American Teacher Act
Take action
Record your position on this measure.
Create an account to record your position, submit testimony, or contact your legislator.
Progress
Where this bill stands in the legislative process.
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
The American Teacher Act aims to improve teacher compensation by providing grants to states to establish a minimum annual salary of $60,000 for public school teachers (adjusted for inflation). It also authorizes a national campaign to promote the value of the teaching profession and encourage more people to consider teaching as a career. Furthermore, the bill provides additional grants for cost-of-living adjustments to teacher salaries, with priority given to districts serving high-poverty communities.
Key provisions
- Provides grants to states to establish a minimum annual teacher salary of $60,000 (adjusted for inflation).
- Authorizes a national campaign to promote the teaching profession and increase recruitment.
- Offers grants for cost-of-living adjustments to teacher salaries.
- Prioritizes subgrants to local educational agencies serving high-poverty schools.
- Requires states to develop a plan to maintain minimum salary levels after grant funding ends.
- Specifies that grant funds should supplement, not supplant, existing public funds for teacher salaries.
- Defines ‘qualifying school’ and ‘teacher of record’ for grant eligibility.
- Establishes a process for compliance demonstration to ensure equitable funding.
Who is affected
- Public school teachers
- State educational agencies
- Local educational agencies
- Students
- School administrators
Bill text
Read the latest version inline or switch to a previous version.
Text extraction is in progress. View the official source.
Sponsors
Official sponsors from legislative records.
102 on record
Primary sponsor
Cosponsors
Arguments
Reasons offered for and against this legislation.
Arguments in favor
No arguments in favor have been submitted.
Submit yoursArguments opposed
No arguments opposed have been submitted.
Submit yours