Graduation for All Act

Bill: 108-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2003-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education
Compensatory education
Computer software
Continuing education
Curricula
Disabled
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Homeless
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Migrant education
Minorities
Minority education
Paraprofessional school personnel
Parent-school relationships
Performance measurement
Reading
Recruiting of employees
School administration
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: 
 Graduation for All Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program that will provide grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish reading and writing programs to improve overall reading and writing performance among students in secondary schools, including middle and high schools.
 
Limits eligibility for subgrants to LEAs in a State that are among those that have the lowest graduation rates for public secondary school students. Includes among required uses of LEA subgrant funds: (1) hiring and inservice training of literacy coaches to work with classroom teachers to incorporate reading and writing instruction in all subject areas, and to identify students with reading problems and provide remediation or referral for additional services; (2) counseling for students at risk of not graduating on time; and (3) professional development for middle and high school teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals that addresses literacy needs of economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, students with limited English proficiency, migrant children, and homeless children.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include public secondary school graduation rates for all students under requirements for: (1) accountability for adequate yearly progress; and (2) annual State report cards.
 
Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to require annual reports on the number participants who are 16, 17, or 18 years of age in certain programs and services, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, limited English proficiency status, disability, and socioeconomic status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Introduced in House