Kline (R-MN) – Amendment No. 1 – Makes technical corrections and improvements to the underlying bill text. (10 minutes)
Cassidy (R-LA) – Amendment No. 2 – Requires GAO to audit/track the dollars and examine if the money allocated from administrative costs is appropriate. (10 minutes)
Castor (D-FL) – Amendment No. 3 – Requires the Secretary of the Department of Education to develop and enforce conflict of interest guidelines for all charter schools receiving federal assistance. Guidelines must include disclosures from anyone affiliated with the charter school that has a financial interest in the school. (10 minutes)
Moore (D-WI) – Amendment No 4. – Establishes a two percent set-aside within state funds to provide oversight of the use of funds by charter schools. The two percent is taken from the quality authorizing set aside for the state grants. (10 minutes)
Bass (D-CA), Marino (R-PA), McDermott (D-WA), Bachmann (R-MN) – Amendment No. 5 – Adds on p. 14, line 16 after all students “, including eliminating any barriers to enrollment for foster youth or unaccompanied homeless youth,”. This will ensure that there are no unnecessary barriers for foster youth in charter school enrollment and ensure the inclusion and retention of all students no matter the involvement or lack of involvement of parents. (10 minutes)
Messer (R-IN) – Amendment No. 6 – Requires state entities applying for Charter School Program grant funds to explain how they will work with eligible applicants within the state to encourage the opening, replication, and expansion of secondary charter schools. (10 minutes)
Grayson (D-FL), Clarke (D-NY), Wilson (D-FL) – Amendment No. 7 – Ensures that an application by a state entity to receive grants through the Charter School Program contains an assurance that charter schools will also measure student retention rates in their annual performance assessments – as well as graduation rates and student academic growth, as currently required by this bill. (10 minutes)
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 8 – Directs the website publication of materials on the websites of Charter Schools regarding student recruitment, orientation materials, enrollment criteria, student discipline policies, behavior codes, and parent contract requirements, which should include any financial obligations such as fees for tutoring, extra-circular activity etc. (10 minutes)
Wilson (D-FL), Davis, Rodney (R-IL), Duckworth (D-IL), Grayson (D-FL), McKinley (R-WV), Fudge (D-OH) – Amendment No. 9 – Ensures charter schools will collect and disseminate the same information as traditional public schools that will help parents make informed decisions about education options for their children. (10 minutes)
Langevin (D-RI), Thompson (R-PA) – Amendment No. 10 – Adds comprehensive career counseling to the criteria that the Secretary will take into account when prioritizing grants to SEAs. (10 minutes)
Bonamici (D-OR) – Amendment No. 11 – Clarifies the reporting requirements of State entities by asking State entities to include efforts to share best and promising practices between charter schools and other schools, to the extent known, led to the adoption and implementation of best practices by such other public schools. (10 minutes)
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA) – Amendment No. 12 – Requires State entities to report on how they have worked with funded charter schools to foster community involvement. (10 minutes)
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