Bill · H.R. 8975· House(119-HR-8975)
All Students Count Act of 2026
- Introduced
- 5/21/2026
- Last activity
- 5/21/2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Sponsored by
- Pramila Jayapal
- Cosponsors
- - 12 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The All Students Count Act of 2026 seeks to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This bill requires annual State report cards to reflect the same race groups used in the decennial census of population. It focuses on providing more detailed data for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students. Specifically, it mandates the breakdown of these broad categories into specific ethnic subgroups. These changes are intended to better reflect changing demographics and student needs. The new requirements are set to take effect 18 months after the bill is enacted.
Yes· 3 of 6
Would Asian Americans be better off under this?+6
The bill benefits Asian Americans by mandating the disaggregation of their diverse ethnic subgroups in state education report cards to better address their unique needs.
Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?+5
The bill improves racial equity by requiring detailed data disaggregation for Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander subgroups to better identify their specific educational needs.
Would students be better off under this?+4
The bill benefits students by enabling better identification of the educational needs of diverse ethnic subgroups through more detailed data reporting.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Identification of Educational Needs: By disaggregating data for specific ethnic groups, the bill aims to help identify and support the unique educational needs of diverse communities (Section 2, Finding 6).
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Detailed Subgroup Reporting for Asian Americans: The bill expands the 'Asian American' category to include specific subgroups such as Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Taiwanese, Burmese, and Bangladeshi, as well as others like the lu Mien and Montagnards where practicable (Section 3(a)).
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Detailed Subgroup Reporting for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: The bill expands this category to include specific subgroups such as Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, iTaukei, and Marshallese, and others like the Chuukese and Palauan where practicable (Section 3(a)).
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Enhanced Accountability Systems: The bill updates statewide accountability systems to ensure they reflect these more specific ethnic group breakdowns (Section 3(b)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Asian Americans+6Good For Students+4Good For Native Americans+2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Racial Equity+5
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+3
- Education And Technology
- Increases Public School Funding+2
- 7/21/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/2/2026
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 5/21/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 9 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
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