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3/19/2009--Introduced.High-Quality Education Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states, or local educational agencies (LEAs) in states that do not receive such grants, to reduce the size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools. Requires such grants to be provided only to states or LEAs serving schools whose average core curriculum class size is greater than 18 students in kindergarten through grade 3, 22 students in grades 4 through 8, and 25 students in grades 9 through 12. Requires grant funds to be used for: (1) constructing new classroom space; (2) hiring additional teachers; and (3) purchasing portable structures to replace administrative offices that are converted into classrooms. Permits the Secretary to give grant priority to states or LEAs serving schools: (1) where over 17% of the students between age 4 and 18 are from impoverished families; or (2) whose average core curriculum class size is higher than the average core curriculum class size of schools served by other applicants.

1242273600 2009-05-14 Tue Jan 05 21:43:40 -0600 2010 introduced 56048 'core':15 'educ':6 'make':8 'size':13 'class':17 'grant':9 'reduc':11 'author':2 'public':19 'purpos':27 'school':23 'secondari':22 'secretari':4 'curriculum':16 'elementari':20 70487 false official introduced 56048 'act':5 '2009':7 'educ':4 'high':2 'qualiti':3 'high-qual':1 70486 false short action 56048 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197898 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. M001148 1966-09-06 4624 1039 Longworth House Office Building http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/contact1.shtml 17 202-226-0777 Kendrick 'd':4 'fl':5 '-17':6 'rep':1 'meek':3,8,10 'kendrick':2,7,9 M 400270 Meek Kendrick_B._Meek Brett Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17] 2095 N00025692 7536 Democrat 202-225-4506 Baptist FL Kendrick Meek 2.29411764705882 http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/ KendrickBMeek action 56048 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197898 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. action 56048 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197897 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. action 56048 1237435200 Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2009 188407 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. introduced 56048 1237435200 Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2009 188406