[House Report 108-190]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-190

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2211, READY TO TEACH ACT OF 2003

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July 8, 2003.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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   Mrs. Myrick, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 310]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 310, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2211, the 
Ready to Teach Act of 2003, under a structured rule. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
    The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
this report. The rule provides that the amendments printed in 
this report shall be considered only in the order printed in 
this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in this report.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 155

    Date: July 8, 2003.
    Measure: H.R. 2211--Ready to Teach Act of 2003.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: To grant an open rule.
    Results: Defeated 2-7.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings (WA)--
Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; 
McGovern--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 156

    Date: July 8, 2003.
    Measure: H.R. 2211--Ready to Teach Act of 2003.
    Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
    Summary of motion: To make in order the amendments offered 
by Representatives Baca, Fattah, and Jackson-Lee.
    Results: Defeated 2-7.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings (WA)--
Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; 
McGovern--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

           SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

    1. Gingrey: Adds language to ensure that teachers are able 
to understand scientifically based research and its 
applicability; requires partnership grant applications to 
contain a certification from the partner local educational 
agency stating that it will ``directly benefit'' from the 
proposed grant activities; ensures that partnership grant funds 
are used only to supplement, not supplant, other federal, 
State, and local funds that would otherwise be used for teacher 
preparation activities, and requires States to include average 
raw score data in their reports. (10 minutes)
    2. Millender-McDonald: Partnership Grants. Amends the 
applications used regarding partnerships by requiring the 
following additional information be provided concerning: well-
designed clinical practice to develop effective teaching 
skills; entry-level teaching support in mentored induction 
programs for teachers; and ongoing assessment of teacher 
preparation effectiveness that can be used to improve teacher 
preparation programs. (10 minutes)
    3. Honda: Partnership Grants. Provides for ``Mentoring 
Programs'' under allowable uses for Partnership Grants under 
section 203. Such programs would: establish and implement 
minimum qualifications for mentors; provide training and 
stipends for mentors; provide mentoring programs for teachers 
in their first three years of teaching; provide regular and 
ongoing opportunities for mentors and mentees to observe each 
other's teaching methods in classroom settings during the 
school day; establishes an evaluation and accountability plan 
for activities; report to the Secretary on an annual basis 
regarding the partnership's progress. (10 minutes)
    4. Baca: Allows uses of funds to train teachers to use 
supplemental multilingual computer software to train teachers 
to teach limited English proficient students. (10 minutes)
    5. Meeks: Inserts language that provides grants to 
educational entities that choose to conduct outreach and 
coordination services with inner-city and rural secondary 
schools. This partnership, between education entities and 
inner-city and rural secondary schools, will focus on 
encouraging students in these schools to pursue teaching as a 
career. (10 minutes)

            TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gingrey of Georgia, or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 6, line 25, strike ``(1)'' and insert ``(1)(B)''.
  Page 7, beginning on line 11, strike ``shall, at the time of 
the initial grant application, submit'' and insert ``shall 
submit''.
  Page 8, line 15, after ``qualified,'' insert ``are able to 
understand scientifically based research and its 
applicability,''.
  Page 9, line 10, after ``teach'' insert ``that are''.
  Page 10, line 7, strike ``and experimental''.
  Page 18, line 4, strike ``fairly distributed'' and insert 
``used''.
  Page 18, line 9, strike ``and''.
  Page 18, line 25, strike ``teachers'' and insert ``teachers, 
principals, and superintendents''.
  Page 19, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
and''.
  Page 19, after line 5, insert the following:
          ``(4) contain a certification from the high-need 
        local educational agency included in the partnership 
        that it has reviewed the application and determined 
        that the grant proposed will comply with subsection 
        (f).
  Page 19, line 17, after ``qualified,'' insert ``are able to 
understand scientifically based research and its 
applicability,''.
  Page 24, after line 2, insert the following:
  ``(h) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Funds made available under 
this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 
other Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise be 
expended to carry out the purposes of this section.
  Page 28, beginning on line 19, strike ``serving States''.
  Page 29, line 3, strike ``include'' and insert ``have''.
  Page 29, line 8, strike ``involve the development of'' and 
insert ``have''.
  Page 32, line 22, strike ``receiving'' and insert ``applying 
for''.
  Page 33, beginning on line 3, insert ``,'' after 
``students''.
  Page 36, strike lines 10 through 20 and insert the following:
          ``(5) For students who have completed at least 50 
        percent of the requirements for a teacher preparation 
        program at an institution of higher education or 
        alternative certification program, and who have taken 
        and passed each of the assessments used by the State 
        for teacher certification and licensure, each such 
        institution's and each such program's average raw 
        score, ranked by teacher preparation program, which 
        shall be made available widely and publicly.
  Page 48, line 19, strike ``qualified'' and insert 
``qualified, are able to understand scientifically based 
research,''.
  Page 49, line 21, after ``teacher'' insert ``or principal''.
  Page 50, line 7, strike ``test'' and insert ``and licensure 
assessment''.
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 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Millender-McDonald of 
         California, or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 18, strike line 23.
  Page 19, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert a 
semicolon.
  Page 19, after line 5, insert the following:
                  ``(F) how the partnership will design and 
                implement a clinical program component that 
                includes close supervision of student teachers 
                by faculty of the teacher preparation program 
                at the partner institution and mentor teachers;
                  ``(G) how the partnership will design and 
                implement an induction program to support all 
                new teachers through the first 3 years of 
                teaching that includes mentors who are trained 
                and compensated by the partnership for their 
                work with new teachers; and
                  ``(H) how the partnership will collect, 
                analyze, and use data on the retention of all 
                teachers in schools located in the geographic 
                areas served by the partnership to evaluate the 
                effectiveness of its teacher support system.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Honda of California, or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 23, insert after line 15 the following:
          ``(7) Teacher mentoring.--Establishing or 
        implementing a teacher mentoring program that--
                  ``(A) includes minimum qualifications for 
                mentors;
                  ``(B) provides training and stipends for 
                mentors;
                  ``(C) provides mentoring programs for 
                teachers in their first 3 years of teaching;
                  ``(D) provides regular and ongoing 
                opportunities for mentors and mentees to 
                observe each other's teaching methods in 
                classroom settings during the school day;
                  ``(E) establishes an evaluation and 
                accountability plan for activities conducted 
                under this paragraph that includes rigorous 
                objectives to measure the impact of such 
                activities; and
                  ``(F) provides for a report to the Secretary 
                on an annual basis regarding the partnership's 
                progress in meeting the objectives described in 
                subparagraph (E).
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Baca of California, or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 23, after line 15, insert the following:
          ``(7) Computer software for multilingual education.--
        Training teachers to use computer software for 
        multilingual education to address the needs of limited 
        English proficient students.
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 5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meeks of New York, or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 26, strike lines 8 through 17 and insert the following:
  ``(e) Additional Discretionary Uses of Funds.--In addition to 
the uses described in subsection (d), each eligible applicant 
receiving a grant under this section may use the grant funds--
          ``(1) to develop and implement effective mechanisms 
        to recruit into the teaching profession employees 
        from--
                  ``(A) high-demand industries, including 
                technology industries; and
                  ``(B) the fields of science, mathematics, and 
                engineering; and
          ``(2) to conduct outreach and coordinate with inner 
        city and rural secondary schools to encourage students 
        to pursue teaching as a career.

                                
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