SCHOOLS see also Education

Addresses

Incredible Journey: Michael F. Murphy, E1633 [12NO]

Amendments

Dept. of Education: making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4629, H4679, H4680, H4693, H4694, H4696, H4697, H4698, H4705, H4706, H4707, H4708, H4710, H4711, H4714, H4715, H4716, H4717, H4718, H4720 [18JY], H4731, H4732, H4734, H4736, H4738 [19JY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2598, S2610, S2611, S2612, S2613 [11AP], S2689, S2690, S2692, S2693 [16AP], S2707, S2709, S2719, S2743, S2752, S2760, S2765, S2766, S2770, S2771 [17AP], S2806, S2807, S2808, S2810, S2814 [18AP]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5733, H5748, H5749, H5750, H5752, H5754 [19SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5733, H5748, H5749, H5750, H5752, H5754 [19SE]

Articles and editorials

Bar Awards Scholarships To Help Students Continue Beating the Odds, E774 [3JN]

Bush Sets Up Foundation To Start Model Schools, S3365 [13MY]

CHAMPS! SLMS Dance Team Wins National Title, S1588 [11MR]

Four Loudoun Students Awarded ‘‘Beat the Odds’’ Scholarships, E773 [3JN]

‘Going Above and Beyond’—Academic Decathlon Offers Another Kind of Competition, E399 [9AP]

Kelly Ann Garcia Allegedly Had Sex, Went to Sex Shop With Student She Claimed To Be Mentoring, H6650 [22OC]

Lakeland Girl Commite Suicide After Being Bullied Online, S6629 [19SE]

Newtown Shooting Demands We Consider Our ‘‘Call of Duty’’ as Parents, E65 [25JA]

NLHS, E.B. Cheer Teams Win Big at Nationals, S1123 [5MR]

Out West, Reaching the Summit, S1263 [7MR]

Police—Florida Girl Who Committed Suicide Had Been Bullied for Months by as Many as 15 Girls, S6628 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 1122), H1395 [13MR]

Agriculture: provide assistance and opportunity to create and support sustainable agriculture activities and improve access to nutrition in U.S. cities (see H.R. 1933), H2568 [9MY]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 414), H7110 [14NO]

Arizona: convey certain land inholdings owned by the U.S. to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (see H.R. 507), H370 [5FE]

Armed Forces: preserve tuition assistance programs for members by rescinding unobligated amounts for foreign assistance to Egypt (see H.R. 1039), H1330 [11MR]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H5396 [2AU]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see S. Res. 22), S400 [30JA] (see H. Res. 46), H281 [23JA]

Charter schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 88), S213 [23JA]

Children and youth: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 403), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 1199), H1427 [14MR]

——— 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. 392), H280 [23JA]

——— establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (see S. 1516), S6597 [18SE] (see H.R. 3113), H5588 [17SE]

——— promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see S. 1546), S6885 [24SE] (see H.R. 3532), H7252 [19NO]

——— protect rights by prohibiting funds to educational institutions that punish students for possession of toy guns, simulating guns, or expressing support for Second Amendment rights (see H.R. 2625), H4213 [8JY]

Colleges and universities: increase amount of loan forgiveness available to highly-qualified teachers employed in low-income schools who teach in the same school district for five consecutive years (see H.R. 2881), H5260 [31JY]

Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools: establish (see S. 1010), S3760 [22MY]

Common Core State Standards Initiative: support (see H. Res. 43), H281 [23JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2943), H5343 [1AU]

Crime: reduce violence and protect citizens (see S. 2), S42 [22JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a pilot program for purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for schools and service institutions by giving certain States the option of receiving grants for that purpose (see H.R. 1720), H2298 [24AP]

——— create competition in canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen buying power, increase availability to school lunch and nutrition programs, and create jobs in canning industry (see H.R. 2842), H5088 [25JY]

——— implement a certain interim final or final rule regarding child nutrition programs (see H.R. 2562), H4143 [27JN]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H2391 [26AP]

——— prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 3663), H7566 [5DE]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see S. 679), S2501 [9AP] (see H.R. 1414), H1856 [9AP]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1503), H1956 [11AP]

——— require official White House meals and White House and Dept. of Agriculture cafeteria meals to be in compliance with nutrition requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3686), H7627 [10DE]

——— require report on cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories, the District of Columbia, and the States (see H.R. 428), H293 [25JA]

Dept. of Education: aid gifted and talented and high-ability learners by empowering teachers (see S. 512), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 2338), H3356 [12JN]

——— 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. 3401), H6952 [30OC]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see S. 756), S2749 [17AP]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1210), S4793 [20JN] (see H.R. 2456), H3988 [20JN]

——— amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 1222), S5149 [25JN]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (see H.R. 2658), H4482 [11JY]

——— 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. 1129), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2334), H3356 [12JN]

——— assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 379), H279 [23JA]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see S. 1033), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2178), H2954 [23MY]

——— authorize grants to prepare and train principals on effective core competencies and in instructional leadership skills (see H.R. 1514), H1956 [11AP]

——— authorize national elementary and secondary service-learning program that promotes student academic achievement (see H.R. 2268), H3215 [5JN]

——— award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see S. 1087), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 521), H410 [6FE]

——— 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. 2930), H5342 [1AU]

——— award grants to States that enact laws making school attendance compulsory through the age of 17 (see H.R. 3738), H8108 [12DE]

——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language (see H.R. 2549), H4142 [27JN]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (see H.R. 866), H701 [27FE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (see S. 502), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1368), H1823 [21MR]

——— award grants to States to establish voluntary prekindergarten programs to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten (see S. 322), S708 [13FE]

——— award grants to States to pay the Federal share of carrying out full-day prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 3778), H8117 [16DE]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see S. 217), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 455), H341 [4FE]

——— create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3435), H6953 [30OC]

——— create and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (see S. 1052), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2196), H2954 [23MY]

——— enable States to implement integrated statewide education longitudinal data systems (see H.R. 112), H31 [3JA]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (see S. 1101), S3987 [6JN]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see S. 1083), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2252), H3095 [4JN]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see S. 758), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 2706), H4597 [17JY]

——— establish a demonstration program to provide skills to classroom teachers and staff who work with children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1509), H1956 [11AP]

——— establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 1334), H1822 [21MR]

——— establish a new counseling program (see S. 282), S657 [12FE]

——— establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see S. 1036), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2170), H2953 [23MY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools (see S. 1293), S5667 [11JY]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (see S. 439), S1088 [4MR]

——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program (see S. 358), S773 [14FE]

——— establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 943), S3429 [14MY] (see H.R. 1977), H2603 [14MY]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see S. 456), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1763), H2351 [25AP]

——— establish Elementary Educator Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Content Coach program (see H.R. 1090), H1356 [12MR]

——— establish feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 1395), H1825 [21MR]

——— establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 563), H412 [6FE]

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 1875), H2532 [8MY]

——— establish Innovation Inspiration school grant program (see S. 1067), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 1243), H1567 [18MR]

——— establish national program for arts and technology (see S. 1055), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2152), H2953 [23MY]

——— establish Office of Rural Education Policy (see S. 1096), S3955 [4JN]

——— establish Office of School Discipline Policy (see H.R. 3153), H5766 [19SE]

——— establish task force to share best practices on computer programming and coding for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3734), H8108 [12DE]

——— establish teacher evaluation programs (see S. 1112), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 768), H594 [15FE]

——— foster community involvement of students (see H.R. 2184), H2954 [23MY]

——— fund directed development projects through Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education Program to support breakthroughs in teaching and learning (see H.R. 700), H545 [14FE]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 370), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 822), H658 [26FE]

——— 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. 940), S3429 [14MY]

——— improve literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals (see H.R. 2517), H4078 [26JN]

——— 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. 578), S1853 [14MR]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (see S. 1110), S3987 [6JN]

——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (see S. 1062), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2172), H2954 [23MY]

——— improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 3142), H5766 [19SE]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (see S. 1063), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2173), H2954 [23MY]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 2228), H3014 [3JN]

——— increase percentage of Federal education tax dollars spent in classrooms (see H.R. 2963), H5344 [1AU]

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 403), H280 [23JA]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1854), H2483 [7MY]

——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see S. 1178), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2426), H3759 [18JN]

——— invest in innovation for education (see S. 283), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 3433), H6953 [30OC]

——— make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 536), H411 [6FE]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1857), H2483 [7MY]

——— make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see S. 870), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1845), H2483 [7MY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H176 [18JA]

——— make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 551), H411 [6FE]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (see H.J. Res. 83), H6223 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

——— promote environmental education (see S. 1306), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 2702), H4523 [16JY]

——— promote student physical health and well-being, nutrition, and fitness (see H.R. 3122), H5654 [18SE]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H2533 [8MY]

——— provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 378), H279 [23JA]

——— provide flexibility to school food authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school lunch and breakfast programs (see S. 427), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 1244), H1629 [19MR] (see H.R. 1303), H1719 [20MR]

——— provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2308), H3286 [11JN]

——— provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 2897), H5260 [31JY]

——— provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 115), H31 [3JA]

——— provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 708), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 2316), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 2317), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to improve outcomes for all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps among subgroups of students (see H.R. 426), H293 [25JA]

——— provide professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education and development (see S. 1113), S4021 [7JN]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1127), S4058 [10JN] (see H.R. 2515), H4078 [26JN]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see S. 1108), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2296), H3251 [6JN] (see H.R. 2378), H3652 [14JN]

