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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6466. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. __. GRANTS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Section 4303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking “and” after the
semicolon; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
“(2)(A) provide technical assistance to eligible
applicants and authorized public chartering agencies in
carrying out the activities described in paragraph (1);
“(B) work with authorized public chartering agencies in
the State to improve authorizing quality, including
developing capacity for, and conducting, fiscal oversight and
auditing of charter schools; and
“(C) at the State entity's discretion—
“(i) fund a revolving loan fund or similar mechanisms for
expenses under subsection (h) prior to an eligible applicant
receiving reimbursement; and
“(ii) provide assistance to eligible applicants in
locating and accessing a facility; and
“(3) provide pre-charter planning subgrants (in amounts of
no more than $100,000 per prospective applicant) to charter
school developers that—
“(A) intend to submit an application—
“(i) to an authorized public chartering agency to operate
a charter school; or
“(ii) to nonprofit or public entities for the provision of
financial support to such developers;
“(B) are led by educators who—
“(i) have not less than 54 months of school-based
experience (which may include experience in teaching in or
administering after school or summer school programs); and
“(ii) have demonstrated leadership competencies and
success with students, as determined by the State entity; and
“(C) have successfully completed the development of an
initial plan for opening a charter school, as evidenced by a
description of the educational needs of the community in
which the proposed charter school will be located and how the
proposed charter school will be suited to meet those
needs.”;
(2) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “90 percent” and
inserting “80 percent”;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking “not less than 7 percent” and inserting
“not more than 10 percent”; and
(ii) by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(D) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking
“3 percent” and inserting “5 percent”; and
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
“(C) reserve not more than 5 percent of such funds to
carry out the activities described in subsection (b)(3);
and”;
(3) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking “this section”
and inserting “subsection (b)(1)”;
(4) in subsection (e)(2), by striking “this section” and
inserting “subsection (b)(1)”;
(5) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(vi)—
(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting
“under subsection (b)(1)” after “program”; and
(B) in subclause (II), by striking “subgrant funds under
this section” and inserting “subgrant funds under
subsection (b)(1)”; and
(6) in subsection (h), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection
(b)(1)”.