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Career Ready Act of 2015 [S.478]
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Career Ready Act of 2015 Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to include certain career readiness indicators in their determination as to whether students are making adequate yearly progress toward state academic performance standards. Allows states to include on their annual report cards on student progress toward those standards: the number and percentage of their public secondary school students who attain state and local adjusted levels of career and
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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act [S.473]
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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded. Establishes the President's Commission on Children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study evidence-based best practices and innovations for fostering safe and stable families, including implementing mentoring programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to implement best practices and innovations
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Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act [S.410]
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Building upon Unique Indian Learning and Development Act Directs the Department of the Interior to establish a contest to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to consider how to improve Indian school facilities. Requires the Department of Education (ED) and Interior to establish a Joint Oversight Board to coordinate Indian education policies and assistance. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to award grants to create or expand pipelines for teachers and administrators of Native American students. Requires
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CAREER Act Cutting Administrative Red-tape for Education and Employment Reinvestment Act [S.3151]
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CAREER Act Cutting Administrative Red-tape for Education and Employment Reinvestment Act
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Secure the Northern Triangle Act [S.3106]
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[National Security ]
Secure the Northern Triangle Act
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Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 [S.3093]
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Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap. The "equity gap" consists of the gaps in participation and performance between students based on gender, race, and certain special populations. The bill requires states to provide professional development and technical assistance to
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EMPOWER Act of 2016 Enhancing and Modernizing Pathways to Opportunity through Work, Education, and Responsibility Act of 2016 [S.3091]
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EMPOWER Act of 2016 Enhancing and Modernizing Pathways to Opportunity through Work, Education, and Responsibility Act of 2016 This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to reauthorize through FY2021: (1) state family assistance grants, (2) tribal family assistance grants, and (3) child care entitlement grants. The purposes of the TANF program are amended to include: (1) reduction of child poverty, including the incidence of children living in families with incomes of less
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Climate Change Education Act [S.3074]
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Climate Change Education Act This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to: broaden the understanding of human-induced climate change, possible consequences, and potential solutions; apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; conduct a national information campaign to help people understand and promote implementation
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Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act [S.3048]
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Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act This bill establishes the Southeastern Oregon Withdrawal Area, comprising 2.065 million acres of specified federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, which shall be withdrawn from certain public land, mining, and mineral leasing laws. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall make grants for projects in Oregon to develop modern and efficient water systems. USDA shall establish an Agricultural Center for Excellence in the county. The Farm Security and Rural Investment
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.3040]
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2017 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Community Service Employment
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VEI Act of 2016 Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2016 [S.3021]
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VEI Act of 2016 Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2016 This bill permits veterans to use Department of Veterans Affairs post-9/11 educational assistance for an accredited independent study program leading to a certificate that reflects completion of a course of study offered by at an educational institution that is not an institution of higher learning, such as an area career and technical education school providing postsecondary level education.
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EARNS Act Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act [S.2945]
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EARNS Act Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to: determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered, manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry
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Veterans First Act [S.2921]
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Veterans First Act
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College Access Act of 2016 [S.2859]
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College Access Act of 2016
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Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act [S.2842]
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Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act This bill amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to establish a program through which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) shall contract with eligible entities for the purpose of providing educational benefits to Indian students. An eligible entity is an entity that educates or serves Indian students and is either an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, an Indian corporation, a school district, a state, or a consortium of any of these entities. An eligible entity shall use the funds
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Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence [S.2718]
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Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence
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In the Red Act of 2016 [S.2677]
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In the Red Act of 2016
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Dine College Act of 2016 [S.2564]
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Dine College Act of 2016 (Sec. 5) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a survey and study of all capital projects and facility needs of Dine College, a tribal community college in the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Interior must report the results and include views or recommendations submitted by the college or the Navajo Nation and Interior's recommendations. Prior to the survey and study, Dine College must identify for Interior renovations and repairs necessary to meet health and safety standards and other requirements. (Sec.
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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act [S.246]
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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. The commission must conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children, including an evaluation of: the impact of concurrent jurisdiction on child welfare systems; barriers Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians face in using public and private grant resources; obstacles
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Community College to Career Fund Act [S.2222]
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Community College to Career Fund Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, public or private nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and
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