Improving Teacher Diversity Act
Latest action · Jan 15, 2008 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.
- IntroducedNov 1, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Teacher Diversity Act - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to certain minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs), or partnerships between such IHEs and other IHEs, to establish centers of excellence for teacher education.
Requires the use of such grants to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified by: (1) reforming teacher preparation programs so that teachers are able to understand scientifically-based research and use advanced technology effectively in the classroom; (2) providing preservice clinical experience and mentoring to prospective teachers, and increased interaction between IHE faculty and new and experienced elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators; (3) implementing initiatives to promote the retention of highly qualified teachers and principals; (4) awarding need-based scholarships for students in teacher preparation programs; (5) disseminating information on effective teacher preparation practices; and (6) conducting certain other activities authorized under title II.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 1, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Nov 1, 2007 |
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 Nov 1, 2007 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jan 15, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- Nov 1, 2007Introduced in House
- Nov 1, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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. 110-83 | AMERICA'S BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: MODELS OF EXCELLENCE61 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Mar 13, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To award competitive grants to minority serving institutions to establish centers of excellence for teacher education.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Improving Teacher Diversity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Alaska
- Black colleges
- College costs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational innovations
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Hawaiians
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Indian education
- Indigenous peoples
- Information services
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Native Americans
- Scholarships
- School administration
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Teacher education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 1, 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.
