U.S. Congress - S.1812 Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007
S.1812 - Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007 as introduced.
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Official Summary
7/18/2007--Introduced.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 aOfficial Summary
7/18/2007--Introduced.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.
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.
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.
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