# 114-hr-2960: TALENT Act

114-hr-2960, TALENT Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2960
- Congress: 114
- Title: TALENT Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2015-07-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act or the TALENT Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achievement, including above grade level achievement. States must: (1) assist their local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in providing additional educational assistance to advanced, gifted, and talented students; and (2) report annually a comparison of the performance of students between different LEAs at each level of achievement, disaggregated by specified student subgroups. LEAs must identify gifted and talented students and support their learning needs and train educators to implement instructional practices that support their education. The Institute of Education Sciences must: (1) continue research and development activities regarding the education of gifted and talented students; (2) support a National Research and Dissemination Center on the Gifted and Talented; (3) administer demonstration grants that enhance the ability of educators to support gifted and talented students; and (4) ensure that statistical data regarding the education of gifted and talented children is collected, reported, analyzed, and disseminated.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2015-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2015-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016
- 114-hr-4616: Living Donor Protection Act of 2016
- 114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act
- 114-hr-2799: FAST Act
- 114-hr-6: 21st Century Cures Act
- 114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-2960 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2960)

## Related
- [114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4938)
- [114-hr-4616: Living Donor Protection Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4616)
- [114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3381)
- [114-hr-2799: FAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2799)
- [114-hr-6: 21st Century Cures Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6)
- [114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1624)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2960 (as of 2025-11-18).