DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Addresses

Putting the Teaching of American History and Civics Back Into Our Classrooms—Out of Many, One—E Pluribus Unum: Senator Alexander, S4157-S4159 [20MR]

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S10945, S10948, S10973, S10985 [2SE], S10992, S11004, S11009, S11013, S11039, S11040 [3SE], S11052, S11056, S11057, S11069, S11078, S11081, S11090, S11100, S11101, S11102, S11103, S11119, S11120, S11121, S11122, S11123 [4SE], S11136, S11170, S11171 [5SE], S11219, S11226, S11228, S11230, S11231, S11232, S11234, S11239, S11257, S11258, S11259 [9SE], S11273, S11280, S11282, S11286, S11290, S11291, S11292, S11296, S11297, S11309, S11321, S11322, S11323, S11324, S11329, S11330, S11356, S11357, S11358, S11359, S11360, S11361 [10SE], S11423, S11427 [11SE], H6349, H6350 [8JY], H6405, H6416, H6465, H6466 [9JY], H6536, H6560, H6561, H6563, H6564, H6568, H6573, H6574, H6576, H6604 [10JY]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (S. 504), S8307 [20JN]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7562, H7575 [24JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11341 [10SE], H9166 [2OC]

Articles and editorials

Beyond Their Reach, S11236 [9SE]

Cutbacks to Our Children, S4344 [25MR], S5275 [11AP]

Heavy Lifting, S4345 [25MR]

Hispanics Worry About Head Start Proposal, H6845 [15JY]

3 to 6 Gap, S4345 [25MR]

Today's College Students Barely More Knowledgeable Than High School Students of 50 Years Ago, Poll Shows, S3040 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 1412), H2310 [25MR]

Assistant Sec. for Community and Junior Colleges: establish (see H.R. 3304), H9477 [15OC]

Chesapeake Bay: make grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques relating to environmental education and training in the watershed (see S. 828), S5059 [9AP]

Children and youth: establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 3063), H8174 [10SE]

———make grants to States to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 2651), H6263 [26JN]

———study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 79), H54 [7JA]

Colleges and universities: eliminate termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans (see H.R. 227), H59 [7JA]

———establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education to improve schools of education (see S. 408), S2457 [13FE]

———improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (see S. 1793), S13377 [28OC]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see S. 620), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1613), H2820 [3AP]

Crime: prohibit funding of any program within a State unless the State has in place a criminal information sharing system (see H.R. 2649), H6263 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1356), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 246), H135 [8JA] (see H.R. 2618), H6261 [26JN] (see H.R. 2660), H6347 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), consideration (see H. Res. 312), H6347 [8JY]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 2018), H3761 [7MY]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (see H.R. 2556), H5713 [23JN]

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 1805), H3352 [11AP]

———establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see S. 504), S3086 [4MR] (see H.R. 1078), H1515 [4MR]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H8282 [16SE]

———increase amount of student loan forgiveness and cancellation available to qualified teachers (see S. 110), S132 [9JA]

———increase amount of student loan forgiveness and cancellation available to qualified teachers (S. 110) (see H.R. 647), H322 [5FE]

———prohibit transfer of students to schools that are at or above capacity (see H.R. 947), H1395 [26FE]

———provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 599), H321 [5FE]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 3450), H10457 [5NO]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers and make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes relative to individualized education programs (see S. 626), S3730 [13MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 2884), H7616 [24JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see S. 777), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 566), H319 [5FE] (see H.R. 932), H1395 [26FE]

Employment: enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 3660), H12918 [8DE]

Families and domestic relations: provide assistance to families of teachers or school employees killed by violence while performing school duties (see H.R. 416), H218 [28JA]

Federal aid programs: ensure that students are not hurt by changes to needs analysis tables and require consultation with Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (see S. 1268), S7926 [16JN] (see S. 1273), S7980 [17JN]

———provide grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 329), H138 [8JA]

Head Start Program: provide additional funding for States with increased numbers of children eligible for participation (see H.R. 2563), H5713 [23JN]

