S 897
114th Congress
Senate
Education
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act
Introduced: April 13, 2015
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 13, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 13, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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