All Students Count Act of 2026
- Bill Number
- H.R. 8975
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 2
- Policy Area
- Education
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2026-05-21: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-23T21:41:25Z
AI-Generated Summary
All Students Count Act of 2026 (H.R. 8975) Summary
Purpose
This legislation amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require that annual State report cards on student performance disaggregate data for Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students into more detailed ethnic subgroups. The goal is to align these reports with the detailed race and ethnicity categories used in the U.S. Census Bureau's decennial census, enabling better identification of educational needs within diverse communities.
Key Provisions
- Findings section: Notes the diversity of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations, citing examples of educational disparities (such as lower high school completion and college attainment rates among certain Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander groups) and the current limitations in federal education data collection.
- Amendments to data reporting:
- Updates the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to require disaggregation under the "Asian American" category to include subgroups such as Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Taiwanese, Burmese, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese (with additional subgroups like Iu Mien and Montagnards where practicable).
- Updates the "Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander" category to include subgroups such as Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, iTaukei, and Marshallese (with additional subgroups like Chuukese and Palauan where practicable).
- Requires that statewide accountability systems use these same detailed subgroups.
- Effective date: The changes take effect 18 months after the bill's enactment.
Significant Changes to Existing Law
- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act currently mandates reporting of student performance data by broad racial and ethnic groups only. This bill expands those requirements to include specific ethnic subgroups for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.
- It incorporates Census Bureau practices for detailed ethnic data into federal education accountability systems, which previously did not require such granularity.
Potential Impacts
- Government agencies: State education departments and local schools would need to update data collection systems to capture and report the additional subgroups, potentially requiring new training, software, or processes.
- Citizens: Provides more precise public data on student outcomes, which could help target support for specific communities facing educational challenges.
- International relations: No direct impacts identified in the legislation.
Main Stakeholders Affected
- Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students and their families, particularly those from the listed ethnic subgroups.
- State and local education agencies responsible for reporting.
- The U.S. Department of Education, which oversees compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
- Advocacy groups and communities focused on these populations.
Notable Legal, Constitutional, or Political Implications
- Legal: Represents a targeted update to federal education statute (20 U.S.C. § 6311) without altering core constitutional authorities over education, which remains primarily a state responsibility.
- Constitutional: No explicit conflicts with constitutional provisions are addressed in the bill; the changes focus on administrative data reporting requirements.
- Political: Emphasizes data equity by recognizing intra-group diversity, which could influence future policy discussions on education accountability and resource allocation, but the bill itself contains no new funding or enforcement mechanisms beyond the reporting mandate.
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Sponsor
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Cosponsors (11)
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3], Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Recent Actions
- 2026-05-21: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 2026-05-21: Introduced in House
- 2026-05-21: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- All Students Count Act of 2026 — issued 2026-05-21 — PDF (6 pages)