S. 1565 · 115th Congress
Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017
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This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Strengthen-Our-Schools Grant Program, which shall award competitive, renewable five-year grants to local education agencies to fund:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 13, 2017
Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Strengthen-Our-Schools Grant Program, which shall award competitive, renewable five-year grants to local education agencies to fund:
- teaching residency programs, including distance-learning facilities or infrastructure, mentor teacher incentives, resident salaries, and resident tuition;
- additional credit requirements for a teacher to become licensed in a second subject area or earn an additional qualification that meets a specific need of the school;
- additional credit requirements needed to qualify teachers to teach dual or concurrent enrollment programs; and
- housing supplements or special housing programs to support prospective teachers in high-need districts.
Not less than 10% of available grant funds shall be directed to programs that address teacher shortages in rural school districts.
ED must create a national database of qualified mentor teachers who can provide student-teacher supervision to participants in teacher preparation programs.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017
Latest action (Jul 13, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 13, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.