Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 19, 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.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009 - Creates a new part E (American History and Civics Education) under title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), under which are placed the existing Teaching of Traditional American History, Civic Education (containing the We the People and Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange programs), and Close Up Fellowship programs.
Establishes, under part E of title II of the ESEA, programs requiring the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to IHEs, museums, libraries, research centers, or certain other educational institutions to establish Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics and Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics which offer seminars or institutes for teachers and outstanding students of such subjects, respectively.
Creates, under part E, a program authorizing the Secretary to provide grants or contracts to National History Day, Inc. for specified activities promoting and improving the study of history.
Repeals the American History and Civics Education Act of 2004, which contained a version of the Presidential Academies, Congressional Academies, and National History Day programs.
Reauthorizes part E programs through FY2015.
Amends the ESEA to require states to: (1) establish challenging academic content and student achievement standards in U.S. history, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year; and (2) measure the achievement of students against such standards at least one time during grades 3 through 5, grades 6 through 9, and grades 10 through 12, beginning in the 2012-2013 school year.
Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009 - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to: (1) give priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12; and (2) conduct trial state academic assessments of student achievement in U.S. history and civics in grades 8 and 12.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2009 to Oct 13, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Mar 23, 2009 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Mar 23, 2009 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Oct 13, 2009 |
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 19, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3567-3571)
- Mar 19, 2009Read 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 S3567–S3569 | Lamar Alexander R-TN | Mar 19, 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 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-12 | HEARING ON BANKING SECRECY PRACTICES AND WEALTHY AMERICAN TAXPAYERS118 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Mar 31, 2009 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve the teaching and learning of American history and civics.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Improving the Teaching and Learning of American History and Civics Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Cultural exchanges and relations
- Department of Education
- Economic theory
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Higher education
- Libraries and archives
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- U.S. history
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in Senate
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.
