Summary: Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program for veterans to: (1) authorize the use of such assistance for business courses and seminars, courses taken to prepare for licensing or certification tests, and the repayment of federal student loans; (2) allow for withdrawal of the election not to enroll in the program; (3) extend the increase in benefits for certain individuals pursuing apprenticeships or on-job training; (4) provide educational assistance benefits for veterans discharged under a general discharge; (5) increase the reporting fee payable to educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving assistance; (6) provide additional areas of work-study for veterans; (6) require a five-year pilot program for on-campus work-study positions; (7) modify the advance payment of initial educational assistance or subsistence allowance; and (8) authorize, for certain individuals, the accelerated payment of educational assistance.

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Summary: Student Support Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make matching grants of at least $1 million to states for allocation to local educational agencies (LEAs) so that additional school-based mental health and student service providers may be hired, thereby reducing the student-to-provider ratios in elementary and secondary schools to specified levels recommended by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Includes school counselors, school psychologists or other psychologists, child or adolescent psychiatrists, and school social workers among such providers. Requires grants to states and state allocations to LEAs to be made pursuant to specified formulas that take into account a state's and school district's share of disadvantaged children.

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Summary: Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the allowance for payment of expenses for computer technology and equipment from qualified tuition programs; (2) allow a tax credit for contributions to such programs; and (3) allow limited direction of investment of contributions or earnings in a qualified tuition program.

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Summary: Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2009 or the Josh Miller HEARTS Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in their schools; and/or (2) provide training to meet the grant requirement that at least five adult employees or volunteers at each school where an AED is to be used successfully complete training in its use and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Requires LEAs to provide matching funds equal to at least 25% of the grant, but waives such requirement for LEAs that serve a student population at least 20% of which is impoverished. Requires LEA grant applicants also to demonstrate that: (1) the AEDs are integrated into the schools' emergency response procedures; and (2) emergency services personnel are notified of their locations. Gives grant priority to schools that: (1) lack an AED; (2) typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; (3) generally have a longer wait for emergency medical services than other public facilities in the community; and (4) have not received funds under the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2015.

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Summary: Every Student Counts Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require, beginning by the 2010-2011 school year, states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and secondary schools annually to include on the report cards required under title I of the Act: (1) their four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate; (2) their cumulative graduation rate; (3) the number and percentage of students graduating in more than four years with a regular secondary school diploma; (4) the number and percentage of students who have been removed from the adjusted cohort; (5) the number and percentage of students from each previous adjusted cohort who remain in secondary school after four years; and (6) the percentage of secondary school students in each grade, except the graduating grade, prepared to advance to the next grade. Requires such data, except for data on students who remain in secondary school after four years, to be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged. Directs states, LEAs, and secondary schools in states that lack a statewide longitudinal data system with individual student identifiers to make certain annual interim graduation rate calculations; but prohibits the use of such interim calculations after the 2010-2011 school year. Requires the use of aggregate and disaggregated cumulative graduation rates in determining the success of each secondary school and LEA in making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards under the Act. Requires states, LEAs, and schools that have a cumulative graduation rate below 90% overall or for any of the student subgroups, to make specified yearly progress in improving such rate or be deemed as failing to make AYP.

student counts act amends elementary secondary education act require beginning school year states local educational agencies leas secondary schools annually include report cards required title act year adjusted cohort graduation rate cumulative graduation rate number percentage students graduating years regular secondary school diploma number percentage students removed adjusted cohort number percentage students previous adjusted cohort remain secondary school years percentage secondary school students grade graduating grade prepared advance grade requires data data students remain secondary school years disaggregated race ethnicity gender disability status migrant status english proficiency status economically disadvantaged directs states leas secondary schools states lack statewide longitudinal data system individual student identifiers certain annual interim graduation rate calculations prohibits use interim calculations school year requires use aggregate disaggregated cumulative graduation rates determining success secondary school lea making adequate yearly progress ayp state academic performance standards act requires states leas schools cumulative graduation rate overall student subgroups specified yearly progress improving rate deemed failing ayp


Summary: Fast Track to College Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching six-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or support dual enrollment programs, such as early college high schools, that allow high school students to earn credit simultaneously toward a high school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate. Gives grant priority to applicants: (1) that propose to establish or support a dual enrollment program for a student body at least 40% of which is impoverished; and (2) from states that provide assistance to dual enrollment programs, such as assistance defraying the costs of higher education. Requires applicants to make assurances that: (1) students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses; and (2) those courses will be taught by faculty that meet their partner IHE's normal standards. Authorizes the Secretary to award matching five-year grants to states to: (1) plan and implement statewide strategies to make dual enrollment programs more accessible to students who are underrepresented in postsecondary education; (2) provide technical assistance to dual enrollment programs; and (3) engage in outreach, assessment, and teacher training activities designed to strengthen such programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract for an independent evaluation of this Act's programs; and (2) provide technical assistance to LEAs and their partners, and disseminate information concerning best practices in dual enrollment programs.

fast track college act authorizes secretary education award matching year grants local educational agencies leas partner institutions higher education ihes establish support dual enrollment programs early college high schools allow high school students earn credit simultaneously high school diploma postsecondary degree certificate gives grant priority applicants propose establish support dual enrollment program student body impoverished states provide assistance dual enrollment programs assistance defraying costs higher education requires applicants assurances students required pay tuition fees postsecondary courses courses taught faculty meet partner ihe normal standards authorizes secretary award matching year grants states plan implement statewide strategies dual enrollment programs accessible students underrepresented postsecondary education provide technical assistance dual enrollment programs engage outreach assessment teacher training activities designed strengthen programs directs secretary contract independent evaluation act programs provide technical assistance leas partners disseminate information concerning best practices dual enrollment programs


Summary: Communities Committed to College Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of any contribution to a tax-exempt scholarship funding trust established to provide scholarships for individuals with demonstrated financial need to attend institutions of higher education.

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Summary: Medical Economic Deferment for Students (MEDS) Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the meaning of economic hardship under the Federal Family Education Loan or Perkins Loan and related loan insurance programs. Considers borrowers under such programs to be suffering economic hardship if they are working full-time, have a federal educational debt burden equal to at least 20% of their adjusted gross income, and the difference between their adjusted gross income minus such debt burden is less than 220% of the greater of: (1) the annual earnings of an minimum wage earner; or (2) 150% of the poverty line applicable to their family size.

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Summary: Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act - Allows each state to submit to the Secretary of Education a declaration of intent, applicable for up to five years, permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires each declaration to be formulated by a combination of specified State Authorizing Officials or by referendum, and list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. Allows states to use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but requires them to make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, and advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged. Allows states to amend their declarations. Requires each declaration state to: (1) inform the public of its student achievement assessment system and report annually on student progress toward the state's proficiency standards, disaggregating performance data by specified student groups; and (2) keep aggregate spending on elementary and secondary education at no less than 90% of such spending for the school year coinciding with this Act's enactment. Limits administrative expenses. Requires consolidated funds to be distributed in a manner that allows for the equitable participation of private schools.

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Summary: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services. Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas; (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program; and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

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Summary: Family Education Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $5,000 (adjusted for inflation after 2009) per student per year for the cost of attendance at any educational institution (including any private, parochial, religious, or home school) organized to provide elementary or secondary education, or both.

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Summary: Hope Plus Scholarship Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include qualified elementary and secondary education expenses and contributions and gifts to schools within the definition of the term "qualified tuition and related expenses" for purposes of the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit.

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Summary: Make College Affordable Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers, their spouses, dependents, and grandchildren a tax deduction from gross income for certain higher education expenses and for interest on certain student loans. Includes as higher education expenses undergraduate tuition and fees and reasonable living expenses while attending an institution of higher education.

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Summary: Helping Families Afford Tuition Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with an income-based tax credit for 50% of qualified tuition and related expenses, up to $10,000, for attendance at an institution of higher education. Repeals the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

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Summary: Community College Technology Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to community colleges for the maintenance, administration, and improvement of computer labs to enhance student and public access to information technology training. Allows grantees to use grant funds to expand or build a computer lab facility if they ask and receive the Secretary's authorization to do so. Requires grantees to keep their computer labs open to the public for specified minimum periods and to offer the public free computer-related training while open.

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Summary: Secondary School Innovation Fund Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund program awarding competitive matching grants to partnerships, which must include at least one state or local educational agency, for the implementation of innovative strategies to improve the achievement of at-risk students in secondary schools. Permits partnerships to award subgrants to schools for the implementation of such strategies. Lists innovative strategies, one or more of which grantees or subgrantees must implement, that include: (1) creating multiple education pathways that offer students a range of educational options aligned with their needs and interests and preparing them for postsecondary education and the workforce; (2) giving students access to early college high school or other dual enrollment learning opportunities; (3) using secondary school early warning indicators and intervention systems attuned to the needs of at-risk students; (4) creating expanded learning time opportunities; (5) improving student transitions from middle school to high school or from high school to postsecondary education and the workforce; (6) increasing the autonomy and flexibility of secondary schools; (7) improving rural education through educational technology; (8) improving learning opportunities for students in the middle grades; (9) improving teaching and increasing academic rigor at the secondary school level; and (10) improving community and parental involvement in students' education. Requires the Secretary to disseminate, and provide technical assistance regarding, best practices in improving secondary school student achievement.

secondary school innovation fund act amends elementary secondary education act authorize secretary education establish program awarding competitive matching grants partnerships include state local educational agency implementation innovative strategies improve achievement risk students secondary schools permits partnerships award subgrants schools implementation strategies lists innovative strategies grantees subgrantees implement include creating multiple education pathways offer students range educational options aligned needs interests preparing postsecondary education workforce giving students access early college high school dual enrollment learning opportunities secondary school early warning indicators intervention systems needs risk students creating expanded learning time opportunities improving student transitions middle school high school high school postsecondary education workforce increasing autonomy flexibility secondary schools improving rural education educational technology improving learning opportunities students middle grades improving teaching increasing academic rigor secondary school level improving community parental involvement students education requires secretary disseminate provide technical assistance best practices improving secondary school student achievement


Summary: Priorities in Education Spending Act - Repeals specified provisions of the: (1) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) Early Learning Opportunities Act; (3) Higher Education Act of 1965; (4) Higher Education Amendments of 1998; (5) Education of the Deaf Act of 1986; (6) Higher Education Opportunity Act; (7) Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980; (8) Higher Education Amendments of 1992; (9) Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; (10) Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006; (11) Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004; (12) Head Start Act; (13) Workforce Investment Act; (14) National Environmental Education Act; and (15) America COMPETES Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from obligating any funds to implement a literacy program for prisoners under the National Literacy Act of 1991.

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Summary: Educators Achieving Reciprocity Now (E.A.R.N.) Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of such Act to consider a teacher to be highly qualified with respect to an academic subject if the teacher: (1) is or was considered highly qualified in such academic subject in at least one other state; and (2) has been teaching for at least five years in a public or private school.

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Summary: Rural Career and Technical Education Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to assume or cancel a loan made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or the Direct Loan programs to an individual who: (1) has been employed as a teacher at a rural secondary school for five consecutive complete program years; (2) is not in default on the loan they seek forgiveness; and (3) whose qualifying employment is teaching career and technical education coursework on a full-time basis, including at least one course or credit that is integrated coursework.

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Summary: America's Teachers Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and extend such deduction through 2010.

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Summary: College Tuition Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

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Summary: Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 or the VETS Act of 2009 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to refund to students the tuition and fees paid for education they will not receive due to their withdrawal from school to serve in the Armed Forces. Waives the application of any requirement that students return title IV funds upon withdrawing from school to students whose withdrawal is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces. Provides loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loan programs to students whose withdrawal from school is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces.

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Summary: Veterans Educational Equity Act - Provides that, in the case of an individual entitled to veterans' educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program and who is enrolled at an institution of higher education in a state in which the public institutions charge only fees in lieu of tuition, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall allow the individual to use all or a portion of the amount payable under the educational assistance program to pay the tuition or fees for that program of education.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income discharges of student loan indebtedness based on repayments which are income contingent or income based.

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Summary: Help Kids Save for College Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts, up to $1,000, paid by an employer to a qualified college savings assistance plan for a designated beneficiary.

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Summary: Help Student Soldiers Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to waive the application of the requirement that students return title IV funds which were unearned due to their withdrawal from school to students whose withdrawal is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces. Provides loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loan programs to students for that portion of loan assistance which is unearned due to their withdrawal from school for service in the Armed Forces and which is not returned to such programs by their schools.

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Summary: Pathways to College Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive five-year grants to local educational agencies that serve mostly high-need high schools for programs to increase the number of students from low-income families who attend college. Defines "high-need high schools" as those where at least one-half of the students are from low-income families. Requires grantees to use such funds to: (1) train teachers and counselors to provide students with advice concerning postsecondary education; (2) implement a comprehensive college guidance program for all students which exposes them to postsecondary information and planning assistance before the end of their first semester of high school; (3) ensure that their schools develop comprehensive, school-wide plans of action to strengthen their college-going culture; (4) create or maintain a postsecondary access center in each school that provides information on colleges and universities, career opportunities, and financial aid options; and (5) provide a setting in which professionals working in college access programs can meet with students. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees in calculating and analyzing their college-going rates and adopting best practices for elevating such rates. Requires grantees periodically to evaluate the success of their grant activities and use the evaluations to refine such activities and their performance measures. Directs the Secretary to conduct an independent evaluation of the grant program which includes an assessment of the program's affect on high school graduation and college-going rates.

pathways college act authorizes secretary education award competitive year grants local educational agencies serve high need high schools programs increase number students low income families attend college defines high need high schools half students low income families requires grantees use funds train teachers counselors provide students advice concerning postsecondary education implement comprehensive college guidance program students exposes postsecondary information planning assistance end semester high school ensure schools develop comprehensive school wide plans action strengthen college going culture create maintain postsecondary access center school provides information colleges universities career opportunities financial aid options provide setting professionals working college access programs meet students directs secretary provide technical assistance grantees calculating analyzing college going rates adopting best practices rates requires grantees periodically evaluate success grant activities use evaluations refine activities performance measures directs secretary conduct independent evaluation grant program includes assessment program affect high school graduation college going rates


Summary: High Quality Teaching Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive five-year grants to up to 250 local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified and effective teachers through participation in the Targeted High Need Initiative program of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Gives priority to LEAs that have: (1) the highest number of disadvantaged students; (2) the highest number of schools identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring; and (3) the lowest number of teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Requires LEAs to use such grants to: (1) partner with institutions of higher education or other appropriate entities in conducting grant activities; (2) provide teachers participating in the Targeted High Need Initiative program with training, mentoring, and technological resources; (3) cover the assessment fee for teachers who apply for certification by such Board and agree to teach at the participating school for at least three years after their certification; (4) provide specified monetary awards to teachers and their sponsoring schools after completion of the Targeted High Need Initiative program; and (5) conduct an independent evaluation of such program's affect on teaching quality and student performance.

