Bill Details
HR.847 - 119th Congress
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2025-01-31 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced Date
2025-01-31
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Education
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This bill would replace several existing federal K-12 education formula grants with one block grant for each state starting in fiscal year 2026. Instead of sending money through separate programs, the Education Secretary would give each state about the same total amount it received from those programs in fiscal year 2025, unless Congress decides to change the funding through other appropriations. The bill would also repeal a number of current grant programs in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, shifting more control over how the money is used to states.
- The changes would begin with fiscal year 2026, and the old grant programs would be repealed on October 1, 2025.
- The programs being repealed include funding for local school districts, state assessments, migrant education, neglected and delinquent students, teacher and instruction grants, English language acquisition, student support and enrichment, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, rural education, and Indian education grants to local school agencies.
- The bill defines a “State” as the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
- The bill says Congress can still set different funding amounts if it chooses to do so in future appropriations laws.
Official Summaries
Building Lasting Opportunities for Community K–12 Act or the BLOCK Act
This bill repeals on October 1, 2025, specified formula grants for programs administered by the Department of Education (ED). Beginning with FY2026, ED must instead provide block grants for these programs to each state based on amounts received in FY2025.
Specifically, the bill repeals the following allocation formulas for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965:
- the Education for the Disadvantaged program (which includes Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, Targeted Grants, and Education Finance Incentive Grants);
- State Assessment Grants;
- the Migrant Education Program;
- Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk;
- Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants;
- English Language Acquisition State Grants;
- Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants;
- the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program;
- the Rural Education Achievement Program (which includes both the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program); and
- Indian Education Formula Grants.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 847 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 847
To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to
States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to
States, except as otherwise appropriated by Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Building Lasting Opportunities for
Community K-12 Act'' or the ``BLOCK Act''.
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES.
Beginning with fiscal year 2026, and each succeeding fiscal year
thereafter, the Secretary of Education shall award block grants to each
State in an amount that the State received under the provisions listed
in section 3 for fiscal year 2025, except as otherwise appropriated by
Congress.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CERTAIN FORMULA GRANTS UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.
On October 1, 2025, the following provisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall be
repealed:
(1) Grants to local educational agencies under part A of
title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
(2) State Assessment Grants under part B of title I (20
U.S.C. 6361 et seq.).
(3) Migrant Education under part C of title I (20 U.S.C.
6391 et seq.).
(4) Neglected and Delinquent under part D of title I (20
U.S.C. 6421 et seq.).
(5) Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants under
part A of title II (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.).
(6) English Language Acquisition under part A of title III
(20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.).
(7) Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants under
part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.).
(8) The 21st Century Community Learning Centers under part
B of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.).
(9) Rural Education under part B of title V (20 U.S.C. 7341
et seq.).
(10) Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies under subpart 1 of part A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 7421
et seq.).
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF STATE.
In this Act, the term ``State'' means the 50 States, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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