Current Legislation Tracking
Bill # Representative/Senators Bill Title Issue Letter Description Staff Following bill HOUSE HR 72 Jackson Lee New Jobs for America Act of 2011 WIA Grants to carry out employment training programs HR 85 Baca TEACH for Our Future Act of 2011 HEA Direct Loan forgiveness for teachers HR 218 Baca PROUD Act Immigration 2.10.11 Citizenship for young people SD HR 288 Hirono Renewable Energy Applied Partnerships Act STEM Grants to improve education in applied sciences in energy HR 289 Hirono STEM Teacher Tax Incentive Act of 2011 STEM Education tax incentive for 10% of tuition HR 925 Kildee Fast Track to College Act HEA Early College High Schools HR 300 Carson Young Adults Financial Literacy Act Labor Young adults financial literacy HR 310 Myrick (R-NC) SEAT Act of 2011 - Secure America Immigration 2.1.2011 Denies funds to higher ed institutions that admit undocumented students SD HR 399 Flake (R-AZ) STAPLE - Stopping Trained in America PhD Immigration Permanent residence for Ph.D focused HR 458 Slaughter, Louise (D-K) High School Athletics Accountability Act ESEA Combat obesity (Hispanic girls) HR 667 Sanchez, Linda Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act ESEA Counselors HR 683 Towns Urban Jobs Act of 2011 WIA Earmark for National Urban League HR 778 Hinojosa/Fattah Graduation Promise Act of 2011 ESEA 5.19.2011 Improve high school graduation rates LM HR 885 Van Hollen Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act ESEA To improve and expand geographic literacy in K-12 HR 1109 Sanchez, L Global Education Nexus in the U.S. (GENIUS) Act ESEA Raise achievement in international elementary & secondary education HR 1419 Scott/Hinojosa Every Student Counts Act ESEA Secondary school graduation rates (S 767 - Harkin) HR 1448 Baldwin/Connolly Public Health Service Act - Eating Disorders Health Federal response to eliminate eating disorders HR 1547 Grijalva/Scott Success in the Middle Act of 2011 ESEA 6.3.2011 Grants for rigorous curriculum LM HR 1636 Payne Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2011 ESEA Expanded learning time initiatives HR 1674 Gallegly/Payne TALENT Act ESEA Aid gifted & high ability Learners HR 1794 Price Keep Teachers Act of 2011 ESEA 5.19.2011 Teacher retention LM HR 1842 Berman/Ros-Lehtinen DREAM Act Justice Immigration for youth HR 1903 Woolsey/Payne/Reyes 21st Century STEM for Girls & Minorities ESEA Prereparing girls and minorities for 21st century HR 1881 Lujan Community College Energy Training Act of 2011 WIA Energy workforce training - community colleges HR 2098 Payne Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2001 ESEA Improve academic outcomes: high school & college completion HR 2228 Lujan/Grijalva/Fattah STEM 2 Act ESEA STEM support for teachers in education and mentoring Act HR 2247 Ryan/Langevin Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program ESEA Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program HR 2255 DeLauro/Fattah Teachers Professional Development Institutes ESEA Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act SENATE S 154 Kohl Fast Track to College Act of 2011 ESEA 6.14.2011 Dual enrollment program: early college high school LM S 174 Harkin (D-IA) HeLP Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention Act HEA-ESEA Physical education S 223 Rockefeller (D-WV) FAA Air Transportation Modernization FAA Air Transportation Modenization Safety Improvement Act S 239 Klobuchar (D-Mi) Innovate America Act HEA-ESEA STEM S 392 Udall Promoting Health as Youth Skills ESEA Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act S 426 Sanders Diploma Act ESEA Developing Innovative Partnerships & Learning Opportunities S 463 Begich STEM Teaching and Learning ESEA State and university partnerships S 616 Sanders Supporting Community Schools Act ESEA Supporting community schools S 716 Shaheen Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act STEM Support participation of students in nonprofit STEM S 758 Franken STEM Master Teacher Corps Act of 2001 STEM Establish a STEM master teachers corps S 767 Harkin Every Student Counts Act ESEA Improve graduation rates S 787 Murray Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 ESEA Financial literacy S 809 Durbin/Kirk/Landrieu All Star Act of 2011 ESEA Charter schools S 812 Bennett Lead Act ESEA 5.19.2011 Build capacity & increase effective principals & school leaders LM S 830 Murray Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers HEA Educational & skill development S 833 Whitehouse/Reed/Brown Success in the Middle Act of 2011 ESEA 6.3.2011 Rigorous curriculum (companion to HR 1547) LM S 851 Harkin/Bingaman/Bennett Innovation Matters in Education 2011 ESEA.HEA Establish expanded learning time. S 857 Grassley Talent Act Empower Teachers ESEA Gifted and talented learners S 867 Menendez Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act 2011 Justice Fight criminal gangs S 896 Bingaman Amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 Interior Public Lands Corps Act of 2011 S 922 Gillibrand Urban Jobs Act of 2011 WIA 5.18.2011 Urban youth, minorities, potential incarceration. LM S 952 Durbin DREAM Act Immigration 5.11.2011 Immigration for youth SD S 969 Gillibrand Engineering Education for Innovation Act ESEA STEM Engineering Education S 1004 Harkin Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2001 ESEA Intervention for children & youth - neglected, delinquent or at-risk S 1240 Lieberman/Blumenthal Teachers Professional Development ESEA Teachers professional development institutes act S 1019 Sanders Secondary School Reentry Act of 2011 ESEA Reentry programs: dropout prevention act & disconnected youth S. 1250 Bennett GREAT Act ESEA Create academies that train and support great teachers and principals LM S 1055 Gillilbrand National STEM Education Tax Incentive HEA Refundable tax credit for portion of tuition for STEM S 1279 Stabenow/Franken/Brown Reengaging Americans in Serious Education ESEA Disconnected youth S 716 Shaheen (D-NH) Innovation Inspiration School grant program ESEA Support non-traditional STEM education teaching methods LM S 3658 Mark Udall (D-CO) Professional Development Principals ESEA Professional development in early childhood for elementary principals LM |