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Summary: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Prohibits funds appropriated pursuant to this Act from being used for Congressional earmarks. (Sec. 5) Requires all savings in federal spending that are generated, and not otherwise allocated, by this Act to be made available for federal deficit reduction. Title I: Investing in Students and Families - Subtitle A: Increasing College Access and Completion - (Sec. 101) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to authorize and appropriate such sums as may be necessary to fully fund maximum Pell Grant amounts, beginning in FY2010. Ties increases in the maximum Pell Grant amount, beginning in 2011, to increases in the Consumer Price Index, plus 1%. (Sec. 102) Amends part E (College Access Challenge Grant program) of title VII of the Act to create a new part E (College Access and Completion Innovation Fund) that includes the College Access Challenge Grant program, a new State Innovation and Completion Grants program, and a new Innovation in College Access and Completion National Activities Grants program. Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to award competitive matching State Innovation and Completion grants to states to: (1) implement activities and services that increase students' persistence in and completion of postsecondary school, particularly students now underrepresented at such schools; and (2) develop an interoperable statewide longitudinal data system to track students success in postsecondary schools and the workforce. Permits states to make subgrants to nonprofit organizations in their state, including student loan guaranty agencies and servicers, to implement the program. Gives grant priority to states that partner with philanthropic organizations, student loan guaranty agencies, or nonprofit subsidiaries of such agencies to implement the program. Requires states to use at least one-third of program funding for activities benefiting students at two-year institutions of higher education (IHEs). Directs the Secretary to award competitive Innovation in College Access and Completion National Activities grants to IHEs, states, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic organizations, and TRIO grantees for innovative programs that advance knowledge about, and the adoption of, policies and practices that increase the number of individuals with postsecondary degrees or certificates. Includes among such programs those providing students with supplemental grant or loan benefits. Gives grant priority to programs that: (1) serve underrepresented students, dislocated workers, or veterans; (2) are offered by IHEs that do not predominantly award bachelor's degrees; (3) increase degree or certificate completion in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; (4) enhance the financial literacy of students who are potentially eligible for assistance under the Act; or (5) encourage constructive partnerships between IHEs with high degree completion rates and those without such rates. Allows private, nonprofit IHEs to voluntarily elect to participate in a state's efforts under part E to increase postsecondary enrollment, persistence, and completion. Authorizes and appropriates specified funds for FY2010-FY2014 for part E programs, dedicating 25% of such funds to the College Access Challenge Grant program, 50% to the State Innovation and Completion Grants program, 23% to the Innovation in College Access and Completion National Activities Grants program, and 2% for the evaluation of such programs by the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make part E grants after FY2014. (Sec. 103) Extends funding for grants to historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions through FY2019. Terminates the Secretary's authority to award such grants after FY2019. Sets aside $10 million of such funds each fiscal year for YES Partnership grants, which are for use in encouraging underrepresented minority or low-income students in kindergarten through grade 12 to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through outreach and hands-on, experiential-based learning projects. (Sec. 104) Authorizes and appropriates additional FY2010 funding for Cooperative Education programs that provide students with alternating or parallel periods of study and employment. Terminates the Secretary's authority to award grants for such programs after FY2010. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to provide title IV (Student Assistance) grant repayment waivers and loan forgiveness to students for grant or loan periods for which they do not earn credit due to active duty in the Armed Forces. Restricts such waivers and forgiveness to loans first disbursed before July 1, 2010. (Sec. 106) Requires the Secretary to award three-year grants to IHEs to hire Veterans Resource Officers that provide veterans with certain support services to improve their college completion rates. (Sec. 107) Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2009 - States that, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, the expected family contribution, used in determining a student's eligibility for federal student aid, shall be zero for students who are eligible for Pell grants and whose parent or guardian died in the line of duty while serving as a public safety officer. (Preserves such consideration for students whose parent or guardian was a member of the Armed Forces and died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.) Excludes students' total Pell grant from consideration in calculating their educational assistance benefits under the Public Safety Officer's Benefits program, if they receive an increased Pell grant under the preceding provision. (Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve teacher excellence in public elementary and secondary schools. Requires such grants to be used for the establishment, expansion, or improvement of: (1) professional development activities that are aligned to the curriculum and student academic needs; (2) mentoring and induction programs for new teachers and principals; or (3) career ladders that allow teachers to take on new professional roles. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY2010-FY2015. Subtitle B: Student Financial Aid Form Simplification - (Sec. 121) Makes revisions to title IV student need analyses, which become effective after June 2011. (Sec. 122) Establishes a $150,000 asset cap on student eligibility for Pell grants or loans under the part D Direct Loan (DL) program. Bases such cap on combined student and parent assets for dependent students and combined student and spouse assets for independent students. Adjusts the cap annually for inflation. Eliminates assets from the need analyses of students whose family assets do not equal or exceed the cap. (Sec. 123) Excludes child support, workman's compensation, veteran's benefits, living allowances, cash support or money paid on a student's behalf, and other untaxed income and benefits from student need analyses. Excludes employee pension benefit plans from assets. Preserves the student aid eligibility of students convicted of possessing, rather than selling, controlled substances. Title II: Student Loan Reform - Subtitle A: Stafford Loan Reform - (Sec. 201) Prohibits any new loans from being made or insured under the part B Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program after June 2010. (Sec. 210) Changes, subject to lender approval, the underlying index for calculating special allowance payments to FFEL lenders for loans first disbursed on or after January 1, 2000, and before July 1, 2010, from three-month commercial paper (CP) rates to the one-month London Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). (Special allowance payments are made to FFEL lenders to compensate them for the difference between FFEL interest rates and market rates.) Makes such change applicable to the calendar quarter beginning on October 1, 2009. (Sec. 211) Requires DLs for students and the parents of students attending IHEs outside of this country to be disbursed through a financial institution located in this country which is designated by the Secretary to receive DL funds and transfer them to such schools. (Sec. 214) Directs the Secretary to award DL servicing contracts pursuant to a competitive bidding process that includes nonprofit servicers and takes into account price and servicing ability. Provides that such process may take into account servicers' ability to provide default aversion and outreach services. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide job retention incentive payments to servicers that give hiring priority to individuals from locations at which the servicers performed FFEL origination or servicing activities on the date of this Act's enactment; and (2) consider servicers retention of highly qualified employees as a positive factor when determining their loan allocation. Directs the Secretary to contract with each nonprofit servicer that has its principal place of business in a state to service the DLs of borrowers attending schools within such state, provided its services meet federal standards and are offered at competitive rates. Provides that competitive rates are to be determined by the Secretary in relation to the volume of loans serviced by the servicer and allow such servicer to provide additional services, such as default aversion or outreach. Establishes a formula for allocating a minimum amount of business to a nonprofit servicers. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with student loan guaranty agencies or their nonprofit subsidiaries for delinquency prevention and default aversion services, default collections, financial aid counseling, career and education counseling, financial literacy, guidance counselor and financial aid officer training services, and other outreach services. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within three years of this Act's enactment on the performance of nonprofit DL servicers. (Sec. 215) Establishes variable interest rates on DLs made to undergraduate students after June 2012. Sets a 6.8% cap on such rates, which are to be calculated on the basis of the bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills, plus 2.5%. (Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to provide IHEs participating, or seeking to participate, in the DL programs with technical assistance in establishing and administering such programs. Authorizes and appropriates funds for FY2010, and authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014, for the provision of such technical assistance. (Sec. 217) Requires the Secretary to perform outreach services that inform and educate students and their families about the transition to the DL program effected by this title's amendments. Subtitle B: Perkins Loan Reform - (Sec. 221) Replaces the Perkins Loans program under part E, after June 2010, with a Direct Perkins Loans program under part D that provides loans that continue to carry the 5% interest rate and loan limits of the part E program, but otherwise have the same terms and conditions as Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans. (The interest on unsubsidized loans accrues while the borrower is in school.) (Sec. 224) Allocates up to $6 billion of loan authority annually among IHEs that are eligible to participate in the DL program and enter into agreements with the Secretary to make Direct Perkins Loans to eligible students. Allocates loan authority to eligible IHEs pursuant to a three-part formula, with: (1) one-half allocated on the basis of the financial need of an school's students; (2) one-quarter allocated on the basis of its efforts at keeping tuition and fees low or providing nonfederal need-based grant aid; and (3) one-quarter allocated on the basis of the school's success at graduating Pell Grant recipients. Provides each IHE that previously participated in the part E Perkins Loan program with a minimum Direct Perkins Loan authority amount equal to the average amount of Perkins Loans it awarded to students from the 2003-2004 school year to the 2007-2008 school year. (Sec. 225) Gives IHEs an annual payment to cover administrative expenses of servicing old part E Perkins Loans that equals 0.5% of the outstanding principal and interest of such loans. Requires IHEs participating in the Direct Perkins Loan program to pay matching funds on a quarterly basis, in an amount agreed to by the school and the Secretary, to an escrow account for purposes of providing loan benefits to borrowers. (Sec. 228) Requires a capital distribution of the balance of each IHE's part E Perkins Loan fund beginning on July 1, 2010, with the federal contribution paid to the Secretary and the school's contribution returned to the school. Permits IHEs, after June 2010, to assign all their outstanding part E Perkins Loans to the Secretary, who thereby assumes responsibility for servicing the loans and returning to the schools the proportion of the loan amount that was made from schools' capital contributions to the revolving loan fund. (Sec. 229) Makes the following amendments affecting the application of the requirement that for-profit IHEs derive at least 10% of their revenues from non-title IV sources (the 90/10 rule) applicable through June 2012. Continues to treat the revenue of for-profit IHEs that is derived from unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loan limit increases established under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 as being from non-title IV sources. (Such treatment was set to expire on July 1, 2011.) Excludes from revenue calculations amounts for-profit IHEs receive under the new Direct Perkins Loans program. Gives for-profit IHEs three (currently, two) consecutive years of failing the 90/10 rule before becoming ineligible to participate in title IV programs, provided their second consecutive year of failure ends after July 1, 2008, and before July 1, 2011. Title III: Modernization, Renovation, and Repair - Subtitle A: Elementary and Secondary Education - Chapter 1: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of Public School Facilities - (Sec. 312) Requires the Secretary to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Reserves 2% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian schools. Reserves 5% of the grant funds for LEAs serving geographic areas with significant economic distress, recovering from a natural disaster, or containing a military installation selected for closure under the base closure and realignment process. Requires states to reallocate such grant funds to LEAs on the basis of each LEA's share of school improvement funds received by LEAs in the state for the previous fiscal year. (Sec. 314) Allows LEAs to give priority to projects involving the abatement, removal, or interim control of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, or a proven carcinogen. Chapter 2: Supplemental Grants for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama - (Sec. 321) Requires the Secretary to make grants to LEAs in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for the construction, modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among such LEAs on the basis of each Lea's share of infrastructure damage inflicted on public school facilities in such states by Hurricane Katrina or Rita in 2005. Chapter 3: General Provisions - (Sec. 331) Prohibits LEAs from using this subtitle's grants: (1) for maintenance costs; (2) for facilities used primarily for events for which the public is charged admission or for which the purpose is not the education of children; (3) to supplant funds otherwise available for school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction efforts; or (4) to purchase carbon offsets. (Sec. 333) Prohibits states from considering LEAs' receipt of this subtitle's grants in determining their eligibility for state aid or the amount of state aid they receive. (Sec. 334) Conditions LEA grant eligibility on LEA and state spending for free public education remaining above specified levels. Requires states to reduce the amount of grant funds available to an LEA by the proportion by which the Lea's spending falls below such levels. Directs the Secretary to waive such maintenance of effort requirements if such waiver is justified by exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, or the precipitous decline in an LEA's financial resources. (Sec. 335) Requires grantees' contracting procedures for school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction to ensure the maximum number of qualified bidders through full and open competition. (Sec. 336) Requires the iron and steel used in projects funded under this subtitle to have been produced in this country, subject to specified exceptions. (Sec. 337) Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work assisted under this subtitle to be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality. (Sec. 339) Directs LEA grantees to use at least 50% of their grant in FY2010 and 75% in FY2011 for public school modernization, renovation, repair, or construction that meets Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standards, Energy Star standards, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over such LEAs. Requires the Secretary to provide outreach and technical assistance to states and LEAs concerning the best practices in school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction. (Sec. 340) Directs: (1) LEAs to report annually to their states, and the public, on their use of such grant funds; (2) states to submit annually to the Secretary a compilation of the information received from their LEAs; and (3) the Secretary to report to Congress annually on grants made under this subtitle. (Sec. 341) Prohibits the use of this subtitle's grants: (1) to employ workers who are illegal aliens or whose status has not been ascertained using the employment verification system; or (2) by LEAs that do not require a criminal background check on all their employees. (Sec. 342) Requires the Secretary to work with grant recipients to promote appropriate opportunities for those enrolled in YouthBuild programs, Job Corps programs, community colleges, or certain preapprenticeship programs to gain employment experience on projects funded under this subtitle. (Sec. 343) Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing Public School Facilities to provide the Secretary with advice on the academic, health, energy, and environmental impact of such schools and assistance in facilitating their creation. Terminates the Advisory Council at the close of FY2011. (Sec. 344) Allows LEAs to encourage schools at which this subtitle's projects are being implemented to educate students about the project and its benefits. (Sec. 345) Authorizes and appropriates funding for this subtitle's grant programs for FY2010-FY2011. Prohibits the use of such funds for Congressional earmarks. Terminates this subtitle's grant program at the close of FY2011. Subtitle B: Higher Education - (Sec. 351) Requires the Secretary to make grants to states for the construction, modernization, renovation, or repair of community college facilities. Allocates grant funds to states on the basis of each state's share of students in who are enrolled in community colleges and who are pursuing a pre-baccalaureate degree or certificate. Requires states to use such funds to: (1) reduce the financing costs of loans for construction, modernization, renovation, and repair; (2) provide matching funds to capital campaigns for such activities; or (3) capitalize a revolving loan fund to finance such activities. Prohibits the use of grant funds for community college facilities that are not primarily used for instruction, research, or student housing. Directs grantees to use 50% of such funding for construction, modernization, renovation, or repair that meets Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standards, Energy Star standards, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or equivalent standards adopted by the state. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work assisted under this subtitle to be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality. Directs states to report to the Secretary and the Secretary to report to Congress annually on the use of this subtitle's grant funds. Authorizes and appropriates FY2010 funds for this subtitle's grant program. Terminates this subtitle's grant program at the close of FY2010. Title IV: Early Learning Challenge Fund - (Sec. 402) Requires the Secretary to award competitive matching: (1) Quality Pathways grants to states to implement quality initiatives that increase the number of disadvantaged children under age five in high-quality early learning programs and improve program oversight; and (2) Development grants to states to develop the components of a standards-based early learning system that will allow them to compete more effectively for Quality Pathways grants. Reserves 0.25% of this title's funding for competitive grants to Indian tribes for the development and implementation of school readiness plans that are coordinated with LEAs serving their children. (Sec. 403) Establishes Quality Pathways grants as five-year grants which may be renewed on the basis of a state's progress in: (1) increasing the percentage of disadvantaged children in each age group who participate in high-quality early learning programs and the number of such programs in low-income communities; (2) implementing a high-quality early learning system that improves the credentials of early learning providers and makes early learning standards and oversight applicable across a broad range of settings and providers; and (3) committing state resources in support of early learning programs and services. Allow states that the Secretary certifies as having made sufficient progress in implementing grant requirements to apply to the Secretary to reserve up to 25% of their grant to expand disadvantaged children's access to the highest quality early learning programs that offer full-day services. (Sec. 404) Establishes Development grants as nonrenewable three-year grants to assist states in developing a high-quality early learning system that improves the credentials of early learning providers and makes early learning standards and oversight applicable across a broad range of settings and providers. (Sec. 405) Requires the Secretary, acting jointly with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to: (1) establish a national commission to review and recommend benchmarks for early learning program quality and early learning and development standards; (2) conduct a national evaluation of this title's grants; (3) support a federal research collaborative which supports early learning research that can inform improved standards and child outcomes; and (4) evaluate barriers to increasing access to high-quality early learning programs for low-income children and disseminate relevant findings and best practices for eliminating such barriers. (Sec. 406) Directs states to report to the Secretary and the Secretary to report to Congress annually on activities carried out under this title. (Sec. 409) Authorizes and appropriates funds for this title's programs for FY2010-FY2017. Terminates this title's grant programs at the close of FY2017. Title V: American Graduation Initiative - (Sec. 501) Authorizes and appropriates funds for this title's programs for FY2010-FY2019. Terminates this title's grant programs at the close of FY2019. (Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to award competitive matching four-year grants to eligible entities to carry out innovative programs, or programs of demonstrated effectiveness, that lead to the completion of a postsecondary degree, certificate, or industry-recognized credential leading to a skilled occupation in a high-demand industry. Includes as eligible entities, community colleges, public four-year IHEs offering two-year degrees, tribal colleges or universities, public four-year IHEs in partnership with any of the aforementioned entities, and states that have implemented a comprehensive articulation agreement among their public IHEs and are in partnership with any of the aforementioned entities. Exempts tribal colleges and universities from cost-sharing requirements. Gives grant priority to eligible entities that: (1) partner with philanthropic, research, business, or labor organizations; (2) are IHEs eligible for assistance under title III (Institutional Aid) or V (Developing Institutions) of the Act; (3) are focused on serving low-income, nontraditional students, students who are dislocated workers, or students who are veterans, who do not have a bachelor's degree; or (4) are community colleges located in areas with high unemployment. Requires grantees to carry out at least two of the following activities: (1) expand students' opportunities to earn bachelor's degrees by facilitating the transfer of credits between IHEs; (2) partner with employers to create or enhance academic or training programs for skilled occupations in high-demand industries; (3) provide support services to students; (4) create programs to provide a sequence of education and job training that leads to industry-recognized credentials; (5) strengthen linkages between secondary education and community colleges; (6) implement other innovative activities to increase degree and certificate completion rates and job training for skilled occupations in high-demand industries; (7) create, in a timely and efficient manner, degree and credential programs that are responsive to state and regional workforce needs; (8) provide information technology training for students and members of the public; (9) enhance or create academic or training programs that prepare students for skilled occupations in energy-related fields; and (10) enhance or create academic or training programs that prepare students for occupations critical to serving veterans. Directs grantees to develop quantifiable benchmarks that are approved by the Secretary to gauge program effectiveness. Requires community college grantees, to the extent practicable, to include on their course schedules information on which courses are transferable for credit toward the completion of a four-year baccalaureate degree at a public IHE in their state. Directs the Secretary to: (1) allocate funds to the Institute of Education Sciences to evaluate the effectiveness of grantee's programs by January 30, 2014; and (2) report to Congress annually regarding the use and effectiveness of such grants. (Sec. 504) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to award competitive matching six-year grants to states to implement the systematic reform of community colleges in their state by carrying out programs, policies, and services that the Secretary has determined to have demonstrated effectiveness based on the evaluation conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences. Requires such grantees to: (1) have an plan for increasing college persistence and completion that includes community colleges; (2) have a statewide longitudinal data system that includes community college data; (3) have an articulation agreement for the transfer of credits between public IHEs in the state; (4) maintain funding for IHEs in the state at at least the level of such funding for the five preceding years; and (5) develop quantifiable benchmarks to gauge program effectiveness. Gives grant priority to states focused on serving low-income, nontraditional students, students who are dislocated workers, or students who are veterans, who do not have a bachelor's degree. Terminates a state's grant after three years if the Secretary finds that it has not made demonstrable progress toward its benchmarks. Directs state grantees to report annually to the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor on the progress of their reforms, and the Secretary to submit a report to Congress six months after the end of the grant program summarizing the reports received from such states. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) community colleges play an important role in preparing students to enter the workforce; (2) it is vital that all states have access to the resources and assistance needed to compete for these community college reform grants; and (3) the Secretary should provide states with any assistance and support they need to compete for such grants and should work to ensure that the grants are distributed in a fair and equitable manner. (Sec. 505) Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to, or contract with, IHEs, philanthropic organizations, and other appropriate entities to develop, evaluate, and disseminate freely-available high-quality online courses for training and postsecondary education readiness and success. Authorizes the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences award a grant to, or enter into a contract with, an organization with demonstrated expertise in researching and evaluating community colleges to establish and operate the Learning and Earning Research Center. Requires the Center to: (1) develop standardized metrics, data elements, and data sharing protocols that facilitate the evaluation of community college programs and allow relevant data systems to be linked and interoperable; and (2) develop and disseminate materials analyzing best practices and research on successful postsecondary education and training efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states to establish cooperative agreements to develop, implement, and expand interoperable statewide longitudinal community college data systems that can be linked to other data systems, including elementary and secondary education and workforce data systems. Directs the Secretary to allocate at least $1 million for a contract with the National Research Council to study and report to Congress on the quality of distance education programs as compared to campus-based education programs at IHEs. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a model of a service that enables students to determine the transferability of credits between IHEs voluntarily participating in such service. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the grants and contracts awarded to entities under this section. Title VI: Defund Acorn Act - Defund Acorn Act - (Sec. 602) Prohibits the federal government from providing any funds to, or entering into agreements with, any organization that: (1) has been indicted for violating federal or state election law; (2) had its state corporate charter terminated due to its failure to comply with federal or state lobbying disclosure requirements; (3) has filed a fraudulent form with any federal or state regulatory agency; or (4) employs, has a contract with, or has acting on its behalf, an individual who has been indicted for violating federal or state election law. Prohibits federal employees or contractors from promoting such organizations. Includes the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and any ACORN-related affiliate among the organizations barred from such funding, contracting, and promotion. Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to satisfy these prohibitions.

