DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1265 [4MR], S1332 [7MR], S1413 [8MR], S1511 [9MR], H776, H777, H778, H779, H780, H781, H782, H783, H784, H785, H786, H787, H788, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793, H794, H795, H796 [14FE], H830, H844, H846, H849, H854, H855, H873, H875, H878, H881, H882, H886, H888, H889, H890, H893, H895, H897, H900, H901, H902, H903, H904, H908, H910, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929, H930, H931, H933, H934, H935 [15FE], H968, H970, H976, H981, H982, H984, H986, H987, H988, H989, H990, H992, H999, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1007, H1014, H1016, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1025, H1028, H1031, H1032, H1033, H1036, H1041, H1045, H1051, H1055, H1056, H1057, H1060, H1063, H1064, H1067, H1071 [16FE], H1091, H1094, H1095, H1096, H1102, H1103, H1106, H1111, H1114, H1115, H1121, H1125, H1131, H1144, H1145, H1149, H1155, H1182, H1183, H1184, H1185, H1186 [17FE], H1202, H1213, H1215, H1217, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226, H1231, H1243, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1249, H1257, H1258, H1261, H1262, H1265, H1268, H1269, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1275, H1277, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1308, H1310, H1311, H1312, H1313, H1314, H1315, H1316, H1317, H1318, H1319, H1320, H1322, H1323, H1324, H1325, H1327, H1328, H1342, H1345, H1346, H1349 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H814 [15FE]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2074 [30MR]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (H. Res. 186), H2057 [30MR]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H5986, H5993, H5996, H5998, H5999, H6000, H6001, H6002, H6003 [8SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5986 [8SE]

Articles and editorials

Giving Students a Chance at Success, H2069 [30MR]

School Choice Is Not a Partisan Issue, H2069 [30MR]

White House Ignores Evidence of How D.C. School Vouchers Work, H2069 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 864), H1455 [1MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (see H.R. 1), H722 [11FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 92), H773 [14FE]

Armed Forces: provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active-duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (see S. 1139), S3428 [26MY]

Children and youth: authorize grant programs to ensure successful, safe, and healthy students by promoting wellness, preventing bullying, violence, and drug use, and fostering a positive school climate (see S. 919), S2777 [9MY]

———award grants to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 853), H1454 [1MR]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 393), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———award grants to State educational agencies for activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 curriculum and to measure efficacy of engineering education (see H.R. 1951), H3342 [23MY]

———award grants to States to establish voluntary prekindergarten programs to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten (see S. 1170), S3683 [9JN]

———encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 3469), H7829 [17NO]

———establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 2437), H4748 [7JY]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 420), S976 [28FE]

———foster community involvement of students (see H.R. 2565), H5125 [15JY]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H1796 [14MR]

———strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see S. 426), S1060 [1MR] (see H.R. 2637), H5488 [25JY]

———support secondary school reentry programs (see S. 1019), S3105 [18MY]

Civic learning and engagement: authorize awarding of grants to promote (see H.R. 3464), H7829 [17NO]

Collector Car Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 115), S1977 [30MR] (see S. Res. 154), S2508 [14AP]

Colleges and universities: deny certain Federal funds to any institution that knowingly admits illegal aliens (see H.R. 310), H254 [18JA]

———establish undergraduate student fellowship program in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with emphasis on fields of energy, environment, and economy (see H.R. 3703), H9925 [16DE]

———preserve State and institutional authority relative to State authorization and the definition of credit hour (see S. 1297), S4226 [29JN]

———prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs and financial aid program eligibility (see H.R. 2117), H4034 [3JN]

———prohibit from promulgating or enforcing regulations or guidance regarding gainful employment (see S. 460), S1120 [2MR]

———require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 540), S1546 [10MR] (see H.R. 1048), H1768 [11MR]

———revise rule requiring for-profit colleges from receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count veterans' education benefits under such rule (see H.R. 3764), H10015 [20DE]

Comprehensive literacy program: establish (see S. 929), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 2272), H4455 [22JN]

Computers: provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 1614), S5903 [22SE] (see H.R. 3014), H6413 [22SE]

Conservation of energy: provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 3714), H9926 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize additional funding for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (see S. 1490), S5250 [2AU]

———collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H4035 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H254 [18JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1599), S5902 [22SE] (see H.R. 3070), H6467 [29SE]

Diseases: provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (see H.R. 1692), H2998 [3MY]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: clarify scope for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 3237), H6983 [18OC]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 206), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 471), H507 [26JA]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (see H. Res. 186), H2036 [29MR]

Early Learning Challenge Fund: establish (see S. 470), S1218 [3MR] (see H.R. 3322), H7256 [2NO]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental education (see S. 1372), S4608 [14JY] (see H.R. 2547), H5086 [14JY]

Education: aid gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not formally identified as gifted (see S. 857), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 1674), H2933 [2MY]

———allow States to establish college- and career-readiness goals, identify lowest-peforming schools, establish teacher licensure and certification requirements, and reduce paperwork (see S. 1571), S5684 [15SE]

———assist in coordination among science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) efforts in States and strengthen capacity of schools to prepare students in such fields (see S. 619), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 2228), H4326 [16JN]

———assist State and local educational agencies to prepare, train, and recruit effective teachers and principals (see S. 1567), S5684 [15SE]

———assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see S. 1156), S3613 [8JN] (see H.R. 555), H550 [8FE] (see H.R. 2331), H4527 [23JN]

———authorize appropriations to recruit, hire, and train new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children (see H.R. 646), H680 [10FE]

———award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 3036), H6413 [22SE]

———develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (see H.R. 2536), H5085 [14JY]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 851), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 1636), H2912 [15AP]

———establish national program for arts and technology (see H.R. 3023), H6413 [22SE]

———express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program (see S. Res. 274), S5903 [22SE]

———improve early education, including early English proficiency education (see S. 1722), S6600 [17OC]

———improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects (see S. 1675), S6330 [6OC]

———improve teacher and principal quality (see S. 1674), S6330 [6OC]

———improve teacher quality and increase access to effective teachers (see S. 1716), S6600 [17OC]

———invest in innovation for education (see S. 895), S2731 [5MY]

———promote innovative education practices, help States and local educational agencies ensure high-quality English proficiency instruction, and provide college and career knowledge to English learners (see S. 1158), S3613 [8JN]

———provide effective science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teaching and learning (see S. 463), S1120 [2MR]

———provide flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education (see S. 280), S544 [3FE]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1109), H1904 [16MR]

———reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see S. 1370), S4608 [14JY]

———reduce and prevent sale and use of fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid higher education degrees that are used for Federal purposes (see H.R. 1758), H3107 [5MY]

———repeal certain conditions for receipt of funding from the Education Jobs Fund by Texas (see S. 151), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 532), H549 [8FE]

———require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners relative to student loans (see S. 1748), S6871 [20OC] (see H.R. 3240), H6987 [21OC]

———strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 1617), H2911 [15AP]

———strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see S. 1677), S6390 [11OC] (see H.R. 2794), H5895 [5AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve waiver authority available to State and local agencies relative to statutory or regulatory requirements (see S. 1568), S5684 [15SE]

Employment: establish Innovation in Investment pilot program, improve and expand national registered apprenticeship program, and provide for State Workforce Education and Training Advisory Committees (see S. 1948), S8376 [6DE]

———provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 2828), H5928 [26AU]

Engineering: award grants to State educational agencies for activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 curriculum and to measure efficacy of engineering education (see S. 969), S2928 [12MY]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see S. 1178), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 3614), H8318 [8DE]

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact: establish (see S. 1086), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]

Families and domestic relations: make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 2617), H5373 [21JY]

Federal aid programs: amend the weighted child count used to determine distribution of low-income student assistance funding to local educational agencies (see H.R. 2485), H4850 [11JY]

———assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see S. 701), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 1294), H2214 [31MR]

———increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 2430), H4671 [6JY]

———provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 1531), H2665 [13AP]

———repeal ineffective or unnecessary programs to restore focus of Federal programs on quality elementary and secondary programs for disadvantaged students (see H.R. 1891), H3300 [13MY]

Federal-State relations: allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see S. 541), S1546 [10MR] (see H.R. 3165), H6853 [12OC]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 1295), H2214 [31MR]

———provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (see S. 1569), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2445), H4748 [7JY]

Financial literacy: establish a pilot program to award grants to State and local educational agencies to develop financial literacy programs in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 626), H679 [10FE]

———provide grants to promote (see S. 787), S2387 [12AP] (see S. 853), S2507 [14AP] (see S. 865), S2580 [2MY] (see H.R. 1918), H3301 [13MY]

———require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (see S. 1260), S4024 [22JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5085 [14JY]

