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Bills About Education Sponsored by Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

Sen. Schatz sponsored 16 bills about education in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Dec. 16, 2020	S.5029	A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and carry out two grant programs to make grants to eligible institutions to plan and implement programs that provide comprehensive support services and resources designed to increase transfer and graduation rates at community colleges, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 5, 2020	S.3397	A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, to enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, and for other purposes.	5	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 25, 2020	S.3328	A bill to award grants to States to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 7, 2019	S.1338	A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.	18	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 9, 2019	S.1074	A bill to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 28, 2019	S.943	A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide capacity-building assistance to institutions of higher education to examine and address inequities in college student access and success, and for other purposes.	6	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 6, 2019	S.672	A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes.	9	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 19, 2018	S.3783	A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and carry out a grant program to make grants to eligible institutions to plan and implement programs that provide comprehensive support services and resources designed to increase transfer and graduation rates at community colleges, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct. 11, 2018	S.3589	A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and to enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 12, 2018	S.3435	A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.	13	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 22, 2018	S.2598	A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education as in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes.	9	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 13, 2018	S.2423	A bill to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes.	17	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 29, 2016	S.3122	A bill to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes.	9	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 4, 2015	S.1505	A bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 22, 2015	S.1050	A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 21, 2015	S.RES.143	A resolution supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education.	23	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2306)

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