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H. Rept. 119-651 1 (2026-05-13)

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                    119TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                       2d Session   j HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           119-651






                       FOSTERING LEARNING AND EXCELLENCE IN CHARTER
                                              SCHOOLS ACT



                      MAY 13, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                       the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. WALBERG,  from  the Committee  on Education  and Workforce,
                                          submitted  the following


                                             REPORT

                                               together with

                                            MINORITY VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 7082]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
                      The  Committee   on Education  and  Workforce,  to whom   was re-
                    ferred the bill (H.R. 7082) to amend the Elementary  and Secondary
                    Education  Act of 1965 in order to provide for greater flexibility in
                    the Federal programs  supporting  the planning and  implementation
                    of charter schools, having considered  the same,  reports favorably
                    thereon  with  an  amendment and recommends that the bill as
                    amended   do pass.
                      The  amendment   is as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Fostering Learning and Excellence in Charter
                    Schools Act or the FLEX Act.
                    SEC. 2. FUNDING ALLOTMENT.
                      Section 4302 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                    7221a) is amended-
                         (1) in subsection (a)(1)-
                             (A) by striking and after the replication of high-quality charter
                           schools,; and
                             (B) by inserting , and the addition or expansion of programs at high-
                           quality charter schools after the expansion of high-quality charter
                           schools;
                         (2) in subsection (b)-


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