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| 110-hr-7289 | 110 | hr | 7289 | Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-11-19 | 2008-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 0 | Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education programs. Requires grantees to use 25% of the grant funds to: (1) develop financial literacy standards and assessments for at least three grade levels; (2) create teacher training programs to embed financial literacy or personal finance education into core academic subjects; and (3) evaluate the impact such education has on students' financial literacy. Requires the remaining grant funds to be used for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community organizations, local businesses, or other educational entities to implement such financial literacy activities, including student assessments and teacher training. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or partnerships between IHEs and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education programs for activities that increase student knowledge in consumer, economic, and personal financial concepts. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-s-3701 | 110 | s | 3701 | Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-11-19 | 2008-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10664) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to, or enter into agreements with, Best Buddies (a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with intellectual disabilities mesh with mainstream society) to promote the expansion of its programs. | 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z | |
| 110-s-3707 | 110 | s | 3707 | National Principal Recruitment Act | Education | 2008-11-19 | 2008-11-19 | 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 Principal Recruitment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a National Principal Recruitment program awarding matching grants to up to three partnerships each of which consist of a nonprofit organization working with a research organization and local educational agencies to: (1) recruit new principals for high-need schools and provide them with a year-long preservice residency and ongoing support and professional development; and (2) rigorously research, evaluate, and report on such activities so that successful practices can be replicated and each grantee's success in improving student academic performance can be measured. Increases a grant by 50% after the third full school year of its implementation if: (1) such research and evaluation demonstrates that students in high-need schools led, for at least two years, by principals recruited, trained, and supported by the grantee are making greater academic gains than comparable students elsewhere; and (2) the grantee has the capacity to scale up its services. Terminates a grant by the end of the fourth year of its implementation if the students in high-need schools led, for at least two years, by such principals are not making greater academic gains than comparable students elsewhere. Defines "high-need schools" as public elementary or secondary schools where at least 40% of the students receive a free or reduced price lunch under the school lunch program. | 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z | |
| 110-hr-7251 | 110 | hr | 7251 | Land-In-Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-10-02 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | M000472 | 0 | Land-In-Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that local educational agencies (LEAs) receive full payment under the Impact Aid program, which compensates LEAs for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts, for federal property within their districts that is held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes or individual Indians. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make full payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) to local governments that have federal lands within their areas that are held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes or individual Indians. | 2021-06-07T20:07:19Z | |
| 110-hr-7225 | 110 | hr | 7225 | National Parents Corps Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-29 | 2008-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 8 | National Parents Corps Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award a grant to a nonprofit entity (to be known as the NPCP Nonprofit Partner) to establish a National Parents Corps program to promote safety and combat youth violence and substance abuse in public middle or secondary schools. Requires the NPCP Nonprofit Partner to: (1) select for program participation annually schools that agree to host a Parent Leader for a number of years equal to the number of grade levels they offer; and (2) employ, after a background check, a Parent Leader from among the parents of students enrolled in the lowest grade at each participating school to work on a full-time basis with students, other parents, and school officials to treat, prevent, and reduce violence and drug, alcohol, and tobacco addiction among students. Urges participating schools to take the measures necessary to secure funding for the employment of Parent Leaders after federal funding becomes unavailable. | 2023-01-11T13:15:51Z | |
| 110-hr-7203 | 110 | hr | 7203 | Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-28 | 2008-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | H001034 | 4 | Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes the Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity, composed of the Secretary of Education and 14 educational stakeholders appointed by the Comptroller General. Tasks the Commission with conducting a study and reporting to Congress on ways to enable all students to achieve their academic potential, with particular emphasis on: (1) ensuring that schools receive adequate resources; (2) developing methods for assessing students' educational needs; and (3) creating innovative strategies for state and local educational agencies to follow to enable students to achieve their academic potential, and to enable such agencies to participate in school funding reform efforts that result in educational equity. Directs the Commission to conduct outreach programs with communities throughout the nation to engage them in a public dialogue on how to ensure that their schools enable all students to achieve their academic potential. | 2021-09-29T17:25:22Z | |
| 110-hr-7116 | 110 | hr | 7116 | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States to include certain students with disabilities in the calculation of graduation rates, and to assess limited English proficient students who have been in the United States for 5 or more consecutive years. | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2075-2076) | House | Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] | IN | R | B001203 | 0 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter certain requirements regarding the inclusion of disabled and limited English proficient (LEP) students in calculations as to whether schools, local educational agencies, and states are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards. Treats as secondary school graduates any disabled students who: (1) graduate with a regular diploma before their 22nd birthday; or (2) turn 22 without obtaining a regular diploma, but have achieved the goals of their individualized education programs. Raises from three to five years the number of years LEP students may be in this country before having their English language proficiency assessed. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hr-7127 | 110 | hr | 7127 | Total Learning Curriculum Implementation Act | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 0 | Total Learning Curriculum Implementation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to 20 competitive grants to states and local educational agencies to implement the Total Learning curriculum in classrooms for children in kindergarten through age nine. Defines the "Total Learning curriculum" as a multi-sensory, arts-infused curriculum in an enhanced learning environment featuring small classes, an extended day, extensive professional development, and family support services. | 2020-02-10T16:54:30Z | |
| 110-hr-7135 | 110 | hr | 7135 | Young Investor Financial Education Act | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] | IN | D | C001072 | 6 | Young Investor Financial Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to establish financial education programs in high schools and train teachers in such course work. Allots funds to states based on their share of the country's 14 through 17 year olds, but requires each state grantee to receive at least one-half of 1% of the allotted funds. Directs the Secretary to create and maintain a central clearinghouse of information on high school financial education programs. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hr-7137 | 110 | hr | 7137 | Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 0 | Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs to student borrowers at institutions of higher education who volunteer to mentor an at-risk child for a period of at least one year. Provides $10 of loan forgiveness or cancellation for each hour of mentoring, but limits such forgiveness or cancellation to no more than $10,000 and no more than five years of mentoring for each borrower. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hr-7154 | 110 | hr | 7154 | T-FELAS Act | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] | IA | D | L000565 | 0 | Teaching Fellows for Expanded Learning and After-School Act of 2008 or the T-FELAS Act - Amends title IV (21st Century Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create an Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows program under which the Secretary of Education shall award competitive three-year grants to partnerships between local educational agencies and community organizations, institutions of higher education, community learning centers or other entities to recruit, select, train, and support exemplary recent college graduates (Fellows) who: (1) establish, expand, or improve expanded learning initiatives, 21st century community learning center programs, or after-school programs in high-need schools; and (2) provide school-day support to teachers in such schools. Requires grantees to: (1) provide intensive, comprehensive, and experiential training that prepares Fellows in methods of youth development and offers them a promising career path in public education and youth development; (2) place Fellows in full-time positions where they serve for at least 30 weeks per year, and for a term sufficient to qualify the Fellow for a national service educational award; and (3) provide matching funds on the basis of a sliding scale that gauges the grantees' ability to raise funds. Favors grant applicants that agree to engage Fellows for two-year terms and arrange for them to earn an undergraduate or master's degree in education while serving. Directs the Secretary to conduct an external evaluation of this program every three years and publicize the best practices of program grantees through the Federal Youth Development Council. Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make Fellows eligible for national service educational awards. | 2020-02-10T16:54:30Z | |
| 110-s-3627 | 110 | s | 3627 | Every Student Counts Act | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Every Student Counts Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require, beginning by the 2011-2012 school year, states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and secondary schools annually to include on the report cards required under title I of the Act: (1) their four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate; (2) their cumulative graduation rate; (3) the number of students graduating in more than four years with a regular secondary school diploma; (4) the number of students who have been removed from the adjusted cohort; (5) the percentage of students from an adjusted cohort who remain in secondary school after four years; and (6) the percentage of secondary school students in each grade, except the graduating grade, prepared to advance to the next grade. Requires such data, except for data on students who remain in secondary school after four years, to be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged. Directs states, LEAs, and secondary schools in states that lack a statewide longitudinal data system with individual student identifiers to make certain annual interim graduation rate calculations; but prohibits the use of such interim calculations after the 2010-2011 school year. Requires the use of aggregate and disaggregated cumulative graduation rates in determining the success of each secondary school and LEA in making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards under the Act. Requires states, LEAs, and schools that have a cumulative graduation rate below 90% overall or for any of the student subgroups, to make specified yearly progress in improving such rate or be deemed as failing to make AYP. | 2020-02-10T17:02:41Z | |
