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HJRES 203 98th Congress House Education Advisory bodies Continuing education Educational accountability Educational policy Federal advisory bodies Federal-state relations Licenses Public schools Rating of teachers Research School discipline State education agencies States Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Teachers Teaching

A joint resolution to establish State commissions on teacher excellence.

Introduced: March 16, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 1, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jan 31, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan 31, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan 31, 1984
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Jan 31, 1984
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
Jan 31, 1984
Called up by House by Rule.
Jan 25, 1984
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.399 Reported to House.
Jan 25, 1984
Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate; Making in Order anAmendment in the Nature of a Substitute Recommended by Education and Labor Committee.
May 16, 1983
Placed on House Calendar No: 26.
May 16, 1983
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 98-184.
May 11, 1983
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
May 11, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 5, 1983
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 5, 1983
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 25, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Mar 16, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 16, 1983
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 3

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 572 — An amendment to add "competency" to matters to be considered in teacher evaluation. Pending Jan 31, 1984
HAMDT 571 — An amendment to add the provision that the study "should include an evaluation of periodic performance examin… Withdrawn Jan 31, 1984
HAMDT 570 — Amendments en bloc to add to the goals of the study should include 1)forms of performance based pay for teach… Pending Jan 31, 1984
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares the findings of the Congress that States should: (1) evaluate teacher training and performance requirements; (2) compare teacher recruitment, selection, training, certification, and licensing in other States; (3) establish commissions on teacher excellence; and (4) recommend to the President and the Congress ways in which public school instruction could be assisted by research, evaluation, new policy initiatives, and changes in existing Federal laws.

What's happening now February 1, 1984

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 399 Procedurally related A resolution providing for the consideration of the Joint Resolution (H. J. Res. 203) to establish State Commissions on…
 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 10, 1983
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 10, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 203: A joint resolution to establish State commissions on teacher excellence.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-203/
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"H.J. Res. 203: A joint resolution to establish State commissions on teacher excellence.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-203/.
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