To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership between the Department of Education and the National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers.

8/4/2007--Introduced.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the National Park Ranger School Partnerships program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive, three-year grants to schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) to enter into partnerships with the National Park Service (NPS) to provide kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students with educational programs and K-12 teachers with professional development emphasizing science, the environment, natural resources, mathematics, civics, and history. Makes education service agencies eligible for grants to carry out such educational programs and professional development activities. Deems schools and LEAs to be eligible for such a grant only if they:
(1) have, are capable of, or will develop certain connections to the NPS;
(2) have been identified as needing improvement under title I of the ESEA; and
(3) serve a significant percentage of low-income students. Permits:
(1) the NPS to participate in the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program that provides training to teachers of such subjects under title II of the ESEA; and
(2) educational service agencies, including federal agencies that serve as educational service providers, to partner with LEAs under such title's Teaching American History Grant Program.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
  • Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Tom Udall [D, NM-3]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor

Amendments

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August 04, 2007

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• Aug 04, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Aug 04, 2007.

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