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STRONG Act of 2020

Introduced: September 30, 2020 Introduced by: Trahan, Lori Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 30, 2020
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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 September 30, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 14
Lowenthal, Alan
· Nov 30, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 9, 2020
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Nov 9, 2020
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Oct 23, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 23, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Oct 23, 2020
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 13, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Oct 13, 2020
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 13, 2020
Bustos, Cheri
· Sep 30, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Sep 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8468: STRONG Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8468/
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