Success in the Middle Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 4, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Success in the Middle Act of 2019
This bill creates a grant program to support middle schools' efforts to identify and implement best practices for improving student outcomes and increasing high school graduation rates.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to (1) allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary school coursework; and (2) award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education, educational service agencies, or educational nonprofit organizations to implement a comprehensive middle school improvement plan for each eligible school.
Eligible schools are those where (1) a high proportion of middle grade students matriculate to secondary schools with graduation rates below 67%; (2) more than 25% of the students who finish grade six, or the school's earliest middle grade level, exhibit key risk factors for failure; and (3) a majority of middle grade students are not rated proficient on required state assessments in mathematics, reading, or language arts.
Funding is provided to ED to, among other things (1) contract for studies that identify promising practices for, and review existing research to identify factors that might lead to, the improvement of middle grades education; and (2) create a national clearinghouse in best middle grade educational practices.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 4, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Jun 4, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1704 | Success in the Middle Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jun 4, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Census and government statistics
- Child health
- Computers and information technology
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Language arts
- Libraries and archives
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- School administration
- Science and engineering education
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2019Introduced in House
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