H.R. 563: School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

Introduced:
Feb 06, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI4]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on February 6, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Feb 06, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 06, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

1% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

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8 cosponsors (8D) (show)
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

↪ Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

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Full Title

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program to fund additional school social workers and retain school social workers already employed in high-need local educational agencies.

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Last updated Feb 06, 2013.
7 pages

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2/6/2013--Introduced.
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable grants to high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) to retain or hire additional school social workers.
Permits grantees to use the funds to reimburse school social workers for expenses they incur in rendering services.
Requires grant-funded social workers to target their services to the highest-need students.
Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to high-need LEAs in applying for such grants.
Prohibits the grant funds from being used to supplant other federal, state, or local funds used for hiring and retaining school social workers.

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  • Title 20: EDUCATION
  • Chapter 70: STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  • Subchapter V: PROMOTING INFORMED PARENTAL CHOICE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
  • Part D: Fund for the Improvement of Education
  • Subpart 2: elementary and secondary school counseling programs
  • Section 7245: Elementary and secondary school counseling programs