BILL WATCH IS PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOARDS OF EDUCATION

Further information about specific education and child health policy-related legislation can be found on THOMAS located at http://thomas.loc.gov/.

 

 

S 3683 (Udall, New Mexico) introduced a bill to support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary school and secondary school students by enhancing school physical education and health education.

S 3658 (Udall, Colorado) introduced the a bill to provide professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education and development.

S 3645 (Murray, Washington) introduced a bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.

S 3595 (Brown, Ohio) introduced the Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act to strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships that meet the comprehensive needs of children and youth.

S 3559 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes.

S 3557 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced a bill to provide for Kindergarten Plus programs.

S 3558 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced a bill to improve the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and for other purposes.

S 3500 (Brown, Ohio) introduced the Local Jobs for America Act to establish Education Jobs Fund to save education jobs.

S 3498 (Lieberman, Connecticut) introduced the Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act to support the establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes.

S 3469 (Bennet, Colorado) introduced the LEAD Act to build capacity and provide support at the leadership level for successful school turnaround efforts.

S 3449 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced the Service for Healthier Kids Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a Nutrition Corps.

S 3448 (Udall, New Mexico) introduced the Ensuring All Students Year-round (EASY) Access to Meals and Snacks Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round services.985.

S 3446 (Udall, New Mexico) introduced the Child Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2010 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to advance the health and wellbeing of schoolchildren in the United States through technical assistance, training, and support for healthy school foods, local wellness policies, and nutrition promotion and education, and for other purposes.

S 3441 (Durbin, Illinois) introduced the All Students Achieving through Reform Act of 2010 (All-STAR Act of 2010) to provide high-quality public charter school options for students by enabling such public charter schools to expand and replicate.

S 3390 (Franken, Minnesota) introduced the Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010 to to end the discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.

S 3342 (Durbin, Illinois) introduced the Healthy Schools Partnerships Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school nutrition.

S 3316 (Collins, Maine) introduced the No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act to provide for flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

S 3298 (Udall, Colorado) introduced the Healthy Kids from Day One Act to establish a pilot program to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity among 0-5 year-olds in child care settings.

S 3277 (Udall, New Mexico) introduced a bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reserve funds under the programs for payments to the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior for Indian children.

S 3242 (Reed, Rhode Island) introduced the Teacher and Principal Improvement Act to A bill to improve teacher quality, and for other purposes.

S 3206 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced the Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010 to establish a $23 billion Education Jobs Fund to save education personnel jobs.

S 3204 (Brown, Ohio) introduced the Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success (METRICS) Act A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to improve access to, sharing of, and use of, education data to improve student outcomes, and for other purposes.

S 3144 (Boxer, California) introduced the Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the health and well-being of school children, and for other purposes.

S 3142 (Lautenberg, New Jersey) introduced the Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses.

S 3128 (Gillibrand, New York) introduced the Healthy Local Policies for Schools Act of 2010 (HELP Schools Act of 2010) to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure the categorical eligibility of foster children for free school lunches and breakfasts.

S 3126 (Klohuchar, Minnesota) introduced the HELP Schools Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to promote the health and wellbeing of schoolchildren in the United States through effective local wellness policies, and for other purposes.

S 3123 (Leahy, Vermont) introduced the Growing Farm to School Programs Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program to assist eligible schools and nonprofit entities through grants and technical assistance to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.

S 3086 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced the Equity in Excellence Act of 2010 to support high-achieving, educationally disadvantaged elementary school students in high-need local educational agencies, and for other purposes.

S 3061 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced the Improving 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act of 2010 to amend part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers.

S 3043 (Gillibrand, New York) introduced the Engineering Education for Innovation Act (E2 for Innovation Act) to award planning grants and implementation grants to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to complete comprehensive planning to carry out activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 instruction and curriculum and to provide evaluation grants to measure efficacy of K-12 engineering education.

S 2932 (Vitter, Louisiana) introduced the 21st Century Charter School Act to amend the public charter school provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

S 2923 (Murray, Washington) introduced the Youth Jobs Act of 2010 to provide funding for summer and year-round youth jobs and training programs.

S 2903 (Burr, North Carolina) introduced the Child Care Protection Act of 2009 to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal background check for child care providers.

S 2898 (Landrieu, Louisiana) introduced the Child Safety, Care, and Education Continuity Act of 2010 to provide for child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a presidentially declared disaster.

S 2896 (Franken, Minnesota) introduced the School Principal Recruitment and Training Act of 2009 to recruit, support, and prepare principals to improve student academic achievement at high-need schools.

S 2887 (Murray, Washington) introduced a bill to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of highly qualified teachers, and for other purposes.

S 2860 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act to protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint, and for other purposes.

S 2817 (Gillibrand, New York) introduced a bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use, as necessary.

S 2801 (Franken, Minnesota) introduced the Fostering Success in Education Act to provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities.

S 2800 (Murray, Washington) introduced a bill to amend subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.

S 2796 (Enzi, Wyoming) introduced a bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.

S 2785 (Lincoln, Arkansas) introduced the After-School Partnerships Improve Results in Education (ASPIRE) Act to
provide grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs, and for other purposes.

S 2781 (Mikulski, Maryland) introduced Rosa's Law to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.

S 2754 (Gillibrand, New York) introduced the National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2009 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects to elementary and secondary schools.

S 2750 (Schumer, New York) introduced a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States for the purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.

S 2740 (Murray, Washington) introduced the Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (LEARN) Act to
establish a comprehensive literacy program.

S 2733 (Brown, Ohio) introduced a bill to provide for the establishment of a Private Education Loan Ombudsman. S 1932 (McCain, Arizona) introduced the Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes.

S 1737 (Franken, Minnesota) introduced the Expand School Meals Act of 2009 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the number of children eligible for free school meals, with a phased-in transition period.

S 1729 (Schumer, New York) introduced a bill to establish driver education curriculum for teenage drivers and to provide grants to States and tribal governments to carry out driver education training for licensed teenage drivers.

