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Supported the Government by the People Act (H.R. 20), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations. Supported the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a repair of the presidential public financing system, creating a similar public financing system for Congressional races, strengthening rules prohibiting coordinated spending by outside groups and ending individual candidate-specific independent-expenditure only committees (individual candidate-specific "Super PACs"). Supported the Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899, S. 1945)to strengthen and amend the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's opinion in Shelby County v. Holder. Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a Code of Ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with an amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Supported S.J.Res. 19 and H.J.Res. 119, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution permitting Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money to influence elections. Supported up-or-down Senate confirmation votes on nominations to the Election Assistance Commission. Supported the DISCLOSE Act (S. 2516, H.R. 148) to require disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities influencing elections with independent expenditures. Supported the Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act of 2014 (H.R. 4872) to require congressional offices to affix postage stamps to franked mail and provide an accurate accounting system of actual costs of franked congressional mail. Supported the ETHICS Act (H.R. 5095) to require Members of the House of Representatives to undergo House Ethics Rules training. Supported the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2014 (S. 2754) to limit campaign contribution bundling by lobbyists and prohibit congressional candidates and Members of Congress from soliciting campaign contributions while Congress is in session. Supported the Political Intelligence Transparency Act (H.R. 5525) to require political intelligence firms to register and comply with the same rules that apply to lobbyists. Urged House and Senate leaders to publish conference rules online in a manner that would be accessible to the public for purposes of government accountability. Urged House leaders to publicly and expeditiously announce their intent to continue the Office of Congressional Ethics in the next Congress. Urged the House Ethics Committee to adopt better disclosure of congressional travel, including by looking toward the Transparency in Government Act of 2014 (H.R. 4245) for improving access to disbursement information. Supported the MERIT Act (H.R. 5011) to prohibit conversion of leadership PAC funds into personal use and prohibiting campaign committees from paying relatives of candidates as staff.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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. 662/S. Res. 554), 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), Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act (S. 2584), 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
Client expense: $82,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Supported amending the filibuster rules so that a super-majority would no longer be required to end floor debate in the Senate (specifically, Senate Rule XXII and Senate Rule V). Supported the Government by the People Act (H.R. 20), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations. Supported the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a repair of the presidential public financing system, creating a similar public financing system for Congressional races, strengthening rules prohibiting coordinated spending by outside groups and ending individual candidate-specific independent-expenditure only committees (individual candidate-specific "Super PACs"). Supported the Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899, S. 1945)to strengthen and amend the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's opinion in Shelby County v. Holder. Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a Code of Ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with an amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Supported S.J. Res. 19, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution permitting Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money to influence elections. Supported up-or-down Senate confirmation votes on nominations to the Election Assistance Commission. Supported efforts to encourage federally facilitated Health Benefit Exchanges to be fully compliant with the National Voter Registration Act for voter registration purposes. Supported the Democracy Restoration Act (H. 4459, S. 2235) to secure the federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration. Support the Real Time Transparency Act (S. 2207, H.R. 4442) to require all federal candidates to report contributions to the FEC within 48 hours. Supported the DISCLOSE Act (S. 2516, H.R. 148) to require disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities influencing elections with independent expenditures.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Supported amending the Senate filibuster rules so that a supermajority would no longer be requred to end debate (specifically, Rule XXII and Rule V). Supported the Government By the People Act (H.R. 20), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations.Supported the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a repair of the presidential public financing system, creating a similar public financing system for Congressional races, strengthening rules prohibiting coordinated spending by outside groups and ending individual candidate-specific independent-expenditure only committees (individual candidate-specific "Super PACs").
Supported the Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899, S. 1945) to amend the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's opinion in Shelby County v. Holder.
Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a Code of Ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.
Supported the Presidential Library Donation Reform Act (H.R. 1133), to require fundraising organizations to submit quarterly reports on entities that have contributed above a certain threshold towards a presidential library.
Opposed the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014 (H.R. 3865) that would mandate a one-year delay in rulemaking by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to modify regulations governing standards for "social welfare" organizations under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and candidate-related political activity.
Filed comments supporting and opposing different elements of the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service proposed rules to define activities that should constitute candidate-related political activity as distinct from social weflare activities of 501(c)(4) organizations, with an interest in promoting disclosure of political spending.
Urged the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department to move forward expenditiously with its rulemaking proceeding and issue necessary new regulations governing electoral activities by tax-exempt 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations in the wake of hundreds of millions of dollars in undisclosed spending through these organizations after the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
Opposed the Kids First Research Act (H.R. 2019), a bill to repeal public fudning for party presidential nominating conventions.
Urged Senators to consider professional diversity in recommending nominees to fill judicial vacancies, including public interest attorneys.
Supported the Safeguarding Elections for our Nation's Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act (S. 1728) to improve voter registration and ballot access opportunities for military and overseas voters.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Supported amending the Senate filibuster rules so that a supermajority would no longer be required to end debate (specifically, Rule XXII and Rule V). Supported elements of the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 269), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections by matching small dollar donations with federal funds.Supported elements of the Grassroots Democracy Act (H.R. 268), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations. Supported elements of the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a voluntary system of financing congressional and presidential elections by matching small dolalr donations with federal funds. Urged Members of the House of Representatives and Senate to update and restore the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a Code of Ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Supported the No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2013 (H.R. 3480) so that entities receiving federal funds may not use those funds to elect or defeat political candidates or lobby. Supported the No Political Funds for Personal Use Act (H.R. 3466) to prohibit candidates or employees associated with federal political action committees to use committee funds for personal activities. Supported the Safeguarding Elections for Our Nation's Troops Through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act (S. 1728) to improve voter registration and ballot access opportunities for military and overseas voters, clarify that requests for absentee ballots should remain valid for a full election cycle, strengthen protections of voting rights for miltary and overseas voters, and require reporting on implementation and effectiveness of voter assistance obligations. Opposed the Kids First Research Act (H.R. 2019), a bill to defund the presidential public financing system. Supported the Citizen Involvement in Campaigns Act of 2013 (H.R. 3586) to allow a $200 tax credit ($400 for joint return) for contributions to a candidate for federal public office or to the national committee of a national political party.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Supported amending the Senate filibuster rules so that a supermajority would not longer be required to end debate (specifically, Rule XXII and Rule V). Supported elements of the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 269), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds.Supported elements of the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a voluntary system of financing congressional and presidential elections by matching small dollar donations with federal funds. Supported elements of the Grassroots Democracy Act (H.R. 268), providing for a voluntary system of financing congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a rerundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations. Urged Members of the House of Representatives and Senate to update and restore the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Advised Senate staff on matters of Federal Communications Commission policy as pertains to pending nominations to the FCC, including broadcast electioneering advertisement transparency, the open internet, advancing the public interest protections in the spectrum auction and promoting media diversity by fully funding the Critical Information Needs studies. Urged the Federal Election Commission to take no action concerning the Commission's Enforcement Manual until pending nominees are appointed and six Commissioners are seated at the agency. Opposed proposed changes to the Federal Election Commission's Enforcement Manual because they would prohibit staff of the Commission from accepting and using information from, or providing information to, any local, state or federal law enforcement agency, including the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys' offices, without the vote of four commissioners. Urged the United States Senate to provide an up-or-down vote on three nominees to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Urged the Department of States to request a new Inspector General investigation to investigate conflicts-of-interest concerning the Keystone XL pipeline.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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