3.0.0 1422 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z Senate S S 2003-07-17 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-07-17T14:07:04Z TEACH Act of 2003 108 1700 HR 2003-05-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Identical bill CRS Companion bill Senate 2003-07-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9594-9595) IntroReferral 2003-07-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9593-9594) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-07-17 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2003-10-02 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-10-28 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2004-02-12 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2004-03-22 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2004-03-24 False Education Autism Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Disabled Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee training Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Higher education Interest Labor and Employment Ombudsman Paraprofessional school personnel Scholarships Secondary education Special education Student loan funds Teacher education Vocational and technical education Education 00 2003-07-17 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-11T17:36:37Z Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to carry out a student loan forgiveness program of assuming the obligation to repay up to specified amounts of certain loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for borrowers who are employed as full-time special education teachers of children with ASD for three consecutive complete school years. Provides for additional amounts to be repaid at the end of each of the next two additional consecutive years of such employment, up to a total maximum amount.

Amends IDEA to require local educational agencies receiving IDEA assistance to report on autism early intervention activities.

Directs the Secretary: (1) acting through the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to establish and provide administrative support for a task force on ASD; (2) with the Secretary of Labor to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of Federal vocational training programs in providing appropriate assistance to individuals with ASD; and (3) to make grants to each State that establishes and operates at least one State autism ombudsman office.]]>

TEACH Act of 2003 Display Title TEACH Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced TEACH Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced Teacher Education for Autistic Children Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-17T04:00:00Z 2003-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9594-9595) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.