COACH Act
Latest action · May 15, 2008 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.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coaching Our Adolescents for College Heights Act or the COACH Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to award a contract to a nonprofit organization to establish a seven-year pilot program under which recent college graduates commit to two terms of service as coaches to high-achieving, low- or middle-income high school students in exchange for national service awards for each term of service.
Requires such coaches, which are to total 100 and operate in no more than five school districts, to: (1) build a strong college-going culture for all students in high schools with historically low college attendance rates; and (2) provide limited cohorts of high-achieving, low- or middle-income students with guidance in studies suited to college-bound students, and support during the college search and application processes.
Requires the nonprofit organization to raise $3 of nonfederal funds for every $1 of federal funds provided under the contract.
Directs the Corporation to contract with an independent agency to study the effects of the pilot program on the achievement of participating students and students in participating high schools. Requires the Corporation to plan an expansion of such program if it is shown to be effective in improving student achievement.
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 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 15, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2008Introduced in Senate
- May 15, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4284-4285)
- May 15, 2008Read 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 S4284 | Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY | May 15, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a program to provide college coaches to low- and middle-income high-achieving high school students.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- COACH Act
- Coaching Our Adolescents for College Heights Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- College entrance requirements
- Dropouts
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational counseling
- Educational planning
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Mentoring
- National service
- Nonprofit organizations
- Scholarships
- Secondary education
- Service learning
- Social Welfare
- Student aid
- Student loan funds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2008Introduced in Senate
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