Teaching Excellence in America's Classrooms and Homerooms Act (TEACH)
Latest action · Feb 6, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1084-1085)
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 6, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income any financial benefit, including incentive payment, received solely by reason of the successful completion by an eligible teacher of the requirements for NB advanced certification; and (2) make a two-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions inapplicable to qualified NB advanced certification expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2001 to Mar 12, 2001; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Feb 6, 2001 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Mar 12, 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 Feb 6, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Feb 6, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1083-1084, S1085)
- Feb 6, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1084-1085)
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 S1083Text printed S1084 | Max Cleland D-GA (text) | Feb 6, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for teaching excellence in America's classrooms and homerooms.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Teaching Excellence in America's Classrooms and Homerooms Act (TEACH)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disabled students
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Elementary and secondary education
- English language
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Gifted children
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Law
- Licenses
- Personal income tax
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Tax deductions
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Teacher education
- Teachers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 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.
