[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1313 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1313

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so that any 
 local educational agency receiving funding under part A of title I of 
such Act or public charter school is eligible for a Troops to Teachers 
                              participant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2009

 Mr. Petri (for himself and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so that any 
 local educational agency receiving funding under part A of title I of 
such Act or public charter school is eligible for a Troops to Teachers 
                              participant.

    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 ``Troops to Teachers Improvement Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER TROOPS 
              TO TEACHERS PROGRAM.

    Section 2304(a)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6674(a)(B)) is amended by striking ``high-need local 
educational agency or public charter school, as such terms are defined 
in section 2101'' and inserting ``local educational agency receiving 
funding under part A of title I or public charter school (as such term 
is defined in section 2102)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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