Pathways Advancing Career Training Act

H.R.901/S.518 High School Athletics Accountability Act and High School Sports Information Collection Act, in support of the collection and dissemination of participation and expense data regarding high school athletics; No Child Left Behind reauthorization in House and Senate, in support of strengthening STEM education for minorities and girls, reauthorize the Women's Educational Equity Act, including provisions from H.R.901/S.518, reducing high stakes testing, making funding mandatory, expanding the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, including bullying and harassment prevention provisions, and making science a required component of the adequate yearly progress measure under Title I; support for legislation on women in STEM education and careers; H.R.5774 Pathways Advancing Career Training Act, in support of increasing career and vocational training opportunities for underrepresented groups; provisions relating to the implementation of the Higher Education Act reauthorization including increased Pell grants, CCAMPIS, and hate crimes prevention; comments related to the nomination of Arne Duncan for Secretary of Education; H.R.3132 Safe Schools Improvement Act, in support of bullying and harassment prevention provisions.

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

H.R.4137/S.1642 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, Higher Education Opportunity Act, and the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, in support of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, increasing Pell grants, providing year-round Pell grants, creating Mink Graduate fellowships, improving CCAMPIS program, repealing the higher education financial aid drug penalty, aligning hate crimes reporting on campus with the FBI, increased funding for STEM education for women and minorities, a cost study of providing aid to less than half-time students; H.R.901/S.518 High School Athletics Accountability Act and High School Sports Information Collection Act, in support of the collection and dissemination of participation and expense data regarding high school athletics; No Child Left Behind reauthorization in House and Senate, in support of strengthening STEM education for minorities and girls, reauthorize the Women's Educational Equity Act, including provisions from H.R.901/S.518, reducing high stakes testing, making funding mandatory, expanding the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, including bullying and harassment provisions, and making science a required component of the adequate yearly progress measure under Title I; H.R.6654/S.3364 Increased Student Achievement through Increased Student Support Act, in support of increased number of school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers serving low-income school districts; H.R.3514 Gender Bias Elimination Act, in support of programs for women and girls pertaining to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; support for legislation on women in STEM education and careers; H.R.6314/H.R.6263 Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008, in support of reducing the gender barriers at college and universities that often deter women from entering STEM fields; H.R.3289 Providing Resources Early for Kids Act, in support of federal investment in high-quality preschool programs; H.R.5774 Pathways Advancing Career Training Act, in support of increasing career and vocational training opportunities for underrepresented groups; H.R. 2851 Michelles Law, in support of extending health insurance coverage to students who leave school because of injury.

FY09 Dept. of Labor Appropriations (S2320, SR110-410) related to workforce development and career ladders. HR5774 and S2744 Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act: expand training to include education toward degrees, focus beyond training to sustaining wage; focus on high risk youth, HR3195 and S1881 ADA Amendments Act of 2008, definition of disability.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 1542 Healthy Families Act H.R. 5774 Pathways Advancing Career Training Act H.R. 5781 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act H.R. 5845 Crime Victims Employment Leave Act H.R. 5873 Family Leave Insurance Act H.R. 6029 Family Fairness Act H.R. 6326 Military Family Support Act S. 910 Healthy Families Act S. 1681 Family Leave Insurance Act S. 2980 Starting Early Starting Right Act S. 3140 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act S. 3163 Military Family Support Act

Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.4137/S.1642 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 and the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, in support of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, increasing Pell grants, providing year round Pell grants, creating Mink fellowships, improving CCAMPIS program, repealing the higher education financial aid drug penalty, aligning hate crimes reporting on campus with the FBI, increased funding for STEM education for women and minorities, a cost study of providing aid to less than half-time students, a FIPSE grant to create an inter-institutional monitoring organization that examines racial and gender equity; H.R.901/S.518 High School Athletics Accountability Act and High School Sports Information Collection Act, in support of the collection and dissemination of participation and expense data regarding high school athletics; No Child Left Behind reauthorization in House and Senate, in support of strengthening STEM education for minorities and girls, reauthorize the Women's Educational Equity Act, including provisions from H.R.901/S.518, reducing high stakes testing, making funding mandatory, expanding the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, including bullying and harassment provisions, and making science a required component of the adequate yearly progress measure under Title I; H.R.3514 Gender Bias Elimination Act, in support of programs for women and girls pertaining to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; support for legislation on women in STEM education; H.R.6314/H.R.6263 Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008, in support of reducing the gender barriers at college and universities that often deter women from entering STEM fields; H.R.3289 Providing Resources Early for Kids Act, in support of federal investment in high-quality preschool programs; H.R.5774 Pathways Advancing Career Training Act, in support of increasing career and vocational training opportunities for underrepresented groups.

FY09 Dept. of Labor Appropriations related to workforce development and career ladders. HR5774 and S2744 Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act: expand training to include education toward degrees, focus beyond training to sustaining wage; focus on high risk youth, HR3195 and S1881 ADA Amendments Act of 2008, definition of disability.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

FY09 Dept. of Labor Appropriations related to workforce development and career ladders. HR5774 and S2744 Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act: expand training to include education toward degrees, focus beyond training to sustaining wage; focus on high risk youth.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE