[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4217 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4217

  To study the access to and success in education of minority males, 
      including high school graduation and college participation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2007

Mr. Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To study the access to and success in education of minority males, 
      including high school graduation and college participation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Minority Male Academic Achievement 
Study''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF MINORITY MALE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

    (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Education shall--
            (1) commission and ensure the conduct of a national study 
        of underrepresented minority males, particularly African 
        American and Hispanic American males, completing high school, 
        and entering and graduating from colleges and universities in 
        accordance with the following:
                    (A) the data comprising the study shall focus 
                primarily on African American and Hispanic American 
                males and will utilize existing data sources;
                    (B) the study shall focus on high school completion 
                and preparation for college, success on the SAT and 
                ACT, and minority male access to college, including the 
                financing of college, and college persistence and 
                graduation; and
                    (C) the implementation of the study shall be in 
                four stages based on the recommendations of the 
                Commissioner of Education Statistics; and
            (2) make specific recommendations to the Congress and State 
        superintendents of education on new approaches to increase--
                    (A) the number of minority males successfully 
                preparing themselves for college study;
                    (B) the number of minority males graduating from 
                high school and entering college; and
                    (C) the number of minority males graduating from 
                college and entering careers in which they are 
                underrepresented.
    (b) Submission of the Report.--Not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report 
on the study required by subsection (a)(1), together with the 
recommendations required by subsection (a)(2), to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 
on Education and the Labor of the House of Representatives.
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