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H.R. 6232: Practicality in Education Act

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H.R. 6232: Practicality in Education Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-28 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Practicality in Education Act

Plain summary

Practicality in Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to exclude the results of limited English proficient students, during their first two school years in this country, from adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments, when such students are assessed in reading or mathematics in a language other than their native tongue. Requires that state determinations of AYP pursuant to state academic achievement standards employ a growth model, measuring the achievement of the same students and subgroups from year to year. Requires that 4% of disabled students taking modified assessments be counted in measuring student proficiency pursuant to such standards. Gives schools which are identified as needing improvement, due to having failed for two consecutive years to make AYP pursuant to such standards, a full new school year to meet the standards before its students must be given the option to transfer to another public school. (Currently, such transfers must be allowed at the beginning of the school year following such identification.) Provides that, in determining AYP, a student in more than one group subject to measurable annual objectives shall be counted only toward one such group. Allows states to consider new middle and secondary school special education and rural teachers to be highly qualified even if they do not pass a rigorous state academic subject test in every subject they teach, provided they pass such a test for one subject they teach and, with respect to each other subject they teach, work in close consultation with another teacher who is highly qualified in such other subject.

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Official text

Practicality in Education Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6232 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109