Fort Lewis College: pay an amount equal to the tuition charges for Indian students that are not residents of Colorado (see S. 484), S1219 [3MR]

Geography: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 434), S1119 [2MR] (see H.R. 885), H1524 [2MR]

Health: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1377), H2327 [5AP]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3189), H6920 [13OC]

High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program): modify (see S. 1495), S5251 [2AU]

Higher Education Act: expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 85), H35 [5JA]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 900), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 1753), H3107 [5MY]

Homeless: provide education for homeless children and youths (see S. 571), S1600 [14MR] (see H.R. 1253), H2106 [30MR]

Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program: establish to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see S. 1766), S6917 [31OC] (see H.R. 3250), H7007 [24OC]

Impact Aid Program: provide assistance to local educational agencies that educate alien children admitted to the U.S. as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States (see H.R. 888), H1524 [2MR]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 472), H507 [26JA] (see H.R. 1342), H2291 [4AP]

———require payment of certain payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 595), S1751 [16MR] (see H.R. 2094), H3985 [2JN]

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program: reauthorize and strengthen (see S. 1328), S4394 [6JY]

Innovation Inspiration school grant program: establish (see S. 716), S2087 [4AP] (see H.R. 2247), H4363 (see H.R. 2253), H4364 [21JN]

Languages: establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see S. 1015), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1966), H3409 [24MY]

Local government: provide flexibility to school districts to integrate academics with career and technical education programs (see S. 1686), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3154), H6853 [12OC]

Mental health: establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 1138), H1906 [16MR]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 3405), H7577 [14NO]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 3169), H6853 [12OC]

National Education Innovation Network and National Innovation Corps: establish (see H.R. 2326), H4527 [23JN]

National objectives: provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to improve outcomes for all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps among subgroups of students (see S. 844), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 1532), H2853 [14AP]

Northern Mariana Islands: establish a program that enables college-bound residents to have greater choices among institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2142), H4035 [3JN]

Office of Rural Education Policy: establish (see S. 946), S2874 [11MY]

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools: authorize use of grant funds for dating violence prevention (see S. 1447), S5018 [28JY] (see H.R. 2689), H5733 [28JY]

Physical education: establish a pilot program that utilizes community, innovation, and technology to improve physical fitness education and curriculum in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2684), H5732 [28JY]

———make grants to institutions of higher education for the expansion of master's degree in physical education programs that emphasize technology and innovative teaching practices (see H.R. 3597), H8260 [7DE]

Promise Neighborhoods: support (see S. 1004), S2992 [16MY] (see H.R. 2098), H3985 [2JN]

Ready To Learn program: eliminate (see H.R. 3456), H7828 [17NO]

Rural areas: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 567), S1600 [14MR]

Safety: make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses (see S. 620), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 1199), H1984 [17MR]

Schools: 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. 415), H468 [25JA]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 585), S1677 [15MR] (see H.R. 1090), H1841 [15MR]

———create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 667), H723 [11FE]

———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. 1462), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 2691), H5733 [28JY]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 92), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 2218), H4326 [16JN]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (see H. Res. 392), H5963 [7SE]

———establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see S. 809), S2446 [13AP] (see H.R. 1525), H2665 [13AP]

———establish alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 1654), S6090 [4OC]

———establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see S. 547), S1547 [10MR] (see H.R. 1704), H2999 [3MY]

———implement ready school needs reviews (see S. 1439), S5017 [28JY]

———improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see S. 1177), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 778), H1177 (see H.R. 778), H1196 [17FE]

———improve outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools by authorizing school turnaround grants and reward schools that make significant progress in closing achievement gaps (see S. 959), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 3535), H8075 [1DE]

———improve public charter schooling by addressing quality issues (see S. 686), S1976 [30MR]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 3490), H7890 [18NO]

———make grants to local educational agencies for the construction, renovation, or repair of athletics facilities (see H.R. 2869), H6009 [8SE]

———make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see S. 154), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 925), H1574 [3MR]

———provide for secondary school reform to reduce dropout rates at low-performing schools by partnering with external organizations (see S. 1306), S4291 [30JN]

———provide grants to States for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools (see S. 902), S2731 [5MY]

———provide training and support for principals to assist in turning around lowest performing schools (see S. 812), S2446 [13AP] (see H.R. 1524), H2665 [13AP]

———suspend temporarily the process of imposing restructuring sanctions on certain schools and local educational agencies (see H.R. 3175), H6853 [12OC]

