3.0.0 249 2022-03-02T15:36:55Z 2022-03-02T15:36:55Z House H HRES 2011-05-04 112 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2011-05-04T14:02:50Z 2011-05-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2011-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 N Education Area studies and international education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Geography and mapping Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-05-04 Introduced in House 2011-05-23T14:32:03Z Urges the Obama Administration to include geography and geospatial education in its Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Blueprint for Reform proposals.

Urges Congress to: (1) include funding for geography education consistent with other core academic subjects for K-12, as part of a reauthorized ESEA; and (2) enhance geography teacher training by passing legislation such as the Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act.

]]> Supporting K-12 geography education. Display Title Supporting K-12 geography education. Official Title as Introduced Supporting K-12 geography education. Introduced in House 2011-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hres249ih/xml/BILLS-112hres249ih.xml 2011-05-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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.