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Full Committee

February 28, 2012 - 10:00 AM

H.R. 3989, "Student Success Act"

Ordered favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a vote of 23-16.

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Amdt./ Motion	Offered By	Description	Action Taken	Roll Call
1	Mr. Kline	amendment in the nature of a substitute	adopted by voice vote	.
2	Mr. Miller	democratic substitute	defeated 16-23	No. 1
3	Mr. Thompson	to alter the Title I formula to provide greater weight to the percentage of a district's students in poverty	defeated 16-22 with 1 member passing	No. 2
3A	Mr. Heck	amendment to the Thompson amendment to hold harmless existing grantees	withdrawn	.
4	Mr. Rokita	to require the Secretary of Education to eliminate the full time equivalent employee positions associated with the eliminated and consolidated programs under the bill	adopted 23-16	No. 3
5	Mr. Rokita	allows states to opt-out of ESEA and receive a tax credit for their citizens in lieu of federal education funds	withdrawn
motion	Mr. Petri	report the bill to the House as amended	adopted 23-16	No. 4

Full Committee hearing on H.R. 3989,"Student Success Act" and H.R. 3990, "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act" (February 16, 2012).
- Printed Hearing: Serial No. 112-52
H.R. 1891, "Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act"
- Full Committee markup (May 25, 2011)
H.R. 2218, "Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act"
- Full Committee markup (June 22, 2011)
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education hearing on "Education Reforms: Exploring the Vital Role of Charter Schools" (June 1, 2011). Printed Hearing Serial: No. 112-25
H.R. 2445, "State and Local Funding Flexibility Act"
- Full Committee markup (July 13, 2011)
H.R. 3990, "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act"
- Full Committee markup (February 28, 2012)

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