3.0.0 3763 2023-01-11T20:24:26Z 2023-01-11T20:24:26Z House H HR 2007-10-04 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-04T14:02:10Z GRADUATES Act 110 1920 S 2007-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10610-10612) Identical bill CRS 2007-10-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-10-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 N P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2007-10-04 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-10-04 True M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 2007-10-04 True Education Academic performance Apprenticeship Arts Colleges Commerce Community and school Compensatory education Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Disabled Dropouts Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Educational counseling Educational innovations Educational statistics Elementary and secondary education English language Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Language arts Literacy programs Mathematics Mentoring Nonprofit organizations Parent-school relationships Performance measurement Reading School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Service learning Social Welfare Special education Standards Student aid Student employment Technical education Teenage pregnancy Vocational and technical education Women Education 00 2007-10-04 Introduced in House 2007-12-05T22:49:32Z Getting Retention and Diplomas Up Among Today's Enrolled Students Act or the GRADUATES Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund program awarding competitive matching grants to partnerships, which must include at least one state or local educational agency, for the implementation of innovative strategies to improve the achievement of at-risk students in secondary schools. Permits partnerships to award subgrants to schools for the implementation of such strategies.

Lists activities, one or more of which grantees or subgrantees must implement, that include: (1) creating multiple pathways that offer students a range of educational options aligned with their needs and interests and preparing them for postsecondary education and the workforce; (2) creating expanded learning time opportunities, such as arts, service, higher, and work-based education; (3) improving student transitions from middle school to high school or from high school to postsecondary education and the workforce; (4) increasing the autonomy and flexibility of secondary schools; (5) improving rural education through educational technology; (6) redesigning middle schools; and (7) improving teaching and increasing academic rigor at the secondary school level.

Requires the Secretary to disseminate best practices in improving secondary school student achievement.

]]> GRADUATES Act Official Title as Introduced To award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary education and the workforce. Introduced in House IH Display Title GRADUATES Act Short Titles as Introduced GRADUATES Act Short Titles as Introduced Getting Retention and Diplomas Up Among Today's Enrolled Students Act Introduced in House 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3763ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3763ih.xml 2007-10-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.