ELEVATE Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2592 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 15, 2021 Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Lan- guage Acquisition grants. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Linguistic 4 Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English 5 Act’’ or the ‘‘ELEVATE Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2592.IH H2592 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2592 IH SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICO WITH RESPECT TO 1 ALLOTMENTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AC- 2 QUISITION GRANTS. 3 (a) CHANGE IN DEFINITION.—Section 3201(5) of the 4 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 5 U.S.C. 7011(5)) is amended— 6 (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 7 ‘‘AND MIGRANTS FROM PUERTO RICO’’ after 8 ‘‘YOUTH’’; 9 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 10 by striking ‘‘immigrant children and youth’’ and in- 11 serting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and migrants 12 from Puerto Rico’’; 13 (3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘in which 14 the primary language of instruction in public ele- 15 mentary schools and secondary schools is English’’ 16 after ‘‘any State’’; and 17 (4) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, other 18 than Puerto Rico,’’ after ‘‘States’’. 19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part A of title III 20 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 21 (20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.) is amended— 22 (1) in each of sections 3102 and 3114 (20 23 U.S.C. 6812 and 6824), by striking ‘‘immigrant 24 children and youth’’ each place the term appears 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2592.IH H2592 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2592 IH and inserting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and 1 migrants from Puerto Rico’’; 2 (2) in section 3111 (20 U.S.C. 6821)— 3 (A) by striking ‘‘immigrant children and 4 youth’’ each place the term appears and insert- 5 ing ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi- 6 grants from Puerto Rico’’; and 7 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), by inserting 8 ‘‘and migrants’’ after ‘‘such children and 9 youth’’; 10 (3) in section 3113(b)(7) (20 U.S.C. 11 6823(b)(7)), by striking ‘‘children and youth’’ and 12 inserting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi- 13 grants from Puerto Rico’’; and 14 (4) in section 3115 (20 U.S.C. 6825)— 15 (A) in the subsection heading of subsection 16 (e), by inserting ‘‘AND MIGRANTS FROM PUER- 17 TO RICO’’; and 18 (B) by striking ‘‘immigrant children and 19 youth’’ each place the term appears and insert- 20 ing ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi- 21 grants from Puerto Rico’’. 22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 23 this section shall take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal 24 year the begins on or after the date of enactment of this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2592.IH H2592 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2592 IH Act, except that if the application of such amendments 1 would result in a State receiving an allotment under title 2 III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) for such first fiscal year 4 that is less than the allotment such State received under 5 such title for the fiscal year preceding such first fiscal 6 year, such amendments shall take effect on October 1 of 7 the second fiscal year that begins on or after the date of 8 enactment of this Act. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2592.IH H2592 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS