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Youth and Adult School Partnership Act of 1999

Introduced: October 22, 1999 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Oct 22, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Youth and Adult School Partnership Act - Title I: Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize or require and to provide incentives for: (1) increased student and other youth involvement (as well as parental involvement) in school reform and improvement; and (2) encouraging youth and adult partnerships to create more meaningful roles for students and other youths in schools and communities.

Provides for such student and youth involvement and partnerships with adults in schools and communities under various programs under the following ESEA titles: (1) I, disadvantaged students, (including State and local educational agency plans, assessment, and school improvement, and State administration); (2) II, the Dwight D. Eisenhower professional development program; (3) III, technology for education (including Federal leadership and grants); (4) IV, safe and drug-free schools and communities (including Governor's programs, local drug and violence prevention programs, Federal activities, and hate crime prevention); (5) V, promoting equity (including innovative programs and authorized activities); (6) VI, State and local responsibility for innovative education program strategies; (7) VII, bilingual education, language enhancement, and language acquisition programs, including research; (8) IX, Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native education (including partnerships of schools and student groups to improve Indian student achievement and educational opportunities, and Indian youth participation on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education); (9) programs of national significance (including the Fund for the Improvement of Education, elementary school counseling demonstration projects, partnerships in character education pilot projects, smaller learning communities, public charter schools, support for arts education, other authorized programs and activities, instruction in civics, government, and the law, 21st Century community learning centers, urban school grants, rural education demonstration grants, and White House conferences on education); (10) XII, applications for assistance under the School Facilities Infrastructure Act; (11) XIII, support and assistance programs to improve education (including comprehensive regional assistance centers and Eisenhower regional mathematics and science education consortia); and (12) XIV, general provisions for optional consolidated State plans or applications.

Title II: Amendments to the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 - Amends the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 to include families and students (current law simply includes parents) among those whom the Secretary of Education may appoint as general public members of the National Assessment Governing Board which formulates policy guidelines for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.

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