Federal Legislative Resources

“Every Student Succeeds Act” (formerly known as NCLB)

After months of bipartisan negotiations, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was reauthorized as the “Every Student Succeeds Act” and signed into law by President Obama on December 10, 2015. The new law will take effect on August 1, 2016.

The following priorities of principals and NASSP were included in the bill:

Inclusion of the 2009 School Principal Recruitment and Training Act in the final conference report.
Amendment included to clarify that a “school leader” is a principal within the school building. The definition was included in the final conference report.
Allows states to reserve up to 3% of their Title II funds for school leader activities.

Illinois Congressional Delegation

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Congressional Member	Committees	Regions Served
Dick Durbin (Senator)
*Assistant Democratic Leader of the Senate (Minority Whip)	Senate Appropriations; Judiciary; Rules & Administration	All
Mark Kirk (Senator)	Senate Appropriations; Banking, Housing and Urban Development; HELP (Health, Education, Labor & Pensions), and Special Committee on Aging	All
Bobby Rush (1st District)	Energy and Commerce	West Cook - South Cook - Three Rivers
Robin Kelly (2nd District)	Oversight and Government Reform; Foreign Affairs	South Cook - Three Rivers
Dan Lipinski (3rd District)	Transportation; Science, Space and Technology	DuPage - Three Rivers
Luis Guiterrez (4th District)	Intelligence; Judiciary	West Cook
Mike Quigley (5th District)	Appropriations; Intelligence	DuPage - West Cook
Peter Roskam (6th District)	Select Committee on Benghazi; Ways and Means	DuPage - Kishwaukee - Lake - North Cook
Danny Davis (7th District)	Ways and Means	West Cook
Tammy Duckworth (8th District)	Armed Services; Oversight and Government Reform; Select Committee on Benghazi	DuPage - Kishwaukee - West Cook
Jan Schakowsky (9th District)	Energy and Commerce	North Cook
Bob Dold (10th District)	Ways and Means	Lake - North Cook
Bill Foster (11th District)	Financial Services; Science, Space, and Technology	DuPage - Kishwaukee - South Cook - Three Rivers
Mike Bost (12th District)	Agriculture; Small Business; Veterans' Affairs	Egyptian - Shawnee - Southwestern
Rodney Davis (13th District)	Agriculture; House Administration; Transportation	Abe Lincoln - Corn Belt - Illini - Kaskaskia - Southwestern - Two Rivers
Randy Hultgren (14th District)	Financial Services; Science, Space and Technology	DuPage - Kishwaukee - Lake - Three Rivers
John Shimkus (15th District)	Energy and Commerce	Abe Lincoln - Corn Belt - Egyptian - Illini - Kaskaskia - Shawnee - Southwestern - Wabash Valley
Adam Kinzinger (16th District)	Energy and Commerce	Blackhawk - Corn Belt - Kishwaukee - Northwest - Starved Rock - Three Rivers
Cheri Bustos (17th District)	Agriculture; Transportation	Blackhawk - Central Illinois Valley - Kishwaukee - Northwest - Western
Darin LaHood (18th District)	Natural Resources; Science, Space, and Technology	Abe Lincoln - Blackhawk - Central Illinois Valley - Corn Belt - Two Rivers - Starved Rock - Western