S 1714 (Durbin, Illinois) introduced the Open College Textbook Act of 2009 to authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaption of open textbooks, and for other purposes.

S 1708 (Klobuchar, Minnesota) introduced the Student Attendance Success Act of 2009 to establish a grant program to prevent truancy, and for other purposes.

S 1698 (Bingaman, New Mexico) introduced the Graduation Promise Act of 2009 to provide grants to the States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.

S 1655 (Nelson, Nebraska) introduced the Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.

S 1652 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced the IDEA Full Funding Act to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

S 1650 (Lincoln, Arkansas) introduced the Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school meal programs.

S 1614 (Schumer, New York) introduced the Community College Technology Access Act to provide grants to community colleges to improve the accessibility of computer labs and to provide information technology training for students and members of the public seeking to improve their computer literacy and information technology skills.

S 1608 (Stabenow, Michigan) introduced the Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act to prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future.

S 1603 (Brown, Ohio) introduced the Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 (VETS Act of 2009) to amend section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

S 1586 (Vitter, Louisiana) introduced the Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2009 to require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other purposes.

S 1581 (Crapo, Idaho) introduced a bill to improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

S 1577 (Gillibrand, New York) introduced a bill to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and to provide for increased funding for such programs.

S 1532 (Murray, Washington) introduced the Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act to establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes.

S 1503 (Gillibrand, New York) introduced the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act to establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity, obesity and eating disorder prevention, and for other purposes.

S 1480 (Kohl, Wisconsin) introduced the Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2009 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

S 1468 (Webb, Virginia) introduced the Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2009 to increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth.

S 1460 (Brown, Ohio) introduced to amend Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for college retention challenge grants.

S 1430 (Murkowski, Alaska) introduced the School Accountability Improvements Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement, and for other purposes.

S 1411 (Kennedy, Massachusetts) reintroduced Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged (PACE) Act to amend Title V of ESEA of 1965 to encourage and support parent, family and community involvement in schools; provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children; and ensure that schools are centers of community for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners and improve academic achievement.

S 1410 (Kennedy, Massachusetts) introduced the Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act to establish expanded learning time initiatives.

S 1362 (Reed, Rhode Island) introduced the Success in the Middle Act of 2009 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 grades models for struggling students, and for other purposes.

S 1351 (DeMint, South Carolina) introduced the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act to allow a State to combine certain funds and enter into a performance agreement with the Secretary of Education to improve the academic achievement of students.

S 1345 (Reed, Rhode Island) introduced the Prescribe A Book Act to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.

S 1339 (Kagan, North Carolina) introduced a bill to provide for financial literacy education.

S 1293 (Bennet, Colorado) introduced the Enhancing Child Health with Automatic School Meal Enrollment Act of 2009 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

S 1281 (Lincoln, Arkansas) introduced the Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2009 to enhance after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs.

S 1231 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced the Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act to create or adopt, and implement, rigorous and voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes.

S 1226 (Casey, Pennsylvania) introduced the Paperless Enrollment for School Meals Act of 2009 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

S 1197 (Voinovich, Ohio) introduced the Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2009 to establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.

S 1156 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced the Safe Routes to School Program Reauthorization Act to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:
A Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve safe routes to school.

S 1137 (Feingold, Wisconsin) introduced the Teachers at the Table Act of 2009 to amend ESEA of 1965 to establish a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee.

S 1129 (Durbin, Illinois) introduced the Pathways to College Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs to improve college enrollment.

S 1125 (Durbin,llinois) introduced the Student Voter Opportunity to Encourage Registration (Student Voter) Act of 2009 to require all colleges and universities that receive Federal funds to offer voter registration services to students.

S 1121 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced the School Building Fairness Act of 2009 to amend Part D of Title V of ESEA of 1965 to provide grants for the repair, renovation and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early childhood facilities at elementary schools.

S 1029 (Rockefeller, West Virginia) introduced the 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act to create a new incentive fund that will encourage states to adopt 21st Century Skills framework.

S 1000 (Casey, Pennsylvania) introduced the Starting Early, Starting Right Act to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families.

S 934 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren and protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs by updating the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science.

S 886 (Reid, Rhode Island) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.

S 839 (Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania) introduced Prepare All Kids Act of 2009 to assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3 to 5 year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten.

S 818 (Bingaman, New Mexico) introduced to reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001 and for other purposes.

S 804 (Bingaman, New Mexico) introduced to amend subpart 2 of Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish incentives for States to extend the minimum length of the school year to 200 full days by 2014, and for other purposes.

S 729 (Durbin, Illinois) introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 or the DREAM Act of 2009 to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit states to determine state residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.

S 694 (Cochran, Mississippi) introduced the Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.

S 638 (Murray, Washington) introduced the Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states, experienced nonprofit providers of financial and economic literacy education, and experienced nonprofit providers of teacher training in such fields.

S 634 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced the Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require annual state and local educational agency report cards to include specified information on school health and physical education programs.

S 627 (Kohl, Wisconsin) introduced the Fast Track to College Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs.

S 618 (Harkin, Iowa) introduced Every Student Counts Act to improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary graduation rates.

S 545 (Kerry, Massachusetts) introduced the Mentoring for All Act of 2009 to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to award competitive, matching, three-year grants to nonpartisan, collaborative, public-private partnerships at the state and local level for efforts to grow and strengthen direct-service youth mentoring programs in all forms and settings in their service areas.

S 538 (Lincoln, Arkansas) introduced the Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act to increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.

S 471 (Snowe, Maine) introduced the High School Sports Information Collection Act of 2009 to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes.

S 456 (Dodd, Connecticut) introduced to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary basis to develop plans to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, to establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.

S 413 (Burr, North Carolina) introduced the Graduate for a Better Future Act to establish a grant program to improve high school graduation rates and prepare students for college and work.

S 336 (Inouye, Hawaii) introduced to make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

S 277 (Kennedy, Massachusetts) introduced the Serve America Act to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.

