3.0.0 8 2023-01-15T21:34:04Z 2023-01-15T21:34:04Z Senate S S 2003-01-07 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-01-07T22:49:57Z 2003-01-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-01-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 1/9/2003 S134) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-01-07 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-01-07 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2003-01-07 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-01-07 True B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2003-01-07 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-01-07 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-01-07 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2003-01-07 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-01-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-01-07 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2003-01-07 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-01-07 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2003-01-07 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-01-07 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2003-01-07 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2003-01-07 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2003-01-07 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2003-01-07 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-01-07 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2003-01-07 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2003-01-07 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2003-01-09 False Education Academic performance Administrative remedies Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Authorization Books Building construction Civics education Civil actions and liability Class size College costs Colleges Commerce Computers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Construction industries Construction workers Curricula Democracy Department of Education Disabled Economic growth Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational counseling Educational equalization Educational planning Educational research Educational statistics Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee selection Enterprise zones Environmental Protection Families Federal aid to education Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Higher education Housing and Community Development Immigrant education Immigration Income tax Information technology Injunctions Internet Judicial opinions Labor and Employment Labor productivity Language arts Legal fees Libraries Maintenance and repair Mathematics Migrant education Military personnel Military training Minorities Minority education Native Americans Parent-school relationships Performance measurement Periodicals Public schools Reading Rural education Scholarships School administration School buildings School districts School libraries School personnel Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Special education Students Tax credits Tax-exempt securities Taxation Teachers Teaching Teaching materials Textbooks Urban affairs Urban education Education 00 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for: (1) title I (improving academic achievement of the disadvantaged) part A (grants for basic programs of local educational agencies, LEAs); (2) education of migratory children; and (3) advanced placement incentive program grants.

Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for assistance for education of all children with disabilities.

Directs the Secretary of Education to make annual determinations as to whether each State's public school system provides all its students with educational resources to succeed academically and in life. Requires such education to enable students to: (1) acquire knowledge and skills necessary for responsible citizenship; (2) meet challenging academic achievement standards; and (3) compete and succeed in a global economy. Specifies what each system must provide.

America's Better Classrooms Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited tax credit for qualified public school modernization bonds (construction and zone academy bonds) and tribal school modernization bonds. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for: (1) Gear Up programs, Federal TRIO programs, and programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant or seasonal farmwork; and (2) Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, challenge grants to eligible institutions, the minority science and engineering improvement program, and Hispanic-serving institutions.

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Organization Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish within NTIA's Technology Opportunities Program a digital network technologies program to award educational instruction grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to: (1) historically Black colleges or universities; (2) Hispanic-, Alaska Native-, or Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; (3) tribally controlled colleges or universities; or (4) institutions with a substantial number of minority, low-income students who received assistance under HEA.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the prohibition against provision of postsecondary education benefits based on State residency to an illegal alien unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for similar benefits without regard to such residency.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that an individual Pell Grant's maximum amount should be: (1) increased to $4,500; and (2) the amount eligible students receive. Makes appropriations for an emergency additional amount for FY 2003, available through FY 2004, for the Pell Grant program.

Amends HEA title IV to provide for a phase-out of student loan origination fees.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits refundable.]]>

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