3.0.0 1710 2023-01-11T13:30:11Z 2023-01-11T13:30:11Z Senate S 2015-07-07 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-07T21:30:08Z 2015-07-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-07-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-07-07 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-07-07 True Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Financial literacy Higher education National and community service Science and engineering education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2015-07-07 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-03T21:15:14Z AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015

This bill authorizes a grant program to enable elementary schools, secondary schools, or specified entities that serve low-performing schools to: (1) improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students, and (2) select national service participants and engage such participants in school turnaround projects.

An entity that receives a grant under the program must use the grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities: (1) improving the quality and frequency of individualized learning time, (2) increasing individualized learning time or extended learning programs, (3) providing college and career readiness guidance and assistance, (4) accelerating reading and mathematics knowledge and skills, or (5) carrying out school-wide activities to increase graduation rates or address nonacademic factors impacting student achievement.

]]> AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015 Display Title AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize a grant-matching program that strengthens and accelerates interventions in the lowest-performing elementary schools and secondary schools. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced AmeriCorps School Turnaround Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1710is/xml/BILLS-114s1710is.xml 2015-07-07 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.