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HR 5915 109th Congress House

Rewarding Student Achievement Act

Official title: To require that the Teacher Incentive Fund of the Department of Education and other programs to support merit-based teacher compensation systems award its gran… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require that the Teacher Incentive Fund of the Department of Education and other programs to support merit-based teacher compensation systems award its grant funds to support compensation systems that are based primarily or exclusively on student learning gains or maintenance of high student learning gains, or both.

Introduced: July 27, 2006 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performanceEconomics and Public FinanceElementary and secondary educationElementary education
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Federal aid to educationRating of teachersSecondary educationTeacher salaries
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This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Became law
Sep 28, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jul 27, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 27, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 28, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rewarding Student Achievement Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to ensure that grants awarded to support merit-based teacher compensation systems, under the Teacher Incentive Fund or the Fund for the Improvement of Education under part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, support compensation systems that are based primarily or exclusively on student learning gains, the maintenance of such gains, or both.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jul 27, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5915: Rewarding Student Achievement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5915/
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"H.R. 5915: Rewarding Student Achievement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5915/.
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