School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013

H.R. 74, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;H.R.88, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 180/S. 357, the "National Blue Alert," legislation creating an alert system for law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; H.R. 401/S. 162, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act, will reauthorize the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) for 5 years; H.R. 421/S. 2254, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 446, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; H.R. 558, the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 867/S. 394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act, would require metal recycling agents to keep records of their transactions in order to deter individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and interstate sale of stolen metal; H.R. 988/S. 933, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 1123/S. 517, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, to help combat unlawful trafficking in smart phones; H.R. 1143, the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 1263/S. 264, the Excellence in Mental Health Act, would establish Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers and include a requirement for 24 hour mobile crisis intervention teams to provide communities with better resources to help and respond to incidents involving the mentally ill; H.R. 1470/S. 146, the School Safety Enhancements Act, would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2711, the Citizen Empowerment Act, would establish procedures allowing individuals to record any in-person or telephonic interactions with any employee of an executive agency;H.R. 2856/S. 1463, the Captive Primate Safety Act, which would prohibit interstate commerce in primates as pets; H.R. 3530/S. 1738, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 3560, the Universal Racial Profiling Elimination Standards, and Procedures for Effective Constitutional Rights Training (RESPECT) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate law enforcement contact and impose sweeping new Federal standards to be crafted by a newly created Civil Rights Officer within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 3610/S. 1733, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would establish a national strategy to combat human trafficking; H.R. 4169 (Edwards, D-MD), the Stop Overdose Stat (SOS) Act, would establish an overdose prevention grant program used to train emergency responders on effective responses to those who have overdosed on drugs, as well as support the purchase and distribution of the drug naloxone, the education of prescribers and pharmacists, and implement and enhance programs that provide overdose prevention; H.R. 4975/S. 1322, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 5478, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, would limit the availability of surplus equipment to local and State law enforcement agencies; S. 822, the Justice for All Reauthorization Act, which will enhance and protect the rights of crime vicitims; S. 1038, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search absent an eyewitness description and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1465, the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, would help law enforcement combat the misuse of U.S. corporations by requiring States to obtain beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies formed under State law; S. 1686, the Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act, which would increase penalties on those who tailor-market illegal drugs to entice children to purchase them; and Issues related to online gaming, the Wire Act, money laundering, the National Guard's Counterdrug program..

Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office

S. 403/HR 1199 Safe Schools Improvement Act -- anti-bullying legislation to require school districts establish policies that prevent and prohibit bullying S. 146/HR1470 School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act -- provides grants to school districts to improve safety infrastructure, provide training and support better coordination with law enforcement.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

School reform: ESEA reauthorization (H.R. 5, S. 1094, S. 1101), Title I, Accelerated Learning Act (S. 1082), Equal Access to Quality Education Act (H.R. 2902), Fast Track to College Act (H.R. 551), Graduation Promise Act (S. 940), Secondary School Re-entry Act (no bill #), STEM Master Teachers Corps Act (S. 358), Success in the Middle Act (H.R. 2316/S. 708), DIPLOMA Act (H.R. 2237), and Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act (S. 833)School reform (cont.): Engaging Students Through Service Learning Act (H.R. 2268), Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act (H.R. 1845/S. 870), Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act (S. 1117), Supporting Community Schools Act (S. 844), Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act (H.R. 1875), CAP and GOWN Act (no bill #), Family Engagement in Education Act (H.R. 2662/S. 1291), and Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act (H.R. 3738) Literacy: Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (H.R. 2706/S. 758), Higher Education Act (no bill #), Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy program School leadership: School Principal Recruitment and Training Act (H.R. 1736/S. 840), GREAT Teachers and Principals Act (H.R. 2196/S. 1052), Instructional Leadership Act (H.R. 1514), Great Teaching and Leading for Great Schools Act (H.R. 4269), Higher Education Affordability Act (no bill #), School Leadership program, National Principals Month resolutions (H. Res. 353/S. Res. 260), and National Assistant Principals Week resolution (S. Res 405) Educator quality: Educator Preparation Reform Act (H.R. 2172/S. 1062), Effective Teaching and Leading Act (H.R. 2173/S. 1063), Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911), highly qualified teacher requirements, ESEA flexibility waivers, and 50-state teacher equity strategy School safety: Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 628/S. 195), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (H.R. 3532/S. 1546), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1199/S. 403), School Safety Enhancements Act (H.R. 1470/S. 146), Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act (S. 689), Keeping All Students Safe Act (H.R. 1893), and gun violence prevention recommendations Education technology: Transforming Education Through Technology Act (H.R. 521), Enhancing Education Through Technology Act (S. 1087), Enhancing Education through Technology program, ConnectED initiative, ConnectEDucators initiative, E-Rate program Special education: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (no bill #) School construction: Rebuilding America's Schools Act (H.R. 1629) Rural education: Office of Rural Education Policy Act (S. 1096) Student discrimination: Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1652/S. 1088) Career and technical education: BUILD Career and Technical Education Act (S. 1293) and Carl D. Perkins CTE program School vouchers: Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education (CHOICE) Act (S. 1909/H.R. 4773) and Scholarship for Kids Act (H.R. 4000/S. 1968) Common Core State Standards, ESEA flexibility waivers, high-stakes testing, graduation rates, school turnaround, growth models, multiple measures of student performance, multi-tier system of supports, response to intervention, Race to the Top for districts, parent trigger and empowerment laws, Civil Rights Data Collection, and Title IX

