After School for America's Children Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2013 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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
After School for America's Children Act - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program under part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). (21st Century Community Learning Centers provide students with before and after school programs to improve their academic performance.)
Requires the Centers to provide: (1) students with activities that are targeted to their academic needs and aligned with the instruction they receive during the school day, and (2) students' families with opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children's education.
Includes Indian tribes or organizations among the local public or private entities that are eligible for grants from states to establish the Centers.
Requires states to use at least 93% (currently 95%) of their allotment from the Secretary of Education to provide grants to those entities.
Allows states to use up to 5% (currently, 3%) of their allotment for certain state activities.
Requires states to: (1) award grants to local entities that serve students who primarily attend schools that are eligible for schoolwide programs under part A of title I of the ESEA, and (2) favor applicants that propose to serve students that have not achieved proficiency in accordance with state academic achievement standards.
Requires states to use a rigorous peer review process in reviewing grant applications.
Allows states to renew a grant under part B based on the grantee's performance during the original grant period.
Prohibits the Secretary or states from giving funding priority to applicants that propose to use the funds to extend the regular school day.
Includes among the activities grants may fund: (1) core academic subject education activities, including those that allow students to recover or attain credits; (2) literacy education programs; (3) programs that support a healthy, active lifestyle; (4) services for the disabled; (5) cultural programs; and (6) programs that build science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills and support innovative STEM teaching methods.
Reauthorizes the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program through FY2019.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2013 to Sep 18, 2014; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Apr 8, 2013 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Sep 17, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Nov 21, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 2, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Sep 18, 2014 |
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 Feb 14, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S774-775)
- Feb 14, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S1008 | Barbara Boxer D-CA | Feb 28, 2013 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S774 | Barbara Boxer D-CA | Feb 14, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize 21st century community learning centers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- After School for America's Children Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Child health
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Family relationships
- Indian social and development programs
- Language arts
- Minority education
- Nutrition and diet
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- School administration
- Science and engineering education
- Special education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced in Senate
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