US Congress House Bill 4181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-1)
Status: Introduced on December 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-04 - 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]

Graduation Promise Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for differentiated high school improvement systems targeting support to schools with low student achievement and graduation rates after such schools fail for two consecutive years to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) pursuant to state academic performance standards. Allots grant funds to states pursuant to a formula that favors states with low graduation rates and a high percentage of students attending low-income LEAs. Requires state grantees to establish comprehensive school performance indicators and minimum annual improvement benchmarks for use, in addition to current AYP measures, in analyzing school performance and determining the improvement category into which a school is placed. Directs LEA subgrantees to: (1) categorize each of their schools that fail to make AYP for two consecutive years as needing targeted intervention, whole school reforms, or replacement; (2) convene a local school improvement team for each of such schools that will use performance indicators, AYP measures, and other relevant data to conduct a school needs assessment and develop a multiyear school improvement plan tailored to the school's need categorization; and (3) support the successful implementation of such plans and district-wide high school improvement strategies. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education to develop and implement, or replicate, effective secondary school models for struggling students and dropouts.

Graduation Promise Act of 2009

Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-04		Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2009-12-02		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

SB1698 (Same As) 2009-09-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9736-9744)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4181/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4181/BILLS-111hr4181ih.pdf