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H.R. 158 109th Congress House

To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary…

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana I… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 4, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to Congress on the rate at which Native Americans (including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians) and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States. Requires recommendations for increasing the numbers of such students who graduate from secondary school.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress three years after enactment of this Act on the Federal programs funded during such period which were designed to decrease or otherwise address the rate at which students cease attending secondary schools in the United States before they have graduated.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 158: To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States, and for other purposes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-158/
MLA
"H.R. 158: To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States, and for other purposes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-158/.
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H.R. 158, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-158/.
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[H.R. 158: To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-158/)
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