student aid fiscal responsibility act sec prohibits funds appropriated pursuant act congressional earmarks sec requires savings federal spending generated allocated act available federal deficit reduction title investing students increasing college access completion sec amends higher education act act authorize appropriate sums necessary fully fund maximum pell_grant amounts beginning fy2010 ties increases maximum pell_grant beginning increases consumer price index plus sec amends college access challenge grant program title vii act create new college access completion innovation fund includes program new state innovation completion grants program new program directs secretary education secretary award competitive matching state innovation completion grants states implement activities services increase students persistence completion postsecondary school particularly students underrepresented schools develop interoperable statewide longitudinal data system track students success postsecondary schools workforce permits states subgrants nonprofit organizations state including student loan guaranty agencies servicers implement program gives grant priority states partner philanthropic organizations student loan guaranty agencies nonprofit subsidiaries agencies implement program requires states use program funding activities benefiting students year institutions higher education ihes directs secretary award competitive grants ihes states nonprofit organizations philanthropic organizations trio grantees innovative programs advance knowledge adoption policies practices increase number individuals postsecondary degrees certificates includes programs providing students supplemental grant loan benefits gives grant priority programs serve underrepresented students dislocated workers veterans offered ihes predominantly award bachelor degrees increase degree certificate completion fields science technology engineering mathematics enhance financial literacy students potentially eligible assistance act encourage constructive partnerships ihes high degree completion rates rates allows private nonprofit ihes voluntarily elect participate state efforts increase postsecondary enrollment persistence completion authorizes appropriates specified funds fy2010 fy2014 programs funds program program program evaluation programs director institute_of_education_sciences terminates secretary authority grants fy2014 sec extends funding grants historically black colleges universities minority serving institutions fy2019 terminates secretary authority award grants fy2019 sets aside million funds fiscal year partnership grants use encouraging underrepresented minority low income students kindergarten grade pursue careers science technology engineering mathematics stem outreach hands experiential based learning projects sec authorizes appropriates additional fy2010 funding cooperative education programs provide students parallel periods study employment terminates secretary authority award grants programs fy2010 sec directs secretary provide title student assistance grant repayment waivers loan forgiveness students grant loan periods earn credit active duty armed_forces restricts waivers forgiveness loans disbursed july sec requires secretary award year grants ihes hire officers provide veterans certain support services improve college completion rates sec officer children fallen heroes scholarship act 2009_-_states beginning school year expected family contribution determining student eligibility federal student aid shall zero students eligible pell grants parent guardian died line duty serving public safety officer preserves consideration students parent guardian member armed_forces died result performing military service iraq afghanistan september excludes students total pell grant consideration calculating educational assistance benefits public safety officer benefits program receive increased pell grant preceding provision sec authorizes secretary grants local educational agencies leas improve teacher excellence public elementary secondary schools requires grants establishment expansion improvement professional development activities aligned curriculum student academic needs mentoring induction programs new teachers principals career allow teachers new professional roles authorizes appropriations program fy2010 fy2015 subtitle student financial aid form simplification sec makes revisions title student need analyses effective june sec establishes asset cap student eligibility pell grants loans program bases cap combined student parent assets dependent students combined student spouse assets independent students adjusts cap annually inflation eliminates assets need analyses students family assets equal exceed cap sec excludes child support compensation veteran benefits living allowances cash support money paid student behalf untaxed income benefits student need analyses excludes employee pension benefit plans assets preserves student aid eligibility students convicted possessing selling controlled substances title student loan reform subtitle sec prohibits new loans insured ffel program june sec changes subject lender approval underlying index calculating special allowance payments ffel lenders loans disbursed january july month commercial paper rates month special allowance payments ffel lenders compensate difference ffel interest rates market rates makes change applicable calendar quarter beginning october sec requires dls students parents students attending ihes outside country disbursed financial institution located country designated secretary receive funds transfer schools sec directs secretary award servicing contracts pursuant competitive bidding process includes nonprofit servicers takes account price servicing ability provides process account servicers ability provide default aversion outreach services requires secretary provide job retention incentive payments servicers hiring priority individuals locations servicers performed ffel origination servicing activities date act enactment consider servicers retention highly qualified employees positive factor determining loan allocation directs secretary contract nonprofit servicer principal place business state service dls borrowers attending schools state provided services meet federal standards offered competitive rates provides competitive rates determined secretary relation volume loans serviced servicer allow servicer provide additional services default aversion outreach establishes formula allocating minimum business nonprofit servicers authorizes secretary contract student loan guaranty agencies nonprofit subsidiaries delinquency prevention default aversion services default collections financial aid counseling career education counseling financial literacy guidance counselor financial aid officer training services outreach services requires secretary report congress years act enactment performance nonprofit servicers sec establishes variable interest rates dls undergraduate students june sets cap rates calculated basis bond equivalent rate day treasury bills plus sec directs secretary provide ihes participating seeking participate programs technical assistance establishing administering programs authorizes appropriates funds fy2010 authorizes appropriations fy2011 fy2014 provision technical assistance sec requires secretary perform outreach services inform educate students families transition program effected title amendments subtitle perkins loan reform sec replaces perkins loans program june direct perkins loans program provides loans continue carry interest rate loan limits program terms conditions direct_unsubsidized_stafford loans interest unsubsidized loans accrues borrower school sec allocates billion loan authority annually ihes eligible participate program enter agreements secretary eligible students allocates loan authority eligible ihes pursuant formula half allocated basis financial need school students quarter allocated basis efforts keeping tuition fees low providing nonfederal need based grant aid quarter allocated basis school success graduating pell_grant recipients provides ihe previously participated perkins_loan program minimum authority equal average perkins_loans awarded students school year school year sec gives ihes annual payment cover administrative expenses servicing old perkins loans equals outstanding principal interest loans requires ihes participating program pay matching funds quarterly basis agreed school secretary escrow account purposes providing loan benefits borrowers sec requires capital distribution balance ihe perkins_loan fund beginning july federal contribution paid secretary school contribution returned school permits ihes june assign outstanding perkins loans secretary assumes responsibility servicing loans returning schools proportion loan schools capital contributions revolving loan fund sec makes following amendments affecting application requirement profit ihes derive revenues non title sources rule applicable june continues treat revenue profit ihes derived unsubsidized direct stafford loan limit increases established non title sources treatment set expire july excludes revenue calculations amounts profit ihes receive new program gives profit ihes currently consecutive years failing rule ineligible participate title programs provided second consecutive year failure ends july july title iii modernization renovation elementary secondary education chapter sec requires secretary grants states modernization renovation repair public schools including early learning facilities charter schools safe healthy high performing technologically date allocates grant funds states basis relative portion school improvement funds provided local educational agencies leas state elementary secondary education act reserves grant funds assistance outlying areas indian schools reserves grant funds leas serving geographic areas significant economic distress recovering natural disaster containing military installation selected closure base closure realignment process requires states reallocate grant funds leas basis lea share school improvement funds received leas state previous fiscal year sec allows leas priority projects involving abatement removal interim control asbestos polychlorinated biphenyls mold lead based hazards proven chapter supplemental grants louisiana mississippi alabama sec requires secretary grants leas louisiana mississippi alabama construction modernization renovation repair public schools including early learning facilities charter schools safe healthy high performing technologically date allocates grant funds leas basis lea share infrastructure damage public school facilities states hurricane katrina rita chapter general_provisions sec prohibits leas subtitle grants maintenance costs facilities primarily events public charged admission purpose education children supplant funds available school modernization renovation repair construction efforts purchase carbon offsets sec prohibits states considering leas receipt subtitle grants determining eligibility state aid state aid receive sec conditions lea grant eligibility lea state spending free public education remaining specified levels requires states reduce grant funds available lea proportion lea