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HR 4773 109th Congress House Education College teachers Community and school Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Graduate education Higher education Labor and Employment Law Licenses Mentoring Recruiting of employees Secondary education Teacher education Teacher supply and demand

Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006

Introduced: February 16, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
May 1, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Feb 16, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 16, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and local educational agencies to establish and support teacher mentoring programs to attract and train teachers of exceptional ability who are mid-career professionals or recent college graduates. Places limits on the amount, number, and distribution of such grants.

What's happening now May 1, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 28, 2006
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 22, 2006
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 9, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 2, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4773: Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4773/
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"H.R. 4773: Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4773/.
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