US Congress House Bill 4220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-2)
Status: Introduced on August 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-30 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows local educational agencies to use specified federal funds for mentoring programs and other activities that address chronically absent students (i.e., students who miss 10% or more of school days). Such activities may include, among other things implementing data collection systems that assist schools in collecting and tracking attendance data; creating data-sharing and confidentiality agreements between schools, social service agencies, city and county governments, and partner agencies or community organizations working with students; partnering with local health, transportation, and service providers to target intervention efforts; training and integrating school personnel for mentoring; and implementing evidence-based restorative justice strategies aimed at reducing suspensions in order to keep students in school.

Chronic Absenteeism Reduction in Every School (CARES) Act

Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-08-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4220/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4220/BILLS-116hr4220ih.pdf