Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2001
Latest action · Apr 5, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Extends program eligibility to any borrower by eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate.
Expands eligible teaching locations and subjects.
Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits.
Increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Nov 12, 2002; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-TX | Ken Bentsen | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Feb 26, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Feb 26, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Feb 26, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Feb 26, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-TN | Bob Clement | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Lynn N. Rivers | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 14, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Mar 14, 2001 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 19, 2001 | |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Mar 19, 2001 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| D-CT | James H. Maloney | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-ME | John Elias Baldacci | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Apr 4, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-OK | Brad Carson | May 10, 2001 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | May 10, 2001 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | May 17, 2001 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Jun 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 13, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 13, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jun 13, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 10, 2001 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jul 18, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Nov 12, 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 Feb 14, 2001 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E177-178)
- Feb 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E177 | Dennis Moore D-KS | Feb 14, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-8 | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2002 BUDGET PRIORITIES76 pages | Budget Committee | Mar 13, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Bilingual education
- Collection of accounts
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Language and languages
- Mathematics
- Minorities
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Special education
- Student loan funds
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
