Strength in Diversity Act of 2023
Key claim: The bill would authorize the Department of Education to award planning and implementation grants to local educational agencies to reduce racial and socioeconomic isolation in public schools and early childhood programs.
Abstract
(S1661 · 118th Congress) Strength in Diversity Act of 2023 This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education may award planning and implementation grants to specified educational agencies (e.g., local educational agencies) to improve diversity and reduce or eliminate racial or socioeconomic isolation in publicly funded early childhood education programs, public elementary schools, or public secondary schools. Latest action (2023-05-17): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
[This finding represents 2 closely related documents issued 2023-05-17 (same source, same action). Related: congress:118-hr-3444:introduced]
Why this matters
The proposal would support local efforts to reduce racial and socioeconomic isolation, potentially affecting the educational settings of children in participating public schools and early childhood programs. It remains an introduced committee-stage proposal, so the finding establishes neither available grant funding nor demonstrated changes in students’ educational access.