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HR 840 102th Congress House Education Counseling Educational counseling Educational innovations Elementary education Elementary school students Executive reorganization Federal aid to education

Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act

Introduced: February 6, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Feb 22, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Feb 6, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 6, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local education agencies to establish effective and innovative elementary school counseling programs that can serve as national models.

Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of School Counseling, headed by a Director, in the Department of Education.

What's happening now February 22, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 2 Independent 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 9, 1992
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 26, 1992
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 12, 1991
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 11, 1991
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 11, 1991
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 19, 1991
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Mar 19, 1991
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