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S 897 114th Congress Senate

Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act

Official title: A bill to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programing.

Introduced: April 13, 2015 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Education Child healthEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationMental healthTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Apr 13, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 13, 2015
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 Latest action April 13, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act

Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students among the activities funded under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program.

Allows funded training to include training in classroom instruction and schoolwide initiatives that enable students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills most conducive to social and emotional competency.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 850 Related bill Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2015
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 2, 2015
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Apr 13, 2015
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