Fellowships to Prepare the Next Generation of Teachers Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fellowships to Prepare the Next Generation of Teachers Act
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education that will fund fellowships for graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in teacher education.
To be eligible for such fellowships, graduate students must be preparing for the professorate in order to educate other individuals who will become elementary and secondary school science, technology, engineering, and math teachers, special education teachers, and English language teachers.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 19, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
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 Sep 19, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 19, 2019Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 151, September 19, 2019, page H7836.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4674 | College Affordability Act | Related bill | Dec 28, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Education to award grants for graduate fellowship awards.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fellowships to Prepare the Next Generation of Teachers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- Science and engineering education
- Special education
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2019Introduced 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.