S 242 (Feinstein, California) introduced the Title I Education Funding Integrity Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to use only for direct or indirect instructional services any funds received under the program established to ensure that students make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards.

S 240 (Murray, Washington) introduced the Ready to Learn Act to the United States on track to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten.

S 206 (Boxer, California) introduced the Early Education Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to help states expand the education system to include at least 1 year of early education preceding the year a child enters kindergarten.

S 178 (Feingold, Wisconsin) introduced the Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program.

S 160 (Lieberman, Connecticut) introduced to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.

S 88 (Vitter, Louisiana) introduced the IDEA Full Funding Act to amend Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Act to provide full federal funding of such part.

S 87 (Vitter, Louisiana) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the process for blocking the access of military recruiters or institutions of higher education (IHEs) to secondary school student information.

S 7 (Reid, Nevada) introduced the Education Opportunity Act of 2009 to expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing access to high-quality early childhood education and after school programs, advancing reform in elementary and secondary education, strengthening mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that higher education is more affordable, and for other purposes.

S 1 (Reid, Nevada) introduced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America's middle class through measures that modernize the nation's infrastructure, enhance America's energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, and for other purposes.

S CON RES 13 (Conrad, North Dakota) introduced a concurrent resolution setting forth the Congressional budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014. - Passed Congress – 4/29/2009 - Does not need President’s action  

 

HR 6036 (Holt, New Jersey) introduced the Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act to improve foreign language instruction.

HR 6004 (Shea-Porter, New Hampshire) introduced a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify certain provisions concerning charter schools.

HR 5989 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the Green Credit Enhancement Program Act of 2010 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to enhance the credit program for charter schools through green initiatives, and for other purposes.

HR 5963 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Promoting Students Using the Camp Community for Enrichment, Strength, and Success Act (Promoting SUCCESS Act) to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to fund pilot projects to explore how the camp experience promotes physical activity and healthy lifestyles among children and youth, reduces summer learning loss, and promotes academic achievement.

HR 5946 (Boswell, Iowa) introduced the P.E. for the 21st Century Act to establish a competitive pilot program that utilizes community, innovation, and technology to improve physical fitness education and curriculum in elementary schools and secondary schools.

HR 5929 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the Computer Science Education Act of 2010 to provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, and for other purposes.

HR 5894 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2010 to To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students.

HR 5886 (Lowey, New York) introduced the Investment in Quality School Leadership Act to provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents, principals, and prospective superintendents and principals.HR 5929 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the Computer Science Education Act of 2010 to provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, and for other purposes.

HR 5843 (Larsen, Connecticut) introduced a bill to amend Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to complete payments under such title to local educational agencies eligible for such payments within 3 fiscal years.

HR 5817 (Lewis, Georgia) introduced the Fostering Success in Education Act to provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities.

HR 5812 (Welch, Vermont) introduced a bill to conduct a pilot program in support of efforts to increase purchases of local fresh fruits and vegetables for schools and service institutions by giving several States the option of receiving a grant from the Secretary of Agriculture for that purpose instead of obtaining commodities under Department of Agriculture programs. 

HR 5806 (Pingree, Maine) introduced the Eat Local Foods Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to create a local food credit program.

HR 5753 (Carson, Indiana) introduced a bill to o amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with the transition from middle school to high school. 

HR 5738 (Rahall, West Virginia) introduced the School Enhancement of Talented Students Act (School EATS Act) to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to carry out a pilot program to reduce the amount of processed food served each day under the school breakfast program or school lunch program.

HR 5671 (Sanchez, California) introduced the Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled title I schools to reduce the dropout rate.

HR 5628 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act to end the use of corporal punishment in schools, and for other purposes.

HR 5586 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced the Equity in Excellence Act of 2010 to support high-achieving, educationally disadvantaged elementary school students in high-need local educational agencies, and for other purposes.

HR 5556 (DeLauro, Connecticut) introduced a bill to support the establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes.

HR 5495 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced the LEAD Act to build capacity and provide support at the leadership level for successful school turnaround efforts.

HR 5488 (Baca, California) introduced the Charter School Transparency and Accountability Act to require each authorized public chartering agency to publish on the Internet the financial expenditures of each charter school that is authorized or approved by such agency and receives Department of Education funding.

HR 5480 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the Ending Childhood Hunger Challenge Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary to competitively award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, Governors of States to carry out comprehensive and innovative strategies to end childhood hunger, including establishing public-private partnerships and alternative models for service delivery that promote the reduction or elimination of childhood hunger by 2015.

HR 5477 (Yarmuth, Kentucky) introduced the Ready to Compete Act 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.

HR 5467 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Turning Around Low-Performing Public High Schools Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to award contracts to nonprofit organizations with national experience that enter into partnerships with local educational agencies to turn around low-performing public high schools.

HR 5456 (McCollum, Minnesota) introduced the National Farm-to-School Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to award competitive grants to assist eligible entities in implementing or expanding farm-to-school programs.

HR 5432 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Service for Healthier Kids Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a Nutrition Corps.

HR 5430 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Partnerships for Wellness Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities for projects that leverage community resources and support student access to physical activity, nutrition education, and nutritious foods during the regular school calendar.

HR 5399 (Sablan, MP) introduced a bill to establish a National Remote Teacher Corps, and for other purposes.

HR 5340 (Garrett, New Jersey) introduced the Local Education Authority Returns Now Act to allow a State to opt out of K-12 education grant programs and the requirements of those programs, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to taxpayers in such a State, and for other purposes.

HR 5336 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Teacher and Principal Improvement Act to improve teacher quality, and for other purposes.

HR 5325 (Gordon, Tennessee) introduced the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes. - 5/19/10 - Failed of passage/not agreed to in House.

HR 5285 (Biggert, Illinois) introduced the Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2010 to amend subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.

HR 5261 (McCotter, Michigan) introduced the Student Enhancement Act of 2010 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for tutoring expenses for elementary and secondary school students.

HR 5240 (Brown, Florida) introduced the Child Safety, Care, and Education Continuity Act of 2010 to provide for child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a presidentially declared disaster.

