H.R. 4471 · 114th Congress
Educator Preparation Reform Act
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This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add as purposes of teacher quality partnership grants: (1) recruiting profession ready individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, as teachers, principals, and other educators; and (2) meeting the staffing needs of high-need local education agencies and high-need schools…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 4, 2016
Educator Preparation Reform Act
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add as purposes of teacher quality partnership grants: (1) recruiting profession ready individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, as teachers, principals, and other educators; and (2) meeting the staffing needs of high-need local education agencies and high-need schools through close partnerships with educator preparation programs within institutions of higher education.
An eligible partnership that receives a partnership grant shall use grant funds to carry out a program for the pre-baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate preparation of teachers, a teaching residency program (as in current law) or a principal residency program, or a combination of such programs.
An eligible partnership carrying out a principal residency program must perform specified activities for high-need schools.
The bill revises requirements for teacher residency programs and prescribes requirements for the establishment of principal residency programs.
An eligible partnership that receives a partnership grant may carry out, instead of a leadership development program, effective educator development programs for other educators besides teachers and principals.
The bill revises requirements for state reporting on the quality of teacher preparation.
As a condition for receiving funds under this Act or under title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a state must conduct an assessment to identify at-risk (as well as low-performing) teacher preparation programs.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Educator Preparation Reform Act
Latest action (Mar 23, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 4, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.