Scott Walker: “I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows…”

“I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 580, line 24, strike the closing quotation mark and second period. Page 580, after line 24, insert the following: ``PART G--A PLUS ACT ``SECTION 6701. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. ``(a) Short Title.--This part may be cited as the ``Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act'' or the `A PLUS Act'. ``(b) Purpose.--The purposes of this part are as follows: ``(1) To give States and local communities added flexibility to determine how to improve academic achievement and implement education reforms. ``(2) To reduce the administrative costs and compliance burden of Federal education programs in order to focus Federal resources on improving academic achievement. ``(3) To ensure that States and communities are accountable to the public for advancing the academic achievement of all students, especially disadvantaged children. ``(c) Definitions.--In this part: ``(1) Accountability.--The term `accountability' means that public schools are answerable to parents and other taxpayers for the use of public funds and shall report student progress to parents and taxpayers regularly.…”