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S 1240 112th Congress Senate

Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act

Official title: A bill to support the establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes.

Introduced: June 21, 2011 See on congress.gov
Education ConnecticutEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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Higher educationTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Jun 21, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3973-3974)
Jun 21, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3972-3973)
Jun 21, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 21, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3973-3974)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants to encourage the establishment and operation of Teachers Institutes; and (2) provide technical assistance, all or some of which may be provided through the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) in establishing and operating Teachers Institutes.

Sets forth selection criteria, including consideration of the extent to which the proposed Institute will serve schools that have a significant low-income population.

Defines a Teachers Institute as a partnership or joint venture between one or more IHEs and one or more LEAs serving one or more schools with significant low-income populations that is established to improve the quality of teaching and learning through collaborative seminars.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2255 Identical bill Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 7, 2011
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 21, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1240: Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1240/
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