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6/24/2008--Introduced.<br/>Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Education Portals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to implement or maintain education portal initiatives that include collecting and making available: (1) high quality resources (including data, tools, and digital media content) for teachers, students, and parents, that support public education from Head Start through graduate school; and (2) resources for ongoing and sustainable teacher training in the use of education technology at such educational levels. Allows teachers, students, and parents to contribute resources to their state portal, which is to be accessible statewide. Permits states to use funds available to them under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to maintain such initiatives after their receipt of this Act's funding ends. Requires the Secretary to hold a conference, at least biennially, for state advisory panels on education portal initiatives to share information on best practices. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) count corporate contributions to such initiatives separately from other corporate contributions in applying charitable contribution deductibility limits; and (2) allow corporate deductions for contributions to such initiatives to reach 50% of a corporation's taxable income.<br/>

1214280000 2008-06-24 Fri Nov 07 18:57:30 -0600 2008 introduced 51447 'bill':2 'make':4 'grant':5 'initi':12 'state':7 'portal':11 'purpos':16 'statewid':10 'implement':9 61561 false official introduced 51447 'act':8 'educ':6 'empow':1 'learn':4 'teach':2 'portal':7 61909 false short introduced 51447 1214280000 Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008 164695 K000148 1943-12-11 26615 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] 12144 N00000245 14562 Democrat 202-224-2742 Roman Catholic MA John Kerry 2.60377358490566 http://kerry.senate.gov/ introduced 51447 1214280000 Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008 164695 action 51447 1214280000 Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008 164696 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6022) action 51447 1214280000 Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008 164697 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.