1-4-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3660: ALLERGY Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to implement a policy on allergy bullying in schools.

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JAN 01

Bill Introduced: S. 1851: Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2013

A bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

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DEC 31 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1838: National Historic Preservation Act Amendment Act of 2013

A bill to amend the National Historic Preservation Act to make Hispanic-serving institutions eligible for technical and financial assistance for the establishment of preservation training and degree programs.

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DEC 28 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1822: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada.

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DEC 27 2013

Bill Signed by President: H.J.Res. 59: Budget agreement bill

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.December 25, 2013: Signed by President.

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Bill Signed by President: H.R. 3304: An act to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.

An act to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.December 25, 2013: Signed by President.

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DEC 24 2013

Bill Sent To President: H.R. 3304: An act to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.

An act to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.December 22, 2013: Presented to President.

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DEC 20 2013

Bill Sent To President: H.J.Res. 59: Budget agreement bill

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.December 18, 2013: Presented to President.

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DEC 19 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1795: New Skills for New Jobs Act

A bill to establish a Federal tax credit approximation matching program for State new jobs training tax credits, and for other purposes.

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DEC 18 2013

Bill Introduced: H.R. 3690: STEM Gateways Act

To increase the participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, to encourage and support students from all economic backgrounds to pursue STEM career opportunities, and for other purposes.

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Bill Introduced: S. 1796: STEM Gateways Act

A bill to increase the participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, to encourage and support students from all economic backgrounds to pursue STEM career opportunities, and for other purposes.

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DEC 17 2013

Bill Introduced: H.R. 3604: Protecting Education Privacy Act

To clarify the requirements of authorized representatives under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

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DEC 14 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1777: Innovate America Act

A bill to support innovation, and for other purposes.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3580: America's Fund for Future Opportunities and Outcomes in the United States Act of 2013

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements that are not designated for restitution or any other purpose to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and innovations in medical research and development.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3568: Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2013

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the STEM Education and Training Account in order to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States by providing funding for STEM education and training, and for other purposes.

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DEC 13 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1782: American Health Security Act of 2013

A bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.

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DEC 07 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1759: Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act

A bill to reauthorize the teaching health center program.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3532: Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2013

To promote State requirements for local educational agencies and public elementary and secondary schools relating to the prevention and treatment of concussions suffered by students.

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DEC 06 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1754: Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless children and youths and foster children and youth.

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DEC 04 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1722: National Child Protection Training Act

A bill to improve the training of child protection professionals.

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DEC 03 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1717: Servicemember Education Reform and Vocational Enhancement Act of 2013

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve oversight of educational assistance provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, and for other purposes.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3663: Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act

To prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program, and for other purposes.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3660: ALLERGY Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to implement a policy on allergy bullying in schools.

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DEC 28 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1822: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada.

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DEC 24 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1803: Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights

A bill to require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes.

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DEC 18 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1796: STEM Gateways Act

A bill to increase the participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, to encourage and support students from all economic backgrounds to pursue STEM career opportunities, and for other purposes.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3690: STEM Gateways Act

To increase the participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, to encourage and support students from all economic backgrounds to pursue STEM career opportunities, and for other purposes.

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DEC 17 2013

Bill Introduced: H.R. 3604: Protecting Education Privacy Act

To clarify the requirements of authorized representatives under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

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DEC 14 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1777: Innovate America Act

A bill to support innovation, and for other purposes.

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DEC 07 2013

Bill Introduced: H.R. 3545: Collegiate Student Athlete Protection Act

To protect the academic futures of collegiate student athletes.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3532: Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2013

To promote State requirements for local educational agencies and public elementary and secondary schools relating to the prevention and treatment of concussions suffered by students.

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DEC 06 2013

Bill Introduced: S. 1754: Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless children and youths and foster children and youth.

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Bill Introduced: H.Res. 414: Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.

Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.

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DEC 05 2013

Bill Introduced: H.R. 3612: Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013

To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain creditors to obtain certifications from institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

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Bill Introduced: H.Res. 406: Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on November 11, 2013, as National School Psychology Week.

Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on November 11, 2013, as National School Psychology Week.

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DEC 03 2013

Bill Introduced: H.R. 3510: SUCCESS Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses.

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Bill Introduced: H.R. 3505: Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act

To direct the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

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1-4-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:

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HB 377: George Moraitis’ Stealth Charter School Bonanza Bill

On November 14 Charter Schools USA slipped $1000 to Rep. George Moraitis (R-Fort Lauderdale). Just 26 days later, Moraitis filed HB 377, a bill innocently titled Educational Facilities Financing. But its abstract signals that there are real devils in the details: Revises provisions relating to financing of independent nonprofit higher educational facilities to include financing for private nonprof

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How Florida’s For-Profit Charter School Industry Is Moving Money in to Influence the Legislative Session

Matt Dixon’s report that a former top lobbyist for the for-profit charter school industry is now the top fundraiser for a PAC belonging to the chairman of the senate education appropriations committee provided a glimpse into how well the industry has politically positioned itself. A lobbyist meeting with lawmakers is not out of the ordinary, but it makes clear (Nancy Ann) Texeira lobbied the commi

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Top Florida Charter School Lobbyist Moves to Fundraiser for Senate Education Budget Writer

From Matt Dixon in the St. Augustine Record: TALLAHASSEE — A lobbyist who until recently represented a host of charter-school organizations has been hired to do political work for the Senate’s top education budget-writer, state Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton. Nancy Ann Texeira, who worked for a firm that represents four pro-charter school clients, has been paid $24,455 since October to do consulti

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JAN 02

New Common Core Talking Point: Obama Derangement Syndrome is Driving Conservative Opposition

Scathing Purple Musings was critical of Charlie Crist’s unwavering support for common core standards (CCSS). Part of Crist’s justification included this little jab at conservative opponents: Tea party and other outliers have called for a rejection of these standards because they were promulgated under the umbrella of a “national” effort. Truth be told, their opposition probably has less to do with

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JAN 01

A Curious Defense of John Kirtley and Step Up for Students

Step Up for Students president Doug Doug Tuthill had an opinion piece published in three Alabama newspapers intended to defend the organization and it’s CEO from criticism. Writes Tuthill: Our nonprofit, called Step Up For Students, has raised dollars privately to help keep its doors open for 12 years. So I laughed when I read that at least one newsletter columnist and some public educators in Ala

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Sorry, Charlie. You Need to Walk Back Your Common Core Position

To be fair, Charlie Crist got everything else right in his September editorial on education policy that appeared in the Tampa Bay Times . Except, that is, on Common Core. Writes Crist: ….Gov. Rick Scott needs to get off the fence and lead Florida’s embrace of the national Common Core Education Standards (CCSS). These standards have been adopted by 45 states and will allow our children to be equal

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What Charter Schools USA Is REALLY Up to In Their MacDill AFB Gambit

Sen. Jeff Clemen’s (D-Lake Worth) is introducing a bill which effectively give final say on charter school applications back to local school boards. The top lobbyists for Charter Schools USA weighed in with redefinED writer Sherri Ackerman: “It is interesting now after 18 years of Florida charter schools when we have statistical data that clearly shows that Florida charter schools are outperformin

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DEC 31 2013

Is Merit Pay Dead in Florida?

The indispensable John O’Connor of StateImpact has a preview of the upcoming legislative session. Here’s what he writes about teacher evaluations and merit pay: The Student Success Act requires school districts begin paying teachers based on their evaluations starting this year. The evaluations are a combination of student test scores, observations and other factors chosen by each school district.

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DEC 29 2013

Florida’s School Grade Chaos: “Raising the Bar” Became “Moving the Bar After Everyone Jumped”

Is anyone really surprised to see the Miami Herald has another story about Florida’s school grades with ”confused parents” and the “credibility gap facing Florida education leaders?” No? The Florida Department of Education unfairly has to hold the bag again - the school grade system was created by Jeb Bush, largely driven by his foundations and rubber-stamped by the republican-dominated legislatur

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DEC 28 2013

Using Taxpayer Dollars to Mislead Parents on Common Core

After reminding readers that Connecticut governor Daniel P. Malloy is on record as saying “I’ll settle for teaching to the test if it means raising test scores,” Wendy Lecker effectively slams the governor’s faith in tests and his plans to sell Common Core to parents. When it comes to their children, parents do not want to settle. They know that teaching to the test means a narrowed curriculum and

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DEC 27 2013

Florida Republican Legislators Continue Its Efforts to End Local Control of Schools

The Okaloosa County School Board held a workshop that involved all community stakeholders in considering a proposal to change high school starting times. In the end the board voted not to do so.  Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson said that the new start times would cost the district $1 million because it would need additional buses.  Not good enough for Rep. Matt Gates (R-Fort Walton Beach) . Two w

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Miami Herald Gets it Wrong on Common Core Opposition

Few dispute that most of the professional journalists who staff the state’s top newspapers lean democrat and leftward. It often becomes obvious in their reporting on Common Core. Consider this from the editors of the Miami Herald: In January, the Editorial Board lamented that Gov. Rick Scott, throughout his term, “has had a mixed record on education.” Unfortunately, he’s done little to disabuse So

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