US SB7 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-07 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-07 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Education Opportunity Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that it should pass, and the President should sign into law, legislation that expands educational opportunities for all Americans by enhancing: (1) access to high-quality early childhood education, child care, and after school and extended learning services; (2) secondary and post-secondary graduation rates; (3) educational innovation, standards, and assessments; (4) the recruitment and retention of high-quality teachers by high-need schools; (5) mathematics and science instruction; and (6) federal grant aid and tax incentives to make higher education more affordable.
Title
Education Opportunity Act of 2009
Sponsors
Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI] | Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK] | Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM] | Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA] |
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY] | Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT] |
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA] | Sen. John Kerry [D-MA] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] | Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI] | Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT] | Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO] |
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD] | Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] |
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-01-07 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7. | |
2009-01-06 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45) |
Subjects
Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
General taxation matters
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/7/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s7/BILLS-111s7pcs.pdf |