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Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act

Introduced: March 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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May 30, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Mar 20, 2001
Introduced in House
Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 20, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E406)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make: (1) formula grants to applicant State educational agencies to award competitive or formula subgrants to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) for elementary and secondary education development activities; and (2) direct competitive grants for such activities to specially qualified LEAs in nonparticipating States.

Authorizes local use of such funds for: (1) certain local educational technology activities; (2) professional development designed to prepare teachers who are teaching out of their primary subject area; (3) certain academic enrichment programs; (4) innovative academic enrichment programs related to the educational needs of students at-risk of academic failure, including remedial instruction in one or more of the core subject areas of English, mathematics, science, and history; and (5) recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers in special education, mathematics, or science.

What's happening now May 30, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 20, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1096: Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1096/
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"H.R. 1096: Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1096/.
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H.R. 1096, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1096/.
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