WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Secondary education

P.L. 110-351, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.75

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6893 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption....

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S. 3707, The National Principal Recruitment Act

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 3707 would recruit, train, and support principals for high-need schools who are effective in improving student academic achievement....

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S. 3701, The Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2008

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 3701 would provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs....

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H.R. 7251, The Land-In-Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7251 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that local educational agencies receive Impact Aid payments for lands held in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or individual Indian and to amend title 31 of the United States Code to ensure that local governments receive payments in lieu of taxes for lands held in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or individual Indian....

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H.R. 7229, The Children's Budget Act

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7229 would amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President's budget....

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H.R. 7233, The Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7233 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives....

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H.R. 7225, The National Parents Corps Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7225 would establish a National Parents Corps Program....

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H.R. 7203, The The Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7203 would provide for the establishment of a commission to engage in an informed, national, and public dialogue about how to ensure that each student in the United States receives an equitable education that enables the student to achieve his or her maximum academic potential....

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H.R. 7110, Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $579.29

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7110 would make supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

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H.R. 7154, The T-FELAS Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7154 would 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....

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S. 3627, The Every Student Counts Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3627 would improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school graduation rates....

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H.R. 7135, The Young Investor Financial Education Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7135 would award grants to State educational agencies to support the provision of financial education to high school students....

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H.R. 7116, To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States to include certain students with disabilities in the calculation of graduation rates, and to assess limited English proficient students who have been in the United States for 5 or more consecutive years

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7116 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States to include certain students with disabilities in the calculation of graduation rates, and to assess limited English proficient students who have been in the United States for 5 or more consecutive years....

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H.R. 7137, The Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7137 would authorize a loan forgiveness program for students of institutions of higher education who volunteer to serve as mentors....

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S. 3635, The Supporting Mentors, Supporting Our Youth Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3635 would authorize a loan forgiveness program for students of institutions of higher education who volunteer to serve as mentors....

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H.R. 7063, The U.S. and the World Education Act

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7063 would 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....

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S. 3573, The Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3573 would establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers....

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S. 3590, The Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3590 would provide grants for use by rural local educational agencies in purchasing new school buses....

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S. 3545, The Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3545 would 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....

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H.R. 6952, The People Resolved to Obtain an Understanding of Democracy (P.R.O.U.D.) Act

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6952 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize pilot or demonstration programs to prepare high school students to pass the United States citizenship exam....

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S. 3520, The Josh Miller HEARTS Act

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3520 would establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools....

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H.R. 6959, The Fair Funding for Upward Bound Act

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6959 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the procedures for awarding grants and contracts for Federal Trio Programs....

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H.R. 6926, The Fast Track to College Act of 2008

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6926 would authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs....

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S. 3508, The Fast Track to College Act of 2008

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3508 would authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs....

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H.R. 6928, The After School Partnerships Improve Results in Education Act

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6928 would award grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs....

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