Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HCA891FF372F54DDBACE764FEF63CB116: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026.
- Section HE8A45C8B1D9343D190B773837D0A0063: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Currently, there are not enough teachers to meet the demand for teachers in all locations and in all fields, creating...
- Section H2FB9923E5AFC4036B5E09E037D352F7A: 3. Definitions In this Act: The terms dual or concurrent enrollment program, elementary school, local educational agency, and secondary school have the...
- Section HB9EFF416F38D4451BDC25DFA243DBA8A: 4. Addressing Teacher Shortages Program From amounts made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall establish an Addressing Teacher Shortages...
- Section HA407CFC13C064193BA7AA06BF88D125D: 5. Evaluation and reporting Each entity submitting an application for a grant under section 4(a)(1)(A) shall establish, and include in such application, an...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Ms. Stevens (for herself and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an educator who— meets a minimum set of qualification standards based in part on State-determined measures of teacher effectiveness
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