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        <fullName>Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Educators Achieving Reciprocity Now (E.A.R.N.) Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of such Act to consider a teacher to be highly qualified with respect to an academic subject if the teacher: (1) is or was considered highly qualified in such academic subject in at least one other state; and (2) has been teaching for at least five years in a public or private school.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend section 1119 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each State educational agency receiving assistance under part A of title I of such Act to consider a teacher highly qualified if the teacher is (or was) highly qualified in at least 1 other State and has at least 5 years of teaching experience.</title>
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