S.3 - Strengthen our Schools and Students Act
A bill to improve education and provide all students in the United States with the opportunity to succeed.

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113th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

S. 3CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To improve education and provide all students in the United States with the opportunity to succeed.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. COONS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. CANTWELL, and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To improve education and provide all students in the United States with the opportunity to succeed.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

This Act may be cited as the ‘Strengthen our Schools and Students Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(1) strengthen early learning programs to better prepare children for success in school;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(2) ensure that all students have equitable access to a high-quality, well-rounded education that prepares them to succeed in college and a career;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(3) build on recent efforts to continue to make higher education more affordable and to improve access and success for all students;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(4) provide all teachers with the support they need to ensure student success, including the creation of a new national Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Master Teacher Corps to recognize and help retain STEM teachers and strengthen STEM education in public schools in the United States; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(5) support States and local educational agencies to ensure schools have the safe and successful learning conditions in which all students can excel.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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