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| 109-hr-6358 | 109 | hr | 6358 | Summer of Service Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-12-05 | 2006-12-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 11 | Summer of Service Act of 2006 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades six through nine. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide competitive three-year grants to: (1) states under a State Grant program; and (2) public or private organizations under a National Direct Grant program, when a state does not apply for funding or the community service program includes multiple states. Requires states and organizations, in making project subgrants, to favor entities with established track records that: (1) have leadership positions in the communities from which participating youth will be drawn; (2) focus on youth service during the transition year before high school; (3) encourage or enable youth to continue providing community service throughout the school year; (4) involve youth in the design and operation of the community service project; and (5) include youth of diverse backgrounds, at least 50% of which are from low-income families. Permits such entities to charge the parents of participants an income-based fee to contribute to the nonfederal share of project costs. Makes each youth serving at least 100 hours in a service-learning project eligible for an educational award of up to $500. | 2020-02-10T16:51:20Z | |
| 109-hr-6370 | 109 | hr | 6370 | Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act | Education | 2006-12-05 | 2006-12-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 0 | Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide additional funds for the purchase of textbooks for eligible schools under the schoolwide program of part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged). Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a Textbook Recycling Program to facilitate the donation of textbooks by any local educational agency (LEA) to any other LEA for use by such schools. Directs the Comptroller General to assess the condition of textbooks used in public elementary and secondary schools. | 2020-02-10T16:51:21Z | |
| 109-s-4059 | 109 | s | 4059 | Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act | Education | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11059) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act - Prohibits a federal agency from providing funds or assistance to an entity for the development of course material or the provision of instruction on human development and sexuality if such material or instruction will include medically inaccurate information. Directs such an agency to require a sufficient assurance that such material or instruction will not include medically inaccurate information. Defines "medically inaccurate information" as information related to medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, or statistical statements that is unsupported or contradicted by peer-reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and public health organizations and agencies. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-s-4061 | 109 | s | 4061 | SPEAK Act | Education | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11062-11064) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Standards to Provide Educational Access for Kids Act or the SPEAK Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (the Act) to require the Commissioner for Educational Statistics to add science to the mandatory biennial national and state academic achievement assessments of students in grades four, eight, and twelve in reading and mathematics. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states receiving school improvement funds to participate in such science assessments of students in grades four and eight, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. Amends the Act to task the National Assessment Governing Board with creating voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science for kindergarten through grade 12 which reflect the knowledge students need to enter college or the workforce and compete in the global economy. Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the American Standards Incentive fund to award competitive four-year grants to states which agree to: (1) adopt such voluntary mathematics and science standards as the core of their own academic content standards in such subjects; and (2) align their teacher certification and professional development requirements to such standards. Provides additional funds to successful grantees for the enhancement of their student performance data systems. Authorizes the Secretary to extend by up to four years for such grantees the 12-year period at the end of which students must meet or exceed state academic performance standards established under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-s-4064 | 109 | s | 4064 | No Child Left Behind Improvement Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 0 | No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter requirements for adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments of student groups by: (1) lowering, from 95% to 90%, the minimum percentage of students in each group in a school that must take such assessments; (2) allowing the fractional counting of students who are in more than one group, for each such group; (3) allowing states to treat as proficient or advanced specified scores on alternate assessments for disabled students and those not proficient in English; and (4) allowing states to use alternative methods of defining AYP. Revises criteria for local educational agency identification of schools needing improvement. Declares that only those meet such criteria that fail AYP standards, for two consecutive school years (as under current law), in the same subject for the same group of students. Revises eligibility criteria for school transfers after a school is identified as needing improvement. Declares that only failing students in the failing group, instead of all students in such a school, may transfer. Allows such schools to provide students with supplemental services rather than transfers during that school year. | 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z | |
| 109-s-4065 | 109 | s | 4065 | Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act | Education | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11070) | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Accurate Crime Trends for Schools Act or the ACT for Schools Act - Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information on the occurrence of school-related crime in elementary and secondary schools. Requires the study to identify and evaluate methods for collecting and reporting such information. | 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z | |
| 109-hr-6332 | 109 | hr | 6332 | Sandra Day O'Connor and William H. Rehnquist Law Centers Establishment Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-11-15 | 2006-11-15 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8] | AZ | R | K000306 | 2 | Sandra Day O'Connor and William H. Rehnquist Law Centers Establishment Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant to: (1) Stanford Law School to establish the Sandra Day O'Connor Center on Constitutional Law; and (2) the University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law to establish the William H. Rehnquist Center on Constitutional Structures of Government. Requires such Law Schools to provide specified nonfederal contributions toward the establishment of such Law Centers. | 2023-01-12T17:51:59Z | |
| 109-hr-6334 | 109 | hr | 6334 | Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-11-15 | 2006-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 9 | Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect to the Troops-to-Teachers program (which provides armed forces veterans with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in a high-need local educational agency (LEA) or public charter school). Allows a program participant, if a high-need LEA or public charter school is not located within 50 miles of his or her residence, to teach within an LEA or at a public charter school: (1) experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers, especially in science, mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical education; or (2) receiving grant funds because of concentrations of children from low-income families. | 2023-01-12T17:51:59Z | |
| 109-s-4053 | 109 | s | 4053 | Summer of Service Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-11-15 | 2006-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10966-10971) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 7 | Summer of Service Act of 2006 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades six through nine. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide competitive three-year grants to: (1) states under a State Grant program; and (2) public or private organizations under a National Direct Grant program, when a state does not apply for funding or the community service program includes multiple states. Requires states and organizations, in making project subgrants, to favor entities with established track records that: (1) have leadership positions in the communities from which participating youth will be drawn; (2) focus on youth service during the transition year before high school; (3) encourage or enable youth to continue providing community service throughout the school year; (4) involve youth in the design and operation of the community service project; and (5) include youth of diverse backgrounds, at least 50% of which are from low-income families. Permits such entities to charge the parents of participants an income-based fee to contribute to the nonfederal share of project costs. Makes each youth serving at least 100 hours in a service-learning project eligible for an educational award of up to $500. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-hr-6322 | 109 | hr | 6322 | ACT for Schools Act | Education | 2006-11-14 | 2006-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 1 | Accurate Crime Trends for Schools Act or the ACT for Schools Act - Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information on the occurrence of school-related crime in elementary and secondary schools. Requires the study to identify and evaluate methods for collecting and reporting such information. | 2023-01-12T17:51:59Z | |
| 109-hr-6315 | 109 | hr | 6315 | Student Privacy Protection Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-11-13 | 2006-11-13 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Student Privacy Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to establish private civil remedies for educational institutions' or agencies' violations of certain rights of privacy of and access to student educational records. Allows students and applicants, and their parents, to bring civil actions in U.S. district courts to enjoin such violations and recover court-determined damages. Allows a court, in its discretion, to award treble damages for willful or knowing violations. | 2023-01-12T17:51:59Z | |
| 109-s-3995 | 109 | s | 3995 | Education Opportunity Act | Education | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] | SC | R | D000595 | 1 | Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to low-income secondary school juniors and seniors for the cost of taking nonremedial courses offered by institutions of higher education which award such students transferable postsecondary credits for such courses. States the sense of the Senate that funding for this program should not affect funding for the Pell Grant program. | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4033 | 109 | s | 4033 | Kindergarten Plus Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10736-10738) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 6 | Kindergarten Plus Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) to provide Kindergarten Plus (K+) programs of voluntary full days of kindergarten during the summer before and the summer after the traditional kindergarten school year determined by the state. Directs the Secretary to ensure, to the extent possible, that each such grant is of sufficient size to enable the SEA to provide K+ to all eligible students served by the local educational agencies (LEAs) within the state with the highest concentrations of eligible students. Makes eligible students those children who are: (1) five-years old or who will be eligible to attend kindergarten at the beginning of the next school year; (2) from a family with an income at or below 185% of the poverty line; and (3) not already served by a high-quality program in the summer before or the summer after the child enters kindergarten. Requires SEAs, in awarding subgrants, to give priority to LEAs that: (1) serve the greatest number or percentage of eligible students; and (2) propose to reduce class size and student-to-teacher ratios in K+ significantly below the average ratios in regular kindergarten classes served by the LEA. Provides for direct grants to LEAs in states that do not apply for grants. Sets forth K+ teacher and personnel quality standards. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-s-4035 | 109 | s | 4035 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the school as lender program. | Education | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate institutions of higher education as eligible lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan program. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-s-4041 | 109 | s | 4041 | Child Medication Safety Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-29 | 2006-11-13 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Child Medication Safety Act of 2006 - Requires states, as a condition of receiving funds under any program or activity administered by the Secretary of Education, to develop and implement policies and procedures prohibiting school personnel from requiring a child, as a condition of attending school or receiving services, to obtain a prescription for any specified controlled substances listed under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Provides that nothing in such requirement shall be construed to create a federal prohibition against teachers and other school personnel consulting or sharing classroom-based observations with parents or guardians regarding a student's academic performance or behavior in the classroom or school, or regarding the need for evaluation for special education or related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on: (1) variation among state definitions of psychotropic medication in state jurisdiction over public education; (2) prescription rates of medications used in public schools to treat children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other disorders or illnesses; and (3) which of such medications are CSA-listed and which are not, including properties and effects of the latter and whether they have been considered for CSA-listing. | 2018-02-04T01:50:47Z | |