——— recruit, prepare, and support principals through capacity-building measures that will improve student academic achievement in high-need schools (see S. 840), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1736), H2350 [25AP]

——— require local educational agencies to implement a policy on allergy bullying (see H.R. 3660), H7566 [5DE]

——— require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students (see H.R. 2933), H5342 [1AU]

——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 1089), H1356 [12MR]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H595 [15FE]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2237), H3094 [4JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (see H.R. 5), H3250 [6JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 303), H4597 [17JY]

——— support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions (see S. 648), S2146 [21MR]

——— support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions and suicide prevention efforts (see H.R. 3536), H7252 [19NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see S. 1084), S3905 [3JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize additional funding for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (see S. 144), S284 [24JA]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see S. 153), S285 [24JA] (see H.R. 274), H169 [15JA]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see S. 1503), S6446 [12SE] (see H.R. 2094), H2910 [22MY]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (see H.R. 2632), H4308 [9JY]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see S. 372), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 725), H546 [14FE]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 195), S438 [31JA] (see H.R. 628), H499 [13FE]

Dept. of Justice: making supplemental appropriations for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program COPS in Schools program (see H.R. 751), H594 [15FE]

——— reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2583), H4174 [28JN]

——— strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see S. 146), S284 [24JA]

Dept. of Labor: prepare disconnected youth for a competitive future by improving existing education, workforce, and support programs for high school dropouts (see S. 1117), S4021 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, MD, which Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth (see S. 103), S213 [23JA]

——— require a portion of revenues from new Federal mineral and geothermal leases be paid to States to supplement education (see H.R. 3460), H6997 [12NO]

Disabled: authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 509), H370 [5FE]

——— provide assistance to States to develop and implement transition plans for developmentally disabled individuals who are transitioning from the secondary school system into adulthood (see H.R. 511), H370 [5FE]

Discrimination: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 1088), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 1652), H2158 [18AP]

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. 1007), H1319 [6MR]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 2821), H5050 [24JY]

Education: allow a State 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. 2394), H3687 [17JN]

——— authorize appropriations to recruit, hire, and train new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children (see H.R. 209), H52 [4JA]

——— establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 1370), S5968 [25JY]

——— improve and provide all students with the opportunity to succeed (see S. 3), S42 [22JA]

——— improve early education (see S. 519), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 1041), H1330 [11MR]

——— improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects (see S. 854), S3029 [25AP]

——— prohibit Federal grants and regulation waivers from being contingent upon whether States are using a certain curriculum or assessment policies (see H.R. 2089), H2910 [22MY]

——— promote advanced placement and International Baccalaureate programs (see S. 1082), S3844 [23MY]

——— provide for Federal agencies and employees to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities in classrooms (see H.R. 2587), H4174 [28JN]

——— reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see S. 326), S772 [14FE]

——— restore State sovereignty over public education and parental rights over the education of their children (see H.R. 2710), H4597 [17JY]

——— strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 1258), H1630 [19MR]

——— support the community schools model (see S. 844), S3029 [25AP]

Election Assistance Commission: carry out pilot program to fund local educational agency initiatives to provide voter registration information to high school seniors (see H.R. 653), H500 [13FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1094), S3954 [4JN]

Employment: create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 1617), H2156 [18AP]

——— 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. 2889), H5260 [31JY]

——— require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired (see S. 111), S214 [23JA]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (see S. 1596), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 2083), H2910 [22MY]

EPA: establish a pilot program to test and mitigate radon levels in public schools (see H.R. 275), H169 [15JA]

Every Kid Healthy Week: designate (see H. Res. 226), H2803 [20MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H3759 [18JN]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: clarify requirements of authorized representatives (see H.R. 3604), H7354 [21NO]

Federal aid programs: provide financial assistance for school construction after a violent or traumatic crisis (see S. 1025), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 2102), H2910 [22MY]

FEMA: require recipients of State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to promote preparedness and planning for manmade and natural disasters at educational institutions (see H.R. 3158), H5801 [20SE]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see S. 829), S3028 [25AP] (see S. 1532), S6647 [19SE] (see H.R. 2920), H5342 [1AU]

Firearms: allow certain off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in a school zone (see H.R. 2541), H4142 [27JN]

——— provide protection from gun violence by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening mental health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun violence (see H.R. 2910), H5341 [1AU]

Food: strengthen nutrition education for elementary and secondary school students to promote healthy eating choices through developmentally appropriate lessons and activities integrated into the school day (see S. 274), S589 [11FE]

GAO: report to Congress on the effectiveness of FCC universal service reforms (see S. 774), S2844 [22AP]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in Albuquerque, NM, to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation (see S. 898), S3256 [8MY]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 133), H31 [3JA]

Hazardous substances: exempt health care facilities, schools, and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury (see H.R. 643), H499 [13FE]

Health: improve health of individuals and reduce health care costs by reorienting health care system toward prevention, wellness, and health promotion (see S. 39), S43 [22JA]

——— support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary and secondary school students by enhancing physical and health education (see S. 392), S943 [27FE] (see H.R. 2160), H2953 [23MY]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 212), H52 [4JA]

Idaho: provide for exchange of lands between the city of Ketchum and Blaine County School District (see H.R. 1142), H1396 [13MR]

Immigration: permit certain alien elementary and secondary school students to attend U.S. public schools if such aliens reimburse the local educational agency for the cost of providing education (see H.R. 1139), H1396 [13MR]

Infrastructure: create jobs and strengthen the economy by rebuilding infrastructure (see S. 4), S42 [22JA]

International Water Safety Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 79), H627 [25FE]

Law enforcement officers: make grants available to local governments to place law enforcement officers in schools (see S. 148), S284 [24JA]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 256), S6886 [24SE] (see H. Res. 358), H5833 [25SE]

National Anti-Bullying Month: designate (see H. Res. 398), H6954 [30OC]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 272), S7536 [16OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 138), S3326 [9MY]

National Chess Week: designate (see S. Res. 266), S7211 [4OC]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2159 [18AP]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources (H.R. 1526), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H5653 [18SE]

National Guard: allow Federal reimbursement of States that choose to use National Guard troops to enhance school safety (see S. 145), S284 [24JA]

National Innovation in Education Day: designate (see H. Res. 331), H5399 [2AU]

National Middle Level Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 80), S1950 [19MR]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (see S. Res. 130), S3159 [7MY]

National Principals Month: designate (see S. Res. 260), S6886 [24SE] (see H. Res. 353), H5802 [20SE]

National School Breakfast Week: observance (see H. Res. 143), H1858 [9AP]

National School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 239), H2955 [23MY]

National School Bus Safety Week: designate (see H. Res. 239), H2955 [23MY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 27), S520 [7FE] (see H. Res. 60), H413 [6FE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 406), H6997 [12NO]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see S. Res. 126), S3030 [25AP]

Native Americans: improve education (see S. 1131), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2367), H3591 [13JN]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (see S. 1107), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2287), H3250 [6JN]

No Name-Calling Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 10), H293 [25JA]

Nutrition: require local school wellness policies to include a requirement that students receive a certain amount of school nutrition education per school year (see H.R. 1500), H1956 [11AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt local schools from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2443), H3928 [19JN]

Prayer: constitutional amendment clarifying that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools (see H.J. Res. 42), H2393 [26AP]

Privacy: prohibit employers, schools, and universities from requiring employees or enrollees to provide a user name, password, or other access to a personal social networking account (see H.R. 537), H411 [6FE]

Public welfare programs: require States to deny Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance to parents, caretakers, or legal guardians of children who are not attending enough school (see H.R. 3434), H6953 [30OC]

Religion: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see S. Res. 11), S214 [23JA] (see H. Res. 250), H3251 [6JN]

Safety: enhance (see H.R. 1470), H1909 [10AP]

School Bus Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 278), S7674 [30OC]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 96), H949 [4MR]

Science: support innovation (see S. 1777), S8457 [21NO]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H596 [15FE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H5653 [18SE]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see S. Res. 102), S2798 [18AP] (see H. Res. 169), H2159 [18AP]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see S. 297), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 1381), H1824 [21MR]

——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 1271), H1630 [19MR]

——— allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2141), H2952 [23MY]

——— encourage law enforcement presence in our schools by allowing full-time, off-duty law enforcement officials an exclusion from income for wages for performing services as a substitute teacher (see H.R. 1546), H1991 [12AP]

——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 118), H31 [3JA]

——— make permanent qualified school construction bonds 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. 1523), S6597 [18SE] (see H.R. 1629), H2157 [18AP]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H6768 [23OC]

——— provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 422), H292 [25JA]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see S. 1736), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3469), H7050 [13NO]

Cloture motions

Essays

Congressional Youth Advisory Council Project: Megan Emiliani, E765 [24MY]

——— Pallavi Dev, E763 [24MY]

——— Reena Jasani, E779 [4JN]

How I Can Show My Patriotism in My Community: Thaila Schug, E601 [7MY]

Lessons From the Roman Empire: Rachel Castellani, E140 [13FE]

State of the Union: Alexandra McFarland, S769 [14FE]

——— Allie Bull, S703 [13FE]

——— Annie Arthur, S702 [13FE]

——— Austin Price, S771 [14FE]

——— Benjamin Gilbert, S768 [14FE]

——— Caroline Braun, S649 [12FE]

——— Christie Kershaw, S769 [14FE]

——— Damon Fulcher, S768 [14FE]

——— Derryk O’Grady, S770 [14FE]

