Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 27, 2019 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 27, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies in high-poverty school districts to reduce class sizes in the early elementary grades (kindergarten through third grade) by recruiting, training, and hiring qualified teachers.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2019 to Feb 28, 2019, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Feb 28, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Congressional oversight
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government information and archives
- Minority employment
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
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