3.0.0 1565 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z Senate S 2017-07-13 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-13T20:59:34Z 2017-07-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Government information and archives Higher education Rural conditions and development School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-04T15:54:32Z Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Strengthen-Our-Schools Grant Program, which shall award competitive, renewable five-year grants to local education agencies to fund:

  • teaching residency programs, including distance-learning facilities or infrastructure, mentor teacher incentives, resident salaries, and resident tuition;
  • additional credit requirements for a teacher to become licensed in a second subject area or earn an additional qualification that meets a specific need of the school;
  • additional credit requirements needed to qualify teachers to teach dual or concurrent enrollment programs; and
  • housing supplements or special housing programs to support prospective teachers in high-need districts.

Not less than 10% of available grant funds shall be directed to programs that address teacher shortages in rural school districts.

ED must create a national database of qualified mentor teachers who can provide student-teacher supervision to participants in teacher preparation programs.

]]> Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017 Display Title Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to support the preparation and retention of outstanding educators in all fields to ensure a bright future for children in under-resourced, under-served communities in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1565is/xml/BILLS-115s1565is.xml 2017-07-13 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.