| 109-hr-6232 | 109 | hr | 6232 | Practicality in Education Act | Education | 2006-09-28 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] | KS | R | M000934 | 0 | Practicality in Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to exclude the results of limited English proficient students, during their first two school years in this country, from adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments, when such students are assessed in reading or mathematics in a language other than their native tongue. Requires that state determinations of AYP pursuant to state academic achievement standards employ a growth model, measuring the achievement of the same students and subgroups from year to year. Requires that 4% of disabled students taking modified assessments be counted in measuring student proficiency pursuant to such standards. Gives schools which are identified as needing improvement, due to having failed for two consecutive years to make AYP pursuant to such standards, a full new school year to meet the standards before its students must be given the option to transfer to another public school. (Currently, such transfers must be allowed at the beginning of the school year following such identification.) Provides that, in determining AYP, a student in more than one group subject to measurable annual objectives shall be counted only toward one such group. Allows states to consider new middle and secondary school special education and rural teachers to be highly qualified even if they do not pass a rigorous state academic subject test in every subject they teach, provided they pass such a test for one subject they teach and, with respect to each other subject they teach, work in close consultation with another teacher who is highly qualified in such other subject. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-hr-6234 | 109 | hr | 6234 | Get Information on Financial Transactions Act | Education | 2006-09-28 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] | IN | R | B001149 | 8 | Get Information on Financial Transactions Act - Amends title VI (International Education Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to require, as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) annual data collection, that each institution of higher education receiving federal funds for its international education programs include data concerning: (1) the total cost such a program or center; (2) state and private contributors whose total aggregate contributions exceed $100,000 for the fiscal year; and (3) the use of such contributions. Directs the Secretary to prepare an annual report summarizing such data. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-hr-6206 | 109 | hr | 6206 | Truman Scholarship Fund Modernization Act | Education | 2006-09-27 | 2006-12-08 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Truman Scholarship Fund Modernization Act - Amends the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to invest amounts appropriated and contributed to the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund: (1) only at the request of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation; and (2) only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States issued directly to such Fund. Repeals the Secretary's discretion to invest in obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States. Repeals the condition that such obligations shall be issued only if it is not in the public interest to purchase other interest-bearing obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States. Makes all requests of the Board binding on the Secretary. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to sell any obligation acquired by the fund (except special obligations issued exclusively to it) at the market price. Requires the Secretary, at the Board's request, to redeem any obligation issued directly to the fund. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6221 | 109 | hr | 6221 | Public Service Academy Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-27 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 6 | Public Service Academy Act of 2006 - Establishes, in the Department of Homeland Security, a United States Public Service Academy providing a fully subsidized liberal arts education to students selected from a pool of candidates nominated by Congress and the President. Reserves 100 first-year seats for international students, whose tuition and expenses are to be covered by their home countries. Requires incoming students to sign an Honor Code and be at least 17 years old, unmarried, and without dependents. Requires students to: (1) participate in daily public service programming and, during their final year, plan and implement a one-year public service project; (2) take foreign language and international relations courses in preparation for spending their junior year studying abroad and interning at a U.S. mission; (3) spend eight weeks each summer engaged in specified training and internship activities; and (4) by the completion of their fourth semester, choose a public service concentration in the economy, education, emergency management, the environment, foreign policy, health care, law enforcement, or the public infrastructure. Directs the Academy to assign graduates to public service employment in their field of concentrated study, where they must serve for at least five years. Includes private nonprofit organizations and private entities deemed to meet critical national needs, among acceptable public service employers. Requires foreign students to sign an agreement with the student's home country that meets the same conditions applicable to U.S. students. Authorizes the Academy to subsidize a student's graduate education in return for an extended public service commitment. Requires the Academy to raise 20% of its annual budget from private sources. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-s-3958 | 109 | s | 3958 | Public Service Academy Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 3 | Public Service Academy Act of 2006 - Establishes, in the Department of Homeland Security, a United States Public Service Academy providing a fully subsidized liberal arts education to students selected from a pool of candidates nominated by Congress and the President. Reserves 100 first-year seats for international students, whose tuition and expenses are to be covered by their home countries. Requires incoming students to sign an Honor Code and be at least 17 years old, unmarried, and without dependents. Requires students to: (1) participate in daily public service programming and, during their final year, plan and implement a one-year public service project; (2) take foreign language and international relations courses in preparation for spending their junior year studying abroad and interning at a U.S. mission; (3) spend eight weeks each summer engaged in specified training and internship activities; and (4) by the completion of their fourth semester, choose a public service concentration in the economy, education, emergency management, the environment, foreign policy, health care, law enforcement, or the public infrastructure. Directs the Academy to assign graduates to public service employment in their field of concentrated study, where they must serve for at least five years. Includes private nonprofit organizations and private entities deemed to meet critical national needs among acceptable public service employers. Requires foreign students to serve in their home countries. Authorizes the Academy to subsidize a student's graduate education in return for an extended public service commitment. Requires the Academy to raise 20% of its annual budget from private sources. | 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z | |
| 109-hr-6138 | 109 | hr | 6138 | Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 109-292. | House | Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] | FL | R | K000361 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 27, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through June 30, 2007. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to bar trustees of institutions of higher education (IHEs), or of institution-affiliated organizations, from serving as eligible lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, unless the trusteeship continues pursuant to a contract entered into before the enactment of this Act. Imposes specified requirements on exempt lender-trustees and the IHEs or institution-affiliated organizations they serve. Subjects exempt lender-trustee loans to compliance audits. Alters the grant program for Hispanic-serving IHEs to: (1) move the time at which at least 25% of their full-time students must be Hispanic, from the time such IHEs apply for a new grant back to the end of the preceding grant year; (2) eliminate the requirement that at least 50% of their Hispanic students be poor; and (3) eliminate the two-year waiting period between grant applications. Requires that account maintenance fees payable to guarantee agencies under the FFEL program be calculated on the basis of .10% of the original principal amount of such outstanding loans on which insurance was issued. (Currently, such fees are capped at such percentage.) Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the federal student loan indebtedness of spouses and parents of individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. States that, in the case of a consolidation loan used jointly by a victim of such attacks and his or her spouse, the discharge or cancellation shall apply only to that portion of debt incurred on behalf of the victim; except that, where the victim served as a police o… | 2023-01-31T21:41:35Z | |
| 109-hr-6114 | 109 | hr | 6114 | Universal Prekindergarten Act | Education | 2006-09-20 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 32 | Universal Prekindergarten Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to a designated state agency for development of universal prekindergaten programs for all children three, four, and five years old in the state. Requires the state to: (1) match federal funds by at least 20%; and (2) submit with its grant application a plan to establish, coordinate, and implement a statewide universal prekindergarten program. Authorizes state agencies to set aside up to 5% of a grant for ongoing professional development activities for teachers and staff of prekindergarten programs that wish to participate. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6106 | 109 | hr | 6106 | To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under title IV, section 105, of Public Law 109-148. | Education | 2006-09-19 | 2006-10-11 | Became Public Law No: 109-323. | House | Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] | LA | R | J000287 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 to extend, through FY2007, the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to entities in states in which a major disaster was declared relating to Hurricane Katrina or Rita, to waive or modify requirements relating to maintenance of effort, supplementary use of funds, and matching funds. | 2023-01-31T21:42:09Z | |
| 109-hr-6084 | 109 | hr | 6084 | Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-14 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 1 | Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a direct income-dependent education assistance (IDEA) loan program, from July 1, 2007, through July 1, 2013, under which student borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL) or Direct Loans (DL), under parts B and D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, may elect to convert or consolidate such loans to direct IDEA loans. Provides that when a student defaults on a loan under the FFEL or DL programs and it is repaid or canceled by the Secretary, it is thereby converted to a direct IDEA loan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to collect IDEA loan repayments through the income tax withholding system. | 2023-01-12T17:52:19Z | |
| 109-s-3902 | 109 | s | 3902 | Education Competitiveness Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-14 | 2006-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Education Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish scholarship programs for students pursuing degrees in: (1) early childhood education; (2) science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; or (3) critical foreign languages. Requires scholarship recipients, for four years, to teach in their field of study or or work in employment that improves education. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to nonprofit educational agencies to work with local educational agencies (LEAs) to expand or develop Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs in their schools. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states for: (1) programs encouraging elementary and secondary school teachers to serve in rural or underserved areas; (2) voluntary universal prekindergarten programs focusing on child development; (3) coordination of prekindergarten through grade 16 (PK-16) programs and establishment of integrated data systems tracking student progress; (4) internships and summer programs for middle and secondary school students; (5) student mentoring, afterschool , and enrichment programs; and (6) summer science and engineering institutes for secondary school students. Requires states to take specified actions to raise early childhood education teachers' qualifications. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) matching grants to LEAs to establish and operate specialty science and mathematics secondary schools; (2) scholarships to students pursuing a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree who agree to work in their field of study for four years; and (3) research grants to scientists who are under age 40. Increases the Pell grant. Increases and extends funding for Indian education programs, including Native American language immersion programs. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships between: (1) institutions of higher education and local workforce investment boards for job training in high-g… | 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z | |
| 109-s-3864 | 109 | s | 3864 | Raising Achievement through Improving Supplemental Education Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-07 | 2006-09-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9125-9126) | Senate | Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] | FL | R | M001162 | 1 | Raising Achievement through Improving Supplemental Education Act of 2006, or the RAISE Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies (LEAs) to make supplemental educational services (SES) (after-school tutoring programs) available to eligible children attending schools identified as needing improvement because of their having failed, for two consecutive years, to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) pursuant to state academic performance standards. (Currently such services are required only after an additional year of failing to meet such standards.) Makes low-performing children from such schools who are not from low-income families eligible for SES and gives them priority, in the case of insufficient funding, over children who are poor but not low-performing. Requires LEAs to: (1) create a streamlined SES notification, registration, and provider selection process designed to increase the number of eligible children receiving such services and the information available to parents and SES providers; (2) grant approved providers access to school facilities that is equivalent to access provided to other after-school and extracurricular programs; and (3) enter into a written agreement with the parents' chosen provider, within a specified period, requiring such provider to render services within 20 days after the LEA and provider receive the child's contact information. Requires states to: (1) provide advance notice to LEAs of their SES duties; (2) make a downloadable SES application form available to LEAs and parents; (3) evaluate providers in a valid and reliable manner that considers student achievement and parent satisfaction; (4) safeguard against conflicts of interest and underperformance when LEAs provide SES themselves; and (5) prohibit LEAs from reprogramming SES funds when there is inadequate parental notification or unsatisfied demand for services. Prohibits the offering, by providers, of selection incentives to parents and eligible children. Allows sta… | 2023-01-12T17:52:07Z | |
| 109-s-3869 | 109 | s | 3869 | Improving the Quality of and Access to Supplemental Educational Services Act | Education | 2006-09-07 | 2006-09-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Improving the Quality of and Access to Supplemental Educational Services Act, or the IQ Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to make supplemental educational services (SES) (after-school tutoring programs) available to disadvantaged students by the beginning of the first full school year, rather than after an additional school year, after their school has been identified as needing improvement because of having failed, for two consecutive years, to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) pursuant to state academic performance standards. Directs each state to: (1) establish a system that evaluates each SES provider primarily by the extent to which the provider improves the academic performance of all students receiving SES, even those not in a grade subject to a state academic assessment; (2) establish a process for removing providers subject to repeat complaints; (3) publicize data concerning SES evaluations, cost, attendance, and timeliness; (4) assist LEAs in creating a streamlined enrollment process and providing timely services; (5) provide LEAs with a choice of providers capable of serving children who are disabled or have limited English proficiency; and (6) offer incentives, where appropriate, to providers to service rural areas. Requires an LEA to: (1) permit approved and successful SES providers access, at a fair rent, to its public schools if other external groups are given such access; (2) ensure that the SES registration process is uncomplicated and easily accessible to parents; (3) report to the state on SES spending and progress toward increasing student participation; and (4) ensure the beginning of SES as soon as possible after the beginning of the school year. Directs the Secretary of Education to study the impact differences in the provision of SES, the use of highly qualified teachers as tutors, and provider incentives have on improving student performance and SES attendance. Allows LEAs identified as needing improvement and sc… | 2023-01-12T17:52:07Z | |
| 109-hr-6028 | 109 | hr | 6028 | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools. | Education | 2006-09-06 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | O000159 | 15 | Amends of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new title X, School Construction, Modernization, And Infrastructure Improvement. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to state educational agencies for elementary and secondary school construction, reconstruction, renovation, or modernization for information technology. Sets forth wage requirements for such projects, including Davis-Bacon Act compliance and overtime; but allows exceptions for certain workers who voluntarily donate their services without full compensation. | 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z | |
| 109-hr-6031 | 109 | hr | 6031 | September 11 Survivors Student Loan Relief Act | Education | 2006-09-06 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 0 | September 11 Survivors Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the federal student loan indebtedness of spouses and parents of individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. States that, in the case of a consolidation loan used jointly by a victim of such attacks and his or her spouse, the discharge or cancellation shall apply only to that portion of debt incurred on behalf of the victim; except that, where the victim served as a police officer, firefighter, other safety or rescue personnel, or member of the Armed Forces, all of the debt on such loan shall be discharged or canceled. | 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z | |
| 109-hr-6034 | 109 | hr | 6034 | Classroom Commitment Partnership Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-09-06 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | Classroom Commitment Partnership Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide demonstration grants to states to extend the academic year at elementary and secondary schools to at least 200 academic days, each day comprising at least seven hours of actual instruction. Conditions a state's grant eligibility on its having laws and policies ensuring such school year length and hours of daily instruction for the three consecutive academic years covered by the grant. | 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z | |
| 109-s-3790 | 109 | s | 3790 | National Mathematics and Science Consistency Act | Education | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | National Mathematics and Science Consistency Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to convene a panel to produce, for kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12), voluntary national expectations for science and mathematics education, sample assessment questions based on them, and a model mathematics and science curriculum. Requires such expectations to be based on core ideas in mathematics and science common to all states, and the model curriculum to be taken or adapted from effective state mathematics and science teaching materials. Requires the panel also to develop and coordinate professional development criteria that would prepare teachers to incorporate such expectations. Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to states to: (1) develop instructional materials based on the voluntary national mathematics and science curriculum; (2) ensure that the infrastructure and technical assistance to provide such instructional materials online and free of charge to school personnel is available; and (3) train K-12 mathematics and science teachers to use the instructional materials and assessment questions in teaching. | 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z | |
| 109-s-3837 | 109 | s | 3837 | A bill to authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii. | Education | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 30 | Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media for the establishment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii. Requires the Archives to use grant funds for: (1) facilities and equipment to house and provide computer and web access to a repository of Native Hawaiian historical data; (2) scholarships to assist disadvantaged students in attending college; (3) the creation of educational materials from the archives that are applicable to a broad range of indigenous students; (4) outreach to elementary and secondary school students; (5) teacher training, so that the teaching of kindergarten through grade 12 students is culturally congruent with the learning modalities of such students, particularly indigenous students; and (6) the enhancement of the economic and financial literacy of college students. | 2023-01-12T17:52:23Z | |
| 109-hconres-463 | 109 | hconres | 463 | Expressing the sense of Congress regarding textbook equity. | Education | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] | IL | D | D000096 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that all students deserve up-to-date textbooks in order to meet national education requirements and that states should ensure that poorer school districts are not deprived of such textbooks. Resolves that primary and secondary schools receive equitable funding for textbooks. | 2023-01-13T04:50:34Z | |
| 109-hr-5988 | 109 | hr | 5988 | Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] | IL | D | D000096 | 3 | Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to Predominantly Black Institutions to: (1) enhance their capacity to serve more low and middle-income Black American students; (2) expand higher education opportunities for students eligible for student assistance under title IV of the Act by encouraging such students to prepare for college and persist in secondary and postsecondary education; and (3) strengthen their financial ability to serve the academic needs of such students. Defines such institutions as accredited institutions: (1) serving at least 1,000 undergraduate students, at least 50% of which are pursuing a bachelor's or associate's degree; (2) serving an undergraduate population at least 40% of which are Black Americans and at least 50% of which are low-income or first-generation college students; and (3) whose spending per full-time undergraduate student is low in comparison to that of institutions offering similar instruction. Allows grant recipients to use up to 20% of their grant on an endowment fund, provided they raise nonfederal matching funds at least equal to the amount of the grant used for such endowment. Allots funding among institutions on the basis of their share of Pell Grant recipients, graduates, and graduates pursuing a higher degree. Establishes a minimum allotment for each institution of $250,000, which is to be ratably reduced if appropriations are insufficient to pay such amount. | 2023-01-12T17:52:33Z | |
| 109-hr-6008 | 109 | hr | 6008 | Diploma Integrity Protection Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | MN | D | M001143 | 5 | Diploma Integrity Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make available to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other appropriate federal agencies a list of: (1) accrediting agencies and associations recognized by the Secretary or by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; (2) institutions of higher education eligible under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program; and (3) foreign institutions of higher education whose authority to issue degrees is accepted in their home country and that the Secretary deems to be academically equivalent to FFEL participants in this country. Conditions a school's eligibility for student assistance funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on its providing notice on its internet website of its recognition by the Secretary as a legitimate degree-granting institution for immigration and federal employment purposes. Requires an accreditation agency or association to be on such list for its authority to be recognized for any federal purpose. Requires the Secretary to establish the Diploma Mill Task Force to develop: (1) guidelines for distinguishing between legitimate and fraudulent degree-granting institutions for federal purposes; (2) a strategic diploma integrity protection plan to address the sale and use of fraudulent degrees; and (3) legislative language to effectuate such plan. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to define as an unfair and deceptive act or practice: (1) the offering of a degree by an entity that is not recognized as a legitimate degree-granting institution in accordance with the Task Force's guidelines; or (2) the issuing of any accreditation by an entity not recognized by the Secretary, any other appropriate federal agency, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or, in the case of a foreign entity, by the appropriate agency in its home country. Requires the Secretary to study: (1) both legitimate and fraudulent degree-granting institutions that are not properly accredited; and (2)… | 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z | |
