# 119-hr-7989: ACE Act

119-hr-7989, ACE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7989
- Congress: 119
- Title: ACE Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-08

## Summary

**This bill rewrites parts of Title I to **shift more per-student funding to high-poverty, smaller school districts**.** It phases out the existing dual-weighting system that often favored very large districts and moves to a single preferred weighting after a two-year transition ending in FY2025. - Students and families in small, high-poverty local educational agencies (LEAs) should see higher grants per formula student when the single weighting takes effect in FY2026. - Very large LEAs that benefited from the "number" weighting may receive relatively less Title I funding after FY2025 under the single-weighting approach. - Education Finance Incentive Grant calculations are reorganized into three state equity-factor categories. Each category uses the larger-of-two weighting through FY2025 and then uses the clause (iii) single weighting from FY2026 onward.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More Title I help for high-poverty districts: mixed, medium. This bill would change how the Education Department counts "weighted" students for Title I Targeted Grants and the Education Finance Incentive Grant (EFIG). Through fiscal year 2025, the Department would keep using the larger of two existing weighted counts. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Depar…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
- 119-hr-9401: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-7989 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7989)

## Related
- [119-hr-7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7567)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-9401: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9401)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7989 (as of 2026-07-08).