US Congress House Bill 2960 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on July 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

TALENT Act To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achievement, including above grade level achievement. States must: (1) assist their local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in providing additional educational assistance to advanced, gifted, and talented students; and (2) report annually a comparison of the performance of students between different LEAs at each level of achievement, disaggregated by specified student subgroups. LEAs must identify gifted and talented students and support their learning needs and train educators to implement instructional practices that support their education. The Institute of Education Sciences must: (1) continue research and development activities regarding the education of gifted and talented students; (2) support a National Research and Dissemination Center on the Gifted and Talented; (3) administer demonstration grants that enhance the ability of educators to support gifted and talented students; and (4) ensure that statistical data regarding the education of gifted and talented children is collected, reported, analyzed, and disseminated.

TALENT Act To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act

Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Rep. David Young [R-IA]

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-08-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2015-07-07	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2015-07-07	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-07-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-07-07	House	Introduced in House

SB363 (Same As) 2015-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2960/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2960/BILLS-114hr2960ih.pdf