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
Acts repealed	No Child Left Behind Act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 Senate as S. 1177 by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on April 30, 2015; Committee consideration by Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Passed the House on December 2, 2015 (359–64); Passed the Senate on December 9, 2015 (85–12); Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 10, 2015;

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy. 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.

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