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HR 4143 106th Congress House

Teaching Fellows Act of 2000

Official title: To establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter and remain in the field of teaching at public schools.

Introduced: June 9, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Mar 30, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 30, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 17, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Teaching Fellows Act of 2000 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to States for public school teaching fellowship programs providing: (1) higher education scholarships to promising high school seniors; and (2) scholarships to individuals, such as those currently in the education field, to complete a bachelor's degree in education, through partnership programs among associate-and-bachelor- degree-granting institutions.

Requires scholarship recipients to repay specified amounts if they do not fulfill certain obligations to teach in public schools.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Designates such programs as part B, Federal Teaching and Partnership Fellows, under HEA title II. Redesignates the current title II as part A Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships of title II Teacher Quality.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2
LUCAS, KEN
· Sep 12, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 9, 2000
TURNER, JIM
· Jun 9, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 4, 2000
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 13, 2000
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Apr 13, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4143: Teaching Fellows Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4143/
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