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| 113-hres-782 | 113 | hres | 782 | Honoring Steve Sauls on his retirement as Florida International University's Vice President of Governmental Relations. | Education | 2014-12-12 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] | FL | D | W000808 | 0 | Honors Steve Sauls for his invaluable service to Florida International University, Florida, and the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z | |
| 113-s-2998 | 113 | s | 2998 | Expanding School Choice Act | Education | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Expanding School Choice Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to allocate school improvement grant funds among their local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of the number of children aged 5 through 17 whose family income lies below the federal poverty level and who are enrolled in the public and state-accredited private schools within each LEA's geographic jurisdiction. | 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z | |
| 113-hr-5839 | 113 | hr | 5839 | Grow Your Own Teacher Act | Education | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Grow Your Own Teacher Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Grow Your Own Teacher program making competitive grants to eligible entities to train and employ certain individuals in hard-to-staff schools or teaching positions. Defines an "eligible entity" as a consortium consisting of a local educational agency (LEA) that receives school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Act and an institution of higher education that offers a state-accredited teacher certificate program. Requires the grant to be used to: (1) train certain individuals who received a high school diploma from a participating LEA to be teachers, including by having them observe and work with a veteran teacher in a classroom for at least one year; (2) employ such individuals in hard-to-staff schools and teaching positions in such LEA, with priority given to teaching positions in mathematics, science, special education, world languages, and English as a second language; and (3) employ such individuals in a manner that reduces the divergence between the racial diversity of teachers and of students. Authorizes the Secretary to forgive the student loans incurred by training program participants who have been employed as teachers in hard-to-staff schools or teaching positions. | 2023-01-11T13:25:11Z | |
| 113-s-2993 | 113 | s | 2993 | Students Before Profits Act | Education | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] | CT | D | M001169 | 1 | Students Before Profits Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require the Secretary of Education to: (1) use corrected data and information to recalculate the cohort default rates for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have engaged in default manipulation, and (2) use the recalculated cohort default rates to redetermine whether those IHEs are disqualified from participating in title IV programs. (The cohort default rate represents the percentage of a school's borrowers who begin to repay Federal Family Education Loans [FFELs] or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans [DLs] in a fiscal year but default on those loans before the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year they began repaying them.) Directs the Secretary to establish an Institutional Risk-Sharing Commission to study and make recommendations for the implementation of a new risk-sharing system that holds IHEs that participate in the DL program financially accountable for poor student outcomes. Authorizes the Secretary to: impose a civil penalty on IHEs that engage in certain substantial misrepresentations or other serious HEA violations; impose smaller civil penalties on IHEs that engage in less serious title IV violations; impose employment sanctions and civil penalties against the officer of an IHE who knowingly and willfully, or with gross negligence, violates a title IV provision; limit, suspend, or terminate an IHE's participation in title IV programs for violating a title IV provision or any applicable special arrangement, agreement, or limitation; and take emergency action to withhold funds from an IHE or its students and withdraw the IHE's authority to obligate title IV funds in certain circumstances where immediate action is required to prevent the misuse of federal funds. Provides for the use of the civil penalties to: (1) conduct program reviews and ensure the integrity of IHEs participating or seeking to participate in title IV programs; and (2) finance a Studen… | 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z | |
| 113-hr-5812 | 113 | hr | 5812 | Innovate America Act | Education | 2014-12-09 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 1 | Innovate America Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), to award grants, on a competitive basis, to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science (STEM) secondary schools in the United States from approximately 100 to approximately 200. Requires the Secretary, in coordination with the NSF Director, to: develop a database identifying existing STEM secondary schools, and study how to improve retention rates of students in STEM programs at institutions of higher education. Directs the President to ensure that at least 15% of all federal funds available each fiscal year for undergraduate research opportunities at 2-year and 4-year degree granting institutions of higher education are used to fund research opportunities for postsecondary students. Requires the NSF Director to administer a Technology Commercialization Awards Pilot Program through which promising technology advances derived from NSF research grants shall be eligible for funding. Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to extend the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to cover specifically informatics and computer science. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a manufacturing assistance program for small and medium-sized domestic manufacturers to promote the manufacturing of goods in the United States and enable them to be competitive in global markets. Requires the Under Secretary for International Trade of the Department of Commerce to report to Congress on the global competitiveness of 20 U.S. industries that export the most goods or services and the domestic and foreign regulatory and policy barriers to increasing their exports. Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), beginning in FY2015, to devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over a 10-year period; and (2) each federal department… | 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z | |
| 113-hr-5807 | 113 | hr | 5807 | Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act | Education | 2014-12-08 | 2014-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 6 | Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act or the SMART Act - Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and administer state academic content and achievement standards and assessments of student progress toward those standards. Requires each state to use such grant to: develop and administer such assessments and further align them with the state's academic content standards, ensure that students with limited English proficiency and disabled students are provided with appropriate accommodations to improve their inclusion in the assessments, develop state assessment systems aligned to content standards that support systems of continuous improvement, support local educational agencies (LEAs) in identifying uses of assessment data, and carry out certain other activities to improve the quality and use of state assessments. Revises the program awarding competitive grants to states to enhance assessment instruments. Requires each grantee that has not yet received a grant under such program to use the grant to: carry out audits of the state assessment system and ensure that LEAs carry out audits of local assessments; prepare and carry out a state plan, in coordination with LEAs, to improve and streamline state and local assessment systems; and award subgrants to LEAs to improve the quality and use of local assessments and their alignment with state academic content standards. Requires a state that has previously received such a grant to use a new grant to: carry out a state plan, in coordination with LEAs, to improve and streamline state and local assessment systems; and award subgrants to LEAs to improve the quality and use of local assessments and their alignment with state academic content standards. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to states to improve their understanding of existing flexibility in the design and implementation of high-quality, streamlined … | 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z | |
| 113-hr-5779 | 113 | hr | 5779 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for elementary and secondary private school tuition, and for other purposes. | Education | 2014-12-02 | 2014-12-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | B001280 | 2 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for the qualified expenses, up to $10,000 in a taxable year, of attending a private school. Includes within the definition of "qualified expenses" expenses for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and other equipment in connection with the enrollment or attendance of an individual at an elementary or secondary school at a private institutional day or residential school, including a parochial school, or a home school, that provides elementary or secondary education. Disallows any amount claimed as home school tuition. | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-s-2967 | 113 | s | 2967 | Local Control of Education Act | Education | 2014-12-02 | 2014-12-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Local Control of Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's adoption of: the Common Core State Standards, any other academic standards common to a number of states, or any statewide or nationally recognized content standards; or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific academic standards. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make those prohibitions applicable to grants awarded under the Race to the Top program for innovations and reforms in elementary and secondary education. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from conditioning the provision of a statutory or regulatory waiver under the ESEA on a state, LEA, Indian tribe, or school adopting any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, or program of instruction. Makes that prohibition applicable to future and previously issued waivers. | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-s-2968 | 113 | s | 2968 | Community Partnerships in Education Act | Education | 2014-12-02 | 2014-12-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | Community Partnerships in Education Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: allow states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to measure students' attainment of 21st Century skills (such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration) in assessing students' progress toward state academic performance standards, require LEAs to describe the data-sharing agreements they have entered into with other agencies and organizations, and prioritize the provision of school improvement funds to LEAs with the lowest-achieving schools that demonstrate a commitment to involving community partners and intermediary organizations in school improvement efforts. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to: allow states to measure students' attainment of 21st century skills in assessing the career and technical education programs funded under such Act, require states to include community partners and intermediary organizations in the development of their plans for career and technical education programs, require career and technical education providers to describe how they will involve such entities in their programs, and require those providers to develop and implement data-sharing agreements with other agencies and organizations. Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to: require local workforce development boards to include representatives of community partners and intermediary organizations; require local workforce development plans to describe the data-sharing agreements that the local board has entered into with other agencies and organizations; allow state workforce development program performance indicators to include assessments of students' acquisition of 21st Century skills; include the development of 21st Century skills as an element of the youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated work… | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-hres-764 | 113 | hres | 764 | Congratulating Congresswomen Frederica S. Wilson and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on their induction into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Hall of Fame. | Education | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 8 | Congratulates congresswomen Frederica S. Wilson and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on their induction into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Hall of Fame. Commends them for their outstanding service to our country. | 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z | |
| 113-s-2954 | 113 | s | 2954 | Higher Education Affordability Act | Education | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Higher Education Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs. Title I: General Provisions - Requires proprietary institutions of higher education, for student aid eligibility purposes, to derive at least 15% of their revenue from sources other than federal funds. Prohibits institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are affiliated with a consumer financial product or service from receiving HEA funds unless they take specified steps to avoid conflicts of interest. Prohibits IHEs or other postsecondary educational institutions from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities. Requires the establishment of new college cost and assistance information resources for students, parents, and the public and the enhancement of existing resources. Prohibits a state from charging certain active duty military personnel and homeless and foster care youth tuition for attending a public institution of higher education at a rate that is greater than the rate charged for state residents. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a complaint tracking system to collect, monitor, and respond to complaints or inquiries regarding the educational practices and services, and recruiting and marketing practices, of all postsecondary educational institutions. Establishes the Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee to oversee proprietary IHEs and publish an annual Warning List for Parents and Students regarding certain issues facing such schools. Title II: Improving Educator Preparation - Revises title II of the HEA to establish a new part A program awarding grants to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), high-need schools, IHEs, and high-need early childhood education programs to design and implement effective educator residency programs that prepare educators for success in high-need schools. Establishes a new part B program awarding grants to states to reform and improve educa… | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-sres-591 | 113 | sres | 591 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week. | Education | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6212) | Senate | Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] | NC | D | H001049 | 11 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of American Education Week. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-hr-5743 | 113 | hr | 5743 | To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, to make recommendations for the resolution of the issues, and for other purposes. | Education | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 12 | Establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on the following issues related to intercollegiate athletics: the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing of intercollegiate athletics, the recruitment and retention of student athletes, oversight and governance practices, health and safety protections for student athletes, due process and other protections related to the enforcement of student athlete rules and regulations, and any other issues the Commission considers relevant to understanding the state of intercollegiate athletics. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hres-755 | 113 | hres | 755 | Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week. | Education | 2014-11-14 | 2014-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] | OH | R | J000295 | 55 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of American Education Week. | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5704 | 113 | hr | 5704 | Master Teacher Corps Act | Education | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Master Teacher Corps Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs), states, or LEAs and states, acting in partnership with institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations to establish a Master Teacher Corps program. Requires the grants to be used to: select exemplary elementary and secondary school teachers for membership in the program; provide master teachers with compensation that supplements their base salary; provide research-based professional development; coordinate master teachers' instructional leadership, mentorship, training, and coaching roles, including by hiring substitute teachers to fill-in for master teachers who are working with other teachers; facilitate efforts to involve master teachers in policy decisions at the LEA, state, and regional levels; defray the educational costs associated with master teachers fulfilling their responsibilities; track the program's effectiveness and impact; and support other activities that advance the program. Requires teachers selected as master teachers to: (1) have at least five years of full-time experience as elementary or secondary school teachers, and (2) have earned the highest rating on their state or local evaluations for the majority of their teaching years. Requires master teachers to be selected based on their: ability to enhance student achievement and tailor instruction to individual student needs; ability to address adult learners in professional development; ability to successfully collaborate with teachers, school leaders, and staff; skill in promoting teacher reflection through formative assessment processes; strong interpersonal and oral and written communication skills; record of school leadership; participation in student extracurricular activities and professional and school outreach activities; record of teaching students not on grade level or not on track to graduate coll… | 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z | |
| 113-sres-576 | 113 | sres | 576 | A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 20, 2014, as the "National Day of Writing". | Education | 2014-11-12 | 2014-11-12 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5957; text as passed Senate: CR S5921) | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the Senate's support for the designation of October 20, 2014, as the National Day on Writing. | 2019-02-20T12:29:04Z | |
| 113-hr-5674 | 113 | hr | 5674 | College Affordability and Innovation Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-19 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] | CT | D | H001047 | 0 | College Affordability and Innovation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award 5-year grants to up to 15 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to carry out new or existing high-quality programs designed to graduate students with certificates or degrees at significantly lower student costs and within shorter time periods than traditional programs. Includes among those programs, those that: use online instruction; use direct assessments rather than credit hours or clock hours as the measure of student learning; integrate experiential learning and customized curricula to promote completion or alignment with medium- and long-term employment needs; allow students to be dually or concurrently enrolled in the postsecondary program and a secondary school, or a postsecondary program and a graduate program; or use any other innovative, evidence-based method of providing students with a cost-effective, high-quality, postsecondary education. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the application to grantees of specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) that would inhibit their operation of innovative education programs. Directs the Secretary to: establish and annually administer an evaluation and accountability process for the programs; review policies and identify those that impede the development and use of innovative methods of expanding access to, and success in, education; establish measures to assess the quality of the programs, including a minimum standard of quality that they must meet; and direct an independent third-party evaluator to conduct a final evaluation of the effectiveness of each program in providing students with a quality education at lower costs and within shorter time periods than traditional programs. Requires the establishment of a Commission on Higher Education Accountability Standards, composed of higher education stakeholders, to make recommendations to the Secretary on a set of minimum accountability standards IHEs' undergraduate programs must meet with resp… | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-hr-5678 | 113 | hr | 5678 | ZZZ's to A's Act | Education | 2014-09-19 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] | CA | D | L000397 | 2 | ZZZ's to A's Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a study examining the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being, and performance that: comprehensively reviews the scientific evidence relating to that relationship; compares adolescent health, well-being, and performance among local educational agencies with different school start times; and evaluates factors that contribute to or affect school start times. Requires the Secretary to report the study's findings to Congress, including any recommendations the Secretary has that are based on those findings. | 2023-01-11T13:25:30Z | |
| 113-hr-5526 | 113 | hr | 5526 | Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] | CT | D | E000293 | 1 | Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014 - Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded funds over a four-year period. Requires an institution applying for such program to submit a plan describing its engineering programs, its relationship to manufacturing industries, and its ability to positively impact local and regional economic development. Requires NIST to recommend adaptations to certain Small Business Act programs to assist small businesses that collaborate with such universities. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5540 | 113 | hr | 5540 | America RISING Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 1 | America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2014 or the America RISING Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to jointly establish a program providing grants to: eligible employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education (IHEs); and such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further postsecondary education at an IHE for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology. Defines an "eligible employer" as a small business concern or a major corporation that has an operation located in an enterprise zone or in an area in which the unemployment rate exceeds the national average unemployment rate by more than 2%. Allows college graduates who are participating in the program, either as grantees or beneficiaries of grants to their employers, to defer payment on their federal student loans under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 until their participation in the program ends. Requires graduates who are awarded a program grant to be eligible to receive federal student aid under title IV without regard to whether they have been or are delinquent on title IV loans. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5560 | 113 | hr | 5560 | Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] | IA | D | B001259 | 0 | Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish a financial assistance program that awards funds to at least 100 of the IHE's undergraduate or vocational students each academic year who: are enrolled on at least a half-time basis; are academically able to complete the degree or certificate program in which they are enrolled within an academic year; are in good academic standing; if they previously received such an award, maintained good academic standing during the academic period for which they received such award; are unable to fully pay an outstanding tuition payment that is due; and without financial assistance, will discontinue the degree or certificate program in which they are enrolled. Caps the amount of such award. Prohibits a student from receiving an award for more than two semesters or the equivalent of two semesters. Requires the IHEs to provide each student who receives an award that does not fully cover the amount due on the student's outstanding tuition with information on the financial assistance available from any other source. Directs the Secretary to create, and each student that receives an award to complete, an online financial literacy survey that includes matters relating to budgeting and saving, student loan debt, and career planning. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5565 | 113 | hr | 5565 | Protect Student Borrowers Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C001083 | 0 | Protect Student Borrowers Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to accept specified risk-sharing requirements. Requires an IHE, for any fiscal year in which at least 25% of the IHE's student body is participating in the Direct Loan program, to remit, at such times as the Secretary of Education specifies, a risk-sharing payment set at: 20% of the total amount of its defaulted Direct loans if its cohort default rate is 30% or higher, 15% of the total amount of its defaulted Direct loans if its cohort default rate is lower than 30% but not lower than 25%, 10% of the total amount of its defaulted Direct loans if its cohort default rate is lower than 25% but not lower than 20%, and 5% of the total amount of its defaulted Direct loans if its cohort default rate is lower than 20% but not lower than 15%. Directs the Secretary to make specified modifications to such risk-sharing requirements if an IHE develops and implements a student loan management plan that is approved by the Secretary. Requires that plan to include individualized financial aid counseling for students and strategies to minimize student loan default and delinquency. Allows the Secretary to waive or reduce an IHE's risk-sharing payments in certain other instances. Prohibits IHEs from denying admission or financial aid to a student based on a perception that the student may be at risk for defaulting on a Direct loan. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements for: (1) statewide or institutionally-based programs for the prevention of federal student loan delinquency and default at IHEs that have a high cohort default rate or serve large numbers or percentages of students who have a higher risk of defaulting on student loans under title IV, and (2) increasing the number of borrowers who successfully rehabilitate defaulted loans Establishes a separate account in … | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5566 | 113 | hr | 5566 | SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C001083 | 1 | SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the program awarding Academic Competitiveness Grants to first- and second-year undergraduates who completed a rigorous high school curriculum and are eligible for Federal Pell Grants. Reauthorizes and appropriates funds through FY2020 for National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grants (SMART Grants) currently awarded to third, fourth, and fifth-year undergraduates who are eligible for Pell Grants and are pursuing: a major in the physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or a critical foreign language; or equivalent coursework in a qualifying liberal arts program that does not allow students to declare a major in a particular subject matter. Limits SMART Grant eligibility to students who are pursuing a major in the physical sciences or are pursuing equivalent coursework in a qualifying liberal arts program that does not allow students to declare a major in a particular subject matter. Terminates the Secretary of Education's authority to award SMART Grants at the end of award year 2020-2021. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5567 | 113 | hr | 5567 | Education and Workforce Innovation Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C001083 | 1 | Education and Workforce Innovation Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a five-year pilot program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs that provide direct skills and job training for individuals to enter and advance in high-growth, emerging, and in-demand industries, such as skilled labor and trade industries. Defines an "eligible entity" as a private company involved in the manufacturing, production, or technology industries, in partnership with a junior or community college, postsecondary vocational institution, or secondary school. Authorizes such an entity to use such a grant to develop and carry out a multiyear program to provide students enrolled in such a college, institution, or school with education and training to enter and advance in such industries, by providing: (1) customized training, (2) increased productivity and knowledge transfer, (3) a stable and predictable pipeline to a high-standard of employment upon graduation, (4) a proven model of success, and (5) an opportunity for career advancement. Requires an eligible entity that is awarded a grant to provide matching funds from non-federal sources. Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Treasury to administer a five-year pilot program under which qualified investors enter into a pay-for-performance agreement under which they will provide funds to service providers to carry out workforce training programs that increase trade certifications or apprenticeships for unemployed individuals or dislocated workers. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5568 | 113 | hr | 5568 | B-On-Time Student Loan Relief Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] | TX | D | C001091 | 0 | B-On-Time Student Loan Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award interest-free loans to students who meet any prerequisites that the Secretary requires. Requires eligible students, at a minimum, to: have either graduated on or after the 2013-2014 school year from a secondary school in the United States, one operated by the Department of Defense (DOD), or its equivalent or earned an associate's degree from an institution of higher education (IHE) on or after May 1, 2013; have not earned a bachelor's degree; be enrolled on a full-time basis in an IHE undergraduate degree or certificate program; and have completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and met the eligibility requirements for title IV assistance. Directs the Secretary to forgive students' outstanding principal on such interest-free loans if they: receive a bachelor's degree within a set timeframe, determined by the Secretary; maintained a certain grade point average or majored in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field while enrolled in the IHE; and meet any other requirements established by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to award such loans and grant such loan forgiveness on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to the availability of appropriations. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5569 | 113 | hr | 5569 | Community Partnerships in Education Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | C001084 | 0 | Community Partnerships in Education Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: allow states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to measure students' attainment of 21st Century skills (such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration) in assessing students' progress toward state academic performance standards; require LEAs to describe the data-sharing agreements they have entered into with other agencies and organizations; and prioritize the provision of school improvement funds to LEAs with the lowest-achieving schools that demonstrate a commitment to involving community partners and intermediary organizations in school improvement efforts. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to: allow states to measure students' attainment of 21st century skills in assessing the career and technical education programs funded under such Act, require states to include community partners and intermediary organizations in the development of their plans for career and technical education programs, require career and technical education providers to describe how they will involve such entities in their programs, and require those providers to develop and implement data-sharing agreements with other agencies and organizations. Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to: require local workforce development boards to include representatives of community partners and intermediary organizations; require local workforce development plans to describe the data-sharing agreements that the local board has entered into with other agencies and organizations; allow state workforce development program performance indicators to include assessments of students' acquisition of 21st Century skills; include the development of 21st Century skills as an element of the youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated work… | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5572 | 113 | hr | 5572 | Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | C000714 | 3 | Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements. Requires each program to: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the metropolitan statistical areas and states in which the students reside and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; and (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships. Directs the Secretary of Education to promulgate regulations regarding pre-accredited IHE programs to: (1) impose consumer protection requirements on such programs that are consistent with those this Act imposes on accredited programs, and (2) condition an IHE's participation in any federal financial assistance program on the IHE signing a loan discharge agreement with each of their students who is enrolled in any pre-accredited program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5577 | 113 | hr | 5577 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate origination fees for Federal Direct Loans. | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that no origination fees should be charged on any future loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program. (Origination fees are the fees lenders charge for processing new loan applications.) Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the Secretary of Education's authority to charge an origination fee on a Direct Loan first disbursed, or, in the case of a Direct Consolidation Loan, for which an application is received, on or after July 1, 2015. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5589 | 113 | hr | 5589 | Veteran Education Empowerment Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] | FL | D | F000462 | 36 | Veteran Education Empowerment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award four-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish, maintain, and improve a veteran student center. Requires grantees to be IHEs that: have a population of at least 15,000 students, of which at least 1% are veterans or members of the Armed Forces; are located in a region or community that has a significant veteran population; carry out programs or activities that assist veterans in the local community; and present a sustainability plan demonstrating that their veteran student center will be maintained and will continue to operate after the grant ends. Defines a "veteran student center" as a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with: (1) a lounge or meeting space for such students and veterans in the community, and (2) a centralized office for veteran services that is staffed by trained employees and volunteers. Requires that office to provide such students with assistance in: transitioning from the military to student life, transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce, networking with other students, understanding and obtaining the federal and state benefits for which they may be eligible, and understanding how to succeed in the IHE. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5590 | 113 | hr | 5590 | Go to High School, Go to College Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | F000455 | 1 | Go to High School, Go to College Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out (from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2020) a program awarding Early College Federal Pell Grants to students to support their enrollment in, and completion of, postsecondary courses offered through early college high schools. Deems students who would be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant if not for their enrollment in secondary school to be eligible for an Early College Federal Pell Grant upon their completion of a full-time postsecondary semester or its equivalent. Allows students to receive Early College Federal Pell Grants in an amount equal to the cost of not more than four full-time postsecondary semesters or the equivalent while enrolled in postsecondary courses offered by an early college high school. Counts Early College Federal Pell Grants toward the twelve semester, or equivalent, limit on a student's receipt of Federal Pell Grants. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5596 | 113 | hr | 5596 | Fairness in Student Loan Repayment Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26] | FL | D | G000573 | 4 | Fairness in Student Loan Repayment Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make available to borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) the following loan repayment options and benefits that are made available to borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (DLs): standard repayment plans, graduated repayment plans, extended repayment plans, income contingent repayment plans, income-based repayment plans, or alternative repayment plans that the Secretary deems appropriate; the loan deferments that are made available to certain borrowers who are still in school, unemployed, performing specified military service, or facing an economic hardship; payments of interest on behalf of military personnel; the repayment plan for public service employees; and the non-accrual of interest on the loans of active duty military personnel. Directs the Secretary to pay to FFEL holders the principal, interest, or special allowance payments needed to apply these options and benefits to FFEL borrowers. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5597 | 113 | hr | 5597 | EDIBLE Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] | TX | R | G000552 | 14 | Eliminate Dogmatic Interference by Bureaucratic Lunch Extremists Act or the EDIBLE Act - Prohibits the federal government from issuing or enforcing requirements for elementary or secondary schools with respect to food for which there is or will be a cost not covered by the federal government. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5611 | 113 | hr | 5611 | Public School Emergency Relief Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 4 | Public School Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide emergency impact aid payments to states and, through them, to local educational agencies and Indian schools for each quarter of the 2014-2015 school year for any increase in the enrollment of immigrant children from the corresponding quarter of the 2012-2013 school year. Requires the payments to be used to provide services and assistance to schools that enroll immigrant students. Authorizes the funds to be used for: compensating school personnel, identifying and acquiring curricular material and mobile educational units and leasing sites or spaces, basic instructional services for immigrant students, reasonable transportation costs, health and counseling services, education and support services, and other uses allowed under title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires any payment made on behalf of a disabled immigrant student to be used for special education and related services. Prohibits the use of the emergency impact aid for any expenses that are not incurred during the 2014-2015 school year. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5612 | 113 | hr | 5612 | TEST Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Tackling Excessive Standardized Testing Act of 2014 or the TEST Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the frequency with which students must take the tests used in determining whether they are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic achievement standards in mathematics and reading or language arts. (Currently, students must take those tests in each of grades 3 through 8.) Authorizes a public school to administer the academic assessments in mathematics: (1) in each of grades 4, 6, and 8; or (2) in each of grades 4 and 8 if the school is at the 15th percentile or above for mathematics in the state or its students are making appropriate progress, as determined by the Secretary of Education, toward state mathematics achievement standards. Authorizes a public school to administer the academic assessments in reading or language arts: (1) in each of grades 3, 5, and 7; or (2) in each of grades 3 and 7 if the school is at the 15th percentile or above for reading or language arts or its students are making appropriate progress toward state reading or language arts achievement standards. Excludes limited English proficient students who are in their first 12 months of enrollment in a public school from the determination as to whether students are making AYP toward state academic achievement standards. Prohibits the Secretary from waiving the application of any of this Act's provisions. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5623 | 113 | hr | 5623 | National Parents Corps Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 2 | National Parents Corps Act of 2014 - 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. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5661 | 113 | hr | 5661 | Keep Our PACT Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] | MD | D | V000128 | 11 | Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Appropriates for each of FY2015-FY2024 an amount that equals the difference between: (1) the amount appropriated for FY2015 for school improvement programs under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) a specified amount for the applicable fiscal year or the full amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for such programs, whichever is higher. Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. Sets the amount to be authorized and the amount to be appropriated for each fiscal year from FY2015-FY2023 as the greater of: (1) a specified amount, or (2) a specified percentage of an amount determined pursuant to a formula that multiplies the number of children receiving special education services by the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes and appropriates funds for FY2024 and each subsequent fiscal year equal to the greater of a specified amount or 40% of the amount determined using such formula. Requires the amounts appropriated by this Act and its amendments to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-hres-743 | 113 | hres | 743 | Expressing support for designation of the week of September 22, 2014, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] | CO | D | P000598 | 10 | Expresses support for the designation of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. | 2023-01-11T13:25:29Z | |
| 113-s-2860 | 113 | s | 2860 | Fast Track to College Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | Fast Track to College Act of 2014 - 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 or concurrent enrollment programs, such as early college high schools, that allow secondary school students to earn credit simultaneously toward a secondary school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate. Gives grant priority to applicants: (1) that propose to establish or support a dual or concurrent enrollment program for a student body at least 40% of which is impoverished; and (2) from states that provide assistance to dual or concurrent enrollment programs, such as assistance defraying the costs of higher education. Requires applicants to make assurances that: (1) students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses, and (2) those courses will be taught by faculty that meet their partner IHE's normal standards. Authorizes the Secretary to award matching five-year grants to states to: (1) plan and implement statewide strategies to make dual or concurrent enrollment programs more accessible to students who are underrepresented in postsecondary education; (2) provide technical assistance to dual or concurrent enrollment programs; and (3) engage in outreach, assessment, and teacher training activities designed to strengthen such 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 or concurrent enrollment programs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2863 | 113 | s | 2863 | Transparency in Education Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 5 | Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful employment in a recognized occupation, which is required if it is to participate in a program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), until 90 days after: the Secretary publishes a complete data analysis on the impact of such proposed rule on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a program under title IV of the HEA, that analysis is published in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the Department of Education, and the Comptroller General (GAO) issues a report that reviews such data analysis for accuracy and completeness. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2867 | 113 | s | 2867 | Creating Quality Technical Educators Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] | VA | D | K000384 | 2 | Creating Quality Technical Educators Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program to be used for secondary school career and technical education teacher preparation programs. (The grant program provides funds to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies [LEAs], high-need schools or early education programs, and institutions of higher education [IHEs] to train current and prospective teachers and school leaders.) Requires the career and technical education teacher preparation programs to: be available to mid-career professionals or recent graduates of an IHE who have expertise in a program area in which there is a career and technical education teacher shortage; allow individuals to obtain initial licensure and the basic skills required for entry into the education profession, with the option of earning a bachelor's or master's degree; and allow teachers who do not have subject matter expertise in a career and technical education field that is in demand in the local or regional economy to receive the technical skills training they need to teach those skills in a classroom setting. Requires each partnership to select program participants based on the career and technical education program needs of any high-need LEAs in the partnership. Requires each program participant to undergo specified pre-classroom training that is followed by: (1) mentoring from an experienced teacher for at least two years, and (2) continuing professional development coursework over the course of three years. Requires program participants to: (1) be provided a one-year living stipend or salary while they undergo preservice training, and (2) serve as a full-time career and technical education teacher in a high-need LEA in the partnership for at least three academic years immediately after their successful completion of the pre-classroom training. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish performance mea… | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2896 | 113 | s | 2896 | Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 1 | Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 - Exempts an inflation-adjusted $9,000 each year of an individual's benefits under the Social Security Act from being used by the Department of Education to offset the amount the individual owes on a defaulted student loan under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2898 | 113 | s | 2898 | Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act | Education | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 2 | Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements within one year after this Act's enactment. Requires each program to: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the metropolitan statistical areas and states in which the students reside and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; and (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships. Directs the Secretary of Education to promulgate regulations regarding pre-accredited IHE programs to: (1) impose consumer protection requirements on such programs that are consistent with those this Act imposes on accredited programs, and (2) condition an IHE's participation in any federal financial assistance program on the IHE signing a loan discharge agreement with each of their students who is enrolled in any pre-accredited program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-hr-5501 | 113 | hr | 5501 | Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | C000984 | 4 | Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Constitution Day Grant Program awarding competitive grants to local educational agencies and charter schools to commemorate, and enhance educational programs that teach students about, the U.S. Constitution and their state constitution. Requires such program to occur annually on Constitution Day, September 17, or the following Monday if that day falls on a weekend, and give students the ability to register to vote. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-hr-5510 | 113 | hr | 5510 | Online Education Verification Act | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] | AL | R | B001289 | 0 | Online Education Verification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require recognized accrediting agencies or associations that evaluate the quality of distance or correspondence education programs to require those programs to have a secure login and passcode for Internet coursework. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-s-2837 | 113 | s | 2837 | Military and Veterans Education Protection Act | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 0 | Military and Veterans Education Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or federal educational assistance programs for military personnel and veterans, or become ineligible for title IV funding and participation in those programs. (Currently, this 90/10 rule requires these schools to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV or become ineligible for title IV funding.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2849 | 113 | s | 2849 | DIPLOMA Act | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 1 | Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act or the DIPLOMA Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award renewable five-year grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local consortia that include a local educational agency and other community partners to: (1) ensure the academic, physical, social, emotional, and civic development of disadvantaged youth; and (2) strengthen their families and communities. Requires each state grantee to develop and implement a state youth strategy that assesses the needs of youth and the assets within the state that can be mobilized, coordinated, and integrated to achieve quantifiable progress toward goals that include ensuring that: (1) youth are ready for school; (2) students are engaged and achieving in school; (3) students are not chronically absent; (4) students are physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally healthy; (5) schools and neighborhoods are safe and provide a positive climate for learning; (6) families and communities are engaged in the education of their youth as equal partners; (7) students are ready for postsecondary education at institutions of higher education and 21st Century careers; and (8) students are contributing to their communities. Directs the consortia to develop and implement a local youth strategy that integrates multiple private and public services into a comprehensive, coordinated continuum of services directed toward achieving quantifiable progress toward such goals. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-sres-551 | 113 | sres | 551 | A resolution recognizing September 2014 as "National Campus Safety Awareness Month" and supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5703) | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 1 | Supports the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Encourages colleges and universities to provide campus safety and other crime awareness and prevention programs to students throughout the year. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-sres-552 | 113 | sres | 552 | A resolution supporting Lights on Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs held on October 23, 2014. | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5703) | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses support for Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of after-school programs held on October 23, 2014. | 2019-02-20T12:29:02Z | |
| 113-sres-554 | 113 | sres | 554 | A resolution recognizing the month of October 2014 as "National Principals Month". | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5703-5704) | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes October 2014 as National Principals Month. Honors the contribution of principals in our elementary, middle, and high schools. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-sres-557 | 113 | sres | 557 | A resolution designating the week beginning October 19, 2014, as "National Character Counts Week". | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5705) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning October 19, 2014, as National Character Counts Week. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-sres-558 | 113 | sres | 558 | A resolution designating the week of September 22 through 28, 2014, as "National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week". | Education | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5705) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 8 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Designates the week of September 22-28, 2014, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Encourages people across the United States to support programs to assist individuals in need of adult education, workforce skills, and family literacy programs. Recognizes the importance of such programs. Calls upon public, private, and non-profit entities to support increased access to adult education and family literacy programs to ensure a literate society. | 2022-03-03T21:28:40Z | |
| 113-hr-5477 | 113 | hr | 5477 | Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act | Education | 2014-09-16 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] | IN | R | M001189 | 1 | Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a state educational agency to allocate grant funds among local educational agencies based on the number of eligible children (children age 5 to 17 from a family with an income below the poverty level) enrolled in the public schools and the state-accredited private schools within each local agency's geographic jurisdiction. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) remove the dollar limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts and require such accounts to provide adequate safeguards to prevent contributions from exceeding the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the account beneficiary; and (3) allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education expenses. | 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z | |
| 113-hr-5485 | 113 | hr | 5485 | Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act | Education | 2014-09-16 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] | NY | D | M001185 | 3 | Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an institution of higher education (IHE), other than a foreign IHE, that is participating in the programs under title IV to distinguish, in its annual campus security report on crime statistics, crimes that occur while a student is participating in an approved study abroad program, without regard to whether the IHE owns or controls a building or property at the location where the crime occurred. Requires such IHEs to develop and distribute, as part of their annual security report provided to students and employees, a statement that the IHE has adopted and implemented a program to protect students participating in an approved study abroad program from crime and harm. Requires each student protection program to include: a biennial review by the IHE of its study abroad programs to determine their effectiveness in protecting students from crime and harm and the number of deaths and sexual assaults of program participants, accidents and illnesses occurring during program participation, and incidents resulting in police involvement during the preceding 10 years; and the crime statistics IHEs are required to include in their annual campus security report. Requires such IHEs to: provide each student who is interested in participating in an approved study abroad program with a pre-trip orientation session and information regarding the countries in which the programs are located and the incidents and crime statistics they are required to include in their protection program for students studying abroad; and provide each student who returns from such a study abroad program with a post-trip orientation session, including an exit interview that assists the IHE in carrying out its program to protect students studying abroad. Directs the Secretary to periodically review a representative sample of those student protection programs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-s-2812 | 113 | s | 2812 | Repay Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | ME | I | K000383 | 2 | Repay Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a simplified income-driven repayment program for students who become new borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (DLs) on or after July 1, 2015. Sets a student's annual repayment obligation under the program at: 10% of the borrower's discretionary income (gross income that exceeds 150% of the federal poverty level) that is less than $25,000, adjusted for inflation; plus 15% of the borrower's discretionary income that is equal to or greater than $25,000, adjusted for inflation. Directs the Secretary to cancel the outstanding balance on a DL under the repayment program if the borrower: for 20 years made monthly payments under the program or was in deferment due to economic hardship and had a DL principal balance at the outset of the repayment period that did not exceed a specified amount; or for 25 years made monthly payments under the program or was in deferment due to economic hardship and had a DL principal balance at the outset of the repayment period that exceeded a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to offer borrowers of DLs made on or after July 1, 2015, the following repayment plans: (1) a fixed repayment plan (currently referred to as a standard repayment plan), or (2) a simplified income-driven repayment plan, but this plan is only available to student borrowers. Authorizes the Secretary to provide an alternative repayment plan to a borrower of a DL made on or after July 1, 2015, if the borrower demonstrates that these repayment options do not accommodate the borrower's exceptional circumstances. Continues to allow borrowers of DLs to accelerate, without penalty, their repayment of such loans. Makes public service employees who make 120 monthly payments on their DL under a simplified income-driven repayment plan eligible for the public service employee loan forgiveness program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross incom… | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-s-2826 | 113 | s | 2826 | Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act | Education | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 1 | Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to cancel 15%, 15%, 20%, 20%, and 30% of the amount a borrower owes after 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 years of public service employment, respectively, on a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan made after this Act's enactment. (Currently, the balance of a borrower's Direct Loan is cancelled if the borrower is not in default and has made 120 monthly payments on such loan while employed as a public service employee.) Requires borrowers availing themselves of such loan cancellation to submit an employment certification form that includes self-certification of employment and employer certification of employment dates. Places the borrower's loan in deferment during the period in which the borrower is employed in an eligible public service job if the borrower submits such form to the Secretary. Cancels the entire amount of interest on such a loan that accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-sres-547 | 113 | sres | 547 | A resolution designating the week beginning September 14, 2014, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. | Education | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5650; text as passed Senate: CR S5635) | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 23 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the achievements and goals of Hispanic-serving institutions across the United States. Designates the week beginning September 14, 2014, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. | 2022-03-03T21:28:40Z | |
| 113-s-2802 | 113 | s | 2802 | Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act | Education | 2014-09-15 | 2014-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 1 | Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act - Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to revise the mission statement for the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to ensure access to, and opportunities for, adult education and literacy activities. Revises the composition of presidential appointees to the National Board for Education Sciences to include adult educators. Revises the mission statement for the Institute's National Center for Education Research (Research Center) to include improving the literacy and numeracy skills of individuals who need adult education. Revises also the Research Center's duties to include research on successful state and local adult education and literacy activities that: result in increased literacy, numeracy, and educational attainment for adult learners, or prepare students for postsecondary education or employment. Directs the Research Commissioner to support, through national research and development centers or through other means, research on adult education and digital literacy. Revises duties of the National Center for Education Statistics to require it to include in the statistical data on education in the United States it collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on access to, and opportunity for, adult education and literacy activities. Requires the National Center for Education and Regional Assistance to disseminate widely certain educational information with respect to educational practices that improve digital literacy. Amends the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to revise the composition of regional advisory committees to include representatives of local or regional adult education providers. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2795 | 113 | s | 2795 | Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act | Education | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 4 | Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include as a program that is eligible to participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program and the Federal Perkins Loans program an educational program that: (1) provides students with at least 250 clock hours of instruction over a minimum of five weeks, and (2) leads to an industry-recognized credential. Defines an "industry-recognized credential" as one that: is demonstrated to be of high quality by the institution of higher education offering the educational program in its title IV participation agreement with the Secretary of Education; meets the current or projected needs of a local or regional workforce for recruitment, screening, hiring, retention, or advancement purposes; and is, where applicable, endorsed by a nationally recognized trade association or organization representing a significant part of the industry or sector. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2796 | 113 | s | 2796 | Working Student Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 4 | Working Student Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowance for academic year 2015-2016 to: $8,451 for dependent students; $13,135 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse who are single, separated, or married when both spouses are enrolled; and $21,060 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse if only one of the spouses is enrolled. Increases for academic year 2015-2016 the income protection allowances for independent students with dependents other than a spouse. (These allowances vary depending on the number of such dependents.) Provides for cost-of-living adjustments to such income protection allowances after academic year 2015-2016. (An income protection allowance is the amount excluded from a student's income in determining the student's need for assistance under title IV.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-hres-719 | 113 | hres | 719 | Recognizing the 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps on September 12, 2014. | Education | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] | NC | D | P000523 | 1 | Acknowledges the significant impact and value of AmeriCorps members, alumni, and community partners over the past 20 years. Promotes a national effort to salute AmeriCorps members and alumni for their service. Encourages citizens of all ages to find ways to give back to their communities and country through AmeriCorps and other programs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:30Z | |
| 113-s-2788 | 113 | s | 2788 | Middle School STEP Act | Education | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] | VA | D | K000384 | 3 | Middle School Technical Education Program Act or the Middle School STEP Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to: create a pilot program for career and technical education exploration programs, and award grants to eligible partnerships (local educational agencies, area career and technical education schools, educational service agencies, and other organizations) to develop a middle school career and technical education exploration program that transition to career and technical education programs of study. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2789 | 113 | s | 2789 | IDEA Full Funding Act | Education | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 15 | IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through FY2024 for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax). Establishes the amount of such tax as the excess (if any) of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of: (1) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) amount, and the payroll tax for the taxable year; over (2) certain tax credits. Provides for a phase-in of such tax. Requires an inflation adjustment to the $1 million income threshold for taxable years beginning after 2016. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2790 | 113 | s | 2790 | IDEA Fairness Restoration Act | Education | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 1 | IDEA Fairness Restoration Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to include expert witness fees, including the reasonable costs of any test or evaluation necessary for the preparation of the parents' or guardians' case in the action or proceeding, within the definition of "attorneys' fees" that may be awarded to the prevailing party in a civil action brought under such Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-hr-5417 | 113 | hr | 5417 | Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act | Education | 2014-09-09 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] | TX | R | P000592 | 13 | Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from applying the rule entitled "National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010" to food sold as a fundraiser that takes place on the grounds of a school. (The rule requires the Secretary to set nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools that are not foods sold under the school lunch and breakfast programs.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-hr-5394 | 113 | hr | 5394 | Department of Education Elimination Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-08-01 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] | GA | R | B001262 | 0 | Department of Education Elimination Act of 2014 - Abolishes the Department of Education (Department) and repeals any program for which it or the Secretary of Education has administrative responsibility. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide grants to states, for FY2015-FY2024, for any: (1) elementary and secondary education purpose permitted by state law, and (2) postsecondary education purpose permitted by state law. Sets the funding level for those grants at the amount of funding provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus the funding they were provided for education programs that this Act transfers to other federal agencies. Requires states to contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds. Requires the transfer of: each of the Department's job training programs to the Department of Labor; each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); each of the Department's Indian Education programs to the Department of the Interior; each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense (DOD); and the Federal Pell Grant program and the Federal Family Education Loan and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programs, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to the Department of HHS. Sets a fiscal year cap on Federal Pell Grant funding. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-hr-5399 | 113 | hr | 5399 | Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-08-01 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] | CA | D | P000608 | 1 | Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Stafford Loans to opt to extend the period before they must begin to repay such loans to one year after they cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload if the unemployment rate is greater than the natural rate of employment (as established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). (Currently, the repayment period for Direct Stafford Loans begins six months after borrowers cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload.) Subsidizes the interest that accrues on Direct Stafford Loans for the first six months of that extended grace period. Makes this Act applicable to Direct Stafford Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts paid by an employer under a student loan payment assistance program. Requires participating employees to pay at least $50 per month on their student loans (in addition to the amount excluded from their gross income under such program). Limits the amount of such exclusion to $6,000 in a taxable year. Requires an employer student loan payment assistance program to be a separate written plan of an employer to provide employees with student loan payment assistance. Defines "student loan payment assistance" as the payment of principal or interest on any indebtedness incurred by an employee solely to pay qualified higher education expenses that are paid or incurred within a reasonable time before or after such indebtedness was incurred and that are attributable to education furnished during a period in which such employee was a student eligible for federal financial assistance. Allows an employee to take an income tax deduction in an amount equal to the employee's student loan payments that are matched by excludible employer contributions under a student loan… | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-hr-5303 | 113 | hr | 5303 | 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act | Education | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | WA | R | M001159 | 0 | 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act - Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use that portion of their part A grant funds reserved for state activities to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), charter schools, or consortia of such entities to carry out blended learning projects. Defines a "blended learning project" as a formal education program that: (1) includes an element of online learning and instructional time in a supervised location away from home; (2) includes an element of student control over time, place, path, or pace; and (3) connects the modalities along each student's learning path within a course or subject to provide an integrated learning experience. Requires the competitive grant funds to be used for: (1) planning activities, the purchase of digital instructional resources, initial professional development activities, and one-time information technology purchases; or (2) ongoing professional development for teachers, school leaders, or other personnel involved in the project. Requires each state making such a grant to contribute non-federal funds equal to at least 10% of the grant. Reduces, from 2.5% to 1.5%, that portion of part A grant funds that states must reserve for subgrants to local partnerships between institutions of higher education and high-need LEAs. (This increases the amount reserved for state activities.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-hr-5343 | 113 | hr | 5343 | All Students Count Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] | CA | D | H001034 | 18 | All Students Count Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require information on the annual state report cards on student achievement at each proficiency level to be disaggregated by the same major racial groups as the decennial census of the population. (Currently, that information is to be disaggregated by race, but the racial groups are not specified.) Requires the proficiency information which is disaggregated by such racial groups and by ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, and status as economically disadvantaged to be cross-tabulated across all of those subgroups by gender and by disability. Provides that such disaggregation and cross-tabulation shall not be required when the number of students in a subgroup is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student. | 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z | |
| 113-hr-5354 | 113 | hr | 5354 | Campus Accountability and Safety Act | Education | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | M000087 | 24 | Campus Accountability and Safety Act - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs to include in their annual campus security reports provided to current and prospective students and employees: the memorandum of understanding that this Act requires IHEs to enter into with local law enforcement agencies (and update every two years) to clearly delineate responsibilities and share information about certain serious crimes, including sexual violence, occurring against students or other individuals on campus; and specified information regarding the disposition of sexual offense cases by the IHE. Requires the crime statistics that IHEs are to compile and provide in such reports to be compiled in accordance with: definitions used by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 for the offenses of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; and definitions for other offenses that are available under the National Incident-Based Reporting System or the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or, if not available there, that are provided by the Secretary of Education. Prohibits the statistics for such other crimes from identifying the victims or persons accused of such crimes. Requires IHEs to provide new students and employees with a statement that identifies domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as crimes which will be reported and with respect to which, based on the victim's wishes, the IHE will cooperate with local law enforcement. Directs the Secretary to develop and administer through an online portal a standardized, online, and annual survey of students regarding their experiences with sexual violence and harassment. Omits survey responses from the annual crime statistics IHEs must report, but requires the Secretary to publish survey inf… | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hres-703 | 113 | hres | 703 | Robotics Competition Resolution of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] | IL | D | D000622 | 0 | Robotics Competition Resolution of 2014 - Establishes an annual academic competition in the field of robotics to be held among students in each of the congressional districts. | 2023-01-11T13:25:49Z | |
| 113-s-2719 | 113 | s | 2719 | Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 1 | Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014 - Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded funds over a four-year period. Requires an institution applying for such program to submit a plan describing its engineering programs, its relationship to manufacturing industries, and its ability to positively impact local and regional economic development. Requires NIST to recommend adaptations to certain Small Business Act programs to assist small businesses that collaborate with such universities. | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-s-2753 | 113 | s | 2753 | Increasing Student Achievement by Increasing Student Support Act | Education | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 0 | Increasing Student Achievement by Increasing 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 whom are from families with incomes below the federal poverty level; and (2) have no more than 1 school counselor for every 275 students, 1 school psychologist for every 770 students, and 1 school social worker for every 440 students. Allows the use of grant funds to: provide program graduate students with field training at partnership LEA schools; contribute to program graduates' salaries at such schools for up to three years after they graduate; increase the number of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists per student, and from underrepresented backgrounds, in such schools; enhance the capacity of partnership graduate schools to train such professionals; develop course work designed to facilitate such graduates' service to low-income LEAs and at-risk students; and 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 due to their having a shortage of such school personnel. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-hr-5259 | 113 | hr | 5259 | Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 1 | Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into cooperative agreements with states to establish state and multistate infrastructure banks that make loans to local educational agencies, public libraries, and charter schools or their developers to construct or renovate public elementary or secondary schools and public libraries. Requires loans also to community learning centers to connect and improve broadband services. Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks. Directs the Secretary to make grants to such banks to provide initial capital for such loans. Requires states to contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of each federal capitalization grant made to the state and contributed to the bank. Lists types of projects eligible for such bank loans. Requires borrowers to use, to the maximum extent practicable, green construction or renovation practices that are consistent with: (1) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standards, (2) Energy Star standards, (3) Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, (4) Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or (5) equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over them. | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5269 | 113 | hr | 5269 | HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] | CA | D | S001175 | 11 | Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department to make publicly available on its website: a list of the institutions of higher education (IHEs) under investigation, and a copy of program reviews and resolution agreements entered into with the Secretary of Education or the Attorney General, under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) or title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the letter terminating the Department's monitoring of such agreements; and a list of the IHEs under investigation, and a copy of the program reviews, fines levied, and resolution agreements entered into with the Secretary or Attorney General, under the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to impose a civil penalty on an IHE that has violated a law under the jurisdiction of the Department's Office for Civil Rights. Amends the Clery Act to direct the Secretary to develop an annual sexual violence climate survey and include statistics from such survey in the annual campus security report provided to current and prospective students and employees. Creates a private right of action in a judicial proceeding for individuals allegedly aggrieved by a violation of the Clery Act. Increases the maximum monetary penalty that may be imposed on an IHE for substantially misrepresenting the number, location, or nature of the crimes required to be reported under the Clery Act. Requires an IHE's annual statement of its policy regarding domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to: use simple and understandable language and clear formatting; be made available and posted on its public website and in conspicuous places in and around student housing and academic buildings; be provided to each student group, te… | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5275 | 113 | hr | 5275 | MORE Act | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 2 | Maximizing Opportunities and Retaining Experienced Teachers Act or the MORE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programs to highly qualified elementary and secondary school teachers who are employed in a teacher shortage area. | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5277 | 113 | hr | 5277 | SOS Campus Act | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 7 | Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act or the SOS Campus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in the programs under title IV (Student Assistance) to designate an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (Advocate) with experience in providing sexual assault victim services. Directs the Secretary of Education to prescribe regulations for IHEs to follow in appointing Advocates. Requires each Advocate to: (1) report to an individual outside the body responsible for investigating and adjudicating sexual assault complaints at the IHE, (2) submit to such individual an annual report summarizing how the resources supplied to the Advocate were used, and (3) represent the interests of each student victim even when they conflict with the IHE's interests. Directs each Advocate to: ensure that sexual assault victims at the IHE receive, with their consent, specified information and services; guide sexual assault victims who request assistance through the reporting, counseling, administrative, medical and health, academic accommodations, or legal processes of the IHE or local law enforcement; attend, at the request of a sexual assault victim, any administrative or IHE-based adjudication proceeding related to such assault as an advocate for the victim; maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the victim and any witness to such sexual assault, without notifying the IHE or any other authority of the identity of the victim or of any such witness or the alleged circumstances surrounding the reported sexual assault, unless otherwise required to do so by state law; and conduct a public information campaign to inform the students enrolled at the IHE of the existence of, contact information for, and services provided by the Advocate. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-s-2690 | 113 | s | 2690 | Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 3 | Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2014 - Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit programs administered by the Department of Education from making funds available to any educational agency or institution that has not implemented information security policies that: (1) protect personally identifiable information (PII) from education records, and (2) require each outside party to whom PII from education records is disclosed to have a comprehensive security program to protect such information. Defines "outside party" as a person that is not an employee, officer, or volunteer of the educational agency or institution or of a government agency. Includes within such term any contractor or consultant acting as a school official or authorized representative or in any other capacity. Prohibits such funds from being made available to any educational agency or institution that has a policy or practice of using, releasing, or providing access to PII to advertise or market a product or service. Requires state agencies receiving such funds, and each educational agency or institution, to ensure that any outside party with access to such records: (1) provides parents access to any PII it holds about their students; (2) provides a process to challenge, correct, or delete any inaccurate, misleading, or inappropriate data through a hearing by the agency or institution providing the outside party with access; (3) maintains a record of all individuals, agencies, or organizations that have requested or obtained access to the education records of a student; and (4) has information security procedures in place. Prohibits funds from being made available to any educational agency or institution, or any state educational agency, unless the agency or institution has a practice that: (1) promotes data minimization by meeting requests for student information with non-PII, and (2) requires that PII held by any outside party be destroyed when the information is no longer needed for the specified purpose… | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2692 | 113 | s | 2692 | Campus Accountability and Safety Act | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-12-09 | Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-894. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 17 | Campus Accountability and Safety Act - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs to include in their annual campus security reports provided to current and prospective students and employees: the memorandum of understanding that this Act requires IHEs to enter into with local law enforcement agencies (and update every two years) to clearly delineate responsibilities and share information about certain serious crimes, including sexual violence, occurring against students or other individuals on campus; and specified information regarding the disposition of sexual offense cases by the IHE. Requires the crime statistics that IHEs are to compile and provide in such reports to be compiled in accordance with: definitions used by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 for the offenses of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; and definitions for other offenses that are available under the National Incident-Based Reporting System or the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or, if not available there, that are provided by the Secretary of Education. Prohibits the statistics for such other crimes from identifying the victims or persons accused of such crimes. Requires IHEs to provide new students and employees with a statement that identifies domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as crimes which will be reported and with respect to which, based on the victim's wishes, the IHE will cooperate with local law enforcement. Directs the Secretary to develop and administer through an online portal a standardized, online, and annual survey of students regarding their experiences with sexual violence and harassment. Omits survey responses from the annual crime statistics IHEs must report, but requires the Secretary to publish survey inf… | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-s-2695 | 113 | s | 2695 | SOS Campus Act | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act or the SOS Campus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in the programs under title IV (Student Assistance) to designate an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (Advocate) with experience in providing sexual assault victim services. Directs the Secretary of Education to prescribe regulations for IHEs to follow in appointing Advocates. Requires each Advocate to: (1) report to an individual outside the body responsible for investigating and adjudicating sexual assault complaints at the IHE, (2) submit to such individual an annual report summarizing how the resources supplied to the Advocate were used, and (3) represent the interests of each student victim even when they conflict with the IHE's interests. Directs each Advocate to: ensure that sexual assault victims at the IHE receive, with their consent, specified information and services; guide sexual assault victims who request assistance through the reporting, counseling, administrative, medical and health, academic accommodations, or legal processes of the IHE or local law enforcement; attend, at the request of a sexual assault victim, any administrative or IHE-based adjudication proceeding related to such assault as an advocate for the victim; maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the victim and any witness to such sexual assault, without notifying the IHE or any other authority of the identity of the victim or of any such witness or the alleged circumstances surrounding the reported sexual assault, unless otherwise required to do so by state law; and conduct a public information campaign to inform the students enrolled at the IHE of the existence of, contact information for, and services provided by the Advocate. | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-s-2712 | 113 | s | 2712 | Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5145-5146) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to treat part-time teachers as public service employees, for purposes of the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan forgiveness program for public service employees, if they: (1) teach at least one course at an institution of higher education, a postsecondary vocational institution, or a Tribal College or University; and (2) do not have another full-time job. (Public service employees must make 120 monthly payments on such loans as public service employees to qualify for Direct Loan forgiveness under the program.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-hr-5242 | 113 | hr | 5242 | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-29 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 30 | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards that give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status. Defines an "eligible household" as a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs. Sets the amount on each summer EBT card at $150 per child in 2016, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program. Requires children to be enrolled in the program without further application if they are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs. Requires summer EBT cards to be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the amount of a taxpayer's foreign-related interest expense that is allowed as a deduction for any taxable year. Sets that limit pursuant to a formula that takes into account a domestic corporation's undistributed foreign earnings. | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-sres-527 | 113 | sres | 527 | A resolution congratulating the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years of service throughout the United States and the world, and commending Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for exemplifying the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service while upholding the motto "Culture for Service and Service for Humanity". | Education | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5069; text as passed Senate: CR S5067) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Congratulates Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., for 100 years of service to communities throughout the United States and the world. Commends the Fraternity for a continued commitment to the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service. | 2019-02-20T12:28:59Z | |
| 113-hr-5217 | 113 | hr | 5217 | Supporting Afterschool STEM Act | Education | 2014-07-28 | 2014-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] | TX | D | C001091 | 6 | Supporting Afterschool STEM Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an afterschool STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant program awarding competitive grants to afterschool or STEM networks to: develop quality standards for STEM programming in afterschool programs and provide those programs with technical assistance in implementing such standards, work with state education stakeholders to define and promote appropriate measurable outcomes for afterschool programs that include STEM content, provide technical assistance to afterschool programs to start or grow their afterschool STEM efforts and define appropriate learning outcomes for such efforts, coordinate professional development for afterschool program educators, help afterschool program providers form strategic partnerships to advance STEM learning in afterschool programs, create and disseminate tool kits to afterschool programs wanting to form partnerships and incorporate STEM professionals as mentors and role models, and provide technical assistance to federally funded STEM researchers and professionals who wish to engage with afterschool programs. Defines: (1) an "afterschool program" as a structured program offered for elementary, middle, or secondary school students when school is not in session, such as before or after school, on the weekend, or during the summer; and (2) an "afterschool or STEM network" as a coalition that fosters partnerships and provides support to afterschool program providers and STEM education providers. Includes as goals of the grant program: (1) to support the development and delivery of high-quality STEM education to populations underrepresented in STEM fields, and (2) to provide hands-on learning and exposure to STEM research facilities and businesses through in-person or virtual distance-learning experiences. Requires the Director to provide each recipient of a STEM research grant who is under the Director's authority with information on … | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-hr-5219 | 113 | hr | 5219 | English Learning and Innovation Act | Education | 2014-07-28 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26] | FL | D | G000573 | 14 | English Learning and Innovation Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable, competitive grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and public charter schools or charter school management organizations to carry out activities that result in English learners becoming proficient in English so that they can access the knowledge needed to meet state academic content standards and be ready for postsecondary education and careers (innovation grants). Includes among those activities: (1) improving instructional programs, including through the use of dual-language or bilingual education; (2) ensuring that English learners are taught by effective teachers at schools administered by effective principals; (3) increasing the ability of the families of English learners to engage in their child's education and development; and (4) expanding best practices to other schools or LEAs. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive capacity building grants to states and LEAs that have experienced a significant increase in English learners for use in building their capacity to provide quality instruction to English learners and their parents and become competitive in applying for an innovation grant. Directs the Secretary to establish indicators to measure the success of this Act's grant programs. Requires this Act's grantees to: (1) develop, and submit for the Secretary's approval, quantifiable benchmarks for evaluating their grant activities; and (2) provide the Secretary with an annual report on their progress toward those benchmarks. | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-hr-5191 | 113 | hr | 5191 | Pell Grant Accessibility Act | Education | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 0 | Pell Grant Accessibility Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive the ban on participation in the Federal Pell Grant program by an institution of higher education (IHE) (or an affiliate that controls the IHE) that has filed for bankruptcy if: (1) that filing occurred at least five years before the IHE seeks a waiver of such ban, (2) the IHE submits to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers appropriate, and (3) the Secretary determines that the IHE should not be subject to the ban. | 2023-01-11T13:25:57Z | |
| 113-hr-5168 | 113 | hr | 5168 | Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-23 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 33 | Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to: (1) consortia composed of one or more local educational agencies (LEAs) and one or more community-based, nonprofit, or other public or private entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) state collaboratives to support the development of full-service community school programs. Requires such schools to: (1) participate in community-based efforts to coordinate and integrate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide access to such services to students, families, and the community. Gives local grant priority to: (1) entities that will serve at least two full-service community schools eligible for a schoolwide program under the Act or that include an LEA serving only small or rural schools; and (2) entities that will be connected to a consortium that is comprised of a broad representation of stakeholders or that demonstrates a history of effectiveness. Establishes a Full-Service Community Schools Advisory Committee. | 2023-01-11T13:25:57Z | |
| 113-hr-5165 | 113 | hr | 5165 | Advancing Girls in STEM Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-22 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] | VA | R | R000589 | 2 | Advancing Girls in STEM Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of Education to award grants to states to carry out programs that promote the involvement of elementary and secondary female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Transfers $20 million of unobligated funds made available to the Office of Nuclear Warhead Protection in the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Department of Education to carry out this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-hr-5134 | 113 | hr | 5134 | To extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for one year. | Education | 2014-07-17 | 2014-09-26 | Became Public Law No: 113-174. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 1 | (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, through FY2015, the term of: (1) the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, and (2) the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5151 | 113 | hr | 5151 | Student Loan Transparency for Success Act | Education | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] | FL | D | M001191 | 1 | Student Loan Transparency for Success Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education and loan originators, servicers, and collectors participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to include in the information they are required to provide Direct Loan borrowers prior to disbursement: the total aggregate amount of Direct Loans borrowed by the borrower; the estimated number of payments and total amount to be paid to repay such a loan based on a standard repayment plan; and the estimated average income and percentage of employment in the borrower's state for persons with a high school diploma or its equivalent, persons with some post-secondary education without completion of a degree or certificate, persons with a bachelor's degree, and persons with a post-baccalaureate degree. | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-hr-5127 | 113 | hr | 5127 | Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-16 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] | CA | D | T000472 | 1 | Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes appropriations for the grant program under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Includes the training of school personnel to recognize child sexual abuse among the uses of grants to states and subgrants to local educational agencies and partnerships under that program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-hres-671 | 113 | hres | 671 | Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. | Education | 2014-07-16 | 2014-07-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 28 | Recognizes the centennial of the founding of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Honors the Fraternity for a century of fortitude and distinguished service to the people of the United States and the global community. | 2023-01-11T13:25:50Z | |
| 113-s-2612 | 113 | s | 2612 | Dynamic Repayment Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-16 | 2014-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] | VA | D | W000805 | 1 | Dynamic Repayment Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to make students ineligible to receive William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (DLs) on or after July 1, 2015. Makes certain exceptions for student borrowers who have an outstanding balance on their DLs or Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) as of that date and who later apply for a Direct Unsubsidized, PLUS, or Consolidation Loan. Establishes an Income Dependent Education Assistance (IDEA) Loan program, effective July 1, 2015, making federal funds available for loans to student borrowers who: (1) have no outstanding balance due on a DL or FFEL, or (2) consolidate such loans into an IDEA Consolidation Loan. Sets forth the formulae for determining the interest rates on IDEA Loans, which are capped at 8.25% for undergraduate students and 9.25% for graduate or professional students. Blocks the accrual of interest on IDEA Loans for active duty military personnel. Makes an IDEA Loan eligible for loan forgiveness after: (1) 20 years of payments if the borrower begins repayment with an outstanding balance that does not equal or exceed the maximum aggregate amount of Direct Unsubsidized Loans that an undergraduate student borrower would have been eligible to borrow but for this Act; and (2) 30 years if the borrower begins repayment with an outstanding balance equal to or greater than that amount. Allows student borrowers to consolidate FFELs, DLs, and Perkins Loans into IDEA Consolidation Loans that bear interest at an annual rate that equals the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans consolidated. Establishes the IDEA Loan Repayment program under which: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury provides the Secretary of Education with the tax information needed to determine each borrower's income-based repayment obligation; and (2) those obligations are withheld from the borrower's wages. Allows borrowers to opt-out of the withholding process and make payments on a monthly basis. Sets the annual repayment… | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-hr-5100 | 113 | hr | 5100 | SCORE Act | Education | 2014-07-14 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] | NC | D | P000523 | 1 | Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures Act or the SCORE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each coeducational institution of higher education (IHE) that is participating in a title IV program and has an intercollegiate athletic program to include in its annual report on its intercollegiate athletic program: (1) the amount of revenue generated by each item on a list of categorized sources, disaggregated by each sports team; and (2) the expenses attributable to each item on a list of categorized activities or obligations, disaggregated by each sports team. Prohibits an IHE from being a member of any intercollegiate athletic association or participating in any national intercollegiate athletics competition organized by any person, unless such association or person annually reports and disaggregates by sport, athletic event, or contract, as applicable: (1) the total generated revenue and amount of revenue generated by each item on a list of categorized sources, (2) the amount of expenses attributable to each item on a list of categorized activities or obligations, and (3) executive compensation schedules. Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) define the categories of information that must be reported pursuant to this Act; and (2) biannually review and, as necessary, update each definition in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or significant changes in the national system of intercollegiate athletics. Directs the Secretary to appoint a task force, made up of representatives from division I, II, and III schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), with which the Secretary is to consult in defining or redefining each category. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-s-2584 | 113 | s | 2584 | Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4408-4409) | Senate | Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] | VA | D | K000384 | 2 | Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise the requirements for the plan of a state seeking federal assistance for career and technical education programs. Requires the state plan to describe how the eligible state agency will ensure the quality of any program of study culminating in an industry-recognized certificate, credential, or license. Requires state agency leadership activities to support career academies which: implement a college and career ready curriculum at the secondary education level integrating rigorous academic, technical, and employability contents; include experiential or work-based learning for secondary school students, in collaboration with local and regional employers; include opportunities for secondary school students to earn postsecondary credit while in secondary school; and establish and maintain ongoing partnerships between the local educational agency, business and industry, and institutions of higher education, or postsecondary vocational institutions, including local government. Requires the local plan for career and technical education programs to describe: (1) how the eligible recipient of assistance will assess local needs related to career and technical education as part of the local plan development process, and (2) how this needs assessment will be updated annually, especially on progress toward specific elements leading to high-quality implementation of career and technical education programs of study. Authorizes the local use of funds for improving such programs to support career academies. | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-hres-662 | 113 | hres | 662 | Expressing support for designation of October 2014 as "National Principals Month". | Education | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 2 | Recognizes school principals' and assistant principals' contribution to the success of elementary, middle, and high school students. Encourages the observation of National Principals Month in a manner that promotes awareness of the importance of school leadership in ensuring that every child has access to a high-quality education. | 2023-01-11T13:25:50Z | |
| 113-hr-5031 | 113 | hr | 5031 | STEM Education Act of 2014 | Education | 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-15 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 9 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) STEM Education Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to support: (1) research and development of innovative out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning and emerging STEM learning environments; and (2) research that advances the field of informal STEM education. Requires supported activities to include research and development that improves understanding of learning and engagement in informal environments and design and testing of innovative STEM resources for such environments to improve STEM learning outcomes and increase engagement for elementary and secondary school students and teachers and the public. Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to allow award of NSF Master Teaching Fellowships to mathematics and science teachers who possess a bachelor's degree in their field (currently limited to those with a master's degree). Requires fellowship grants to be used, in the case of Master Teaching Fellowships for teachers with bachelor's degrees in their field who are working toward a master's degree, to: (1) offer academic courses leading to a master's degree and leadership training to prepare individuals to become master teachers, and (2) offer programs both during and after matriculation to enable fellows to become highly effective mathematics and science teachers and to exchange ideas with others in their fields. Limits fellowship support during such a master's degree program to one year, with a prorated amount in the case of enrollment in a part-time program. Includes elementary or secondary school computer science teachers as mathematics and science teachers for purposes of the program of teacher recruiting and training grants known as the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hres-658 | 113 | hres | 658 | Expressing support for a whole child approach to education and recognizing the role of parents, educators, and community members in providing a whole child approach to education for each student. | Education | 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 4 | Expresses support for a whole child approach to education. Recognizes the benefit of ensuring students are challenged, supported, healthy, safe, and engaged. Encourages the federal government to identify opportunities among federal agencies to coordinate the education, health, and social service sectors serving youth in the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:25:50Z | |
| 113-hr-4982 | 113 | hr | 4982 | Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act | Education | 2014-06-26 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] | IN | R | B001275 | 16 | Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of the applications used in estimating and determining financial aid eligibility. Requires such simplification to include data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Education, pursuant to taxpayer consent. | 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z | |
| 113-hr-4983 | 113 | hr | 4983 | Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act | Education | 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-24 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 16 | Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to eliminate the restriction of college cost calculations to those costs incurred by first-time students. Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of Education make publicly available on the College Navigator website: (1) college affordability and transparency lists, (2) state higher education spending charts, and (3) the multi-year tuition calculator. Requires that the Secretary develop, annually update, and make publicly available a College Dashboard website that displays the following information regarding each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in the programs under title IV (Student Assistance) of the HEA: a link to the IHE's website; an identification of the IHE's type; the number of students enrolled at the IHE; the student-faculty ratio; the percentage of degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students at the IHE who obtain a certificate within the normal time for completing their program, within 150% of that time period, and within 200% of that time period; the average net price per year for undergraduate students at the IHE who are receiving student aid under title IV, calculated on the basis of the income category into which they fall; a link to the net price calculator for the IHE; the percentage of undergraduate students who borrowed federal student loans and obtained a certificate or degree from the IHE; the average federal student loan debt incurred by undergraduate students who borrowed federal student loans in the course of obtaining a certificate or degree from the IHE; a link to national and regional data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on starting salaries in all major occupations; and a link to the IHE's website containing campus safety data. Directs the Secretary to publish on Internet web pages that are linked to through the College Dashboard website more detailed and disaggregated information regarding each IHE's faculty and student enrollment,… | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-4984 | 113 | hr | 4984 | Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act | Education | 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-28 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] | KY | R | G000558 | 17 | Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act - (Sec. 2) Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to ensure that individuals who receive a Federal Pell Grant or a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (other than a Federal Direct consolidation Loan) receive comprehensive counseling regarding the terms and conditions of the Pell Grant or Direct Loan for each year they receive it. (Currently, IHEs are required to provide a first-time student borrower of a Direct Loan with counseling regarding the terms and conditions of such loan prior to, or upon the student's receipt of, such loan.) Requires that counseling to be provided in a simple and understandable manner: (1) in person, (2) online, or (3) through the use of an online counseling tool maintained by the Secretary of Education. Requires the in person and online counseling sessions to use interactive programs that test the individual's understanding of the terms and conditions of the Pell Grant or Direct Loan. Includes in the counseling provided to both Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipients: an explanation regarding how the student may budget for typical educational expenses that includes a sample budget based on the cost of attending the IHE; an explanation of the individual's right to annually request a consumer credit report; the estimated average income and percentage of employment in the applicable state for persons with a high school diploma or equivalent, persons with some post-secondary education without completion of a degree or certificate, and persons with a bachelor's degree; and an introduction to the financial management resources provided by the Financial Literacy and Education Commission. Requires the annual counseling provided to each student receiving a Pell Grant to include an explanation of: the terms and conditions of the Pell Grant; the educational expenses such Grants cover; why the student may have to repay the Grant; the maximum num… | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z |
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