H.R. 700: ARPA-ED Act

Introduced:
Feb 14, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. George Miller [D-CA11]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Feb 14, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 14, 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]

Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

↪ Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

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Full Title

To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education to fund directed development projects to support targeted breakthroughs in teaching and learning.

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Last updated Feb 14, 2013.
7 pages

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2/14/2013--Introduced.
ARPA-ED Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to 30% of amounts appropriated for the Investing in Innovation Fund under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to establish and carry out the objectives of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education (ARPA-ED). Requires the Secretary to appoint to the ARPA-ED, for terms of up to four years, individuals who have expertise in carrying out the Agency's objectives.
Requires the ARPA-ED to:
(1) identify and promote advances in learning, fundamental and applied sciences, and engineering that may be translated into new learning technologies;
(2) develop, test, and evaluate new learning technologies and related processes; and
(3) accelerate transformational technological advances in education.
Directs the Secretary to award grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or cash prizes to, or enter into other transactions with, public or private entities in pursuit of these objectives.
Directs the Secretary to:
(1) convene an advisory panel to provide the Secretary and the ARPA-ED with advice in making those awards or entering into those transactions;
(2) obtain independent, periodic, and rigorous evaluations of the ARPA-ED's effectiveness; and
(3) disseminate information to education practitioners on effective practices and technologies developed through the ARPA-ED.

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