• H.J. RES 52 Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008 (9/28/07 presented to the President; 9/27/07 passed by Senate; 9/26/07 passed by House).
• S. 1745 FY2008 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act (6/28/07 passed by Appropriations Committee; 6/26/07 passed by CJS Appropriation Subcommittee).
• S. 1710 FY2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Act (6/21/07 passed by Appropriations Committee; 6/19/07 passed by LHHS-Ed Appropriation Subcommittee).
• H.R. 3093 FY2008 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act (10/16/07 passed by the Senate; 7/26/07passed by House; 7/12/07 passed by House Appropriations Committee; 6/28/07 passed by Senate Appropriation Committee).
• H.R. 3043 FY2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Act (11/8/07 Conference Report passed by House; 11/7/09 Conference Report passed by Senate; 10/24/07 passed by Senate; 7/19/07 passed by House; 7/11/07 passed by House Appropriations Committee; 6/7/07 passed by LHHS-Ed Appropriation Subcommittee).

• S. 2312 State Student Achievement Contracts Act, a bill to amend Title VI of ESEA of 1965 to provide 12 states with State student achievement contracts.
• S. 2227 Success in the Middle Act, a bill to provide states grants to ensure that all students in the middle grades are with effective supports, preparing students for success in high school and postsecondary choices.
• S. 2212 Teachers Professional Development Institutes, a bill to support the establishment and operations of Teachers Professional Development Institutes, which would partner institutions of higher education and local educational agencies with significant low-income populations.
• S. 2189 Student Bill of Rights, a bill to require states to ensure comparative quality of teachers and services at all school statewide.
• S. 2173 FITS KIDS Act, a bill to amend ESEA of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
• S. 2157 A bill to amend ESEA of 1965 to establish pilot programs to expand learning time schools and programs.
• S 2143 Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2007, a bill to amend ESEA of 1965 to establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs.
• S. 2118 Proven Programs for the Future of Education Act, a bill to encourage the use of research-proven programs in ESEA.
• S. 2117 Education Research & Development to Improve Act, to encourage the development of research-proven programs funded under ESEA
• S. 2111 A bill to amend ESEA of 1965 to allow State Education Agencies, local education agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports.
• S. 2053 Improving Student Testing Act, a bill to make annual testing optional and permit states to test only once in certain grade spans and waives the 2014 proficiency deadline of NCLB.
• S. 2014 A bill to provide for statewide longitudinal data systems to improve elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.
• S. 2001 All Students Can Achieve Act, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
• S. 1981 No Child Left Inside Act, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
• S. 1979 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for school improvement, comprehensive, high-quality multi-year induction and mentoring for new teachers, and professional development for experienced teachers, and for other purposes.
• S. 1978 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to implement a co-teaching model for educating students with disabilities.
• S. 1942 A bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the renovation of schools.
• S. 1920 A bill to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary education and the workforce.
• S. 1913 No Child Left Behind Enhancement Act, a bill to improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
• S. 1893 Reauthorization of State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
• S. 1823 The bill would set the U.S. on track to ensure that children are ready to learn when they begin Kindergarten.
• S. 1775 No Child Left Behind Reauthorization Act of 2007.
• S. 1762/H.R. 2669 Higher Education Access Act of 2007, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove the tuition sensitivity provision reducing the Pell grant available to students attending low-cost schools. (Signed by the President 9/27/07; S. 1762 was encompassed into H.R. 2669 and passed by both Houses on 9/7/07)
• S. 1642 Higher Education Amendments Act which would reauthorize the Higher Education Act (7/24/07 passed by Senate; 6/20/07 passed by Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee).
• S. 1574 The bill would establish Teaching Residency Programs for preparation and induction of teachers.
• S. 1572 The bill would help increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals, including those based in schools, who provide clinical mental health care to children and adolescents.
• S. 1557 The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
• S. 1431 Early Childhood Professional Development Act, a bill to establish an unidentified amount for state grants to develop early childhood pre-service and in-service professional development and career systems.
• S. 1414 NAEP Civics, a bill to amend the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to require State academic assessments of student achievement in U.S. history and civics.
• S. 1391 The Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2007, a bill to create schools which incorporate other community services such as health clinics or libraries, or which in other ways make the community more involved in the school.
