US Congress House Bill 3542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Early Learning Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to make annual awards from the Early Education Trust Fund, established in this bill, to state pre-kindergarten agencies according to a formula based on pre-kindergarten enrollment in the state. To be eligible for an award, a state must provide assurances that: (1) the award will be used only to support pre-kindergarten programs, (2) the state will not expend less for pre-kindergarten programs in the award period than it did in the previous year, and (3) each resident in the state who is four years old on October 1 of the award year has the opportunity to enroll in a free pre-kindergarten program. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a surtax, equal to 1.5% of a taxpayer's adjusted gross income as exceeds $500,000, to support the fund.

Early Learning Act of 2015

Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-09-17	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-09-17	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-09-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-09-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3542/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3542/BILLS-114hr3542ih.pdf