Education for Democracy Act
Latest action · Feb 28, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with: (1) the Center for Civic Education (CCE) to carry out civic education activities under the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program, and under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs; and (2) the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) to carry out economic education activities under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs.
Revises requirements for CCE implementation of the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program.
Sets forth requirements for the Cooperative Educational Exchange programs of civic education by CCE and economic education by NCEE. Makes eligible for such programs Central and Eastern European counties, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Allows program eligibility also for the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and any developing country as defined under the Education for the Deaf Act.
Amends the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to repeal provisions for an International Education Program.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2001 to May 23, 2001; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Feb 28, 2001 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Mar 5, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Mar 19, 2001 | |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Mar 19, 2001 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Mar 23, 2001 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Mar 26, 2001 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Mar 26, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Mar 29, 2001 | |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Apr 4, 2001 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Apr 26, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Apr 26, 2001 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Apr 26, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Feb 28, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1704-1705)
- Feb 28, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1704, S1705 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, Thad Cochran R-MS | Feb 28, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Education for Democracy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Alcohol and youth
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Business education
- Central Asia
- Central Europe
- Civics education
- Commerce
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers in education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- Curriculum planning
- Delinquency prevention
- Democracy
- Developing countries
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drugs and youth
- Eastern Europe
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational exchanges
- Educational research
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Estonia
- Europe
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal-state relations
- Former Soviet states
- Free enterprise
- Georgia (Republic)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- History
- Indian education
- International Affairs
- International education
- Ireland
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Law
- Lithuania
- Minorities
- Moldova
- Northern Ireland
- Russia
- School violence
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State laws
- State legislatures
- Tajikistan
- Teacher education
- Teaching materials
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
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