3.0.0 441 2020-02-10T17:00:08Z 2020-02-10T17:00:08Z Senate S S 2013-03-04 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-03-04T21:54:13Z 2013-03-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2013-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2013-09-18 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Performance measurement Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2013-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-24T21:37:57Z Professional Development for Educators Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states and, through them, award or allot subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide professional development to educators.

Makes each state's allotment equivalent to its share of school improvement funds under part A of title I of the ESEA.

Requires states to use a portion of their allotment to:

  • establish the criteria for quality professional development activities, which must include the requirement that those activities are regularly assessed on the basis of their impact on teacher effectiveness and student achievement;
  • design and implement methods for evaluating quality professional development activities;
  • make recommendations for improving those activities;
  • design and maintain an electronic, searchable, statewide registry of quality professional development activities;
  • hire regional professional development coordinators to work as liaisons between the state and LEAs regarding those activities;
  • evaluate professional development activities; and
  • submit annual reports to the Secretary regarding the progress they make under the grant program.

Requires LEAs to use their subgrants to: (1) inform their states of quality professional development activities that are available for inclusion in the statewide registry; and (2) dedicate at least 25% of each subgrant to quality professional development activities that involve science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and career and technical education.

]]> Professional Development for Educators Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Professional Development for Educators Act of 2013 Display Title Professional Development for Educators Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to provide professional development activities for educators, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s441is/xml/BILLS-113s441is.xml 2013-03-04 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.