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7/18/2007--Introduced.<br/>Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make miscellaneous changes to the Mentoring grant program under title IV that include: (1) improvement of school connectedness and character education among mentoring's purposes; (2) corporations, universities, foster care group homes, and other entities among program providers; (3) a requirement that mentors help children become responsible and successful adults; (4) foster youth, children with an incarcerated parent, suburban children in high crime areas, and children living in high gang involvement, drug use, dropout, or youth suicide areas among those most in need of mentoring; (5) children's participation in internships as a program goal; (6) mandatory information on grant applicants about plans for monitoring mentor/mentee matches and the satisfaction of grant matching requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over the three-year grant term; and (7) entities serving foster children or children living in high youth suicide areas as priority grant recipients.<br/>Allows grantees to be considered for new grants if: (1) their prior performance was satisfactory; (2) they propose to use the new grant exclusively for expanded service to a new area or population; and (3) they are able to provide a 50% match to the new grant funds. Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide training and technical assistance to, and track and evaluate the performance of, grantees; and (2) arrange for research on school-based mentoring, the results of which are to be provided to the mentoring community.<br/>Includes mentoring in ESEA programs for: (1) Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native education; (2) the transitioning of youth offenders into education; and (3) school violence and drug abuse prevention.<br/>

1184731200 2007-07-18 Fri Nov 07 16:09:26 -0600 2008 introduced 45571 'act':10 '1965':12 'bill':2 'educ':9 'amend':4 'mentor':15 'purpos':20 'program':16 'secondari':8 'elementari':6 'strengthen':14 48983 official introduced 45571 'act':5 '2007':7 'mentor':1 'america':2 'children':4 51642 short introduced 45571 1184731200 Wed Jul 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 125604 C001041 1947-10-26 38260 Hillary 'd':4 'ny':5 'sen':1 'clinton':3,7,9 'hillari':2,6,8 F 300022 Clinton Hillary_Clinton Rodham Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY] 14835 N00000019 25731 Democrat Methodist NY Hillary Clinton 3.32330827067669 A000069 1924-09-11 4431 141 Hart Senate Office Building http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-224-2126 Daniel 'd':4 'hi':5 'sen':1 'akaka':3,7,9 'daniel':2,6,8 M 300001 Akaka Don_Cazayoux Kahikina Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] 2348 N00007653 10181 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 2.0 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm B001233 1955-12-26 4770 131 Russell Senate Office Building http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/ 202-228-1377 Evan 'd':4 'sen':1 'bayh':3,7,9 'evan':2,6,8 M 300006 Bayh Evan_Bayh Sen. Evan Bayh [D, IN] 2137 N00003762 15670 Democrat 202-224-5623 Episcopalian IN Evan Bayh 3.40677966101695 http://bayh.senate.gov B000711 1940-11-11 14990 112 Hart Senate Office Building http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm 202-224-0454 Barbara 'd':4 'ca':5 'sen':1 'boxer':3,7,9 'barbara':2,6,8 F 300011 Boxer Barbara_Boxer Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] 7352 N00006692 29569 Democrat 202-224-3553 Jewish CA Barbara Boxer 2.44081632653061 http://boxer.senate.gov SenatorBoxer C000174 1947-01-23 3142 513 Hart Senate Office Building http://carper.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-2190 Thomas 'd':4 'de':5 'sen':1 'thoma':2,6,8 'carper':3,7,9 M 300019 Carper Thomas_Carper Richard Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE] 1276 N00012508 7306 Democrat 202-224-2441 Presbyterian DE Tom Thomas Carper 3.22222222222222 http://carper.senate.gov K000148 1943-12-11 26682 218 Russell Senate Office Building http://kerry.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-224-8525 John 'd':4 'ma':5 'sen':1 'john':2,6,8 'kerri':3,7,9 M 300060 Kerry John_Kerry Forbes Sen. John Kerry [D, MA] 12214 N00000245 14662 Democrat 202-224-2742 Roman Catholic MA John Kerry 2.57943925233645 http://kerry.senate.gov/ L000123 1924-01-23 7362 324 Hart Senate Office Building http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/routing.cfm 202-228-4054 Frank 'd':4 'nj':5 'sen':1 'frank':2,6,8 'lautenberg':3,7,9 M 300064 Lautenberg Frank_Lautenberg R. Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ] 3979 N00000659 11819 Democrat 202-224-3224 Jewish NJ Frank Lautenberg 2.15909090909091 http://lautenberg.senate.gov/ franklautenberg L000035 1960-09-30 6025 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-228-1371 Blanche 'd':4 'ar':5 'sen':1 'blanch':2,6,8 'lincoln':3,7,9 F 300068 Lincoln Blanche_Lincoln Lambert Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR] 2947 N00008092 10692 Democrat 202-224-4843 Episcopalian AR Blanche Lincoln 2.11111111111111 http://lincoln.senate.gov/ SenatorLincoln M000639 1954-01-01 5414 528 Hart Senate Office Building http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm 202-228-2197 Robert 'd':4 'nj':5 'bob':8 'sen':1 'robert':2,6,9 'menendez':10 'menéndez':3,7 M 400272 Menéndez Robert_Menendez Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ] 2868 Bob N00000699 14232 Democrat 202-224-4744 Roman Catholic NJ Robert Menendez 2.24324324324324 http://menendez.senate.gov/ SenatorMenendezNJ S000770 1950-04-29 528 133 Hart Senate Office Building http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm 202-228-0325 Debbie Ann 'd':5 'mi':6 'ann':3,8,11 'sen':1 'debbi':2,7,10 'stabenow':4,9,12 F 300093 Stabenow Debbie_Stabenow Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI] 29 N00004118 14884 Democrat 202-224-4822 United Methodist MI Debbie Ann Stabenow 2.64615384615385 http://stabenow.senate.gov/ SenatorStabenow introduced 45571 1184731200 Wed Jul 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 125604 action 45571 1184731200 Wed Jul 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 125606 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. action 45571 1184644800 Tue Jul 17 00:00:00 -0500 2007 125605 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/18/2007 S9499)