• S. 1389 Climate Change Education Act, a bill to establish, under the National Science Foundation, a competitive grant for states, communities, schools and education foundations to develop educational materials and exhibits on climate change, as well as kindergartern-to-12th grade curriculums on the subject.
• S. 1339 Teacher Excellence for All Children Act, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act and the tax code to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals.
• S. 1332 Mental Health in Schools Act, a bill to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.
• S. 1302 A bill to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, to provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children, and to ensure that schools are centers of communities, for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners, and improve academic achievement.
• S. 1231 Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining Education Professionals Act, a bill to expand the teacher preparation grant in Title II of the Higher Education Act by authorizing it to receive $500 million per year.
• S. 1217 School Safety Act, a bill to support school safety measures in elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning.
• S. 1185 Graduation Promises Act, a bill to provide grants to States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.
• S. 1015 National Writing Project, a bill to reauthorize the National Writing Project.
• S. 958 Striving Readers Act, a bill to assist states, districts, and schools ensure that adolescents are able to read and write well enough to learn in school, graduate on time, and succeed in college and the workplace.
• S. 912 America's Better Classroom Act of 2007, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools.
• S. 893 Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act, a bill to allow states to notify the Education Department that they would assume full responsibility for education. As such, they would still receive federal funds but not be liable for meeting No Child Left Behind Act mandates. See H.R. 1539.
• S. 778 A bill to amend title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities to recruit, select, train, and support Expanded Learning and After- School Fellows that will strengthen expanded learning initiatives, 21st century community learning center programs, and after-school programs, and for other purposes.
• S. 761 A bill to invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy (4/26/07 passed by Senate).
• S. 757 A bill to create a national set of effective voluntary national expectations for mathematics and science education in kindergarten through grade 12, and for other purposes.
• S. 727 A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
• S. 556 Head Start for School Readiness Act, a bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act, and for other purposes (11/8/07 Conference Report agreed on; 6/19/07 Senate passed HR 1429/House version of bill; 2/14/07 passed by HELP Committee).
• S. 506 High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007, a bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and for other purposes. See S.489 and H.R.121.
• S. 489 Green Buildings Act of 2007, a bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of green buildings, and for other purposes. See S.506 and H.R.121.
• S. 380 Secure Rural Schools Act, a bill to renew and extend the Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, to fund county schools and projects.
• S. 348 A bill to improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
• S. 224 and H.R. 325 Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act (SPEAK Act), a bill to create a rigorous and voluntary national education content standards in K-12 math and science studies and create a fund to allow the Education Department reward states adopting the standards.
• S. 164 Success Act, a comprehensive K-12 bill introduced by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Edward Kennedy (D-MA).
• S. 100 Healthy Children Act, a bill to encourage the health of children in schools by promoting better nutrition and increased physical activity.
• S. 33 Redesignating Office for Vocational and Adult Education, the bill would rename the Education Department’s Office for Vocational and Adult Education to call it the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (5/22/07 passed the Senate).
• S. 7 College Opportunity Act, a bill to amend Title IV of the Higher Education Act and other laws and provisions and urge Congress to make college more affordable through increased federal Pell Grants and providing more favorable student loans.

• H.R. 4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act, a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
• H.R. 4075 Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand college access and increase college persistence, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 4067 Bridges from Jobs to Career Act, a bill to provide grants to colleges to improve remedial education (including English language instruction) to customize remediation to students’ career goals, and to help students move rapidly from remediation into for-credit occupation program courses.
• H.R. 4060 Universal Pre-Kindergarten Act, a bill to assist States in establishing a universal pre-kindergarten program to ensure that all children 3, 4, and 5 years old have access to a high-quality full-day, full-calendar-year pre-kindergarten education.
• H.R. 4045 Improving Teacher Diversity Act, a bill to award competitive grants to minority serving institutions to establish centers of excellence for teacher education.
• H.R. 3966 Early Education Workforce Act, a bill to provide for a statewide early childhood education professional development and career system
• H.R. 3955 Science Museum and National Laboratory Partnership Demonstration Act, a bill to provide for educational partnerships between science museums and Energy Department National Laboratories by authorizing the secretary of energy to award on a competitive basis as many as five grants to partnerships.
• H.R. 3927 Extension of Higher Education Reauthorization Act (9/23/07 passed by the House).
