Keep Teachers Teaching Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), states, and partnerships of LEAs, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of innovative teacher retention programs that include: (1) professional development; (2) teacher mentoring; (3) advanced certification or credentialing; (4) research, travel, or fellowship opportunities; and (5) pairing teachers with research or industry professionals.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify the most promising teacher retention strategies, and (2) make information about those strategies publicly available and easily accessible to states and LEAs.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2878 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2878
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide
grants for innovative teacher retention programs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 2013
Mr. Price of North Carolina (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr.
Butterfield, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McIntyre, Ms. Bordallo, and
Mr. Walz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide
grants for innovative teacher retention programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Teachers Teaching Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States faces an increasing need for high-
quality educators.
(2) Approximately one-third of teachers leave the
profession within 3 years of being hired because of poor
working conditions, low pay, low morale, or lack of a pathway
for professional advancement. In some schools, the five-year
attrition rate reaches 50 percent.
(3) Effective teacher retention programs to address this
problem are already at work in local educational agencies
around the country, and many more innovative programs could be
advanced if additional resources were available.
(4) Efforts to address the teacher shortage demands a
national strategy to support the development and implementation
of innovative teacher retention programs.
(5) The Department of Education can play an important role
in facilitating the identification of the most promising
teacher retention approaches and disseminating information
about them to State educational agencies and local educational
agencies.
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHER RETENTION PROGRAMS.
Section 2151 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6651) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Teacher Retention Activities.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and carry
out a teacher retention program to--
``(A) assist State educational agencies and local
educational agencies in developing and implementing
innovative teacher retention programs, and support the
development of model programs and best practices in
retaining quality teachers in the classroom; and
``(B) facilitate the dissemination of innovative
teacher retention programs to State educational
agencies and local educational agencies.
``(2) Grants.--The Secretary shall carry out paragraph
(1)(A) by making grants to eligible entities to develop and
implement innovative teacher retention programs, including
activities such as--
``(A) professional development programs;
``(B) teacher mentoring programs;
``(C) advanced certification or advanced
credentialing;
``(D) research, travel, or fellowship
opportunities; and
``(E) pairing of teachers with professionals in
research or industry.
``(3) Eligible entities.--In this subsection, the term
`eligible entity' includes--
``(A) local educational agencies;
``(B) State educational agencies; and
``(C) partnerships of local educational agencies,
nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher
education.
``(4) Grant terms.--Grants under this subsection shall be
awarded for periods of not more than 5 years and on a
competitive basis. Grants awarded under this subsection may be
renewed.
``(5) Secretary's duty to identify most promising teacher
retention approaches.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(B), the
Secretary shall--
``(A) identify the most promising teacher retention
approaches, including the approaches already working
and the approaches developed through grants funded
under this subsection, and make information about such
approaches publicly available and easily accessible to
State educational agencies and local educational
agencies; and
``(B) not later than 9 months after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter,
transmit to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate, a report that describes--
``(i) the methodology by which the most
promising teacher retention programs are
identified under subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) the Secretary's efforts to
disseminate information regarding such programs
to State educational agencies and local
educational agencies.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1175)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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