Update
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told reporters during a conference call this week that "[s]tates that do not have public charter laws or put artificial caps on the growth of charter schools will jeopardize their applications under the Race to the Top Fund." Secretary Duncan emphasized the need for additional effective education entrepreneurs to join the work of reforming America's lowest performing public schools. (For more information, click here).
Next Week on Capitol Hill
Tuesday, June 16: The House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing to examine how technology and innovative education tools are transforming and improving education in America. (For more information, click here).
Federal Register Announcements
Overview Information; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Striving Readers; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, CFDA Number 84.371A [OESE]
Overview Information; Office of Postsecondary Education; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)--Special Focus Competition: Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges for Working Adults and Displaced Workers; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, CFDA Number 84.116W [OPE]
Overview Information; Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Grants for Coalitions To Prevent and Reduce Alcohol Abuse at Institutions of Higher Education; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, CFDA Number 84.184Z [OSDFS]
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program; correction to CFDA Number 84.405A [OII]
New Legislation
H.R.2803: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] (introduced 6/10/2009)
H.R.2790/S.1231: To create or adopt, and implement, rigorous and voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. & Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [MI-3] (introduced 6/10/2009)
S.1197: A bill to establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.
Sponsor: Sen Voinovich, George V. [OH] (introduced 6/8/2009)
H.R.2755: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to assist underperforming schools to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified and effective teachers by providing grants for participation in the Targeted High Need Initiative program of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] (introduced 6/8/2009)
H.R.2710: To stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives.
Sponsor: Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] (introduced 6/4/2009)
H.R.2740: To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses.
Sponsor: Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] (introduced 6/4/2009)
