{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[1584925, "921b68d2-ff21-4a1a-a68c-c45fb0594cdd", "Q3", "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE", 48975, "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE", 2014, "third_quarter", "EDU", "Support S. 114, Support H.R. 532, Support S. 113, Support HR 1330\nOppose private school voucher or tuition tax credit program., oppose Alexander amendment to S Con Res 8\nSupport the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act, S. 870 / H.R. 1845Support the Department of Education initiating new rulemaking to effectively enforce the statutory gainful employment requirement for career education programs, so that the rules can be finalized by November 1 and go into effect by July 2014.\n\nUrge the CFPB to take specific steps to ensure that student loan modifications are combined with other policies to provide relief to borrowers and prevent defaults in the future.  \n\nSupport the Student Non-Discrimination Act.\n\nSupport HR 378.\n\nOppose S. 624.\n\nSupport requiring that private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans.  \n\nSupport S.1094, the Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 (SASA).\n\nOppose S. 1101, the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2013.\n\nSupport $7.9 billion in FY 2014 from the Department of Health and Human Services for Head Start activities.  \n\nOppose any amendments to H.R. 5, The Student Success Act, that would allow the expenditure of scarce federal funds on private school vouchers. \n\nSupport Connect-Ed and e-Rate programs, but not at the expense of Lifeline.  \n\nSupport the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. \n\nOppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.\n\nOppose H.R. 5.\n\nSupport the appointment of Linda Earley Chastang as the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).\n\nSupport:  targeting significant new federal funding to schools with high concentrations of poverty to implement meaningful educational opportunities for, and support high academic achievement by, all their students; providing significant additional financial incentives to states that in fact enhance their own funding of schools with high concentrations of poor, low-income, minority, and low-performing students; developing mechanisms that allow the federal government to monitor the ongoing performance of its new equity and excellence investments to ensure those investments are in fact enhancing student achievement; and making it clear that high quality education is a civil right which should be available to all Americans.\n\nSupport H.R. 1330.\n\nSupport S. 1238.\n\nOppose H.R. 1911.\n\nSupport S. 2432.Oppose S. 1003.\n\nSupport S. 953.\n\nSupport increased federal involvement in the operation  of public schools throughout the U.S., including a heightened premium on the enforcement of existing civil rights laws and a greater federal investment of resources in public education.\n\nSupport the Department of Education's proposal to expand the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) to include questions that will elicit information about bullying and harassment based on sexual orientation and religion, which will augment data already collected on race, color, national origin, sex, and disability. We also encouraged the Department to collect information on bullying and harassment based on gender identity.  Oppose the Education Department's proposal to eliminate questions on the CRDC relating to whether an education unit has adopted written policies prohibiting harassment and bullying on the basis of a civil rights law.\n\nOppose H.R. 2637, the Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act.\n\nSupport S. 403 / H.R. 1199, the Safe Schools Improvement Act.\n\nSupport E-Rate and the presidents ConnectED initiative, which would leverage E-Rate to connect 99 percent of students to high-speed broadband or high-speed wireless in five years.  Oppose cannibalizing other low-income telecommunications subsidies under the Universal Service Fund to pay for E-Rate and ConnectEd.\n\nOppose the Department of Educations implementation of new underwriting standards for the Parent PLUS Loan (PPL) program.   Support a meeting with Secretary Duncan to discuss the future of the program.  \n\nSupport HR 1343\n\nSupport the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.\n\nSupport the Department of Education's proposed \"Gainful Employment\" rule, with special emphasis on the portions which provide financial relief for students in programs that lose eligibility; limit enrollment in poorly performing programs until they improve; close loopholes and raise standards; and protect low-cost programs where most graduates dont borrow.\n\nSupport H.R. 4902 / S. 2374.\n\nOppose the funding of the District of Columbia private school voucher program in the FY2015 Financial Services Appropriations bill. \n\nSupport President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals:  Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement.\n\nSupport the Federal Communication Commissions E-Rate Program.  \n\nSupport H.R. 3136\n\nSupport Peters (CA) Motion to recommit H.R. 4435.\n\nSupport Jackson Lee amendment to HR 10\n\nOppose HR 10Support S. 1086.\n\nSupport HR 3136.\n\nSupport HR 4984.\n\nSupport the FCC aking steps to ensure that the E-rate fund can meet all present and future E-rate support needs of low-income schools and libraries; specifically, if the FCC maintains the distinction between priority one and priority two services, it should guarantee funding for internal connections for the highest discount rate schools.  Any temporary increase in the funding cap should not result in an increase in the cost of telecommunications services for consumers, or endanger support for other Universal Service Fund programs such as Lifeline/Link Up. \n\nSupport a permanent increase in funding to the E-rate program to allow schools and public libraries to keep pace with the rapidly increasing connectivity demands that they face.\n\nSupport H.R. 4902 / S 2374.\n\nOppose any amendment to H. 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