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H.R. 3781 108th Congress House

Assisting America's Rural Schools Act

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize local educational agencies in rural areas to obtain a limited waiver of certain requir… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize local educational agencies in rural areas to obtain a limited waiver of certain requirements relating to the employment of highly qualified teachers.

Introduced: February 6, 2004 See on congress.gov
Education Administrative procedureDepartment of EducationEducational testsElementary and secondary education
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Elementary educationGovernment Operations and PoliticsHigher educationHousing and Community DevelopmentLawRating of teachersRural educationSecondary educationTeacher educationTeachers
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Feb 6, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 6, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 11, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to permit rural local educational agencies to defer the application of certain requirements relating to the employment of highly qualified teachers.

Allows such deferral for a one-year period beginning with: (1) their employment as middle or secondary school teachers, for teachers new to the profession; or (2) their teaching an academic subject they have not previously taught, for middle or secondary school not new to the profession.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3781: Assisting America's Rural Schools Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3781/
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"H.R. 3781: Assisting America's Rural Schools Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3781/.
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H.R. 3781, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3781/.
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