Senate Bill 1565
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Supporting Future Educators Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jul 13, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1565
Congress
115
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
July 13, 2017
07/13/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
07/13/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:37:06 PM