Education
Congressman Gonzalez firmly believes that children are the future and that all children deserve a quality education from nursery school to college and beyond.
He works to ensure that South Texas K-12 schools receive proper funding to equip teachers and prepare young people for the challenges they may face in the classroom and beyond.
Congressman Gonzalez is a strong supporter of Head Start, Title I, GEAR-UP, Pell Grant, and other programs that support early childhood, secondary, and post-secondary education that enable children from all backgrounds to graduate from high school prepared for college and fulfill their academic potential.
Congressman Gonzalez realizes that while invaluable, a top-notch education can come at a high price. He is a staunch supporter of efforts to reduce student loan debt and make college more accessible and affordable.
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the U.S. Department of Education awarded $2,636,705 to IDEA Public Schools under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR)– Early-Phase Program. The grant will be used to implement the Mathways to STEM Success program which will promote STEM education and serve more the 43,000 high-need students in grades 6 through 12.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $24,875 in federal funding for the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The grant will help fund the Biochar-Geomedia Water Filter project that will create a low-cost prototype water filter to treat lead and other chemicals in drinking water.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was awarded $475,000 through the U.S. Department of Education for the High School Equivalency Program. This program is designed to help 100 migrant and seasonal farmworkers receive a secondary school diploma.
The High School Equivalency Program also helps migrant students find placement in an institution of higher education or other postsecondary education or training.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced $2,125,000 in federal funds were awarded to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) through the Department of Education's College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). This grant will allow UTRGV to recruit, identify, and select 70 students from Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy Counties who are engaged, or whose parents are engaged, in migrant and other seasonal farm work, to participate in CAMP.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was awarded $374,998 in federal grant funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF grant will support Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave-Observatory (LIGO) instrumentation and data analysis.
This grant will additionally provide funding for new gravitational wave detection techniques and experimental innovations to enhance the probability of discovering new gravitational waves sources.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $ 11,851,533 in final Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the 15th District of Texas. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals in June 2019.
Title I funding provides for the expansion and development of educational programs that are fair and equal. These funds also support schools in the creation of opportunities for student success.
WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced a $149,985 grant awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) for their Agroecology Professional Development Institute (APDI).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $99,673,712 in final totals for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the Rio Grande Valley. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals earlier this month.
Title I funding assists schools in their efforts to provide students with fair, equal, and significant opportunities to obtain a high-quality education and reach state academic achievement standards and academic assessment goals.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced that the 15th District of Texas was awarded $243,890 in AmeriCorps funding. The OneStar Foundation, Texas's National Service Commission, announced ChildFund International USA as the recipient of the grants.
"I am pleased that AmeriCorps has made such investment in the 15th District," said Congressman Gonzalez. "Programs like AmeriCorps strengthen our community by educating our youth and providing opportunities for people to make a difference."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to his support of an amendment to H.R. 1 that would lower the mandatory minimum voting age from 18-years-old to 16-years-old in federal elections.