| 110-s-3635 | 110 | s | 3635 | Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs to student borrowers at institutions of higher education who volunteer to mentor an at-risk child for a period of at least one year. Provides $10 of loan forgiveness or cancellation for each hour of mentoring, but limits such forgiveness or cancellation to no more than $10,000 and no more than five years of mentoring for each borrower. | 2022-02-03T05:09:30Z | |
| 110-hr-7063 | 110 | hr | 7063 | U.S. and the World Education Act | Education | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2043) | House | Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] | CA | D | S000030 | 1 | U.S. and the World Education Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to: (1) assist the Secretary of Education in administering this Act's grant program; and (2) develop an international education research repository and make it available to states and local educational agencies (LEAs). Directs the Secretary, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, to award competitive grants to LEAs, or partnerships between LEAs and private organizations or institutions of higher education that provide their LEA partners with funding, to promote international education in elementary and secondary schools. Requires each grantee to use: (1) one-half of its grant on enhancing international education within core curricula, such as by increasing teacher competency; and (2) the other half on providing supplemental international education services outside of normal instruction hours. Directs the Secretary to conduct a biennial independent evaluation of such international education programs. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hr-7072 | 110 | hr | 7072 | To make technical corrections in the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. | Education | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] | CA | R | M000508 | 11 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make technical corrections to the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. Clarifies the Secretary of Education's authority to purchase, or enter into and fund forward commitments to purchase, until July 2010, Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) from lenders when there is an inadequate availability of loan capital to meet the demand for such loans. Includes, within such purchase authority, FFELs that qualify for loan rehabilitation under the Default Reduction program. Conditions the Secretary's purchase or forward commitment to purchase FFELs on lender agreement to originate or purchase new FFELs. (Currently, they are required to use the funds from such purchases to engage in such activities.) Requires the Secretary to contract with the current servicers of FFELs the Secretary is purchasing for the continued servicing of such loans, provided certain conditions are met. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to enter into servicing agreements with willing lenders whose loans are being purchased.) | 2021-04-20T15:27:17Z | |
| 110-hr-7107 | 110 | hr | 7107 | To require, as a condition of participation in the programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, public institutions of higher education to charge dependent children of members of the Armed Forces a rate of tuition equal to the rate of tuition charged to in-State residents. | Education | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require public institutions of higher education participating in student aid programs to charge dependent children of members of the Armed Forces a tuition rate equal to the rate for in-state residents. Applies such tuition rate throughout the program of study for which a student is enrolled, even if the student's parent becomes a former member of the Armed Forces before the completion of studies. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-s-3574 | 110 | s | 3574 | Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act | Education | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 1 | Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive demonstration grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), fraternities, and sororities for up to half the cost of installing fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in student housing and dormitories owned or controlled by such entities. Gives grant priority to applicants that demonstrate the greatest financial need. Reserves the following portions of grant funds made available for each fiscal year: (1) at least 10% for historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges and universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and IHEs that are eligible for Institutional Aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (2) at least 10% for social fraternities and sororities. Provides that any application for assistance under this Act, any negative determination on the part of the Secretary with respect to such application, or any statement of reasons for the determination, shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity (except a proceeding to enforce an agreement entered into between the Secretary and a grantee under this Act). | 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z | |
| 110-s-3590 | 110 | s | 3590 | Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9503) | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a strained fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA. Authorizes the Secretary to use up to 5% of formula grants for non-urbanized areas to carry out this Act. | 2020-02-12T18:55:58Z | |
| 110-hr-7052 | 110 | hr | 7052 | Kids with Healthy Hearts Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-24 | 2008-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | WA | R | M001159 | 4 | Kids with Healthy Hearts Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make five grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to conduct demonstration projects to screen children in kindergarten through grade six for high blood pressure. Requires screening programs, subject to parental consent, to screen children every six months during the school year, but to screen children one month after their initial screening if they fall in the 95th percentile or above for students with high blood pressure. Requires grantees to provide parents of children who remain in such range after their second screening with: (1) referrals to health care providers for consultations about high blood pressure; and (2) written information from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding hypertension risks and lifestyle changes related to diet and exercise that can improve overall health. Directs the Secretary to give grant preference to at least one LEA serving a high percentage of Native American, Latino, or African-American students. | 2021-04-20T15:27:13Z | |
| 110-s-3545 | 110 | s | 3545 | Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-23 | 2008-09-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] | AR | D | L000035 | 1 | Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, or other entities to improve, expand, or establish rural after-school programs that provide students with a broad array of activities when school is not in session that improve their academic performance and promote their positive development. Requires eligible programs to be implemented in active collaboration with the schools the students attend and take place in safe and easily accessible facilities. Gives grant priority to partnerships between two or more entities eligible for such grants. | 2022-02-03T05:11:26Z | |
| 110-hr-6952 | 110 | hr | 6952 | People Resolved to Obtain an Understanding of Democracy (P.R.O.U.D.) Act | Education | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] | CA | D | B001234 | 0 | People Resolved to Obtain an Understanding of Democracy (P.R.O.U.D.) Act - Amends part D (Fund for the Improvement of Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the funding of demonstration or pilot programs to assist high school students who seek U.S. citizenship in satisfying the requirements that they understand the English language, fundamentals of our history, and principles and form of our government. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hr-6959 | 110 | hr | 6959 | Fair Funding for Upward Bound Act | Education | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] | IA | D | B001259 | 3 | Fair Funding for Upward Bound Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the procedures for awarding grants and contracts under the TRIO program (which prepares disadvantaged students for postsecondary education and provides them with support services) by: (1) prohibiting an applicant from receiving a lower score for omitting application information or assurances not required in the guidance issued by the Secretary of Education; and (2) requiring the method for weighing an applicant's prior experience to be consistent for each program year. Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify applicants of any changes in the procedures for awarding TRIO grants and contracts at least 30 days before implementing them, provided such notice was not included in the guidance issued by the Secretary; and (2) annually notify each applicant of its peer review score for prior experience. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hr-6971 | 110 | hr | 6971 | Public Service Scholarship Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] | OH | D | R000577 | 5 | Public Service Scholarship Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Public Service Scholarship program authorizing the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for scholarships to exceptionally able students who show promise of continued excellence and agree to serve as federal employees for at least five years. Allocates scholarship funds among states on the basis of each state's share of the nation's population of five- through 17-year olds; but sets the minimum allocation at a level allowing grantees to award at least 10 scholarships per year. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-hres-1463 | 110 | hres | 1463 | Recognizing the benefits of service-learning as a teaching strategy to effectively engage youth in the community and classroom, and supporting the goals of the National Learn and Serve Challenge. | Education | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-22 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] | PA | R | P000585 | 5 | Recognizes the benefits of service-learning in improving academic outcomes for youth, engaging youth in positive community experiences, and helping them make more constructive choices in life. Encourages schools, school districts, college campuses, community-based organizations, non-profits, and faith-based organizations to provide youth with more service-learning opportunities. Expresses support for the goals of the annual National Learn and Serve Challenge, that spotlights the value of service-learning to youth, schools, college campuses, and communities. | 2022-02-03T05:18:49Z | |
| 110-s-3520 | 110 | s | 3520 | Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 2 | Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008, or the Josh Miller HEARTS Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in their schools; and/or (2) provide training to meet the grant requirement that at least five adult employees or volunteers at each school where an AED is to be used successfully complete training in its use and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Requires LEA grant applicants also to demonstrate that: (1) the AEDs are integrated into the schools' emergency response procedures; and (2) emergency services personnel are notified of their locations. Gives grant priority to schools that: (1) lack an AED; (2) typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; (3) generally have a longer wait for emergency medical services than other public facilities in the community; and (4) have not received funds under the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act. | 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z | |
| 110-hr-6926 | 110 | hr | 6926 | Fast Track to College Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-17 | 2008-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | K000172 | 1 | Fast Track to College Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching six-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or support dual enrollment programs, such as early college high schools, that allow high school students to simultaneously earn credit toward a high school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate. Gives grant priority to applicants: (1) that propose to establish or support a dual enrollment program for a student body at least 40% of which is impoverished; and (2) from states that provide assistance to dual enrollment programs, such as assistance defraying the costs of higher education. Requires applicants to make assurances that students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses, and that those courses will be taught by faculty that meet their partner IHE's normal standards. Authorizes the Secretary to award six-year grants to states to: (1) plan and implement statewide strategies to make dual enrollment programs more accessible to students who are underrepresented in postsecondary education; and (2) provide technical assistance to local dual enrollment programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract for an independent evaluation of this Act's programs; and (2) provide technical assistance to LEAs and their partners, and disseminate information concerning best practices in dual enrollment programs. | 2020-02-10T16:54:28Z | |
