ACE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7989 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7989 To amend the weights used to determine amounts for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2026 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the weights used to determine amounts for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 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 ``All Children are Equal Act'' or the ``ACE Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Section 1125AA of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6336) is amended-- (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``SEC. 1125AA. INCREASE GRANTS PER FORMULA STUDENT AS THE PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY INCREASES.''; and (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ``(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: ``(1) The current Basic Grant Formula for the distribution of funds under this part does not adequately target funds for schools with the highest concentrations of economically disadvantaged students. ``(2) The current formulas for distributing Targeted and Education Finance Incentive Grants is intended to allocate more funds per formula student to local educational agencies with higher concentrations of such students. ``(3) Th