H.R. 74, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;H.R.88, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 180/S. 357, the "National Blue Alert," legislation creating an alert system for law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; H.R. 401/S. 162, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act, will reauthorize the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) for 5 years; H.R. 421, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 446, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; H.R. 558, the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 867/S. 394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act, would require metal recycling agents to keep records of their transactions in order to deter individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and interstate sale of stolen metal; H.R. 988/S. 933, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 1123/S. 517, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, to help combat unlawful trafficking in smart phones; H.R. 1143, the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 1263/S. 264, the Excellence in Mental Health Act, would establish Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers and include a requirement for 24 hour mobile crisis intervention teams to provide communities with better resources to help and respond to incidents involving the mentally ill; H.R. 1470/S. 146, the School Safety Enhancements Act, would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2711, the Citizen Empowerment Act, would establish procedures allowing individuals to record any in-person or telephonic interactions with any employee of an executive agency;H.R. 3530, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 3560, the Universal Racial Profiling Elimination Standards, and Procedures for Effective Constitutional Rights Training (RESPECT) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate law enforcement contact and impose sweeping new Federal standards to be crafted by a newly created Civil Rights Officer within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 4169 (Edwards, D-MD), the Stop Overdose Stat (SOS) Act, would establish an overdose prevention grant program used to train emergency responders on effective responses to those who have overdosed on drugs, as well as support the purchase and distribution of the drug naloxone, the education of prescribers and pharmacists, and implement and enhance programs that provide overdose prevention; S. 822, the Justice for All Reauthorization Act, which will enhance and protect the rights of crime vicitims; S. 1038, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search absent an eyewitness description and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1322, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 1465, the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, would help law enforcement combat the misuse of U.S. corporations by requiring States to obtain beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies formed under State law; S. 1686, the Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act, which would increase penalties on those who tailor-market illegal drugs to entice children to purchase them; S. 1733, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would establish a national strategy to combat human trafficking; S. 1738, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; and Issues related to online gaming, the Wire Act, and money laundering.