HR 5218 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the Great Teachers for Great Schools Act of 2010 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for school improvement and professional development for teachers, principals, instructional staff, and other school leaders, and for other purposes.

HR 5211 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Family Engagement in Education Act of 2010 to strengthen families' engagement in the education of their children.

HR 5202 (Chu, California) introduced the National School Lunch Protection Act of 2010 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidance to school food authorities on indirect costs, and for other purposes.

HR 5172 (Sarbanes, Maryland) introduced the Instructional Leadership Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to authorize competitive grants to train school principals in instructional leadership skills and to promote the incorporation of standards of instructional leadership into State-level principal certification or licensure.

HR 5167 (Ellison, Minnesota) introduced the School Meals Stigma Reduction Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reduce stigma associated with unpaid meal fees, and for other purposes.

HR 5165 (Castle, Delaware) introduced the Financial Education in the Classroom Act of 2010 to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to State educational agencies in order to provide subgrants to eligible local entities to promote financial education to students in the classroom.

HR 5117 (Lowey, New York) introduced the Education for All Act of 2010 to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.

HR 5113 (Dahlkemper, Pennsylvania) introduced a bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity, and for other purposes.

HR 5096 (Davis, California) introduced the Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2010 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as teachers at public elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

HR 5093 (Kosmas, Florida) introduced the Space to Schools Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a program for displaced aerospace professionals to become certified elementary, secondary, or vocational school teachers.

HR 5090 (Polis, Colorado) introduced the  Nutrition Education and Wellness in Schools Act (NEW Schools Act) to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to promote the health and well-being of schoolchildren in the United States through effective local wellness policies, technical assistance, training, and support for healthy school foods, nutrition promotion and education, and for other purposes.

HR 5079 (Israel, New York) introduced a bill to amend Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Federal "Grow Your Own Teacher" program, and for other purposes.

HR 5071 (Fattah, Pennsylvania) introduced the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act to To amend section 1120A(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students.

HR 5060 (Smith, New Jersey) introduced the Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit against income tax for tuition expenses incurred for each qualifying child of the taxpayer in attending public or private elementary or secondary school.

HR 5027 (Tonko, New York) introduced the Eating Healthy at School Act of 2010 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative review systems to ensure compliance with Federal meal standards.

HR 5012 (Titus, Nevada) introduced the Weekends Without Hunger Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch to establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year.

HR 4968 (Giffords, Arizona) introduced a bill to authorize the National Science Foundation to award grants for implementing or expanding research-based reforms in master's and doctoral level STEM education that emphasize preparation for diverse careers in the STEM workforce.

HR 4963 (Courtney, Connecticut) introduced the Healthy Milk and Dairy Choices in Schools Act of 2010 to amend the child nutrition laws to require that milk served in school lunch programs be consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to expand eligibility for the Special Milk Program, and to establish a pilot program providing low-fat cheeses for school breakfast and lunch programs, and for other purposes.

HR 4958 (Baca, California) introduced the Healthy Children Through School Nutrition Education Act to amend section 204 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 1751 note) to require each local educational agency participating in a program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) to include under the local wellness policy established by the agency a requirement that students receive 50 hours of school nutrition education per school year.

HR 4955 (Kosmas, Florida) introduced the Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education Act to authorize the National Science Foundation to provide grants for implementing or expanding research-based reforms in undergraduate STEM education for the purpose of increasing the number and quality of students studying toward and completing baccalaureate degrees in STEM.

HR 4908 (Pascrell, Jr. New Jersey) introduced the Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses.

HR 4837 (Young, Alaska) introduced the School Accountability Improvement Act of 2010 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

HR 4836 (Shea-Porter) introduced the Asthma Management Plans in School Act to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use, as necessary.

HR 4834 (Schauer, Michigan) introduced the Student Debt Reduction Act to amend section 493C of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit student loan payments to 10 percent of discretionary income, and for other purposes.

HR 4833 (Pierluisi, Puerto Rico) introduced the Teacher Exchange Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges.

HR 4812 (Miller, California) introduced the Local Jobs for America Act to provide funds to States, units of general local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities, and for other purposes.

HR 4736 (Wilson, Ohio) introduced the Energy Education Loan Forgiveness Act of 2010 to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize student loan forgiveness for certain individuals employed in advanced energy professions.

HR 4734 (Woolsey, California) introduced the Increased Program Access Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide children from underserved areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs.

HR 4710 (Holt, New Jersey) introduced the Farm to School Improvements Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to award grants to eligible entities for farm to school programs.

HR 4709 (Tonko, New York) introduced the Engineering Education for Innovation Act (E2 for Innovation Act)
to award planning grants and implementation grants to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to complete comprehensive planning to carry out activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 instruction and curriculum and to provide evaluation grants to measure efficacy of K-12 engineering education.

HR 4695 (Bordallo, Guam) introduced a bill to amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies that educate alien children admitted to the United States as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States.

HR 4668 (Pierluisi, Puerto Rico) introduced a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum amount that may be allotted to Puerto Rico under part A of title III.

HR 4638 (Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota) introduced the Healthy Start Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide commodity assistance to States participating in the school breakfast program established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

HR 4619 (Markey, Massachusetts) introduced the E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a pilot program to bridge the digital divide by providing vouchers for broadband service to eligible students, to increase access to advanced telecommunications and information services for community colleges and head start programs, to establish a pilot program for discounted electronic books, and for other purposes.

HR 4611 (Pitts, Pennsylvania) introduced the Dollars to the Classroom Act to provide dollars to the classroom.

HR 4607 (Loebsack, Iowa) introduced the Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2010 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school meal programs.

HR 4590 (Sestak, Pennsylvania) introduced the School Meal Safety and Standards Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure the safety of school meals by enhancing coordination with States and schools operating school meal programs in the case of a recall of contaminated food.

HR 4575 (Wu, Oregon) introduced a bill to authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaption of open textbooks, and for other purposes.

HR 4557 (Baca, California) introduced a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that schools have physical education programs that meet minimum requirements for physical education.

