After-School Partnerships Improve Results in Education (ASPIRE) Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2009 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.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Afterschool Partnerships Improve Results in Education (ASPIRE) Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to partnerships, composed of a state or local educational agency (LEA) and at least one college or nonprofit, community, tribal, business, labor, or career technical student organization, for the development of national model afterschool interdisciplinary education programs for secondary school students.
Directs the Secretary to allot grants to states for matching subgrants to other partnerships, composed of an LEA and at least one college or organization listed above, for the development of afterschool interdisciplinary education programs for secondary school students.
Gives grant and subgrant priority to programs targeting a high percentage of impoverished, struggling, or rural students and their families.
Requires each partnership grantee and subgrantee to include in its program: (1) at least one activity involving mathematics and science education, language arts, writing, and reading, or history, geography, or social studies; and (2) at least one activity involving career technical education, business and entrepreneurial education, health and wellness, the environment and conservation, or arts and music education.
Allows program activities to take place after school, before school, or at any other time that the school is not in session.
Directs the Secretary to carry out national activities, such as providing technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees, or conducting a national evaluation of such programs.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2009 to Nov 20, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Nov 17, 2009 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Nov 20, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Nov 17, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Art, artists, authorship
- Business investment and capital
- Child health
- Ecology
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Language arts
- Music
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Science and engineering education
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2009Introduced in Senate
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