Teaching, Teachers, Curricula
US Congress 115th Congress
Fab Lab Classroom Modernization Act [HB-4386]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Manufacturing ]
Fab Lab Classroom Modernization Act This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants for FY2019-FY2023 to states for local educational agencies to purchase digital-fabrication laboratory equipment or to provide professional development related to incorporating a digital-fabrication laboratory into the curriculum. A digital-fabrication laboratory is a high-technology workspace that includes equipment such as three-dimensional printers and laser engravers.
Spread the world
Gettr US Congress 115th Congress
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Trade in Schools Act [HB-6440]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Trade in Schools Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to specify that applicants who have expertise in career and technical education are eligible for Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grants. (TEACH grants support teachers who have expertise in high-need subjects or teach in schools serving students from low-income families.) In selecting teacher candidates for these grants, the Department of Education (ED) shall give priority to applicants
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act [S.3217]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Startup Act [S.1877]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Startup Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa if the alien is searching for STEM field employment, and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in a
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
PARTNERS Act Promoting Apprenticeships through Regional Training Networks for Employers' Required Skills Act of 2017 [HB-4115]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
PARTNERS Act Promoting Apprenticeships through Regional Training Networks for Employers' Required Skills Act of 2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 [S.3153]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Condemning gun violence and its impact on youth by supporting the enactment of legislation to prevent future school and neighborhood shootings. [HCR-127]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Condemning gun violence and its impact on youth by supporting the enactment of legislation to prevent future school and neighborhood shootings. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States must address gun violence. Expresses support for the following: reinstating the ban on the sale of assault weapons, ensuring that children can attend school and live free from the threat of violence, ensuring that school districts create learning environments where all students can excel, providing evidence-based school threat assessments, keeping dangerous
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
SAVE Act of 2017 Small businesses Add Value for Employees Act of 2017 [HB-4637]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
SAVE Act of 2017 Small businesses Add Value for Employees Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for employer-established individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and pension plans. With respect to SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) IRAs, the bill: repeals restrictions on rollovers to retirement plans, allows employers to terminate the plan at any time during the year, repeals the increased penalty on early distributions, and allows additional contributions. The bill also: establishes automatic
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018 [S.3110]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018 This bill 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 discrimination,
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018 [HB-6184]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018 This bill 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 discrimination,
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Protecting JOBs Act Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers Act [HB-6156]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Protecting JOBs Act Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers Act
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain Federally-subsidized loan repayments for dental school faculty. [HB-6149]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain Federally-subsidized loan repayments for dental school faculty. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received under the federally funded student loan repayment program for full-time faculty members of dental schools with programs in general, pediatric, or public health dentistry.
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
BRAVE Act Bullying Redress and Verified Enforcement Act [HB-6148]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
BRAVE Act Bullying Redress and Verified Enforcement Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local educational agency (LEA) employee who becomes aware of bullying to report to an LEA-designated individual, within seven business days: (1) the acts that constituted the bullying; (2) the victim's protected characteristic, whether actual or perceived, if the bullying included a reference to or was motivated by such characteristic; and (3) the response of the LEA's employees to the bullying. The LEA-designated
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2017 [HB-3828]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2017 This bill 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 discrimination, bias, harassment, or violence
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Middle STEP Act Middle School Technical Education Program Act [S.1814]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Middle STEP Act Middle School Technical Education Program Act This bill directs the Department of Education to: create a pilot program for career and technical education exploration programs; and award grants to eligible partnerships (local educational agencies, area career and technical education schools, educational service agencies, and other organizations) to develop a middle school career and technical education exploration program that transition to career and technical education programs of study.
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2018 [HB-6099]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2018
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
✔
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 [S.3021]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse."
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Palestinian Authority Educational Curriculum Transparency Act [HB-6034]
[Education ]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
Palestinian Authority Educational Curriculum Transparency Act
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 [HB-3906]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any green stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural
(continued...)
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017 [HB-4626]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017 This bill establishes a National Jazz Preservation Program and a National Jazz Appreciation Program, to be carried out by the Smithsonian Institution through the National Museum of American History, to: (1) preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz, and (2) further the appreciation of jazz music throughout the nation. The Smithsonian Institution shall: (1) record interviews with leading jazz artists; (2) acquire, preserve, and interpret jazz artifacts; (3) continue to
(continued...)