US Congress House Bill 2902 (Prior Session Legislation)

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November 18 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equal Access to Quality Education Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to partnerships between high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to: (1) establish or support teacher preparation programs, and (2) establish or support teacher induction and retention programs. Requires the teacher preparation programs to: (1) require participants to complete at least one year of residency followed by at least three years of teaching at the LEA's high-need schools, and (2) award participants a teaching credential or degree that meets state requirements for a teaching license or certification upon their completion of the program. Requires the teacher induction and retention programs to provide teachers with: (1) high-quality professional development; (2) updated information on developments in curricula, assessments, and educational research; (3) a mentor teacher and other support if they are new teachers; and (4) leadership opportunities. Allows the grants to be used for certain other activities designed to improve the quality of education in high-need areas. Gives grant priority to partnerships that: (1) have a plan to recruit teachers from among minority and local candidates and the disabled; (2) use a valid and reliable teacher performance assessment; or (3) include an IHE eligible to participate in the TEACH Grant program, a Tribal College or University, an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, an Hispanic-serving institution, or an historically Black college and university.

Equal Access to Quality Education Act of 2011

Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Bass, Karen	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Brown, Corrine
Rep Clarke, Hansen	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Davis, Danny K.
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Hahn, Janice	Rep Hinojosa, Ruben
Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Lewis, John	Rep McNerney, Jerry	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Richardson, Laura	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille
Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho	Rep Sanchez, Linda T.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-09-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN02902:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2902ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr2902ih.pdf