| 110-hr-6928 | 110 | hr | 6928 | ASPIRE | Education | 2008-09-17 | 2008-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | MN | D | M001143 | 4 | After School Partnerships Improve Results in Education Act or ASPIRE - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to partnerships, composed of a state or local educational agency and at least one college or nonprofit, community, tribal, business, labor, or career technical student organization, for the development of national model after-school interdisciplinary education programs for secondary school students. Directs the Secretary to allot grants to states for matching subgrants to other partnerships, composed of such entities, for the development of after-school interdisciplinary education programs for secondary school students. Gives grant and subgrant priority to programs targeting a high percentage of impoverished, struggling, or rural students and their families. Requires each partnership grantee and subgrantee to include in its program: (1) at least one activity involving mathematics and science education, language arts, writing, and reading, or history, geography, or social studies; and (2) at least one activity involving career technical education, business and entrepreneurial education, health and wellness, the environment and conservation, or arts and music education. Allows program activities to take place after school, before school, or at any other time that the school is not in session. Directs the Secretary to carry out national activities, such as providing technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees, and conducting a national evaluation of such programs. | 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z | |
| 110-s-3508 | 110 | s | 3508 | Fast Track to College Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-17 | 2008-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8952-8954) | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 0 | Fast Track to College Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching six-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or support dual enrollment programs, such as early college high schools, that allow high school students to simultaneously earn credit toward a high school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate. Gives grant priority to applicants: (1) that propose to establish or support a dual enrollment program for a student body at least 40% of which is impoverished; and (2) from states that provide assistance to dual enrollment programs, such as assistance defraying the costs of higher education. Requires applicants to make assurances that students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses, and that those courses will be taught by faculty that meet their partner IHE's normal standards. Authorizes the Secretary to award six-year grants to states to: (1) plan and implement statewide strategies to make dual enrollment programs more accessible to students who are underrepresented in postsecondary education; and (2) provide technical assistance to local dual enrollment programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract for an independent evaluation of this Act's programs; and (2) provide technical assistance to LEAs and their partners, and disseminate information concerning best practices in dual enrollment programs. | 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z | |
| 110-hr-6889 | 110 | hr | 6889 | To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes. | Education | 2008-09-15 | 2008-10-07 | Became Public Law No: 110-350. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend by one year, from July 2009 to July 2010, the Secretary of Education's authority to purchase, or enter into forward commitments to purchase, Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) from lenders upon the determination that there is an inadequate availability of loan capital to meet the demand for such loans. Extends by one year, from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010, the authority of institutions of higher education (IHEs), with the Secretary's approval, to participate in the FFEL lender-of-last-resort program for borrowers otherwise unable to obtain such loans; thereby requiring guaranty agencies serving as lenders-of-last-resort to make FFELs to student and parent borrowers of such IHEs, until such date, regardless of their ability to otherwise obtain such loans. | 2023-11-13T20:11:54Z | |
| 110-hr-6890 | 110 | hr | 6890 | To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes. | Education | 2008-09-15 | 2008-10-08 | Became Public Law No: 110-366. | House | Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] | LA | D | M001161 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House of Representatives on September 22, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, title IV of division B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, with respect to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief. Extends through FY2009 the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to an entity in a state which in 2005 suffered a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to waive or modify, in order to ease fiscal burdens, any elementary and secondary education assistance requirement relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of federal funds to supplement, not supplant, non-federal funds; or (3) any non-federal share or capital contribution required to match federal funds. Protects local educational agencies that serve areas in which a major disaster has been declared in 2008 related to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 2023-11-13T20:12:18Z | |
| 110-hr-6886 | 110 | hr | 6886 | SEAT Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-11 | 2008-09-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M001134 | 1 | Secure Education for Americans Today Act of 2008 or the SEAT Act of 2008 - Prohibits the provision of federal funds to institutions of higher education that admit illegal aliens. Prohibits such provision from being construed as denying federal student assistance to students attending such schools. | 2020-02-10T16:53:27Z | |
| 110-s-3479 | 110 | s | 3479 | Semester of Service Act | Education | 2008-09-11 | 2008-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 2 | Semester of Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies or their nonprofit partners and, through them, competitive subgrants to schools or their nonprofit partners for Semester of Service programs that allow high school juniors and seniors to earn academic credit for service-learning that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in their communities. Gives grant priority to applicants that propose to direct subgrants toward programs at schools that receive school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires Semester of Service programs to engage youth in service-learning for a minimum of 70 hours over a minimum of 12 weeks and have: (1) a weekly classroom-based component that is integrated into schools' regular curricula and aligned with applicable state academic content standards; and (2) a field-based component covering at least 24 of the minimum 70 hours. Directs the Chief Executive Officer to reserve funds for: (1) competitive grants to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands for such programs; (2) technical assistance and training to grantees and subgrantees, and program outreach activities; and (3) independent evaluations of the programs. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6856 | 110 | hr | 6856 | Ready to Compete Act | Education | 2008-09-10 | 2008-09-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] | KY | D | Y000062 | 15 | Ready to Compete Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new Ready to Learn program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a public broadcasting entity to provide a coordinated Ready to Learn television service by awarding subgrants and contracts to public television stations and producers or distributors of educational programming for the operation of Ready to Learn programs for preschool and elementary school children. Requires such service to include programming that: (1) is aligned with state academic and early learning standards; (2) addresses specific community and school needs, ascertained via ongoing community outreach programs; and (3) is in reading and social and emotional development. Specifies that public broadcasting entities are eligible for Ready to Teach grants to improve teaching in core curriculum areas by using high-tech platforms to deliver integrated educational content and services and teacher training. Requires grantees to direct a significant portion of such services to schools that have failed for two consecutive years to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards. Alters the Digital Educational Programming Grants program by authorizing competitive five-year (currently, three-year) grants to public television stations that partner with certain other entities to develop, and train teachers in the use of, innovative educational tools and digital content for core curriculum content areas, particularly math, science, and technology. Reauthorizes appropriations for such revamped programs through FY2014. Directs the Secretary to award ten-year grants to television public broadcasting entities to develop and operate a national on-demand digital education media service available to teachers, parents, educational entities, and the public at low or no cost. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to create a Ready to Earn program authorizing the Secretary to award competitive grants to public television… | 2020-02-10T16:53:27Z | |
| 110-s-3459 | 110 | s | 3459 | Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-09 | 2008-09-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8183-8186) | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 0 | Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Demonstration Grant program awarding competitive matching grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with businesses, postsecondary institutions, workforce investment boards, labor organizations, or nonprofit community organizations. Requires such grants to be used to: (1) assess emerging industry pathways and the academic skills needed to succeed in such pathways; (2) develop school- and work-based curricula or programs to teach such skills; (3) implement the new curricula or programs in schools where at least 30% of the students are impoverished, that have graduation rates below their state's average, and whose community is experiencing significant or increased unemployment; and (4) evaluate best practices from such curricula or programs and disseminate them to other educational entities. Requires such curricula or programs to: (1) meet challenging state academic content standards; and (2) prepare students for both direct entry into careers with emerging industries in their communities and success in postsecondary education. | 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z | |
| 110-hr-6838 | 110 | hr | 6838 | CAMPUS Safety Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-09-08 | 2008-09-29 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000185 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2008, or the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety. Tasks the Center with strengthening the safety and security of institutions of higher education (IHEs) by: (1) training IHE public safety agencies and their collaborative partners; (2) fostering safety-related research; (3) collecting, coordinating, and disseminating information and best practices regarding campus safety; (4) developing protocols to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made emergencies that threaten the campus community; and (5) increasing cooperation between IHEs and the law enforcement, mental health, and other agencies and jurisdictions that serve them. Authorizes the Director to award grants to IHEs and other nonprofit organizations for activities that will assist the Center in performing its functions. Requires the Director to coordinate the establishment and operation of the Center with campus public safety resources available within the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education. Authorizes appropriations for the Center from FY2009-FY2013. | 2021-09-29T17:23:35Z | |
| 110-hres-1417 | 110 | hres | 1417 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary schools and public secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. | Education | 2008-09-08 | 2008-09-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] | CT | D | M001169 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary and secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, in a clear and conspicuous location. | 2023-01-11T13:15:51Z | |
