[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 7 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                         Calendar No. 7
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                  S. 7

  To expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing 
   access to high-quality early childhood education and after school 
   programs, advancing reform in elementary and secondary education, 
 strengthening mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that 
      higher education is more affordable, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
   Begich, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
Bingaman, Mr. Casey, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
  Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                            January 7, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing 
   access to high-quality early childhood education and after school 
   programs, advancing reform in elementary and secondary education, 
 strengthening mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that 
      higher education is more affordable, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Education Opportunity Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Senate and the House of 
Representatives should pass, and the President should sign into law, 
legislation to expand educational opportunities for all Americans by--
            (1) increasing access to high-quality early childhood 
        education and expanding child care, after school, and extended 
        learning opportunities;
            (2) improving accountability and assessment measures for 
        elementary and secondary school students, increasing secondary 
        school graduation rates, and supporting elementary and 
        secondary school improvement efforts;
            (3) strengthening teacher preparation, induction, and 
        support in order to recruit and retain qualified and effective 
        teachers in high-need schools;
            (4) enhancing the rigor and relevance of State academic 
        standards and encouraging innovative reform at the middle and 
        high school levels;
            (5) strengthening mathematics and science curricula and 
        instruction; and
            (6) increasing Federal grant aid for students and the 
        families of students, improving the rate of postsecondary 
        degree completion, and providing tax incentives to make higher 
        education more affordable.
                                                         Calendar No. 7

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                  S. 7

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                                 A BILL

  To expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing 
   access to high-quality early childhood education and after school 
   programs, advancing reform in elementary and secondary education, 
 strengthening mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that 
      higher education is more affordable, and for other purposes.

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                            January 7, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar