• H CON RES 85- FY 2010 HOUSE BUDGET RESOLUTION - Funding for early learning, pre-K-12 public education programs, and post-secondary education purposes * S CON RES 13 - FY 2010 SENATE BUDGET RESOLUTION - Funding for early learning, pre-K-12 public education programs, and post-secondary education purposes. * HR 3293 - HOUSE FY 2010 LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS To provide federal funding for pre-K-12 schools, colleges and job training programs to improve student achievement, educator professional development, differentiated learning and quality of diverse instructional content, resources and materials * Senate Report 111-66 - SENATE FY 2010 LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS To provide federal funding for pre-K-12 schools, colleges, and job training programs to improve student achievement, educator professional development, differentiated learning and quality of diverse instructional content, resources and materials PREPARATION FOR FY 2010 TAX EXTENDERS' BILL - To extend and strengthen a provison included in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which allows an above-the-line tax deduction for elementary and secondary school teachers who meet eligibility criteria, for purchase of school classroom supplies and materials paid for with their own unreimbursed personal funds
• HR 1405 - TO PROVIDE HEAD START TEACHERS A TAX DEDUCTION FOR PERSONAL PURCHASE OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to allow Head Start teachers to receive the same above-the-line tax deduction that elementary and secondary school teachers now receive, for purchase of school classroom supplies and materials paid for with unreimbursed personal funds * ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION PREPARATION - Preparation for the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on issues that relate especially to instructional content, delivery of instruction through use of online, print, and other diverse materials to enhance and supplement pre-K-12 teaching and learning for students and educators through differentiated learning opportunities and resources in content areas aligned to academic standards * S 2740: LITERACY FOR ALL, RESULTS FOR THE NATION ACT (LEARN ACT) - To establish and implement a new competitive grants program for States that provides opportunities for comprehensive learning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12, and allows local school districts to receive subgrants and technical assistance for such literacy improvement, especially for low-income children and students who read and write below grade level
• ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION PREPARATION - Preparation for the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on issues that relate to differentiated learning opportunities through technology assisted instruction, diverse modern instructional media, materials, professional development, and online teaching and learning resources for pre-K-12 students and educators, aligned to academic standards

Duration: December 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education, Telecommunications

Spending: about $36,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Education - Dept of