| 110-hr-6783 | 110 | hr | 6783 | Pledge Language is English Declaration and Government Endorsement Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] | GA | R | B001262 | 14 | Pledge Language is English Declaration and Government Endorsement Act of 2008 - Prohibits state or local educational agencies from requiring or permitting the Pledge of Allegiance or national anthem to be recited or sung in any language other than English in any elementary or secondary school under their jurisdiction. Withholds federal funds from state or local educational agencies that violate such prohibition, unless the funds are specifically appropriated to such agencies after they have been found to be violating the prohibition. Establishes a private right of action for persons injured by violations of such prohibition. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-hr-6809 | 110 | hr | 6809 | Energy for Schools Act | Education | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] | NH | D | H001043 | 3 | Energy for Schools Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) state educational agencies (SEAs) in order to award subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to assist public schools with the increased costs of fuel for school buses and energy for public school buildings; and (2) LEAs that do not receive a subgrant from an SEA. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-s-3431 | 110 | s | 3431 | Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to enable them to award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and other public or nonprofit entities to plan and implement expanded learning time initiatives at high-need schools that they serve. Requires such initiatives to: (1) increase the total number of school hours each year at participant schools by at least 30%, compared to the school hours per year that are standard for comparable schools in their school district; and (2) expand learning time for all students in all grade levels in such schools, except in high schools where expanded learning time must apply to at least one entire grade level. Directs states to give subgrant priority to LEAs that serve a high percentage of students from low-income families and partnerships that include a community-based organization, institution of higher education, community learning center, or entity carrying out an after-school program. Permits the Secretary to: (1) award planning and implementation grants directly to a partnership that serves more than one area in more than one state; and (2) provide technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees in developing and implementing expanded learning time initiatives. Requires: (1) grantees to establish measures for assessing the success of their expanded learning time initiatives; and (2) the Secretary to contract with an independent organization with expertise in school improvement, program evaluation, and measurement to evaluate this Act's program and provide technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees in collecting data and evaluating their programs. | 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z | |
| 110-hr-6698 | 110 | hr | 6698 | Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act | Education | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B001229 | 0 | Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program from receiving special allowance payments (made to such lenders to compensate them for the difference between FFEL interest rates and market rates) if they deny FFELs to eligible borrowers because of their education program length or attendance at a particular school participating in the FFEL program. | 2020-02-10T16:53:28Z | |
| 110-hr-6733 | 110 | hr | 6733 | Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act | Education | 2008-07-31 | 2008-08-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1677) | House | Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] | IL | D | H001040 | 10 | Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make payments to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin to enable such states to assist their local educational agencies (LEAs) in recovering from the severe storms and flooding that hit the Midwest during the months of May and June, 2008. Protects such LEAs, that serve major disaster areas due to those storms and floods, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Authorizes the Secretary to waive or modify the application of maintenance of effort and cost-sharing conditions on the receipt of educational funding by entities in states affected by such disaster. Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) temporary emergency Impact Aid to states and, through them, to LEAs and Indian schools to enable such LEAs and schools to instruct students displaced by such disaster; and (2) assistance, consistent with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, to LEAs serving students rendered homeless by such disaster. Terminates this Act's programs on August 1, 2009. | 2020-02-10T16:53:29Z | |
| 110-s-3378 | 110 | s | 3378 | Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2008 - Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) obtain an FBI background check on individuals prior to offering them employment as school employees; and (2) if the check identifies them as sexual predators, report their application to local law enforcement. Prohibits states or LEAs from hiring individuals as: (1) school employees if they have been convicted of a crime of violence or other felony; or (2) school bus drivers if they have been convicted of, or pled guilty to, drunk driving or a serious moving violation. Withholds funds available to states for planning and administration and to LEAs as subgrants under part A of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, if they violate such prohibitions or fail to take such actions. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6654 | 110 | hr | 6654 | Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act | Education | 2008-07-30 | 2008-07-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 50 | Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to partnerships between low-income local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools offering graduate programs in school counseling, social work, or psychology to increase the number of program graduates employed by low-income LEAs. Defines "low-income LEAs" as those that: (1) serve students at least 20% of which are from low-income families; (2) have ratios of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists to students that fall at least 10% below specified target ratios; and (3) have been identified as needing improvement or corrective action or include at least one school identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Allows the use of grant funds to: (1) provide program graduate students with field training at partnership LEA schools; (2) contribute to program graduates' salaries at such schools for up to three years after they graduate; (3) increase the number of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists per student in such schools; (4) enhance the capacity of partnership graduate schools to train such professionals; (5) develop course work designed to facilitate such graduates' service to low-income LEAs and at-risk students; and (6) provide tuition credits to such graduate students and student loan forgiveness to program graduates employed as school counselors, social workers, or psychologists by low-income LEAs for at least five consecutive years. Directs the Secretary to establish a program providing student loan forgiveness to non-participants in this Act's grant program who have been employed for at least five consecutive years as school counselors, social workers, or psychologists by low-income LEAs. Requires the Secretary to identify a formula for future use in designating regions as eligible for benefit programs because of having a shortage of … | 2021-09-29T17:22:10Z | |
| 110-hres-1390 | 110 | hres | 1390 | Expressing support for the designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day. | Education | 2008-07-30 | 2008-09-22 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | C001050 | 35 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Supports the designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day (October 8, 2008). | 2023-01-11T13:15:51Z | |
| 110-s-3364 | 110 | s | 3364 | Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act | Education | 2008-07-30 | 2008-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] | AR | D | L000035 | 7 | Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to partnerships between low-income local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools offering graduate programs in school counseling, social work, or psychology to increase the number of program graduates employed by low-income LEAs. Defines "low-income LEAs" as those that: (1) serve students at least 20% of which are from low-income families; (2) have ratios of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists to students that fall at least 10% below specified target ratios; and (3) have been identified as needing improvement or corrective action or include at least one school identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Allows the use of grant funds to: (1) provide program graduate students with field training at partnership LEA schools; (2) contribute to program graduates' salaries at such schools for up to three years after they graduate; (3) increase the number of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists per student in such schools; (4) enhance the capacity of partnership graduate schools to train such professionals; (5) develop course work designed to facilitate such graduates' service to low-income LEAs and at-risk students; and (6) provide tuition credits to such graduate students and student loan forgiveness to program graduates employed as school counselors, social workers, or psychologists by low-income LEAs for at least five years. Directs the Secretary to establish a program providing student loan forgiveness to non-participants in this Act's grant program who have been employed for at least five years as school counselors, social workers, or psychologists by low-income LEAs. Requires the Secretary to identify a formula for future use in designating regions as eligible for benefit programs because of having a shortage of such school personnel. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6632 | 110 | hr | 6632 | Improving No Child Left Behind for All Students Act | Education | 2008-07-29 | 2008-07-29 | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | C000243 | 3 | Improving No Child Left Behind for All Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to revise programs created or amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Allows states to revise their academic content and achievement standards so they are vertically aligned from grade to grade and with what students should know to be successful in postsecondary education and the workplace. Permits states to: (1) incorporate student academic growth into calculations of adequate yearly progress (AYP); (2) determine AYP for limited English proficient (LEP) students by excluding new arrivals and including former LEP students; and (3) use alternate academic achievement standards for disabled students. Requires local educational agencies' (LEAs) student achievement improvement plans to include strategies to coordinate with other agencies and community-based organizations to address nonacademic barriers facing students. Limits the designation of LEAs and schools as needing improvement to those that fail to make AYP for the same group of students in the same subject for two consecutive school years, but requires schools to draw up school improvement plans following their first year of failing to make AYP. Requires LEAs to designate such schools, based on their degree of failure, as either high priority or priority schools, with: (1) priority schools allowed to choose among specified remedies; and (2) high priority schools given high priority access to technical assistance and required to provide students with supplemental educational services, transfers, and extended learning time. Requires LEAs to impose specified redesign requirements on schools that fail to make AYP for two consecutive years after full implementation of their improvement plans. Makes redesign requirements more stringent for high priority schools. Requires states to develop longitudinal data systems tracking student and teacher performance over time. Sets forth the method by which states are to calculate graduation ra… | 2021-06-07T20:05:41Z | |
| 110-s-3353 | 110 | s | 3353 | Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-07-29 | 2008-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 2 | Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award triennial grants to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) in amounts equal to between 10% to 50% of each grantee's annual total transportation costs for the previous fiscal year. Makes rural LEAs eligible for such grants if they experience: (1) an increase in annual fuel costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; (2) an increase in contract transportation costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; or (3) extreme hardship, as certified by the Secretary, in providing transportation to elementary and secondary students due to increased fuel prices. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make such grants on December 31, 2013. | 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z | |
| 110-s-3347 | 110 | s | 3347 | Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act | Education | 2008-07-28 | 2008-07-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 0 | Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to implement a demonstration project providing competitive, four-year grants to at least 10 secondary schools that have a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 60% or lower, for the provision of additional school counselors and counselor resources. Expresses the sense of Congress that grantees should provide one additional counselor for every 250 students at risk. Requires the additional school counselors to serve primarily students identified as being at risk of not graduating in four years. Makes grantees that demonstrate progress in improving their graduation rates eligible for subsequent grants. | 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z | |
| 110-s-3352 | 110 | s | 3352 | A bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 2008-07-28 | 2008-07-31 | Became Public Law No: 110-300. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through August 15, 2008. | 2023-11-13T20:30:50Z | |
| 110-hr-6617 | 110 | hr | 6617 | Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-07-24 | 2008-07-24 | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | H001034 | 31 | Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008 - Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (the Act) to allow state leadership activities grants to be used to: (1) provide technical assistance to faith and community-based organizations desiring grants under the Act; and (2) study the effectiveness of distance learning or self-study programs for English language learners. Directs the National Institute for Literacy to disseminate information regarding integrated English literacy and civics education programs. Makes such programs eligible for assistance under the Secretary of Education's national leadership activities program. Requires the Secretary to award grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education programs, with each state's grant amount tied to the size and growth of their recent immigrant population. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reauthorize appropriations for the Even Start Family Literacy program. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Literacy to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of the Even Start program and research into the components of successful family literacy services. Directs the Secretary to award matching grants to states and, through them, matching, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies for high quality expanded learning time programs that provide additional language and civics education to middle and secondary school students who are English language learners. Amends the Act and ESEA to replace references to individuals of limited English proficiency with references to English language learners. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) tax credits to teachers of English language learners; (2) tax deductions for the expenses of becoming certified as such teachers; and (3) tax credits for employers' expenses in making adult education and literacy services available to their employees. Requires the Commissioner for Education Research of the National Center for Educ… | 2021-09-29T17:21:52Z | |
| 110-s-3324 | 110 | s | 3324 | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education for the 21st Century Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-07-24 | 2008-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7287-7289) | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] | CT | ID | L000304 | 1 | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education for the 21st Century Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Council for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM Council) as a federally chartered corporation composed of stakeholders in effective STEM education. Directs the STEM Council to: (1) identify critical deficiencies in STEM education systems and propose collaborative strategies that will allow Council members to address such deficiencies; (2) serve as an informational resource for the Department of Education (Department) and, through it, state and local educational agencies on effective STEM education practices; (3) promote STEM fields and the value of a STEM education to the public; and (4) maintain a public database on federal STEM scholarship and fellowship opportunities and other STEM and relevant non-STEM programs. Establishes, within the Council, a standing committee on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education (STEM Committee) composed of representatives from all federal departments and agencies involved in STEM education. Requires the STEM Committee to coordinate all federally funded or administered STEM education efforts and harmonize them with state and local efforts through the STEM Council. Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Department's STEM education programs. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-s-3326 | 110 | s | 3326 | Pathways to College Act | Education | 2008-07-24 | 2008-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7290-7291) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Pathways to College Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive five-year grants to local educational agencies that serve mostly high-need secondary schools for programs to increase the number of students from low-income families who attend college. Defines "high-need secondary schools" as those where at least one-half of the students are from low-income families.Requires grantees to use such funds to: (1) train teachers and counselors to provide students with advice concerning postsecondary education; (2) ensure that each student receives postsecondary information and planning assistance before the end of their first semester of secondary school; (3) inform students and parents regarding the benefits, expenses, and financing of higher education; and (4) ensure that their schools develop comprehensive, school-wide plans of action to strengthen their college-going culture.Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees in calculating and analyzing their college-going rates and adopting best practices for elevating such rates.Requires grantees to measure externally verified school-wide college enrollment, track data that leads to increased college-going, and evaluate the success of their grant activities. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-s-3334 | 110 | s | 3334 | Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-07-24 | 2008-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 1 | Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008 - Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (the Act) to allow state leadership activities grants to be used to: (1) provide technical assistance to faith and community-based organizations desiring grants under the Act; and (2) study the effectiveness of distance learning or self-study programs for English language learners. Directs the National Institute for Literacy to disseminate information regarding integrated English literacy and civics education programs. Makes such programs eligible for assistance under the Secretary of Education's national leadership activities program. Requires the Secretary to award grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education programs, with each state's grant amount tied to the size and growth of their recent immigrant population. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reauthorize appropriations for the Even Start Family Literacy program. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Literacy to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of the Even Start program and research into the components of successful family literacy services. Directs the Secretary to award matching grants to states and, through them, matching, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies for high quality expanded learning time programs that provide additional language and civics education to middle and secondary school students who are English language learners. Amends the Act and ESEA to replace references to individuals of limited English proficiency with references to English language learners. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) tax credits to teachers of English language learners; (2) tax deductions for the expenses of becoming certified as such teachers; and (3) tax credits for employers' expenses in making adult education and literacy services available to their employees. Requires the Commissioner for Education Research of the National Center for Educ… | 2019-11-15T21:57:53Z | |
| 110-hr-6525 | 110 | hr | 6525 | American History and Civics Achievement Act | Education | 2008-07-16 | 2008-07-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | MN | D | M001143 | 7 | American History and Civics Achievement Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to give a priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12. Requires the Commissioner to conduct, in at least ten geographically diverse states, trial state academic assessments of student achievement in: (1) U.S. history in grades 8 and 12; and (2) civics in grades 8 and 12. Directs the National Assessment of Educational Progress governing board to select the participating states. | 2020-02-10T16:53:31Z | |
| 110-hr-6504 | 110 | hr | 6504 | Coordinate to Educate Act | Education | 2008-07-15 | 2008-07-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 0 | Coordinate to Educate Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award: (1) grants of up to three years to local educational agencies (LEAs) to collaborate with health and social service agencies to develop school-linked coordinated service programs for children and families on or near school sites; and (2) grants of up to two years to LEAs to implement such programs pursuant to interagency service delivery plans that have been approved by the Secretary. Requires program services to be available to all children and families in the service area and, where appropriate, paid for on a sliding scale. Directs the Secretary, in awarding grants, to give special consideration to areas with high proportions of educationally at-risk students and areas that have a large number of single parent or two-parent, working families. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-hr-6490 | 110 | hr | 6490 | Promoting the Safe Use of the Internet by Students Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-07-14 | 2008-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | K000364 | 5 | Promoting the Safe Use of the Internet by Students Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use state subgrants under the Enhancing Education through Technology program and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program to develop and implement programs promoting safe internet use by students. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-hr-6453 | 110 | hr | 6453 | Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act | Education | 2008-07-10 | 2008-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] | CO | R | L000564 | 60 | Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that provide unemancipated minors with postcoital emergency contraception or prescriptions for such contraception on the premises of elementary or secondary schools. | 2020-02-10T16:53:29Z | |
| 110-hr-6402 | 110 | hr | 6402 | Increasing Student Achievement through School Attendance Act | Education | 2008-06-26 | 2008-06-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] | TX | D | J000126 | 7 | Increasing Student Achievement through School Attendance Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies, states, and Indian tribes for the implementation of innovative measures to increase school attendance by preventing student truancy, suspension, and expulsion. Includes among such measures: (1) collaboration between school systems, the legal system, child welfare agencies, and community-based organizations; (2) training school personnel in positive student behavioral interventions and graduated disciplinary practices; and (3) staffing of school suspension and expulsion programs with student support services personnel. | 2020-02-10T16:53:27Z | |
| 110-s-3184 | 110 | s | 3184 | Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Education Portals Act | Education | 2008-06-24 | 2008-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6023-6024) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Education Portals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to implement or maintain education portal initiatives that include collecting and making available: (1) high quality resources (including data, tools, and digital media content) for teachers, students, and parents, that support public education from Head Start through graduate school; and (2) resources for ongoing and sustainable teacher training in the use of education technology at such educational levels. Allows teachers, students, and parents to contribute resources to their state portal, which is to be accessible statewide. Permits states to use funds available to them under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to maintain such initiatives after their receipt of this Act's funding ends. Requires the Secretary to hold a conference, at least biennially, for state advisory panels on education portal initiatives to share information on best practices. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) count corporate contributions to such initiatives separately from other corporate contributions in applying charitable contribution deductibility limits; and (2) allow corporate deductions for contributions to such initiatives to reach 50% of a corporation's taxable income. | 2019-11-15T21:57:51Z | |
| 110-s-3180 | 110 | s | 3180 | A bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 2008-06-23 | 2008-06-30 | Became Public Law No: 110-256. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through July 31, 2008. | 2023-11-13T20:29:47Z | |
| 110-hr-6292 | 110 | hr | 6292 | Parents' Right to Know Improvement Act | Education | 2008-06-18 | 2008-06-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] | NV | R | H001041 | 7 | Parents’ Right to Know Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to notify the parents of each student at the beginning of each school year that they will provide the parents, upon request, with timely information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's specialized instructional support persons. (This is in addition to the current requirement that LEAs provide parents, upon request, with information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's classroom teachers.) Defines "specialized instructional support persons" as school counselors, social workers, psychologists, or other qualified professionals providing services that are part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-hr-6293 | 110 | hr | 6293 | Military Children's School Investment Act | Education | 2008-06-18 | 2008-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. | House | Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] | NC | R | H001029 | 34 | Military Children’s School Investment Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies (LEAs) for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs that: (1) were eligible for Impact Aid in the prior fiscal year due to federally-connected children; and (2) are experiencing an enrollment increase of at least 250 or 10% consisting of certain federally-connected children whose arrival is due to military base closures and realignments or global rebasing, force structure changes or reductions, or actions initiated by the Secretary of Defense. Requires such grants to be used: (1) to construct new schools or expand existing schools to accommodate the influx of students; (2) repair or upgrade academic facilities; or (3) lease, with the Secretary's approval, buildings or portions of buildings from a private entity for additional school space. | 2021-06-07T20:04:27Z | |
| 110-hr-6281 | 110 | hr | 6281 | High School Sports Anti-Drug Act | Education | 2008-06-17 | 2008-06-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24] | CA | R | G000021 | 1 | High School Sports Anti-Drug Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use. Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested. Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-s-3141 | 110 | s | 3141 | Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act | Education | 2008-06-17 | 2008-06-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 6 | Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program from receiving special allowance payments (made to such lenders to compensate them for the difference between FFEL interest rates and market rates) if they deny FFELs to eligible borrowers because of their race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability status, income, attendance at a particular school participating in the FFEL program, education program length, or academic year in school. | 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z | |
| 110-s-3124 | 110 | s | 3124 | Community College Sustainability Act | Education | 2008-06-12 | 2008-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 1 | Community College Sustainability Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a sustainablity workforce training and education program by awarding grants to community colleges for workforce training and education in industries and practices, such as: (1) alternative energy; (2) green construction, retrofitting, and design; (3) green chemistry, nanotechnology, or technology; (4) water and energy conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agricultural or culinary practices. Requires at least one-half of the funds provided under this Act to be awarded to schools that have existing sustainability programs leading to certificates or degrees in at least one of the industries or practices listed above. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6201 | 110 | hr | 6201 | Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-06-05 | 2008-06-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 8 | Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten. Sets forth reporting requirements. | 2019-11-15T21:22:04Z | |
| 110-hr-6135 | 110 | hr | 6135 | To establish a program for providing scholarships for nuclear science and nuclear engineering students, and for other purposes. | Education | 2008-05-22 | 2008-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 27 | Directs the Secretary of Energy to award at least 65 four-year grants per year to undergraduate institutions to fund scholarships for students majoring in nuclear science or nuclear engineering. Requires the Secretary to provide Congress with recommendations for developing a robust nuclear workforce in this country. | 2019-11-15T21:41:43Z | |
| 110-hr-6144 | 110 | hr | 6144 | Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-05-22 | 2008-05-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] | CA | D | B001234 | 3 | Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2008 or the TEACH for Our Future Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the loan forgiveness available to public elementary and secondary school teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs. Makes inapplicable to public school teachers the requirements limiting loan forgiveness to: (1) new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998; and (2) highly qualified teachers in certain schools that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Maintains the requirement that such teachers teach full-time for five consecutive complete school years before becoming eligible for loan forgiveness. Raises to $25,000 the amount of the FFEL or DL outstanding that may be forgiven after a public school teacher's fifth complete school year of teaching. Maintains current loan forgiveness eligibility requirements for private elementary and secondary school teachers. | 2020-02-10T16:53:28Z | |
| 110-hr-6160 | 110 | hr | 6160 | Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-05-22 | 2008-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] | NC | D | P000523 | 24 | Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2008 - Establishes the Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation as an independent establishment in the executive branch. Directs the Foundation to award scholarships in an annual nationwide competition to individuals (to be known as "Roosevelt Scholars") who are: (1) enrolled in or seeking admission to accredited full-time graduate studies that prepare such individuals for occupations that are critical to the missions of federal agencies; and (2) nominated by persons that have direct knowledge of their academic or work experience. Sets the maximum scholarship amount at $60,000 for each of up to five academic years, covering tuition, room and board, books, and fees. Requires Roosevelt Scholars to: (1) agree to serve in the federal government for a period of years equal to the number of academic years during which they received their scholarship; (2) complete a federal internship related to their studies while earning their degree; (3) participate in certain extracurricular activities designed to assist their pursuit of federal careers and development of leadership qualities; and (4) serve as sources of information regarding federal employment opportunities. Establishes the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund consisting of appropriations and gifts for such scholarships. Sets forth additional duties of the Foundation, including the creation of an online directory of all federal scholarship opportunities available to individuals pursuing federal employment and an online directory of current occupations critical to the missions of federal agencies. | 2023-01-11T13:15:48Z | |
| 110-hr-6104 | 110 | hr | 6104 | Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-05-21 | 2008-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | H001034 | 84 | Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 - Requires the President to establish, in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM education) within the National Science and Technology Council.Establishes an Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education in the Department of Education, to be administered by an Assistant Secretary. Requires the Assistant Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of the STEM education programs administered by the department.Requires the Secretary of Education to award a grant to establish a voluntary State Consortium on STEM Education and a grant to the National Science Digital Library to establish a National STEM Education Research Repository. | 2021-09-29T17:15:29Z | |
| 110-s-3047 | 110 | s | 3047 | Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-05-21 | 2008-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 6 | Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 - Requires the President to establish, in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM education) within the National Science and Technology Council.Establishes an Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education in the Department of Education, to be administered by an Assistant Secretary. Requires the Assistant Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of the STEM education programs administered by the department.Requires the Secretary of Education to award a grant to establish a voluntary State Consortium on STEM Education and a grant to the National Science Digital Library to establish a National STEM Education Research Repository. | 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z | |
| 110-sres-572 | 110 | sres | 572 | A resolution calling upon the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District of California to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. | Education | 2008-05-21 | 2008-05-21 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4626) | Senate | Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] | NC | R | D000601 | 1 | Commends the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles, California, for allowing a rehearing of the decision in the In re Rachel L. case, requiring parents to hold a teaching license in order to legally homeschool their children. Calls upon the court to uphold the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion that parents have a fundamental and constitutional right to direct the upbringing and education of their children. | 2019-11-15T21:59:00Z | |
| 110-s-3035 | 110 | s | 3035 | A bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 2008-05-20 | 2008-05-30 | Became Public Law No: 110-238. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through June 30, 2008. | 2023-11-13T20:29:26Z | |
| 110-s-3037 | 110 | s | 3037 | AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act | Education | 2008-05-20 | 2008-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 13 | AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act or the ACTION Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to alter the formula for determining the amount of the national service educational award to base the award on the average cost of attending a four-year institution of higher education, rather than a portion of a veteran's basic educational assistance allowance. Excludes the national service educational award from an individual's gross income for tax purposes. Permits the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a national service program that is carried out by another federal agency and implements the priorities of such agency. Makes Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation a Cabinet position. Raises the Officer's compensation to Level I of the Executive Schedule. | 2020-02-10T17:01:59Z | |
