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Also tagged in: Academic performance, Budgets, Community and school, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational research, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Higher education, Nonprofit organizations, Parent-school relationships, Performance measurement, Recruiting and enlistment, School administration, School personnel, Science policy, Secondary education, Social services, Teacher education, Teacher supply and demand, Welfare
Latest Action: 11/19/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10670-10671) Bill TextA bill to recruit, train, and support principals for high-need schools who are effective in improving student academic achievement. 11/19/2008--Introduced. National Principal Recruitment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a National Principal Recruitment program awarding matching grants to up to three partnerships each of which consist of a nonprofit organization working with a research organization and local educational agencies to: (1) recruit new principals for high-need schools and provide them with a year-long preservice residency and ongoing support and professional development; and (2) rigorously research, evaluate, and report on such activities so that successful practices can be replicated and each grantee's success in improving student academic performance can be measured. Increases a grant by 50% after the third full school year of its implementation if: (1) such research and evaluation demonstrates that students in high-need schools led,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Advice and consent of the Senate, Budgets, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Community health services, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Health and Human Services, Education, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Government trust funds, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Higher education, Law, Licenses, Medical care, Medical education, Medical personnel, Medical records, Medicine, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10337) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Wellness Trust. 10/1/2008--Introduced. 21st Century Wellness Trust Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Wellness Trust within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be headed by the Trust Fund Board. Requires the Trustees to submit to Congress and make publicly available reports on: (1) a system for certification and recertification of prevention health workers to complement the health system; (2) payment methodologies and options for paying certified prevention health workers for clinical preventive care; and (3) the amount of money spent on prevention by public health, public and private health insurers, and applicable self-insured health plans during the most recent year for which such data is available.Requires the Trustees to: (1) establish a plan for delivering and financing prevention priorities and implement pilot programs; and (2) issue a ranked list of designated [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Authorization, Budgets, Children, Compensatory education, Corporation for National and Community Service, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational statistics, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Graduate education, Higher education, Job training, Mentoring, National service, Paraprofessional school personnel, Recruiting and enlistment, Scholarships, School-age child care, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, Teacher education, Teacher supply and demand, Welfare, Youth services
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo amend title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities to recruit, select, train, and support Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows that will strengthen expanded learning initiatives, 21st century community learning center programs, and after-school programs, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Teaching Fellows for Expanded Learning and After-School Act of 2008 or the T-FELAS Act - Amends title IV (21st Century Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create an Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows program under which the Secretary of Education shall award competitive three-year grants to partnerships between local educational agencies and community organizations, institutions of higher education, community learning centers or other entities to recruit, select, train, and support exemplary recent college graduates [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Arts, Budgets, Class size, Curricula, Education, Educational innovations, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Families, Family services, Federal aid to education, Higher education, Humanities, Job training, Parent-school relationships, Teacher education
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to implement the Total Learning curriculum. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Total Learning Curriculum Implementation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to 20 competitive grants to states and local educational agencies to implement the Total Learning curriculum in classrooms for children in kindergarten through age nine. Defines the "Total Learning curriculum" as a multi-sensory, arts-infused curriculum in an enhanced learning environment featuring small classes, an extended day, extensive professional development, and family support services.
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Budgets, Children, Community and school, Compensatory education, Education, Educational accountability, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Government information, Government publicity, Higher education, Job training, Labor, Recruiting of employees, Rural affairs, Rural education, School-age child care, Secondary education, Student activities, Student transportation, Teacher education, Teacher supply and demand, Transportation
Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to enhance after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs. 9/23/2008--Introduced. Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, or other entities to improve, expand, or establish rural after-school programs that provide students with a broad array of activities when school is not in session that improve their academic performance and promote their positive development. Requires eligible programs to be implemented in active collaboration with the schools the students attend and take place in safe and easily accessible facilities. Gives grant priority to partnerships between two or more entities eligible for such grants.
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Budgets, Communications, Community and school, Compensatory education, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Curricula, Data banks, Education, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational research, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Federal aid to education, Foreign policy, Geography, Government information, Government publicity, Higher education, International affairs, International education, Language and languages, Nonprofit organizations, Secondary education, Social services, Teacher education, Technology, United Nations
Latest Action: 09/27/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2043) Bill TextTo raise achievement in international education in elementary schools and secondary schools through grants to improve teacher competency and to support programs in international education that supplement core curricula in such schools, and for other purposes. 9/25/2008--Introduced. U.S. and the World Education Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to: (1) assist the Secretary of Education in administering this Act's grant program; and (2) develop an international education research repository and make it available to states and local educational agencies (LEAs). Directs the Secretary, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, to award competitive grants to LEAs, or partnerships between LEAs and private organizations or institutions of higher education that provide their LEA partners with funding, to promote international education in elementary and secondary [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aged, Blind, Block grants, Budgets, Curricula, Disabled, Education, Educational accountability, Eye care, Eye diseases, Federal aid to education, Geriatrics, Health education, Higher education, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Minorities, Minority health, Nonprofit organizations, Occupational therapy, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Science policy, Social services, State and local government
Latest Action: 09/22/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9210-9211) Bill TextA bill to provide for the expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss, and for other purposes. 9/22/2008--Introduced. Vision Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify programs to increase awareness of vision problems. Directs the Secretary to expand and intensify: (1) activities to establish a solid scientific base of knowledge on the prevention, control, and rehabilitation of vision problems and related disabilities; (2) research within CDC on the prevention and management of vision loss; and (3) programs targeted to prevent vision loss, treat eye and vision conditions, and rehabilitate people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted in underserved and minority communities.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Adult education, Authorization, Budgets, Child development, Child health, Children, Colleges, Communications, Department of Education, Distance education, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational technology, Educational television, Educational tests, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Engineering, English language, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Literacy programs, Mathematics, Medical care, Medicine, Preschool education, Public broadcasting, Reading, Science policy, Scientific education, Secondary education, Teacher education, Technical education, Technology, Telecommunication, Television programs, Television stations
Latest Action: 09/10/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and to increase America's global competitiveness, and for other purposes. 9/10/2008--Introduced. Ready to Compete Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new Ready to Learn program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a public broadcasting entity to provide a coordinated Ready to Learn television service by awarding subgrants and contracts to public television stations and producers or distributors of educational programming for the operation of Ready to Learn programs for preschool and elementary school children. Requires such service to include programming that: (1) is aligned with state academic and early learning standards; (2) addresses specific community and school needs, ascertained via ongoing community outreach programs; and (3) is [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/09/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8182-8183) Bill TextA bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program. 9/9/2008--Introduced. Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Demonstration Grant program awarding competitive matching grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with businesses, postsecondary institutions, workforce investment boards, labor organizations, or nonprofit community organizations. Requires such grants to be used to: (1) assess emerging industry pathways and the academic skills needed to succeed in such pathways; (2) develop school- and work-based curricula or programs to teach such skills; (3) implement the new curricula or programs in schools where at least 30% of the students are impoverished, that [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the c Bill TextTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reform various programs and activities carried out under that Act. 7/29/2008--Introduced. Improving No Child Left Behind for All Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to revise programs created or amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Allows states to revise their academic content and achievement standards so they are vertically aligned from grade to grade and with what students should know to be successful in postsecondary education and the workplace. Permits states to: (1) incorporate student academic growth into calculations of adequate yearly progress (AYP); (2) determine AYP for limited English proficient (LEP) students by excluding new arrivals and including former LEP students; and (3) use alternate academic achievement standards for disabled students. Requires local educational agencies' (LEAs) student achievement improvement plans [...] show full description
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