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HR 2811 108th Congress House Education Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Recruiting of employees Rural education Secondary education Social Welfare Teacher salaries Teacher supply and demand Teachers

To assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to teach in rural and high-poverty areas.

Introduced: July 21, 2003 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 21, 2003
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make annually renewable grants to local educational agencies to assist them in recruiting and retaining teachers for high-need elementary or secondary schools that: (1) provide a free public education; (2) at least 75 percent of whose students receive a free or reduced-cost lunch in accordance with the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and (3) which have been assigned a school locale code of 7 or 8 (rural or high-poverty).

Requires the use of such grants to increase by $5000 the salary of each full-time teacher in such a school.

What's happening now August 13, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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