Revolutionizing Education Through Digital Investment Act of 2007

To authorize the establishment of a National Center for Learning Science and Technology Trust Fund.

9/20/2007--Introduced.
Revolutionizing Education Through Digital Investment Act of 2007 - Establishes a National Center for Learning Science and Technology (the Center). Establishes in the Treasury the "National Center for Learning Science and Technology Trust Fund," the amounts of which may be used for:
(1) supporting basic and applied research development and demonstrations of innovative learning and assessment systems and the components and tools needed to create them;
(2) supporting the testing and evaluation of those systems; and
(3) encouraging the widespread adoption and use of effective approaches to learning. Creates a board of directors for the Center to oversee the administration of the Center. Authorizes the Director of the Center to award contracts and grants to colleges and universities, museums, libraries, public broadcasting entities and similar nonprofits and public institutions (with or without private partners). Requires:
(1) the Director to submit, to the President and specified congressional committees, an annual report which shall include a statement from the Board of its plans and priorities for expenditures and an estimate of funds that will be available for such expenditures from the Trust Fund; and
(2) the Director and the Center's principal officers to testify to appropriate congressional committees about such reports and any other appropriate matters.


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Sponsor

• Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
• and 19 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
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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
September 20, 2007

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• Oct 17, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
• Sep 20, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Sep 20, 2007.

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