——— Emily Ellsworth, S649 [12FE]

——— Emma Davitt, S703 [13FE]

——— Gina Chiola, S650 [12FE]

——— Jeannine Bissonette, S702 [13FE]

——— Jonah Blatt, S703 [13FE]

——— Liam Hayes, S769 [14FE]

——— Rachel Moore, S770 [14FE]

——— Rebecca Potter, S771 [14FE]

——— Riley Forbes, S768 [14FE]

——— Robert Pennypacker, S771 [14FE]

——— Saleban Olow, S770 [14FE]

——— Sonia Lowen, S769 [14FE]

——— Sydney Alderman, S702 [13FE]

——— Taryn Druge, S704 [13FE]

——— Tyler Bradley, S702 [13FE]

Factsheets

Jackson Lee Amendment to H.R. 5, Student Success Act, on Dept. of Education Report on Advisability of State Education Authorities Closing School Districts, H4735 [19JY]

——— North Forest, TX, Independent School District, H4735 [19JY]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture school meal requirements: Lindsey Heward, S328 [28JA]

Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program amendment: Cornelia Brown, Maine School Management Association, S5150 [25JN]

Gun control: Chris and Lynn McDonnell, S1700 [12MR]

——— several family members of Newtown, CT, school shooting victims, S1700 [12MR]

——— Sophie Boucher, E327 [19MR]

Native Hawaiian Education Act reauthorization: Camille Rockett, H4693 [18JY]

——— Dee Jay Mailer, Kamehameha Schools, H4691 [18JY]

——— Jane R. Best, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (organization) Pacific Center for Changing the Odds, H4691 [18JY]

——— Joe Fraser, Kaho‘wai—Center for Adult Teaching and Learning, H4692 [18JY]

——— Ka‘iulani Pahi’o̅, Na̅ Lei Na’ auao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, H4692 [18JY]

——— Lisá Boyce, Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care & Education, H4693 [18JY]

——— Momi Akana, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers (organization), H4691 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina Learning ’Ohana (organization), H4692 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina New Century Public Charter School, H4692 [18JY]

——— Wendy Roylo Hee, Native Hawaiian Education Council, H4692 [18JY]

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Andy Duyck, Washington County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5732 [19SE]

——— Anthony DeBone, Deschutes County, OR, Board of County Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Craig Pope, Aaron Felton, Robert Wolfe, and Doug Schmidt, Polk County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— David Itzen, Everett Dial, and John Bishop, Curry County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5724 [19SE]

——— Dennis Linthicum, Frank Skrah, and Greg Thede, Klamath County, OR, Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Doug Robertson, John Hanlin, Rick Wesenberg, and Susan Acree, Douglas County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5724 [19SE]

——— Henry Heimuller, Anthony Hyde, Earl Fisher, Jeff Dickerson, and Steve Atchinson, Columbia County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5726 [19SE]

——— Janet Carlson, Samuel A. Brentano, Patricia Milne, Jason Myers, Walt Beglau, and Tom Rohlfing, Marion County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— John Ludlow, Jim Bernard, Paul Savas, Martha Schrader, and Tootie Smith, Clakamas County, OR, Board of County Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— John Rachor, Jackson County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5732 [19SE]

——— Mark E. Bennett, Baker County, OR, Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Mark Labhart, Bill Baertlein, and Tim Josi, Tillamook County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— Mike McCabe, Ken Fahlgren, and Seth Crawford, Crook County, OR, Court, H5725 [19SE]

——— Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5733 [19SE]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5732 [19SE]

——— Rod Runyon, Scott Hege, and Steve Kramer, Wasco County, OR, Board of County Commissioners, H5723 [19SE]

——— Simon G. Hair, Stephen Campbell, and Connie Roach, Josephine County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5726 [19SE]

——— Steve Shaffer, Gilliam County, OR, Court, H5723 [19SE]

Student Success Act: Anita Christy, Gilbert Watch (Internet site), H4624 [18JY]

——— Barbara Trader, TASH (organization), H4704 [18JY]

——— Carol Clesceri, H4624 [18JY]

——— Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H4701 [18JY]

——— Deborah A. Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children, H4702 [18JY]

——— James H. Wendorf, National Center for Learning Disabilities, H4703 [18JY]

——— Jess Butler, Autism National Committee, Inc., H4703 [18JY]

——— Karen K. Garza, Fairfax County, VA, Public Schools Superintendent, H4628 [18JY]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H4702 [18JY]

——— Laura Kaloi, Cindy Smith, and Katherine Beh Neas, Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities Education Task Force, H4699 [18JY]

——— Marty Ford, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), H4703 [18JY]

——— several Collaboration To Promote Self-Determination (organization) national partners, H4700 [18JY]

Lists

Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project supporters, S2659 [16AP]

Law enforcement and security industry groups supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2672 [16AP]

Ohio high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, S3087 [6MY]

Parents, teachers, and administrators supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2672 [16AP]

Motions

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4808 [19JY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5790 [20SE]

Petitions and memorials

Harney County, OR, Court: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5732 [19SE]

Jefferson County, OR, County Commission: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Umatilla County, OR, Board of Commissioners: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Union County, OR, Board of Commissioners: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Wallowa County, OR, Board of Commissioners: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Wheeler County, OR, Court: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5732 [19SE]

Proclamations

John W. Peoples Induction Into Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of Honor: Representative Stockman, E1799 [5DE]

Miller Grove High School Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E651 [14MY]

Mrs. Maxine P. Clarke Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E682 [16MY]

Paterne Agbohessou E.L. Bouie Sr., Traditional Theme Elementary School Teacher of the Year: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E665 [15MY]

Roy A. Hutchins Induction Into Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of Honor: Representative Stockman, E1658 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Abbeville, LA: tribute to Vermilion Catholic High School football team, E1906 [19DE]

Aguilar, Francisco: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E394 [9AP]

Aguirre, Yatzire: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E842 [11JN]

Ahn, Steve: McGlothlin Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, E569 [26AP]

Albin, Canada: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E320 [18MR]

Aledo, IL: tribute to Mercer County High School football team, E53 [23JA]

Alexis, IL: United North Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1547 [23OC]

Alija, Labeat: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E532 [24AP]

Allen, TX: tribute to Allen High School football team, H376 [6FE]

Almquist, Art: People (publication) Teacher of the Year award recipient, H7266 [20NO], E1697 [18NO]

American Education Week: observance, E1733 [21NO]

Annandale, NJ: Immaculate Conception School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1808 [5DE]

Anniston, AL: anniversary of Donoho School, E1266 [9SE]

Aptos, CA: tribute to Aptos High School Robotics Club, E1206 [2AU]

Aramaki, Kelly: Association of Washington School Principals Washington State Elementary Principal of the Year award recipient, E435 [12AP]

Archie, MO: tribute to Archie High School girls’ basketball team, E537 [24AP]

Arizona: convey certain land inholdings owned by the U.S. to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (H.R. 507), H2411 [6MY]

Arleta, CA: tribute to Arleta High School for graduation rate, H3693 [18JN]

Arvello, Aaron: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E268 [12MR]

Atlanta, GA: tribute to Lovett High School baseball team, E820 [6JN]

——— tribute to Lovett School football team, E1857 [12DE]

Aviles, Emmanuel: Scholastic Inc., Picture a President art contest winner, H1404 [14MR]

Barrera, Mayra: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E667 [15MY]

Barretero, Casey: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E321 [18MR]

Batavia, IL: tribute to Batavia High School football team, H7511 [5DE], E1802 [5DE]

Bates, Jeremiah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E416 [10AP]

Baxley, Taylor: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E839 [11JN]

Bedford, Kyle: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E540 [24AP]

Bedford, NH: Bedford Memorial Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H4534 [17JY]

Bellaire, TX: tribute to Bellaire High School Young Republicans, E137 [13FE]

Ben Wheeler, TX: tribute to Martin’s Mill High School girls’ basketball team, E477 [17AP]

Bennett, Samantha: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E731 [23MY]

Benson, AZ: tribute to Benson Unified School District, E1287 [11SE]

Berndt, Sarah: Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipient, E1426 [3OC]

Berwyn, IL: tribute to Berwyn South School District 100 efforts to promote nutrition and physical activity, E1191 [1AU]

Binghamton, NY: tribute to Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services graduating students enlisting in the Armed Forces, E841 [11JN]

Blosenco, Emma: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E396 [9AP]

Boca Raton, FL: tribute to Boca Raton Community High School Science Olympiad team, E994 [28JN]

Bock, Chelsey: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E321 [18MR]

Bolton, Damon: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E342 [20MR]

Bond, Gabrielle: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E391 [9AP]

Boone, NC: tribute to Mabel Elementary School, E1321 [17SE]

Boothby, Sarah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E729 [23MY]

Borquez-Diaz, Karen: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E469 [16AP]

Bozeman, MT: tribute to Bozeman High School girls’ cross-country team, H7510 [5DE]

Brentwood, CA: Liberty High School recipient of Dept. of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Security Community Gift Program award, E1904 [19DE]

Bristol, PA: tribute to St. Mark Roman Catholic School, E229 [28FE]

Brooklyn, NY: tribute to Edward R. Murrow High School chess team, E1162 [30JY]

Brown, Cassie: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E319 [18MR]

Buckner, Ally: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E274 [12MR]

Bufflo Grove, IL: Twin Groves Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1797 [5DE]

Burkey, Dominique: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E344 [20MR]

Burlison, Stacy: Air Force Association Hurlburt Chapter 398 High School Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1368 [25SE]

