3.0.0 659 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z Senate S S 2009-03-19 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-19T22:38:00Z 2009-03-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-03-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3567-3571) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2009-03-23 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-03-23 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-10-13 False Education Academic performance and assessments Cultural exchanges and relations Department of Education Economic theory Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Higher education Libraries and archives Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula U.S. history Education 00 2009-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-10T18:45:05Z Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009 - Creates a new part E (American History and Civics Education) under title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), under which are placed the existing Teaching of Traditional American History, Civic Education (containing the We the People and Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange programs), and Close Up Fellowship programs.

Establishes, under part E of title II of the ESEA, programs requiring the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to IHEs, museums, libraries, research centers, or certain other educational institutions to establish Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics and Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics which offer seminars or institutes for teachers and outstanding students of such subjects, respectively.

Creates, under part E, a program authorizing the Secretary to provide grants or contracts to National History Day, Inc. for specified activities promoting and improving the study of history.

Repeals the American History and Civics Education Act of 2004, which contained a version of the Presidential Academies, Congressional Academies, and National History Day programs.

Reauthorizes part E programs through FY2015.

Amends the ESEA to require states to: (1) establish challenging academic content and student achievement standards in U.S. history, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year; and (2) measure the achievement of students against such standards at least one time during grades 3 through 5, grades 6 through 9, and grades 10 through 12, beginning in the 2012-2013 school year.

Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009 - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to: (1) give priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12; and (2) conduct trial state academic assessments of student achievement in U.S. history and civics in grades 8 and 12.

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