Pathways for All Students to Succeed Act

Bill: 109-s-1061
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Community and school
Compensatory education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Indian education
Literacy programs
Mathematics
Minorities
Paraprofessional school personnel
Parent-school relationships
Reading
School administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Special education
Teacher education
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Pathways for All Students to Succeed Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program that will provide grants to State educational agencies (SEAs), and direct grants or subgrants through SEAs to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs), to establish literacy and mathematics skills programs to improve overall reading, writing, and mathematics performance among students in middle school and secondary school.
 
Requires LEAs receiving a literary or mathematics subgrant to hire literacy or mathematics coaches (at least one such coach for every 20 teachers) to work with classroom teachers to carry out specified related activities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program of grants to SEAs and, through them, subgrants to LEAs that: (1) enables a secondary school receiving assistance under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (ESEA) to hire a sufficient number of academic counselors (at least one for 150 students) to develop personal six-year plans defining career and education goals for each student at the school, including those with limited English proficiency; (2) involves parents in the development and implementation of such plans; and (3) provides academic counselors and staff at the schools receiving grants under this Act the opportunity to coordinate with other programs and services, including those supported by Federal funds, to ensure that students have access to the resources and services necessary to fulfill their personal plans.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to SEAs and, through them, subgrants to LEAs to promote school improvement and student achievement, through certain programs and activities, in schools identified as needing improvement under specified provisions of ESEA as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to SEAs to develop or increase the capacity of data systems for assessment and accountability purposes, including collection of graduation rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8371)
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 108.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate