US Congress House Bill 4578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on September 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises provisions related to the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program. Specifically, the bill includes within the purview of the grant program certain teacher preparation programs that were formerly ineligible, and it increases award amounts for teacher candidates enrolled as undergraduate juniors or seniors. The bill also expands TEACH Grant eligibility to associate degree students as well as to applicants obtaining a graduate degree in early childhood education. The bill clarifies the requirement that a TEACH Grant be treated as a Stafford Loan subject to repayment by establishing designated time frames within which a recipient must serve as a teacher. Further, the bill allows for the continued eligibility of a grant recipient despite certain changes to school description, teacher duties, or high-need field status. In addition, the bill requires the Department of Education to collect and make publicly available certain student data such as the number of (1) TEACH Grants awarded to students at a participating institution, (2) TEACH Grant recipients who complete their program of study and begin employment as a teacher in the first academic year following completion, and (3) TEACH Grant recipients who fulfill the terms of their agreement to serve and those whose grants are converted into loans for failure to fulfill such terms.

BETTER TEACH Grants Act of 2019 Build Effective Teachers Through Essential Reforms to Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants Act of 2019

Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-09-27	House	Introduced in House

HB4674 (Related) 2020-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4578/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4578/BILLS-116hr4578ih.pdf