Every Student Succeeds Act

Every Student Succeeds Act

Long title	An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.
Acronyms (colloquial)	ESSA
Enacted by	the 114th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 114–95 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	129 Stat. 1802
Codification
Acts amended	Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Acts repealed	No Child Left Behind Act
Titles amended	20 U.S.C.: Education
U.S.C. sections amended	20 U.S.C. ch. 28 § 1001 et seq. 20 U.S.C. ch. 70
Legislative history
Introduced in the United States Senate as S. 1177 by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on April 30, 2015 Committee consideration by HELP Passed the United States House of Representatives on December 2, 2015 (359–64) Passed the United States Senate on December 9, 2015 (85–12) Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 10, 2015

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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy.^[1] The law replaced its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students.^[2][3]

Like the No Child Left Behind Act, ESSA is a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which established the federal government's expanded role in public education. The Every Student Succeeds Act passed both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support.^[4]