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program: establish (see S. 758), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 2598), H5285 [20JY]

Sports: require Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on athletic programs (see S. 1269), S4075 [23JN]

States: allow to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 827), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 2514), H5018 [13JY]

———allow to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 3176), H6919 [13OC]

———enable States to implement integrated statewide education longitudinal data systems (see S. 1464), S5192 [1AU]

———establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services and provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning (see H.R. 1995), H3644 (see H.R. 1995), H3682 [25MY]

———provide grants to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 833), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1547), H2854 [14AP]

Statistical literacy: develop State statistical literacy plans and make grants for statistics-related teacher professional development and statistics education improvement (see H.R. 1817), H3160 [10MY]

Student loans: allow conversion of Federal Family Education Loan Program debt to the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (see S. 1068), S3338 [25MY] (see H.R. 2732), H5883 [1AU]

———enter into voluntary, flexible agreements with certain guaranty agencies to provide delinquency prevention and default aversion services for Federal Direct Loan Program borrowers (see H.R. 3624), H8318 [8DE]

———establish a temporary private education loan debt consolidation program to assist eligible borrowers in refinancing private education debt as Federal Direct Consolidation Loans (see H.R. 2410), H4671 [6JY]

Taxation: extend qualified school construction and zone academy bonds, treat zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and modify private business contribution requirement for zone academy bonds (see S. 796), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 2394), H4574 [24JN]

Teachers: authorize State and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (see H.R. 863), H1454 [1MR]

———create and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (see S. 1250), S4023 [22JN]

———establish teacher evaluation programs (see S. 763), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 1368), H2327 [5AP]

———make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 1482), H2603 [12AP]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1794), H3114 [6MY]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see S. 1661), S6330 [6OC]

Teachers Professional Development Institutes: provide a grant program to support establishment and operation (see S. 1240), S3970 [21JN] (see H.R. 2255), H4364 [21JN]

Troops-to-Teachers Program: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate (see H.R. 1947), H3342 [23MY]

21st Century Community Learning Centers: improve (see S. 1311), S4292 [30JN]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]

Factsheets

Elementary and Secondary Education—How Has the Environment Changed Over the Past 10 Years, S5644 [15SE]

How To Fix ``No Child Left Behind'', S5644, S5645 [15SE]

What the Nation Has Learned From No Child Left Behind—Good and Bad, S5644 [15SE]

Why We Need To Fix No Child Left Behind, S5644 [15SE]

Letters

Allow grants to high quality charter schools that do not include every subgroup of students classified as disadvantaged: Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H6004 [8SE]

———Deborah A. Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children, H6003 [8SE]

———James H. Wendorf, National Learning Center for Learning Disabilities, H6004 [8SE]

———Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H6004 [8SE]

———National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, H6003 [8SE]

Express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program, S7592 [16NO]

No Child Left Behind Act reform: Senator Alexander, S6572 [17OC]

Repeal certain conditions for receipt of funding from the Education Jobs Fund by Texas: Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, H1347 [18FE]

———several Representatives, H1348 [18FE]

———several Texas school administrators, H1348 [18FE]

Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: Katherine Campos, H2067, H2074 [30MR]

———LaTasha Bennett, H2067, H2074 [30MR]

———Obi Mbanefo, H2067, H2074 [30MR]

———Samaya Mack, H2067, H2074 [30MR]

———several District of Columbia Council members, E637 [5AP]

Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program: Terry McCabe, Maine School Management Association, S1605 [14MR]

Lists

Organizations opposed to King of Iowa amendment to H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, on allowing grants to charter schools that do not include every subgroup of students classified as disadvantaged, H6003 [8SE]

Organizations supporting S. 758, Dept. of Education Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program establishment, S2383 [12AP]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1247 [4MR], H1355 [18FE]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2080 [30MR]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H6120 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Alaskan Native Education Equity Act: funding, E295 [18FE]

Appropriations: Alaskan Native Education Equity Act and Native Hawaiian Education Program funding, H1023, H1024 [16FE]

