H.R. 525 · 118th Congress
Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2023
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jan Schakowsky
- Introduced
- 2023-01-25
- Latest action
- 2023-01-25 · Introduced in House
Summary
Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to high-need local educational agencies, high-need schools, and local governments to establish, expand, or support school-based mentoring programs that assist at-risk students in developing cognitive skills and promoting social-emotional learning to prepare them for success in high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce.
Additionally, the bill directs the Institute of Education Sciences to conduct a study to identify successful school-based mentoring programs and evaluate the effectiveness of the grant program established by this bill.