HR 8691 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Save Education Jobs Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 27, 2020 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.

  1. IntroducedOct 27, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save Education Jobs Act

This bill establishes through FY2030 the Education Jobs Fund, from which the Department of Education (ED) must award grants to state educational agencies and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to retain and create education jobs. ED must also provide grants to outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Education.

Specifically, LEAs must use subgrants for compensation and benefits to retain existing employees, rehire former employees, and hire new employees. Further, subgrants may be used for certain activities such as training and professional development, providing salary increases to cover extended days or school years to make up for lost instructional time due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and developing teacher leadership roles in high-need schools.

The bill prohibits the use of subgrants for certain activities, such as funding voucher programs, tax-credit scholarships, or education savings accounts.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2020 to Dec 18, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalOct 27, 2020
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalOct 27, 2020
D-NCAlma S. AdamsNov 2, 2020
D-CTJoe CourtneyNov 2, 2020
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleNov 2, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeNov 2, 2020
D-CAMark DeSaulnierNov 2, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaNov 2, 2020
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciNov 2, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonNov 5, 2020
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonNov 5, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonNov 5, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonNov 5, 2020
D-NJAlbio SiresNov 12, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsNov 12, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 27, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Oct 27, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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  1. Oct 27, 2020Introduced in House

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