School reform: ESEA reauthorization (H.R. 5, S. 1094, S. 1101), Title I, Accelerated Learning Act (S. 1082), Equal Access to Quality Education Act (H.R. 2902), Fast Track to College Act (H.R. 551), Graduation Promise Act (S. 940), Secondary School Re-entry Act (no bill #), STEM Master Teachers Corps Act (S. 358), Success in the Middle Act (H.R. 2316/S. 708), DIPLOMA Act (H.R. 2237), and Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act (S. 833)School reform (cont.): Engaging Students Through Service Learning Act (H.R. 2268), Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act (H.R. 1845/S. 870), Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act (S. 1117), Supporting Community Schools Act (S. 844), Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act (H.R. 1875), CAP and GOWN Act (no bill #), Family Engagement in Education Act (H.R. 2662/S. 1291), and Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act (H.R. 3738) Literacy: Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (H.R. 2706/S. 758), Higher Education Act (no bill #), Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy program School leadership: School Principal Recruitment and Training Act (H.R. 1736/S. 840), GREAT Teachers and Principals Act (H.R. 2196/S. 1052), Instructional Leadership Act (H.R. 1514), Great Teaching and Leading for Great Schools Act (H.R. 4269), School Leadership program, National Principals Month resolutions (H. Res. 353/S. Res. 260), and National Assistant Principals Week resolution (S. Res 405) Educator quality: Educator Preparation Reform Act (H.R. 2172/S. 1062), Effective Teaching and Leading Act (H.R. 2173/S. 1063), Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911), highly qualified teacher requirements, ESEA flexibility waivers, and 50-state teacher equity strategy School safety: Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 628/S. 195), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (H.R. 3532/S. 1546), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1199/S. 403), School Safety Enhancements Act (H.R. 1470/S. 146), Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act (S. 689), Keeping All Students Safe Act (H.R. 1893), and gun violence prevention recommendations Education technology: Transforming Education Through Technology Act (H.R. 521), Enhancing Education Through Technology Act (S. 1087), Enhancing Education through Technology program, ConnectED initiative, ConnectEDucators initiative, E-Rate program Special education: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (no bill #) School construction: Rebuilding America's Schools Act (H.R. 1629) Rural education: Office of Rural Education Policy Act (S. 1096) Student discrimination: Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1652/S. 1088) Career and technical education: BUILD Career and Technical Education Act (S. 1293) and Carl D. Perkins CTE program School vouchers: Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education (CHOICE) Act (S. 1909) and Scholarship for Kids Act (H.R. 4000/S. 1968) Common Core State Standards, ESEA flexibility waivers, high-stakes testing, graduation rates, school turnaround, growth models, multiple measures of student performance, multi-tier system of supports, response to intervention, Race to the Top for districts, parent trigger and empowerment laws, and Civil Rights Data Collection

H.R. 74, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;H.R.88, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 180/S. 357, the "National Blue Alert," legislation creating an alert system for law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; H.R. 401/S. 162, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act, will reauthorize the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) for 5 years; H.R. 421, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 446, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; H.R. 558, the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 867/S.394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act, would require metal recycling agents to keep records of their transactions in order to deter individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and interstate sale of stolen metal; H.R. 988/S. 933, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 1143, the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 1263/S. 264, the Excellence in Mental Health Act, would establish Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers and include a requirement for 24 hour mobile crisis intervention teams to provide communities with better resources to help and respond to incidents involving the mentally ill; H.R. 1470/S. 146, the School Safety Enhancements Act, would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2711, the Citizen Empowerment Act, would establish procedures allowing individuals to record any in-person or telephonic interactions with any employee of an executive agency; S. 822, the Justice for All Reauthorization Act, which will enhance and protect the rights of crime vicitims; S. 1038, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search absent an eyewitness description and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1322 (Klobuchar, D-MN), the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution;S. 1465, the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, would help law enforcement combat the misuse of U.S. corporations by requiring States to obtain beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies formed under State law; S. 1686, the Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act, which would increase penalties on those who tailor-market illegal drugs to entice children to purchase them; and Issues related to online gaming, the Wire Act, and money laundering.