spending falls levels directs secretary waive maintenance effort requirements waiver justified exceptional uncontrollable circumstances decline lea financial resources sec requires grantees contracting procedures school modernization renovation repair construction ensure maximum number qualified bidders open competition sec requires iron steel projects funded subtitle produced country subject specified exceptions sec requires laborers mechanics employed contractors subcontractors performance work assisted subtitle paid wages rates prevailing similar work locality sec directs lea grantees use grant fy2010 fy2011 public school modernization renovation repair construction meets leadership energy environmental design leed green building rating standards energy_star standards collaborative high performance schools chps criteria green building initiative environmental design rating standards green_globes equivalent standards adopted entities jurisdiction leas requires secretary provide outreach technical assistance states leas concerning best practices school modernization renovation repair construction sec directs leas report annually states public use grant funds states submit annually secretary compilation information received leas secretary report congress annually grants subtitle sec prohibits use subtitle grants employ workers illegal aliens status ascertained employment verification system leas require criminal background check employees sec requires secretary work grant recipients promote appropriate opportunities enrolled programs job_corps programs community colleges certain programs gain employment experience projects funded subtitle sec directs secretary establish high performing public school facilities provide secretary advice academic health energy environmental impact schools assistance facilitating creation terminates advisory_council close fy2011 sec allows leas encourage schools subtitle projects implemented educate students project benefits sec authorizes appropriates funding subtitle grant programs fy2010 fy2011 prohibits use funds congressional earmarks terminates subtitle grant program close fy2011 subtitle higher education sec requires secretary grants states construction modernization renovation repair community college facilities allocates grant funds states basis state share students enrolled community colleges pursuing pre baccalaureate degree certificate requires states use funds reduce financing costs loans construction modernization renovation repair provide matching funds capital campaigns activities capitalize revolving loan fund finance activities prohibits use grant funds community college facilities primarily instruction research student housing directs grantees use funding construction modernization renovation repair meets leadership energy environmental design leed green building rating standards energy_star standards collaborative high performance schools chps criteria green building initiative environmental design rating standards green_globes equivalent standards adopted state requires laborers mechanics employed contractors subcontractors performance work assisted subtitle paid wages rates prevailing similar work locality directs states report secretary secretary report congress annually use subtitle grant funds authorizes appropriates fy2010 funds subtitle grant program terminates subtitle grant program close fy2010 title sec requires secretary award competitive matching quality pathways grants states implement quality initiatives increase number disadvantaged children age high quality early learning programs improve program oversight development grants states develop components standards based early learning system allow compete effectively quality pathways grants reserves title funding competitive grants indian tribes development implementation school readiness plans coordinated leas serving children sec establishes quality pathways grants year grants renewed basis state progress increasing percentage disadvantaged children age group participate high quality early learning programs number programs low income communities implementing high quality early learning system improves credentials early learning providers makes early learning standards oversight applicable broad range settings providers committing state resources support early learning programs services allow states secretary certifies having sufficient progress implementing grant requirements apply secretary reserve grant expand disadvantaged children access highest quality early learning programs offer day services sec establishes development grants nonrenewable year grants assist states developing high quality early learning system improves credentials early learning providers makes early learning standards oversight applicable broad range settings providers sec requires secretary acting jointly secretary health_and_human_services establish national commission review recommend benchmarks early learning program quality early learning development standards conduct national evaluation title grants support federal research collaborative supports early learning research inform improved standards child outcomes evaluate barriers increasing access high quality early learning programs low income children disseminate relevant findings best practices eliminating barriers sec directs states report secretary secretary report congress annually activities carried title sec authorizes appropriates funds title programs fy2010 fy2017 terminates title grant programs close fy2017 title american graduation initiative sec authorizes appropriates funds title programs fy2010 fy2019 terminates title grant programs close fy2019 sec directs secretary coordination secretary labor award competitive matching year grants eligible entities carry innovative programs programs demonstrated effectiveness lead completion postsecondary degree certificate industry recognized credential leading skilled occupation high demand industry includes eligible entities community colleges public year ihes offering year degrees tribal colleges universities public year ihes partnership aforementioned entities states implemented comprehensive articulation agreement public ihes partnership aforementioned entities exempts tribal colleges universities cost sharing requirements gives grant priority eligible entities partner philanthropic research business labor organizations ihes eligible assistance title developing institutions act focused serving low income nontraditional students students dislocated workers students veterans bachelor degree community colleges located areas high unemployment requires grantees carry following activities expand students opportunities earn bachelor degrees facilitating transfer credits ihes partner employers create enhance academic training programs skilled occupations high demand industries provide support services students create programs provide education job training leads industry recognized credentials strengthen linkages secondary education community colleges implement innovative activities increase degree certificate completion rates job training skilled occupations high demand industries create timely efficient manner degree credential programs responsive state regional workforce needs provide information technology training students members public enhance create academic training programs prepare students skilled occupations energy related fields enhance create academic training programs prepare students occupations critical serving veterans directs grantees develop quantifiable benchmarks approved secretary gauge program effectiveness requires community college grantees extent practicable include course schedules information courses transferable credit completion year baccalaureate degree public ihe state directs secretary allocate funds institute_of_education_sciences evaluate effectiveness grantee programs january report congress annually use effectiveness grants sec directs secretary coordination secretary labor award competitive matching year grants states implement systematic reform community colleges state carrying programs policies services secretary determined demonstrated effectiveness based evaluation conducted institute_of_education_sciences requires grantees plan increasing college persistence completion includes community colleges statewide longitudinal data system includes community college data articulation agreement transfer credits public ihes state maintain funding ihes state level funding preceding years develop quantifiable benchmarks gauge program effectiveness gives grant priority states focused serving low income nontraditional students students dislocated workers students veterans bachelor degree terminates state grant years secretary finds demonstrable progress benchmarks directs state grantees report annually secretary secretary labor progress reforms secretary submit report congress months end grant program summarizing reports received states expresses sense congress community colleges play important role preparing students enter workforce vital states access resources assistance needed compete community college reform grants secretary provide states assistance support need compete grants work ensure grants distributed fair equitable manner sec authorizes secretary award competitive grants contract ihes philanthropic organizations appropriate entities develop evaluate disseminate freely available high quality online courses training postsecondary education readiness success authorizes director institute_of_education_sciences award grant enter contract organization demonstrated expertise researching evaluating community colleges establish operate requires center develop standardized metrics data elements data sharing protocols facilitate evaluation community college programs allow relevant data systems linked interoperable develop disseminate materials analyzing best practices research successful postsecondary education training efforts authorizes secretary award grants states establish cooperative agreements develop implement expand interoperable statewide longitudinal community college data systems linked data systems including elementary secondary education workforce data systems directs secretary allocate million contract national_research_council study report congress quality distance education programs compared campus based education programs ihes authorizes secretary develop model service enables students determine transferability credits ihes voluntarily participating service directs secretary report annually congress grants contracts awarded entities section title defund sec prohibits federal government providing funds entering agreements organization indicted violating federal state election law state corporate charter terminated failure comply federal state lobbying disclosure requirements filed fraudulent form federal state regulatory agency employs contract acting behalf individual indicted violating federal state election law prohibits federal employees contractors promoting organizations includes association_of_community_organizations_for_reform acorn acorn related affiliate organizations barred funding contracting promotion requires federal_acquisition_regulation revised satisfy prohibitions


