Background (What circumstances necessitate Congressional action?/What happened to the Bill in Congress? Did it pass, or die in committee?):
- Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make miscellaneous changes to the Mentoring grant program under title IV that include: (1) to improve schools awareness of mentoring purposes, (2) corporations, universities, and other entities among program providers, (3) requirement that the mentors help the children succeed into successfully adults, (4) suburban children in high crime areas and children living in high gang involvement, drug use, or dropout areas among those most i need of mentoring, (5) no more than three children per mentor, (6) mandatory information on grant applicants about planning for mentoring mentors/mentees matches and the satisfaction of grant matching requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over the three year grant term.
- This bill has not yet been passed but is in the process to be passed. The current status is that it was referred to the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Goal of Action:
2/9/2009- Sponsor introduced remarks on measures (CR E222)
2/9/2009- Referred to the House Committee of Education and Labor
3/23/2009- Referred to the Subcommittee of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
Specifics/Means of Goal:
(1) Improvement of school collectiveness and character among mentoring's purposes, (2) corporations, universities, and other entities among program providers, (3) a requirement that mentors help children become responsible and successfully adults, (4) suburban children in high crime areas and children living in high gang involvement, drug use or drop out areas among those most in need of mentoring, (5) Limitation of each mentor to no more than three children, and (6) Mandatory information on grant applicants about plans for mentoring mentor/mentee matches and the satisfaction of grant match requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over a three year grant term.
Type of Power (Is Congress acting according to an expressed or implied power? If it is implied, what expressed power grants it? - Check the Constitution to figure this out!):
Implied power under the Elastic Clause which allows them to do all the "necessary and proper" things to improve a child's life and education through mentoring.
Analysis (Do you think Congress should do this according to its Constitutional powers?)
Yes, I do think Congress should do this according to its constitutional powers because every child should have the opportunity to succeed in life. Also every child should have access to a form of mentoring to help them be a better person or succeed in life.
4 comments:
I think that this is an important bill that should be passed. I feel that education is one of the most crucial parts of a childs development and is essential for the child to be successful in life, so mentoring and getting help for kids that are struggling in some part of their education would be good.
I also think it is important to pass this bill. Congress has the power to do this and this is a good bill. Kids need a mentor and an education and this bill will help a lot of people!
I also agree in the statement that this will help in success and experiences from different opportunities in life. I think everyone should be allowed a mentor or go to someone for help to improve and better his or her future, meaning his or her education (which is number one on most peoples list). I think congress should pass this.
I think that this bill should be passed because mentoring is such a important thing. We need more mentors to help guide and help younger generations become responsible and self productive.
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