School reform: ESEA reauthorization (H.R. 5, S. 1094, S. 1101), Title I, Accelerated Learning Act (S. 1082), Equal Access to Quality Education Act (H.R. 2902), Fast Track to College Act (H.R. 551), Graduation Promise Act (S. 940), Secondary School Re-entry Act (no bill #), STEM Master Teachers Corps Act (S. 358), Success in the Middle Act (H.R. 2316/S. 708), DIPLOMA Act (H.R. 2237), and Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act (S. 833)School reform (cont.): Engaging Students Through Service Learning Act (H.R. 2268), Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act (H.R. 1845/S. 870), Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act (S. 1117), Supporting Community Schools Act (S. 844), Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act (H.R. 1875), CAP and GOWN Act (no bill #), Family Engagement in Education Act (H.R. 2662/S. 1291), and Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act (H.R. 3738) Literacy: Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (H.R. 2706/S. 758) and Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy program School leadership: School Principal Recruitment and Training Act (H.R. 1736/S. 840), GREAT Teachers and Principals Act (H.R. 2196/S. 1052), Instructional Leadership Act (H.R. 1514), School Leadership program, and National Principals Month resolutions (H. Res. 353/S. Res. 260) Educator quality: Educator Preparation Reform Act (H.R. 2172/S. 1062), Effective Teaching and Leading Act (H.R. 2173/S. 1063), Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911) and highly qualified teacher requirements School safety: Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 628/S. 195), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (H.R. 3532/S. 1546), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1199/S. 403), School Safety Enhancements Act (H.R. 1470/S. 146), Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act (S. 689), Keeping All Students Safe Act (H.R. 1893), and gun violence prevention recommendations Education technology: Transforming Education Through Technology Act (H.R. 521), Enhancing Education Through Technology Act (S. 1087), Enhancing Education through Technology program, ConnectED initiative, and E-Rate program Special education: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (no bill #) School construction: Rebuilding America's Schools Act (H.R. 1629) Rural education: Office of Rural Education Policy Act (S. 1096) Student discrimination: Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1652/S. 1088) Career and technical education: BUILD Career and Technical Education Act (S. 1293) and Carl D. Perkins CTE program Common Core State Standards, ESEA flexibility waivers, high-stakes testing, graduation rates, school turnaround, growth models, multiple measures of student performance, multi-tier system of supports, response to intervention, Race to the Top for districts, parent trigger and empowerment laws, and Civil Rights Data Collection

School reform: ESEA reauthorization (H.R. 5, S. 1094, S. 1101), Title I, Accelerated Learning Act (S. 1082), Equal Access to Quality Education Act (H.R. 2902), Fast Track to College Act (H.R. 551), Graduation Promise Act (S. 940), Secondary School Re-entry Act (no bill #), STEM Master Teachers Corps Act (S. 358), Success in the Middle Act (H.R. 2316/S. 708), DIPLOMA Act (H.R. 2237), and Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act (S. 833)School reform (cont.): Engaging Students Through Service Learning Act (H.R. 2268), Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act (H.R. 1845/S. 870), Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act (S. 1117), Supporting Community Schools Act (S. 844), Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act (H.R. 1875), CAP and GOWN Act (no bill #), and Family Engagement in Education Act (H.R. 2662/S. 1291) Literacy: Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (H.R. 2706/S. 758) and Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy program School leadership: School Principal Recruitment and Training Act (H.R. 1736/S. 840), GREAT Teachers and Principals Act (H.R. 2196/S. 1052), Instructional Leadership Act (H.R. 1514), School Leadership program, and National Principals Month resolutions (H. Res. 353/S. Res. 260) Educator quality: Educator Preparation Reform Act (H.R. 2172/S. 1062), Effective Teaching and Leading Act (H.R. 2173/S. 1063), Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911) and highly qualified teacher requirements School safety: Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 628/S. 195), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (S. 1546), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1199/S. 403), School Safety Enhancements Act (H.R. 1470/S. 146), Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act (S. 689), Keeping All Students Safe Act (H.R. 1893), and gun violence prevention recommendations Education technology: Transforming Education Through Technology Act (H.R. 521), Enhancing Education Through Technology Act (S. 1087), Enhancing Education through Technology program, ConnectED initiative, and E-Rate program Special education: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (no bill #) School construction: Rebuilding America's Schools Act (H.R. 1629) Rural education: Office of Rural Education Policy Act (S. 1096) Student discrimination: Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1652/S. 1088) Common Core State Standards, ESEA flexibility waivers, high-stakes testing, graduation rates, school turnaround, growth models, multiple measures of student performance, career and technical education, multi-tier system of supports, response to intervention, Race to the Top for districts, parent trigger and empowerment laws, and Civil Rights Data Collection

