Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008

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.