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S 2422 105th Congress Senate Education Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employment tests Federal aid to education Labor and Employment Rating of employees Secondary education Standards Teacher salaries Teachers

Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998

Introduced: July 31, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jul 31, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9594-9595)
Jul 31, 1998
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Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part D (State Incentives for Teacher Testing and Merit Pay).

Directs the Secretary of Education to make an award to each State that: (1) administers a test to each elementary school and secondary school teacher in the State, with respect to the subjects taught by the teacher, every three to five years; and (2) has an elementary school and secondary school teacher compensation system based on merit.

Allows States to use Federal education funds for teacher testing and merit pay programs.

What's happening now July 31, 1998

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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