| 109-hr-6020 | 109 | hr | 6020 | Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act | Education | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | T000266 | 66 | Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to support business incubation at institutions of higher education that award associate or baccalaureate degrees. Directs the Secretary to make competitive, matching awards to: (1) a nonprofit entity that manages or provides technical assistance to a degree-granting institution's affiliated incubator (or to the institution that manages in the absence of such an entity), for helping acquire or renovate space for incubators, and for developing curricula, providing services, or providing programming for entrepreneurs housed in an incubator; and (2) a degree-granting institution or a nonprofit local government or community development organization, for feasibility studies to determine the need for or siting of incubators. Requires the Secretary to reserve certain amounts for research regarding best practices for incubator programs, including the development of a benchmarking system based on uniform measures, and for dissemination of information regarding such practices. Authorizes contracts for such purposes with organizations with expertise in business incubation practices. | 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z | |
| 109-hr-5915 | 109 | hr | 5915 | Rewarding Student Achievement Act | Education | 2006-07-27 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] | MN | R | K000358 | 2 | Rewarding Student Achievement Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to ensure that grants awarded to support merit-based teacher compensation systems, under the Teacher Incentive Fund or the Fund for the Improvement of Education under part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, support compensation systems that are based primarily or exclusively on student learning gains, the maintenance of such gains, or both. | 2023-01-12T17:52:35Z | |
| 109-hr-5928 | 109 | hr | 5928 | 21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-27 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] | KY | D | C001058 | 30 | 21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants in each fiscal year to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state for the construction, modernization, or repair of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Gives priority to LEAs serving a high number or percentage of disadvantaged children and those whose public schools are in relatively poor condition. Requires LEAs to contribute funds toward the costs of the program, but uses a sliding scale that factors in the relative poverty of an LEA's service area. Requires the Secretary to make low-interest loans to LEAs in each fiscal year for the same purposes and with the same priorities given in the distribution of the grants. Establishes the School Construction, Modernization, and Repair Revolving Fund consisting of amounts derived from the low-interest loans and appropriations made to the Fund by this Act. Amends part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize and make appropriations for educational technology. | 2023-01-12T17:52:34Z | |
| 109-hr-5903 | 109 | hr | 5903 | Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-26 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-3] | GA | D | M001146 | 0 | Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to extend to all rural local educational agencies (LEAs) the same level of increased flexibility or facilitated compliance that the Secretary authorizes for any category of rural LEAs with respect to part A basic LEA programs of title I provisions for improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 2023-01-12T17:52:35Z | |
| 109-hr-5914 | 109 | hr | 5914 | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers, and for other purposes. | Education | 2006-07-26 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] | OR | D | W000793 | 0 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to reduce class size through the use of fully-qualified teachers. Allots funds to states and local educational agencies to recruit, hire, and train additional teachers, in order to: (1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades one through three, to an average of 18 students per classroom; and (2) improve teaching in those grades so that all students can learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade. | 2023-01-12T17:52:35Z | |
| 109-hr-5871 | 109 | hr | 5871 | Mathematics and Science Teaching Corps Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-24 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 6 | Mathematics and Science Teaching Corps Act of 2006 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create a Math and Science Teaching Corps to significantly improve mathematics and science achievement among secondary school students. Requires the Director of the Corps to carry out a program that awards: (1) Math and Science Teaching Corps Fellowships for Prospective Teachers (MSTC Fellowships) to teachers possessing comprehensive subject area knowledge; (2) grants to partner institutions to pay the tuition, fees, and overhead costs of the fellows; and (3) grants to participating local educational agencies to pay the expenses associated with facilitating the induction and professional development services for the fellows. Requires MSTC Fellowship recipients to: (1) receive specified pedagogical training; (2) teach mathematics or science, for a specified stipend, in a public secondary school for four years, and participate in induction and professional development programs; (3) participate in additional weekend or summer professional development activities in their first two years of teaching; and (4) receive mentoring training in their third year of teaching, and provide mentoring in their fourth year. Requires the Director to carry out a program that awards Math and Science Teaching Corps Fellowships for Experienced Teachers (MSTC Master Fellowships). Requires an MSTC Master Fellowship recipient to: (1) continue to teach mathematics or science, for a specified stipend, in a secondary school of a participating agency for at least five of the seven years after receiving such fellowship; (2) serve as a leader and mentor within the individual's department and school; and (3) attend subject or pedagogy workshops offered by the participating local educational agency. Requires that at least 30% of the recipients in each category of fellowship teach at hard-to-staff schools. Provides bonus stipends to such recipients. | 2023-01-12T17:52:36Z | |
| 109-s-3714 | 109 | s | 3714 | Mathematics and Science Teaching Corps Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-24 | 2006-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Mathematics and Science Teaching Corps Act of 2006 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create a Math and Science Teaching Corps to significantly improve mathematics and science achievement among secondary school students. Requires the Director of the Corps to carry out a program that awards: (1) Math and Science Teaching Corps Fellowships for Prospective Teachers (MSTC Fellowships) to teachers possessing comprehensive subject area knowledge; (2) grants to partner institutions to pay the tuition, fees, and overhead costs of the fellows; and (3) grants to participating local educational agencies to pay the expenses associated with facilitating the induction and professional development services for the fellows. Requires MSTC Fellowship recipients to: (1) receive specified pedagogical training; (2) teach mathematics or science, for a specified stipend, in a public secondary school for four years, and participate in induction and professional development programs; (3) participate in additional weekend or summer professional development activities in their first two years of teaching; and (4) receive mentoring training in their third year of teaching, and provide mentoring in their fourth year. Requires the Director to carry out a program that awards Math and Science Teaching Corps Fellowships for Experienced Teachers (MSTC Master Fellowships). Requires an MSTC Master Fellowship recipient to: (1) continue to teach mathematics or science, for a specified stipend, in a secondary school of a participating agency for at least five of the seven years after receiving such fellowship; (2) serve as a leader and mentor within the individual's department and school; and (3) attend subject or pedagogy workshops offered by the participating local educational agency. Requires that at least 30% of the recipients in each category of fellowship teach at hard-to-staff schools. Provides bonus stipends to such recipients. | 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z | |
| 109-sres-540 | 109 | sres | 540 | A resolution encouraging all 50 States to recognize and accommodate the release of public school pupils from school attendance to attend off-campus religious classes at their churches, synagogues, houses of worship, and faith-based organizations. | Education | 2006-07-24 | 2006-07-24 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8132-8133) | Senate | Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] | SC | R | D000595 | 2 | Calls on the states to recognize and accommodate those churches, faith-based organizations, and individuals that wish to release public school pupils from school attendance to attend religious classes. Requests the President to proclaim the third week of November 2006 as Bible Education in School Time Week. | 2023-01-12T17:52:26Z | |
| 109-hjres-92 | 109 | hjres | 92 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure a free and adequate education for every child who is a citizen. | Education | 2006-07-20 | 2006-07-20 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | O000159 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that, in order to more effectively promote the common defense, provide for the general welfare, and establish a more perfect union, the right to a free and adequate education shall be guaranteed to every child who is a U.S. citizen. | 2023-01-13T04:50:34Z | |
| 109-hr-5854 | 109 | hr | 5854 | Partnership for Academic Success in the States Act | Education | 2006-07-20 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7] | CO | R | B001240 | 0 | Partnership for Academic Success in the States Act, or the PASS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to implement a competitive pilot program, in up to 10 states, under which, pursuant to a performance agreement with each state, the Secretary: (1) directly provides the grant amount that such state would otherwise receive under one or more specified elementary and secondary education grant programs; and (2) waives the applicability of one or more of the requirements of such programs. Allows the Secretary to terminate a state's participation in the pilot program if it fails for three consecutive years to demonstrate adequate yearly progress toward achieving challenging academic performance standards. Requires the equitable participation of private schools in the use of such grants. Provides for awards to states for reducing achievement gaps. | 2023-01-12T17:52:36Z | |
| 109-s-3710 | 109 | s | 3710 | Teacher Center Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-20 | 2006-07-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8069-8070) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Teacher Center Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortiums of LEAs for the establishment and operation of new teacher centers or the support of existing centers. Requires that special consideration be given to high-need LEAs that serve a specified number or percentage of poor children and face difficulties in recruiting highly qualified teachers. Requires teacher centers established or supported with such funds to provide: (1) high-quality professional development to teachers that will enable them to help students improve their achievement and meet state academic standards; (2) teachers with information on developments in curricula, assessments, and educational research; and (3) training and support for new teachers. Lists other permissible uses of such funds by teacher centers. Conditions a center's receipt of such assistance on its operation under the supervision of a teacher center policy board, the majority of whose members must be representatives of, and selected by, the elementary and secondary school teachers to be served by the center. | 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z | |
| 109-hr-5833 | 109 | hr | 5833 | Teacher Centers Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-19 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 0 | Teacher Centers Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortiums of LEAs for the establishment and operation of new teacher centers or the support of existing centers. Requires that special consideration be given to high-need LEAs that serve a specified number or percentage of poor children and face difficulties in recruiting highly qualified teachers. Requires teacher centers established or supported with such funds to provide: (1) high-quality professional development to teachers that will enable them to help students improve their achievement and meet state academic standards; (2) teachers with information on developments in curricula, assessments, and educational research; and (3) training and support for new teachers. Lists other permissible uses of such funds by teacher centers. Conditions a center's receipt of such assistance on its operation under the supervision of a teacher center policy board, the majority of whose members must be representatives of, and selected by, the elementary and secondary school teachers to be served by the center. | 2023-01-12T17:52:37Z | |
| 109-hr-5822 | 109 | hr | 5822 | America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act | Education | 2006-07-18 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 7 | America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations to provide scholarships or sustained supplemental educational services to low-income students who attend, or their siblings who would attend, a public elementary or secondary school due for restructuring for failing to meet state academic performance standards. Requires such scholarships to enable students to attend: (1) the private elementary or secondary school of their parent's choice; or (2) a public elementary or secondary school of their parent's choice outside the student's home school district, consistent with state law. Requires the Secretary to conduct an independent evaluation of this program, including an assessment of its impact on student achievement. | 2023-01-12T17:52:37Z | |
| 109-hr-5824 | 109 | hr | 5824 | Manchester Bidwell Center for Arts and Technology Act | Education | 2006-07-18 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | H001033 | 2 | Manchester Bidwell Center for Arts and Technology Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award a grant to the Manchester Bidwell Corporation in Pennsylvania to improve, expand, and replicate the arts and technology education centers operated by such Corporation. Permits the Manchester Bidwell Corporation to use the grant awarded under this Act to conduct any of the following activities: (1) the development of a business plan to replicate at other locations in the United States the arts and technology education centers modeled after the Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; (2) the implementation of such business plan at locations in the United States where there is an interest in establishing arts and technology education centers similar to those operated by the Corporation in Pittsburgh; or (3) any other activities the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Requires Manchester Bidwell Corporation, in order to be eligible to receive such grant, to provide matching funds from non-federal sources (in cash or in kind) in an amount equal to or greater than the federal funds received in accordance with the grant to carry out the activities supported by it. | 2023-01-12T17:52:37Z | |
| 109-s-3682 | 109 | s | 3682 | America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act | Education | 2006-07-18 | 2006-07-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8101) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 8 | America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations to provide scholarships or sustained supplemental educational services to low-income students who attend, or their siblings who would attend, a public elementary or secondary school due for restructuring for failing to meet state academic performance standards. Requires such scholarships to enable students to attend: (1) the private elementary or secondary school of their parent's choice; or (2) a public elementary or secondary school of their parent's choice outside the student's home school district, consistent with state law. Requires the Secretary to conduct an independent evaluation of this program, including an assessment of its impact on student achievement. | 2023-01-12T17:52:29Z | |
| 109-hr-5821 | 109 | hr | 5821 | At-Risk Youth Protection Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-07-17 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] | CA | D | W000794 | 0 | At-Risk Youth Protection Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for subgrants to alternative public schools or programs that serve the needs of students who are at risk of educational failure. Requires subgrantees to require their secondary school students to perform at least 100 hours of community service each school year and receive training or counseling on conflict resolution as a prerequisite to performing such service. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction to a business of: (1) $750 per 100 hours of community service provided by such a student through such business during the taxable year; and (2) $2,000 for each graduate of such alternative school or program who completes one year of employment with such business. | 2023-01-12T17:52:37Z | |
| 109-hr-5717 | 109 | hr | 5717 | Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act | Education | 2006-06-29 | 2006-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 3 | Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to except teachers in hard to staff areas from the requirement that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within a state be highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year. Requires teachers in hard to staff areas, instead, to satisfy at least 80% of the requirements to be highly qualified by the end of the 2006-2007 school year, and satisfy all of them by the end of the following school year. Revises requirements for assessments of student groups in measuring the adequate yearly progress of the state, and of all public schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the state, toward enabling all public elementary school and secondary school students to meet the state's student academic achievement standards. Provides that a student group which has failed to meet or exceed achievement standards may satisfy assessment requirements if it met such standards in the immediately preceding year. Authorizes the testing of disabled students at their instructional level, rather than grade level, provided they show progress in accordance with individualized education programs. Permits states to change the method of counting students who are in more than one group. Revises the sanctions for schools which fail an assessment by reason of a group of no more than four students from designation as needing improvement to mandatory redirection of funds to the needs of such group. Requires the Secretary of Education to make recommendations to Congress for increasing the percentage of limited English proficient students and disabled students who meet or exceed state academic achievement standards. | 2023-01-13T04:50:46Z | |
| 109-hr-5733 | 109 | hr | 5733 | Children of Fallen Soldiers Pell Grant Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-29 | 2006-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] | TX | D | J000126 | 43 | Children of Fallen Soldiers Pell Grant Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Educaton Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian was killed while performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. | 2023-01-13T04:50:45Z | |
| 109-hr-5709 | 109 | hr | 5709 | No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-28 | 2006-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 5 | No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to alter requirements for adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments of student groups by: (1) allowing states to vary the number of students sufficient for such an assessment from local educational agency (LEA) to LEA and from school to school; (2) lowering the percentage of students in a failing group who must show improvement from the preceding year for a school to avoid corrective action; (3) changing the method of counting students in more than one group; (4) allowing states to use alternative methods of defining AYP; (5) exempting a higher percentage of students from such assessments; (6) giving states greater flexibility in the use of alternate assessments for disabled students and those not proficient in English; and (7) allowing multiple assessments of the same student in a school year and measurement of the achievement of students as if they were in their prior grade. Provides that a state's intermediate academic achievement goals need not increase in equal increments for all groups. Requires that states be given maximum flexibility in devising academic improvement plans. Limits the implementation of sanctions to schools and LEAs that fail AYP standards in the same subject for the same group for two consecutive school years, and the provision of school transfers and supplemental services to students in the group who failed AYP standards. Provides further exceptions to and conditions on the application of corrective actions. Involves LEAs in the choice and critique of supplemental service providers as well as the provision of such services. Authorizes states, LEAs, and schools to defer implementation of certain corrective actions in any fiscal year when the amount appropriated under ESEA and the Individuals with Disabilities Act does not equal or exceed a specified authorized amount. Applies AYP assessments to private schools receiving benefits under ESEA. Allows states to deny such benefits t… | 2023-01-13T04:50:46Z | |
| 109-s-3593 | 109 | s | 3593 | Student Debt Relief Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-28 | 2006-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6644-6647) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 7 | Student Debt Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase yearly maximum Pell grant amounts. Authorizes and appropriates specified additional annual funding for such grants if discretionary appropriations for such year are sufficient to fund a specified maximum Pell grant award of $4,050. Requires the Secretary of Education to provide institutions of higher education Student Aid Reward Payments for participating in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or Direct Loan (DL) program most cost-effective for taxpayers. Cuts interest rates under the FFEL and DL programs. Allows students to consolidate loans under the FFEL program while still in school. Reduces DL origination fees. Eliminates exceptional performer status for lenders, servicers, and guaranty agencies, which rewards such entities for high due diligence in FFEL collection. Imposes certain requirements regarding federal fund supplementation and lender trustees on schools which act as FFEL lenders. Sets limits on funds available for administrative expenses under the FFEL and DL programs for FY2007-FY2012. Directs the Secretary to forgive the balance due on DLs and direct consolidation loans by individuals who have been public sector employees for 10 years and have made 120 income contingent payments on such loans. Defers FFEL principal and Perkins loan principal and interest repayments when borrowers are suffering economic hardship, redefined to include borrowers whose full-time earnings do not exceed 150% of the poverty line. Defers student loan repayments to the extent they would exceed 15% of the amount a borrower's adjusted gross income exceeds the poverty line. Includes such deferral periods in calculating the maximum period an income contingent repayment plan may be in effect for a non-defaulting borrower. Increases consolidation loan lender fees. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for higher education expenses and make it permanent. Establishes a tax credit for student loan interest paym… | 2023-01-13T04:50:36Z | |
| 109-s-3532 | 109 | s | 3532 | Higher Education Study Abroad Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-16 | 2006-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 0 | Higher Education Study Abroad Act of 2006 - Urges the federal government to endorse the goals outlined by the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program regarding expanding the opportunity for students at institutions of higher education to study abroad. Requires the Secretary of Education to review Commission recommendations and report to Congress on the feasibility of their implementation, including the feasibility of the recommended national scholarship program for study abroad. | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-s-3528 | 109 | s | 3528 | Nontraditional Student Success Act | Education | 2006-06-15 | 2006-06-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 1 | Nontraditional Student Success Act - Authorizes and appropriates specified funds for Federal Pell grants under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). Increases yearly maximum grant amounts and revises requirements for the allowance of two Pell grants during a single award year. Requires the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register a revised table of income protection allowances. Excludes the earned income tax credit (EITC) from financial aid determinations. Authorizes the Secretary to select institutions of higher education for a Nontraditional Students Demonstration Program to test the effectiveness of providing expanded financial assistance to less than half-time students and students in compressed, modular, or other alternative schedules. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to eligible institutions to improve remedial education. Increases minimum grant amounts for the Federal TRIO programs. Permits student support services and educational opportunity centers to include career and academic (as well as personal) counseling. Makes awards under the Early Intervention and College Awareness Program for six years. Revises requirements for and reauthorizes the Program. Reauthorizes the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program of campus-based child care services for low-income parents in postsecondary education. Directs the Secretary to establish a website and brochures for providing outreach about financial aid and education tax credits that targets employers, one-stop centers, Head Start centers, and other appropriate locations. Increases the activities for which grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, as well as grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, may be used. Revises requirements for Special Programs for Students Whose Families Are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork. Reauthorizes the high school equivalency and the college assistance migrant programs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the percentage Lifetime Learning income tax… | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-s-3530 | 109 | s | 3530 | Impact Aid Update Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-15 | 2006-06-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 1 | Impact Aid Update Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the formula for the limitation on Impact Aid program special payments made to local educational agencies which serve school districts in which at least 60% of the real property is federally owned and there is a U.S. military academy. Changes from 1996 to 2002 and from 1997 to 2003 certain fiscal year components of such formula. | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5603 | 109 | hr | 5603 | Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-14 | 2006-06-30 | Became Public Law No: 109-238. | House | Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] | FL | R | K000361 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through September 30, 2006. | 2023-01-31T21:14:01Z | |
| 109-hr-5598 | 109 | hr | 5598 | Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act | Education | 2006-06-13 | 2006-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 34 | Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act - Prohibits a federal agency from providing funds or assistance to an entity for the development of course material or the provision of instruction on human development and sexuality if such material or instruction will include medically inaccurate information. Directs such an agency to require a sufficient assurance that such material or instruction will not include medically inaccurate information. Defines "medically inaccurate information" as information related to medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, or statistical statements that is unsupported or contradicted by peer-reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and public health organizations and agencies. | 2023-01-13T04:50:49Z | |
