Subject Academic performance and assessments | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	HB1949	Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to convene an Advisory Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education Data that is composed of higher education stakeholders, business representatives, and e... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 58.
US	HB1977	Growth to Excellence Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-14 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB940	Graduation Promise Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-14 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB915	Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB918	American Dream Accounts Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB1940	Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SR138	A resolution congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and administrators of charter schools across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 14th annual National Charter Schools ... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3352; text as passed Senate: CR S3344)
US	SB889	Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-07 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
US	HB1543	Senior Citizenship Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exempt certain persons over the age of 75 from the U.S. history, government, and English language naturalization examination requirements; and (2) permit certain pers... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1802	Sandra Day O'Connor Civic Learning Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Commissioner for Education Statistics, in administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress, should increase the number of students tested to improv... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-26 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB854	STEM Education for the Global Economy Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB833	Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB840	School Principal Recruitment and Training Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a principal recruitment and training grant program awarding renewable, matching grants to states, LEAs, educational service agencie... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB1736	School Principal Recruitment and Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a principal recruitment and training grant program awarding renewable, matching grants to states, local educational agencie... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB844	Supporting Community Schools Act of 2013 - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize local educational agencies (LEAs) to use school improvement funds to transform schools identified as needing... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB112	Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success (METRICS) Act of 2013 or the METRICS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), or con... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	HB347	21st Century Readiness Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to support 21st century readiness initiatives that fuse core academic subject knowledge and higher-order thinking skills (such as critical thinking and prob... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB378	Student Bill of Rights - Directs the Secretary of Education to make annual determinations as to whether each state's public school system provides all its students with the educational resources to succeed academically and in life. Requires such educ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB426	Race to the Top Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement reforms and innovations designed to improve educational outcomes significantly for all students ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB521	Transforming Education through Technology Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to strengthen state and local technological infrastructure and pro... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB768	Securing Teacher Effectiveness, Leadership, Learning, And Results Act of 2013 or STELLAR Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving school improvement funds to: (1) define teacher and principal eff... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB822	Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonpro... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB791	Continuum of Learning Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to coordinate school improvement and professional development activities with early childhood development and education programs. Amends the school i... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB1089	Stepping Up to STEM Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish the Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education within the Department of Education to administer STEM education. Direc... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	HB1368	Prepare All Kids Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to establish a Prekindergarten Incentive Fund from which matching grants shall be awarded to states and, through them, subg... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB1334	Equal Access to Quality Education Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to partnerships between high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or su... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	HB1340	Urban Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national or regional private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide jo... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	HB1343	Project Ready STEM Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to national and regional intermediaries and, through them, subgrants to their community-based affiliates to ope... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
US	SB758	Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act or the LEARN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award planning grants to states to complete comprehensive planning to carry out activities that improve literacy for children from birt... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB689	Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 37.
US	SB708	Success in the Middle Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to: (1) implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improve... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HR143	Recognizes the importance of the school breakfast program and its overall positive effect on the lives of low-income children and families, as well as its effect on helping to improve a child's overall classroom performance. Expresses support for sta... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-09 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	HB997	English Language Unity Act of 2013 - Makes English the official language of the United States. Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the U.S. government be conducted in English, and (2) all natura... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB655	Urban Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national or regional private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide jo... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB150	Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the federal criminal code to ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon, including: a semiautomatic rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and has ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.
US	SB578	School Turnaround and Rewards Act of 2013 or the STAR Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to replace the school support and recognition program with a blue ribbon schools program that allows each state to an... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-14 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB512	To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act or the TALENT Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achieveme... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB502	Prepare All Kids Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to establish a Prekindergarten Incentive Fund from which matching grants shall be awarded to states and, through them, subg... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-07 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB464	English Language Unity Act of 2013- Makes English the official language of the United States. Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the U.S. government be conducted in English, and (2) all natural... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-05 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
US	SB441	Professional Development for Educators Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states and, through them, award or allot subgrants to local educational agen... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-04 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB406	Students First Act of 2013 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the process for reviewing an institution of higher education's (IHE's) compliance with Student Assistance program requirements under title IV. Directs the Secretary of Edu... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HR77	Academic Competition Resolution of 2013 - Establishes an annual academic competition in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to be held among students in each congressional district. [Detail][Text]	2013-02-26 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	SB326	After School for America's Children Act - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program under part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). (21st Century Community Learning Centers provide students with... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-14 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB370	Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonpro... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-14 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB283	Investing in Innovation for Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), educational service agencies, and non... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-12 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB169	Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 or the I-Squared Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an annual cap on H-1B visas (specialty occupations) at between 115,000 and 300,000 visas depending upon market conditions and ex... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-29 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HR43	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers should be commended for their efforts to increase the rigor, utility, and comparabili... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-23 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB88	21st Century Charter School Act - Amends the Charter School program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for program grants. (Currently, state educational entities are eligible f... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-23 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB4	Rebuild America Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: create jobs and support businesses while improving the nation's global competitiveness by modernizing and strengthening our national infrastructure; invest resources i... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
US	SB39	Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or HeLP America Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the Public Health Service Act, and other specified health law to esta... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Finance Committee