Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act
Latest action · Oct 18, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 17, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a Textbook Recycling Program to facilitate the donation of textbooks by any local educational agency (LEA) to any other LEA for use by such eligible schools.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress and the Secretary on the condition of textbooks used in public elementary and secondary schools, separating data for such eligible schools from that for ineligible ones.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2002 to Sep 5, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-OK | Brad Carson | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Charles W. Stenholm | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-GU | Robert A. Underwood | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| D-IL | David D. Phelps | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jul 11, 2002 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 11, 2002 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 11, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jul 17, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Sep 5, 2002 | |
| D-ME | John Elias Baldacci | Sep 5, 2002 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Sep 5, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 5, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2002 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Oct 18, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Jun 17, 2002Introduced in House
- Jun 17, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the purchase of textbooks and the establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Educational statistics
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Gifts
- Parent-school relationships
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Teachers
- Textbooks
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2002Introduced in House
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