| 109-s-3502 | 109 | s | 3502 | New National Defense Education Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-06-13 | 2006-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5796-5810) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | New National Defense Education Act of 2006 - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to require a biennial national assessment of student achievement and grade 12 student preparedness in reading, mathematics, and science. Requires that national academic content and student achievement standards be competitive with rigorous international standards and set at a level that prepares students for non-remedial higher education, participation in the 21st century workforce, and the Armed Forces. Authorizes prekindergarten through grade 16 student preparedness council grants to states to ensure that a state's academic content and student academic achievement standards and assessments meet the national benchmarks. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the student loan forgiveness available to elementary and secondary school teachers of science, engineering and technology education, critical-need foreign languages, or special education. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income compensation provided to teachers of such subjects in high-need schools and principals of such schools. Increases funding for National Science Foundation (NSF) education and human resources programs, and mathematics and science education partnerships. Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to provide for summer professional development institutes for elementary and secondary school teachers. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1963 to require competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to improve the recruitment of teachers from students majoring in mathematics, science, engineering, technology, a critical-need foreign language, special education, or teaching English to students with limited English proficiency. Requires an eligible state to provide contract for educational opportunity (CEO) grants to low-income students who complete CEO requirements and enroll in a two-or four-year degree-granting institution of higher education. Amends the… | 2023-01-13T04:50:39Z | |
| 109-hr-5568 | 109 | hr | 5568 | District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act | Education | 2006-06-08 | 2006-06-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act - Authorizes the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard to provide financial assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who satisfactorily complete initial active duty service and agree to serve for a period of not less than six years, to assist in them in covering expenses they incur while pursuing their first undergraduate, masters, vocational, or technical degree or certification at an approved institution of higher education. Limits such assistance to up to $400 per credit hour, but not to exceed $5,000 per year. | 2023-01-13T04:50:50Z | |
| 109-s-3483 | 109 | s | 3483 | National Innovation Education Act | Education | 2006-06-08 | 2006-06-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5663-5669) | Senate | Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] | NV | R | E000194 | 1 | National Innovation Education Act - College Pathway Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to establish preschool through postsecondary (P-16) education stewardship commissions or systems consisting of such commissions and P-16 education data systems. Tasks each commission with reaching a consensus among statewide education stakeholders on the skills, knowledge, and patterns of coursework needed to successfully transition to and complete postsecondary education. Requires that state-level longitudinal P-16 data systems track the academic performance of each student so that the factors which correlate with such success may be identified and publicized. Authorizes the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the development or improvement of magnet school programs which focus on science, mathematics, and technology education. Directs the NSF to award grants to LEAs to enable implementation of innovation-based experiential learning. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education for integrated courses in mathematics, science, or engineering and teacher education, that lead to undergraduate degrees in such fields with concurrent teacher certification. Requires grantees to work with LEAs to support new teachers. Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act - Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to partnerships, or joint ventures between institutions of higher education and LEAs serving a significant low-income population, for the conduct of collaborative seminars designed to enhance the subject matter and pedagogical resources of seminar participants. Requires the NSF to: (1) expand the Graduate Research Fellowship Program and the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program; (2) establish a clearinghouse for sharing program elements used in successful professional science master's degree programs; (3) award grants for pilot programs … | 2023-01-13T04:50:39Z | |
| 109-s-3255 | 109 | s | 3255 | Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-26 | 2006-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 5 | Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act of 2006 - Urges the Department of Education to vigorously enforce rules requiring lenders to complete lender verification certificates in a timely manner for borrowers seeking to consolidate loans. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require specified loan participants under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Federal Perkins Loan programs to disclose to each national credit bureau organization any on-time payments made for such loans and their status as student loans. Repeals the single holder rule which requires borrowers to apply to their current lenders for FFEL consolidation loans. Offers Federal Direct Consolidation Loans (FDCLs) to borrowers who are unable to obtain insured FFEL consolidation loans with income-sensitive repayment terms. Requires FFEL consolidation loan borrowers or lenders to pay the Department 1% of the balance owed on the sum of such loans to obtain a subsequent FFEL consolidation loan. Allows borrowers to refinance FDCLs. Creates a student borrower bill of rights requiring lenders to provide student borrowers with specified loan information at specified periods of time. Urges the Department to distribute a training manual and provide technical assistance to those counseling borrowers concerning the repayment of federal student loans. Limits, on the basis of a borrower's income, the monthly payment amount required of federal student loan borrowers. Discharges such borrowers' loan liability if they cannot engage in any substantial gainful activity due to a medically determinable impairment which can be expected to result in death or last at least 60 continuous months. Amends federal bankruptcy law to discharge certain educational benefit overpayments, repayments, and student loan debt. Directs the Secretary to study the interest rates and fees charged to private student loan borrowers. Limits the collection fee on defaulted federal student loans and the total interest and fees that can be imposed on such loan borrowers. Requires institut… | 2023-01-13T04:50:55Z | |
| 109-hconres-421 | 109 | hconres | 421 | Expressing the sense of Congress and support for Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs. | Education | 2006-05-25 | 2006-06-14 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] | GA | R | P000591 | 10 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) mathematics and science education programs across federal agencies should be better coordinated; (2) there should be minimal duplication among these programs and consistent standards of evaluation; (3) the Department of Education should be commended for its rapid response in creating the Academic Competitiveness Council; and (4) the recommendations of such Council should be closely examined when making decisions about federal funding for mathematics and science education programs. | 2023-01-13T04:48:33Z | |
| 109-hr-5502 | 109 | hr | 5502 | Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act | Education | 2006-05-25 | 2006-05-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. McMorris, Cathy [R-WA-5] | WA | R | M001159 | 1 | Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and to partnerships of institutions of higher education and high need local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement strategies to increase the number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement and pre-advanced placement courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages. Replaces the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship program with the Robert C. Byrd Mathematics and Science Honors Scholarship program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award funds to a private nonprofit organization to administer, through a public-private partnership, a Mathematics and Science Honors Scholarships program for postsecondary and graduate students who commit to five consecutive years of service in a science, engineering, or mathematics field. Authorizes the Secretary to cover the student loan interest obligations of mathematics, science, or engineering professionals and elementary and secondary school teachers who make such an obligation. Authorizes grants to states for: (1) activities promoting the professional development of elementary and secondary school teachers; and (2) state mathematics and science education coordinating councils where education, business, and community leaders collaborate to improve teacher recruitment and training and student performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Authorizes grants to LEAs and public or private educational organizations to recruit and train individuals outside of the elementary and secondary education system who have expertise in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages to teach such subjects at secondary schools on an adjunct basis. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to partnerships of institutions of higher education and LEAs to: (1) establish elementary and secondary school critical foreign language teacher recruitment and preparation programs… | 2023-01-13T04:48:25Z | |
| 109-hr-5519 | 109 | hr | 5519 | Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act | Education | 2006-05-25 | 2006-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] | MS | R | W000437 | 21 | Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonprofit educational organization or consortium, with 75% to be used for subgrants to institutions of higher education associated with state geographic alliances, nonprofit educational organizations, or state or local educational agencies. Requires various grantee and subgrantee activities designed to expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students by improving their teachers' professional development programs offered through institutions of higher education. Includes among such activities state-based conferences to assess geographic literacy and identify improvement strategies. | 2023-01-13T04:48:24Z | |
| 109-hr-5458 | 109 | hr | 5458 | To provide for the National Science Foundation to make grants for the establishment of summer science and mathematics camps for middle school and high school students. | Education | 2006-05-23 | 2006-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. | House | Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] | TX | D | G000553 | 9 | Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to award grants to institutions of higher education or eligible nonprofit organizations to develop and operate summer camps designed to interest and instruct middle and high school students in science, mathematics, and technology. Conditions a nonprofit organization's eligibility on its expertise and experience in providing the public with informal science and mathematics education. Requires grantees to enter into agreements with urban high-need local educational agencies on processes for selecting disadvantaged students from schools administered by such agencies for attendance at such camps. Allows the use of grant funds to cover the cost of attendance by such students. | 2023-01-13T04:48:26Z | |
| 109-hr-5442 | 109 | hr | 5442 | Science Accountability Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-22 | 2006-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | E000092 | 17 | Science Accountability Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to: (1) establish challenging academic content and student achievement standards in science, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year; and (2) measure the achievement of students in grades three through eight against such standards, beginning in the 2009-2010 school year. | 2023-01-13T04:48:26Z | |
| 109-s-2828 | 109 | s | 2828 | Student Bill of Rights | Education | 2006-05-17 | 2006-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4703-4706) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 10 | Student Bill of Rights - Directs the Secretary of Education to make annual determinations as to whether each state's public school system provides all its students with educational resources to succeed academically and in life. Requires such education to enable students to: (1) acquire knowledge and skills necessary for responsible citizenship; (2) meet challenging academic achievement standards; and (3) compete and succeed in a global economy. Requires each system to do so by: (1) providing specified fundamentals of educational opportunity to students at each public elementary and secondary school; (2) providing educational services in school districts that receive funds for disadvantaged students that are at least comparable to educational services provided in school districts not receiving such funds; and (3) complying with any final federal or state court order in any matter concerning the adequacy or equitableness of the system. Requires each state receiving federal financial assistance for elementary and secondary education to submit an accountability plan to the Secretary annually. Requires withholding of specified portions of its federal funding for administrative expenses if a system: (1) fails to meet a yearly interim goal; (2) does not remedy, after two school years, a failure to provide comparable educational services to schools that receive funds for disadvantaged children; or (3) does not comply with a court order. Allows students or parents aggrieved by violations of this Act to bring civil actions for enforcement in federal district courts. | 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z | |
