3.0.0 3710 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-20 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-20T22:42:02Z Teacher Centers Act of 2006 109 5833 HR 2006-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2006-07-20 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 S8069-8070) IntroReferral 2006-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8068-8069) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N Education Community and school Continuing education Curricula Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational research Educational technology Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Higher education Illiteracy Labor and Employment Literacy programs Mathematics Mentoring Paraprofessional school personnel Recruiting of employees School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Special education Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Teachers Teaching Education 00 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-30T19:55:27Z Teacher Center Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortiums of LEAs for the establishment and operation of new teacher centers or the support of existing centers. Requires that special consideration be given to high-need LEAs that serve a specified number or percentage of poor children and face difficulties in recruiting highly qualified teachers.

Requires teacher centers established or supported with such funds to provide: (1) high-quality professional development to teachers that will enable them to help students improve their achievement and meet state academic standards; (2) teachers with information on developments in curricula, assessments, and educational research; and (3) training and support for new teachers. Lists other permissible uses of such funds by teacher centers. Conditions a center's receipt of such assistance on its operation under the supervision of a teacher center policy board, the majority of whose members must be representatives of, and selected by, the elementary and secondary school teachers to be served by the center.

]]> Teacher Center Act of 2006 Display Title Teacher Center Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Teacher Center Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3710is/xml/BILLS-109s3710is.xml 2006-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8069-8070) 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.