| 110-hr-6065 | 110 | hr | 6065 | Green Schools Act | Education | 2008-05-15 | 2008-05-15 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 9 | Green Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program awarding matching grants to local educational agencies for green school construction and improvement projects that create healthy learning environments while saving natural resources and money. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, through 2012, the Qualified Zone Academy Bond program (which provides tax credits to the holders of such bonds, which in turn finance low or no interest loans for the improvement of public schools serving low-income areas). Requires public school rehabilitation, repair, or equipment financed through such bonds to serve the green goals of creating healthy learning environments while saving natural resources and money. | 2021-09-29T17:14:45Z | |
| 110-s-3027 | 110 | s | 3027 | COACH Act | Education | 2008-05-15 | 2008-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Coaching Our Adolescents for College Heights Act or the COACH Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to award a contract to a nonprofit organization to establish a seven-year pilot program under which recent college graduates commit to two terms of service as coaches to high-achieving, low- or middle-income high school students in exchange for national service awards for each term of service. Requires such coaches, which are to total 100 and operate in no more than five school districts, to: (1) build a strong college-going culture for all students in high schools with historically low college attendance rates; and (2) provide limited cohorts of high-achieving, low- or middle-income students with guidance in studies suited to college-bound students, and support during the college search and application processes. Requires the nonprofit organization to raise $3 of nonfederal funds for every $1 of federal funds provided under the contract. Directs the Corporation to contract with an independent agency to study the effects of the pilot program on the achievement of participating students and students in participating high schools. Requires the Corporation to plan an expansion of such program if it is shown to be effective in improving student achievement. | 2020-02-10T17:01:59Z | |
| 110-s-3028 | 110 | s | 3028 | Senior Year Community Service Act | Education | 2008-05-15 | 2008-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Senior Year Community Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to implement a national pilot program awarding six competitive grants to local educational agencies to establish local programs matching secondary school seniors to community service opportunities for which such students receive national service educational awards. Directs the Corporation to contract with an independent agency to study the effects of the national pilot program on the achievement of participating students. Requires the Corporation to plan an expansion of such program if it is shown to be effective in improving student achievement. | 2020-02-10T17:01:59Z | |
| 110-hr-5914 | 110 | hr | 5914 | Student Loan Access Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-04-29 | 2008-04-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | K000008 | 18 | Student Loan Access Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Federal Financing Bank, until July 1, 2009, to: (1) purchase guaranteed loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or participation interests in such loans; (2) advance funds to eligible lenders for the purpose of originating or purchasing FFELs; and (3) invest in securities collateralized with FFELs. Prohibits such FFEL purchases from resulting in any net cost to the federal government. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the Bank's authority to take such actions beyond July 1, 2009, if economic conditions threaten timely, uninterrupted access to student loans. | 2019-11-15T20:55:38Z | |
| 110-s-2929 | 110 | s | 2929 | A bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 2008-04-29 | 2008-05-13 | Became Public Law No: 110-230. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 6, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through May 31, 2008. Provides that this extension shall take effect as if enacted on April 30, 2008. | 2023-11-13T20:15:24Z | |
| 110-hr-5902 | 110 | hr | 5902 | GREEN Act | Education | 2008-04-24 | 2008-04-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | C001067 | 3 | Getting Youth Re-invested in Environmental Education Now Act, or the GREEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies for the development of environmental justice curricula and co-op programs for middle and high school students at schools: (1) receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) located in urban communities that may be disproportionately affected by climate change, pollution, and other environmental issues. Requires co-op programs to: (1) link students with career opportunities in the environmental field; (2) allow students to earn course or service learning credits during the summer through experiential learning; and (3) provide students with mentors to assist them in building the skills necessary for workforce success. | 2021-09-29T17:12:11Z | |
| 110-s-2895 | 110 | s | 2895 | PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-04-21 | 2008-04-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3208-3209) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 13 | PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, with respect to eligibility for a PLUS Federal Family Education Loan, to specify an extenuating circumstance for purposes of determining if a borrower has an adverse credit history on the basis of a mortgage loan delinquency or foreclosure. Declares that an extenuating circumstance exists if, at any time from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2112, the borrower is 90 or more days delinquent on mortgage loan payments, or foreclosure proceedings have been initiated, with respect to the borrower's primary residence. | 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z | |
| 110-hr-5848 | 110 | hr | 5848 | Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-04-17 | 2008-04-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 3 | Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology program of part B of title II with the Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds, through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to consortia of institutions of higher education, states or local educational agencies, and entities able to assist in the technology-related reform of teacher preparation programs, covering up to three-fourths of the costs of projects to: (1) develop long-term partnerships among consortium members that are focused on effective teaching with modern digital tools and content that connect pre-service teacher preparation with high-need schools; or (2) transform the way departments, schools, and colleges of education teach classroom technology integration to teacher candidates. | 2020-02-10T16:53:25Z | |
| 110-hr-5810 | 110 | hr | 5810 | Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-04-15 | 2008-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 0 | Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy. Requires program mentors to be women who: (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; (2) are mentoring no more than two program mentees; and (3) are trained and screened to encourage mentees to engage in responsible, goal-orientated behavior, delay their sexual activity, and increase their participation in school. Authorizes the Secretary to provide student loan forgiveness, under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, or Perkins Loan programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to program mentors who serve for at least 200 hours in an academic year. | 2021-06-07T20:02:35Z | |
| 110-s-2859 | 110 | s | 2859 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Amendments of 2008 | Education | 2008-04-15 | 2008-04-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3030) | Senate | Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] | VA | D | W000803 | 1 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Amendments of 2008 - Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to declare that nothing in the Act prohibits a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other healthcare professional or paraprofessional from consulting with or disclosing treatment records on a student who is 18 years old or older or who is attending a postsecondary educational institution to a healthcare professional or paraprofessional outside the educational institution in connection with the provision of treatment to the student. Prohibits deeming the release by an educational institution of education records or related personally identifiable information, in the good faith belief that such release is necessary to protect against a threat to the health or safety of the student or other persons, to be a failure to comply with the Act regardless of whether it is subsequently determined that the specified conditions for such release did not exist. Allows the release of education records to appropriate persons in an emergency if the knowledge of that information is necessary, according to the good faith belief of the educational institution or persons to whom the disclosure is made, to protect the health or safety of the student or other persons. | 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z | |
| 110-hr-5735 | 110 | hr | 5735 | Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act | Education | 2008-04-09 | 2008-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 3 | Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require schools participating in title IV student assistance programs to include current campus policies regarding immediate emergency response and evacuation procedures in their required annual security reports to current and prospective students and staff. Requires such procedures to include: (1) notifying students and staff within 30 minutes after confirmation that an emergency exists on campus or public property; and (2) testing such procedures annually. | 2020-02-10T16:53:23Z | |
| 110-hr-5715 | 110 | hr | 5715 | Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-04-08 | 2008-05-07 | Became Public Law No: 110-227. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 33 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on April 30, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase, by $2,000, the maximum annual unsubsidized Stafford loan amounts that may be provided to undergraduate students under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. Sets the aggregate limit on such loans at $31,000 for dependent undergraduates and $57,500 for independent undergraduates. (Sec. 3) Gives parent borrowers of PLUS FFELs the option to defer loan principal repayment for up to six months after the students for whom such loans are borrowed cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. (Sec. 4) Authorizes lenders to determine that borrowers of PLUS FFELs who, between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2009, are no more than 180 days delinquent on their home mortgages, and no more than 89 days delinquent on the repayment of any other debt, meet a specified extenuating circumstances requirement which makes them eligible for such loans despite having an adverse credit history. (Sec. 5) Includes parent borrowers in the FFEL lender-of-last-resort program for borrowers otherwise unable to obtain such loans. Prohibits loans made under the FFEL lender-of-last-resort program from having more favorable terms than other FFELs of the same type. Allows institutions of higher education (IHEs), with the Secretary of Education's approval, to participate in such program until June 30, 2009; thereby requiring guaranty agencies serving as lenders-of-last-resort to make FFELs to student and parent borrowers of such IHEs, until such date, regardless of their ability to otherwise obtain such loans. Allows the Secretary to develop any standards regarding IHE participation in such program that the Secretary considers appropriate, including requirements that IHEs demonstrate: (1) their inability, despite due diligence, to secure eligible lenders' comm… | 2023-11-13T20:15:17Z | |
| 110-s-2815 | 110 | s | 2815 | Strengthening Student Aid for All Act | Education | 2008-04-03 | 2008-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2442-2443) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 5 | Strengthening Student Aid for All Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum annual and aggregate unsubsidized Stafford loan amounts that may be provided to undergraduate students under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. Allows parents of dependent students to defer PLUS FFEL principal repayment until such students cease to be enrolled as undergraduates on at least a half-time basis. Directs the Secretary of Education to act as the secondary market of last resort for FFELs, until July 2009, by purchasing such loans from lenders who cannot sell them in the private financial markets and thereby raise the capital needed to make new loans. Permits the Secretary to act in such capacity after such date if economic conditions threaten timely, uninterrupted access to student loans. Changes title IV need analyses by allowing the calculation of a negative expected family contribution. Increases the Pell Grant available to students whose expected family contribution is a negative number. Allows institutions of higher education (IHEs) to participate in the FFEL lender-of-last-resort program, thereby requiring guaranty agencies serving as lenders of last resort to make FFELs to students of such IHEs regardless of their ability to otherwise obtain such loans. Authorizes the Secretary to advance needed funds to guaranty agencies acting as lenders of last resort in such situations. | 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z | |
