No Child Left Inside Act of 2009
Latest action · Jun 4, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Child Left Inside Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, as a prerequisite to receiving implementation grants, to develop environmental literacy plans, approved by the Secretary of Education, for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 that include environmental education standards and teacher training.
Directs the Secretary to award Environmental Education Professional Development Grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to partnerships that include an LEA and, permissibly, institutions of higher education (IHE), other educational entities, or federal, state, regional, or local natural resource or environmental agencies, for activities involving, among other things, teacher training and the development of more rigorous environmental education curricula that advance the teaching of interdisciplinary courses.
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to partnerships that include an LEA and, permissibly, IHEs, other educational entities, federal, state, regional, or local natural resource or environmental agencies, or park and recreation departments, for activities to improve and support environmental education that include: (1) advancing content and achievement standards; (2) developing or disseminating innovations or model programs; and (3) research.
Cosponsors 123
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2009 to Jul 29, 2010; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Frank Kratovil, Jr. | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 17, 2009 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jul 17, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jul 24, 2009 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 24, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Dec 3, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Dec 15, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jan 21, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Jan 21, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Mary Jo Kilroy | Apr 14, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 22, 2010 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 29, 2010 |
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 Apr 22, 2009 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2009 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Apr 22, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4667)
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4667 | John P. Sarbanes D-MD | Apr 22, 2009 |
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.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011407 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 19, 2010–Apr 16, 2010 |
| S. Hrg. 111-604 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011655 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 10, 2010–May 5, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-22 | HEARING TO REVIEW RURAL BROADBAND PROGRAMS87 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jul 9, 2009 |
| Serial No. 111-13 | UNIVERSAL SERVICE: REFORMING THE HIGH-COST FUND256 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 12, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 866 | No Child Left Inside Act of 2009 | Related bill | Apr 22, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- No Child Left Inside Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