| 109-hr-5354 | 109 | hr | 5354 | Hurricane Relief Extension Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-11 | 2006-05-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] | LA | R | B001255 | 6 | Hurricane Relief Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act to allow the Secretary of Education to extend, beyond the 2006 school year, the period during which a state educational agency or local educational agency may obligate temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary schools that enroll students displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Rita; though such funds may still be used only for expenses incurred during the 2005-2006 school year. Urges state educational agencies to distribute expeditiously any education relief funds received under such Act to impacted schools and institutions. | 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z | |
| 109-hr-5358 | 109 | hr | 5358 | Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act | Education | 2006-05-11 | 2006-06-22 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 293. | House | Rep. Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S001161 | 32 | Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to rename the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program as the "Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program." Amends the Act to modify provisions concerning the Program and the use of grants under the Program. Requires an institution of higher education (or consortia of such institutions), in order to be eligible for an award under the Program, to ensure that specific faculty members and staff from the institution's mathematics, science, or engineering departments and specific education faculty are designated to carry out the development and implementation of a program under the Act. Permits an institution of higher education to also include teacher leaders to participate in developing the pedagogical content of the program and to supervise students participating in the program in their field teaching experiences. Prohibits any institution of higher education from being eligible for an award unless faculty from the institution's mathematics, science, or engineering departments are active participants in the program. Revises application, scholarship, stipend, and service obligation provisions, including by: (1) requiring the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), in evaluating applications submitted for a program, to consider, at a minimum, the extent to which the applicant's mathematics, science, or engineering faculty and its education faculty have worked or will work collaboratively to design new or revised curricula that recognize the specialized pedagogy required to teach mathematics and science effectively in elementary and secondary schools; (2) increasing the amount to be awarded for scholarships per year; (3) allowing an individual to receive more than a maximum two years of scholarship support if the Director establishes a policy by which part-time students may receive additional years of support; (4) setting a maximum service requirement of four years for serv… | 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z | |
| 109-hr-5349 | 109 | hr | 5349 | Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-10 | 2006-06-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] | CO | R | T000458 | 1 | Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include, under HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve at least one calendar year in an approved health care facility or setting. Limits the maximum amount of such loan repayment by the Secretary of Education to not more than $2,000 after the first year of such a nurse's employment, with incremental increases after the second through fourth years, up to $5,000 after the fifth year of such employment. | 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z | |
| 109-hr-5289 | 109 | hr | 5289 | Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-04 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | J000285 | 13 | Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees. | 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z | |
| 109-hr-5295 | 109 | hr | 5295 | Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-04 | 2006-09-20 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4] | KY | R | D000603 | 17 | Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006 - Requires local educational agencies to have in effect policies that deem to be reasonable and permissible a search of any minor student on public school grounds if conducted by a full-time teacher or school official, acting on any reasonable suspicion based on professional experience and judgment, to ensure that the school and students remain free from the threat of all weapons, dangerous materials, or illegal narcotics. Requires search measures to be reasonably related to search objectives, without being excessively intrusive in light of the nature of the offense and the student's age and sex. Denies Safe and Drug Free School funds, provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to local educational agencies that fail to comply with this Act. | 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z | |
| 109-hres-798 | 109 | hres | 798 | Recognizing and celebrating students who overcome immeasurable adversity to excel academically. | Education | 2006-05-04 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] | PA | D | F000043 | 0 | Commends those students who have risen above obstacles to their success and encourages all students to strive for excellence. Recognizes the contributions of families, schools, and communities to student achievement. Congratulates Hollywood for meeting the challenge of positively depicting young people in film. Recognizes the talents of Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, and Doug Atchison for the portrayal of an American educational success story in the movie, "Akeela and the Bee." | 2023-01-13T04:48:23Z | |
| 109-hr-5255 | 109 | hr | 5255 | American Flag Display Protection Act | Education | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 19 | American Flag Display Protection Act - Prohibits an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education from receiving federal funds by grant or contract if the school has a policy or practice preventing students from respectfully displaying or wearing a representation of the U.S. flag in a manner at least equal in quality and scope to their right to respectfully display or wear any other representation. | 2023-01-13T04:48:32Z | |
| 109-hr-5275 | 109 | hr | 5275 | To establish the Silver Scholarship program to provide transferable educational awards to older individuals who have performed certain volunteer services. | Education | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 19 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant Secretary for Aging to make grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations experienced in administering volunteer programs to provide $1,000 scholarships to older individuals who perform at least 600 hours of volunteer service with such agencies or organizations within a 12-month period. Allows the proration of such scholarships when an individual, due to compelling personal circumstances, cannot perform 600, but performs at least 300, hours of service within such period. Allows a scholarship recipient to designate another individual to use such scholarship. | 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z | |
| 109-hr-5276 | 109 | hr | 5276 | Life-long Learning Opportunity Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] | OR | D | W000793 | 0 | Lifelong Learning Opportunity Act of 2006 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant Secretary for Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to higher education institutions for life-long learning programs that provide older individuals who are not enrolled in such institutions the opportunity to audit courses free of charge. Requires such programs to provide such individuals with registration assistance and financial assistance for text books and associated course fees. | 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z | |
| 109-hr-5277 | 109 | hr | 5277 | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant Secretary, when making grants for multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to give preference with respect to such centers that are located at institutions of higher education in urban areas. | Education | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] | OR | D | W000793 | 0 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant Secretary for Aging, when making grants to nonprofit organizations for the establishment or support of multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to give priority to centers located at urban institutions of higher education having a special emphasis on research to identify and provide technical assistance that promotes the best practices in long-term care service delivery, housing, financing, transportation, and other areas designed to create sustainable livable urban communities for future generations of increasingly diverse older individuals. | 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z | |
| 109-sconres-92 | 109 | sconres | 92 | A concurrent resolution encouraging all 50 States to recognize and accommodate the release of public school pupils from school attendance to attend off-campus religious classes at their churches, synagogues, houses of worship, and faith-based organizations. | Education | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-02 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3902-3903) | Senate | Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] | SC | R | D000595 | 2 | Calls on the states to recognize and accommodate those churches, faith-based organizations, and individuals that wish to release public school pupils from school attendance to attend religious classes. Requests the President to proclaim the third week of November 2006 as Bible Education in School Time Week. | 2023-01-13T04:50:53Z | |
| 109-hr-5174 | 109 | hr | 5174 | Veterans' Equity in Education Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-25 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 1 | Veterans' Equity in Education Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to calculation of financial assistance for which a student receiving veterans' education benefits may be eligible. Reduces the factor in the eligibility formula representing estimated educational financial assistance already received by the student by the amount of military pay deductions for such benefits made by or on behalf of the student while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in the Selective Reserve. | 2023-01-13T04:48:43Z | |
| 109-s-2651 | 109 | s | 2651 | Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act | Education | 2006-04-25 | 2006-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 3 | Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust. | 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z | |
| 109-sres-438 | 109 | sres | 438 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that institutions of higher education should adopt policies and educational programs on their campuses to help deter and eliminate illicit copyright infringement occurring on, and encourage educational uses of, their computer systems and networks. | Education | 2006-04-07 | 2006-04-07 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3394) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 4 | Expresses the sense of Congress that colleges and universities should continue to take: (1) a leadership role in educating students regarding the detrimental consequences of online infringement of intellectual property rights; and (2) all practicable steps to deter and eliminate unauthorized peer-to-peer computer use by warning students of the risks of such use and educating them concerning the value of intellectual property. | 2023-01-13T04:48:34Z | |
| 109-hr-5139 | 109 | hr | 5139 | STEM Scholarship Database Act | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 58 | STEM Scholarship Database Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain, on the public website of the Department of Education, a database of information on public and private programs of financial assistance for the study of postsecondary and graduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Requires that such database: (1) provide separate information for each field of study; (2) be searchable by category and combinations of categories; (3) indicate programs targeted toward specific demographic groups; and (4) provide searchers with program sponsor contact information and hyperlinks. | 2023-01-13T04:48:44Z | |
| 109-hr-5140 | 109 | hr | 5140 | Congressional Teacher Award Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 28 | Congressional Teacher Award Act of 2006 - Establishes the Congressional Teacher Award Task Force to designate a nonprofit organization to operate a Congressional Teacher Award program which will provide an award to one excellent elementary or secondary school teacher in each congressional district each year. Authorizes the program to provide professional development scholarships to award recipients. Sets forth award eligibility requirements, which include letters of recommendation from a principal, a fellow teacher, and a student. | 2023-01-13T04:48:44Z | |
