Teaching, Teachers, Curricula
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Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act [HB-5324]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act
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Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2018 [HB-5332]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2018
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Securing Our Children Act of 2018 [HB-5380]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Securing Our Children Act of 2018
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Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2018 [HB-5096]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2018 This bill authorizes through FY2024 a competitive grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that: (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications
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Child Care for Working Families Act [HB-3773]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Child Care for Working Families Act
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STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 [HB-4909]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.
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Hire Our Heroes to Protect Our Schools Act of 2018 [HB-5139]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Hire Our Heroes to Protect Our Schools Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2024 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.
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Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., through the teaching of nonviolence. [HR-798]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., through the teaching of nonviolence.
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Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act [HB-3696]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing master's degree program in such area. The VA shall give grant priority to institutions that have entered into a partnership with a medical center administered by the VA or a facility administered by the Department of Defense. An "eligible institution" is an educational institution that is either accredited
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Expressing support for designation of the month of September as "National Voting Rights Month". [HR-501]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Expressing support for designation of the month of September as "National Voting Rights Month". Supports the designation of September as National Voting Rights Month.
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Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 [S.1695]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 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
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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017 [HB-3602]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Department of Education, to award grants for: (1) comprehensive sex education for adolescents, (2) comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education, and (3) training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to adolescents. HHS must enter a contract with a nonprofit organization to evaluate and report on these grants. The bill makes appropriations to carry out the the bill.
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South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2017 [HB-3592]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2017
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Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-3618]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of School and Discipline Policy to reduce the number of juveniles who are incarcerated and develop a criminal history based on activity that occurs at school.
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Prioritizing Education in Conflict Zones Act of 2017 [HB-3612]
[Education ]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Prioritizing Education in Conflict Zones Act of 2017 This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Director of Refugee Educational Assistance (to be designated by USAID), to provide long-term assistance to expand and improve primary and secondary education for displaced children from areas of conflict. Such assistance shall be used to: (1) build the capacity for private sector and civil society organizations to develop and strengthen
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Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2017 [HB-3580]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2017 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each state's receipt of ESEA funds, beginning in FY2019, on the state's enforcement of specified minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions. Each local educational agency must develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) specified supports for each student
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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017 [S.1653]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Department of Education, to award grants for: (1) comprehensive sex education for adolescents, (2) comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education, and (3) training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to adolescents. HHS must enter a contract with a nonprofit organization to evaluate and report on these grants. The bill makes appropriations to carry out the the bill.
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Building Blocks of STEM Act [HB-3397]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Building Blocks of STEM Act This bill instructs the National Science Foundation, when awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program, to consider age distribution in order to more equitably allocate funding for research studies with a focus on early childhood.
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New Collar Jobs Act of 2017 [HB-3393]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
New Collar Jobs Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an employee cybersecurity education tax credit, not to exceed $5,000 a year per employee, for an employer who incurs costs for an employee who earns a certificate or degree at the undergraduate or graduate level or an industry-recognized certification listed in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education's Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. The Federal Acquisition Regulation is amended to provide a business that utilizes the employee cybersecurity education
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BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills [S.1599]
[Infrastructure ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Education ]
[Unemployment ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants, for up to three years and on a competitive basis, 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
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