3.0.0 2611 2023-01-12T17:53:04Z 2023-01-12T17:53:04Z House H HR 2007-06-07 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-24T13:25:44Z Referred to 2007-06-07T14:05:00Z Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007 110 1812 S 2007-07-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2007-07-24 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2007-06-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-06-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. 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LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18] RAY LAHOOD R IL 18 2007-06-19 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2007-07-10 False M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2007-07-18 False B001244 Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] Jo Bonner R AL 1 2007-07-24 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2007-09-06 False B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2007-09-06 False S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 2007-09-06 False H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-10-17 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2007-10-22 False B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2007-12-06 False C000794 Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] JERRY COSTELLO D IL F. 12 2007-12-06 False B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2008-01-29 False U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 2008-03-06 False A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 2008-04-17 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2008-04-23 False D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2008-04-23 False C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 2008-04-24 False T000266 Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] JOHN TIERNEY D MA F. 6 2008-05-07 False S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-06-11 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-06-19 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2008-06-19 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-06-25 False Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2008-07-15 False B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2008-07-15 False Education Alaska Colleges Commerce Community and school Corporations Crime and Law Enforcement Dropouts Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Educational research Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Ethics Ex-offenders Families Federal aid to education Gangs Hawaiians Higher education Indian education Indigenous peoples Juvenile delinquency Mentoring Minorities Minority education Native Americans Performance measurement School security Secondary education Suburbs Violence Youth services Education 00 2007-06-07 Introduced in House 2008-04-28T16:25:32Z Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make miscellaneous changes to the Mentoring grant program under title IV that include: (1) improvement of school connectedness and character education among mentoring's purposes; (2) corporations, universities, and other entities among program providers; (3) a requirement that mentors help children become responsible and successful adults; (4) suburban children in high crime areas and children living in high gang involvement, drug use, or dropout areas among those most in need of mentoring; (5) limitation of each mentor to no more than three children; and (6) mandatory information on grant applicants about plans for monitoring mentor/mentee matches and the satisfaction of grant matching requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over the three-year grant term;

Allows grantees to be considered for new grants if: (1) their prior performance was satisfactory; (2) they propose to use the new grant exclusively for expanded service to a new area or population; and (3) they are able to provide a 50% match to the new grant funds.

Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide training and technical assistance to, and track and evaluate the performance of, grantees; and (2) arrange for research on school-based mentoring, the results of which are to be provided to the mentoring community.

Includes mentoring in ESEA programs for: (1) Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native education; (2) the transitioning of youth offenders into education; and (3) school violence and drug abuse prevention.

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