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HR 2022 114th Congress House

Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled title I schools to reduce the dropout rate.

Introduced: April 23, 2015 Introduced by: Sánchez, Linda T. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEducational guidance
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Elementary and secondary educationSpecial educationTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in House
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to implement a demonstration project providing competitive, 4-year grants to at least 10 secondary schools that have a 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 60% or lower, for the provision of additional school counselors and counselor resources.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that grantees should provide one additional counselor for every 250 students at risk.

The additional school counselors must serve primarily students identified as being at risk of not graduating in four years.

Grantees that demonstrate progress in improving their graduation rates are eligible for subsequent grants.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 8, 2016
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2016
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 23, 2015
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 23, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 23, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 23, 2015
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 23, 2015
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Apr 23, 2015
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2022: Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2022/
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"H.R. 2022: Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2022/.
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