HR 4548 (Tiahrt, Kansas) introduced the Fairness for American Students Act to enforce the restriction on in-State tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States.

HR 4546 (Murphy, Pennsylvania) introduced the Truth in Tuition Act of 2010 to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions of higher education to commit to, and provide notice of, tuition levels for students.

HR 4544 (McMahon, New York) introduced the Elizabeth A. Connelly Act to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.

HR 4535 (Bishop, New York) introduced the Diploma and Accreditation Integrity Protection Act of 2009 to reduce and prevent the sale and use of fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid higher education degrees that are used for Federal employment purposes.

HR 4526 (Sabian, Northern Marianas Islands) introduced the Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2010 to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to have greater choices among institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

HR 4480 (Fudge, Ohio) introduced the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010 to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth.

HR 4475 (McCollum, Minnesota) introduced a bill to amend sections 14006 and 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reserve funds under the programs established under such sections for payments to the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior for Indian children.

HR 4402 (Tonko, New York) introduced a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care.

HR 4358 (Baldwin, Wisconsin) introduced a bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve access to high-quality early learning and child care for low-income children and working families, and for other purposes.

HR 4354 (Davis, California) introduced a bill to recruit, support, and prepare principals to improve student academic achievement at high-need schools.

HR 4333 (Farr, California) introduced a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the health and well-being of school children, and for other purposes.

HR 4330 (Polis, Colorado) introduced a bill to provide high-quality public charter school options for students by enabling such public charter schools to expand and replicate.

HR 4325 (Tonko, New York) introduced the Universal Classroom Breakfast Expansion Act to establish a grant program to assist schools in establishing a universal free classroom breakfast program.

HR 4322 (Sarbanes, Maryland) introduced the National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports Establishment Act to establish a National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports to carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

HR 4320 (Murphy, New York) introduced the Post-9/11 GI Education Fairness Act of 2009 to amend Title 38, United States Code, to expand the types of approved programs of education for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

HR 4317 (Crowley, New York) introduced the Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2009 to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.

HR 4286 (Cohen, Tennessee) introduced the Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 2121 of such Act to use the funds to provide professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution.

HR 4277 (Melancon, Louisiana) introduced a bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.

HR 4274 (Larsen, Washington) introduced the Ensuring All Students Year-round (EASY) Access to Meals and Snacks Act to amend section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) to permit certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round services.

HR 4247 (Miller, California) introduced the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools, and for other purposes.

HR 4223 (Kildee, Michigan) introduced the Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2009 to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming.

HR 4196 (Larson, Connecticut) introduced the Community College Emergency Stabilization Fund Act to create jobs through the hiring of new faculty and counselors at community colleges.

HR 4181 (Hinojosa, Texas) introduced the Graduation Promise Act of 2009 to provide grants to States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.

HR 4152 (Pallone, New Jersey) introduced the Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments to
authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible schools to assist such schools to discontinue use of a derogatory or discriminatory name or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname, and for other purposes.

HR 4148 (Loebsack, Iowa) introduced the Hunger Free Schools Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve and expand direct certification procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

HR 4122 (Miller, California) introduced a bill to support high-need middle and high schools in order to improve students' academic achievement, graduation rates, postsecondary readiness, and preparation for citizenry.

HR 4103 (Kline, Minnesota) introduced a bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.

HR 4065 (Holt, New Jersey) introduced the Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act to amend to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in foreign languages.

HR 4053 (Moran, Virginia) introduced the Healthy Kids Act to establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

HR 4037 (Yarmuth, Kentucky) introduced the Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation (LEARN) Act to establish a comprehensive literacy program, and for other purposes.

HR 4000 (Rush, Illinois) introduced the Conflict Resolution and Mediation Act of 2009 to provide assistance to local educational agencies for the prevention and reduction of conflict and violence.

HR 3982 (Kildee, Michigan) introduced the Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act to prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future.

HR 3973 (Himes, Connecticut) introduced the Early Learning Innovation Act to establish a competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children.

HR 3956 (Davis, California) introduced the Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed Forces on active duty regardless of the date of disbursement.

HR 3950 (Ehlers, Michigan) introduced the Improving Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality Act to amend provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 relating to mathematics and science instruction.

HR 3943 (Courtney, Connecticut) introduced the Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes.

HR 3928 (Grijalva, Arizona) introduced the Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act to amend the provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school library media specialists, and for other purposes.

HR 3838 (Murphy, Connecticut) introduced the Promoting Alternatives to Truancy and Incarceration by Encouraging New and Comprehensive Efforts (PATIENCE) Act of 2009 to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide incentive grants to promote alternatives to incarcerating delinquent juveniles.

HR 3800 (Loebsack, Iowa) introduced the Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2009 to establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services in the Department of Education and to provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning.

HR 3782 (Norton, District of Columbia) introduced the Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage the implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger.

HR 3753 (Griljalva, Arizona) introduced the Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2009 (PRIDE Act) to establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities.

HR 3730 (Johnson, Texas) introduced the Financial Education for Teachers and Students Act to provide for financial literacy education.

HR 3705 (Ellison, Minnesota) introduced the Expand School Meals Act of 2009 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the number of children eligible for free school meals.

HR 3683 (Price, Georgia) introduced the Teacher Incentive Fund Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish the Teacher Incentive Fund Program, and for other purposes.

HR 3651 (Boren, Oklahoma) introduced the Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2009 to amend the Impact Aid Program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

HR 3625 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Food Marketing in Schools Assessment Act to provide for the Secretary of Education to study and report on the marketing of foods and beverages in elementary and secondary schools.

HR 3591 (Cummings, Maryland) introduced the Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009 to establish a grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs for the purpose of teaching high school students about the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the individual States.

HR 3578 (Van Hollen, Maryland) introduced the Everyone Deserves Unconditional Access to Education (EDUCATE) Act to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

HR 3545 (Hoyer, Maryland) introduced the Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.

HR 3398 (Tierney, Massachusetts) introduced the Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act to establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes.

