Success in the Middle Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 4, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jun 4, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 4, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3089 | Success in the Middle Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jun 4, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in secondary school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and local educational agency policies and program relating to the academic achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and implement effective middle grades models for struggling students, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Success in the Middle Act of 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 Senate
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