National Principal Recruitment Act
Latest action · Nov 19, 2008 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.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Principal Recruitment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a National Principal Recruitment program awarding matching grants to up to three partnerships each of which consist of a nonprofit organization working with a research organization and local educational agencies to: (1) recruit new principals for high-need schools and provide them with a year-long preservice residency and ongoing support and professional development; and (2) rigorously research, evaluate, and report on such activities so that successful practices can be replicated and each grantee's success in improving student academic performance can be measured.
Increases a grant by 50% after the third full school year of its implementation if: (1) such research and evaluation demonstrates that students in high-need schools led, for at least two years, by principals recruited, trained, and supported by the grantee are making greater academic gains than comparable students elsewhere; and (2) the grantee has the capacity to scale up its services.
Terminates a grant by the end of the fourth year of its implementation if the students in high-need schools led, for at least two years, by such principals are not making greater academic gains than comparable students elsewhere.
Defines "high-need schools" as public elementary or secondary schools where at least 40% of the students receive a free or reduced price lunch under the school lunch program.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Nov 19, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Nov 19, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10670-10671)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Community and school
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational research
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Higher education
- Nonprofit organizations
- Parent-school relationships
- Performance measurement
- Recruiting and enlistment
- School administration
- School personnel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2008Introduced in Senate
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