Rural Education Equity Act of 2004

Rural Education Equity Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Education to extend to all rural local educational agencies (LEAs) the same level of increased flexibility or facilitated compliance that the Secretary authorizes for any category of rural LEAs with respect to part A basic LEA programs of title I provisions for improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4833 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4833

   To direct the Secretary of Education to extend the same level of 
  increased flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under 
  part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                                 1965.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2004

   Mr. John introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Education to extend the same level of 
  increased flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under 
  part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                                 1965.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Education Equity Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--If the Secretary of Education takes any action 
(whether by regulation, guidance, or otherwise) to authorize increased 
flexibility for any category of rural local educational agencies, the 
Secretary shall extend the same level of increased flexibility to all 
rural local educational agencies.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Increased flexibility.--The term ``increased 
        flexibility'' means increased flexibility under, or facilitated 
        compliance with, part A of title I of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
            (2) Rural local educational agency.--The term ``rural local 
        educational agency'' includes any local educational agency 
        described in section 6211(b) or section 6221(b)(1) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7345(b), 7351(b)(1)).
    (c) Application.--This section applies to any action described in 
subsection (a) that occurs on or after January 8, 2002 (the date of the 
enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-
110)).
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