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H.R. 1995: Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2011

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H.R. 1995: Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-25 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2011

Plain summary

Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Office of Specialized Instructional Support within the Department of Education to improve specialized instructional support services in schools. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Reduced Barriers to Learning program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to: (1) establish or expand specialized instructional support services and programs at the state level that are designed to provide technical assistance, coordination, and support to specialized instructional support services and programs addressing barriers to learning within local educational agencies and individual schools; and (2) hire and support specialized instructional support services coordinators to provide such assistance, coordination, and support. Replaces references to pupil services and pupil services personnel with references to specialized instructional support services and specialized instructional support personnel. Defines such services as those provided by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals that provide assessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other necessary services as part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.

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Official text

Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] · 13 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Courtney (D-CT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), André Carson (D-IN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1995 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112