[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2896 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2896

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
           establish a volunteer teacher advisory committee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2007

 Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself and Mr. Terry) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
           establish a volunteer teacher advisory committee.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teachers at the Table Act''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTEER TEACHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended in the matter preceding part A by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1005. VOLUNTEER TEACHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an advisory 
committee, to be known as the Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee. The 
duty of the committee shall be to monitor the effects of this Act, on 
the ground, in classrooms, with a focus on children and families.
    ``(b) Members.--The membership of the committee required by 
subsection (a) shall consist of public school classroom teachers 
appointed by the Secretary from within the National State Teachers of 
the Year organization (NSTOY). The members shall represent diverse and 
multiple geographic, grade level, and specialty areas. The membership 
shall consist, at the discretion of the Secretary, of either--
            ``(1) a number of members not more than 15 and not fewer 
        than 10; or
            ``(2) one member from each State.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--The committee required by subsection (a) 
shall submit to Congress and the Secretary--
            ``(1) on an annual basis, a report on the monitoring 
        carried out under subsection (a); and
            ``(2) on a quarterly basis, updates on that monitoring.''.
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