Academic Performance And Assessments

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SOAR Reauthorization Act Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act [S.2171] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
SOAR Reauthorization Act Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to prohibit the Department of Education from limiting the number of eligible students receiving District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) scholarships, and from preventing otherwise eligible students from participating in the OSP because of: whether or not the student attended a private school for pre-elementary education in the previous school year; or whether or not the individual previously received (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Hearings Held. on 11/04/2015

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Higher Education Innovation Act [S.2111] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Higher Education Innovation Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a voluntary, alternative accreditation system for higher education providers. The Department of Education (ED) must establish a process for approving innovation authorizers to authorize institutions of higher education or other providers that: promote student success outcomes and cost-effectiveness, agree to outcome-based oversight and reporting requirements, meet performance metrics, and comply with other specified requirements. To apply to be an authorizer, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/30/2015

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SMART Act Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act [S.197] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
SMART Act Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and administer state academic content and achievement standards and assessments of student progress toward those standards. Requires each state to use such grant to: develop and administer such assessments and further align them with the state's academic content standards, ensure that students with limited English proficiency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/20/2015

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Student Protection and Success Act [S.1939] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Student Protection and Success Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to make institutions of higher education with low cohort repayment rates ineligible to participate in the federal student loan program and to establish a risk-sharing program to support institutions serving low- and moderate-income students. The cohort repayment rate is the percentage of borrowers who pay at least one dollar toward the principal of their federal loans over a three-year period. It excludes borrowers who are in default, deferments, mandatory (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 08/05/2015

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LOCAL Level Act Learning Opportunities Created At Local Level Act [S.182] [Education ]
LOCAL Level Act Learning Opportunities Created At Local Level Act Expresses the sense of Congress that state and local prerogatives over elementary and secondary education need to be preserved. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements under the ESEA: mandating, directing, or controlling a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's specific instructional content, academic standards, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/16/2015

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Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2015 [S.1787] [Education ] [Community Development ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Poverty ] [Human Services ]
Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2015 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a full-service community schools grant program. A “full-service community school” is a public elementary or secondary school that participates in a community-based effort to coordinate, integrate, and provide year-round access to educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services for students, families, and the community. ED must require each grant recipient to provide matching funds based on a sliding (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/16/2015

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Disaggregating Student Outcomes by Disability Category Act [S.1729] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Disaggregating Student Outcomes by Disability Category Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require annual state report cards to disaggregate, by type of disability (such as blindness), data regarding the educational outcomes of students with disabilities.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Al Franken Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/09/2015

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AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015 [S.1710] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ] [Community Development ]
AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015 This bill authorizes a grant program to enable elementary schools, secondary schools, or specified entities that serve low-performing schools to: (1) improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students, and (2) select national service participants and engage such participants in school turnaround projects. An entity that receives a grant under the program must use the grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities: (1) improving the quality and frequency of individualized (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/07/2015

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I-Squared Act of 2015 Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 [S.153] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
I-Squared Act of 2015 Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an annual cap on H-1B nonimmigrant visas (specialty occupations) at between 115,000 and 195,000 visas depending upon market conditions and existing demand. (The current annual H-1B cap is 65,000.) Sets forth allocation provisions. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) authorize the accompanying spouse of an H-1B alien to work in the United States, and (2) provide such spouse with an appropriate work permit. Prohibits (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/13/2015

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Local Leadership in Education Act [S.144] [Education ]
Local Leadership in Education Act Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit a federal officer or employee, either directly or indirectly through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements under ESEA, from: mandating, directing, or controlling a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's academic standards, curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of state or local resources; mandating a state or subdivision to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under ESEA; incentivizing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/09/2015

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Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act [S.1419] [Education ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ]
Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award grants to Indian tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, specified schools, Regional Corporations, private or tribal nonprofit organizations, and consortia of any such entities to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, of Native American languages as their primary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-215. on 02/29/2016

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Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 [S.1380] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ]
Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to allot matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies, childhood education program providers, or consortia of those entities to implement high-quality prekindergarten programs for children from low-income families. Grants are allotted to states based on each state's proportion of children who are age four and who are from families with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. "High-quality prekindergarten (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/19/2015

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College Affordability and Innovation Act of 2015 [S.1355] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
College Affordability and Innovation Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award 5-year grants to up to 15 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to carry out new or existing high-quality programs designed to graduate students with certificates or degrees at significantly lower student costs and within shorter time periods than traditional programs. Included among the programs are those that: use online instruction; use direct assessments rather than credit hours or clock hours as the measure of student learning; integrate (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/14/2015

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Student Privacy Protection Act [S.1341] [Education ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Children and Youth ] [Cybersecurity ] [Consumer Protection ]
Student Privacy Protection Act Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) to prohibit funding of educational agencies or institutions that allow third parties to access student data, unless: the agency or institution, prior to receiving parental consent, notifies parents of the data that would be accessed, that the data will be made available to the third party only if the parent consents, that the parent has the ability to access and correct inaccurate data, and that the agency or institution and the outside party are (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/14/2015

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Educating Tomorrow's Engineers Act of 2015 [S.1185] [Education ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Educating Tomorrow's Engineers Act of 2015 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to incorporate engineering design skills and practices into their academic content standards and academic achievement standards and assessments in science. States and local educational agencies (LEAs) must use grants and subgrants under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program to develop and provide professional development and instructional materials for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2015

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Student Success Act [S.1177] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Student Success Act This bill reauthorizes and amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The bill addresses issues such as accountability and testing requirements, distribution and requirements for grants, fiscal accountability requirements, and the evaluation of teachers. The bill provides states with increased flexibility and responsibility for developing accountability systems, deciding how federally required tests should be weighed, selecting additional measures of student and school performance, and implementing teacher (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander By Senator Alexander From Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Filed Written Report. Report No. 114-231. Additional Views Filed. on 03/17/2016

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Social Impact Partnership Act [S.1089] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Children and Youth ] [Social Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ] [Poverty ] [Economic Development ]
Social Impact Partnership Act Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Partnerships). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governments for social impact partnership projects which produce a measurable, clearly defined outcome that results in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2015

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Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act [S.1025] [Education ]
Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that students be tested against state academic content and achievement standards in mathematics and reading or language arts in each of grades three through eight. Requires, instead, that those tests be administered at least once during: (1) grades 3 through 5, (2) grades 6 through 9, and (3) grades 10 through 12.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/21/2015

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21st Century Charter School Act [S.102] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Construction ]
21st Century Charter School Act Amends the Charter School program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for program grants. (Currently, state educational entities are eligible for such grants.) Allows grantees to award subgrants to charter school developers or nonprofit charter support organizations and award them multiple grants to support multiple campuses of a public charter school. Sets forth additional factors that are to work in favor of grant applicants, including that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/07/2015

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Recognizing Mayte Lara Ibarra, and Larissa Martinez for their bravery and leadership in addressing anti-immigrant sentiments voiced by United States politicians. [HR-777] [Immigration ] [Human Rights ]
Recognizing Mayte Lara Ibarra, and Larissa Martinez for their bravery and leadership in addressing anti-immigrant sentiments voiced by United States politicians. Recognizes Mayte Lara Ibarra, and Larissa Martinez for their bravery and leadership in addressing anti-immigrant sentiments voiced by U.S. politicians. Recognizes that beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program have provided inspiration in their pursuit of the American dream. Commends their efforts to promote comprehensive immigration reform. Recognizes the many (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 06/15/2016

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