| 110-hr-5647 | 110 | hr | 5647 | To provide public charter school options for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring and those schools with a graduation rate of less than 60 percent, and for other purposes. | Education | 2008-03-14 | 2008-03-14 | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] | IL | D | E000287 | 1 | Pell Grants for Kids Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary, subject to advance appropriations, to award competitive grants to states, public chartering agencies, local educational agencies, or tax-exempt organizations to enhance the capacity of public charter schools to serve additional students, particularly those transferring from schools identified as needing restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) pursuant to state academic performance standards for five consecutive school years. Limits grant use to providing subgrants to public charter schools, covering the administrative expenses of grantees and subgrantees, and enhancing the availability of credit for such schools. Fair Share Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to treat certain foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies performing services under a contract with the U.S. government as U.S. employers for purposes of Social Security and Medicare employment taxes. | 2021-06-07T20:01:53Z | |
| 110-hr-5637 | 110 | hr | 5637 | Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-03-13 | 2008-03-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 9 | Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local governments, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of community violence by educating, mentoring, and counseling youth regarding the principles and application of nonviolence in conflict resolution. Gives grant priority to applicants that agree to use the funds in communities experiencing an increase in violence, but lacking the resources to address violence prevention. | 2022-02-03T05:17:34Z | |
| 110-s-2759 | 110 | s | 2759 | Kindergarten Plus Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-03-13 | 2008-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/14/2008 S2142-2145) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 4 | Kindergarten Plus Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to provide Kindergarten Plus (K+) programs of voluntary full days of kindergarten during the summer before and the summer after their traditional kindergarten school year. Directs the Secretary to ensure, to the extent possible, that each grant is of sufficient size to enable the state 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 children eligible to participate in such programs if they are: (1) five-years old or 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 states, 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 whose states do not apply for grants. Sets forth K+ teacher and personnel quality standards. | 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z | |
| 110-s-2767 | 110 | s | 2767 | A bill to provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 2008-03-13 | 2008-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/14/2008 S2150) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 3 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to suspend students' eligibility for assistance under title IV for being convicted of committing controlled substance offenses while in receipt of such assistance only if the convicting courts order such suspension. (Currently, a conviction suffices.) | 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z | |
| 110-hr-5563 | 110 | hr | 5563 | Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act | Education | 2008-03-10 | 2008-03-12 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 277 - 140 (Roll no. 131). | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 27 | Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NSCA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise the programs under such Acts and reauthorize appropriations for such programs through FY2012. Revises under NSCA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service (Learn and Serve programs); (2) National Service Trust programs (AmeriCorps); (3) the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Eliminates the current Community-Based Learn and Serve programs. Establishes a new Learn and Serve program, Innovative Service-Learning Programs and Research, providing matching grants to: (1) provide community service-learning opportunities to elementary and secondary, college, and graduate students, including summer of service programs; and (2) research and evaluate service-learning. Includes among eligible AmeriCorps programs: (1) an E-corp program increasing community access to technology; (2) a program engaging citizens in public safety, health, and emergency preparedness services; (3) a youth mentoring program; (4) a program to reduce recidivism by re-engaging court-involved youth; and (5) the Education Awards Only program. Establishes an AmeriCorp pilot grant program for state-approved, member-selected, national service positions. Increases National Service educational awards for AmeriCorps, NCCC, and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) participants. Includes among needs to be met under the NCCC program, disaster relief, infrastructure improvement, environmental and energy conservation, and urban and rural development. Requires states to develop comprehensive plans for volunteer and paid service by Baby Boomers and older adults. Establishes an Office of Outreach and Recruitment in the Corporation for National and Community Service (Corporation). Requires the Corporation to plan pi… | 2021-09-29T17:04:56Z | |
| 110-s-2732 | 110 | s | 2732 | Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-03-07 | 2008-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 0 | Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to treat current active National Guard and Reserve personnel who have completed their initial military training as independent students in analyses of their need for assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Prohibits educational assistance provided under specified benefit programs for veterans and members of the Selected Reserve from being considered in such need analyses. | 2020-02-10T17:01:59Z | |
| 110-s-2733 | 110 | s | 2733 | Higher Education Extension Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-03-07 | 2008-03-24 | Became Public Law No: 110-198. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Higher Education Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through April 30, 2008. | 2023-11-13T20:14:39Z | |
| 110-hr-5516 | 110 | hr | 5516 | Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-02-28 | 2008-04-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8] | PA | D | M001168 | 26 | Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2008 - 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 died as a result of performing service as a police officer, firefighter, or other first responder. | 2020-02-10T16:53:23Z | |
| 110-s-2677 | 110 | s | 2677 | Supporting Education for Returning Veterans Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-02-28 | 2008-02-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 2 | Supporting Education for Returning Veterans Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award three-year grants to institutions of higher education to establish programs that support veterans who are students by providing and coordinating services that address their academic, financial, physical, and social needs. Requires each grantee to establish a campus Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success that provides a single point of contact for the coordination of comprehensive support services for students who are veterans. Requires the Secretary to develop an evaluation and accountability plan for measuring the effect such programs have on veterans' success in postsecondary education. | 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z | |
| 110-s-2671 | 110 | s | 2671 | Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-02-27 | 2008-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 0 | Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education programs. Requires grantees to use 25% of the grant funds to: (1) develop financial literacy standards and assessments for at least three grade levels; (2) create teacher training programs to embed financial literacy or personal finance education into core academic subjects; and (3) evaluate the impact such education has on students' financial literacy. Requires the remaining grant funds to be used for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community organizations, local businesses, or other educational entities to implement such financial literacy activities, including student assessments and teacher training. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or partnerships between IHEs and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education programs for activities that increase student knowledge in consumer, economic, and personal financial concepts. | 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z | |
| 110-hr-5474 | 110 | hr | 5474 | Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of 2008 | Education | 2008-02-19 | 2008-02-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5] | AZ | D | M001167 | 2 | Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit educational assistance provided under specified benefit programs for veterans and members of the Selected Reserve from being considered in analyses of their need for assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. | 2023-01-11T13:15:44Z | |
| 110-hr-5401 | 110 | hr | 5401 | GREEN School Improvement Act | Education | 2008-02-12 | 2008-02-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] | IA | D | L000565 | 15 | Grants for Renewable and Energy Efficiency Needs School Improvement Act or the GREEN School Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to allocate funds to states to provide competitive grants to local educational agencies and eligible entities to make energy improvements to schools that result in a direct reduction in school energy costs, an improvement in teacher and student health, or the installation of renewable energy technologies. Requires a priority to be given to high-need local agencies and local agencies designated with a specified metrocentric locale codes.Sets forth grant application requirements, including a needs assessment for the schools involved and a description of the benefits and costs of the energy improvements to be made. Authorizes a state agency to require matching funds.Requires the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to states to develop guidelines and standards for energy improvements and new facility construction.Requires recipients of grants under this Act to report on their use of funds. Requires the Secretary to use report results to publish best practices: (1) for school energy improvement activities; and (2) to further the goal of developing nationwide and regional guidelines and standards for improvements, modernizations, renovations, and new construction.Directs the Comptroller General to carry out a study on: (1) the costs of repair, renovation, and construction for public elementary schools and secondary schools; (2) federal, state, local, and private expenditures for such costs; and (3) the potential of federal funding to address the repair, renovation, and construction needs of such schools with energy improvements. | 2023-01-11T13:15:45Z | |
| 110-s-2594 | 110 | s | 2594 | A bill to amend title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding institution financial aid offer form requirements. | Education | 2008-02-06 | 2008-02-06 | 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 direct the Secretary of Education to: (1) prepare a report for specified congressional committees on the adequacy of the financial aid offer forms issued by federally-assisted institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (2) develop model financial aid offer formats based on the report's findings. Requires such formats to include, in a consumer-friendly manner, specified information regarding: (1) the student's total and net cost of attending the IHE; (2) available scholarships, loans, and work assistance; and (3) where to obtain additional information on the financial aid offered. Directs each IHE to use one of the model formats as part of its financial aid offer form, and provide such form to current or prospective students and their parents in time for them to consider the format information before applying for or selecting an educational loan. | 2022-02-03T05:11:18Z |
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