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Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3722-3723; text as passed Senate: CR S3722-3723) Bill TextA resolution honoring the life and achievements of George C. Springer, Sr., the Northeast regional director and a former vice president of the American Federation of Teachers. 3/23/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the late George C. Springer, Sr., former Northeast regional director and vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, for his courageous and compassionate leadership.
Latest Action: 01/30/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextHonoring the life and achievements of George C. Springer, Sr., the Northeast regional director and a former vice president of the American Federation of Teachers. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Honors the late George C. Springer, Sr., former Northeast regional director and vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, for his courageous and compassionate leadership.
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. S-216. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextA resolution honoring and the life and recognizing the accomplishments of Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the life and achievements of the late Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers.
Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextHonoring and recognizing the life and accomplishments of the late Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers. 1/29/2007--Introduced. Honors the life and achievements of the late Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers.
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Latest Action: 07/11/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextCondemning the decision by the leadership of the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to support a boycott of Israeli academia. 7/11/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Condemns the vote by the leadership of the University and College Union (UCU) of May 30, 2007, to consider at the branch level a boycott Israeli academics and academic institutions. Urges the international scholarly community, the European Union (EU), and individual governments to reject, or continue to oppose, calls for an academic boycott of Israel. Urges governments and educators throughout the world to reaffirm the importance of academic freedom. Urges other unions and organizations to reject the troubling actions of the UCU. Urges the general members of the UCU to reject the call of the union's leadership to boycott Israel.
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Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo provide institutions of higher education with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Protection of University Governance Act of 2007 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees.
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Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6402-6403) Bill TextA bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2014, up to 350,000 one-dollar coins designed to be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America. Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, which shall be paid to the United Negro College Fund.
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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 4/1/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2014, up to 350,000 one-dollar coins designed to be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America. Permits the Secretary to initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before 2014. Terminates such minting authority after December 31, 2014. Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, which shall be paid to the United Negro College Fund. Subjects the Fund to certain federal audit requirements and a specified issuance limitation.
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Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development. 9/19/2007--Introduced. Access to Complete Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote and strengthen as an integral part of the curriculum one or more of the subjects of music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, history, geography, and physical education and health. Gives priority to LEAs that have greatest numbers or percentages of children from families below the poverty line. Requires grantees to coordinate, to the extent practicable, their programs to promote or strengthen education in such subjects with opportunities provided by public or private cultural entities, including museums, education associations, libraries, and theaters.
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextRecognizing and honoring the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Commends the National Association for College Admission Counseling for 70 years of outstanding service to college counseling and admission professionals and the students they serve.
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Also tagged in: Academic performance, Arts, Budgets, Citizenship education, Communications, Community and school, Continuing education, Curricula, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational tests, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Federal aid to education, Geography, Government information, Government paperwork, Health education, Health policy, Higher education, History, Humanities, Language and languages, Libraries, Medical care, Medicine, Museums, Music, Physical education and training, Politics and government, School districts, School health programs, Secondary education, Sports, Teacher education, Teaching materials, Textbooks, Theater, Welfare
Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development. 9/19/2007--Introduced. Access to Complete Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote and strengthen as an integral part of the curriculum one or more of the subjects of music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, history, geography, and physical education and health. Gives priority to LEAs that have greatest numbers or percentages of children from families below the poverty line. Requires grantees to coordinate, to the extent practicable, their programs to promote or strengthen education in such subjects with opportunities provided by public or private cultural entities, including museums, education associations, libraries, and theaters.
Also tagged in: Academic freedom, Boycott, Civil rights, College teachers, Colleges, Cultural relations, Education, Europe, European Union, Foreign policy, Higher education, Humanities, International affairs, Israel, Labor, Middle East and North Africa, Science policy, Scientific exchanges, United Kingdom
Latest Action: 07/11/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextCondemning the decision by the leadership of the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to support a boycott of Israeli academia. 7/11/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Condemns the vote by the leadership of the University and College Union (UCU) of May 30, 2007, to consider at the branch level a boycott Israeli academics and academic institutions. Urges the international scholarly community, the European Union (EU), and individual governments to reject, or continue to oppose, calls for an academic boycott of Israel. Urges governments and educators throughout the world to reaffirm the importance of academic freedom. Urges other unions and organizations to reject the troubling actions of the UCU. Urges the general members of the UCU to reject the call of the union's leadership to boycott Israel.
Also tagged in: Black colleges, Budgets, Charities, Civil rights, Coins and coinage, Commemorations, Congress, Education, Federal aid to education, Higher education, Legislation, Minorities, Minority education, Scholarships, Silver, Social services
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6402-6403) Bill TextA bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2014, up to 350,000 one-dollar coins designed to be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America. Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, which shall be paid to the United Negro College Fund.
Also tagged in: Black colleges, Budgets, Charities, Civil rights, Coins and coinage, Commemorations, Congress, Education, Federal aid to education, Higher education, Legislation, Minorities, Minority education, Scholarships, Silver, Social services
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 4/1/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2014, up to 350,000 one-dollar coins designed to be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America. Permits the Secretary to initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before 2014. Terminates such minting authority after December 31, 2014. Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, which shall be paid to the United Negro College Fund. Subjects the Fund to certain federal audit requirements and a specified issuance limitation.
Also tagged in: Academic freedom, Actions and defenses, Civil liberties, College administration, College sports, Colleges, Commemorations, Communications, Damages, Education, Emblems, Higher education, Injunctions, Law, Legal fees, Liability (Law), Names, Signs and symbols, Sports
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo provide institutions of higher education with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Protection of University Governance Act of 2007 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees.
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextRecognizing and honoring the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Commends the National Association for College Admission Counseling for 70 years of outstanding service to college counseling and admission professionals and the students they serve.
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3722-3723; text as passed Senate: CR S3722-3723) Bill TextA resolution honoring the life and achievements of George C. Springer, Sr., the Northeast regional director and a former vice president of the American Federation of Teachers. 3/23/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the late George C. Springer, Sr., former Northeast regional director and vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, for his courageous and compassionate leadership.
Latest Action: 01/30/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextHonoring the life and achievements of George C. Springer, Sr., the Northeast regional director and a former vice president of the American Federation of Teachers. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Honors the late George C. Springer, Sr., former Northeast regional director and vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, for his courageous and compassionate leadership.
Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextHonoring and recognizing the life and accomplishments of the late Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers. 1/29/2007--Introduced. Honors the life and achievements of the late Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers.
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. S-216. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextA resolution honoring and the life and recognizing the accomplishments of Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the life and achievements of the late Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers.
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