US Congress Senate Bill 897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students among the activities funded under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program. Allows funded training to include training in classroom instruction and schoolwide initiatives that enable students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills most conducive to social and emotional competency.

Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB850 (Related) 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/897/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s897/BILLS-114s897is.pdf