S 474
107th Congress
Senate
Education
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Law
Licenses
Mentoring
Rating of teachers
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teachers
Professional Development Enhancement Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 7, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1985)
Plain-English summary
Professional Development Enhancement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to authorized State-level uses of certain funds under the title II Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program, to include: (1) programs that include support during the initial teaching experience, such as mentoring programs with specified required criteria; and (2) programs, with certain required components, that establish, expand, or improve alternative routes to State certification of teachers for highly qualified individuals with baccalaureate degrees who demonstrate the potential to become highly effective teachers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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