HR 3397 (Sabian, Northern Marianas Islands) introduced the Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2009 to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to have greater choices among institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

HR 3384 (Baca, California) introduced the Save Our Schools (S.O.S.) Act to remove the testing provisions in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

HR 3359 (Sanchez, California) introduced the U.S. and the World Education Act to raise achievement in international education in elementary schools and secondary schools through grants to improve teacher competency and to support programs in international education that supplement core curricula in such schools, and for other purposes.

HR 3343 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced the Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged Act (Keeping PACE Act) to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, to provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children, and to ensure that schools are centers of communities, for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners, and improve academic achievement.

HR 3321 (Moore, Wisconsin) introduced the Afterschool Flexibility to Expand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009 (AFTERSchool Meals Act of 2009) to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families.

HR 3295 (Frank, Massachusetts) introduced the Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009 (RISE) Act of 2009 to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance.

HR 3293 (Obey, Wisconsin) introduced the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. – Passed House 7/24/2009

HR 3288 (Olver, Massachusetts) introduced a bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. The conference report on the bill includes provisions for six of the seven FY2010 appropriations: Transportation-HUD; Commerce-Justice-Science; Financial Services; Labor-HHS-Education; Military Construction-VA; and State-Foreign Operations. President Signed 12/16/2009 (PL 111-117)

HR 3277 (Moore, Wisconsin) introduced the Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2009 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

HR 3259 (Inslee, Washington) introduced the Establishing Grants for College Access and Completion Act of 2009 to establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program.

HR 3241 (Maloney, New York) introduced the Access to Books for Children Act to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for infants and children participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children under that Act.

HR 3238 (Kennedy, Rhode Island) introduced Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2009 to increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth.

HR 3222 (Schultz, Florida) introduced the Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act (AWARE Act) to promote Internet safety education and cybercrime prevention initiatives, and for other purposes.

HR 3221 (Miller, California) introduced the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (reconciliation package) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. – Passed House 9/17/2009

HR 3197 (McMorris, Washington) introduced the Kids With Healthy Hearts Act of 2009 to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to local educational agencies to conduct demonstration projects to screen the blood pressure of children in kindergarten through grade 6.

HR 3180 (Perriello, Virginia) introduced the Strengthening Community Opportunities through Rural Education (SCORE) Act of 2009 to establish the National Advisory Committee on Rural Education in the Department of Education.

HR 3164 (Titus, Nevada) introduced the Tax Relief for Educators Act of 2009 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, make permanent, and index for inflation the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to modify the definition of eligible educator for purposes of such deduction to include preschool educators.

HR 3147 (Carson, Indiana) introduced the Young Adults Financial Literacy Act to establish a grant program in the Department of the Treasury to fund the establishment of centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families ages 15-24 years old, and for other purposes.

HR 3130 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced the Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2009 to establish expanded learning time initiatives, and for other purposes.

HR 3078 (Hare, Illinois) introduced the Investment in Rural After-School Programs Act of 2009 to support after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by establishing a pilot program to assist communities establish, enhance, or expand rural after-school programs.

HR 3075 (Lewis, Georgia) introduced the National Parents Corps Act of 2009 to establish a National Parents Corps Program, and for other purposes.

HR 3037 (Cleaver, Missouri) introduced the Financial Literacy for Youth Act of 2009 (FLY Act of 2009) to require the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program to award grants to State and local educational agencies to develop financial literacy programs in elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

HR 3010 (Wu, Oregon) introduced a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers, and for other purposes.

HR 3006 (Grijalva, Arizona) introduced 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 grades models for struggling students, and for other purposes.

HR 2996 (Dicks, Washington) introduced FY2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. Contains continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily fund federal government programs at FY2009 levels until December 18, 2009. - Conference Report Passed House 10/29/2009; Conference Report Passed Senate 10/29/2009; President Signed into Law 10/30/2009; Public Law 111-88

HR 2918 (Wasserman Schultz, Florida) introduced FY2010 Legislative Branch appropriations bill. Includes continuing resolution (HCR 191) to temporarily fund the federal government, including education programs, at FY2009 funding levels until October 31, 2009. - Conference Report Passed House 9/25/2009; Conference Report Passed Senate 9/30/2009; President Signed into Law 10/1/2009; Public Law 111-68

HR 2882 (Slaughter, New York) introduced the High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make available information on equality in school athletic programs, and for other purposes.

HR 2847 (Mollohan, West Virginia) introduced FY2010 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill. Contains Jobs for Main Street Act that provides $23 billion to save education jobs. - Passed House 12/16/2009

HR 2803 (Fattah, Pennsylvania) introduced the Paperless Enrollment for School Meals Act of 2009 to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

HR 2790 (Ehlers, Michigan) introduced the Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act to create or adopt, and implement, rigorous and voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes.

HR 2755 (Davis, Susan, California) introduced the High Quality Teaching Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 to assist underperforming schools to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified and effective teachers by providing grants for participation in the Targeted High Need Initiative program of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

HR 2740 (Van Hollen, Maryland) introduced the IDEA Fairness Restoration Act to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses.

HR 2710 (Honda, California) introduced the Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2009 to stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives.

HR 2690 (Sestak, Pennsylvania) introduced School Meal Enhancement Act of 2009 to create a universal, paperless school meal program that is nationally available.

HR 2653 (Yarmuth, Kentucky) introduced the Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2009 to amend the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to create the White House Office of National Youth Policy to ensure the coordination and effectiveness of services to youth, and for other purposes.

HR 2624 (McCarthy, New York) introduced to amend ESEA of 1965 to establish a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee.

HR 2616 (Lewis, Georgia) introduced the Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Non-Violence Act of 2009, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders on the principles and practice of nonviolence.

HR 2614 (Kirkpatrick, Arizona) introduced to amend Title 38, US Code to reauthorize the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education.

HR 2605 (Hoekstra, Michigan) introduced to amend the IRS Code of 1986 to allow individuals with children attending elementary and secondary schools a deduction for each child attending a public school equal to 25 per cent of the State’s average per-pupil expenditure and for each child attending private or home schools, a deduction equal to 100 per cent of such average.

