School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
Latest action · Apr 4, 2011 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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable grants to high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) to retain or hire additional school social workers.
Permits grantees to use the funds to reimburse school social workers for expenses they incur in rendering services.
Requires grant-funded social workers to target their services to the highest-need students.
Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to high-need LEAs in applying for such grants.
Prohibits the grant funds from being used to supplant other federal, state, or local funds used for hiring and retaining school social workers.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2011 to Dec 12, 2011; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 16, 2011 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 24, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Nov 4, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Dec 12, 2011 |
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 Mar 16, 2011 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Mar 16, 2011Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1907.
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 to establish a grant program to fund additional school social workers and retain school social workers already employed in high-need local educational agencies.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2011Introduced in House
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