Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2009

Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Education to extend to all rural local educational agencies (LEAs) the same level of increased flexibility that the Secretary extends to any category of rural LEAs regarding their compliance with requirements under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 825 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 825

   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

                            February 3, 2009

 Mr. Marshall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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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 Equality and 
Improvement Act of 2009''.

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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