HR 2597 (Hare, Illinois) introduced to amend ESEA of 1965 to allow SEAs , LEAs and schools to increase implementation of school-wide positive behavior supports.

HR 2596 (Gene, Green, Texas) introduced to authorize the Secretary of HHS to carry out a demonstration program to test the feasibility of using the Nation’s elementary and secondary schools as influenza vaccinations centers. and realignment.

HR 2593 (Edwards, Texas) introduced to amend ESEA of 1965 to establish a discretionary grant program for school construction of LEAs affected by case closures and realignments.

HR 2579 (Bishop, New York) introduced the Pathways to College Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs to improve college enrollment.

HR 2561 (Kind, Wisconsin) introduced to amend Section 484B of HEA of 1965 to forgive certain loans for service members who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services.

HR 2556 (Boehner, Ohio) introduced to provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia with expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in high-quality schools in the District of Columbia.

HR 2511 (Ehlers, Michigan) introduced the Science Accountability Act to amend ESEA of 1965 to require the use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress.

HR 2458 (Lamborn, Colorado) introduced Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2009 to amend the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception.

HR 2456 (Davis, California) introduced Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 (VETS Act of 2009) to amend section 484B of Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

HR 2451 (Fattah, California) introduced Student Bill of Rights to provide for adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems, and for other purposes.

HR 2446 (Pomeroy, North Dakota) introduced Rural Education Achievement Program Reauthorization Act to amend the small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

HR 2403 (Wilson, Ohio) introduced Rural Career and Technical Education Expansion Act of 2009 to provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical education coursework at rural secondary schools.

HR 2377 (Titus, Nevada) introduced to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.

HR 2356 (Baca, California) introduced Educators Achieving Reciprocity Now (EARN) Act to amend to amend section 1119 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each State educational agency receiving assistance under Part A of Title I of such Act to consider a teacher highly qualified if the teacher is (or was) highly qualified in at least 1 other State and has at least 5 years of teaching experience.

HR 2329 (Kissell, North Carolina) introduced to amend the IRS Code of 1986 to extend certain deductions for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

HR 2322 (Braley, Iowa) introduced the Healthy Food Choice for Kids Act to amend Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a pilot program that requires schools to post nutritional content information regarding food served at schools and to teach students how to make healthy food selections.

HR 2280 (Hirono, Hawaii) introduced the Fair Funding of Schools Act to reauthorize the Impact Aid program under ESEA of 1965.

HR 2274 (McKeon, California) introduced Priorities in Education Spending Act to repeal ineffective or unneccesary education programs in order to restore the focus of Federal programs on quality preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education programs for disadvantaged students and students with disabilities.

HR 2273 (McKeon, California) introduced to repeal ineffective or unnecessary programs in order to restore the focus of Federal programs on quality pre-school, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education programs for disadvantaged students and students with disabilities.

HR 2262 (Sanchez, California) introduced the Safe Schools Improvement Act to amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to include bullying and harassment prevention programs.

HR 2260 (Lowey, New York) introduced the Asthma Act to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and to provide for increased funding for such programs.

HR 2239 (Loebsack, Iowa) introduced the Secondary School Innovation Fund Act 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.

HR 2229 (Boozman, Arizona) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow States to adopt alternate and modified standards for students with disabilities.

HR 2228 (Boozman, Arizona) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow States to count certain students formerly identified as limited English proficient as being within the limited English proficient subgroup, and certain students formerly identified as students with disabilities as being within the students with disabilities subgroup.

HR 2187 (Chandler, Kentucky) introduced 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to state educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. – Passed House – 5/14/2009; Referred to Senate HELP Cmte -
5/18/2009

HR 2184 (Maloney, Carolyn) introduced Prepare All Kids Act to assist states in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten. HR 2081 (Holt, New Jersey) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership between the Department of Education and the National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers.

HR 2060 (Larson, Connecticut) introduced to provide grants to community colleges to improve the accessibility of computer labs and to provide information technology training for both students and members of the public seeking to improve their computer literacy and information technology skills.

HR 2054 (Sarbanes, Maryland) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes. HR 2044 (Lowey, New York) introduced to reduce childhood obesity, and for other purposes.

HR 2036 (Gallegly, California) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand grant programs for gifted and talented students.

HR 2012 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced to promote youth financial education.

HR 2011 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies in order to increase the effectiveness of substitute teaching, and for other purposes.

HR 1999 (Hall, New York) introduced to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to local governments that have experienced at least a 15 percent decrease in property tax revenues to fund certain elementary and secondary school education programs.

HR 1824 (Hoyer, Maryland) introduced the Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2009 to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes. – Passed House – 4/22/2009; Referred to Senate HELP Cmte - 4/23/2009

HR 1777 (Miller, California) introduced to make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. - Passed House - 3/30/2009

HR 1758 (Honda, California) introduced the Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act of 2009
to provide for the establishment of a commission to stimulate and 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.

HR 1755 (Hare, Illinois) introduced the Rural Early Education Access Act to award grants to States to establish, enhance, or expand high-quality preschool programs for children ages 3 through 5 in rural areas.

HR 1717 (Hoekstra, Michigan) introduced the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act to allow each state to submit to the Secretary of Education a declaration of intent, applicable for up to five years, permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

HR 1710 (Souder, Indiana) introduced to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include family therapists among the professionals authorized to provide services under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program and the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling programs.

HR 1649 (Meek, Florida) introduced the High-Quality Education Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to reduce the size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

HR 1645 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states, experienced nonprofit providers of financial and economic literacy education, and experienced nonprofit providers of teacher training in such fields.

HR 1621 (Broun, Georgia) introduced the Pledge Language is English Declaration and Government Endorsement Act of 2009 to withhold Federal funds from schools that permit or require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the national anthem in a language other than English.

