US Congress Senate Bill 1179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on June 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Advanced Programs Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states, based on their share of low-income elementary and secondary school students, to cover part or all of the Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) examination fee low-income students incur. Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), or partnerships between a nonprofit organization and a state or LEA for activities that increase: (1) the number of qualified teachers at high-need schools who are teaching AP or IB courses; and (2) the number of students at high-need schools who enroll in, and pass the examination for, such courses. Gives priority, in awarding the competitive grants, to applicants that: (1) have a statewide or districtwide strategy for increasing the availability of AP or IB courses, and pre-AP or pre-IB courses, in high-need schools; (2) focus on increasing AP or IB courses in English, mathematics, and science; and (3) target schools with high concentrations of low-income students.

Advanced Programs Act of 2011

Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-06-09	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3693)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1179/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1179/BILLS-112s1179is.pdf