3.0.0 1483 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z Senate S S 2007-05-24 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-24T18:10:26Z 2007-05-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-05-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6857) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-05-24 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-04-15 False Education Charitable contributions Commerce Community and school Corporate philanthropy Corporation taxes Curricula Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Educational planning Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Government trust funds Higher education Income tax Nonprofit organizations Secondary education Social Welfare Standards Tax deductions Taxation Teacher education Education 00 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-06T16:16:05Z 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to establish statewide 21st Century Skills initiatives.

Conditions grant eligibility on a state's: (1) developing a comprehensive plan for such initiative; (2) showing a commitment to advancing such skills within standards and assessments, curriculum, professional development, and the learning environment; (3) achieving broad support for the initiative among state education, business, and civic leaders; and (4) being approved as a 21st Century Partner state by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

Directs the Secretary to establish a 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund from which grants shall be awarded.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that the percentage limitation on corporate charitable contributions be applied separately to cash contributions to state 21st Century Skills initiatives and all other corporate charitable contributions.

]]> 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act Display Title 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to create a new incentive fund that will encourage States to adopt the 21st Century Skills Framework. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act Introduced in Senate 2007-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1483is/xml/BILLS-110s1483is.xml 2007-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.