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Welcome to AEP Legislative Watch. Here, we summarize recent educational legislation and government relations committee calls. Visit here weekly for the latest news and information you’ll need to mobilize around the issues that are important to you.

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• AEP ACTION ALERT: Help Head Start Teachers Buy Classroom Materials - Support HR 1405 [more]

• House Education and Labor Committee Holds Hearing on The Future of Learning [more]

• New Reports Examine Education Equity and Opportunities [more]

• Pathways to College Act Aims to Boost College-Planning Curriculum [more]

• Common Core Standards Are a Step Closer to Reality [more]

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Bills to Watch

H.R. 1, The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, which contains billions in education funding, includes money that could be spent on instructional materials.

Read the text of the law
Main Department of Education web page for the stimulus funds
Department of Education Guidance, Fact Sheets, and Application
Track the progress and timeline of the stimulus funds on Recovery.gov

S 968: "The Secondary School Innovation Fund Act"

Read a Summary of the Bill
Search for the full text on thomas.loc.gov

S 1129: “Pathways to College Act”

Read a Summary of the Bill
Search for the full text on thomas.loc.gov

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