• H.R. 3763 The GRADUATES Act, a bill to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement.
• H.R. 3762 We Care Act, a bill to amend ESEA to foster community involvement.
• H.R. 3760 A bill to amend ESEA to enable LEAs to use amounts received from the Fund for the Improvement for Education for innovative programs to increase learning in nutrition and exercise.
• H.R. 3759 A bill to amend ESEA to enable LEAs to use amounts received from the Fund for the Improvement for Education for innovative programs to increase learning in financial literacy.
• H.R. 3747 A bill to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act.
• H.R. 3746 College Access and Opportunity Act, a bill to amend and extend the Higher Education Act.
• H.R. 3718 Educational Advisor and Contractor Integrity Act, a bill to amend ESEA to require the Education Department to address conflicts of interest associated with use of advisory committees and technical assistance programs.
• H.R. 3642 Expanded Learning Time Demonstration Act, a bill to amend ESEA to provide grants for expanded learning time schools and programs.
• H.R. 3595 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent law the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
• H.R. 3523 I LEAD, a bill to develop a generation of school leaders who are committed to, and effective in, increasing student achievement and to ensure that all lowincome, under-performing schools are led by effective school leaders who are well-prepared to foster student success.
• H.R. 3463 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership between the Department of Education and the National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers.
• H.R. 3441 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize competitive grants to train school principals in instructional leadership skills and to promote the incorporation of standards of instructional leadership into State-level principal certification or licensure.
• H.R. 3439 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled Title I schools to reduce the dropout rate.
• H.R. 3438 A bill to amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
• H.R. 3419 A bill to establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services in the Department of Education and to provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
• H.R. 3407 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of early intervening services, particularly schoolwide positive behavior supports.
• H.R. 3406 A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students exit the middle grades prepared for success in a high school with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for postsecondary education and the workplace.
• H.R. 3394 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to assist underperforming schools to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified and effective teachers by providing grants for participation in the Targeted High Need Initiative Program.
• H.R. 3357 A bill to reauthorize the National Writing Project Act of 2007.
• H.R. 3317 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve and enhance the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP).
• H.R. 3313 A bill to amend provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 relating to mathematics and science instruction.
• H.R. 3289 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve early education.
• H.R. 3269 A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 3263 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage the implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger.
• H.R.3253 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for the use of longitudinal data systems.
• H.R. 3242 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the ability of the United States to be competitive in a global economy, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 3162 Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act to extend and improve the children’s health insurance program.
• H.R. 3132 Safe Schools Improvement Act to include bullying and harassment prevention programs under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program.
• H.R. 2955 Every Student Counts Act, to improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for graduation rates.
• H.R. 2669 College Cost Reduction Act, pursuant to instructions in the FY2008 budget resolution, the reconciliation bill would reduce the deficit by $750 million. (Signed by the President 9/27/07; Enrolled by Congress 9/18/07; cleared for the White House 9/7/07; 7/11/07 passed the House; 6/13/07 passed by House Ed and Labor Committee)
• H.R. 2621 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the loan forgiveness program for teachers, to provide a loan forgiveness program for nurses, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 2617 A bill that would direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to high-need local educational agencies to establish teaching residency programs.
• H.R. 2577 A bill that would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide additional flexibility to State and local educational agencies to raise the academic achievement of all students.
• H.R. 2573 A bill to establish State infrastructure banks for education.
• H.R. 2470 America’s Better Classroom Act, the bill would offer tax credits that could total as much as $25 billion to be put towards the costs of school repairs. Under the bill, states and local districts would be able to cut financing costs in half.
• H.R. 2323 The Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2007, a bill to create schools which incorporate other community services such as health clinics or libraries, or which in other ways make the community more involved in the school.
• H.R. 2289 Striving Readers Act of 2007, a bill to assist states, districts, and schools ensure that adolescents are able to read and write well enough to learn in school, graduate on time, and succeed in college and the workplace.
• H.R. 2272 21st Century Competitiveness Act, this bill includes five previously-passed House bills, including H.R. 363, the 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act, and H.R. 1867, a National Science Foundation reauthorization (passed 5/21/07 by House).
• H.R. 2214 English Literacy and Civics Education Act, a bill to establish integrated English literacy and civics education programs.
