3.0.0 765 2023-01-11T19:46:47Z 2023-01-11T19:46:47Z Senate S S 2007-03-06 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-06T15:47:16Z 2007-03-06 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 S2697-2699) IntroReferral 2007-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2696-2697) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-03-06 True Education Academic performance College entrance requirements Compensatory education Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Curricula Dropouts Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational counseling Educational planning Educational statistics Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Labor and Employment Language arts Mathematics Minorities Minority education Nonprofit organizations Parent-school relationships Rating of teachers Reading School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Service learning Social Welfare Student employment Teacher education Education 00 2007-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-21T14:19:34Z Graduate for a Better Future Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, educational nonprofit organizations, or partnerships of such entities for their use in providing competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAS) that have a high school graduation rate of no more than 60% in the aggregate or among at least two subgroups consisting of the poor or major racial or ethnic groups.

Requires each LEA subgrantee to use the funds to implement: (1) a college-preparatory curriculum aligned with rigorous secondary school studies; (2) accelerated remedial programs that allow underperforming students to become proficient in mathematics, reading and language arts, and science and thereby graduate in a timely manner; (3) systems to measure student progress in the core subjects and quickly identify students who are dropout risks; (4) a comprehensive college guidance program; (5) a program offering students opportunities for work-based and experiential learning; (6) a program providing students with access to courses in which they may earn college credit; (7) a program providing each student with an academic teacher advisor with whom the student regularly meets; and (8) a program of teacher professional development and institutional leadership that includes diagnostic and formative assessments.

Requires nonfederal matching contributions equal to the grant amount.

Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent evaluation of, and report to Congress on, the impact this program has on high school graduation rates, college attendance rates, and academic achievement.

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