———reauthorize (see S. 1940), S15812 [24NO]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 1483), S10140 [29JY] (see H.R. 2210), H4734 [22MY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (see H. Res. 336), H7453 [23JY]

Higher Education Act: eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions (see S. 1287), S8125 [18JN]

———eliminate wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving institutions (see S. 1081), S6624 [19MY] (see H.R. 2543), H5662 [19JN]

———technical amendments (see S. 901), S5342 [11AP]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2464), H5365 [12JN] (see H.R. 2953), H7783 [25JY]

Immigration: assist aliens transplanted as children in continuing their education and successfully integrating into society (see H.R. 84), H54 [7JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reduce paperwork for special education teachers (see H.R. 464), H242 [29JA]

Local government: establish competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3008), H7948 [4SE]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3462), H10977 [6NO]

Mental health: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2284), H4786 [2JN]

Schools: make grants to assist schools in discontinuing the use of a derogatory or discriminatory name, or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname (see H.R. 1246), H1811 [12MR]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

———reduce size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools through grants (see H.R. 3685), H12919 [8DE]

Student loans: provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H1952 [18MR]

Territories (U.S.): conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (see H.R. 1486), H2471 [27MR]

Terrorism: provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 893), H1332 [25FE]

Descriptions

Tennessee Governor's Schools, S3041 [4MR]

Factsheets

Education Funding, H6509-H6511 [10JY]

House Republican Record on Education Funding, H6503-H6505 [10JY]

House Republican Record on Pell Grants, H6513 [10JY]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay legislation: Robert M. Ferris, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5068 [9AP]

———Robert S. Bloxom, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5068 [9AP]

College Fire Prevention Act: Daniel Jones, Chapel Hill, NC, Fire Dept., S3738 [13MR]

———John C. Biechman, National Fire Prevention Association, S3737 [13MR]

Education funding: Roderick Paige, Sec. of Education, S96 [9JA]

Excellence in Economic Education Act funding: David McClain, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———John B. Kelley, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10950 [2SE]

———John M. Knox, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———Kristine Castagnaro, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———Richard Rankin, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———Will Sanburn, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

Head Start Program and afterschool programs funding: Judy Samelson, Afterschool Alliance (organization), S4346 [25MR]

———Sanford A. Newman and Miriam A. Rollin, Fight Crime—Invest in Kids (organization), S4346 [25MR]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S10148 [29JY]

Impact Aid Program funding: Senate Impact Aid Coalition, S11010 [3SE]

Scholarship vouchers to provide school choice in the District of Columbia: Delegate Norton, S12118 [29SE]

———Iris J. Toyer and Darlene T. Allen, Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools (organization), S12119 [29SE]

———Kathy Patterson, S12119 [29SE]

———Paul Strauss, S12176 [30SE]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, S12035 [26SE]

Lists

State Governor's schools, S3041 [4MR]

Texans endorsing benefits of participating in Head Start Program, H7523 [24JY]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11002, S11015 [3SE], S11077, S11094 [4SE], S11135 [5SE], S11224, S11225, S11226, S11227, S11229, S11230, S11232, S11234 [9SE], S11294, S11295, S11302, S11313 [10SE], H6548, H6577 [10JY], H9155 [2OC], H9841 [28OC], H10083 [29OC], H10314 [4NO], H10428, H10429 [5NO], H10515 [6NO], H11186 [17NO], H11434, H11500 [18NO], H11622 [19NO], H11845 [20NO]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7592 [24JY]

Poems

``Crowd the Children In,'' Representative Owens, E130 [5FE]

Press releases

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act: Sarah Greene, National Head Start Association, S10148 [29JY]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: Head Start Program funding, H7559 [24JY]

Armed Forces: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency, H4587 [22MY]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (H.R. 1412), H2522-H2527 [1AP], E561 [25MR], E663 [3AP]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H7798 [3SE], H8194 [10SE], H8998, H9000 [30SE], H9080 [1OC], H9712 [20OC], H9986 [29OC], E1508 [18JY]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education: convene, E1816 [17SE]

