Technology for Teachers Act 2001
Latest action · Jan 24, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S531-532)
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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes a program authorizing the Secretary of Education, through the Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible consortia for developing or redesigning teacher preparation programs to enable prospective teachers to use technology effectively in their classrooms.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2001 to Feb 27, 2001; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Jan 24, 2001 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Jan 24, 2001 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Feb 27, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S531)
- Jan 24, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S531-532)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S531Text printed S531 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | Jan 24, 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. 107-69 | REVIEW OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(c)(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS120 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 14, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prepare tomorrow's teachers to use technology through pre-service and in-service training, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Technology for Teachers Act 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers in education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to libraries
- Federal aid to museums
- Higher education
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Teacher education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2001Introduced in Senate
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.
