ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Amend (see S. 3578), S6545 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see S. 3173), S3129 [14MY]

——— amend Impact Aid Program to extend eligibility for emergency and modernization grants to local educational agencies in which a certain percentage of land is federally owned (see H.R. 3896), H475 [3FE]

——— assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 5933), H3698 [8JN]

——— authorize grants to prepare and train principals on effective core competencies and in instructional leadership skills (see H.R. 6376), H5859 [11SE]

——— encourage effective teachers and innovative education programs in schools (see H.R. 3990), H691 [9FE]

——— establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 2106), S614 [14FE] (see H.R. 6714), H7435 [27DE]

——— establish a ‘‘Grow Your Own Teacher’’ program (see H.R. 6230), H5331 [30JY]

——— establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see H.R. 3845), H218 [31JA]

——— establish grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs teaching high school students about the U.S. Constitution and State constitutions (see H.R. 6390), H5999 [13SE]

——— provide States and local educational agencies with flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (see H.R. 5546), H2441 [8MY]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 3776), H26 [17JA]

Education: authorize national elementary and secondary service-learning program that promotes student academic achievement (see H.R. 5436), H2318 [7MY]

——— provide educational stability for children in foster care (see H.R. 5876), H3362 [31MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: remove mandated testing provisions (see H.R. 5654), H2565 [9MY]

Schools: help close the gaps in principal preparation and provide new principals with the support and tools they need to meet the complex challenges of school leadership (see H.R. 4113), H1100 [29FE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to prepare and train principals on effective core competencies and in instructional leadership skills (H.R. 6376), E1473 [11SE]

——— establish grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs teaching high school students about the U.S. Constitution and State constitutions (H.R. 6390), H6004 [14SE]

Education: improve teacher quality and increase access to effective teachers, H5956 [13SE]

——— provide educational stability for children in foster care (H.R. 5876), H3275 [31MY]

Green Lake, WI: tribute to the Green Lake School District for developing 21st century readiness knowledge and skills in students, E876 [18MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students, H1644 [28MR], H2459 [9MY]

——— address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (H.R. 1648), H3809, H3810 [20JN], E1090 [20JN]

——— direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 458), E1103 [21JN]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H980 [28FE], H4810 [11JY]

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, S7680 [6DE]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (S. 3173), S3131 [14MY]

Education: funding, S6088–S6091 [11SE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (S. 506), S1928 [21MR]

Reports filed

Amend: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3578) (S. Rept. 112–221), S6545 [20SE]

Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3990) (H. Rept. 112–459), H2266 [27AP]

Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1252) (S. Rept. 112–262), S8363 [21DE]

Texts of

S. 3173, Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act, S3131 [14MY]