Burris, Carol: School Administrators Association of New York State Principal of the Year award recipient, E527 [24AP]

Cabrera-Marquez, Madahi: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E530 [24AP]

Camden County, NJ: tribute to high school students enlisting in the Armed Forces, E704 [20MY]

Capital Partners for Education (organization): anniversary, E1694 [18NO]

Carl Junction, MO: tribute to Carl Junction High School Destination Imagination team, E1105 [19JY]

Carmel, IN: Creekside Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1596 [29OC]

Carmosino, Ashlyn: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E329 [19MR]

Cartersville, GA: tribute to Cartersville High School baseball team, E770 [3JN]

Castro Valley, CA: Canyon Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, H4045 [26JN]

——— Jensen Ranch Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H5825 [25SE]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (H. Res. 46), H347 [5FE]

Cendejas, April: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E332 [19MR]

Cerritos, CA: Frank Leal Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1446 [7OC]

Chantilly, VA: tribute to Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year award recipients, E215 [28FE]

Chardon, OH: recognize anniversary of Chardon High School shooting and honor victims, H674 [27FE]

Chaska, MN: tribute to Chaska High School girls’ jazz and high kick dance team, E236 [4MR]

Cherry Hill, NJ: tribute to Cherry Hill High School West Patriot Club, E178 [25FE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Maria Konopnicka Polish Language School, E1907 [19DE]

——— anniversary of Marist High School, E1443 [4OC]

——— annviersary of Nicholas Senn High School, E1418 [2OC]

——— Evergreen Academy Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E991 [28JN]

Child Safety Network: anniversary, E1618 [30OC]

Children and youth: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students, H81 [14JA]

——— allow flexibility to enforce discipline rather than zero tolerance policies in schools, H3021 [4JN]

China Grove, NC: tribute to Jesse Carson High School sports teams, E1472 [10OC]

Chowchilla, CA: anniversary of Chowchilla Elementary School District, E1540 [22OC]

Cisneros, Aaron: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E275 [12MR]

Clairton, PA: tribute to Clairton High School football team, E87 [4FE]

Cleary, James: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E418 [10AP]

Cleveland, Raven: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E727 [23MY]

Colorado Springs, CO: Columbia Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1680 [15NO]

Columbus, IN: tribute to Columbus East High School football team, E1806 [5DE]

Congress: tribute to Artistic Discovery student art competition participants, E491 [18AP]

Cooper, Christine: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E339 [20MR]

Coppell, TX: Wilson Elementary School Great Expectations (organization) Model School designee, E574 [26AP]

Cordova, Katrina: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E472 [16AP]

Corpus Christi, TX: tribute to Flour Bluff High School Junior ROTC team, H3229 [6JN]

Cowden, Eric: Future Farmers of America Honorary American Star Degree recipient, H7402 [3DE]

Crane, MO: tribute to Crane High School girls’ basketball team, E529 [24AP]

Crime: reduce violence and protect citizens, H5460 [10SE]

Cumberland, MD: tribute to Fort Hill High School football team, E1908 [19DE]

Curiel, Frank: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E392 [9AP]

Cusseta, GA: anniversary of Cusseta Industrial High School, E848 [12JN]

Dawsonville, GA: Dawson County High School Junior ROTC Program recipient of Gold Star award, H2106 [17AP]

Defiance, OH: tribute to Defiance High School baseball team, E909 [18JN]

Delgado, Jacqueline: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E389 [9AP]

Denton, TX: tribute to John H. Guyer High School football team, E13 [4JA]

——— tribute to John H. Guyer High School girls’ soccer team, E582 [30AP]

Denville, NJ: Morris County School of Technology recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1797 [5DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: impact of Government shutdown on school lunch program, H6211 [3OC]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs, H6488, H6489 [10OC]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 1503), H2480 [7MY]

——— require report on cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories, the District of Columbia, and the States (H.R. 428), E58 [23JA]

Dept. of Defense: ensure fair treatment of students not enrolled in traditional secondary schools relative to military recruitment and enlistment, H4962, H4963 [23JY], E877 [14JN]

——— require a cost-benefit report on the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, ROTC Warrior Forge exercise, H5029 [24JY]

——— STARBASE program funding, H4916 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: allow charter schools to use Federal funds for professional development, teacher training, instructional materials, and minor facilities costs, H4716, H4717 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]

——— allow local educational agencies to enter contracts with other organizations to implement programs for at-risk-youth, H4706, H4707 [18JY]

——— allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, H4736–H4738 [19JY]

——— allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705, H4706 [18JY]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (H.R. 2658), H4374 [11JY]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (H.R. 866), E207 [27FE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (H.R. 1368), E355 [21MR]

——— clarify that States that do not accept Federal funds are not required to comply with Federal education mandates, H4720 [18JY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 455), E85 [4FE]

——— create and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (H.R. 2196), E750 [23MY]

——— encourage States to include the number of enrolled public secondary school students attaining career and technical education proficiencies in its annual State report card, H4706 [18JY]

——— English language learner programs funding, H4694 [18JY]

——— ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]

——— ensure educational opportunities for children with disabilities, protect children from abusive seclusion and restraint practices, protect children from sexual predators, and protect athletes from concussions, H4812, H4813 [19JY]

——— ensure Family Engagement Centers target services to low-income students and families, H4718 [18JY]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H4612 [18JY]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (H.R. 2706), H4533 [17JY]

——— establish teacher evaluation programs (H.R. 768), H4610, H4709 [18JY]

——— exempt local educational agencies serving high percentage of students from families with income below the poverty line from changes to funding formula, H4710, H4711 [18JY]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, H6610 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Impact Aid Program, H6360 [8OC]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (H.R. 2228), E774 [3JN]

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior, E1107 [22JY]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (H.R. 1854), H2609 [15MY]

——— make certain consolidated school districts eligible for payments, prohibit mid-year adjustments for student counts, and make the current construction program a competitive grant program, H4719 [18JY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, H78 [14JA]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (H.R. 320), H487 [13FE]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— prohibit Federal funds to State and local educational agencies who facilitate the transfer of an employee they know or have probable cause to believe has engaged in sexual misconduct, H4733, H4734 [19JY]

——— prohibit Federal mandate requiring States to institute teacher evaluation programs, H4709, H4710, H4712 [18JY]

——— prohibit grant funds from bypassing States and going directly to local school districts, H4711, H4712 [18JY]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (H.R. 1893), H2538 [9MY], H2843 [22MY]

——— report on advisability of State education authorities closing school districts over local opposition, and the monitoring, supervising, and controlling of underperforming school districts, H4734–H4736 [19JY]

——— require State educational agencies to consult with private sector employers and entrepreneurs as part of education plan and require appointment of representatives from private sector to peer-review process, H4697 [18JY]

——— require States receiving insufficient grants to prioritize funding for schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk students, and Native Americans, H4696, H4697 [18JY], E1099 [19JY]

——— restore cap on percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participating in alternate assessments, H4698, H4699, H4703 [18JY]

——— restore greater authority and governance to local educational agencies, strengthen opportunities for parental input, and assess affect of regulations on local school districts, H4707, H4708 [18JY]

——— submit a report listing average salary of employees whose jobs are eliminated due to program consolidation and the average salary of employees according to job function, H4720, H4721 [18JY]

——— support professional development for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, H4715 [18JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4321 [10JY], H4475 [11JY], H4532 [17JY], H4607, H4610, H4619–H4722 [18JY], H4730, H4731–H4814 [19JY], H5076 [25JY], E1097, E1098, E1099 [19JY], E1107, E1110, E1111 [22JY], E1116 [23JY], E1136 [25JY], E1147 [26JY], E1193 [1AU]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H4812, H4813 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (H.R. 274), H3364 [13JN]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (H.R. 2094), H5145–H5147 [30JY]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (H.R. 2632), H4222 [9JY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (H.R. 628), H487 [13FE]

——— Social Services Block Grant Program funding to provide transportation for students displaced by Hurricane Sandy, H114, H115 [15JA]

Dept. of Justice: making supplemental appropriations for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program COPS in Schools program (H.R. 751), H570 [15FE]

Deptford Township, NJ: tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., contest winners, E135 [13FE]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of Payne-Pulliam School of Trade and Commerce, E1662 [14NO]

Dewey’s Bakery (business): tribute to fundraising store for Forbush High School band boosters in East Bend, NC, H7304 [20NO]

DiMucci, Kendra: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E471 [16AP]

Discrimination: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, H4612, H4615, H4616 [18JY]

District of Columbia: tribute to opening of redesigned Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School, E1245 [2AU]

Domenichelli, Cheryl: Association of California School Administrators Secondary Principal of the Year award recipient, E1268 [9SE]

Douma, Kimberly: Napa County, CA, Office of Education Napa County Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1277 [10SE]

Dover, NJ: Dover High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1794 [5DE]

DuBois, PA: DuBois Area Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, H4093 [27JN]

Duncanville, TX: tribute to Duncanville High School girls’ basketball team, E402 [9AP]

Duval County, FL: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E602 [7MY]

Eaker, Emma: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E397 [9AP]

East Peoria, IL: East Peoria School District 86 named NAMM Foundation ‘‘Best Communities for Music Education’’, E670 [15MY]

Eau Claire, WI: tribute to Memorial High School boys’ hockey team, E386 [9AP]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H676 [27FE], H3055 [4JN], H4624, H4626 [18JY]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H157 [15JA], H1576 [19MR], H3106 [5JN], H5430 [9SE]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), H4990 [24JY], H5184 [31JY], H5275 [1AU], H5516 [12SE], H5599 [18SE], H5678 [19SE]

Eden Prairie, MN: tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ golf team, E998 [28JN]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ lacrosse team, E997 [28JN]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ Nordic ski team, H607 [25FE]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ swim team, E455 [15AP]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School football team, H7377 [2DE]

Edina, MN: tribute to Edina High School boys’ hockey team, E458 [15AP]

——— tribute to Edina High School girls’ golf team, H3932 [20JN]

——— tribute to Edina High School girls’ tennis team, H6980 [12NO]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, H3028 [4JN], E814, E827 [6JN]

——— funding, H968 [5MR], H1707 [20MR], H2285 [24AP], H2559 [9MY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H5842 [26SE], H5936, H5937, H5938 [28SE]

——— importance of investment in public education, H4514, H4515 [16JY]

——— improve high school dropout rate for teen girls by renewing national commitment to literacy, H1416 [14MR]

——— promote civic education, H5374 [2AU]

——— recognize importance of investment in public education programs and promote and improve education opportunities for underserved populations, H2283–H2289 [24AP]

——— restore State sovereignty over public education and parental rights over the education of their children, H4731, H4732 [19JY]

——— tribute to teachers, H4608 [18JY]

Edwardsville, IL: tribute to Edwardsville High School boys’ soccer team, H7114 [15NO]

El Paso, TX: tribute to Cathedral High School, H2232 [23AP]

Elazier, Micah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E665 [15MY]

Elk Grove, CA: tribute to Pleasant Grove High School boys’ basketball team, H1870 [10AP]

Employment: require criminal background checks for school employees, H4733 [19JY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), H2843 [22MY], H6647–H6651, H6655 [22OC]

Esquibel, Brianna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E322 [18MR]

Ethridge, Elizabeth: Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Inc., Bronze Cross for Achievement recipient, H6837 [29OC]

Fairfax, VA: anniversary of W.T. Woodson High School, E472 [16AP]

Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Stratford Landing Elementary School, E1186 [1AU]

Farmer, Betsy: Space Coast Early Intervention Center Helping Hand Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1718 [20NO]

Favela, Neko: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E665 [15MY]

Fayetteville, NC: tribute to Terry Sanford High School centennial graduation, E677 [16MY]

Figueroa, Mercedes: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E667 [15MY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), H1914, H1920, H1946 [11AP], H1963, H1986 [12AP], H2071, H2074, H2076, H2077, H2107, H2119 [17AP], H2128, H2129 [18AP]

Fischbach, John P.: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E410 [10AP]

Fisher, Carl: Missouri Pioneer in Education award recipient, E1193 [1AU]

Fishers, IN: St. Louis de Montfort Catholic School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1592 [29OC]

Florida: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E510 [23AP], E577 [26AP]

Food Allergy Awareness Week: observance, E714 [21MY]

Foote, Maria: Okaloosa County, FL, School District Educational Support Professional of the Year award recipient, E317 [15MR]

Fort Worth, TX: anniversary of I.M. Terrell High School, E188 [26FE]

——— tribute to Morningside Middle School Junior National Academic Championship participants, H3299 [12JN]

——— tribute to Trimble Technical High School Texas Christian University Community Scholars Program scholarship recipients, H2377 [26AP]

——— tribute to Woodhaven Scholarship award recipients, H2525 [8MY]

Fortville, IN: tribute to Mount Vernon High School girls’ basketball team, E395 [9AP]

Fousel, Olivia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E725 [22MY]

Fox, Devon: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E341 [20MR]

Frankfort, KY: anniversary of Stewart Home School, E675 [16MY]

Frederick, MD: anniversary of Frederick High School band, E190 [26FE]

——— anniversary of New Life Christian School, E455 [15AP]

Fredericksburg, VA: tribute to Lance Corporal Caleb Power Young Marine Unit Red Ribbon Week observance, E1721 [20NO]

Gallegos-Alexus, Savannah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E736 [23MY]

Gary, IN: anniversary of Gary Chamber of Commerce Lakeshore Classic basketball tournament, E1687 [18NO]

Georgetown, KY: Royal Spring Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E976 [26JN]

Georgia: tribute to Georgia Student Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) Program Honor Roll medal recipients, E1297 [12SE]

Germantown, MD: tribute to Northwest High School football team, E1897 [19DE]

Gonzalez, Adriana: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E271 [12MR]

Gonzalez, Linyeiner: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E537 [24AP]

Greensboro, NC: tribute to Vandalia Christian School boys’ basketball team, E462 [15AP]

——— tribute to Vandalia Christian School boys’ soccer team, E462 [15AP]

——— tribute to Vandalia Christian School cheerleading squad, E462 [15AP]

——— tribute to Vandalia Christian School sports teams, E738 [23MY]

Greensburg, IN: tribute to Greensburg Community High School boys’ basketball team, E391 [9AP]

Grimes, Issa: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E390 [9AP]

Grisillo, Anthony: Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1823 [10DE]

Grove City, OH: tribute to Grove City High School marching band, E29 [15JA]

Guam: anniversary of Father Duenas Memorial School, E1411 [1OC]

Guigon, Domonick: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E342 [20MR]

Hadad, Dan: National Association of School Superintendents National Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E1227 [2AU]

Hall, Nick: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E668 [15MY]

Hardeeville, SC: tribute to Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School incentive program, E1520 [16OC]

Harrisburg, IL: tribute to Harrisburg High School boys’ basketball team, E291 [13MR]

Harrisburg, PA: tribute to Holy Name of Jesus School pony football team, E1789 [4DE]

Harrity, Sheila: MetLife/National Association of Secondary School Principals National High School Principal of the Year award recipient, E1391 [27SE]

Hatrick, Edgar B., III: Loudoun Laurels Foundation Loudoun Laurels Stewardship Medal recipient, E1395 [27SE]

Hayward, WI: tribute to Hayward High School girls’ ice hockey team, H1417 [14MR], E297 [14MR]

Hayward Education Foundation: anniversary, H1559 [18MR]

Hedgesville, WV: tribute to Hedgesville High School baseball team, E896 [17JN]

Heller, Brandon: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E322 [18MR]

Hendersonville, NC: Dana Elementary School designated Partnership for 21st Century Skills (organization) 21st Century Learning Exemplar School, E1860 [12DE]

Herber, John: People (publication) Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1869 [12DE]

Hernandez, Maria: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E533 [24AP]

High Point, NC: tribute to High Point Christian Academy girls’ softball team, E911 [18JN]

High School Radio Day: observance, E559 [26AP]

Highland Park, IL: Elm Place Middle School Illinois Future Problem Solvers Bowl winner, H2449 [7MY]

Hillsborough, NC: A.L. Stanback Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E1143 [25JY]

Hoang, Linh: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E531 [24AP]

Holifield, James: Indiana Association of School Principals Indiana Middle School Principal of the Year award recipient, E1343 [19SE]

Ho’olehua, HI: Molokai Middle School Golden Eyes robotics team winner of Hawaii For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Lego League Championship, H3108 [5JN]

Houston, TX: Texas Education Agency decision to close North Forest Independent School District, H2379 [26AP], H2416 [6MY], H2796 [20MY]

Howell, MI: tribute to Howell High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E712 [21MY]

Hudsonville, MI: Baldwin Street Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, H4133 [27JN]

Hunt, Woody: Ysleta High School Outstanding-Ex Award recipient, E1286 [11SE]

Huntington, NY: Huntington High School Brookhaven winner of National Laboratory/Long Island Regional Science Bowl, E124 [12FE]

Independence, MO: closing of St. Mary’s Bundschu Memorial High School, E686 [16MY]

Ishpeming, MI: tribute to Ishpeming High School football team, E1769 [3DE]

Jackson, MS: tribute to 1965 Lanier High School boys’ basketball team, E1124 [24JY]

Jackson, TN: tribute to ‘‘Do the Write Thing Challenge’’ participants, E691 [17MY]

Jannazo, Joe: Air Force Association Hurlburt Chapter 398 Middle School and Overall Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1367 [25SE]

Jewell, Morgan: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E668 [15MY]

Joliet, IL: tribute to Joliet Catholic Academy baseball team, E856 [14JN]

Jones, John: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E415 [10AP]

Joyce, Randy: Air Force Association Teacher of the Year award recipient, E678 [16MY]

Kopperschlager, Ava: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E333 [19MR]

La Grange, IL: St. Francis Xavier Parish School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1443 [4OC]

Lafayette, LA: tribute to Acadiana High School football team, E1905 [19DE]

——— tribute to St. Thomas More Catholic High School boys’ basketball team, E369 [21MR]

Lakewood, CO: tribute to Lakewood High School efforts in responding to Colorado flooding, E1898 [19DE]

Las Vegas, NV: Walter Bracken STEAM Academy recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1463 [9OC]

Laurel Springs, NJ: tribute to Laurel Springs School sixth grade class play commemorating anniversary of Laurel Springs, E511 [23AP]

Lawrence, Anastasia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E327 [19MR]

Leawood, KS: Mission Trail Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1789 [4DE]

Lewis, Matt: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E526 [24AP]

Lockport, IL: tribute to Lockport Township High School boys’ bowling team, E103 [6FE]

Long, Aaron: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E269 [12MR]

Los Angeles, CA: tribute to Yeshiva University High School Panthers for Israel, E716 [21MY]

Loschen, Tyler: Future Farmers of America American Star Farmer award recipient, E1627 [12NO]

Loudoun Bar Association: tribute to ‘‘Beat the Odds’’ scholarship recipients, E773 [3JN]

Louisville, KY: tribute to DeSales High School football team, H7700 [12DE]

Lozano, Jesus: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E412 [10AP]

Lufkin, TX: tribute to Hudson High School girls’ softball team, E1329 [18SE]

Lyons, IL: George Washington Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E990 [28JN]

MacDonald, Pamela: McGlothlin Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, E569 [26AP]

Maestas, Roberto: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E728 [23MY]

Malfabon, Adrian: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E276 [12MR]

Maloku, Edite: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E344 [20MR]

Manning, Marsha: Fairfax County, VA, Public School System Nancy F. Sprague Outstanding First-Year Principal recipient, E795 [4JN]

Martinez, Arianna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E332 [19MR]

Mata, Sandy: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E734 [23MY]

Mathiang, Matiok: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E535 [24AP]

McClendon, Ray, III: Jackson, MS, Public Schools JROTC Cadet of the Year award recipient, E1319 [17SE]

McNabb, Chris: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E320 [18MR]

Medel, Araceli: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E329 [19MR]

Melbourne, FL: anniversary of Space Coast Early Intervention Center, E1718 [20NO]

Memphis, TN: inclusion of St. Jude’s Research Hospital in National Society of High School Scholars career survey list, H2590 [14MY]

Meraz, Katia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E475 [16AP]

Meraz, Liliana: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E538 [24AP]

Messer, Randal: Walton County, FL, Educational Support Professional of the Year award recipient, E208 [27FE]

Miami, FL: anniversary of Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School, E129 [12FE]

——— anniversary of Christopher Columbus High School, E131 [12FE]

——— Leewood K-8 Center recipient of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition grand prize, E585 [3MY]

——— tribute to South Florida After-School All-Stars program, E585 [3MY]

Middletown, CT: anniversary of Xavier High School, E1470 [9OC]

Milan, IN: tribute to opening of Milan ’54 Hoosiers Museum, E822 [6JN]

Milledgeville, IL: tribute to Milledgeville High School girls’ softball team, E823 [6JN]

Miller, Alyssa: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E269 [12MR]

Milton, NJ: tribute to Pace High School marching band, E1866 [12DE]

Minnetonka, MN: tribute to Hopkins High School girls’ basketball team, E457 [15AP]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ alpine ski team, E234 [4MR]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ soccer team, E1732 [21NO]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ track and field team, E996 [28JN]

Mitchell, Justice: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E468 [16AP]

Molina, Angelica: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E328 [19MR]

Monroe County, NY: inclusion of high schools in Newsweek (publication) ‘‘Best High Schools’’ list, E631 [9MY]

Montgomery County, KY: tribute to Montgomery County School District ranking in Kentucky Unbridled Learning assessment and accountability system, E1607 [30OC]

Monticello, IL: Monticello Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E1005 [28JN]

Montoya, Jazmin: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E414 [10AP]

Moraga, CA: tribute to Campolindo High School Academic Decathlon Club, E398 [9AP]

Mora-Pina, Alysia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E273 [12MR]

Moravia, NY: tribute to Moravia High School boys’ basketball team, E823 [6JN]

Morristown, NJ: anniversary of Peck School, E97 [5FE]

Morton, Katarina: American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American honoree, E1856 [12DE]

Mugaruka, Roseline: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E735 [23MY]

Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide at Sumgait, E270 [12MR]

Napa Valley Education Foundation: anniversary, E1798 [5DE]

Naperville, IL: tribute to Nequa Valley High School rocket team, E635 [9MY]

——— tribute to Neuqua Valley High School for participation in the SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game, E916 [19JN]

Nashville, IL: tribute to Nashville Community High School girls’ basketball team, E233 [4MR]

National Assistant Principals Week: observance, E417 [10AP]

National Charter Schools Week: observance, H2462 [7MY]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 33), H2128, H2129, H2147, H2148, H2149 [18AP]

National forests: improve land management, H1979 [12AP]

——— restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5460–H5467 [10SE], H5530 [12SE], H5721–H5755 [19SE], H5788–H5792 [20SE], H5820 [25SE], E1353, E1356, E1357, E1358 [20SE], E1389 [27SE]

National Parent Teacher Association: observance of Month of the Hispanic Child, H5598 [18SE]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, H956 [5MR]

National School Choice Week: observance, H251 [23JA]

National School Spirit Day: observance, E1758 [2DE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, H2492 [8MY], H2558 [9MY], E630 [9MY]

National Teacher Day: observance, H2446, H2461 [7MY], E611, E612 [7MY], E636 [9MY]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (H.R. 2287), H4321 [10JY]

Navarre, FL: tribute to Navarre High School girls’ weightlifting team, E122 [12FE]

Nebraska Advanced Manufacturing Coalition: tribute to Dream It Do It Initiative partnership with Omaha Northwest High Magnet School, E1137 [25JY]

Neosho, MO: tribute to Neosho High School wrestling team, E531 [24AP]

New Jersey: tribute to 11th District Congressional Arts competition participants, E447 [12AP]

New Orleans, LA: Lake Forest Charter Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1562 [23OC]

New York: tribute to Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Award recipients, E595 [6MY]

Newtown, CT: anniversary of shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, H3360, H3361, H3362, H3363 [13JN], H8101, H8102 [12DE]

——— condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, H1416 [14MR], E65 [25JA], E176 [25FE]

Niagara Street Area Business and Professional Association: tribute to award recipients, E1533 [22OC]

North Kansas City, MO: anniversary of North Kansas City School District, E745 [23MY]

Northbrook, IL: Greenbriar Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1869 [12DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: anniversary of Hopwood Junior High School, H1997 [15AP], E457 [15AP]

——— anniversary of public school system, H5556 [17SE], E1320 [17SE]

——— Marianas High School recipient of Real World Design Challenge National Aviation Champion Team award, H5556 [17SE]

Nunez, Alexandra: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E267 [12MR]

Nunn, Ulaunda: Air Force Association Hurlburt Chapter 398 Elementary School Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1370 [25SE]

Oak Park, CA: Oak Park Unified School District recipient of Dept. of Education Sustainability Award, H2314 [25AP]

Oakland Park, FL: tribute to Northeast High School student inventors for producing bicycle that serves as emergency water sanitation system, H2450 [7MY]

Olivarez, Frankie: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E391 [9AP]

Omaha, NE: anniversary of Brownell-Talbot School, E1325 [17SE]

Orland Park, IL: St. Michael School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1662 [14NO]

Oswego, IL: tribute to Oswego East High School rocket team, E635 [9MY]

Ottawa, OH: tribute to Ottawa-Glandorf High School boys’ basketball team, E522 [23AP]

Park Ridge, IL: tribute to Maine South High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E104 [6FE]

Parma, OH: anniversary of Holy Name High School, E1334 [18SE]

——— anniversary of Ukrainian Ridna Shkola Heritage School, E1739 [21NO]

Parra, Jose: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E467 [16AP]

Pasadena, CA: anniversary of Westridge School for Girls, E1365 [25SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on job creation and hiring, H3370 [13JN], H3670 [17JN], H4001 [25JN], H4201 [8JY]

Paulsen, Timmy: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E840 [11JN]

Peck, MI: tribute to Peck High School football team, E1816 [9DE]

Pembroke Pines, FL: tribute to Montessori Academy, E1198 [1AU]

Pennsauken, NJ: tribute to Phifer Middle School concert band, E280 [13MR]

Pensacola, FL: tribute to Booker T. Washington High School girls’ swimming team, E1884 [16DE]

——— tribute to Pensacola Catholic High School baseball team, E848 [12JN]

Perez, Tania: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E835 [11JN]

Perth Amboy, NJ: anniversary of Assumption Catholic School, E1564 [23OC]

Phelps, Jazmin: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E417 [10AP]

Phoenix, AZ: anniversary of Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, E154 [14FE]

——— tribute to Desert Vista High School Health Occupations Students of America club, E1225 [2AU]

Picayune, MS: tribute to Picayune High School football team, E1872 [12DE]

Pieterse, Betina: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E330 [19MR]

Pittsburgh, PA: Girls of Steel robotics team recipient of Pittsburgh Regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics Competition Engineering Inspiration Award, E684 [16MY]

Placencio, Valeria: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E841 [11JN]

Plano, TX: tribute to Plano East High School technology team, E336 [19MR]

Pleasant Hope, MO: tribute to Pleasant Hope High School girls’ softball team, E12 [3JA]

Pleasanton, CA: tribute to Amador Valley High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H2415 [6MY]

Plymouth, MN: tribute to Wayzata High School boys’ tennis team, E995 [28JN]

——— tribute to Wayzata High School girls’ Nordic ski team, H650 [26FE]

Polk, FL: Berkley Charter School recipient of National Association of Music Merchants Foundation SupportMusic Merit Award, E987 [28JN]

Pontiac, IL: Pontiac Township High School Future Farmers of America chapter recipient of Future Farmers of America Model of Excellence award, E1625 [12NO]

Portland, OR: tribute to Central Catholic High School football team, E1868 [12DE]

——— tribute to Grant High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H2378 [26AP], E697 [17MY]

——— tribute to Riverdale High School ‘‘H20 for Life’’ program, E1677 [15NO]

Portsmouth, VA: anniversary of I.C. Norcom High School, E1484 [10OC]

Price, TX: tribute to Carlisle High School baseball team, E1688 [18NO]

Providence, RI: tribute to Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School, H7008 [13NO]

Public School Week: observance, E251 [6MR]

Rabbit, Andrew: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E331 [19MR]

Raleigh, NC: anniversary of Fuller Gifted and Talented Magnet Elementary School, E865 [14JN]

Ramirez, Nuvia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E669 [15MY]

Redmond, WA: tribute to Bear Creek High School boys’ soccer team, E1907 [19DE]

Religion: express support for prayer at school graduations, H6466 [10OC]

——— reaffirm ‘‘In God We Trust’’ as the official motto of the U.S. and support and encourage its public display in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions, H328 [4FE]

Republic, MO: tribute to Republic High School boys’ basketball team, E539, E540 [24AP]

Resendez, Rafael: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E733 [23MY]

Rhoads, Megan: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E664 [15MY]

Rhymer, Lynn: Wells Fargo & Co., North Carolina Southwest Region Principal of the Year award recipient, E1327 [17SE]

Richmond, KY: tribute to Madison Central High School boys’ basketball team, E670 [15MY]

Richmond, TX: tribute to Travis High School boys’ basketball team, H1417 [14MR]

Rigby, Susan: Escambia County, FL, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E222 [28FE]

Riviera Beach, FL: anniversary of Suncoast High School, E1576 [28OC]

Rochester, MN: anniversary of Kellogg Middle School, E512 [23AP]

Rodriguez, Marisol: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E529 [24AP]

Roland, David: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E343 [20MR]

Romero, Rayanna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E732 [23MY]

Root, Joey: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E411 [10AP]

Rosalia, KS: tribute to Flinthills High School graduating class, H2623 [15MY]

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs’’ list, H5845 [26SE]

Rosenberg, TX: tribute to B.F. Terry High School boys’ basketball team, H1343 [12MR]

Roshon, Jamie: Knowledge Universe (organization) Early Childhood Educator Award recipient, E1712 [20NO]

Ruffo, Emily: California School Resource Officer Association Law Enforcement Administrator of the Year award recipient, H5185 [31JY]

Russell, Chad A.: California State Fair Instructor Sweepstakes Award recipient, E1266 [9SE]

Ruvalcaba, Stephani: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E834 [11JN]

Ryan, Jhamier: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E416 [10AP]

Sacramento, CA: Mira Loma High School winner of Dept. of Energy National Science Bowl, H2491 [8MY]

Saenz, Edwin: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E345 [20MR]

Safety: proposal to permit carrying and use of firearms by teachers and school staff, E177 [25FE]

Salazar, Jair: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E387 [9AP]

Salinas, CA: anniversary of Salinas School of Dance, E1750 [21NO]

San Diego, CA: tribute to High Tech High School robotics team, H2524, H2525 [8MY]

San Diego County, CA: tribute to Live Well San Diego initiative, H7376 [2DE]

San Fernando, CA: tribute to San Fernando High School baseball team, H3693 [18JN]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of San Jose High School, E1759 [2DE]

Schug, Thaila: American Legion Auxiliary Dept. of Florida Gold Medal for Class III recipient, E601 [7MY]

Scotch Plains, NJ: Academy for Information Technology recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1802 [5DE]

——— Union County Magnet High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1805 [5DE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5460–H5467 [10SE], H5530 [12SE], H5721–H5755 [19SE], H5788–H5792 [20SE], H5820 [25SE], E1353, E1356, E1357, E1358 [20SE], E1389 [27SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), motion to recommit, H5790, H5791 [20SE]

Shepherd, Stephanie: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E838 [11JN]

Short Hills, NJ: St. Rose of Lima Academy recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1806 [5DE]

Simpson, Erica: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E395 [9AP]

SkillsUSA (organization): tribute to medal recipients, H5888 [27SE]

Smothers, Taylor: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E836 [11JN]

Snohomish, WA: tribute to Glacier Peak High School girls’ cross country team, E1899 [19DE]

Snow Hill, NC: Greene Early College High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1447 [7OC]

Solis, Edna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E342 [20MR]

South Jersey Football Coaches Association: tribute to Hall of Fame inductees, E1223 [2AU]

South San Francisco, CA: anniversary of South San Francisco Unified School District, E1777 [3DE]

Southern Poverty Law Center: opposition to Alabama school choice legislation, H5597 [18SE]

Sowl, Trevor: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E836 [11JN]

Springfield, MO: tribute to Glendale High School girls’ swim team, E271 [12MR]

——— tribute to Springfield Catholic High School boys’ soccer team, E4 [3JA]

St. Leon, IN: tribute to East Central High School Business Professionals of America (organization) team, E341 [20MR]

Stephenville, TX: tribute to Stephenville High School football team, H608 [25FE]

Stockton, CA: Bear Creek High School Bruin Voice (newspaper) recipient of National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Award and Best in Show award, E1910 [23DE]

Sugar Land, TX: tribute to Clements High School marching band, E1646 [13NO]

——— tribute to Fort Bend Christian Academy boys’ baseball team, H2665 [16MY]

——— tribute to Fort Bend Christian Academy girls’ softball team, H2665 [16MY]

Sun Valley, CA: Sun Valley High School robotics team winner of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Mini Urban Challenge Competition, H3693 [18JN]

Swartwood, Chris: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E319 [18MR]

Swenson, Maverick: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E661 [15MY]

Tapia, Darlene: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E340 [20MR]

Taxation: allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (H.R. 1271), H1883 [10AP]

TELACU Education Foundation: anniversary, E516 [23AP]

Tempe, AZ: tribute to Corona del Sol High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E836 [11JN]

Tennessee: tribute to job training programs, H3697 [18JN]

Texas: tribute to southeast Texas children, schools, and organizations for participation in and sponsorship of Christmas card project for overseas troops, E1887 [16DE]

——— tribute to 3d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council participants, E815 [6JN]

——— tribute to 22d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council participants, E710, E712, E713, E714, E716 [21MY], E749, E753, E755, E758, E761 [23MY], E763, E764, E765 [24MY], E779, E783, E786, E788, E790, E791 [4JN]

Thomas, Anne: American Red Cross Serving Greater Iowa Hero of the Heartland Award recipient, E555 [25AP]

Tidioute, PA: Tidioute Community Charter School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H5836 [26SE]

Time Warner Cable, Inc.: tribute to Connect a Million Minds initiative for introducing students to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and encouraging volunteer opportunities for employees, E145 [14FE], E207 [27FE], E216 [28FE]

Toledo, OH: anniversary of Scott High School, E1336 [18SE]

——— tribute to Macomber-Whitney High School, E1337 [18SE]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H5578–H5580 [17SE]

Trover, Jennica: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E413 [10AP]

True, Victoria: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E837 [11JN]

Trujillo, Alina: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E272 [12MR]

Tucker, Cheyayn: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E319 [18MR]

Union City, CA: New Haven Unified School District recipient of Dept. of Education Race to the Top grant program award, H515 [14FE]

Upper Darby, PA: tribute to Upper Darby High School cheerleading team, E1762 [2DE]

——— tribute to Upper Darby High School Lunar Research team, E1626 [12NO]

——— Upper Darby High School recipient of Varsity Brands, Inc., National School Spirit Day, E1774 [3DE]

Urenda, Joseph: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E473 [16AP]

Urias, Noe: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E666 [15MY]

Uxbridge, MA: Taft Early Learning School recipient of Dept. of Agriculture Healthier School Challenge Bronze Award, H5272 [1AU]

Vail, AZ: tribute to Vail School District, E1210 [2AU]

Velo, Miroslaba (Lili): California Council for Social Studies Outstanding Senior High School Teacher of the Year award recipient, H2074 [17AP]

Vestivia Hills, AL: tribute to Vestivia Hills High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E545 [25AP]

Vick, Kamelia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E474 [16AP]

Vick, Klarissa: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E475 [16AP]

Walnut Grove, MO: tribute to Walnut Grove High School girls’ basketball team, E595 [6MY]

WDSO–Radio (Chesterton, IN): tribute, E559 [26AP]

West, TX: disaster assistance for rebuilding and recovery of community destroyed by explosion at fertilizer plant, H4491 [16JY]

West Bloomfield Township MI: tribute to Ealy Elementary School, E953 [20JN]

Westfield, IN: St. Maria Goretti Catholic School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1594 [29OC]

Weymouth, MA: anniversary of Sacred Heart School, E444 [12AP]

WGVE–Radio (Gary, IN): tribute, E559 [26AP]

Wheatland, CA: Wheatland Union High School recipient of California Distinguished School award, E719 [22MY]

White Oak, TX: tribute to White Oak High School boys’ basketball team, E382 [9AP]

Whitesburg, KY: tribute to Letcher County Central High School marching band, E37 [18JA]

Wightman, Johnny: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E476 [16AP]

Wilder, Rose: South Carolina Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E655 [14MY]

Willow Springs, MO: Willow Springs High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1369 [25SE]

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of Howard High School boys’ basketball team State championship season, H7405 [3DE]

Wilson, Breanna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E320 [18MR]

Woodbridge, VA: anniversary of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Day School, E795 [4JN]

Worcester, MA: tribute to Worcester Technical High robotics and automation technology team, E566 [26AP]

——— Worcester Technical High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1391 [27SE]

Yardley, PA: anniversary of Grey Nun Academy, E417 [10AP]

Yerington, NV: tribute to Yerington High School football team, H7377 [2DE]

Yoder, Bailee: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E333 [19MR]

Zeeland, MI: tribute to Zeeland West High School football team, H7459 [4DE]

Remarks in Senate

Baltimore, MD: tribute to the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project, S2658 [16AP]

Berea, KY: tribute to New Opportunity School, S2141 [21MR]

BIA: tribal school construction funding, S1944, S1945 [19MR]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools, S328 [28JA]

——— recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (S. Res. 22), S408 [30JA]

CHARACTERplus (organization): tribute, S7998 [13NO]

Children and youth: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (S. 403), S6627–S6629 [19SE]

——— promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (S. 1546), S6882 [24SE]

Civil rights: include primarily secular activities of religious organizations in exemption from regulations prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7900–S7902 [7NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: evaluate and consolidate duplicative nutrition programs, S3934 [4JN]

——— require a certain percentage of Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds be used for affordable food for children and at-risk families, food safety, crop protection, and specialty crop production, S3935 [4JN]

Dept. of Education: allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, S2121 [21MR], S2280 [22MR]

——— amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 1222), S5150 [25JN]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (S. 1101), S3988 [6JN]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (S. 1083), S3859 [23MY]

——— establish a new counseling program (S. 282), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (S. 439), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish Office of Rural Education Policy (S. 1096), S3958 [4JN], S3981 [6JN]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, S2123 [21MR]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (S. 370), S786 [14FE]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (S. 1110), S4401 [12JN]

——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (S. 1062), S3857 [23MY]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (S. 1063), S3857 [23MY]

——— invest in innovation for education (S. 283), S7995 [13NO]

——— promote environmental education (S. 1306), S5712 [16JY]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1127), S4060 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (S. 153), S291 [24JA], S7712 [31OC]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (H.R. 2094), S7778 [31OC]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (S. 1503), S6448 [12SE]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine, S3525 [15MY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (S. 195), S2676 [16AP]

Dept. of Justice: strengthen Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program, S2669 [16AP]

——— strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S9044 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, MD, which Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth (S. 103), S219 [23JA]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S3149 [7MY]

Education: funding, S2243, S2244 [22MR]

——— improve early education, S2247 [22MR]

——— improve early education (S. 519), S1595 [11MR]

——— promote advanced placement and International Baccalaureate programs (S. 1082), S5220 [26JN]

——— reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (S. 326), S774 [14FE], S1008 [28FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1094), S3957 [4JN]

Fayette County, WV: tribute to Meadow Bridge High School for participation in the Sharing History and Reaching Every Student (SHARES) Program and voter registration, S3022 [25AP]

Fayetteville, NC: anniversary of Terry Sanford High School, S435 [31JA]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2232 [21MR], S2236 [22MR], S2440 [8AP], S2629–S2631, S2633–S2644 [15AP], S2657, S2660–S2674, S2676–S2679 [16AP], S2697–S2744 [17AP], S2775–S2782, S2784 [18AP], S3503 [15MY], S4207 [11JN], S4461 [13JN]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), motion to proceed, S2476, S2484, S2490, S2492–S2494 [9AP], S2512, S2516–S2520, S2522–S2533, S2535–S2542, S2547, S2551 [10AP], S2571–S2584 [11AP]

——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence, S2629–S2631, S2635–S2644 [15AP], S2660–S2665, S2670–S2674, S2677 [16AP], S2697, S2709–S2714, S2729–S2732, S2735–S2740 [17AP], S2775 [18AP], S3356, S3360 [13MY], S3503 [15MY], S4544 [18JN], S6480 [17SE]

——— tribute to victims of gun violence, S2524–S2533, S2535 [10AP], S2573, S2575, S2581, S2582 [11AP], S2666–S2670 [16AP], S5517 [8JY], S5898 [24JY], S5996 [29JY], S6281 [9SE], S7918 [7NO], S7987 [13NO], S8641–S8643 [11DE], S8902 [17DE]

Food Allergy Awareness Week: observance, S3525 [15MY]

Haynes, Anna Jo Garcia: Denver, CO, Girls Athletic Leadership School Champion of Education Award recipient, S2648 [15AP]

Highland, UT: tribute to Lone Peak High School basketball team, S1263 [7MR]

Las Vegas, NV: tribute to Ed W. Clark High School Science Olympiad team, S5491 [27JN]

——— tribute to Faith Lutheran Junior/Senior High School mock trial team, S6514 [17SE]

Limestone, ME: inclusion of Maine School of Science and Mathematics in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best High Schools’’ list, S3426, S3427 [14MY]

London, KY: tribute to North Laurel High School cheerleading team, S1122 [5MR]

——— tribute to South Laurel Middle School dance team, S1588 [11MR]

Louisville, KY: express sympathy and support to individuals injured in bus accident, S4352 [12JN]

Mankin, Aaron: Rogers County, AR, School Board Wall of Distinction honoree, S466 [4FE]

Messinger, Blaise: Connecticut Dept. of Education Teacher of the Year award recipient, S6190 [1AU]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (S. Res. 256), S6901 [24SE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 272), S7559 [16OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 138), S3352 [9MY]

National Chess Week: designate (S. Res. 266), S7214 [4OC]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (S. Res. 130), S3212 [7MY]

National Principals Month: designate (S. Res. 260), S6901 [24SE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (S. Res. 27), S569 [7FE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (S. Res. 126), S3282 [8MY]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of Warren Easton High School, S6374 [11SE]

Newtown, CT: anniversary of shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, S6495 [17SE], S8799, S8803 [13DE]

——— condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, S4460–S4462 [13JN]

Ohio: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, S3086 [6MY]

Oregon, OH: tribute to Oregon City School District partnership with Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority to transition school buildings to wind and solar power, S3089 [6MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on education system, S8942 [18DE]

Pride Foundation: tribute to scholars, S3613 [20MY]

Project Stay Gold (organization): tribute, S5819 [23JY]

School Bus Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 278), S7685, S7686 [30OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: funding, S6061 [30JY]

Senate Rules: use of filibuster to impede strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System relative to firearm sale, gun trafficking, and school security, S2577, S2581, S2582 [11AP]

Taft, CA: tribute to Taft Union High School staff, students, and first responders for response to gun violence at school, S466 [4FE]

Taxation: make permanent qualified school construction bonds and zone academy bonds, treat zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and modify private business contribution requirement for zone academy bonds (S. 1523), S6600 [18SE]

Topsham, ME: William-Cone Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S7572 [28OC]

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of 1973 Howard High School boys’ basketball team undefeated season, S6197 [1AU]

Winston-Salem, NC: Hanes Magnet Middle School recipient of Magnet Schools of America (organization) Dr. Ronald P. Simpson School of Merit Excellence Award, S3612 [20MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, Various Federal Agencies and Programs Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 113–242), H6223 [3OC]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 303) (H. Rept. 113–158), H4597 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 351) (H. Rept. 113–215), H5653 [18SE]

Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 507) (H. Rept. 113–27), H1855 [9AP]

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1526) (H. Rept. 113–210), H5587 [17SE]

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2094) (H. Rept. 113–182), H5172 [30JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2094), S7673 [30OC]

School Safety Enhancements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 146), S1709 [12MR]

Strengthening America’s Schools Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1094) (S. Rept. 113–113), S7414 [11OC]

Student Success Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 113–150), H4482 [11JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Ken Kestner and Dan Shoun, Lake County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Scott W. Meyers, Chris B. Labhart, and Boyd Britton, Grant County, OR, County Court, H5723 [19SE]

Statements

Condemn Iran’s Development of Nuclear Weapons: Several Yeshiva University High School Students, E716 [21MY]

Condemn Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School: Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, E176 [25FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 303, consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4610 [18JY]

H. Res. 351, consideration of H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, and H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5669 [19SE]

H. Res. 371, consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, various Federal agencies and programs continuing appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6244 [4OC]

H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4629–H4679 [18JY]

H.R. 507, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act, H2411 [6MY]

H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5733–H5747 [19SE]

H.R. 2083, Protecting Students From Sexual and Violent Predators Act, H6647 [22OC]

H.R. 2094, School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, H5145 [30JY]

S. 2, Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 3, Strengthen Our Schools and Students Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 4, Rebuild America Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 103, Thurgood Marshall’s Elementary School Study Act, S219 [23JA]

S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2158–S2162 [21MR]

S. 1083, All Students Achieving Through Reform (ALL-STAR) Act, S3859–S3863 [23MY]

S. 1086, Office of Rural Education Policy Act, S3959 [4JN]

S. 1210, Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A PLUS) Act, S4795 [20JN]

S. 1503, School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, S6449 [12SE]

S. 1546, Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act, S6887 [24SE]

S. 1736, Support Earned Recognition for Veterans (SERVe) Act, S8193 [19NO]

S. Res. 11, express support for prayer at school board meetings, S226 [23JA]

S. Res. 22, recognize goals of Catholic Schools Week and honor contributions of Catholic schools, S406 [30JA]

S. Res. 27, National School Counseling Week, S527 [7FE]

S. Res. 80, National Middle Level Education Month, S1955 [19MR]

S. Res. 102, St. Louis, MO, designation as the National Chess Capital, S2805 [18AP]

S. Res. 126, National Teacher Appreciation Week, S3050 [25AP]

S. Res. 130, National Physical Education and Sport Week, S3167 [7MY]

S. Res. 138, support goals and ideals of National Charter Schools Week, S3344 [9MY]

S. Res. 256, National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, S6893 [24SE]

S. Res. 260, National Principals Month, S6894 [24SE]

S. Res. 266, National Chess Week, S7211 [4OC]

S. Res. 272, National Character Counts Week, S7538 [16OC]

S. Res. 278, School Bus Safety Month, S7683 [30OC]