S 1137
111th Congress
Senate
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Teachers at the Table Act
Introduced: May 21, 2009
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5843-5844)
May 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Teachers at the Table Act - Amends title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish the Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee to monitor the effects of such title (amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) in classrooms, with its focus solely on children and families.
Requires that committee membership consist of a diverse group of public school classroom teachers who are past or present Teachers of the Year and have experience or training in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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