HR 3876 105th Congress House Education Academic performance Class size Continuing education Depressed areas Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education of disabled students Education of disadvantaged children Educational accountability Educational planning Educational statistics Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal aid to higher education Federal aid to territories

Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1998

Introduced: May 14, 1998 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Jun 15, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

May 14, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

May 14, 1998

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1998 - Establishes a grants program to help States and local educational agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 additional teachers over a seven-year period in order to: (1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades one through three, to an average of 18 students per classroom; and (2) improve teaching in the early grades so that all students can learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade.

Makes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2008 for such program.

Sets forth program requirements for: (1) allocations to States; (2) grant applications; (3) within-State allocations; (4) State-level activities; (5) uses of funds; (6) cost-sharing; (7) carryover of funds; (8) accountability; (9) participation of private school teachers; (10) evaluation; and (11) waivers.

What's happening now June 15, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

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