3.0.0 913 2021-09-28T20:16:13Z 2021-09-28T20:16:13Z House H HR 2009-02-09 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2009-03-23T18:44:54Z Referred to 2009-02-09T19:02:45Z 2009-03-23 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2009-02-09 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-02-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E222) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 N R000572 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] Mike Rogers R MI 8 2009-02-09 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2009-02-09 True K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2009-02-09 True C000794 Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] JERRY COSTELLO D IL F. 12 2009-02-09 True H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2009-02-09 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2009-02-09 True S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-02-25 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2009-02-25 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2009-02-25 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2009-02-25 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2009-03-05 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2009-03-05 False Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2009-03-11 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2009-03-11 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2009-05-18 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2009-06-02 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2009-06-08 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2009-07-24 False Education Academic performance and assessments Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Indian social and development programs Juvenile crime and gang violence Minority education Performance measurement Policy sciences Public-private cooperation Violent crime Education 00 2009-02-09 Introduced in House 2009-02-13T15:34:54Z Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make miscellaneous changes to the Mentoring grant program under title IV that include: (1) improvement of school connectedness and character education among mentoring's purposes; (2) corporations, universities, and other entities among program providers; (3) a requirement that mentors help children become responsible and successful adults; (4) suburban children in high crime areas and children living in high gang involvement, drug use, or dropout areas among those most in need of mentoring; (5) limitation of each mentor to no more than three children; and (6) mandatory information on grant applicants about plans for monitoring mentor/mentee matches and the satisfaction of grant matching requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over the three-year grant term.

Allows grantees to be considered for new grants if: (1) their prior performance was satisfactory; (2) they propose to use the new grant exclusively for expanded service to a new area or population; and (3) they are able to provide a 50% match to the new grant funds.

Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide training and technical assistance to grantees, and track and evaluate their performance; and (2) arrange for research on school-based mentoring, the results of which are to be provided to the mentoring community.

Includes mentoring in ESEA programs for: (1) Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native education; (2) the transitioning of youth offenders into education; and (3) school violence and drug abuse prevention.

]]> Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 Display Title Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr913ih/xml/BILLS-111hr913ih.xml 2009-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. 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.