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Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019

Introduced: February 27, 2019 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 27, 2019
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Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies in high-poverty school districts to reduce class sizes in the early elementary grades (kindergarten through third grade) by recruiting, training, and hiring qualified teachers.

What's happening now February 27, 2019

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Feb 28, 2019
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Feb 27, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 27, 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 27, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 579: Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-579/
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"S. 579: Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-579/.
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