HR 1586 (Rangel, New York) introduced the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act; Contains $26.1 billion in funding to aid states and LEAs to save education jobs ($10 billion) and help for for Medicaid expenditures ($16.1 billion).  The education funding is projected to save 140,000 teacher jobs.

HR 1585 (Kind, Wisconsin) introduced the Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.

HR 1578 (Kildee, Michigan) introduced the Fast Track to College Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs.

HR 1569 (Scott, Virginia) introduced the Every Student Counts Act to improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school graduation rates.

HR 1492 (Murphy, Pennsylvania) introduced to establish a pilot program to provide assistance for partnerships supporting applied sciences in renewable energy.

HR 1464 (Foster, Illinois) introduced to require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes.

HR 1394 (Inslee, Washington) introduced to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish the Clean Energy Corps to mobilize young people to promote energy conservation and mitigate threats to the environment.

HR 1388 (McCarthy, New York) introduced the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws. - Signed by President Public Law 111-13 - 4/21/2009

HR 1380 (Sutton, Ohio) introduced the Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2009 or the Josh Miller HEARTS Act to establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools. – Passed House and Referred to Senate HELP Cmte - 6/3/2009

HR 1361 (Towns, New York) introduced the Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act to increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.

HR 1338 (Lee, California) introduced the Student Support Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.

HR 1325 (Jackson Lee, Texas) introduced to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require financial literacy counseling for borrowers, and for other purposes.

HR 1324 (Woolsey, California) introduced the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren and protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs by updating the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science.

HR 1313 (Petri, Wisconsin) introduced the Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so that any local educational agency receiving funding under Part A of Title I of such Act or public charter school is eligible for a Troops to Teachers participant.

HR 1312 (Rothman, New Jersey) introduced to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the matching grant program for school security through FY 2012.

HR 1310 (Payne, New Jersey) introduced the Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act to establish expanded learning time intitiatives.

HR 1240 (Van Hollen, Maryland) introduced the Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.

HR 1224 (Grijalva, Arizona) introduced the Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2009 to improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals, and for other purposes.

HR 1161 (Price, North Carolina) introduced the Keep Teachers Teaching Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs.

HR 1156 (Heller, Nevada) introduced the Parents’ Right to Know Improvement Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's pupil services instructors.

HR 1153 (DeLauro, Connecticut) introduced Summer of Service Act of 2009 to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Summer of Service State grant program, a Summer of Service national direct grant program, and related national activities, and for other purposes.

HR 1152 (DeLauro, Connecticut) introduced the Semester of Service Act to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Semester of Service grant program, and for other purposes.

HR 1151 (DeLauro, Connecticut) introduced the Encore Service Act of 2009 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.

HR 1102 (Van Hollen, Maryland) introduced the Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act to require full funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

HR 1091 (Honda, California) introduced the Student Privacy Protection Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release, and for other purposes.

HR 1026 (Hunter, California) introduced the Fairness for Military Recruiters Act to amend the procedures regarding military recruiter access to secondary school student recruiting information. HR 913 (Davis, California) introduced the Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes.

HR 825 (Marshall, Georgia) introduced the Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2009 to direct the Secretary of Education to extend the same level of increased flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

HR 781 (Putnam, Florida) introduced the Student Protection Act to develop a national system of oversight of States for sexual misconduct in the elementary and secondary school system.

HR 780 (Putnam, Florida) introduced the Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to promote the safe use of the Internet by students, and for other purposes.

HR 737 (Hoekstra, Michigan) introduced the State Temporary Economic Priority (STEP) Act to authorize a State to transfer or consolidate funds made available to such State under certain transportation, education, and job training programs after the United States experiences economic growth at an annual rate of less than 1 percent for 2 calendar quarters. HR 729 (Rothman, New Jersey) introduced Phylicia's Law to help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips.

HR 702 (Hirono, Hawaii) introduced the Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2009 or the PREK Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve early education.

HR 655 (Petri, Wisconsin) introduced the Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.

HR 618 (Fattah, Pennsylvania) introduced the White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act to direct the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 to develop recommendations for actions to implement express policy regarding federal, state, and local programs. HR 598 (Rangel, New York) introduced to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.

HR 597 (Woolsey, California) introduced the Access to Complete Education Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development.

HR 579 (Holt, New Jersey) introduced School Building Enhancement Act to provide for grants from the Secretary of Education to state and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs.

HR 558 (Roybal-Allard, California) introduced Achievement Through Technology and Innovation Act of 2009 to amend Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize Part D of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

HR 555 (Kucinich, Ohio) introduced the Universal Prekindergarten Act to assist states in establishing a universal prekindergarten program to ensure that all children 3, 4, and 5 years old have access to a high-quality full-day, full calendar-year prekindergarten education.

HR 540 (Platts, Pennsylvania) introduced the Summer Food Service Rural Expansion Act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State.

HR 262 (Jackson Lee, Texas) introduced the David Ray Ritcheson Hate Crime Prevention Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies and institutions of high education to improve and provide programs relating to hate crimes.

HR 178 (Serrano, New York) introduced to authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

HR 157 (Norton, District of Columbia) introduced the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 to provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

HCR 85 (Spratt, South Carolina) introduced a concurrent resolution to set forth the Congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014. - 4/2/2009 - Passed House

HR 60 (Jackson Lee, Texas) introduced the Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2009 to require the Secretary of Education to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia in kindergarten through third grade. HR 58 (Kirk, Illinois) introduced the Green Schools Act to promote green schools.

HR 28 (Biggert, Illinois) introduced the Teacher Tax Reduction Act of 2009 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to $500 and to extend it through 2011.

HR 29 (Biggert, Illinois) introduced the Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009 to amend the definition of "homeless person" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth.

HR 26 (Biggert, Illinois) introduced the Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2009 to amend Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to raise awareness of eating disorders and to create educational programs concerning the same, and for other purposes.

HR 13 (Baca, California) introduced the Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2009 or the TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009 to amend the Higher Education of 1965 to expand teacher loan forgiveness.

HR 1 (Obey, Wisconsin) introduced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and state and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. - Signed by President - Public Law 111-5 - 2/17/2009