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S 7 111th Congress Senate

Education Opportunity Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing access to high-quality early childhood education and after school programs, advancin… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing access to high-quality early childhood education and after school programs, advancing reform in elementary and secondary education, strengthening mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that higher education is more affordable, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsChild care and developmentEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs funding
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Elementary and secondary educationGeneral taxation mattersHigher educationScience and engineering educationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula
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This bill died when the 111th Congress ended
It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 7, 2009
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 7, 2009

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Education Opportunity Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that it should pass, and the President should sign into law, legislation that expands educational opportunities for all Americans by enhancing: (1) access to high-quality early childhood education, child care, and after school and extended learning services; (2) secondary and post-secondary graduation rates; (3) educational innovation, standards, and assessments; (4) the recruitment and retention of high-quality teachers by high-need schools; (5) mathematics and science instruction; and (6) federal grant aid and tax incentives to make higher education more affordable.

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 6, 2009
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jan 6, 2009
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 7: Education Opportunity Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-7/
MLA
"S. 7: Education Opportunity Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-7/.
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S. 7, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-7/.
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