• H.R. 2204 Teacher Excellence for All Children Act, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act and the tax code to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals.
• H.R. 1939 Reading First Improvement Act, a bill to amend the Reading First program by codifying recommendations made by the Education Department’s Inspector General.
• H.R. 1928 Reporting on STEM Under-Representation Act, a bill to provide for a report by the National Academy of Sciences on under-representation of certain groups in STEM-related fields.
• H.R. 1867 National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act (5/2/07 passed by House; 4/25/07 passed by the House; 4/19/07; approved by Subcommittee on Research and Science Education).
• H.R. 1761 Teacher Incentive Fund Authorization Act, a bill to amend NCLB to provide funds to states and local school districts to develop performance-based compensation systems that offer teachers and principals “recognition pay” for demonstrating progress in raising student achievement.
• H.R. 1657 Science and Technology Scholarships Act, a bill to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in the National Weather Service and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine research, atmospheric research and satellite programs.
• H.R. 1623 The Graduation for All Act, a bill to improve graduation rates by authorizing $1 billion in grants to be distributed by the Education Department to establish adolescent Literacy programs.
• H.R. 1539 Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act, a bill to allow states to notify the Education Department that they would assume full responsibility for education. As such, they would still receive federal funds but not be liable for meeting No Child Left Behind Act mandates. See S. 893.
• H.R. 1486 Empowering Parents through Choice Act, a bill to provide parental choice for those students attending schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring.
• H.R. 1429 Head Start Improvement Act, a bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act (11/8/07 Conference Report agreed upon; 6/19/07 passed by Senate; 5/2/07 passed by House; 3/14/07 passed by Ed and Labor Committee).
• H.R. 1377 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for an individual teaching in a school with a significant number of limited English proficient students and to provide a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by a teacher for courses required for certification in teaching English as a second language.
• H.R. 1228 To improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
• H.R. 854 Grants for Gang Prevention Act, a bill authorizing HHS to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate youth violence in eligible urban communities by providing counseling, mentoring and mental health services.
• H.R. 821 Everyone Deserves Unconditional Access to Education Act, a bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full funding for special education.
• H.R. 717 Community College Partnership Act, a bill to encourage partnerships between community colleges and four-year colleges and universities by authorizing grants that help students transfer from 2-year colleges to four-year institutions.
• H.R. 684 Keeping Our Promises to America’s Children Act, a bill to require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
• H.R. 648 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 627 Keep Our PACT Act, a bill to require full funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• H.R. 549 Tax Deductions for Teachers Act; a bill to amend the tax code to increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
• H.R. 526 Full Funding for IDEA Now Act; a bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full funding for assistance for education of all children with disabilities.
• H.R. 472 College Affordability and Transparency Act; a bill to amend the Higher Education Act to address the issues of college affordability and transparency.
• H.R. 362 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act, a bill to expand NSF education and teacher training programs. (4/24/07 passed by House; 3/28/07 passed Science and Technology Committee; 8/9/07 signed into law as part of the 21st Century Competitiveness Act.)
• H.R. 325 and S. 224 Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act (SPEAK Act), a bill to create a rigorous and voluntary national education content standards in K-12 math and science studies and create a fund to allow the Education Department reward states adopting the standards.
• H.R. 318 A bill to amend the Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts.
• H.R. 171 Student Support Act, a bill to direct the Education Department to give grants to states for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
• H.R. 121 High-Performance Green Building Act of 2007, a bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and for other purposes. See S.489 and S.506.
• H.R. 54 Teacher Recruitment Act of 2007, a bill to expand the eligibility of individuals to qualify for loan forgiveness for teachers in order to provide additional incentives for teachers currently employed or seeking employment in economically depressed rural areas, Territories, and Indian Reservations.
• H.R. 38 Math and Science School Readiness Act, a bill to amend the Head Start Act to improve the math and science readiness programs for disadvantaged children.
• H.R. 37 National Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act, a bill to amend the tax code to encourage businesses to improve math and science education at elementary and secondary schools.
• H.R. 36 National Science Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act, a bill to amend the tax code to encourage teachers to pursue teaching math and science subjects at elementary and secondary schools.
• H.R. 35 Science Accountability Act, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress, and for other purposes.
• H.CON.RES.11 English Plus Resolution.

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