HR 1036 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor David Wu D-OR

Latest action · Apr 30, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 14, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to help States and local educational agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 additional teachers over a seven-year period in order to: (1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades one through three, to an average of 18 students per classroom; and (2) improve teaching in the early grades so that all students can learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade.

Cosponsors 107

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2001 to Oct 7, 2002; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		May 10, 2001
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 10, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		May 10, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 10, 2001
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		May 10, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		May 10, 2001
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		May 10, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 10, 2001
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		May 10, 2001
D-OK	Brad Carson		May 10, 2001
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		May 10, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		May 10, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		May 10, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price		May 10, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore		May 10, 2001
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 10, 2001
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 10, 2001
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		May 10, 2001
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		May 10, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney		May 10, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 10, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 10, 2001
D-WA	Jay Inslee		May 10, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		May 10, 2001
D-CT	John B. Larson		May 10, 2001
D-GA	John Lewis		May 10, 2001
D-PA	John P. Murtha		May 10, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		May 10, 2001
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Lois Capps		May 10, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 10, 2001
D-CO	Mark Udall		May 10, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		May 10, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		May 10, 2001
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 10, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 10, 2001
D-GU	Robert A. Underwood		May 10, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr		May 10, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		May 10, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		May 10, 2001
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		May 10, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel		May 10, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 10, 2001
D-PA	Tim Holden		May 10, 2001
D-NM	Tom Udall		May 10, 2001
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		May 10, 2001
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		May 25, 2001
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 25, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		May 25, 2001
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		May 25, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		May 25, 2001
D-CA	Gary A. Condit		May 25, 2001
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		May 25, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		May 25, 2001
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		May 25, 2001
D-TN	John S. Tanner		May 25, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		May 25, 2001
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 25, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson		May 25, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson		May 25, 2001
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		May 25, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		May 25, 2001
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		May 25, 2001
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		May 25, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		May 25, 2001
D-WI	Thomas M. Barrett		May 25, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jun 21, 2001
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jun 21, 2001
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jun 21, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jun 21, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		Jun 21, 2001
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jun 21, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jun 21, 2001
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jun 21, 2001
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Jun 21, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jun 21, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Jun 21, 2001
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Jun 21, 2001
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jun 21, 2001
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Oct 7, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Mar 14, 2001
	Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee	Referred Apr 30, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 30, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Mar 14, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

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Mar 14, 2001Introduced in House

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