| 109-hr-5141 | 109 | hr | 5141 | Accelerating the Creation of Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 20 | Accelerating the Creation of Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program providing competitive scholarships to undergraduate students who study science, engineering, or mathematics and earn their elementary or secondary teaching certificate. Requires such students to serve as elementary or secondary school science or mathematics teachers for five years, if they have received at least three years of assistance, and three years, if the assistance was of shorter duration. Subtracts one year from such service requirements if the student teaches at a school serving a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Allows students who have received at least one year of assistance to apply for up to two years of additional assistance in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics Master's degree program. Increases the teaching service obligation by one year for each additional year of assistance. Establishes a government trust fund for donations to the NSF scholarship program. Requires the NSF Director to establish a program awarding competitive annual $1 million grants to institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of programs providing: (1) undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering degrees; (2) elementary or secondary teacher certification; and (3) professional development and mentoring activities. Requires recipients to kick in an additional $200,000 for the grants. Includes within a list of factors winning preference for applicants, proposals to: (1) provide students with summer internships with researchers in their field; and (2) enter into partnerships with private sector entities and other institutions of higher education. | 2023-01-13T04:48:44Z | |
| 109-hr-5142 | 109 | hr | 5142 | National Science Foundation Scholars Program Act | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 17 | National Science Foundation Scholars Program Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to provide competitive scholarships to students in undergraduate science, engineering, technology, or mathematics programs. Requires the Director to award annual $5,000 grants to institutions of higher education attended by at least 10 such scholarship recipients to develop programs which provide: (1) such recipients with interaction, on a monthly basis, with speakers in the science, engineering, technology, or mathematics disciplines who work in business, industry, elementary or secondary education, museums, or other informal educational settings; (2) annual poster sessions through which recipients present their research efforts; (3) outreach to middle and high school students; and (4) recipient mentoring. Requires the Director to establish a website where current, former, and potential scholarship recipients can share ideas, present work, and learn of research opportunities. | 2023-01-13T04:48:44Z | |
| 109-hr-5150 | 109 | hr | 5150 | Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 69 | Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cut student loan interest rates to 3.4% for student borrowers and 4.25% for parent borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and William D. Ford Direct Loan programs for loans whose first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006. Maintains the current 6.8% interest rate, however, for unsubsidized Stafford loans for middle-income borrowers under such programs. | 2023-01-13T04:48:44Z | |
| 109-hr-5167 | 109 | hr | 5167 | Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 32 | Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value," the sale of which in areas where school meals are sold or eaten is prohibited as a condition for federal funding of school lunch and breakfast programs. Applies such definition (and prohibition) to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses at any time of the day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers. Requires the Secretary, when revising such definition, to consider the recommendations of authoritative scientific organizations and evidence concerning the relationship between diet and health. | 2023-01-13T04:48:44Z | |
| 109-s-2573 | 109 | s | 2573 | Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-06-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6552-6553) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cut student loan interest rates to 3.4% for student borrowers and 4.25% for parent borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and William D. Ford Direct Loan programs for loans whose first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006. Maintains the current 6.8% interest rate, however, for unsubsidized Stafford loans for middle-income borrowers under such programs. Authorizes and appropriates the funds necessary to award eligible students with Pell Grants up to specified maximum increasing amounts from academic year 2007 to 2012, with increases thereafter gauged to the Consumer Price Index. Allows students to consolidate loans under the FFEL program while still in school. Sets limits on funds available for administrative expenses under the FFEL and Direct Loan programs for FY2007-2012. Eliminates the current FY2007-2011 authorization of appropriations for the administrative costs of such programs. Repeals the single holder rule which requires borrowers to apply to their current lenders for FFEL consolidation loans. | 2023-01-13T04:48:37Z | |
| 109-s-2592 | 109 | s | 2592 | Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-06 | 2006-04-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3241-3242) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 13 | Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value," the sale of which in areas where school meals are sold or eaten is prohibited as a condition for federal funding of school lunch and breakfast programs. Applies such definition (and prohibition) to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses at any time of the day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers. Requires the Secretary, when revising such definition, to consider the recommendations of authoritative scientific organizations and evidence concerning the relationship between diet and health. | 2023-01-13T04:48:37Z | |
| 109-hr-5093 | 109 | hr | 5093 | Impact Aid Update Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-05 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 0 | Impact Aid Update Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to update the limitation on Impact Aid program special payments made to local educational agencies (LEAs) which serve school districts in which at least 60% of the real property is federally owned and there is a U.S. military academy. Requires the Secretary of Education to make available a specified amount of FY2005 appropriations for vocational and adult education to increase the Impact Aid special payment to the LEA of Highland Falls, New York. | 2023-01-13T04:48:45Z | |
| 109-hr-5098 | 109 | hr | 5098 | College Debt Alleviation Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-05 | 2006-06-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 0 | College Debt Alleviation Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to: (1) extend the tuition and related expenses tax deduction through 2010; (2) increase the maximum eligible adjusted gross income (AGI) threshold from $65,000 to $80,000 (from $130,000 to $160,000 for a joint return); and (3) increase the deduction from $3,000 to $8,000. Revises the formula for determining the AGI for the purposes of this deduction. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce student loan interest rates on federal PLUS loans and consolidation loans under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan programs. | 2023-01-13T04:48:45Z | |
| 109-hr-5105 | 109 | hr | 5105 | To clarify that Arizona is in compliance with the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 with respect to English language learners. | Education | 2006-04-05 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | H000413 | 0 | Declares that: (1) funding for English language learners provided by Arizona's 47th Legislature's Second Legislative Session is adequate; and (2) any failure of Arizona (or by any agency or subdivision of Arizona) to provide funding in excess of that amount is not a denial of equal educational opportunity under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, and is not a basis for a civil action, or for relief, against Arizona (or any agency or subdivision). Makes this Act applicable to litigation pending upon its enactment, including Flores v. Arizona. | 2023-01-13T04:48:45Z | |
| 109-s-2493 | 109 | s | 2493 | Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2006 | Education | 2006-04-03 | 2006-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 6 | Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution participating in any program under the Act to provide to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report containing specified information about the campus fire safety practices and standards of that institution. Requires such institutions to: (1) record all on-campus fires, including the nature, date, time, and general location of each fire and all false fire alarms; and (2) open such information to public inspection. Requires the institutions to report on such information annually to the campus community in a manner that will aid the prevention of similar occurrences. Requires the institutions to request their fraternities and sororities to collect and report such information for each building and property they own or control. Requires the Secretary of Education to report to Congress on fire safety systems in facilities of institutions of higher education and on fire safety standards in all such facilities. | 2023-01-13T04:48:39Z | |
| 109-hr-5046 | 109 | hr | 5046 | To promote youth financial education. | Education | 2006-03-29 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 0 | Youth Financial Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to allot grants to state educational agencies to provide funds to local educational agencies and public schools for personal financial literacy education programs for students in kindergarten through grade 12, and for professional development programs to prepare teachers and administrators for such financial education. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to or contract with an entity with substantial financial education experience for a national clearinghouse for instructional materials and information on model financial education programs and best practices. | 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z | |
| 109-hr-4972 | 109 | hr | 4972 | To permit certain school districts in Illinois to be reconstituted for purposes of determining assistance under the Impact Aid program. | Education | 2006-03-16 | 2006-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 0 | Considers five specified Illinois school districts to be local educational agencies (LEAs) for purposes of the Impact Aid program, which compensates LEAs for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts. Considers federally connected students in such districts to be attending schools in one such district, North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, for the purpose of making that district eligible for Impact Aid. Conditions such treatment on the agreement of the five school districts to apportion such assistance equitably among all five of them, and to use it only for direct educational services. | 2023-01-13T04:48:57Z | |
| 109-hres-735 | 109 | hres | 735 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the "Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy: Three-Part Test-part Three", issued by the United States Department of Education without notice or opportunity for public comment on March 17, 2005, is inconsistent with longstanding Department policies and fundamental principles of equality, is a disservice to our Nation's young women, and should be withdrawn by the Department of Education. | Education | 2006-03-16 | 2006-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 64 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Department of Education's Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy: Three-Part Test--part Three issued on March 17, 2005, violates the intent and spirit of the mandate of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide equal opportunities in athletics, changes prior Department of Education policies and long-standing title IX law, and should be withdrawn; and (2) the Department should honor its 2003 commitment to enforce the standards of long-standing title IX athletics policies, including the 1996 Clarification. | 2023-01-13T04:48:53Z | |
| 109-s-2441 | 109 | s | 2441 | Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act | Education | 2006-03-16 | 2006-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 0 | Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to 10 urban and 10 non-urban local educational agencies (LEAs) for the creation of innovation districts. Requires the LEAs to: (1) establish tests and longitudinal data systems to track the academic progress of each elementary and secondary school student and use such performance measures in evaluating and awarding school personnel and programs; (2) work with teacher representatives and other community partners to attain the administrative flexibility to staff more equitably all agency schools with effective personnel; (3) evaluate and award effective teachers on the basis of student progress and observations of teacher performance; (4) provide grants to recent college graduates and mid-career professionals to attend LEA-established Teacher Academies which provide classroom mentoring and concurrent teacher education from partner institutions in exchange for three years of service in hard-to-staff schools; (5) establish career ladders allowing teachers to progress from novice to master with a concomitant increase in compensation and responsibility for the development of fellow teachers; and (6) plan for the recruitment, training, and evaluation of school principals who are to serve as instructional leaders in the schools and hold significant responsiblity for teacher hiring and placement. Allows the LEAs to support new schools or networks of public schools, serving predominantly disadvantaged students, which are sponsored by universities, education management organizations, or nonprofit organizations. | 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z |
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