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        <fullName>Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>After School Partnerships Improve Results in Education Act or ASPIRE - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to partnerships, composed of a state or local educational agency and at least one college or nonprofit, community, tribal, business, labor, or career technical student organization, for the development of national model after-school interdisciplinary education programs for secondary school students. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to allot grants to states for matching subgrants to other partnerships, composed of such entities, for the development of after-school interdisciplinary education programs for secondary school students.</p> <p>Gives grant and subgrant priority to programs targeting a high percentage of impoverished, struggling, or rural students and their families.</p> <p>Requires each partnership grantee and subgrantee to include in its program: (1) at least one activity involving mathematics and science education, language arts, writing, and reading, or history, geography, or social studies; and (2) at least one activity involving career technical education, business and entrepreneurial education, health and wellness, the environment and conservation, or arts and music education.</p> <p>Allows program activities to take place after school, before school, or at any other time that the school is not in session.</p> <p></p> <p>Directs the Secretary to carry out national activities, such as providing technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees, and conducting a national evaluation of such programs.</p>]]></text>
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