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Search Results: keywords:"education legislation"

H. R. 8759 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain payments made by public service employees to qualify for public service repayment, and for other purposes.
June 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:494
H. R. 8759, known as the “Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2024,” seeks to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand opportunities for public service employees to have their student loans forgiven. Specifically, the bill allows the first 60 monthly payments made under...
Simple Explanation
Imagine if you work in a job that helps people, like being a teacher or a firefighter. This bill wants to make it easier for those helpers to get some of their school loan money erased if they keep making payments. It's like getting a prize for doing nice work!
H. R. 8269 — To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to allow recruiters to access the secondary schools served by the local educational agency for recruiting activities, and for other purposes.
May 07, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:492
H.R. 8269 proposes amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. It aims to ensure that local educational agencies allow military recruiters the same access to secondary school campuses as is granted to other employers, colleges, or recruiters, for the...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8269 is a proposed rule that wants schools to let military recruiters come in, just like other job or college people, to talk to older students about joining the military. It also says that someone has to check each year to make sure schools are following this rule.
H. RES. 1601 — Expressing support for the designation of November 8, 2024, as National First-Generation College Celebration Day.
November 26, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:212
H. RES. 1601 is a resolution expressing support for designating November 8, 2024, as "National First-Generation College Celebration Day." The resolution recognizes the significance of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in promoting access to higher education for...
Simple Explanation
H. RES. 1601 wants people to celebrate and recognize first-generation college students on November 8, 2024, for all their hard work and for being the first in their families to go to college, with a special shoutout to the programs that help them succeed.
H. R. 8242 — To establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education shall be ineligible for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of certain Federal student loans.
May 02, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:557
H.R. 8242, titled the “No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act,” proposes that individuals convicted of crimes related to their conduct during protests at colleges or universities will not be eligible for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of specific federal...
Simple Explanation
If a person breaks any rules during a protest at a college, they won't be allowed to have certain types of student loans forgiven or canceled.
H. R. 8254 — To direct the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to develop a curriculum for the study of modern-day antisemitism surrounding Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel for use in secondary schools, and for other purposes.
May 06, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:719
The proposed bill, H.R. 8254, instructs the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to create a curriculum about modern-day antisemitism related to the events of October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched terrorist attacks against Israel. This curriculum is intended...
Simple Explanation
The bill tells someone in charge of a museum about the Holocaust to make a lesson plan for schools about how people may have used mean ideas about Jewish people in a bad thing that happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. They also need to tell Congress what they made and follow some rules about it.

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