109 HR 5915 IH: Rewarding Student Achievement U.S. House of Representatives 2006-07-27 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5915 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2006 Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require that the Teacher Incentive Fund of the Department of Education and other programs to support merit-based teacher compensation systems award its grant funds to support compensation systems that are based primarily or exclusively on student learning gains or maintenance of high student learning gains, or both.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Rewarding Student Achievement Act.

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Secretary of Education to support merit-based teacher compensation systems that are based primarily or exclusively on student learning gains or maintenance of student learning gains, or both

In making awards to support merit-based teacher compensation systems, under the Teacher Incentive Fund or any other grant program to support merit-based teacher compensation systems using funds available pursuant to subpart 1 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Secretary of Education shall ensure that, for each fiscal year, all of the funds so awarded are awarded to support merit-based compensation systems that are based primarily (at least 50 percent) or exclusively on student learning gains or maintenance of student learning gains, or both.