Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act - Revises subpart 1 (Charter School Programs) of part B (Public Charter Schools) of title V (Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, including by subsuming subpart 2 (Credit Enhancement Initiatives to Assist Charter School Facility Acquisition, Construction, and Renovation) under subpart 1.
Replaces the current charter school grant program with a program awarding grants to state entities (state educational agencies, state charter school boards, Governors, or charter school support organizations) and, through such grantees, subgrants to charter school developers to open new charter schools and expand and replicate high-quality charter schools.
Requires grantees to use at least 7% of grant funds to: (1) provide technical assistance to subgrantees and authorized public chartering agencies, and (2) work with those agencies to improve the charter school authorization process.
Permits the Secretary of Education to waive certain statutory or regulatory requirements if the waiver is requested by a grant applicant and promotes the purpose of the Charter School program without tampering with what is definitionally required of charter schools.
Requires the Secretary to award credit enhancement grants to public entities and private nonprofit entities that have the highest-quality applications, after considering the diversity of such applications. (Currently, the Secretary is required to award at least three grants, including at least one to a public entity, one to a private nonprofit entity, and one to a consortium of such entities, provided an application from each merits approval.)
Revises the per-pupil facilities aid program (under which the Secretary makes competitive matching grants to states to provide per-pupil financing to charter schools) to allow states to: (1) partner with organizations to provide up to 50% of the state share of funding for the program; and (2) receive more than one program grant, so long as the amount of the grant funds provided to charter schools increases with each successive grant.
Directs the Secretary to conduct national activities that include:
Requires states and local educational agencies to ensure that a student's records are transferred as quickly as possible to a charter school or another public school when the student transfers from one such school to the other.
Allows charter schools to serve prekindergarten or postsecondary school students.
Reauthorizes appropriations through FY2020.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-12 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 360 - 45 (Roll no. 217). | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of committee amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4023-4028) | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 10. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that, pursuant to clause 6 of Rule XVIII, the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Loretta Sanchez amendment No. 12. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bonamici amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes prevailed. Ms. Bonamici demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bonamici amendment No. 11. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Langevin amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes prevailed. Mr. Langevin demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Langevin amendment No. 10. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Wilson (FL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes prevailed. Mr. Kline demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wilson (FL) amendment No. 9. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment No. 8. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | The Chair announced that amendment No. 7 would not be offered. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Messer amendment No. 6. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bass amendment No. 5. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Moore amendment No. 4. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Castor amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes prevailed. Ms. Castor demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castor (FL) amendment No. 3. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cassidy amendment No. 2. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 576, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kline amendment No. 1. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-09 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4023-4038, H4038-4046) | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 10 as unfinished business. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | On motion to rise Agreed to by voice vote. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | Mr. Kline moved to rise. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 10. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | The Speaker designated the Honorable Rob Bishop to act as Chairman of the Committee. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 576 and Rule XVIII. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 10 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 576. (consideration: CR H4001-4009) | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-08 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 576 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2014-05-07 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 576 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 10 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2014-04-29 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312. | House floor actions |
| 2014-04-29 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 113-423. | House floor actions |
| 2014-04-08 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 3. | House committee actions |
| 2014-04-08 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2014-04-01 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House floor actions |
| 2014-04-01 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |