H.R. 4067 would provide grants to colleges to improve remedial education (including English language instruction), to customize remediation to student career goals, and to help students move rapidly from remediation into for-credit occupation program courses and through program completion.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inBridges from Jobs to editCareers Act - Directs the wikiSecretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to improve remedial education, customize remediation to student career goals, and be the firsthelp remedial students progress into and through for-credit occupational programs.

Gives grant priority to provide a detailed summaryIHEs: (1) in which at least 50% of the bill!)first-year students are enrolled in remedial courses designed to give them collegiate reading, writing, or mathematics skills; and (2) that propose to collaborate with adult education providers and replicate practices that have proven effective with adults.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 1/15/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
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