WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Compensatory education

S. 3487, The Serve America Act

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3487 would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service....

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H.R. 5947, The Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5947 would amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a returning soldiers' bill of rights....

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H.R. 5810, The Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5810 would amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants for school-based mentoring programs for at risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy, and it would provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs....

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H.R. 5563, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5563 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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S. 2677, The Supporting Education for Returning Veterans Act of 2008

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2677 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants to institutions of higher education to establish programs for the provision of services and support to veterans who are students at such institutions....

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H.R. 5143, The Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5143 would encourage model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students....

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H.R. 4262, The Maximizing the Use of Federal Education Funds for Job Creation Act of 2007

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4262 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional flexibility to a State with an unemployment rate that is equal to or greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate to transfer funds among programs made available to such State by various provisions of that Act....

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P.L. 110-315, The College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1270.49

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4137 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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H.R. 4100, To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish an instructional level assessment pilot program

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4100 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish an instructional level assessment pilot program....

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H.R. 4067, The Bridges from Jobs to Careers Act

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

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

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H.R. 4063, The Restitution for the Exonerated Act of 2007

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4063 would authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees....

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S. 2246, The Veterans Upward Bound Improvement Act

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2246 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend eligibility for Federal TRIO programs to members of the reserve components serving on active duty in support of contingency operations....

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S. 2227, The Success in the Middle Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2227 would provide grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors, it would improve State and district policies and programs relating to the academic achievement of students in the middle grades, and it would develop and implement effective middle school models for struggling students....

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H.R. 3763, The Getting Retention and Diplomas Up Among Today's Enrolled Students Act

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3763 would award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary education and the workforce....

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S. 2157, The Expanded Education Act

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2157 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish pilot programs in expanded school attendance....

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H.R. 3762, The WE CARE Act

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3762 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to foster community involvement....

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H.R. 3746, The College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3746 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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S. 2117, The Education Research & Development To Improve Achievement Act of 2007

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2117 would encourage the development of research-proven programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965....

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H.R. 3661, The Rural Students College, Career, and Community Readiness Act of 2007

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3661 would conduct 1 or more higher education and career readiness demonstration projects for rural, low-income students....

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H.R. 3611, The Bringing Success to Scale Act

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3611 would establish the Bringing Success to Scale program in the Department of Education....

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H.R. 3406, The Success in the Middle Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3406 would provide grants to States to ensure that all students exit the middle grades prepared for success in a high school with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for postsecondary education and the workplace....

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H.R. 3414, The Veterans Upward Bound Improvement Act

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3414 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend eligibility for Federal TRIO programs to members of the reserve components serving on active duty in support of contingency operations....

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H.R. 3426, The Flexibility for Individual Excellence in Education Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3426 would modify certain amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001....

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H.R. 3450, The College Student Success Act

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3450 would provide grants to universities and colleges for the development of student success services that will improve college persistence and prepare students for the workplace....

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S. 2001, The All Students Can Achieve Act

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2001 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965....

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