3.0.0 3360 2023-08-30T18:15:29Z 2023-08-30T18:15:29Z Senate S 2021-12-09 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-12-09T19:42:57Z EDUCATORS for America Act 117 6205 HR 2021-12-09 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2021-12-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S9096) IntroReferral 2021-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-12-09 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2022-02-16 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2022-03-02 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2022-03-02 False L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2022-03-16 False Education Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education Minority employment Preschool education Rural conditions and development Science and engineering education Special education State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2021-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-30T18:09:23Z EDUCATORS for America Act

This bill provides resources to support the recruitment, retention, and preparation of educators. These resources include, among others, expanding the Teacher Quality Partnership program to include training and professional development opportunities for principals and other school leaders, updating the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program to support underrepresented candidates in educator preparation programs, and revising the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program to raise the maximum amount for TEACH grants.

The bill also directs the Department of Education to carry out a program to provide loan credits to eligible educator borrowers enrolled in income-contingent or income-based repayment plans.

]]> EDUCATORS for America Act Display Title EDUCATORS for America Act Short Title(s) as Introduced EDUCATORS for America Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3360is/xml/BILLS-117s3360is.xml 2021-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S9096) 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.