September 16, 2026
Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. Omar, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Huffman, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Craig, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Sánchez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, Armed Services, and Agriculture, 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
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase support for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.
1. Short title; table of contents; 2. Definitions; 3. Purposes; TITLE I—SUPPORT FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION; 10001. Authorization of appropriations; PART A—INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING; 10111. Definitions; 10112. Grants for project-based learning; 10121. Early childhood education programs; 10122. State and local plans; 10123. Report cards; 10124. School improvement; 10125. Arts for neglected and delinquent children and youth; 10126. Subgrants to local educational agencies; 10127. 21st century community learning centers; 10128. Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; 10129. Amendments to adult and juvenile offender demonstration projects; 10130. Arts research; 10131. Arts statistical data; 10141. Black History is American History; 10151. Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History; 10161. Teaching Hispanic and Latino and American Indian History; 10171. Study and report on Holocaust education; 10181. Community support for school success; 10191. Definitions; 10192. Reauthorization of the comprehensive literacy State development grants program; 10193. General provisions; 10194. Research and development; 10195. NAEP reporting; PART B—HIGH-QUALITY ASSESSMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY; 10211. Authorization of appropriations; 10212. Holistic assessment in the national assessment of educational progress; 10213. Establishing a taskforce to evaluate testing practices and to promote quality teaching; 10214. Prohibition on use of ESEA funds for certain purposes; 10215. Expansion of the innovative assessment demonstration authority; 10216. Professional development on innovative, high-quality testing models; 10221. Minimum number of students; 10222. Accountability indicators; 10223. Support for schools identified for support and improvement; TITLE II—SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL CLIMATE AND SAFETY; 21001. Authorization of appropriations; 21002. Agency guidance on preventing discrimination and bias; 21003. Desegregating schools; PART 1—PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 22101. Professional development; PART 2—AMERICAN TEACHERS; 22201. Grants to support State efforts to increase teacher salaries; 22202. Grants for adjustment of teacher salaries; 22203. Enhanced awareness of the value of teaching profession; 22204. Rule of construction; 22205. Definitions; 22206. Authorization of appropriations; PART 3—PREPARING AND RETAINING ALL PARAEDUCATORS; 22301. Grants to support efforts to recruit and retain paraprofessionals in schools; PART 4—SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF EDUCATORS AND STAFF; 22401. Dissemination of best practices; 22402. Education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services; 22403. Programs to promote mental health among the education workforce; 22404. Review with respect to education workforce mental health and resiliency; 22405. GAO report; PART 1—FENTANYL AWARENESS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN SCHOOLS; 23111. Definitions; 23121. Synthetic opioid misuse and overdose education, awareness, and prevention pilot program; 23122. Authorization of appropriations; reservation; 23131. Interagency Task Force on Preventing Synthetic Opioid Misuse and Overdose Among Youth; 23132. Rule of construction; 23141. Professional development for school personnel; 23142. Amendments to local educational agency plans; 23143. Amendments to State educational agency plans; 23151. National Center for Education Statistics School Crime and Safety Data; 23161. Naloxone in school-based health centers; 23162. Amendments to the Monitoring the Future survey; 23163. Youth Risk Behavior Survey; 23164. Evaluation of the effectiveness and reach of the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System; PART 2—PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS; 23211. Purposes; 23212. Definitions; 23221. Prohibition of corporal punishment; 23222. Civil actions by the Attorney General; 23223. Enforcement by the Office for Civil Rights; 23224. Parent notification and protection and advocacy systems; 23231. State plan and enforcement; 23232. Grant authority; 23241. Federal regulations; 23242. Other schools; 23243. Limitation of authority; 23244. Applicability to private schools and home schools; 23245. Severability; 23246. Authorization of appropriations; PART 3—KEEPING ALL STUDENTS SAFE; 23301. Definitions; 23311. Prohibition; additional requirements; 23321. Definitions; 23322. State plan; 23323. Grants for State educational agencies; 23331. National assessment; 23332. Protection and advocacy systems; 23333. Schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Defense; 23334. Rule of construction; 23335. Applicability to private schools and home schools; 23336. Severability; 23337. Authorization of appropriations; PART 4—SAFE SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT; 23401. Safe Schools improvement; PART 5—SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION; 23501. Comprehensive school-based violence prevention program; PART 6—EXPANDING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SCHOOLS; 23601. Definitions; 23602. School-based mental health services grant program; 23603. Rule; PART 7—RIGHT TO READ; 23701. Definitions; 23702. Amendments to title I; 23703. Amendments to title II; 23704. Amendments to title IV; 23705. Data collection and reporting on school libraries; 23706. Liability protections related to the right to read; 23707. Protecting constitutional rights in school libraries; PART 1—NEW ESSENTIAL EDUCATION DISCOVERIES; 24101. National Center for Advanced Development in Education; 24102. Improving statewide longitudinal data systems; PART 2—NATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE; 24201. Establishment of National Education Technology Clearinghouse; 24202. Education technology guidance; TITLE III—SUPPORT FOR ADDRESSING SOCIOECONOMIC BARRIERS TO LEARNING; 30001. Authorization of appropriations for part A of title I of ESEA; PART 1—PROTECTING PUBLIC EDUCATION; 30111. Keep public funds in public schools; 30112. District of Columbia school voucher program repealed; 30113. Prohibition on transfer of administration or funds; 30114. State responsibilities; 30115. State and local reporting requirements; 30116. Evaluation of funding disparities; 30121. ESEA definition of charter school; 30122. IDEA definition of charter school; 30123. Effective date; applicability; PART 2—PRESCHOOL FOR ALL; 30201. Universal preschool; PART 3—SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL; 30311. Effective date; 30312. Free school breakfast program; 30313. Apportionment to States; 30314. Nutritional and other program requirements; 30315. Special assistance program; 30316. Price for a paid lunch; 30317. Summer food service program for children; 30318. Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program; 30319. Child and adult care food program; 30320. Meals and supplements for children in afterschool care; 30321. Pilot projects; 30322. Fresh fruit and vegetable program; 30323. Training, technical assistance, and Food Service Management Institute; 30324. Reimbursement of school meal delinquent debt program; 30325. Conforming amendments; 30326. Measure of poverty; 30327. Supplemental nutrition assistance program; 30328. Higher Education Act of 1965; 30329. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; 30330. America COMPETES Act; 30331. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 30332. National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002; 30333. Child care and development block grant; 30334. Children’s Health Act of 2000; 30335. Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention; 30341. Summer EBT fraud prevention