3.0.0 1567 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z Senate S S 2011-09-15 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-15T22:52:02Z Empowering Local Educational Decisionmaking Act of 2011 112 1569 S 2011-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2011-09-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-09-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5641-5646) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2011-09-15 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2011-09-15 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-09-15 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2011-09-15 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2011-10-11 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Indian social and development programs Licensing and registrations Performance measurement School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula Wages and earnings Education 00 2011-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-13T20:48:53Z Teacher and Principal Improvement Act - Creates a new title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) consisting of a part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruitment Fund) and part B (Teacher Incentive Fund).

Moves teacher liability and internet safety provisions to title IX of the ESEA.

Authorize appropriations for title II through FY2016. Reserves at least 20% of such funding for the part B program, after the Secretary of Education reserves funds for certain national activities under part A.

Allocates part A grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) pursuant to a formula that apportions: (1) 20% of the funding to states and LEAs on the basis of their share of students aged 5-17 on the national and state level, respectively; and (2) 80% of such funding on the basis of their share of impoverished students in that age group.

Requires states to use 98.5% of those funds for subgrants to LEAs, with the remainder being used for specified state activities.

Lists the projects which the subgrants may fund, including: (1) teacher and principal recruitment, training, and retention efforts; (2) teacher and principal evaluation systems that are based in significant part on student achievement; (3) model instructional programs in the core academic subjects; and (4) measures that improve students' access to school library materials, postsecondary level coursework, and extended learning opportunities.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to part A grantees and subgrantees, (2) evaluate part A activities, and (3) award competitive matching grants to national nonprofit organizations for teacher or principal training programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive matching grants under part B to states, LEAs, or partnerships between those entities and profit or nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, improve, or expand, performance-based compensation systems for teachers and principals.

Favors grant applicants that focus on teachers and principals serving in high-need schools.

Directs the Secretary to arrange for an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of part B programs.

]]> Teacher and Principal Improvement Act Display Title Teacher and Principal Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Teacher and Principal Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2011-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1567is/xml/BILLS-112s1567is.xml 2011-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.