US Congress Senate Bill 323 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Education (ED) to grant Recognizing Inspirational School Employees awards to classified school employees, within certain occupational specialties, who provide exemplary service to students in prekindergarten through high school. ED must annually select an awardee, out of nominations received from states, from any of the following occupational specialties: (1) paraprofessional services, (2) clerical and administrative services, (3) transportation services, (4) food and nutrition services, (5) custodial and maintenance services, (6) security services, (7) health and student services, (8) technical services, and (9) skilled trades. The award and recognition provided shall have no monetary value. ED shall develop uniform national guidelines for evaluating nominations.

Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB276 (Related) 2019-04-12 - Became Public Law No: 116-13. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/323/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s323/BILLS-116s323is.pdf