[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 847 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 847

  To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary 
   Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to 
         States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary 
   Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to 
         States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.

    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 ``Building Lasting Opportunities for 
Community K-12 Act'' or the ``BLOCK Act''.

SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES.

    Beginning with fiscal year 2026, and each succeeding fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of Education shall award block grants to each 
State in an amount that the State received under the provisions listed 
in section 3 for fiscal year 2025, except as otherwise appropriated by 
Congress.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CERTAIN FORMULA GRANTS UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND 
              SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    On October 1, 2025, the following provisions of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall be 
repealed:
            (1) Grants to local educational agencies under part A of 
        title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
            (2) State Assessment Grants under part B of title I (20 
        U.S.C. 6361 et seq.).
            (3) Migrant Education under part C of title I (20 U.S.C. 
        6391 et seq.).
            (4) Neglected and Delinquent under part D of title I (20 
        U.S.C. 6421 et seq.).
            (5) Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants under 
        part A of title II (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.).
            (6) English Language Acquisition under part A of title III 
        (20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.).
            (7) Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants under 
        part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.).
            (8) The 21st Century Community Learning Centers under part 
        B of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.).
            (9) Rural Education under part B of title V (20 U.S.C. 7341 
        et seq.).
            (10) Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational 
        Agencies under subpart 1 of part A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 7421 
        et seq.).

SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF STATE.

    In this Act, the term ``State'' means the 50 States, the District 
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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