H.R. 74, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;H.R.88, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 180/S. 357, the "National Blue Alert," legislation creating an alert system for law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; H.R. 401/S. 162, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act, will reauthorize the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) for 5 years; H.R. 421, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 446, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; H.R. 558, the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 867/S.394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act, would require metal recycling agents to keep records of their transactions in order to deter individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and interstate sale of stolen metal; H.R. 988/S. 933, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 1143, the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 1263/S. 264, the Excellence in Mental Health Act, would establish Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers and include a requirement for 24 hour mobile crisis intervention teams to provide communities with better resources to help and respond to incidents involving the mentally ill; H.R. 1470/S. 146, the School Safety Enhancements Act, would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2711, the Citizen Empowerment Act, would establish procedures allowing individuals to record any in-person or telephonic interactions with any employee of an executive agency; S. 822, the Justice for All Reauthorization Act, which will enhance and protect the rights of crime vicitims; S. 1038, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search absent an eyewitness description and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1465, the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, would help law enforcement combat the misuse of U.S. corporations by requiring States to obtain beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies formed under State law; and Issues related to online gaming, the Wire Act, and money laundering.

FY 2014 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC.FY 2014 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 616, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. S 572/HR 807 - provisions to provide health care professionals with equal rights to bargain over compensation matters. HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. HR 828 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service. HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half. HR 1169, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions to correct outdated sections in current laws that harm Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issues, including dual status and retiree health care. HR 3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas. HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees. HR 324, to amend Title 10 USC to provide federal Civilian Police Officers, Civilian Criminal Investigators, and Civilian Game Law Enforcement Officers in the Department of Defense the authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. HR 658, FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011, in regards to official time use of elected volunteer federal employee union representatives at FAA to engage in representation responsibilities on behalf of employees in their collective bargaining units. HR 1470, provision to extend the probationary period for federal workers from one year to two years. S 3221, RAISE Act, lobbied against giving an employer the right to ignore a negotiated and ratified collective bargaining agreement. Lobbied against Congressional Republican leadership proposal to extend current rate for student loans for one year by permanently raising taxes sole on middle income federal employees. Lobbied to transition to the use of $1 coins and to end the use of $1 bills.

FY 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; union representation; and contractor compensation.HR 122, Federal Employee Accountability Act/H.AMD 226, to the FAA Fair Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act preventing FAA employee representatives from engaging in union business during the work day severely limiting official time and minimizing contact between the union and FAA employees. HR 2145/S. 1143 - To amend title 5, United States Code, and eliminate the automatic payroll deduction of union dues for federal employees. HR 1470 - to amend Title 5 USC and extend the probationary period for federal workers from one to two years. S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions that may reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence.

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

General Education Issues, Fiscal Cliff, ESEA, Sequester, Eduation Legislation, CIR, Charter Schools, School Saftey, Immigration, STEM, ESP of the Year Award, Gun Saftey, Gun Violence Prevention, HR 1977, HR 1470, HR 1565, HR 2317, HR 2515, HR, 2669, HR 551, HR 5, HR 1763, HR 1947, HR 1967, HR 167, Schools of the Future, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013, Schools of the Future, DOD School furloughs, S 1094, S 1101, S Res 126, S. 1003, S. 649, S. 744, S. 953, Student Loans

Client expense: $651,220 · Firm income: Not reported

School reform: ESEA reauthorization (H.R. 5, S. 1094, S. 1101), Title I, Accelerated Learning Act (S. 1082), Equal Access to Quality Education Act (H.R. 2902), Fast Track to College Act (H.R. 551), Graduation Promise Act (S. 940), Secondary School Re-entry Act (no bill #), STEM Master Teachers Corps Act (S. 358), Success in the Middle Act (H.R. 2316/S. 708), DIPLOMA Act (H.R. 2237), and Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act (S. 833)School reform (cont.): Engaging Students Through Service Learning Act (H.R. 2268), Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act (H.R. 1845/S. 870), Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act (S. 1117), and Supporting Community Schools Act (S. 844) Literacy: Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (H.R. 2706/S. 758) and Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy program School leadership: School Principal Recruitment and Training Act (H.R. 1736/S. 840), GREAT Teachers and Principals Act (H.R. 2196/S. 1052), Instructional Leadership Act (H.R. 1514), and School Leadership program Educator quality: Educator Preparation Reform Act (H.R. 2172/S. 1062), Effective Teaching and Leading Act (H.R. 2173/S. 1063), and highly qualified teacher requirements School safety: Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 628/S. 195), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (no bill #), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1199/S. 403), School Safety Enhancements Act (H.R. 1470/S. 146), Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act (S. 689), and gun violence prevention recommendations Education technology: Transforming Education Through Technology Act (H.R. 521), Enhancing Education Through Technology Act (S. 1087, Enhancing Education through Technology program, ConnectED initiative, and E-Rate program Special education: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (no bill #) School construction: Rebuilding America's Schools Act (H.R. 1629) Rural education: Office of Rural Education Policy Act (S. 1096) Student discrimination: Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1652/S. 1088) Common Core State Standards, ESEA flexibility waivers, high-stakes testing, graduation rates, school turnaround, growth models, multiple measures of student performance, career and technical education, multi-tier system of supports, response to intervention, and Race to the Top for districts

