3.0.0 769 2023-01-11T19:46:45Z 2023-01-11T19:46:45Z Senate S S 2007-03-06 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-06T18:54:41Z Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 110 711 HR 2007-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-06 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 S2707) IntroReferral 2007-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2706-2707) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2007-03-06 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-03-06 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2007-03-06 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-04-11 False Education Armed Forces and National Security Charter schools Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Higher education Labor and Employment Law Licenses Retired military personnel Scholarships Secondary education Social Welfare Student loan funds Teacher education Veterans' employment Education 00 2007-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T20:02:36Z Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect to the Troops-to-Teachers program (which provides armed forces veterans with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in a high-need local educational agency (LEA) or public charter school).

Allows a program participant, if a high-need LEA or public charter school is not located within 50 miles of his or her residence, to teach within an LEA or at a public charter school: (1) experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers, especially in science, mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical education; or (2) receiving grant funds because of concentrations of children from low-income families.

]]> Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that participants in the Troops to Teachers program may teach at a range of eligible schools. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s769is/xml/BILLS-110s769is.xml 2007-03-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2707) 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.