EducationCounsel E–Updates

September 18, 2008

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Welcome to the first issue of EducationCounsel's E-Update. This will be a weekly publication highlighting current and breaking national news and information in education.

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New Legislation

HR 1417: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary schools and public secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Rep. Murphy. (D-CT).

S 3459: A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program. Sen. Feingold (D-WI).

HR 6737: Education Tax Deduction for All Act of 2008. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals with children attending an elementary or secondary school a deduction for each child attending a public school equal to 25 percent of the State's average per pupil public education spending and, for each child attending a private or home school, a deduction equal to 100 percent of such average. Rep. Hoekstra. (R-MI) Click here

U.S. Department of Education Headlines

Secretary Spellings discusses indicators to track the nation's education progress. Click here

The U.S. Department of Education announced the award of $6.7 million in grants to 23 higher education organizations to help them develop pilot projects for students with disabilities. Click here

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Utah more than an $8.5 Million grant to help create more charter schools. Click here

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Indiana, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nebraska, Florida, and Hawaii grants to enhance career and technical education programs. Click here

Federal Register Announcements

Office of Postsecondary Education. Overview Information. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 26, 2008. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 25, 2008. Click here 

U. S. Department of Education; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities; Correction; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; CFDA Nos. 84.325D, 84.325K and 84.325T [OSERS] Click here

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Overview Information. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research – Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program – Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2009. Click here

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Special Education Programs. Notice of proposed extension of project period and waiver for the Puerto Rico State Technical Assistance Project to Improve Services and Results for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind to receive funding from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. Comment Deadline: September 8, 2008.  Click here

Office of Postsecondary Education. Overview Information. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 26, 2008. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 25, 2008. Click here

U.S. Department of Education; (FY) 2009 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program; CFDA No.84.170A; Notice correcting the deadline date [OUS] Click here

U. S. Department of Education; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities; Correction; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; CFDA Nos. 84.325D, 84.325K and 84.325T [OSERS] Click here

Publications

Center for American Progress. College-Ready Students, Student-Ready Colleges: An Agenda to Improve Degree Completion in Postsecondary Education through Student Empowerment and Systems Change.  August 2008.  Click here

Institute of Education Sciences.  Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005-2006.  August 2008.  Click here

Institute of Education Sciences.  Community Colleges: Special Supplement to The 2008 Condition of Education.  August 2008.  Click here

The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media. Leadership and Learning: A Hechinger Institute Primer for Journalists. September 2008. Click here