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S. 4783 — To establish a program to recognize elementary schools and secondary schools that have implemented a policy to prohibit smartphone use by students during instructional hours and a program to recognize local educational agencies and State educational agencies that serve such schools.
July 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,274
S. 4783 aims to create a program to recognize schools that have a policy prohibiting smartphone use by students during classroom hours. The program would also acknowledge local and state educational agencies that support such schools. Schools can receive awards by applying...
Simple Explanation
The bill is about giving special recognition to schools that don't allow kids to use smartphones during class to help them focus better. It also plans to recognize groups that support these schools and aims to keep this going for ten years.
H. R. 4259 — An Act To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require notification with respect to individualized education program teams, and for other purposes.
September 24, 2024
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:118
Words:277
H. R. 4259, also known as the “Think Differently about Education Act of 2023,” aims to modify the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It mandates that schools notify parents ahead of time about their right to include additional knowledgeable or expert individuals in...
Simple Explanation
The Think Differently about Education Act of 2023 wants schools to tell parents early on that they can bring smart or helpful people to meetings about their child's special learning plan. This is to make sure everyone important can help make the best choices for the child's education.
H. RES. 1548 — Expressing support for the designation of October 2024 as National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month.
October 22, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:228
H. RES. 1548 expresses support for recognizing October 2024 as National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month. The resolution emphasizes the importance of understanding learning disabilities, which affect a significant number of students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act....
Simple Explanation
This bill wants everyone to pay more attention to kids who learn differently by naming October 2024 as a special month to understand and help them better in school. It also asks schools to make sure these kids get the help they need to learn well, just like everyone else.
S. 4041 — To support local educational agencies in addressing the student mental health crisis.
March 21, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:6,093
S. 4041 aims to address the student mental health crisis by expanding and diversifying school-based mental health services. The bill establishes grants for educational institutions to create partnerships with local schools, increasing the number of qualified mental health...
Simple Explanation
The bill is like a big plan to help schools have more helpers for kids' feelings, so they can feel better and learn better. It gives schools money to hire more of these special helpers, especially in places that really need them.
S. 3525 — To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain a peer-to-peer support line to provide emotional support, information, brief intervention, and mental health resources to youth who are experiencing stress or who are at risk of, or affected by, mental health disorders, and to establish a grant program for local educational agencies to employ school-based mental health coordinators.
December 14, 2023
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,456
S. 3525, known as the “Supporting All Students Act,” aims to improve mental health support for young people. It requires the Health and Human Services Secretary to maintain a 24/7 youth peer-to-peer support line, part of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, to provide...
Simple Explanation
S. 3525 is a plan to help kids who feel sad or stressed by making a special phone line where they can talk to someone who understands and cares, and it also helps schools have more helpers to support kids' feelings.
H. RES. 1467 — Expressing support for the recognition of October 2024 as National Dyslexia Awareness Month.
September 18, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:163
H. RES. 1467 is a resolution submitted in the House of Representatives expressing support for recognizing October 2024 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month." Dyslexia is identified as a significant learning disability that affects reading and phonological processing. The...
Simple Explanation
In October 2024, they want everyone to know more about dyslexia, which is when some kids have a hard time with reading. This plan asks schools and everyone else to help by understanding and talking about it more, but it doesn't tell them exactly how to do it or if there will be any money to help out.
S. 4523 — To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand community eligibility, and for other purposes.
June 12, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:289
S. 4523 aims to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make it easier for schools to be eligible for community-based meal programs. The bill proposes to lower the eligibility threshold to 25 percent, starting from the 2024 school year, allowing more schools...
Simple Explanation
S. 4523 is a bill that tries to make it easier for schools to give free meals to their students by changing a rule, so more schools can join these meal programs. But, it doesn't explain why this change is needed, how it affects the budget, or if it’s fair for all schools.
S. 3953 — To make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or consortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of increasing the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools and secondary schools.
March 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,942
S. 3953, known as the "Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act" or the "NURSE Act," aims to provide grants to local educational agencies to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools across the United States. The bill highlights...
Simple Explanation
The NURSE Act is a plan to give money to schools so they can hire more nurses to help take care of kids, especially in schools that don't have enough nurses. This will make sure kids stay healthy so they can do better in school.
H. R. 7108 — To support States and high-need local educational agencies in increasing the number of mental health services providers in schools.
January 29, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:2,154
H.R. 7108, known as the “Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools Act of 2024,” aims to increase the number of mental health professionals available in schools across the United States. The bill proposes establishing a grant program to help states and high-need...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7108 wants to help more people who help kids feel better in school, especially in places where they really need it. It plans to give states and schools money to hire these helpers and make schools more friendly and welcoming.
S. RES. 849 — Calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and designating October 2024 as National Dyslexia Awareness Month.
September 24, 2024
Status:Agreed to Senate
Congress:118
Words:200
S. RES. 849 is a resolution encouraging Congress, schools, and educational agencies to acknowledge the educational challenges posed by dyslexia. It highlights the importance of addressing these issues and officially designates October 2024 as "National Dyslexia Awareness...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants Congress, schools, and others to know that people with dyslexia learn differently, and it declares October 2024 as a special month to learn more about it. It says people with dyslexia can be great at some things even if reading is hard for them.

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