Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Literacy programs

Bill Introduced: H.R.6617 Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008

2008-07-24T00:00:00Z

To strengthen communities through English literacy, civics, education, and immigrant integration programs.

Bill Introduced: S.3334 Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008

2008-07-24T00:00:00Z

A bill to strengthen communities through English literacy, civic education, and immigrant integration programs.

Bill Introduced: S.2759 Kindergarten Plus Act of 2008

2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for Kindergarten Plus programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5563 Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act

2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Bill Enacted: H.R.1429 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.

December 12, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-134.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.1429 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.

December 12, 2007: Signed by President.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4305 To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve elementary and secondary education.

2007-12-06T00:00:00Z

To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve elementary and secondary education.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.1429 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

2007-12-05T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.

December 05, 2007: Presented to President.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4262 Maximizing the Use of Federal Education Funds for Job Creation Act of 2007

2007-12-04T00:00:00Z

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional flexibility to a State with an unemployment rate that is equal to or greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate to transfer funds among programs made available to such State by various provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.1429 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.

November 14, 2007: Cleared for White House.

Bill Vetoed: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

2007-11-13T00:00:00Z

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

November 13, 2007: Vetoed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.4067 Bridges from Jobs to Careers Act

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

To provide grants to colleges to improve remedial education (including English language instruction), to customize remediation to student career goals, and to help students move rapidly from remediation into for-credit occupation program courses and through program completion.

Bill Introduced: S.2227 Success in the Middle Act of 2007

2007-10-24T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and district policies and programs relating to the academic achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and implement effective middle school models for struggling students, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3842 To establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities.

2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

To establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3762 Working to Encourage Community Action and Responsibility in Education Act

2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to foster community involvement, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3763 GRADUATES Act

2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

To award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary education and the workforce.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3747 Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007

2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

To enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment and training, integrating existing employment and training programs to avoid duplication and overlap, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3611 Bringing Success to Scale Act

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

To establish the Bringing Success to Scale program in the Department of Education.