To assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to teach in rural and high-poverty areas.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 21, 2003

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make annually renewable grants to local educational agencies to assist them in recruiting and retaining teachers for high-need elementary or secondary schools that: (1) provide a free public education; (2) at least 75 percent of whose students receive a free or reduced-cost lunch in accordance with the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and (3) which have been assigned a school locale code of 7 or 8 (rural or high-poverty).

Requires the use of such grants to increase by $5000 the salary of each full-time teacher in such a school.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · D–MS

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Education and Workforce Committee

11 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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Aug 13, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 21, 2003
Introduced in House
Jul 21, 2003
Introduced in House

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2811

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2811

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2003-07-21.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/108/bills/hr2811/BILLS-108hr2811ih.htm

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