3.0.0 1649 2020-02-10T16:51:55Z 2020-02-10T16:51:55Z House H HR 2009-03-19 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-14T14:59:29Z hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-14T14:22:44Z Referred to 2009-03-19T14:08:18Z 2009-05-14 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2009-05-14 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2009-03-19 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 N Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2009-03-19 Introduced in House 2009-04-09T21:38:27Z High-Quality Education Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states, or local educational agencies (LEAs) in states that do not receive such grants, to reduce the size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools.

Requires such grants to be provided only to states or LEAs serving schools whose average core curriculum class size is greater than 18 students in kindergarten through grade 3, 22 students in grades 4 through 8, and 25 students in grades 9 through 12.

Requires grant funds to be used for: (1) constructing new classroom space; (2) hiring additional teachers; and (3) purchasing portable structures to replace administrative offices that are converted into classrooms.

Permits the Secretary to give grant priority to states or LEAs serving schools: (1) where over 17% of the students between age 4 and 18 are from impoverished families; or (2) whose average core curriculum class size is higher than the average core curriculum class size of schools served by other applicants.


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