3.0.0 2496 2023-01-11T13:15:24Z 2023-01-11T13:15:24Z Senate S S 2007-12-18 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-18T16:52:29Z 2007-12-18 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 S15915-15916) IntroReferral 2007-12-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15914-15915) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N Education Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Interstate relations Law Licenses Rating of teachers Secondary education Standards State laws Teachers Teaching Education

00 2007-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-19T14:58:05Z Enhancing Teaching Standards and License Portability Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award a competitive grant to a partnership between an organization representing state educational agency administrators and one or more independent professional organizations that have teacher preparation, licensure, and assessment expertise to: (1) enhance kindergarten through grade 12 teaching standards; (2) develop performance-based teaching assessments that are linked to such standards and can be used for licensing; and (3) provide technical assistance and matching subgrants to states to adopt such teaching standards and assessments, align their licensing systems to such standards, and facilitate teacher license portability across the states.

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