3.0.0 1940 2022-11-15T16:35:10Z 2022-11-15T16:35:10Z House H HR 2013-05-09 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LOEBSACK:H.R. 1940.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution whichgrants Congress the power to provide for the general Welfareof the United States.[Page H2570]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2013-07-08T20:29:24Z Referred to 2013-05-09T13:01:30Z 2013-07-08 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2013-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2013-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 N M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2013-05-09 True P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2013-05-09 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2013-05-09 True P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2013-05-09 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 33 2013-05-16 False S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2013-05-16 False B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 2013-05-23 False C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 2013-07-09 False M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2013-08-02 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2013-09-10 False L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2014-02-25 False Education Academic performance and assessments Child health Department of Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Mental health Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2013-05-09 Introduced in House 2015-07-02T17:02:47Z Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Office of Specialized Instructional Support within the Department of Education to improve specialized instructional support services in schools. Defines "specialized instructional support services" as assessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other services provided by qualified professionals as part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to: (1) establish or expand specialized instructional support services and programs at the state level that are designed to provide technical assistance, coordination, and support to specialized instructional support services and programs addressing barriers to learning within local educational agencies and individual schools; and (2) hire and support specialized instructional support services coordinators to provide such assistance, coordination, and support.

Replaces references to pupil services and pupil services personnel with references to specialized instructional support services and specialized instructional support personnel.

]]> Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2013 Display Title Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support in the Department of Education and to provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning. Introduced in House 2013-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1940ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1940ih.xml 2013-07-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. 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.