Language Education for Success Act of 2007

To forgive certain loan repayments of teachers of limited English proficiency students, to direct the Commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics to study educational achievement performance measures of limited English proficiency children, and for other purposes.

6/26/2007--Introduced.
Language Education for Success Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan and Direct loan programs to teachers of students of limited English proficiency who have taught for five consecutive complete school years at elementary or secondary schools that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged children. Directs the Commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics to study and report to Congress on the performance of recipients of grants for the language instruction of limited English proficient and immigrant students under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to measure student academic progress. Directs the Secretary of Education to compile and publicize a list of state instructional programs for such students that assesses the costs and benefits of each program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants under the Pell Grant program to institutions of higher education to provide:
(1) foreign language and teacher preparation instruction to incoming first-year undergraduates during the months preceding their enrollment; and
(2) scholarships to such students for the costs of such instruction.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Julia Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
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• House Education and Labor
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  • House Education and Labor
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 26, 2007

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• Sep 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
• Jun 26, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Jun 26, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Higher education
• Academic performance
• Budgets
• Communications
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• Congressional reporting requirements
• Cost effectiveness
• Directories
• Education
• Education of the disadvantaged
• Educational accountability
• Educational research
• Elementary education
• English language
• Federal aid to education
• Federally-guaranteed loans
• Government information
• Government lending
• Government publicity
• Immigrant education
• Immigration
• Labor
• Recruiting of employees
• Scholarships
• Secondary education
• Student loan funds
• Teacher education
• Teacher supply and demand
• Teachers
• Welfare

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