Expand Access to Job Training for English Language Learners Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Revises the following WIS provisions with respect to individuals with limited English proficiency: (1) intensive and training services; (2) performance measures; (3) demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects; (4) assessments; (5) State plan contents; and (6) State discretionary funding.
Revises the following AEFLA provisions with respect to individuals with limited English proficiency: (1) adult basic education funding formula; (2) State plan contents; (3) direct and equitable access in grants and contracts; (4) reports on individuals 16 to 18 years of age; and (5) national leadership activities.
Provides for integration of WIS and AEFLA by: (1) emphasizing National Institute for Literacy coordination with the Institute of Education Sciences in the Department of Education and with the Office of Employment and Training in the Department of Labor; and (2) requiring certain uniform indicators of program performance.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2003 to Oct 7, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 8, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | May 8, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 23, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Oct 7, 2003 |
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 May 6, 2003 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- May 6, 2003Introduced in House
- May 6, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-63 | H.R. 4283, THE COLLEGE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY ACT: ARE STUDENTS AT PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS TREATED EQUITABLY UNDER CURRENT LAW?86 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 16, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-35 | EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA'S HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS118 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Oct 6, 2003 |
| Serial No. 108-31 | H.R. 3039, THE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 200357 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Sep 11, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend and improve the workforce investment and adult education systems of the Nation.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Expand Access to Job Training for English Language Learners Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adult education
- Bilingualism
- Civics education
- Community organization
- Compensatory education
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational planning
- Educational statistics
- Educational tests
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Employment agencies
- Employment subsidies
- Employment tests
- English language
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Higher education
- Illiteracy
- Immigrant education
- Immigration
- Labor and Employment
- Language arts
- Literacy programs
- Performance measurement
- Secondary education
- Translating and interpreting
- Workplace literacy
- Youth
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2003Introduced in House
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