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3/19/2009--Introduced.Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009 - Creates a new part E (American History and Civics Education) under title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), under which are placed the existing Teaching of Traditional American History, Civic Education (containing the We the People and Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange programs), and Close Up Fellowship programs. Establishes, under part E of title II of the ESEA, programs requiring the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to IHEs, museums, libraries, research centers, or certain other educational institutions to establish Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics and Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics which offer seminars or institutes for teachers and outstanding students of such subjects, respectively. Creates, under part E, a program authorizing the Secretary to provide grants or contracts to National History Day, Inc. for specified activities promoting and improving the study of history. Repeals the American History and Civics Education Act of 2004, which contained a version of the Presidential Academies, Congressional Academies, and National History Day programs. Reauthorizes part E programs through FY2015. Amends the ESEA to require states to: (1) establish challenging academic content and student achievement standards in U.S. history, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year; and (2) measure the achievement of students against such standards at least one time during grades 3 through 5, grades 6 through 9, and grades 10 through 12, beginning in the 2012-2013 school year.Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009 - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to: (1) give priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12; and (2) conduct trial state academic assessments of student achievement in U.S. history and civics in grades 8 and 12.

1237435200 2009-03-19 Wed Oct 14 07:43:31 -0500 2009 introduced 56089 'act':11 '2009':13 'civic':10 'learn':5 'teach':3 'improv':1 'histori':8 'american':7 71686 false short introduced 56089 'bill':2 'civic':13 'learn':8 'teach':6 'improv':4 'histori':11 'american':10 70549 false official action 56089 1237435200 Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191259 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3567-3571) A000360 1940-07-03 455 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-228-3398 Lamar 'r':4 'tn':5 'sen':1 'lamar':2,6,8 'alexand':3,7,9 M 300002 Alexander Lamar_Alexander Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN] N00009888 11451 Republican 202-224-4944 Presbyterian TN Lamar Alexander 2.68292682926829 http://alexander.senate.gov/public/ lamaralexander B001210 1917-11-20 311 Hart Senate Office Building http://byrd.senate.gov/contacts/ 202-228-0002 Robert 'd':4 'wv':5 'sen':1 'byrd':3,7,9 'robert':2,6,8 M 300016 Byrd Robert_Byrd C. Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV] N00002200 10425 Democrat 202-224-3954 Baptist WV Robert Byrd 2.55813953488372 http://byrd.senate.gov C000567 1937-12-07 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://cochran.senate.gov/email.html 202-224-9450 Thad 'r':4 'ms':5 'sen':1 'thad':2,6,8 'cochran':3,7,9 M 300023 Cochran Thad_Cochran Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] N00003328 8866 Republican 202-224-5054 Baptist MS Thad Cochran 2.89473684210526 http://cochran.senate.gov K000105 1932-02-22 317 Russell Senate Office Building http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm 202-224-2417 Edward 'd':4 'ma':5 'sen':1 'ted':8 'edward':2,6,9 'kennedi':3,7,10 M 300059 Kennedy Edward_Kennedy M. Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA] Ted N00000308 19398 Democrat 202-224-4543 Catholic MA Ted Edward Kennedy 3.58715596330275 http://kennedy.senate.gov/ action 56089 1237435200 Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191259 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3567-3571) action 56089 1237435200 Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2009 188524 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. introduced 56089 1237435200 Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2009 188523