3.0.0 766 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z Senate S S 2023-03-09 118 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-09T20:12:59Z 2023-03-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2023-03-09 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2023-03-09 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2023-03-09 True W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-03-09 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2023-03-09 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-03-09 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2023-03-09 True F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2023-06-01 False B001320 Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA] Laphonza Butler D CA 2023-12-14 False Education Education 2023-03-30T19:45:14Z

00 2023-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-06T18:52:50Z <p><b>Pay Teachers Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides funding to support education programs and addresses teacher shortages, including by establishing a minimum salary for public elementary and secondary school teachers.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires states to establish a minimum annual salary of at least $60,000 for full-time teachers that increases with experience. It establishes a pathway for eligible states to extend their time line to comply with these requirements.</p> <p>The bill provides specified funds to the Department of Education (ED) for FY2024 and each succeeding year (indexed for inflation) for </p> <ul> <li>federal aid to local educational agencies for the education of disadvantaged children,</li> <li>programs to support rural education,</li> <li>the Impact Aid program,</li> <li>technical assistance to support the equitable distribution of teachers, </li> <li>the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program (and further directs ED to prioritize these grants for programs to address teacher shortages),</li> <li>the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program,</li> <li>personnel development to improve services and results for children with disabilities, </li> <li>the Supporting Effective Educator Development program, and</li> <li>the Teacher and School Leader Incentive program.</li> </ul> <p>Additionally, the bill provides specified funds to the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for FY2024 and each succeeding year (indexed for inflation) for programs and activities operated or funded by the BIE for BIE-funded schools. Entities receiving these funds must ensure that teachers are compensated with at least the minimum annual salary established by the BIE.</p> <p>The bill provides specified funds to ED for FY2024 to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study resource equity requirements.</p>

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