GRADUATES Act

A bill to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary education and the workforce.

8/1/2007--Introduced.
Getting Retention and Diplomas Up Among Today's Enrolled Students Act or the GRADUATES Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund program awarding competitive matching grants to partnerships, which must include at least one state or local educational agency, for the implementation of innovative strategies to improve the achievement of at-risk students in secondary schools. Permits partnerships to award subgrants to schools for the implementation of such strategies. Lists activities, one or more of which grantees or subgrantees must implement, that include:
(1) creating multiple pathways that offer students a range of educational options aligned with their needs and interests and preparing them for postsecondary education and the workforce;
(2) creating expanded learning time opportunities, such as arts, service, higher, and work-based education;
(3) improving student transitions from middle school to high school or from high school to postsecondary education and the workforce;
(4) increasing the autonomy and flexibility of secondary schools;
(5) improving rural education through educational technology;
(6) redesigning middle schools; and
(7) improving teaching and increasing academic rigor at the secondary school level. Requires the Secretary to disseminate best practices in improving secondary school student achievement.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
• and 5 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1920

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August 01, 2007

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• Aug 01, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on Aug 01, 2007.

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September 23, 2008 Il ruolo della formazione nella gestione delle emergenze

Prince, S. 1920. Catastrophe and Social Change: Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law no. 94. Colombia University Press, New York, 151 pp. Schieb, PA. 2006. ...

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September 04, 2008 I Still Don't Know Where She Stands

Introduced a bill (S.1920) amending the Clean Air Act to establish a renewable diesel standard. Introduced a bill (S.3988) improving benefits and services for members of the armed forces and veterans. After she attacked Obama about 1456 ...

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February 08, 2008 MINISTRO TURCO ULTIMA CHIAMATA

Finalmente erano state inserite, nel DDL S. 1920 da Lei presentato a dicembre, norme che obbligano le aziende ospedaliere a dotarsi di Unità di Gestione del Rischio Clinico e di Servizi di Ingegneria Clinica per garantire la sicurezza ...

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