———direct CBO and BLS to conduct a joint study on effect of full-year continuing appropriations legislation on job levels and report findings in the Employment Situation Report, H1243, H1244 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H727, H746, H750-H754 [14FE], H801, H803, H804, H817-H913 [15FE], H937, H941, H942, H944, H948, H949, H950, H951, H955, H957-H1036, H1043-H1068 [16FE], H1074, H1080-H1175, H1181-H1189 [17FE], H1201, H1202-H1249, H1255-H1357 [18FE], H1366, H1378-H1382 [28FE], H1395, H1398, H1404, H1405, H1406-H1415, H1417-H1419, H1425, H1429, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1460, H1463, H1464, H1485, H1502, H1503, H1517 [2MR], H1527, H1528, H1554-H1557, H1561 [3MR], H1627, H1628, H1629, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1672, H1673, H1676, H1699, H1712 [10MR], H1751-H1761 [11MR], H1773 [14MR], H1805-H1810, H1821, H1822, H1828, H1836 [15MR], H1849, H1850, H1859, H1901 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], H2004, H2007 [29MR], H2046, H2048, H2049, H2050, H2063, H2065-H2067, H2092 [30MR], H2113, H2118, H2119 [31MR], H2217, H2218, H2225, H2228, H2230, H2248 [1AP], H2272 [4AP], H2299, H2301, H2302, H2314 [5AP], H2331, H2336, H2392, H2395, H2401 [6AP], H2414, H2453 [7AP], H2541, H2544, H2547, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2598 [12AP], H2739, H2743, H2789 [14AP], H2903 [15AP], H5739 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E222 [14FE], E238, E239, E240, E241, E242, E243, E245, E247, E248, E249, E250, E251 [16FE], E253, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259 [17FE], E261, E262, E269, E270, E271, E272, E273, E275, E276, E277, E278, E279, E280, E281, E282, E283, E284, E286, E287, E288, E289, E290, E291, E292, E293, E295, E296, E297, E298, E299, E300, E301, E302, E303, E305, E308, E310, E312, E317, E318, E319 [18FE], E321, E322, E324, E333, E336 [28FE], E388, E389 [1MR], E396 [2MR], E413, E414, E415, E416 [3MR], E500 [16MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H804-H817, H879 [15FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H1355 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H1174, H1175 [17FE]

Avon, SD: Avon Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1934 [26OC]

Brighton, NY: French Road Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2141 [30NO]

Califon, NJ: Tewksbury Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1733 [29SE]

California State University, Fullerton: Dept. of Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Articulation Program grant recipient, E1774 [5OC]

Children and youth: encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (H.R. 3469), E2085 [17NO]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (H.R. 1057), E1721 [23SE]

———strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (H.R. 2637), H5495 [26JY]

Clark, NJ: St. John the Apostle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1732 [29SE]

Colleges and universities: establish undergraduate student fellowship program in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with emphasis on fields of energy, environment, and economy (H.R. 3703), E2305 [16DE]

———prohibit funding to implement gainful employment rule applicable to certain proprietary or for-profit colleges, H1149-H1155 [17FE], E273, E281, E292, E308 [18FE], E413 [3MR]

Computers: provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (H.R. 3014), H8138 [6DE]

Dallas, TX: Dallas Environmental Science Academy recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1923 [25OC]

———Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1923 [25OC]

———Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education and Social Services Magnet High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1923 [25OC]

———School of Science and Engineering Magnet High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1923 [25OC]

Decorah, IA: Decorah High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1649 [15SE]

Dept. of Energy: America's Home Energy Education Challenge funding, H4845 [11JY]

Dept. of HHS: Head Start Program funding, H1557 [3MR], H1646 [9MR], H2049, H2066 [30MR], H2550 [8AP], H7005 [24OC], E310 [18FE], E388 [1MR], E471 [14MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H9897 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6522 [4OC], H7236 [2NO]

Diseases: provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (H.R. 1692), E800 [3MY]

District of Columbia: public and charter schools funding, H2075-H2081 [30MR], H2622 [13AP], E753 [15AP]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: clarify scope for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 3237), H8159, H8160 [6DE]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice, H2622 [13AP], E753 [15AP]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H585, H586 [9FE], H2060-H2082 [30MR], H2115 [31MR], H2323-H2325 [5AP], E581 [31MR], E601 [1AP], E631 [5AP]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (H. Res. 186), H2050-H2059 [30MR]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), motion to recommit, H2080 [30MR]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental education (H.R. 2547), E1321 [14JY], E1687 [22SE]

Education: allow charter school grants to be done through intermediaries, H1225 [18FE]

———assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (H.R. 2331), E1181 [23JN]

———develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (H.R. 2536), E1322 [14JY]

———expand and improve career and technical education programs, H745 [14FE]

———funding, H1730 [11MR], H2850 [14AP], H7020 [25OC]

