HOUSE 729117th CongressPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 127.

Strength in Diversity Act of 2021

Last Action: 11/23/2021

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2021-11-23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 127.
2021-11-23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-176.
2021-11-23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-176.
2021-07-15Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 19.
2021-07-15Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2021-02-02Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2021-02-02Introduced in House
2021-02-02Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-11-23 (07)

Strength in Diversity Act of 2021

This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education may award planning and implementation grants to specified educational agencies (e.g., local educational agencies) to improve diversity and reduce or eliminate racial or socioeconomic isolation in publicly funded early childhood education programs, public elementary schools, or public secondary schools.

Cosponsors (20)

Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
Steven Horsford (D-NV)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
Grace Meng (D-NY)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
TIM RYAN (D-OH)
Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
Antonio Delgado (D-NY)
BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
André Carson (D-IN)

Subjects

Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

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