H.R. 7203: Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008
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H.R. 7203: Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-28 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008
Plain summary
Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes the Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity, composed of the Secretary of Education and 14 educational stakeholders appointed by the Comptroller General. Tasks the Commission with conducting a study and reporting to Congress on ways to enable all students to achieve their academic potential, with particular emphasis on: (1) ensuring that schools receive adequate resources; (2) developing methods for assessing students' educational needs; and (3) creating innovative strategies for state and local educational agencies to follow to enable students to achieve their academic potential, and to enable such agencies to participate in school funding reform efforts that result in educational equity. Directs the Commission to conduct outreach programs with communities throughout the nation to engage them in a public dialogue on how to ensure that their schools enable all students to achieve their academic potential.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] · 4 cosponsors
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Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr7203.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>
Record fed-us-cong110-hr7203 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110