Sentences with phrase «act reauthorization bill»

WEST CHESTER, PA, December 4, 2017 — AccessLex Institute is deeply disappointed in several proposals contained in the Higher Education Act reauthorization bill released on Friday.

In December 2017, the House Education and the Workforce Committee introduced its Higher Education Act reauthorization bill, known as the PROSPER Act.

The Education Sciences Reform Act reauthorization bill, which was just approved by the Senate Education Committee, would make federal education research more relevant and timely for educators.

Not exact matches

House Republicans made clear they wanted no part of the bipartisan school food compromise brokered in the Senate Agriculture Committee, instead offering up their own Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill, one that would gut many key provisions of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA).

Noting the connection between childhood hunger and obesity and impaired military recruitment, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment to a military spending bill expressing support for adequate funding for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.

At issue is a provision of the Childhood Nutrition Reauthorization Act thrown out when the Senate passed the bill last August.

Glenn Greenwald has a fascinating piece in Salon today detailing the work that bloggers and other online organizers did both in public and behind the scenes to derail, at least temporarily, the the reauthorization bill for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

As a senator, Rubio has voted against an LGBT - inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBT bills.

At 1:40 p.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will deliver remarks at a meeting of the WTC Health Program Steering Committee, pushing for the reauthorization of a fully - funded Zadroga Act, FDNY Headquarters, 9 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today joined New York City members of the House of Representatives in urging newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan to pass legislation permanently reauthorizing and fully funding the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.

«We write today asking you to move quickly on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by bringing a bill inclusive of protections for all victims of domestic violence, similar to that which has already passed the Senate, to the House floor for a vote during these final weeks of the 112th Congress,» the letter said.

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The new bill repackages Section 106 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806), which would require NSF to tell the public why every award is «in the national interest.»

In 2015, ACC led - efforts resulted in the enactment of two bills governing freight rail transportation and distribution: a three - year extension for Positive Train Control implementation, and the «Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization Act of 2015.»

SSA strongly encourages Congress to act on the reauthorization of NEHRP and will continue to work with Sen. Feinstein and others to ensure the bill's passage into law.

These are key questions we must answer as we work to draft a NASA Authorization Bill and a Reauthorization of COMPETES Act.

Or defend the reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, a spying bill that violates the Fourth Amendment and gives vast, unchecked surveillance authority to the government, and extends the powers of the National Security Agency to conduct surveillance of Americans» international emails and phone calls.

The bill — one of several parts of the Administration's «Middle Class Bill of Rights» — is intended to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education and Applied Technology Act, which is up for reauthorization this ybill — one of several parts of the Administration's «Middle Class Bill of Rights» — is intended to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education and Applied Technology Act, which is up for reauthorization this yBill of Rights» — is intended to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education and Applied Technology Act, which is up for reauthorization this year.

The 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act allowed the tests of what were billed as ways to reduce such teachers» workloads.

The magazine recognized Mr. Goodling, who chairs the Education and the Workforce Committee, for his skillful maneuvering of several major bills — including the reauthorizations of the Higher Education Act and the Head Start and child - nutrition programs — through the legislative thicket.

During the 1994 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which ultimately forced the states to begin developing their accountability systems, Shanker was a staunch proponent of tough standards, and penned a pivotal article blasting a proposal to water down the bill.

Fearful that several difficult issues could derail a pending reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, a broad coalition of general and special education groups emerged last week with what they have billed as a consensus plan to retool the law.

In particular, the Investing in Innovation (i3) fund, a program created through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act that is not a part of the reauthorization bills now moving through Congress, deserves a second look.

Late last week, two bills related to the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) were introduced by Republican members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D - OR) has introduced the Preparing Students for Success in the Global Economy Act of 2011 (S. 1675) as part of the base ESEA reauthorization bill.

