Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes.

6/7/2007--Introduced.
Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make miscellaneous changes to the Mentoring grant program under title IV that include:
(1) improvement of school connectedness and character education among mentoring's purposes;
(2) corporations, universities, and other entities among program providers;
(3) a requirement that mentors help children become responsible and successful adults;
(4) suburban children in high crime areas and children living in high gang involvement, drug use, or dropout areas among those most in need of mentoring;
(5) limitation of each mentor to no more than three children; and
(6) mandatory information on grant applicants about plans for monitoring mentor/mentee matches and the satisfaction of grant matching requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over the three-year grant term; Allows grantees to be considered for new grants if:
(1) their prior performance was satisfactory;
(2) they propose to use the new grant exclusively for expanded service to a new area or population; and
(3) they are able to provide a 50% match to the new grant funds. Directs the Secretary of Education to:
(1) provide training and technical assistance to, and track and evaluate the performance of, grantees; and
(2) arrange for research on school-based mentoring, the results of which are to be provided to the mentoring community.
Includes mentoring in ESEA programs for:
(1) Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native education;
(2) the transitioning of youth offenders into education; and
(3) school violence and drug abuse prevention.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
• and 33 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
  • Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Mark Udall [D, CO-2]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2611

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 07, 2007

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• Jul 24, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Jun 07, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Jun 07, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1246)
• Introduced on Jun 07, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1812

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• Elementary and secondary education
• Alaska
• Budgets
• Business
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• Children
• Colleges
• Community and school
• Corporations
• Criminal justice
• Dropouts
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse prevention
• Drugs and youth
• Education
• Educational accountability
• Educational research
• Elementary education
• Ethics
• Ex-offenders
• Federal aid to education
• Gangs
• Hawaiians
• Higher education
• Indian education
• Indians
• Indigenous peoples
• Juvenile delinquency
• Mentoring
• Minorities
• Minority education
• Performance measurement
• School security
• Secondary education
• Suburbs
• Violence
• Youth services

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January 03, 2008 Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues

The Mentoring America's Children Act (HR 2611 and S. 1812) would make changes to the SDFS Mentoring program. Issues relevant to the federal role in mentoring include the limitations of research on outcomes for mentored youth, ...

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July 27, 2007 leading senators in both parties champion mentoring

it serves as the senate counterpart to house bill hr 2611, introduced last month by three co-chairs of the house mentoring caucus—representatives susan davis (d-ca), mike rogers (r-mi), and betty mccollum (d-mn). ...

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June 06, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: HR 2611: To amend the Elementary and ...

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA] introduced HR 2611: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes. [This event matched these monitors: Active Legislation ]

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