Success in the Middle Act of 2007
Latest action · Oct 24, 2007 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.
- IntroducedOct 24, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Success in the Middle Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to: (1) implement state middle school needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to successfully complete the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous high school coursework; and (2) award competitive matching subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement a comprehensive middle school improvement plan for each eligible school. Favors LEAs with high proportions of poor children and eligible schools.
Defines "eligible schools" as those where: (1) a majority of middle grade students matriculate to high schools with graduation rates below 60%; (2) more than 25% of the students who finish grade six, or the school's earliest middle grade level, exhibit key risk factors for failure; and (3) a majority of middle grade students are not rated proficient on required state assessments in mathematics, reading, or language arts.
Permits states to make subgrants to LEAs that did not receive a competitive subgrant to assist them in applying for competitive subgrants and developing comprehensive middle school improvement plans.
Provides the Secretary with funding to: (1) contract for studies that identify promising practices for, and review existing research to identify factors that might lead to, the improvement of middle school education; (2) create a national clearinghouse in best middle grade educational practices and a national database identifying factors that facilitate or impede middle grade student achievement; (3) require certain educational field research designed to enhance the performance of middle grade schools and students; (4) create a research and development center that addresses topics pertinent to middle grade schools; and (5) provide grants to entities that partner with states and LEAs to develop, adapt, or replicate effective models for turning around low-performing middle grade schools.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 24, 2007 to Sep 9, 2008, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Oct 24, 2007 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Oct 26, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 9, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Oct 24, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3406 | Success in the Middle Act of 2007 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Arts
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Child development
- Civics education
- Class size
- Colleges
- Community and school
- Compensatory education
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Disabled
- Dropouts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational counseling
- Educational innovations
- Educational planning
- Educational research
- Educational tests
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Higher education
- History
- Indian education
- Labor and Employment
- Language arts
- Literacy programs
- Mathematics
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Nonprofit organizations
- Parent-school relationships
- Performance measurement
- Rating of teachers
- Reading
- Recruiting of employees
- Research and development
- Research and development facilities
- Research centers
- Research grants
- School discipline
- School districts
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2007Introduced in Senate
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