US Congress House Bill 178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. Requires that 80% of a state's allotment be allocated to LEAs on the basis of relative numbers of children from families with incomes below the poverty line residing in their school districts, and that the remainder be allocated on the basis of relative enrollments.

To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]

Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2009-01-06		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/178/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr178/BILLS-111hr178ih.pdf