3.0.0 1004 2020-02-10T17:07:01Z 2020-02-10T17:07:01Z Senate S S 2011-05-16 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-16T21:57:32Z Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 112 2098 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2011-05-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-05-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2997-2998) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-05-16 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-05-16 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-05-16 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-05-16 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-05-16 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-05-23 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-02-27 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Preschool education Special education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-07T19:49:33Z Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants to nonprofit organizations that partner with a local educational agency (LEA) to implement a comprehensive continuum of supports and services that engage community partners in improving the academic achievement, health and social development, and college and career readiness of children that live in distressed neighborhoods with underperforming schools.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive, matching Promise School grants to LEAs that partner with nonprofit organizations, and Indian or charter schools that partner with nonprofit organizations or institutions of higher education, to implement school-centered strategies and integrated student supports that leverage community partnerships to improve student achievement and development in schools with high concentrations of low-income children.

Authorizes the Secretary to renew Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants and Promise School grants if the grantees demonstrate significant success in: (1) ensuring children's school readiness; (2) improving their academic outcomes; (3) increasing their college and career readiness; and (4) improving their health, mental health, and social and emotional well-being.

Requires this Act's grantees to evaluate their programs continuously and improve them based on data and outcomes.

Directs the Secretary to evaluate this Act's grant programs and disseminate research on best practices for improving the academic achievement of children living in our most distressed communities.

Authorizes the Secretary to award matching planning grants to entities eligible for this Act's other grants.

]]> Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 Display Title Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to support Promise Neighborhoods. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1004is/xml/BILLS-112s1004is.xml 2011-05-16 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.