statistics shall, with the advice of the Assessment Board established under section 9621 of this title, carry out, through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with one or more qualified organizations, or consortia thereof, a National Assessment of Educational Progress, which collectively refers to a national assessment, State assessments, and a long-term trend assessment in reading and mathematics. (b) Purpose; State assessments (1) Purpose The purpose of this section is to provide, in a timely manner, a fair and accurate measurement of student academic achievement and reporting of trends in such achievement in reading, mathematics, and other subject matter as specified in this section. (2) Measurement and reporting The Commissioner for Education Statistics, in carrying out the measurement and reporting described in paragraph (1), shall— (A) use a random sampling process which is consistent with relevant, widely accepted professional assessment standards and that produces data that are representative on a national and regional basis; (B) conduct a national assessment and collect and report assessment data, including achievement data trends, in a valid and reliable manner on student academic achievement in public and private elementary schools and secondary schools at least once every 2 years, in grades 4 and 8 in reading and mathematics; (C) conduct a national assessment and collect and report assessment data, including achievement data trends, in a valid and reliable manner on student academic achievement in public and private schools in reading and mathematics in grade 12 in regularly scheduled intervals, but at least as often as such assessments were conducted prior to January 8, 2002; (D) to the extent time and resources allow, and after the requirements described in subparagraph (B) are implemented and the requirements described in subparagraph (C) are met, conduct additional national assessments and collect and report assessment data, including achievement data trends, in a valid and reliable manner on student academic achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12 in public and private elementary schools and secondary schools in regularly scheduled intervals in additional subject matter, including writing, science, history, geography, civics, economics, foreign languages, and arts, and the trend assessment described in subparagraph (F); (E) conduct the reading and mathematics assessments described in subparagraph (B) in the same year, and every other year thereafter, to provide for 1 year in which no such assessments are conducted in between each administration of such assessments; (F) continue to conduct the trend assessment of academic achievement at ages 9, 13, and 17 for the purpose of maintaining data on long-term trends in reading and mathematics; (G) include information on special groups, including, whenever feasible, information collected, cross tabulated, compared, and reported by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, disability and limited English proficiency; and (H) ensure that achievement data are made available on a timely basis following official reporting, in a manner that facilitates further analysis and that includes trend lines. (3) State assessments (A) In general The Commissioner for Education Statistics— (i) shall conduct biennial State academic assessments of student achievement in reading and mathematics in grades 4 and 8 as described in paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(E); (ii) may conduct the State academic assessments of student achievement in reading and mathematics in grade 12 as described in paragraph (2)(C); (iii) may conduct State academic assessments of student achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12 as described in paragraph (2)(D); and (iv) shall conduct each such State assessment, in each subject area and at each grade level, on a developmental basis until the Commissioner for Education Statistics determines, as the result of an evaluation...

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Also cites: 5 U.S.C. § 5703, 20 U.S.C. § 7801, 42 U.S.C. § 12511

How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes a Civic Education and Service Learning Grant Program and creates an Office of Civic Education within the Department of Education.

  • 20 U.S.C. 3401

    (F) an Assistant Secretary for Civic Education; and

    This change adds an Assistant Secretary for Civic Education to the Department of Education.

  • 20 U.S.C. 3401

    SEC. 221. OFFICE OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

    This introduces a new Office of Civic Education within the Department of Education.

  • 20 U.S.C. 3401

    The Secretary shall establish in the Department an Office of Civic Education (referred to in this section as the 'Office').

    This mandates the establishment of an Office of Civic Education.

Action History

  1. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4545)

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 5288 do?
Teaching Engaged Citizenship Act of 2021 This bill provides resources to expand civic education. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Civic Education and Service Learning Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities (e.g., state educational agencies) for promoting and expanding civic education in public elementary and secondary schools. Next, the bill creates the Office of Civic Education within ED to promote civic education throughout the United States. The office must establish the Center for Civic Excellence to analyze programs created with the use of grant funds and develop best practices for implementing civic education. Further, the bill establishes the role of Assistant Secretary for Civic Education, whose responsibilities shall include managing the grant program established by the bill. It also establishes an advisory committee to advise the assistant secretary on civic education policy. The bill requires the National Assessment of Educational Progress in civics and history to be administered every two years to certain grade levels. Further, civics and history assessment data must be published in the aggregate for the United States and separately for each state. Additionally, the bill establishes an annual Excellence in Civics Award to highlight excellence in the development and teaching of civic education and service learning. The Library of Congress, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the National Archives and Records Administration must work jointly to develop and publicly distribute educational materials and teaching resources related to civic education and effective citizenship.
Who sponsors HR 5288?
HR 5288 is sponsored by Scanlon, Mary Gay (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 5288?
This bill died with 117th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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