Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act

A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports.

9/27/2007--Introduced.
Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allow states to allocate school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA for coordinated, early intervention services for all students. Includes among such services, schoolwide positive behavior support, defined as a systematic approach to embed proven practices for early intervention services in order to achieve important social outcomes and increase student learning, while preventing problem behaviors. Requires improvements in schoolwide learning climates, including schoolwide positive behavior supports, to be a target of:
(1) technical assistance provided by states to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools, and by LEAs to schools identified as needing improvement;
(2) schoolwide programs that allow LEAs to consolidate educational funds to upgrade the entire educational program of schools that serve a high proportion of low-income families;
(3) professional development funding;
(4) funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program; and
(5) elementary and secondary school counseling programs. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish, within the Department of Education, an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services to oversee, implement, and ensure adequate evaluation of, the provision of specialized instructional support services in schools by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2111

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 27, 2007

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• Sep 27, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Sep 27, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12291)
• Introduced on Sep 27, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.3407
• H.R.3409

Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Academic performance
• Budgets
• Child health
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• Children
• Continuing education
• Department of Education
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse prevention
• Drugs and youth
• Education
• Education of the disadvantaged
• Educational accountability
• Educational counseling
• Elementary education
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal aid to education
• Health policy
• Higher education
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapy
• School administration
• School discipline
• School districts
• School health programs
• School security
• Secondary education
• Social services
• Social work
• Teacher education
• Welfare

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June 18, 2008 Comments on an Obama Bill -- S.2111

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That’s what HR3407, sponsored by our very own specially selected congressman, and S.2111 sponsored by our very own special US Senators, Obama and Durbin intend to do. These bills allow schools to use federal funds to create programs ...

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October 10, 2007 Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act (HR 3407, S. 2111),

A to Catholic Mom Apparently, too many parents have abdicated their job as role model. So much so that Senators Barack Obama and Dick Durbin have introduced legislation to make federal money available to schools that need to teach their ...

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