3.0.0 946 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z Senate S S 2011-05-11 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-11T17:10:22Z 2011-05-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2879-2880) IntroReferral 2011-05-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2878-2879) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-05-11 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-05-11 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-05-11 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-05-11 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2011-05-11 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-05-11 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-05-11 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-05-11 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2011-05-11 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-05-16 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2011-05-18 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-05-23 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-05-25 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-06-07 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2011-06-21 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-06-21 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2011-07-19 False Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Education Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government information and archives Rural conditions and development Education 00 2011-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-23T15:32:29Z Office of Rural Education Policy Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Rural Education Policy (Office) in the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Requires the Office to be headed by a Director who advises the Secretary of Education on the characteristics and needs of rural schools, and the effects current policies and proposed statutory, regulatory, administrative, and budgetary changes have on states and local educational agencies (LEAs) that serve such schools.

Requires the Director to: (1) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating certain information on rural education; (2) identify innovative research and demonstration projects on topics of importance to rural schools; (3) coordinate rural education activities within the Department; (4) inform the Department of other federal agency activities related to rural education; (5) coordinate its activities with Indian schools and the Department of the Interior's responsibilities regarding such schools; (6) provide technical assistance and other support for rural education improvement efforts; and (7) produce an annual report, for Congress and the public, on the condition of rural education.

Requires the Director to prepare regulatory impact analyses of the Secretary's proposed and final rules that may have a significant impact on states or LEAs that serve rural schools.

]]> Office of Rural Education Policy Act Short Titles as Introduced Office of Rural Education Policy Act Display Title Office of Rural Education Policy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Office of Rural Education Policy in the Department of Education. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s946is/xml/BILLS-112s946is.xml 2011-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2879-2880) 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.