H.R. 74, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;H.R.88, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 180/S. 357, the "National Blue Alert," legislation creating an alert system for law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; H.R. 401/S. 162, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act, will reauthorize the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) for 5 years; H.R. 421, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 446, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; H.R. 558, the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 867/S.394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act, would require metal recycling agents to keep records of their transactions in order to deter individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and interstate sale of stolen metal; H.R. 988/S. 933, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 1143, the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 1263/S. 264, the Excellence in Mental Health Act, would establish Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers and include a requirement for 24 hour mobile crisis intervention teams to provide communities with better resources to help and respond to incidents involving the mentally ill; H.R. 1470/S. 146, the School Safety Enhancements Act, would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice; S. 1038, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search absent an eyewitness description and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; and Issues related to online gaming, the Wire Act, and money laundering.

FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC.FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. HR 616, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act - proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits. S 572/HR 807 - provisions to provide health care professionals with equal rights to bargain over compensation matters. HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. HR 828 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service. HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half. HR 1169, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions to correct outdated sections in current laws that harm Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issues, including dual status and retiree health care. HR 3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas. HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees. HR 324, to amend Title 10 USC to provide federal Civilian Police Officers, Civilian Criminal Investigators, and Civilian Game Law Enforcement Officers in the Department of Defense the authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. HR 658, FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011, in regards to official time use of elected volunteer federal employee union representatives at FAA to engage in representation responsibilities on behalf of employees in their collective bargaining units. HR 1470, provision to extend the probationary period for federal workers from one year to two years. S 3221, RAISE Act, lobbied against giving an employer the right to ignore a negotiated and ratified collective bargaining agreement. Lobbied against Congressional Republican leadership proposal to extend current rate for student loans for one year by permanently raising taxes sole on middle income federal employees. Lobbied to transition to the use of $1 coins and to end the use of $1 bills.

FY 2013 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; and union representation.HR 2736/S 924 - "Clean Up" Act - Correction of Longstanding Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements - provisions to revive the civil service, save taxpayer dollars, restore good government, and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in contracting out. HR 122, Federal Employee Accountability Act/H.AMD 226, to the FAA Fair Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act preventing FAA employee representatives from engaging in union business during the work day severely limiting official time and minimizing contact between the union and FAA employees. HR 2145/S. 1143 - To amend title 5, United States Code, and eliminate the automatic payroll deduction of union dues for federal employees. HR 1470 - to amend Title 5 USC and extend the probationary period for federal workers from one to two years. S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions that may reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence.

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 74, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;H.R.88, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 180/S. 357, the "National Blue Alert," legislation creating an alert system for law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; H.R. 354/S. 80, the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) Act, will help State and local law enforcement agencies to reduce the laboratory and storage rape kit backlogs; H.R. 421, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 446, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; H.R. 558, the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, would provide the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol; H.R. 867/S.394, the Metal Theft Prevention Act, would require metal recycling agents to keep records of their transactions in order to deter individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and interstate sale of stolen metal; H.R. 988, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 1143, the Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; and H.R. 1470/S. 146, the School Safety Enhancements Act, would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the U.S. Department of Justice.