3.0.0 1608 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-06T21:02:50Z Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act 111 3982 HR 2009-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2009-08-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-08-06 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-08-06 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-08-06 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-10-15 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-11-16 False Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Higher education Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Vocational and technical education Education 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-05T20:41:55Z Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to eligible partnerships to assist them in providing disadvantaged youth with the support needed to: (1) graduate from secondary school; (2) attain a postsecondary credential, including those offered by institutions of higher education, industry groups, or registered apprenticeship programs; and (3) secure and succeed in a family-supporting career.

Requires each eligible partnership to include: (1) the head of the local government assisted by the grant; (2) disadvantaged youth and their caregivers; (3) representatives from certain state and local service agencies; (4) representatives from certain educational entities; and (5) a representative from a community-based organization, a youth-serving nonprofit agency, a labor-management committee, and a business.

Requires grantees to award subgrants and contracts to community-based organizations and other entities for the provision of a comprehensive array of coordinated services to disadvantaged youth that include workforce preparation, education support, and youth support services.

Establishes an accountability system for measuring the performance of each grantee against specified interim, transitional, and long-term indicators of success.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) award a grant or contract to an entity outside the Department of Labor for an evaluation of grant-assisted activities; (2) disseminate best practices that emerge from the partnership grant program; and (3) provide training, technical assistance, and professional development for organizations serving disadvantaged youth, including organizations that do not receive funding under this Act.


]]> Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act Display Title Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1608is/xml/BILLS-111s1608is.xml 2009-08-06 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.