Rural Teacher Retention Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 14, 2007 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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Teacher Retention Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a five-year pilot program awarding competitive grants to no more than 10 states to enable them to award salary bonuses to highly qualified teachers or highly qualified special education teachers who teach, or commit to teach, for at least three academic years, in an elementary or secondary school served by the same rural local educational agency (LEA), including one that serves a high number or percentage of children who are Native Hawaiian.
Awards such grants on the basis of the needs of a state's rural LEAs for recruiting and retaining such teachers. Requires that, in determining such needs, the Secretary consider: (1) a rural LEA's eligibility for assistance under part B (Rural Education Initiative) of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) a rural LEA's service of low-income, limited English proficient, migrant, Indian, or disabled students; and (3) the state's long-term plans for recruiting and retaining such teachers in its rural LEAs.
Requires the Secretary to track and assess the implementation and effectiveness of each project funded under this Act..
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2007 to Dec 6, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Nov 14, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Nov 14, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Nov 16, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Dec 6, 2007 |
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 14, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1966)
- Feb 14, 2007Read 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 S1966 | Ken Salazar D-CO | Feb 14, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to create a competitive grant program for States to enable the States to award salary bonuses to highly qualified elementary school or secondary school teachers who teach, or commit to teach, for at least 3 academic years in a school served by a rural local educational agency.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rural Teacher Retention Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational planning
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Hawaiians
- Housing and Community Development
- Illiteracy
- Indian education
- Labor and Employment
- Migrant education
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Recruiting of employees
- Rural education
- School districts
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Teacher salaries
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teachers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
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