3.0.0 3483 2023-01-13T04:50:39Z 2023-01-13T04:50:39Z Senate S S 2006-06-08 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-06-08T21:04:49Z 2006-06-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5663-5669) IntroReferral 2006-06-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5662-5663) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2006-06-08 True Education Academic performance Commerce Community and school Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Curricula Data banks Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational innovations Educational statistics Educational technology Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Engineering English language Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Graduate education Higher education Identification devices Infrastructure International competitiveness Law Learning Licenses Magnet schools Mathematics Mentoring Minorities Minority education Reading Research and development Research grants Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Scientists Secondary education Service industries Social Welfare Special education Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Education 00 2006-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-21T21:28:00Z National Innovation Education Act - College Pathway Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to establish preschool through postsecondary (P-16) education stewardship commissions or systems consisting of such commissions and P-16 education data systems.

Tasks each commission with reaching a consensus among statewide education stakeholders on the skills, knowledge, and patterns of coursework needed to successfully transition to and complete postsecondary education.

Requires that state-level longitudinal P-16 data systems track the academic performance of each student so that the factors which correlate with such success may be identified and publicized.

Authorizes the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the development or improvement of magnet school programs which focus on science, mathematics, and technology education. Directs the NSF to award grants to LEAs to enable implementation of innovation-based experiential learning.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education for integrated courses in mathematics, science, or engineering and teacher education, that lead to undergraduate degrees in such fields with concurrent teacher certification. Requires grantees to work with LEAs to support new teachers.

Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act - Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to partnerships, or joint ventures between institutions of higher education and LEAs serving a significant low-income population, for the conduct of collaborative seminars designed to enhance the subject matter and pedagogical resources of seminar participants.

Requires the NSF to: (1) expand the Graduate Research Fellowship Program and the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program; (2) establish a clearinghouse for sharing program elements used in successful professional science master's degree programs; (3) award grants for pilot programs to four-year institutions of higher education to facilitate the creation or improvement of such programs; (4) submit a multiyear plan that describes how the funds authorized by this Act for doubling research funding shall be used; and (5) study how the federal government should support the new discipline of service science.

Authorizes appropriations for the NSF Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Talent Expansion Program.

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