Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act

To create or adopt, and implement, rigorous and voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes.

1/9/2007--Introduced.
Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act or the SPEAK Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (the Act) to require the Commissioner for Educational Statistics to add science to the mandatory biennial national and state academic achievement assessments of students in grades four, eight, and twelve in reading and mathematics. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states receiving school improvement funds to participate in such science assessments of students in grades four and eight, beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. Amends the Act to task the National Assessment Governing Board with creating or adopting voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science for kindergarten through grade 12 which reflect the knowledge students need to enter college or the workforce and compete in the global economy. Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the American Standards Incentive fund to award competitive four-year grants to states which agree to:
(1) adopt such voluntary mathematics and science standards as the core of their own academic content standards in such subjects; and
(2) align their teacher certification and professional development requirements to such standards. Provides additional funds to successful grantees for the enhancement of their student performance data systems. Authorizes the Secretary to extend by two to four years for such grantees the 12-year period at the end of which students must meet or exceed state academic performance standards established under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
• and 9 Co-Sponsors
  • Luis Fortuño
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.325

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 09, 2007

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• May 09, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Jan 11, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E75)
• Jan 11, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E75)
• Jan 09, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Jan 09, 2007.

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January 22, 2007 AIP FYI #9: Science Education Bills

Already this year, Ehlers has introduced such a bill in the House (HR 325). Language in the bill notes that "with more than 50 different sets of academic ...

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November 25, 2008 Midknight Review: News and Commentary - All About Home Schooling

H.R. 325—The ‘SPEAK’ Act of 2007 · S. 224—SPEAK Act of 2007 · H.J.R. 29—Right to Public Education Amendment Key: "S.1105" is a Senate bill and "H.R. 1509" is a bill currently in the House of Repres

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August 22, 2008 Congress’ scientist, Vern Ehlers, answers the 7 questions!

I have also sponsored a bill with Senator Dodd (HR 325) to encourage voluntary math and science standards for K-12 education, and have strongly advocated for increased federal programs for professional development of STEM teachers in ...

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July 14, 2008 Open Thread: 2008 Home Run Derby, 7:00 CT - Bleed Cubbie Blue

Pre-derby – 14 HR, .325 AVG. Post-derby – 13 HR, .323 AVG 2006 HR Derby champ: Howard. Pre-derby – 28 HR, .278 AVG. Post-derby – 30 HR, .355 AVG. "Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion. by DTJchris on Jul

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