Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act” or the “ELEVATE Act”.
Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants.
Sec. 2 Treatment of Puerto Rico with respect to allotments for English Language Acquisition grants
Treatment of Migrants from Puerto Rico— Section 3201(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7011(5)) is amended—
in subparagraph (B), by inserting “in which the primary language of instruction in public elementary schools and secondary schools is English” after “any State”; and
in subparagraph (C), by inserting “, other than Puerto Rico,” after “States”.
Applicability— The amendments made by subsection (a)—
may only apply to fiscal years 2020 and 2021 if the Secretary of Education determines that the application of such amendments will not result in a State receiving an allotment under title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) for such fiscal year that is less than the allotment such State received under such title in fiscal year 2019; and
shall apply beginning on and after October 1, 2021.