{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-6418","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":6418,"title":"Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-11-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"L000595","fullName":"Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]","party":"R","state":"LA","district":5}],"cosponsorsCount":5,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2024-06-04","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 449."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Education programs funding","Educational facilities and institutions","Elementary and secondary education","School administration"],"actions":[{"date":"2024-06-04","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 449.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-04","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-540.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-06-04","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-540.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-03-21","text":"Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-03-21","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes changes to the Charter Schools Program (CSP).&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bill allows state entities (e.g., state educational agencies and state charter school boards) to use up to 5% of their CSP grant funds to make pre-charter planning subgrants to prospective charter applicants (or nonprofit or public entities that will support prospective applicants).</p><p>Currently, state entities must use at least 7% of their CSP grant funds to provide technical assistance to eligible applicants and authorized public chartering agencies. The bill instead allows state entities to use not more than 10% of these funds for technical assistance.</p>","updateDate":"2026-01-09T23:33:23Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":388,"ts":"2026-04-15T17:55:48.333Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Empower%20Charter%20School%20Educators%20to%20Lead%20Act"}]}}