To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

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Introduced

6 January 2009

Last action

16 March 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. Requires that 80% of a state's allotment be allocated to LEAs on the basis of relative numbers of children from families with incomes below the poverty line residing in their school districts, and that the remainder be allocated on the basis of relative enrollments.

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6 January 2009
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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6 January 2009
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Introduced in House
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6 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
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16 March 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/178
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