HR 8468
116th Congress
House
Education
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
STRONG Act of 2020
Introduced: September 30, 2020
Introduced by:
Trahan, Lori
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 30, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Supporting Teachers with Residency Opportunities and New Grants Act of 2020 or the STRONG Act of 2020
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Teacher Quality Partnership program and otherwise revises the program to allow certain undergraduate students with an academic major related to teaching to enter into teaching residency programs. (Currently, only recent graduates and certain mid-career professionals may participate in these programs.) It also allows undergraduate students who enter into such a program to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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