Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3453 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 379 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3453 [Report No. 119-443] To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter schools. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2025 Ms. Letlow (for herself, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Kiley of California, Mr. Case, and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce January 13, 2026 Additional sponsors: Mr. Timmons, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. James, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Cole, Ms. Lee of Florida, and Mr. Baumgartner January 13, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2025] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act''. SEC. 2. 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 authorize