ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Articles and editorials

Teens Awash in Credit Card Debt, S3552 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

Children and youth: encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 3782), H11166 [8OC]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 1585), H3640 [18MR]

———promote the safe use of the Internet by students (see H.R. 780), H779 [28JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see S. 1932), S10776 [27OC] (see H.R. 3943), H11868 [27OC]

———allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 4286), H14826 [11DE]

———allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see H.R. 2597), H6010 [21MY]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 1655), S9186 [9SE] (see H.R. 3545), H9396 [9SE]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1345), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 1526), H3437 [16MR]

———award grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs (see S. 2785), S11430 [17NO]

———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see S. 1129), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2579), H6010 [21MY]

———establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 4065), H12971 [7NO]

———establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund (see H.R. 2239), H5096 [4MY]

———establish a Teacher Incentive Fund (see H.R. 3683), H10407 [30SE]

———establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 2593), H6010 [21MY]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 1410), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 3130), H7836 [8JY]

———establish grants for partnerships for mathematics and science teacher quality improvement (see H.R. 3950), H12044 [28OC]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (see S. 968), S5065 [4MY]

———establish Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (see S. 1137), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2624), H6011 [21MY]

———extend the same level of increased flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (see H.R. 825), H921 [3FE]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1161), H2631 [24FE]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 1362), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3006), H7145 [23JN]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2280), H5306 [6MY] (see H.R. 3651), H9998 [25SE]

Diseases: provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use (see S. 2817), S12008 [30NO]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental education (see S. 866), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 2054), H4686 [22AP]

Education: allow States to adopt alternate and modified standards for students with disabilities (see H.R. 2229), H5095 [4MY]

———amend certain accountability provisions relative to Title I funding (see H.R. 2958), H7022 [18JN]

———assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten (see S. 839), S4513 [21AP] (see H.R. 2184), H5060 [30AP]

———authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program (see S. 178), S211 [8JA]

———clarify State guidelines governing the inclusion of certain students in the limited English proficient subgroup and the students with disabilities subgroup (see H.R. 2228), H5095 [4MY]

———encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (see S. 1411), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 3343), H8809 [24JY]

———establish a grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs for teaching high school students about the U.S. Constitution and State constitutions (see H.R. 3591), H9729 [17SE]

———establish competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 3973), H12141 [29OC]

———expand grant programs for gifted and talented students (see H.R. 2036), H4686 [22AP]

———improve early education (see H.R. 702), H601 [27JA]

———provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 597), H381 [15JA]

———provide grants through participation in National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified and effective teachers (see H.R. 2755), H6305 [8JN]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (see S. 638), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1645), H3704 [19MR]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see S. 2887), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 3010), H7145 [23JN]

———require local educational agencies to provide to parents information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's pupil services instructors (see H.R. 1156), H2631 [24FE]

———strengthen mentoring programs (see H.R. 913), H1079 [9FE]

Federal-State relations: clarify requirements necessary to deem a teacher as highly qualified by State educational agencies receiving assistance (see H.R. 2356), H5483 [12MY]

Health: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 1197), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 1380), H3077 [6MR]

———increase public awareness and create educational programs concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 26), H28 [6JA]

Local government: specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 242), S388 [14JA]

Mental health: include family therapists on the list of professionals recognized to provide public school mental health services (see H.R. 1710), H4025 [25MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: amend relative to highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement (see S. 1430), S7317 [9JY]

———improve certain amendments (see S. 1581), S8864 [5AU]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 3928), H11790 [26OC]

———remove mandated testing provisions (see H.R. 3384), H9055 [29JY]

Nutrition: establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (see S. 1480), S7779 [21JY] (see H.R. 3277), H8494 [21JY]

Rural areas: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2446), H5665 [14MY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 2882), H6902 [16JN]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student's parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 1091), H1605 [13FE]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters unless the student's parent provides written request against the release (see H.R. 1026), H1518 [12FE]

———make any local educational agency receiving funds under part A of title I or public charter school eligible for a Troops to Teachers participant (see H.R. 1313), H2979 [4MR]

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S5819 [21MY]

Science: require use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 2511), H5890 [20MY]

States: establish incentives for States to extend the minimum length of the school year (see S. 804), S4310 [2AP]

Technology: reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (see H.R. 558), H380 [15JA]

Letters

Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged (Keeping PACE) Act: several organizations, S7265 [8JY]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 1102), E280 [13FE]

Children and youth: promote the safe use of the Internet by students (H.R. 780), H6766, H6767 [15JN], E303 [23FE], E1521 [23JN]

Dept. of Education: Full-Service Community Schools Program funding, H8759 [24JY]

———Impact Aid Program funding, H5497 [13MY]

———prohibit grants and low-interest loans for construction and renovation to schools not in compliance with certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act provisions, H5510, H5511 [13MY]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 2280), E1073 [6MY]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental education (H.R. 2054), H4667 [22AP]

———promote environmental education (S. 866), H10011 [29SE]

Education: assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten (H.R. 2184), E1022 [30AP]

———funding, E973 [27AP]

———improve early education, H9596 [16SE]

———provide grants through participation in National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified and effective teachers (H.R. 2755), E1341 [8JN]

———strengthen mentoring programs (H.R. 913), E222 [9FE]

Health: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (H.R. 1380), H3997 [25MR], H6029-H6031 [2JN], H6244 [4JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: impact on educational system, H8579 [22JY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 2882), E1439 [17JN]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters unless the student's parent provides written request against the release (H.R. 1026), E255 [12FE]

———make any local educational agency receiving funds under part A of title I or public charter school eligible for a Troops to Teachers participant (H.R. 1313), E546 [4MR]

Technology: reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (H.R. 558), H371 [15JA]

Title I: funding, H5501 [13MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (S. 1932), S10780 [27OC]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1345), S7009 [24JN]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (S. 1410), S7263-S7265 [8JY]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (S. 968), S5081 [4MY]

———establish Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (S. 1137), S5843 [21MY]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S7833 [22JY], S10125 [6OC]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (S. 1362), S7081 [25JN]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental education (S. 866), S4537, S4581 [22AP]

Education: assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten (S. 839), S4516 [21AP]

———authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program (S. 178), S222 [8JA]

———encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (S. 1411), S7263-S7265 [8JY]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (S. 638), S3552, S3553 [19MR], S5346 [12MY]

Local government: specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 242), S391 [14JA]

No Child Left Behind Act: amend relative to highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement (S. 1430), S7324 [9JY]

Nutrition: establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (S. 1480), S7783 [21JY]

Schools: provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (S. 1121), S5824 [21MY]

States: establish incentives for States to extend the minimum length of the school year (S. 804), S4353 [2AP]

Texts of

H.R. 780, Student Internet Safety Act, H6766 [15JN]

H.R. 1380, Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act, H6029 [2JN]

S. 178, Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act, S223-S226 [8JA]

S. 242, Title I Education Funding Integrity Act, S392 [14JA]

S. 804, School Day Factor Act, S4354 [2AP]

S. 839, Prepare All Kids Act, S4517-S4519 [21AP]

S. 866, No Child Left Inside Act, S4581-S4584 [22AP]

S. 968, Secondary School Innovation Fund Act, S5082-S5085 [4MY]

S. 1345, Prescribe a Book Act, S7009 [24JN]

S. 1362, Success in the Middle Act, S7082-S7086 [25JN]

S. 1430, School Accountability Improvements Act, S7325-S7327 [9JY]