S 579
116th Congress
Senate
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
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Minority employment
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health
Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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