Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2007

To establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services in the Department of Education and to provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning.

8/3/2007--Introduced.
Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services within the Department of Education to improve specialized instructional support services in schools. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Reduced Barriers to Learning program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to:
(1) establish or expand specialized instructional support services and programs at the state level that are designed to provide technical assistance, coordination, and support to specialized instructional support services and programs that address barriers to learning within local educational agencies and individual schools; and
(2) to hire and support specialized instructional support services coordinators to provide such assistance, coordination, and support. Replaces pupil services and pupil services personnel with specialized instructional support services and specialized instructional support personnel. Defines such services as those provided by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals that provide assessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other necessary services as part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.


... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

Sponsor

• Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
• and 37 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
  • Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
  • Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
  close

Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
  close

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3419

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget

	OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 03, 2007

Show All Actions (4 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Aug 03, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8/4/2007 E1765)
• Introduced on Aug 03, 2007.

---

Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Academic performance
• Budgets
• Child health
• 29 more
• Children
• Community and school
• Continuing education
• Department of Education
• Education
• Education of the disadvantaged
• Educational counseling
• Elementary education
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal aid to education
• Government information
• Government publicity
• Health policy
• Higher education
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Mentoring
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapy
• School administration
• School districts
• School health programs
• Secondary education
• Social services
• Social work
• Teacher education
• Welfare

Data from the Congressional Research Service

Show More User Statistics... Hide User Statistics

In the News

We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.

Information made available by:

Blog Coverage

May 03, 2008 rep. dave loebsacks accomplishment

hr3419 : to establish an office of specialized instructional support services in the department of education and to provide grants to state educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning. sponsor: rep loebsack, david [ia-2] ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: The Uncommon Blog of Iowa

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

August 02, 2007 HR 3419, To establish an Office of Specialized Instructional ...

HR 3419 would establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services in the Department of Education and it would provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning....

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: washingtonwatch.com - Welcome to washingtonwatc...

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: