S 343
Keep Our PACT Act
Summary
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement for the purposes of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and other budget enforcement procedures.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
- Cosponsors
- 23
- Policy area
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-01-30
- Latest action
- 2025-01-30: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-30: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-01-30: Introduced in Senate