3.0.0 2157 2023-01-11T20:20:59Z 2023-01-11T20:20:59Z Senate S S 2007-10-04 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-04T23:07:25Z 2007-10-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-10-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Education Academic performance Art Arts, Culture, Religion Civics education Colleges Compensatory education Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Higher education History Housing and Community Development Juvenile delinquency Language arts Mathematics Music Nonprofit organizations Parent-school relationships Rating of teachers Reading Recreation School administration School districts School libraries Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Social sciences Sports and Recreation Student activities Student housing Student transportation Teacher salaries Technical education Theater Transportation and Public Works Year round schools Youth violence Education 00 2007-10-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-05T22:54:46Z Expanded Education Act - Amends title I of the the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new part I (Expanded Education) program awarding grants to states for the conduct of separate expanded day, week, or year pilot programs.

Requires that for each of the expanded day and week programs at least: (1) 20 schools in each small state and 50 schools in each large state participate; (2) 50% of each participating school's student population consist of low-income students; (3) one entire grade in each participating school be involved in the program.

Requires each expanded day and week program to: (1) increase student proficiency in reading and language arts, and mathematics; (2) provide education in new areas or directions, so that it is not wholly remedial; and (3) include sufficient recreational, social, or extra-curricular cultural activities.

Allows each participating state to conduct expanded year programs through one or a combination of three school-based models: (1) two to be conducted by participating schools, institutions of higher education (IHE), or nonprofit organizations in schools at least 50% of whose students are low-income students, but differing in whether they require the mandatory participation of at least one entire grade or allow the voluntary participation of at least two grades at participating schools; and (2) one requiring the state to establish a voluntary summer learning institute for low-income students at an IHE to be run by the IHE or a nonprofit organization.

Requires each expanded year program to: (1) provide education in new areas or directions, or increase student expertise; (2) emphasize non-remedial work; and (3) include sufficient recreational, social, or extra-curricular cultural activities.

]]> Expanded Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish pilot programs in expanded school attendance. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Expanded Education Act Short Titles as Introduced Expanded Education Act Introduced in Senate 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2157is/xml/BILLS-110s2157is.xml 2007-10-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.