For too long, school district decisions on budget allocation have gone unchecked, with schools serving high poverty neighborhoods getting less than their fair share.

Certainly, this is a bipartisan law, and I believe if fully implemented, it will fulfill congressional intent and honor the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's civil rights legacy to promote and protect the right to educational…

Money matters. Poverty, especially when highly concentrated, presents unique educational challenges. It takes more money, not less, to provide equitable educational opportunities in high poverty communities.

The most important fiscal accountability provision in the entire law.

I believe, if implemented with fidelity, will fulfill both Congressional intent and honor the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's civil rights legacy to promote and protect the right to educational opportunity for our nation's most…

If in fact the intent is what we have all agreed it is, then I would hope that we would not continue to shortchange students because we do not want to fill out a piece of paper.

ESSA absolutely does not waive the requirement to supplement not supplant.

Simply put, Title I is Congress' longstanding recognition that equal is not always equitable.

Congress did not agree, however, to remove or waive compliance with the SNS requirement.

We know that for our low-income students, they do better in schools that are socioeconomically diverse.

We made school diversity a priority in our competitive grant programs.

As I stand in my wine and gold and black today, I quote the words of LeBron James, in Cleveland, ``nothing is given. Everything is earned.'' I rise today to congratulate our 2016 NBA champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers. They earned it…

I mean I have heard on two occasions today that there is some role for the Federal Government, and I am happy to hear that.

I represent one of the poorest districts in America, so this is extremely important to me.

Today is Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day, and today I have a foster student with me.

I am hopeful that is something we can do on a bipartisan basis. It makes all the sense in the world.

I am certainly hopeful that we can move forward to get this reauthorization done this year.

Perkins' funding has declined by 24 percent since 1998. So if we need these programs, certainly we need to take a look at how we fund them.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. It is a pleasure to watch my fellow Ohioan and friend and the gentleman from New York on this House floor every Monday night bringing the message of the Congressional Black Caucus because indeed they…

Letter dated May 3, 2016, from Partnership for 21st Century Learning P21

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, more than 21 percent of American children live in poverty. More than 15 million children live in food-insecure households. In fact, households with children are more likely to be food…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, first, let me thank all of the men and women who have sacrificed and served this Nation. I can't imagine why any person of sound mind would deny women the right to the same benefits, to…

So, your answer is yes?

You intend to proceed as the law has said, you are going to assist, you are not going to try to dictate to States what they should do.

As a sponsor of the core act, I have advocated for an accountability model that forces districts to review the equitable allocation of resources across schools.