HR 2544
115th Congress
House
Health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Mental health
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health
Teacher Health and Wellness Act
Introduced: May 18, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 18, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Teacher Health and Wellness Act
This bill directs the National Institutes of Health to carry out a five-year study on reducing teacher stress and increasing teacher retention and well-being by implementing and analyzing the results of any of several types of innovative approaches that include:
- workplace wellness programs;
- social emotional learning programs;
- teacher stress management programs;
- mentoring and induction programs during the school year and teacher pre-service;
- organizational interventions such as principal training programs;
- teacher residency programs;
- complementary health approaches, such as mindfulness meditation; and
- school reorganization.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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