Education Competitiveness Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 14, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Education Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish scholarship programs for students pursuing degrees in: (1) early childhood education; (2) science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; or (3) critical foreign languages. Requires scholarship recipients, for four years, to teach in their field of study or or work in employment that improves education.
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to nonprofit educational agencies to work with local educational agencies (LEAs) to expand or develop Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs in their schools.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states for: (1) programs encouraging elementary and secondary school teachers to serve in rural or underserved areas; (2) voluntary universal prekindergarten programs focusing on child development; (3) coordination of prekindergarten through grade 16 (PK-16) programs and establishment of integrated data systems tracking student progress; (4) internships and summer programs for middle and secondary school students; (5) student mentoring, afterschool , and enrichment programs; and (6) summer science and engineering institutes for secondary school students. Requires states to take specified actions to raise early childhood education teachers' qualifications.
Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) matching grants to LEAs to establish and operate specialty science and mathematics secondary schools; (2) scholarships to students pursuing a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree who agree to work in their field of study for four years; and (3) research grants to scientists who are under age 40. Increases the Pell grant.
Increases and extends funding for Indian education programs, including Native American language immersion programs.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships between: (1) institutions of higher education and local workforce investment boards for job training in high-growth industries or occupations; and (2) such institutions and facilitators of small business development for small business training. Authorizes grants to states and LEAs for distance learning.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish education tax incentives which include: (1) a refundable higher education tax credit; (2) the application of retirement plan distributions to longer student loan repayment periods; (3) larger deductions for teachers' classroom expenses, student loan interest, and charitable contributions to schools; (4) a larger employee exclusion for employer provided educational assistance; (5) Young Savers Accounts; (6) the extension of the Qualified Academy Zone Bond program and participation by tribally controlled colleges and universities; and (7) an additional standard deduction for real property taxes.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Sep 14, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9638-9639)
- Sep 14, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42561 | The American Opportunity Tax Credit: Overview, Analysis, and Policy Options Archived | Report | Jun 4, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for education competitiveness.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Education Competitiveness Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Accreditation (Education)
- Annuities
- Arts
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Bonds
- Books
- Building construction
- Business education
- Charitable contributions
- Child development
- College costs
- Colleges
- Commerce
- Compensatory education
- Computer software
- Computers
- Construction costs
- Cost of living adjustments
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Distance education
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education savings accounts
- Educational accountability
- Educational planning
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Employee benefit plans
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Indian education
- Individual retirement accounts
- Industry-university relations
- Infrastructure
- Interest
- International Affairs
- International education
- Internet
- Juvenile delinquency
- Labor and Employment
- Language and languages
- Local taxation
- Mathematics
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Nonprofit organizations
- Preschool education
- Property tax
- Rating of teachers
- Recruiting of employees
- Research grants
- Rural education
- Scholarships
- School buildings
- School districts
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Scientists
- Secondary education
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- State taxation
- Student loan funds
- Student records
- Tax deductions
- Tax exclusion
- Tax refunds
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Taxation
- Teacher education
- Teacher salaries
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teaching materials
- Technical education
- Textbooks
- Tuition tax credits
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2006Introduced in Senate
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