3.0.0 3326 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z Senate S S 2008-07-24 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-24T19:19:58Z 2008-07-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7290-7291) IntroReferral 2008-07-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7289-7290) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Education College costs Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational counseling Educational planning Educational statistics Elementary and secondary education Employee training Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Labor and Employment Parent-school relationships Secondary education Social Welfare Student aid Student enrollment Teacher education Education 00 2008-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-17T16:14:20Z Pathways to College Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive five-year grants to local educational agencies that serve mostly high-need secondary schools for programs to increase the number of students from low-income families who attend college. Defines "high-need secondary schools" as those where at least one-half of the students are from low-income families.

Requires grantees to use such funds to: (1) train teachers and counselors to provide students with advice concerning postsecondary education; (2) ensure that each student receives postsecondary information and planning assistance before the end of their first semester of secondary school; (3) inform students and parents regarding the benefits, expenses, and financing of higher education; and (4) ensure that their schools develop comprehensive, school-wide plans of action to strengthen their college-going culture.

Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees in calculating and analyzing their college-going rates and adopting best practices for elevating such rates.

Requires grantees to measure externally verified school-wide college enrollment, track data that leads to increased college-going, and evaluate the success of their grant activities.

]]> Pathways to College Act Short Titles as Introduced Pathways to College Act Display Title Pathways to College Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local education agencies to improve college access. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3326is/xml/BILLS-110s3326is.xml 2008-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7290-7291) 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.