3.0.0 3545 2022-02-03T05:11:26Z 2022-02-03T05:11:26Z Senate S S 2008-09-23 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-23T22:07:00Z 2008-09-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-09-23 True Education Academic performance Community and school Compensatory education Continuing education Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Higher education Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Recruiting of employees Rural education School-age child care Secondary education Student activities Student transportation Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Transportation and Public Works Education 00 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-25T16:33:04Z Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, or other entities to improve, expand, or establish rural after-school programs that provide students with a broad array of activities when school is not in session that improve their academic performance and promote their positive development.

Requires eligible programs to be implemented in active collaboration with the schools the students attend and take place in safe and easily accessible facilities.

Gives grant priority to partnerships between two or more entities eligible for such grants.

]]> Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs. Display Title Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3545is/xml/BILLS-110s3545is.xml 2008-09-23 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.