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Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015
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Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to allot matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies, childhood education program providers, or consortia of those entities to implement high-quality prekindergarten programs for children from low-income families. Grants are allotted to states based on each state's proportion of children who are age four and who are from families with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. "High-quality prekindergarten programs" are those that serve children three or four years of age and meet criteria concerning: class size; learning environments; teacher qualifications, salaries, and professional development; program monitoring; and accessibility to comprehensive health and support services. States may apply to use up to 15% of their grant for subgrants to high-quality early childhood education and care programs for infants and toddlers whose family income is at or below 200% of the poverty level. ED and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall develop a process to: (1) provide Head Start program services to children younger than age four in states or regions that already provide four-year-olds whose family income is at or below 200% of the poverty level with sustained access to high-quality prekindergarten programs, or (2) convert programs to serve infants and toddlers. ED shall award competitive matching grants to states to increase their capacity to offer high-quality prekindergarten programs. States must provide assurances that they will use their grant to become eligible, within three years of receiving the grant, for this Act's grants for high-quality prekindergarten programs. The bill amends the Head Start Act to direct HHS to make grants to Early Head Start agencies to partner with center-based or family child care providers, particularly those that receive support under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, to assist them in meeting program performance standards. Such partnerships may serve children through age three. The bill reauthorizes the programs providing: (1) preschool grants for special education and related services, and (2) early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. The bill expresses the sense of the Senate concerning the value of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.
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Filing registrants (5)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Education
The Ready to Compete Act - H.R. 966 H.R. 5, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization S.1177, Every Child Achieves Act/Every Student Succeeds Act Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization H.R. 2411/S. 1380, Strong Start for America's Children Act Department of Education's proposed open licensing requirement for direct grant programs and its impact on public television
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Education
NETWORK supports S. 1380, the Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015, which invests in early childhood education.
Client expense: $95,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Education
The Ready to Compete Act - H.R. 966 H.R. 5, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization S.1177, Every Child Achieves Act/Every Student Succeeds Act Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization H.R. 2411/S. 1380, Strong Start for America's Children Act Department of Education's proposed open licensing requirement for direct grant programs and its impact on public television
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Education
The Ready to Compete Act - H.R. 966 H.R. 5, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization S.1177, Every Child Achieves Act/Every Student Succeeds Act Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization H.R. 2411/S. 1380, Strong Start for America's Children Act Department of Education's proposed open licensing requirement for direct grant programs and its impact on public television
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Education
NETWORK supports S. 1380, the Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015, which invests in early childhood education.
Client expense: $95,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Education
The Ready to Compete Act - H.R. 2653 H.R. 5, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization S.1177, Every Child Achieves Act/Every Student Succeeds Act Issue: Ready to Learn Reauthorization H.R. 2411/S. 1380, Strong Start for America's Children Act Department of Education's proposed open licensing requirement for direct grant programs and its impact on public television
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Education
NETWORK supports S. 1380, the Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015, which invests in early childhood education.
Client expense: $95,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Education
Early childhood education. Child Care and Development Block Grants and Preschool Development Grants. S. 1695/H.R. 3020, Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations, provisions on early education funding. H.R. 5, Student Success Act. S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. S. 1380/H.R. 2411, Strong Start for America's Children Act. Higher Education Act. Child Nutrition Act. S. 1177, Every Student Success Act. H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Education
S. 1177 Every Child Succeeds Act S. 1380/H.R. 2411 Strong Start for America's Children Act S. Res. 292 Increase high quality child care
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Education
Early childhood education. Child Care and Development Block Grants and Preschool Development Grants. S. 1695/H.R. 3020, Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations, provisions on early education funding. H.R. 5, Student Success Act. S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. S. 1380/H.R. 2411, Strong Start for America's Children Act. Higher Education Act. Child Nutrition Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Education
All items pertaining to ESEA reauthorization H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, & all relevant amendments S. 1177, the ECAA, & all relevant amendments Comments to Dept of Agriculture re changes to CACFP(child & adult care food program) H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom Through Regulatory Relief Act S 191 Perkins (Educating Tomorrows Workforce Act) H.R. 1827, Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act S. 439, Student Non-Discrimination Act S. 311, Safe Schools Improvement Act Charter School Accountability Act (amendment to ECAA) Opposition to vouchers and portability (note - includes but is not limited to DC vouchers) Discussions surrounding Background checks in schools Free community college proposals, including Americas College Promise Act (S. 1716/HR 2962) and College for All Act (S. 1373) S. 1060/H.R. 1956, Pell Grant Protection Act S. 1059/H.R. 1959, College Options for DREAMers Act S. 1061/H.R. 1957, Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act S. 1062/H.R. 1958, Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act S. 1557, Service Member Student Loan Affordability Act S. 1664, Military and Veterans Education Protection Act H.R. 2192 PRO Students Act Students Before Profits Act [note - no number yet this Congress] S. 1380/H.R. 2411, Strong Start for America's Children Act Veterans Education Relief and Reinstatement Act (VERRA) [note - has not yet been introduced] H.R. 2429, Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act Gainful employment regulation (opposition to appropriations rider) STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act [note - no number yet this Congress] Discussions surrounding Corinthian Colleges shutdown and student loan discharge, including Defense to Repayment process and closed school discharges (ED) Discussions surrounding Predatory and/or unstable for-profit colleges (ED) Discussions surrounding Collection of marketing expense data at proprietary institutions under the IPEDS Finance Survey (ED) Discussions surrounding Regulatory burden in education (ED)
2015 · second_quarter · Education
Early education funding. Child Care and Development Block Grants. S. 1695/H.R. 3020, Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations, provisions on early education funding. ESEA Reauthorization. H.R. 5, Student Succes Act. S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. S. 1380/H.R. 2411, Strong Start for America's Children Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| MD |
| Bernard Sanders | Independent | VT |
| Brian Schatz | Democratic | HI |
| Christopher A. Coons | Democratic | DE |
| Christopher Murphy | Democratic | CT |
| Cory A. Booker | Democratic | NJ |
| Edward J. Markey | Democratic | MA |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Jack Reed | Democratic | RI |
| Jon Tester | Democratic | MT |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Maria Cantwell | Democratic | WA |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Ron Wyden | Democratic | OR |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | RI |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic | VA |
| Tom Udall | Democratic | NM |
Client expense: $335,541 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of