Payzant returned to Boston by way of Washington, D.C., where he had a two - year stint as an assistant secretary in Bill Clinton's Department of Education, helping to write and then to persuade Congress to pass the Improving America's Schools Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization that was the immediate predecessor of the No Child Left Behind Act.

After weeks of long and hard negotiations, House and Senate lawmakers have reached preliminary agreement on a bill for the long - stalled reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, multiple sources say.

, Chairman, Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, urged his colleagues to support Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, calling for a clear and compelling result in the form of ``... a bill that crosses the President's desk.»

Despite ample research indicating that teachers matter more to student achievement than any other in - school factor, 32 both the Trump - DeVos budget and the House appropriations bill proposed eliminating the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant program, often referred to as Title II grants after the section of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, that authorizes the funding.

Why else would he follow up on the moves made by Senate colleagues Tom Harkin and Lamar Alexander by dusting off the Student Success Act (one of the No Child reauthorization bills his committee passed last year) and offer it up again?

In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act, prior to debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill on the Senate floor.

This is, however, just a first step in the process, as the Senate continues to debate the merits of its ESEA reauthorization bill, the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA).

July 7, 2015: State and Local Governance Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Regarding the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance Coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act prior to debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill on the Senate floor.

It certainly did on July 9, when NSBA's three - day «amendment watch» concluded with the adoption of the Fischer - King - Tester amendment to reaffirm local governance in S. 1177 (The Every Child Achieves Act), the Senate ESEA reauthorization bill.

The bill, which reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also crucially maintains accountability for improving academic achievement of English learners — a hallmark of the last reauthorization, known as the No Child Left Behind Act.

With a vote of 221 to 207 on July 19, 2013 — with only House Republicans in favor — the U.S. House approved the Student Success Act, the ESEA (NCLB) reauthorization bill that passed out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in June.

Rep. Noem's bill is particularly important in light of the pending reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act by Congress this year.

The day before the briefing Davis introduced a new bill, HR 4509, the Supporting Emotional Learning Act, to support SEL as part of the reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act and the Higher Education Act, both bills before the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

On October 2, led by former Speaker John Boehner before his retirement, the House passed a reauthorization bill, «Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR).»

The bill, which was approved 31 to 5, is the second in a series of measures that would be included in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka the No Child Left Behind Act).

Noem's bill is particularly important in light of the pending reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act by Congress this year.

With Alexander's nearly 400 - page draft bill, «Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015,» under scrutiny, and in advance of congressional hearings next week, NSBA calls for a comprehensive, strategic reauthorization of ESEA that provides school districts with the flexibility and funding essential to support local community public schools and our nation's public schoolchildren.

When I worked for Moynihan, I worked on one of the big transportation reauthorization bills, which turned out to be TEA - 21 [Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century], which is the one that came after ISTEA, which is sort of the mother of all of them.

With the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization, lawmakers in D.C. could push through a new bill this month.

This proposal will almost certainly make its way into the FAA reauthorization bills being acted upon this week in Congress.

Topics to be covered include the FY2018 budget; two new bills to improve access to higher education for homeless and foster youth; the reauthorization of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; the Homeless Children and Youth Act (HUD Homeless Assistance reform), and the AHEAD Act (school - housing partnership legislation).

Unlike the proposed House reauthorization bill — Increasing Opportunity through Evidence - Based Home Visiting Act (H.R. 2824)-- the Senate version does not include a state match requirement — viewed as harmful to the program by most advocacy groups.

Yesterday, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the «Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,» which provided a bipartisan, long - term solution for Medicare payments to physicians (this legislation is referred to as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) repeal bill — and more informally as the «doc fix» bill) and reauthorized for an additional two years the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), scheduled to expire in September.

The day before the briefing Davis introduced a new bill, HR 4509, the Supporting Emotional Learning Act, to support SEL as part of the reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act and the Higher Education Act, both bills before the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

On May 30, 2012, the House of Representatives passed a 60 - day extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, which will enable the Senate to act on the 5 - year reauthorization and reform bill this June.