Updates
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing on May 4 regarding reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), specifically related to improving secondary schools. The hearing was part of a series of conversations the Committee is holding in an effort to overhaul the ESEA.
Chairman Harkin (D-IA) set the stage for the hearing by remarking on the need to focus on the severe dropout rate in the United States which disproportionately affects minority and low-income students. Chairman Harkin commented on the importance of the middle grades as a critical transition period that needs additional attention, and the overall imperative of ESEA reauthorization to meet the needs of all students in secondary schools to prepare them for higher education and the workforce.
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New Legislation
H.R.5198: To express the sense of Congress that the Federal Pell Grant program should be a high funding priority.
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [MN-3]
Introduced May 4, 2010
H.R.5211: To strengthen families' engagement in the education of their children; Family Engagement in Education Act of 2010.
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4]
Introduced May 5, 2010
H.R.5218: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for school improvement and professional development for teachers, principals, instructional staff, and other school leaders, and for other purposes; Great Teachers for Great Schools Act of 2010.
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [CO-2]
Introduced May 5, 2010
H.R.5238: To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in the areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid so that the State of Utah can undertake innovative methods to manage these government programs using Utah's portion of Federal revenues for these programs, and for other purposes; Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010.
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [UT-1]
Introduced May 6, 2010
H.R.5240: To provide for child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a presidentially declared disaster.
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [FL-3]
Introduced May 6, 2010
S.3316: A bill to provide for flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes; No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act.
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. (ME)
Introduced May 5, 2010
Federal Register
Notice Extending the Deadline Date for Transmittal of Applications and the Deadline Date for Intergovernmental Review for the Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive Grants Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Agency: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.144F
May 7, 2010
Promise Neighborhoods Program: Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2010
Agency: Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information; Promise Neighborhoods Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215P
May 5, 2010
Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities: Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Agency: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.328C and 84.328M
May 3, 2010
