Strength in Diversity Act of 2023
The Strength in Diversity Act of 2023 creates a federal grant program to help schools address racial and socioeconomic isolation. It directly affects public K-12 schools and early childhood programs in areas with concentrated poverty or segregation. The bill authorizes competitive grants for planning (up to 1 year) and implementation (up to 3 years), requiring grantees to develop strategies like improved school assignments, transportation plans, or teacher recruitment to increase diversity. Grantees must track academic progress and diversity metrics, engage communities, and avoid federal curriculum control, with annual reporting to the Department of Education.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
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Introduced May 17, 2023
Last action May 17, 2023
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1
May 17, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
May 17, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Christopher Murphy
DDemocratic
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
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Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
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Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
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Tammy Baldwin
DDemocratic
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Tammy Duckworth
DDemocratic
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