119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 18, 2026
ACE Act
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Latest action (Mar 18, 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Education
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 18, 2026)
All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act
This bill revises the funding formulas for distributing Targeted Grants and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG) to local educational agencies (LEAs).
Under current law, both the Targeted Grant and EFIG formulas use a weighted formula child count to increase aid to LEAs with the highest numbers or percentages of poor and other disadvantaged children (commonly referred to as formula children). Generally, children counted in these formulas are assigned weights based on (1) each LEA's percentage of formula children (commonly referred to as percentage weighting), and (2) each LEA's number of formula children (commonly referred to as number weighting). The higher of the two weighted formula child counts is then used in the formula for determining grants for an LEA.
Under this bill, beginning in FY2026 and for each succeeding fiscal year after, the weighted formula child count used to determine an LEA's Targeted Grant must be based only on the percentage weighting. Additionally, the weighted formula child count used to determine an LEA's EFIG must be based only on the number weighting.
For additional information see
• CRS Report R48893, FY2024 State Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA);
• CRS Report R48890, Determining Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); and
• CRS Report R48165, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as Amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): An Analytical Review of the Allocation Formulas.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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JUSHI HOLDINGS INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: TROUTMAN STRATEGIES
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 16, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
The Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act (H.R. 7989).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · lobbying firm or registrant: PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 23, 2026 · issue area: Education
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…45, the GO Ag Act, which would create a $5 million grant program to help high schools cover the startup costs associated with agriculture education programs. - H.R. 7989, the ACE Act, which would ensure a more equitable distribution of federal education funding by eliminating a "number weighting" system that currently favors la…
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JUSHI HOLDINGS INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: TROUTMAN STRATEGIES
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
The Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act (H.R. 7989).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing