Subject Elementary and secondary education | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrati... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Hearings Held Prior to Referral. |
| US | HB1893 | Keeping All Students Safe Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2843) |
| US | HB1783 | School Food Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities to finance the construct... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | SR150 | A resolution to designate the year 2013 as the "International Year of Statistics". [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 |
| US | HB1947 | Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 10. |
| US | HB1854 | Partnerships for Achieving Student Success Act or the PASS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to partnerships between low-income local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools offering graduate p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2609-2610) |
| US | HB1977 | Growth to Excellence Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | SB940 | Graduation Promise Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | SB943 | Growth to Excellence Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | SB918 | American Dream Accounts Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | HB1940 | Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| 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 | SR126 | Thanks teachers for their service. Promotes the teaching profession. Recognizes students, parents, school administrators, and public officials who participate in National Teacher Appreciation Week. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | SB898 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to offer to convey to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation certain federal lands located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Requires such conv... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1875 | Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2013 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students am... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB507 | Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act - Holds in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land generally depicted as parcel A, and approximately 10 acres o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HB1857 | Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching demonstration grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in which the student-to-school nurse ratio in each of their public elementary and... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB870 | Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish or enhance educational... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HB1845 | Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish or enhance educational... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SR130 | Designates the week of May 1-May 7, 2013, as National Physical Education and Sport Week. Recognizes the central role of physical education and sports in creating healthy lifestyles for all children and youth. Expresses support for the implementation ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3212-3213; text as passed Senate: CR S3167-3168) |
| US | HB1617 | Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1720 | Local School Foods Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary will give up to five participating states the option of rece... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1470 | School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize school security grants by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to be used for the installation of surveillance equipment... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 |
| US | HCR33 | Supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each stat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 |
| 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 |
| US | SB829 | Financial Literacy for Students Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1763 | Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award National Classified School Employees of the Year Awards to public school employees within certain occupational specialties who provide exemplary ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| US | SB854 | STEM Education for the Global Economy Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program with a STEM Education program. Directs the Secretary of Education to implement t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB834 | Improving Access to Child Care for Homeless Families Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress has enacted successful policies to increase homeless children's access to and stability in public elementary and secondary schools a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB833 | Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2013 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act's program of grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the education of homeless you... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SR113 | Designates April 23, 2013, as National Adopt A Library Day. Honors organizations that help facilitate donations to schools and libraries. Urges people in the United States who own unused books to donate them to local libraries. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2979; text as passed Senate: CR S2966) |
| US | HB1709 | Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local governments, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based en... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| 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 |
| US | HB209 | Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. Requires ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB115 | School Building Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to: (1) states and local educational agencies (LEAs) for providing intensive technical assistance for, and assisting the implementation of, the EnergySmart Scho... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB320 | Student Support Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make matching grants of at least $1 million to states for allocation to local educational agencies (LEAs) so that additional scho... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB392 | Student Privacy Protection Act of 2009 [sic]- Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions for military recruiter access to secondary school student information. Requires ESEA-assisted local educational agenc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| US | HB379 | Fiscal Fairness Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to condition local educational agency (LEA) receipt of school improvement funds on: (1) an average state and local spending per pupil in each school ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB403 | Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the percentage of school improvement funds that are reserved for outlying areas and Indian education. Reserves 0.5% of those funds for outlying areas and 0.75% f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB428 | School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on the cost differences between: (1) providing meals and supplements under the school lunch and breakfast programs in Guam, American ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 |
| US | HB11 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act. Modifies or expands grant conditions under such Act, including requirements rela... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB455 | High School Data Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct coeducational elementary and secondary schools that participate in any ESEA program to: (1) report annually certain information on ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB505 | Balancing Act - Title I: Repeal Sequester - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal certain sequestration requirements for enforcemen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB510 | Transition toward Excellence, Achievement and Mobility through Education Act of 2013 or TEAM-Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to allow states to use special education grant funds to contract with entities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
