Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 17, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and 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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007 - Revises and establishes programs relating to recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish: (1) teacher education assistance for college and higher education (TEACH ) grants for undergraduate and graduate students who agree to serve as teachers in high-need schools and fields; and (2) grants to recruit teachers with mathematics, science, or language majors.
Extends the authorization of appropriations for HEA teacher quality enhancement grants for states and partnerships.
Revises HEA student loan forgiveness requirements to: (1) extend permanently additional amounts for teachers in mathematics, science, or special education provided by the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004; (2) increase other amounts, making reading specialists eligible for such forgiveness; and (3) apply forgiveness in annual increments rather than in a lump sum at end of service.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish grant programs to improve teaching at high-need schools.
Requires states to provide assurances of their reasonable progress toward equitable access to teacher quality as a condition of assistance under ESEA.
Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act to direct the Statistics Commissioner to publish results of certain schools and staffing surveys.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income up to $15,000 for compensation of teachers and principals in certain high-need schools or teaching certain high-need subjects; and (2) increase to a maximum of $500 and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary schoolteachers.
Cosponsors 60
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2007 to Nov 8, 2007; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | May 23, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Ralph Regula | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Oct 3, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Nov 8, 2007 |
Committees 2
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 May 8, 2007 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2007 | |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 8, 2007 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred May 15, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- May 15, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
- May 8, 2007Introduced in House
- May 8, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E987-988)
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 E987 | George Miller D-CA | May 8, 2007 |
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. 110-39 | PREPARING TEACHERS FOR THE CLASSROOM: THE ROLE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND78 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | May 17, 2007 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1339 | Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 8, 2007 |
| HR 3983 | Classroom Readiness Tax Relief Act of 2007 | Related bill | Oct 29, 2007 |
Titles 2
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, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Authorization
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational statistics
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Language and languages
- Mathematics
- Reading
- Scholarships
- School administration
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Student loan funds
- Tax deductions
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Teacher education
- Teacher salaries
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teachers
- Teaching
- Teaching materials
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2007Introduced 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.
