GRADUATES Act
Latest action · Oct 4, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedOct 4, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Getting Retention and Diplomas Up Among Today's Enrolled Students Act or the GRADUATES Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund program awarding competitive matching grants to partnerships, which must include at least one state or local educational agency, for the implementation of innovative strategies to improve the achievement of at-risk students in secondary schools. Permits partnerships to award subgrants to schools for the implementation of such strategies.
Lists activities, one or more of which grantees or subgrantees must implement, that include: (1) creating multiple pathways that offer students a range of educational options aligned with their needs and interests and preparing them for postsecondary education and the workforce; (2) creating expanded learning time opportunities, such as arts, service, higher, and work-based education; (3) improving student transitions from middle school to high school or from high school to postsecondary education and the workforce; (4) increasing the autonomy and flexibility of secondary schools; (5) improving rural education through educational technology; (6) redesigning middle schools; and (7) improving teaching and increasing academic rigor at the secondary school level.
Requires the Secretary to disseminate best practices in improving secondary school student achievement.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 4, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Oct 4, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Oct 4, 2007 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Oct 4, 2007 |
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 Oct 4, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 4, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1920 | GRADUATES Act | Identical bill | Aug 1, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary education and the workforce.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- GRADUATES Act
- Getting Retention and Diplomas Up Among Today's Enrolled Students Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Apprenticeship
- Arts
- Colleges
- Commerce
- Community and school
- Compensatory education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- Disabled
- Dropouts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational counseling
- Educational innovations
- Educational statistics
- Elementary and secondary education
- English language
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Juvenile delinquency
- Labor and Employment
- Language arts
- Literacy programs
- Mathematics
- Mentoring
- Nonprofit organizations
- Parent-school relationships
- Performance measurement
- Reading
- School districts
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Service learning
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Standards
- Student aid
- Student employment
- Technical education
- Teenage pregnancy
- Vocational and technical education
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2007Introduced in House
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