Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other purposes.

5/8/2007--Introduced.
Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007 - Revises and establishes programs relating to recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish:
(1) teacher education assistance for college and higher education (TEACH ) grants for undergraduate and graduate students who agree to serve as teachers in high-need schools and fields; and
(2) grants to recruit teachers with mathematics, science, or language majors. Extends the authorization of appropriations for HEA teacher quality enhancement grants for states and partnerships. Revises HEA student loan forgiveness requirements to:
(1) extend permanently additional amounts for teachers in mathematics, science, or special education provided by the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004;
(2) increase other amounts, making reading specialists eligible for such forgiveness; and
(3) apply forgiveness in annual increments rather than in a lump sum at end of service. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish grant programs to improve teaching at high-need schools. Requires states to provide assurances of their reasonable progress toward equitable access to teacher quality as a condition of assistance under ESEA. Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act to direct the Statistics Commissioner to publish results of certain schools and staffing surveys. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) exclude from gross income up to $15,000 for compensation of teachers and principals in certain high-need schools or teaching certain high-need subjects; and
(2) increase to a maximum of $500 and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary schoolteachers.


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Sponsor

• Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
• and 60 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Julia Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. Martin Meehan [D, MA-5]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 4 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2204

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 08, 2007

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• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• May 15, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
• May 08, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• May 08, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• May 08, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• May 08, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E987-988)
• Introduced on May 08, 2007.
• May 08, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E987-988)

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Related Bills:

• S.1339
• H.R.3983

Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Authorization
• Budgets
• Communications
• 30 more
• Disabled
• Education
• Education of the disadvantaged
• Educational accountability
• Educational statistics
• Elementary education
• English language
• Federal aid to education
• Higher education
• Income tax
• Language and languages
• Mathematics
• Reading
• Scholarships
• School administration
• Science policy
• Scientific education
• Secondary education
• Special education
• Student loan funds
• Tax deductions
• Tax exclusion
• Taxation
• Teacher education
• Teacher salaries
• Teacher supply and demand
• Teachers
• Teaching
• Teaching materials
• Welfare

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June 04, 2007 Government Relations Update

The Teach Act HR 2204 S.1339 Introduced by Chairman Kennedy in the Senate and Chairman Miller in the House to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution and retention of teachers and principals. This is an important initiative that ...

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May 15, 2007 Driving Teaching Excellence?

Representative George Miller (D-CA) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced HR 2204 and its companion S.1339, the Teacher Excellence for All Children (TEACH) Act. The $3.4 billion bill is designed to improve recruitment, ...

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May 09, 2007 The TEACH ACT of 2007 Introduced

S 1339 (Kennedy, Massachusetts) and HR 2204 (Miller, California)introduced the “Teacher Excellence for All Children (TEACH) Act of 2007” to amend ESEA of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the IRS Code of 1986 to improve ...

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