3.0.0 3902 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z Senate S S 2006-09-14 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-14T21:46:21Z 2006-09-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-09-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9638-9639) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N Education Academic performance Accreditation (Education) Annuities Arts Arts, Culture, Religion Bonds Books Building construction Business education Charitable contributions Child development College costs Colleges Commerce Compensatory education Computer software Computers Construction costs Cost of living adjustments Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Curricula Data banks Distance education Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Education savings accounts Educational accountability Educational planning Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee benefit plans Engineering Engineers Families Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Graduate education Higher education Housing and Community Development Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Indian education Individual retirement accounts Industry-university relations Infrastructure Interest International Affairs International education Internet Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Language and languages Local taxation Mathematics Mentoring Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Preschool education Property tax Rating of teachers Recruiting of employees Research grants Rural education Scholarships School buildings School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Scientific instruments and apparatus Scientists Secondary education Small business Social Welfare State taxation Student loan funds Student records Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax refunds Tax-deferred compensation plans Taxation Teacher education Teacher salaries Teacher supply and demand Teaching materials Technical education Textbooks Tuition tax credits Vocational and technical education Education 00 2006-09-14 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-16T20:00:08Z Education Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish scholarship programs for students pursuing degrees in: (1) early childhood education; (2) science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; or (3) critical foreign languages. Requires scholarship recipients, for four years, to teach in their field of study or or work in employment that improves education.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to nonprofit educational agencies to work with local educational agencies (LEAs) to expand or develop Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs in their schools.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states for: (1) programs encouraging elementary and secondary school teachers to serve in rural or underserved areas; (2) voluntary universal prekindergarten programs focusing on child development; (3) coordination of prekindergarten through grade 16 (PK-16) programs and establishment of integrated data systems tracking student progress; (4) internships and summer programs for middle and secondary school students; (5) student mentoring, afterschool , and enrichment programs; and (6) summer science and engineering institutes for secondary school students. Requires states to take specified actions to raise early childhood education teachers' qualifications.

Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) matching grants to LEAs to establish and operate specialty science and mathematics secondary schools; (2) scholarships to students pursuing a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree who agree to work in their field of study for four years; and (3) research grants to scientists who are under age 40. Increases the Pell grant.

Increases and extends funding for Indian education programs, including Native American language immersion programs.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships between: (1) institutions of higher education and local workforce investment boards for job training in high-growth industries or occupations; and (2) such institutions and facilitators of small business development for small business training. Authorizes grants to states and LEAs for distance learning.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish education tax incentives which include: (1) a refundable higher education tax credit; (2) the application of retirement plan distributions to longer student loan repayment periods; (3) larger deductions for teachers' classroom expenses, student loan interest, and charitable contributions to schools; (4) a larger employee exclusion for employer provided educational assistance; (5) Young Savers Accounts; (6) the extension of the Qualified Academy Zone Bond program and participation by tribally controlled colleges and universities; and (7) an additional standard deduction for real property taxes.

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