———report on young people's attitudes on the political process, E2404 [22NO]

Deland, FL: St. Barnabas Episcopal School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2163 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: Impact Aid Program funding, H6516, H6520 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: increase overall funding through reductions in tax cuts, H6523, H6524, H6547, H6548 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 246), E56 [8JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6469, H6470-H6581, H6584, H6589, H6591 [10JY], H9155-H9166, H9195 [2OC], E1482 [15JY], E1509 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), consideration (H. Res. 312), H6396-H6417 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H9155-H9166 [2OC], H10083-H10090 [29OC], H10429-H10434 [5NO], H10515-H10520 [6NO], H11434, H11500-H11503 [18NO], H11622-H11628 [19NO], E1975 [3OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to recommit, H6577 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), unanimous-consent agreement, H6396 [9JY], H6535 [10JY]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (H.R. 2556), E1326 [23JN]

Education: allow school districts to form partnerships with universities and businesses for teachers to gain clinical experience in science, mathematics, and technology, H6369 [9JY]

———ensure that teacher-recruitment programs assist individuals in transitioning into teaching from careers outside the field of education, H6369 [9JY]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools, H6366 [9JY]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (H.R. 1805), E771 [12AP]

———funding, H173 [28JA], H225-H228 [29JA], H663 [13FE], H1657 [6MR], H2198 [20MR], H2314 [26MR], H2457-H2460 [27MR], H2547, H2580 [1AP], H2793 [3AP], H3295 [10AP], H3766 [8MY], H4189 [15MY], H4881 [4JN], H6500-H6519, H6525-H6534 [10JY], H10331 [4NO], E76 [28JA], E130 [5FE]

———student financial aid programs, H2693 [2AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 932), H1362 [26FE]

———effect of reduced Impact Aid Program funding on certain military service-dependent economies, H1357, H1376 [26FE], E304, E307 [27FE]

Families and domestic relations: provide assistance to families of teachers or school employees killed by violence while performing school duties (H.R. 416), E79 [28JA]

Fort Worth, TX: Rufino Mendoza Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1968 [2OC]

GAO: audit, H4262 [20MY]

Goodman, Jonathan: Greater San Diego, CA, 24 Challenge Math Program Grand Champion honoree, E1493 [17JY]

Grants: collect all grant repayments and redirect funds to low-income and historically low-achieving school districts, H6371 [9JY]

Hatch, Chandler A.: Presidential Scholar Award recipient, E1331 [24JN]

Head Start Program: conduct a study comparing participants with eligible children who do not participate, H7527 [24JY]

———ensure coverage of children of migrant and seasonal workers and Native Americans, H7527, H7548, H7549, H7593 [24JY]

———funding, H1911, H1929 [18MR], H2580 [1AP], H6386, H6388, H6389, H6439 [9JY], H6872 [16JY], H7203 [21JY]

———prohibit faith-based organizations providing Head Start services from religious discrimination in hiring, H7523, H7526, H7548, H7557-H7561, H7571-H7575, H7583, H7584, H7587, H7590 [24JY], H11560 [19NO]

———provide block grants to States, E1635, E1636 [25JY]

———provide scholarships for teachers pursuing post-secondary degrees, H7527 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H4983 [5JN], H5257-H5263 [11JN], H5541-H5549 [18JN], H6845, H6848-H6858 [15JY], H7236 [22JY], H7457, H7458, H7542-H7595 [24JY], H8893 [24SE], E1052, E1053 [22MY], E1249 [13JN], E1582 [24JY], E1618, E1624, E1635, E1636, E1642, E1644, E1648, E1650, E1651, E1653, E1663 [25JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (H. Res. 336), H7518-H7531, H7542 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), motion to recommit, H7593 [24JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: conduct study to determine States compliance costs, H3530 [30AP]

———funding, H10429-H10434 [5NO]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers, H3473, H3474, H3512 [30AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers (H.R. 464), E103, E104 [29JA]

Irmo, SC: Irmo High School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, H9986 [29OC]

Kimzey, Todd: Greater San Diego, CA, 24 Challenge Math Program Grand Champion honoree, E1499 [17JY]

Long Beach, CA: Long Beach Unified School District recipient of Broad Foundation Broad Prize for Urban Education, E1977 [7OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation, E2152 [28OC]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, H6564-H6568 [10JY]

Notier, Peter: Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award recipent, E1331 [24JN]

Oak Park, CA: Brookside School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1936 [1OC]

Pueblo, CO: Eva Baca Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2078 [17OC]

San Agustin, Joycel: Greater San Diego, CA, 24 Challenge Math Program Grand Champion honoree, E1493 [17JY]

San Antonio, TX: Morrill Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1803 [16SE]

———Rayburn Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1803 [16SE]

Schools: enhance safety, H6564 [10JY]

Smith, Anne E.: Presidential Scholar Award recipient, E1353 [25JN]

Student loans: provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (H.R. 1306), E487 [18MR]

Territories (U.S.): conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (H.R. 1486), E1076 [23MY]

Thousand Oaks, CA: Pinecrest School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1936 [1OC]

Tobiska, Jackson: Presidential Scholar Award recipient, H5417 [17JN]

Ventura, CA: Poinsettia School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1935 [1OC]

Wendel, Ben: Greater San Diego, CA, 24 Challenge Math Program Grand Champion honoree, E1498 [17JY]

Yorba Linda, CA: Bryant Ranch School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2149 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (H.R. 1412), S10866 [31JY]

Boise, ID: William Howard Taft Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12371 [2OC]

Cabell, Stephen: Presidential Scholar in the Arts honoree, S8554 [25JN]

Chesapeake Bay: make grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques relating to environmental education and training in the watershed (S. 828), S5062-S5064 [9AP]

Children and youth: mentoring programs funding, S11336, S11337 [10SE]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education to improve schools of education (S. 408), S2480 [13FE]

———improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (S. 1793), S13383-S13386, S13406 [28OC]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (S. 620), S3737 [13MR]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11311 [10SE]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education: convene, S11559 [16SE]

———tribute, S16101, S16102 [9DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S10941 [2SE], S10991-S11020 [3SE], S11051-S11062, S11065-S11095, S11100-S11107 [4SE], S11134-S11145, S11147-S11150 [5SE], S11173-S11182 [8SE], S11191-S11240, S11261 [9SE], S11263-S11303, S11307-S11315, S11321-S11341, S11362-S11364 [10SE], S11410, S11412 [11SE], S12213-S12216 [1OC], S12361 [2OC], S15969 [25NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), unanimous-consent agreement, S10886, S10887 [1AU], S11426 [11SE]

Education: afterschool programs funding, S4408 [26MR], S11281, S11293, S11294 [10SE]

———establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (S. 504), S3038-S3046 [4MR], S8216-S8219 [19JN], S8261-S8263 [20JN], S8714 [26JN]

———funding, S91-S96, S100, S101 [9JA], S193-S195 [10JA], S214 [13JA], S256 [14JA], S330, S345-S347 [15JA], S1024-S1048 [16JA], S1643, S1646 [28JA], S2282 [12FE], S2881 [27FE], S3121 [5MR], S3787 [17MR], S3940, S3956-S3964 [19MR], S4358 [25MR], S10959, S10962 [2SE], S11072 [4SE]

———Head Start Program and afterschool programs funding, S4344-S4347 [25MR]

———literacy, library, and museum programs funding, S11233 [9SE], S11273, S11274 [10SE]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers and make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes relative to individualized education programs (S. 626), S3744 [13MR]

———student financial aid programs, S11068, S11069, S11072, S11086, S11090, S11091 [4SE], S11215, S11225 [9SE]

———student financial aid programs funding through delays in NIH funding obligations, S11234, S11239 [9SE], S11274 [10SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (S. 777), S4827 [3AP]

Excellence in Economic Education Act: funding, S10948-S10952 [2SE]

Federal aid programs: ensure that students are not hurt by changes to needs analysis tables and require consultation with Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (S. 1273), S7983 [17JN]

Freedom's Answer Project: establish to engage students in election process, S12185 [30SE]

Head Start Program: funding, S9325 [14JY], S11054 [4SE], S11226, S11227 [9SE]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1483), S10145-S10149 [29JY]

Higher Education Act: eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions (S. 1287), S8159 [18JN]

———eliminate wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving institutions (S. 1081), S6632 [19MY]

———technical amendments (S. 901), S5356 [11AP]

Hispanic Americans: education programs funding, S10992-S11003 [3SE], S11149 [5SE], S11299, S11324-S11327 [10SE]

Hoffman, Margaret A.: Dept. of Education National Distinguished Principal Program honoree, S14268 [7NO]

Impact Aid Program: funding, S4409, S4410 [26MR], S11010-S11012, S11017 [3SE]

Indianapolis, IN: Charity Dye Elementary School #27 recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, S14799 [12NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S4236, S4237 [21MR]

Lerner, Robert: nomination to be Dept. of Education Commissioner of Education Statistics, S13509 [29OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, S11285-S11289, S11295 [10SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S7164 [23MY]

President's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics: report on Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, S2892, S2893 [27FE]

Rural Education Achievement Program: funding, S11078-S11081, S11086 [4SE]

Schools: provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities, S11088-S11094 [4SE], S11134 [5SE]

Shelbyville, DE: Phillip C. Showell Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12188 [30SE]

Teachers: teacher quality programs funding, S11290, S11302 [10SE]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, S11291, S11302, S11303 [10SE]

Underground Railroad Education and Cultural Program: funding, S11102, S11105 [4SE]

Zettel, Mary A.: Dept. of Education National Distinguished Principal Program honoree, S13511 [29OC]

Reports filed

American History and Civics Education Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 504) (S. Rept. 108-71), S7876 [13JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 108-232), H7453 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 312) (H. Rept. 108-192), H6347 [8JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2660) (H. Rept. 108-188), H6347 [8JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1356) (S. Rept. 108-81), S8722 [26JN]

Nomination of Robert Lerner To Be Dept. of Education Commissioner of Education Statistics: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate), S13659 [30OC]

School Readiness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2210) (H. Rept. 108-184), H6261 [26JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11315 [10SE], H6524, H6548, H6560, H6577 [10JY]

Statements

Afterschool Programs Funding: Several Students, S11282 [10SE]

Civic Education Plan for South Dakota, S16101 [9DE]

Civic Education Plan for Tennessee, S16101 [9DE]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education, S16102 [9DE]

No Child Left Behind Act Implementation: Gail Cohen, E2152 [28OC]

———Representative Andrews, E2152 [28OC]

Summaries

Citizenship—A Challenge for All Generations: Congressional Conference on Civic Education, E2404 [22NO]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act (S. 1483), S10146 [29JY]

Syllabuses

American Character and America's Government—Using the American Creed To Make Decisions: Senator Alexander, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, S3042-S3044 [4MR]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1356, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11020 [3SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6474-H6500 [10JY]

———educator professional development funding, S11291 [10SE]

———effect of 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program funding on other programs funding, S11292 [10SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 246), S1025 [16JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 312, consideration of H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6396 [9JY]

H. Res. 336, consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act, H7518 [24JY]

H.R. 1412, Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act, H2522 [1AP]

H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11485-S11499 [15SE]

S. 408, Ready To Educate All Children Act, S2484-S2486 [13FE]

S. 504, American History and Civics Education Act, S3088 [4MR], S8263-S8265 [20JN]

S. 620, College Fire Prevention Act, S3738 [13MR]

S. 828, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education Pilot Program Act, S5064 [9AP]

S. 1081, eliminate Higher Education Act wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving higher education institutions, S6632 [19MY]

S. 1273, ensure that students are not hurt by changes to needs analysis tables and require Dept. of Education consultation with Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, S7983 [17JN]

S. 1287, eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions under the Higher Education Act, S8160 [18JN]

S. 1793, College Quality, Affordability, and Diversity Improvement Act, S13386-S13406 [28OC]