Path to Success: Gang Prevention through Community Partnerships Act

To establish an educational mentoring pilot program for at-risk youth through community partnerships that provides life, social, academic and vocational skills necessary for youth to become productive law abiding citizens.

7/24/2007--Introduced.
Path to Success: Gang Prevention through Community Partnerships Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to community colleges to establish partnerships with juvenile detention centers and secure juvenile justice residential facilities to provide assistance, services, and education to individuals age 16 through 19 who have served or are serving time in juvenile detention facilities for a gang-related offense who reenter the community and pursue:
(1) a secondary education graduation certificate, a general equivalency diploma (GED), or equivalent certificate or diploma;
(2) a certificate of completion for a specialized area of study; or
(3) an associate's degree. Requires such education programs to establish a uniquely designed education plan for each individual program participant that requires the individual to receive at least a secondary education certificate or diploma in order to complete the program successfully.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
• and 26 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Julia Carson
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • William Jefferson
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Tim Mahoney
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
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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.3168

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 24, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
• Jul 24, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1612)
• Jul 24, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Jul 24, 2007.
• Jul 24, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1612)

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Related Bills:

• H.R.4137

Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Apprenticeship
• Budgets
• Children
• 23 more
• College costs
• Community colleges
• Community-based corrections
• Crime prevention
• Criminal justice
• Education
• Educational planning
• Employment
• Federal aid to education
• Gangs
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Higher education
• Job training
• Juvenile delinquency
• Labor
• Mentoring
• Scholarships
• Secondary education
• Transportation
• Travel costs
• Vocational education
• Youth violence

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