S 309 · in committee · significant
A PLUS Act
- education
What this bill does
- States can combine federal elementary and secondary education funds into one pool to spend flexibly.
- Public school students and their families are affected by how states use consolidated education money.
- The bill creates a new funding framework with no specified timeline or cost estimates.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would consolidating federal education funds into a single state pool change which schools or student groups receive resources compared to the current system?
- 02
What mechanisms would ensure transparency and accountability if states have flexibility to spend consolidated federal education money across different priorities?
- 03
What evidence suggests that flexible funding improves student outcomes, and how would success be measured under this new framework?
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Sponsor · R-MT
Steve Daines
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
12/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-29
Joining the bill
Marsha Blackburn
R-TN · original
Ted Budd
R-NC · original
Kevin Cramer
R-ND · original
Ted Cruz
R-TX · original
Joni Ernst
R-IA · original
Bill Hagerty
R-TN · original
Ron Johnson
R-WI · original
Cynthia M. Lummis
R-WY · original
James Lankford
R-OK · original
Mike Rounds
R-SD · original
Eric Schmitt
R-MO · original
Tim Sheehy
R-MT · original
Legislative timeline
2025-01-29 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-01-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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