Summary: Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2009 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 to revise requirements for statewide and local workforce investment systems to include adult education activities. Revises member composition of: (1) state workforce investment boards to include state representatives responsible for implementing adult education, literacy, and workplace skills programs under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA); and (2) youth councils established by local workforce investment boards to include representatives of adult education. Revises requirements for five-year state and local worker investment plans. Authorizes the use of funds for: (1) statewide and local youth activities to provide opportunities for career pathways for eligible youth as well as dual enrollment opportunities; and (2) training services for local adult and dislocated workers to include integration of adult education and training. Requires the Secretary to carry out specified employment and training demonstration and pilot projects. Amends the AEFLA to include among adult education and literacy services programs activities to assist adults with limited English proficiency through postsecondary education and training to improve their English and mathematical skills and to acquire an understanding of the American system of government and responsibilities of citizenship. Revises requirements for the allocation and reservation of AEFLA funds. Revises state distribution requirements with respect to grants and contracts to eligible providers of activities for adult education and literacy and corrections education of institutionalized individuals. Expands an eligible agency's use of funds for corrections education and education for other institutionalized individuals to include academic programs for: (1) integrated education and training; (2) career pathways; (3) dual enrollment; and (4) preparation for postsecondary education and training. Replaces the National Institute for Literacy with the National Institute for Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace Skills (Institute). Requires national leadership activities to include activties to improve workplace skills programs nationwide. Requires the Secretary of Education to allocate grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to assist states in developing a 21st century delivery system for adult education, literacy, and workplace skills services as well as adults in developing technology literacy. Requires the Institute to establish the National Adult Learning and Technology Resource Center. Requires the Secretary of Education to direct the Commissioner for Education Research of the National Center for Education Research to establish a national research and development center for adult education, literacy, and workplace skills. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer educational assistance program credit for 50% of the qualified educational assistance expenses (up to $5,250) paid per taxable year on behalf of an employee.

