On August 10, the Department will hold a web conference designed to assist ARRA grantees and subgrantees in managing their grants.   For more information please visit: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/web-conferences.html.

The House and Senate are on recess until Tuesday, September 8.

Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; Office of Innovation and Improvement; Charter Schools Program Grants to Non-State Educational Agencies for Planning, Program Design, and Implementation and for Dissemination; CFDA Numbers 84.282B and 84.282C; correction [OII]

Overview Information; Office of Innovation and Improvement; Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program; Revised notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; CFDA Number: 84.405A [OII]

Overview Information; Institute of Education Sciences; Grant Program for Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, CFDA Number 84.384A [IES]

Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; Department of Education; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs)--Enhancing the Health and Wellness of Individuals With Arthritis (CFDA 84.133B-9); correction [OSERS]

Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; Department of Education; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs)--Enhancing the Health and Wellness of Individuals With Neuromuscular Diseases (CFDA 84.133B-10); correction [OSERS]

Overview Information; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, CFDA Numbers 84.133E-1, 84.133E-3, and 84.133E-4 [OSERS]

Overview Information; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services;  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, CFDA Numbers 84.133B-1, 84.133B-3, 84.133B-4, and 84.133B-5 [OSERS]

H.R.3510: To establish a scholarship program to encourage outstanding graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in the Federal Government.

Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 7/31/2009) 

S.1541: A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize private education loan refinancing under the Federal student loan program.

Sponsor: Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] (introduced 7/30/2009) 

S.1581: A bill to improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] (introduced 8/5/2009) 

H.R.3343: To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, to provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children, and to ensure that schools are centers of communities, for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners, and improve academic achievement.

Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] (introduced 7/24/2009)  

H.R.3359: To raise achievement in international education in elementary schools and secondary schools through grants to improve teacher competency and to support programs in international education that supplement core curricula in such schools, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] (introduced 7/28/2009)

H.R.3384: To remove the testing provisions in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Sponsor: Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] (introduced 7/29/2009) 

H.R.3397: To establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to have greater choices among institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Sablan, Gregorio [MP] (introduced 7/29/2009) 

H.R.3398/S.1532 : To establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes.