Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonprofit educational organization or consortium, with 75% to be used for subgrants to institutions of higher education associated with state geographic alliances, nonprofit educational organizations, or state or local educational agencies.
Requires various grantee and subgrantee activities designed to expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students by improving their teachers' professional development programs offered through institutions of higher education. Includes among such activities state-based conferences to assess geographic literacy and identify improvement strategies.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2007 to Sep 8, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Apr 10, 2007 |
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 Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 1, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2493-2494)
- Mar 1, 2007Read 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 S2493 | Thad Cochran R-MS | Mar 1, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1228 | Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act | Related bill | Feb 28, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Conferences
- Curricula
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational innovations
- Educational research
- Educational technology
- Educational tests
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Geographic information systems
- Geography and mapping
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- International Affairs
- International education
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Teacher education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
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