3.0.0 1352 2020-02-10T17:00:25Z 2020-02-10T17:00:25Z Senate S S 2005-06-30 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-01T04:54:46Z 2005-07-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-06-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/1/2005 S7835) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-06-30 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-06-30 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-07-18 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-07-21 False Education Correctional institutions Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Families Federal aid to education Higher education Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Literacy programs Rehabilitation of criminals Vocational guidance Education 00 2005-06-30 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-29T15:03:01Z Improved Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish performance objectives and reporting requirements necessary to assess program effectiveness for state correctional education agencies receiving grants for transition training for incarcerated youth offenders.

Requires grant applications to describe specific performance objectives and evaluation methods that the state agency will use, including: (1) specific and quantified student outcome measures that are referenced to outcomes for non-program participants with similar demographic characteristics; and (2) measures of program completion, knowledge and skill attainment, attainment of and success in employment, and recidivism. Requires descriptions of how the proposed programs will consider or utilize technology.

Directs each state agency receiving a grant to: (1) report annually to the Secretary on the results of the evaluations and additional performance objectives and on evaluation methods as necessary to document the attainment of performance objectives; and (2) expend on each participating eligible student for an academic year not more than the maximum federal Pell grant for such year, which shall be used for tuition, books, essential materials, and related services such as career development, substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training, and health education.

Makes youth offenders age 35 (currently, 25) or younger eligible for participation. Allows related services to continue for up to one year after release from confinement.

]]> Improved Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Improved Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Act of 2005 Display Title Improved Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide grants to States for improved workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders. Introduced in Senate 2005-06-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1352is/xml/BILLS-109s1352is.xml 2005-07-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.