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Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007

Introduced: January 29, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 29, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E203)
Jan 29, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 29, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect to the Troops-to-Teachers program (which provides armed forces veterans with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in a high-need local educational agency (LEA) or public charter school).

Allows a program participant, if a high-need LEA or public charter school is not located within 50 miles of his or her residence, to teach within an LEA or at a public charter school: (1) experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers, especially in science, mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical education; or (2) receiving grant funds because of concentrations of children from low-income families.

What's happening now May 18, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 769 Identical bill Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 22, 2008
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 10, 2007
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Mar 15, 2007
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 5, 2007
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Feb 16, 2007
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 31, 2007
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jan 31, 2007
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 29, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 711: Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-711/
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