adult_education economic growth act amends workforce investment act revise requirements statewide local workforce investment systems include adult education activities revises member composition state workforce investment boards include state representatives responsible implementing adult education literacy workplace skills programs adult_education family literacy act aefla youth councils established local workforce investment boards include representatives adult education revises requirements year state local worker investment plans authorizes use funds statewide local youth activities provide opportunities career pathways eligible youth dual enrollment opportunities training services local adult dislocated workers include integration adult education training requires secretary carry specified employment training demonstration pilot projects amends aefla include adult education literacy services programs activities assist adults limited english proficiency postsecondary education training improve english mathematical skills acquire understanding american system government responsibilities citizenship revises requirements allocation reservation aefla funds revises state distribution requirements respect grants contracts eligible providers activities adult education literacy corrections education institutionalized individuals expands eligible agency use funds corrections education education institutionalized individuals include academic programs integrated education training career pathways dual enrollment preparation postsecondary education training replaces national_institute_for_literacy literacy institute requires national leadership activities include improve workplace skills programs nationwide requires secretary education allocate grants states integrated english literacy civics education programs requires secretary award grants assist states developing 21st century delivery system adult education literacy workplace skills services adults developing technology literacy requires institute establish requires secretary education direct commissioner education research national_center_for_education_research establish national research development center adult education literacy workplace skills amends internal revenue code allow employer educational assistance program credit qualified educational assistance expenses paid taxable year behalf employee


Summary: Establishing Grants for College Access and Completion Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive five-year grants to certain nonprofit organizations for the provision of mentoring, support, outreach, and other services that encourage disadvantaged students to attend institutions of higher education. Prohibits a grant from covering more than 85% of the cost of the services the grant supports. Requires nonprofit applicants to have met certain requirements, including that they have provided scholarship and support programs to students in more than one state, and have a business plan in place to expand into other states.

establishing grants college access completion act directs secretary education award competitive year grants certain nonprofit organizations provision mentoring support outreach services encourage disadvantaged students attend institutions higher education prohibits grant covering cost services grant supports requires nonprofit applicants met certain requirements including provided scholarship support programs students state business plan place expand states


Summary: Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009 or the RISE Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal a provision which makes persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive federal student financial assistance for specified periods. Requires institutions of higher education to notify students who lost eligibility for such assistance due to a drug conviction and had not regained it prior to this Act's enactment that they are now eligible for such assistance.

removing impediments students education act rise act amends higher education act repeal provision makes persons convicted drug offenses ineligible receive federal student financial assistance specified periods requires institutions higher education notify students lost eligibility assistance drug conviction prior act enactment eligible assistance