———higher education programs funding, H559 [9FE], E312 [18FE]

———Pell Grants funding, H949, H951, H1025-H1028 [16FE], H1355 [18FE], H1634, H1646 [9MR], H2065, H2067 [30MR], E247 [16FE], E269, E286, E310 [18FE], E2340 [23DE]

———permit States to discontinue certain testing procedures, H8984 [15DE]

———repeal certain conditions for receipt of funding from the Education Jobs Fund by Texas, H1346-H1349 [18FE], H2252 [1AP], H2669 [14AP]

———science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education funding, H5057 [14JY]

———strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (H.R. 2794), E1513 [9AU]

———student loans and financial aid programs funding, H7936, H7937 [30NO]

El Paso, TX: Coldwell Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1876 [14OC]

———Silva Health Magnet High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1889 [18OC]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3614), E2218 [8DE]

Estelline, SD: Sharon F. Delzer Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1935 [26OC]

Fairview Park, OH: St. Angela Merici School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2085 [17NO]

Federal aid programs: repeal ineffective or unnecessary programs to restore focus of Federal programs on quality elementary and secondary programs for disadvantaged students (H.R. 1891), H3284 [13MY]

———require a certain percentage of funds be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H1271 [18FE]

———terminate authority to make certain loans to graduate and professional students and direct loan repayment incentives, H7244 [2NO]

Fort Thomas, KY: Woodfill Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2010 [4NO]

Funding, H826 [15FE], H1022 [16FE], H1976 [17MR]

Hayti, SD: Hamlin Junior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1934 [26OC]

Health: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3189), H6924 [14OC]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 1753), E827 [5MY]

Impact Aid Program: provide assistance to local educational agencies that educate alien children admitted to the U.S. as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States (H.R. 888), E404 [2MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1342), H2276 [4AP], E625 [4AP]

Indianapolis, IN: William Henry Burkhart Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1815 [11OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through reductions in Teacher Quality State Grant program and School Improvement Grant program, H1020-H1022 [16FE]

National GEAR UP Week: observance, E1974 [1NO]

Native Hawaiian Education Program: funding, E295 [18FE]

Neel, Dylan: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, H4199 [15JN]

New Providence, NJ: New Providence High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1732 [29SE]

Oak Lawn, IL: St. Linus School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2119 [29NO]

Rancho Santiago Community College District: Dept. of Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Articulation Program grant recipient, E1774 [5OC]

Rocky River, OH: Kensington Intermediate School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2089 [17NO]

Schools: allow charter schools to be recognized as local education agencies for purposes of Federal funding, H5986 [8SE]

———allow grants to high quality charter schools that do not include every subgroup of students classified as disadvantaged, H6003-H6005 [8SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H5958 [7SE], H5976, H5988-H6005 [8SE], H6105, H6119-H6123 [13SE], E1573 [9SE], E1620, E1622, E1628, E1634 [14SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5979-H5988 [8SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), motion to recommit, H6121 [13SE]

———establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, E1620 [14SE]

———give priority in awarding grants to States that establish alternative charter school authorizers, H6000, H6001 [8SE]

———give priority in awarding grants to States that use green school building practices in charter school facilities, H6002 [8SE], E1628 [14SE]

———promote use of goods made in the U.S. for the construction and enhancement of charter schools, H5985, H5986 [8SE]

———provide that States receiving charter school grants require criminal background checks for charter school employees, H6121 [13SE]

———remove eligibility of State Governors to apply for Federal grant funding to oversee charter school operations, H6001 [8SE]

———require charter schools to demonstrate successful operation data for no less than three years to be eligible for expansion grants, H5999 [8SE]

———require charter schools to include in grant application a description of how the program would share best practices in instruction and professional development in science, math, technology, and engineering education, H5999, H6000 [8SE]

———support innovation in public education to prepare students to compete in the global economy, H5998 [8SE]

Socorro, TX: Escontrias Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1894 [18OC]

Springfield, IL: Lincoln Magnet School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1781 [5OC]

States: allow to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, H2657 [13AP]

Taubin, Sol: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, H4199 [15JN]

Teachers: authorize State and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (H.R. 863), H3811 [1JN]

———make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 1482), E698 [12AP]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs, E825 [5MY]

Texas: education funding, H7587 [15NO]

Troops-to-Teachers Program: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate, H3706 [26MY], E972 [27MY]

———allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate (H.R. 1947), E922 [23MY]

Warminster, PA: Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2056 [15NO]

Westfield, NJ: Holy Trinity Interparochial School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1731 [29SE]

Zabel, Sarah: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, E1139 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S822 [17FE], S1022 [28FE], S1023-S1028 [1MR], S1087 [2MR], S1179, S1185-S1193, S1204, S1206-S1208 [3MR], S1245-S1247 [4MR], S1415-S1419, S1421-S1495 [9MR], S1515, S1533, S1544 [10MR], S1591 [14MR], S1614, S1650 [15MR], S1728 [16MR], S1908 [29MR], S1950 [30MR], S2005, S2014, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2114 [5AP], S2157, S2181, S2186 [6AP], S2236, S2254 [7AP], S2293, S2304 [8AP], S2438, S2439 [13AP], S3717 [13JN]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247-S1250 [4MR], S1309-S1313, S1315-S1318, S1320 [7MR], S1336-S1348, S1350-S1360, S1394-S1398 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1362 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [4MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1193 [3MR]

Children and youth: authorize grant programs to ensure successful, safe, and healthy students by promoting wellness, preventing bullying, violence, and drug use, and fostering a positive school climate (S. 919), S2793 [9MY]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 393), S888 [17FE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (S. 576), S1678 [15MR]

Collector Car Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 154), S2555 [14AP]

Colleges and universities: prohibit from promulgating or enforcing regulations or guidance regarding gainful employment (S. 460), S1142 [2MR]

Computers: provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (S. 1614), S8456 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: terminate Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary School System, transfer students to local school systems, and provide Impact Aid Program funding to such systems, S7957 [29NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S8757 [17DE]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), S2060 [31MR], S2063 [4AP]

———reauthorize for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 206), S283-S287 [26JA]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental education (S. 1372), S4612 [14JY]

Education: aid gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not formally identified as gifted (S. 857), S2532 [14AP]

———allow States to establish college- and career-readiness goals, identify lowest-peforming schools, establish teacher licensure and certification requirements, and reduce paperwork (S. 1571), S5641, S5642 [15SE]

———analysis of for-profit colleges and universities, S4957 [27JY], S8398-S8401 [7DE]

———assist in coordination among science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) efforts in States and strengthen capacity of schools to prepare students in such fields (S. 619), S1836 [17MR]

———assist State and local educational agencies to prepare, train, and recruit effective teachers and principals (S. 1567), S5641 [15SE]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (S. 851), S2529 [14AP]

———express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program, S7590-S7593 [16NO]

———funding, S706-S708 [15FE], S3602 [8JN], S6565 [17OC], S6623 [18OC]

———improve early education, including early English proficiency education (S. 1722), S6604 [17OC]

———improve teacher and principal quality (S. 1674), S6342 [6OC]

———provide flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education (S. 280), S549 [3FE]

———reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (S. 1370), S4611 [14JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve waiver authority available to State and local agencies relative to statutory or regulatory requirements (S. 1568), S5641 [15SE]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (S. 1178), S3693 [9JN]

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact: establish (S. 1086), S3431 [26MY]

Federal-State relations: provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (S. 1569), S5641, S5642, S5648 [15SE], S5735 [20SE]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (S. 1260), S4040 [23JN]

Geography: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (S. 434), S1129 [2MR], S1399 [8MR]

High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program): modify (S. 1495), S5263 [2AU]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 900), S2740 [5MY]

Homeless: provide education for homeless children and youths (S. 571), S1606 [14MR]

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program: reauthorize and strengthen (S. 1328), S4395 [6JY]

Innovation Inspiration school grant program: establish (S. 716), S2150 [6AP]

National objectives: provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to improve outcomes for all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps among subgroups of students (S. 844), S2523 [14AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: reform, S2007-S2009 [31MR], S5641-S5644, S5648-S5650 [15SE], S5874-S5876 [22SE], S6571 [17OC], S6654-S6656 [18OC], S6717-S6724 [19OC], S7349-S7351 [10NO]

Office of Rural Education Policy: establish (S. 946), S2878-S2880 [11MY]

Orono, ME: Orono Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8599 [14DE], S8676 [15DE]

Promise Neighborhoods: support (S. 1004), S2997 [16MY]

Rural areas: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 567), S1603-S1605 [14MR]

Schools: establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (S. 809), S2449 [13AP], S2751 [5MY]

———establish alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (S. 1654), S6093 [4OC]

———implement ready school needs reviews (S. 1439), S5067 [29JY]

———improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (S. 1177), S3693 [9JN]

———improve public charter schooling by addressing quality issues (S. 686), S2751 [5MY]

———make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (S. 154), S225 [25JA]

———provide grants to States for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools (S. 902), S2740 [5MY]

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program: establish (S. 758), S2382, S2383 [12AP]

Sports: require Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on athletic programs (S. 1269), S4099 [23JN]

States: provide grants to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (S. 833), S2520 [14AP]

Student loans: allow conversion of Federal Family Education Loan Program debt to the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (S. 1068), S3345 [25MY]

Taxation: extend qualified school construction and zone academy bonds, treat zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and modify private business contribution requirement for zone academy bonds (S. 796), S2396 [12AP]

Teachers: establish teacher evaluation programs (S. 763), S2273 [7AP]

Teachers Professional Development Institutes: provide a grant program to support establishment and operation (S. 1240), S3972 [21JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and Other Departments and Agencies Appropriations, Unobligated Stimulus Funds Rescission, and Discretionary Spending Reduction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 112-13), H773 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 186) (H. Rept. 112-45), H2036 [29MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 392) (H. Rept. 112-200), H5963 [7SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1599) (S. Rept. 112-84), S5902 [22SE]

Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2218) (H. Rept. 112-178), H5398 [22JY]

Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2117) (H. Rept. 112-177), H5398 [22JY]

Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 471) (H. Rept. 112-36), H1982 [17MR]

Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1891) (H. Rept. 112-106), H4185 [14JN]

SOAR Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3237) (H. Rept. 112-315), H8186 [6DE]

State and Local Funding Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2445) (H. Rept. 112-180), H5488 [25JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H883, H890, H897 [15FE], H970, H984, H988, H991, H994, H1008, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1222, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]

Statements

Express That Pell Grant Program Funding Should Not Be Cut in Any Deficit Reduction Program, S7593 [16NO]

Summaries

Allow States to Establish College- and Career-Readiness Goals, Identify Lowest-Performing Schools, Establish State Teacher Licensure and Certification Requirements, and Reduce Paperwork (S. 1571), S5645 [15SE]

Empowering Local Educational Decisionmaking Act (S. 1569), S5645 [15SE]

Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act (S. 1566), S5646 [15SE]

State Innovation Pilot Act (S. 1568), S5646 [15SE]

Teacher and Principal Improvement Act (S. 1567), S5645 [15SE]

Tables

Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies, H9852-H9876 [16DE]

Estimated State-by-State impact of Federal Pell Grant program funding reduction, H1026 [16FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H804 [15FE]

H. Res. 186, consideration of H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, H2050 [30MR]

H. Res. 392, consideration of H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892, intelligence services appropriations, H5979 [8SE]

H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, H2060-H2063 [30MR]

H.R. 3237, SOAR Technical Corrections Act, H8159 [6DE]

S. 154, Fast Track to College Act, S225-S227 [25JA]

S. 206, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, S283-S287 [26JA]

S. 393, Prescribe a Book Act, S889 [17FE]

S. 460, Education for All Act, S1142 [2MR]

S. 567, Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and Rural and Low-Income School Program amendments, S1604 [14MR]

S. 576, Fitness Integrated With Teaching Kids (FIT Kids) Act, S1678-S1680 [15MR]

S. 763, Securing Teacher Effectiveness, Leaders, Learning, And Results (STELLAR Student) Act, S2274-S2276 [7AP]

S. 809, All Students Achieving Through Reform (ALL-STAR) Act, S2450-S2453 [13AP]

S. 844, Race to the Top Act, S2523-S2525 [14AP]

S. 902, School Building Fairness Act, S2741-S2743 [5MY]

S. 919, Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act, S2794-S2797 [9MY]

S. 946, Office of Rural Education Policy Act, S2879 [11MY]

S. 1240, Dept. of Education grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes, S3973 [21JN]

S. 1260, College Literacy in Finance and Economics (College LIFE) Act, S4032 [22JN]

S. 1328, Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLs) Act, S4395-S4397 [6JY]

S. 1372, No Child Left Inside Act, S4613-S4615 [14JY]

S. 1654, Growth to Excellence Act, S6093-S6095 [4OC]

S. 1674, Effective Teaching and Leading Act, S6342-S6347 [6OC]

S. Res. 115, Collector Car Appreciation Day, S1993 [30MR]

S. Res. 154, Collector Car Appreciation Day, S2545, S2555 [14AP]

S. Res. 274, express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program, S5919 [22SE]