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Trauma-Informed Schools Act of 2019 [HB-4146]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Provides for the use of trauma-informed practices in public elementary and secondary schools and allows states to use certain federal funds to train teachers in such practices. Trauma-informed practices are defined to include evidence-based professional development that promotes a shared understanding among teachers and other staff that traumatic experiences are common among students and that school-wide learning environments where all students and adults feel safe, welcomed, and supported can enable students to succeed despite such experiences;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Introduced In House on 08/02/2019
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Teacher Tax Deduction Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-4180]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Revises the deduction from gross income (i.e., the above-the-line deduction) for the unreimbursed expenses of school teachers (e.g., supplies and materials). It increases the deduction from $250 to $500 for full-time teachers and allows part-time teachers a $250 deduction. It also allows the deduction for teachers in accredited preschool programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay
Introduced In House on 08/09/2019
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America’s College Promise Act of 2019 [HB-4212]
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[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Provides funding and establishes grants for states, Native American tribes, historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to eligible states and Native American tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of a program that provides funds to community colleges for waiving resident tuition and fees. The bill also requires each state to ensure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan A. Davis
Introduced In House on 08/27/2019
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Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2019 [HB-3513]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish an Office for Gender Equity to support state and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools in fully implementing title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities. The office may provide grants and perform activities to reduce or prevent sex discrimination in all areas of education. The office must provide technical assistance and annual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Grace F. Napolitano
Introduced In House on 06/26/2019
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Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019 [HB-3489]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To authorize the Secretary of Education to establish an Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/25/2019
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Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2019 [S.1964]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish an Office for Gender Equity to support state and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools in fully implementing title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities. The office may provide grants and perform activities to reduce or prevent sex discrimination in all areas of education. The office must provide technical assistance and annual
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/25/2019
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College for All Act of 2019 [HB-3472]
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[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Provides funding for (1) grants to eliminate tuition and required fees for eligible students at community colleges, public four-year institutions of higher education, and tribal colleges and universities; and (2) grants to eliminate or significantly reduce tuition and required fees for eligible students at private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 06/25/2019
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College for All Act of 2019 [S.1947]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Provides funding for (1) grants to eliminate tuition and required fees for eligible students at community colleges, public four-year institutions of higher education, and tribal colleges and universities; and (2) grants to eliminate or significantly reduce tuition and required fees for eligible students at private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions. In addition, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to forgive the outstanding balance of interest and principal due on all Federal
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/24/2019
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21st Century SKILLS Act 21st Century Skills are Key to Individuals' Life-Long Success Act [S.1911]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes certain workforce innovation and opportunity accounts to provide employed or unemployed individuals and dislocated workers access to upskill training and other educational opportunities in order to meet 21st century workforce demands. Specifically, the bill (1) expands the use of certain workforce investment funds to provide workers with training and opportunities, and (2) replaces Technical Learning Accounts with Upskill Accounts to prepare employed or unemployed individuals for workforce demands. The Department of Labor must award
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kamala D. Harris
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/19/2019
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AID Act Achieving Independence through Degrees Act [HB-3101]
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[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant amount, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Oversight, And Department Operations. on 06/24/2019
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Success in the Middle Act of 2019 [S.1704]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/04/2019
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Success in the Middle Act of 2019 [HB-3089]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
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Know Your Repayment Options Act [HB-3095]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires the Department of Education to annually give federal student loan borrowers who have graduated or departed from school individualized loan repayment information, including monthly amounts and lifetime payment amounts, for each repayment option available to the borrowers. Borrowers may opt out of being provided this information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
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Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act [S.1642]
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[Mental Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/23/2019
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Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act [HB-2958]
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[Student Loans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 05/23/2019
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BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills [HB-2831]
[Infrastructure ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
Requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; identifying the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries; facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Introduced In House on 05/17/2019
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BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills [S.1517]
[Infrastructure ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
Requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; supporting the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries; facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/16/2019
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Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act [S.1496]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Modifies student loan counseling requirements applicable to institutions of higher education (IHEs). Currently, an IHE must provide entrance counseling to a student who is a first-time federal student loan borrower. replaces required entrance counseling with required annual financial counseling concerning information on the terms, conditions, and responsibilities of the grant or loan. Also, it expands the required recipients of such annual counseling to include, in addition to student borrowers, Pell Grant recipients and parent PLUS Loan borrowers.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/15/2019
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PREP Act Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 [HB-2635]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019
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PREP Act Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 [S.1337]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/07/2019