Community College Teacher Preparation Enhancement Act of 2004
Latest action · Mar 2, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 2, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community College Teacher Preparation Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a teacher training enhancement program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to eligible entities for teacher training or preparation.
Includes among eligible entities: (1) statewide boards with jurisdiction over community colleges and four-year institutions of higher education (IHEs); (2) partnerships between statewide boards with jurisdiction over community colleges and statewide boards with jurisdiction over four-year IHEs; (3) partnerships between community colleges and four-year IHEs; or (4) community colleges offering teacher preparation programs that provide all, or a significant portion of, teacher training, postbaccalaureate certification, and professional development.
Gives priority to proposals for using grants for: (1) teacher preparation in geographic areas with shortages of highly qualified teachers; (2) preparing teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 subject content areas that have a shortage of highly qualified teachers; (3) innovative programs to address teacher training or teacher preparation; (4) outreach into secondary schools; or (5) plans to disseminate information. Requires grantees to use grant funds for at least one of specified mandatory uses. Sets forth permissive uses of grants.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Mar 2, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Mar 2, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2002-2003)
- Mar 2, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 S2002 | Olympia J. Snowe R-ME | Mar 2, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to enhance teacher training programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Community College Teacher Preparation Enhancement Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Colleges
- Community and school
- Community colleges
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Curricula
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Paraprofessional school personnel
- Secondary education
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2004Introduced in Senate
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