Vitter: Determine the True Cost of Illegals in Louisiana Schools
(Washington, D.C.) - Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today sent a letter to John White, Louisiana Superintendent of Education, regarding the economic and educational impacts of the unaccompanied alien children (UACs) residing in Louisiana. The annual cost to educate UACs in Louisiana was estimated to reach nearly $7 million for the 2014-2015 school year.
Read MoreVitter Common Core Opt-Out Legislation Included in Senate Education Bill
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today announced that his legislation to prohibit the federal government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing states to adopt specific academic standards, including the Common Core standards, curriculum or assessments, will be included in the education legislation, the Every Child Achieves Act, which reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, being considered now in the Senate.
Read MoreVitter Introduces Student Privacy Protection Act
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today introduced the Student Privacy Protection Act, which would ensure that parents and students retain control of education records. Vitter’s legislation protects student privacy by implementing new guidelines for schools and educational agencies that release education records to third parties. It would also extend privacy protections to homeschooled students.
Read MoreVitter Congratulates Louisiana Children’s Museum for Receiving 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today congratulated the Louisiana Children's Museum of New Orleans for being awarded the 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Read MoreVitter, Baldwin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect American Inventors, University Researchers
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to restore the effective one-year protection, known as the “grace period,” for inventors who publicly disclose discoveries prior to filing a patent application on those discoveries. Their legislation, the Grace Period Restoration Act, corrects an unintended oversight in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA).
Read MoreVitter Works to Help Expand Louisiana Preschools
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) joined nineteen Senators in pushing support for Preschool Development Grants in the Senate 2016 appropriations bills. Preschool Development Grants, which allow states to create or expand preschool programs, are awarded for four years; however, they are currently funded for only two years. The Senators are asking the heads of the Senate Appropriations Committee to carry out these grants for the full four years awarded. Louisiana was awarded a Preschool Development Grant last December.
Read MoreSenate Passes Vitter’s Opt Out of Common Core Budget Amendment
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today announced that the Senate has passed his amendment prohibiting the federal government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing states to adopt specific academic standards, including the Common Core standards, curriculum or assessments, as part of the budget. Vitter’s legislation, the Local Control of Education Act, would also allow states that choose to opt out of Common Core after adoption to remain eligible for Race to the Top funding and waivers from No Child Left Behind.
Read MoreVitter Budget Amendment Allows States to Opt Out of Common Core Without Federal Penalty
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today introduced his legislation, the Local Control of Education Act, as an amendment to the budget bill before the Senate. Vitter’s legislation, which he reintroduced in January, would prohibit the federal government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing states to adopt specific academic standards, including the Common Core standards, curriculum or assessments.
Read MoreVitter Discusses Sanctions Against Iran, Iranian Nuclear Students with Fox News
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Vitter: State Dept. Reinterprets Law, Allows Iranians to Study Nuclear Engineering at U.S. Universities
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is questioning the U.S. Department of State on a policy allowing and encouraging Iranian students to study nuclear engineering at American universities while the U.S. still has economic sanctions on Iran pending a nuclear agreement. Vitter says the State Department has changed its position on allowing student visas and wants answers.
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