# 115-hr-6002: School Overcrowding Reduction Act

115-hr-6002, School Overcrowding Reduction Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6002
- Congress: 115
- Title: School Overcrowding Reduction Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2018-06-05
- Sponsor: JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

School Overcrowding Reduction Act This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to qualifying local educational agencies for activities relating to the construction of a school facility. In selecting grantees, ED shall prioritize agencies that demonstrate that grant amounts will be used to construct a school facility located within two miles of a school in which the average class size (excluding special education classes) exceeds 25 students.

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- 115-hr-7052: No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6930: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Miller Street in Plattsburgh, New York, as the "Ross Bouyea Post Office Building".
- 115-hr-6869: Violence Against Women Veterans Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6002 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6002)

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- [115-hr-7062: Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7062)
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- [115-hr-6930: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Mil…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6930)
- [115-hr-6869: Violence Against Women Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6869)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6002 (as of 2025-11-18).