H.R. 5303: 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act
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H.R. 5303: 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act
113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-31 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-31 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
21st Century Classroom Innovation Act
Plain summary
21st Century Classroom Innovation Act - Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use that portion of their part A grant funds reserved for state activities to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), charter schools, or consortia of such entities to carry out blended learning projects. Defines a "blended learning project" as a formal education program that: (1) includes an element of online learning and instructional time in a supervised location away from home; (2) includes an element of student control over time, place, path, or pace; and (3) connects the modalities along each student's learning path within a course or subject to provide an integrated learning experience. Requires the competitive grant funds to be used for: (1) planning activities, the purchase of digital instructional resources, initial professional development activities, and one-time information technology purchases; or (2) ongoing professional development for teachers, school leaders, or other personnel involved in the project. Requires each state making such a grant to contribute non-federal funds equal to at least 10% of the grant. Reduces, from 2.5% to 1.5%, that portion of part A grant funds that states must reserve for subgrants to local partnerships between institutions of higher education and high-need LEAs. (This increases the amount reserved for state activities.)
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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21st Century Classroom Innovation Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 0 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr5303.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr5303 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113