Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act

Introduced in House

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 5.

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 112-178.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 392 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2218 and H.R. 1892 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2218 as unfinished business.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hanabusa motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to require each state entity that receives a grant, to have in effect policies and procedures for charter schools that require criminal background checks to be conducted for school employees prohibit the employment of an individual for a position as a school employee if they refuse to consent to a criminal background check, make false statements in connection with the background check or have been convicted of a felony.

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 365 - 54 (Roll no. 705).