Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Elementary education

Bill Enacted: H.R.6890 To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-366.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.6890 To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bill Enacted: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption, and for other purposes.

October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-351.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.7229 Children's Budget Act

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

To amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President's budget.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6890 To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.7203 Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

To provide for the establishment of a commission to engage in an informed, national, and public dialogue about how to ensure that each student in the United States receives an equitable education that enables the student to achieve his or her maximum academic potential.

Bill Introduced: H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.7154 T-FELAS Act

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

To amend title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities to recruit, select, train, and support Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows that will strengthen expanded learning initiatives, 21st century community learning center programs, and after-school programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6890 To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

2008-09-22T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1463 Recognizing the benefits of service-learning as a teaching strategy to effectively engage youth in the community and classroom, and supporting the goals of the National Learn and Serve Challenge.

2008-09-18T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the benefits of service-learning as a teaching strategy to effectively engage youth in the community and classroom, and supporting the goals of the National Learn and Serve Challenge.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

2008-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.6890 To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

2008-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.3487 Serve America Act

2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3480 Encore Service Act of 2008

2008-09-11T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish Encore Service Programs, Encore Fellowship Programs, and Silver Scholarship Programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6856 Ready to Compete Act

2008-09-10T00:00:00Z

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and to increase America's global competitiveness, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3459 Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008

2008-09-09T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1417 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary schools and public secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

2008-09-08T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary schools and public secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.