II
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2060
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 18, 2007
Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Obama) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Teachers at the Table
Act
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Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee
The matter preceding part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 1004 (20 U.S.C. 6304) the following:
Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee
Establishment
The
Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Volunteer
Teacher Advisory Committee (hereafter in this section referred to as the
Committee
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Duties and focus
The duty of the Committee shall be to monitor the effects of this Act, on the ground and in classrooms, and the focus of the Committee shall solely be on children and families.
Membership
In general
The membership of the Committee shall consist of 20 public elementary school or secondary school classroom teachers who—
are past or present Teachers of the Year; and
who have submitted an application to the Secretary to serve on the Committee.
List; appointment
The Secretary shall compile a list of teachers submitting applications under paragraph (1)(B). The members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:
The Secretary shall appoint 4 teachers from the list.
The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 teachers from the list.
The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 teachers from the list.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 teachers from the list.
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 teachers from the list.
Representation requirement
The members of the Committee shall represent diverse and multiple geographic, grade level, and specialty areas.
Term
Each member of the Committee shall serve on the Committee for a 2-year term.
Annual report
The Committee shall submit to Congress and the Secretary—
on an annual basis, a report on the monitoring carried out under subsection (a); and
on a quarterly basis, updates on that monitoring.
Authorization of funds
Of the amounts appropriated to, and available at the discretion of, the Secretary for programmatic and administrative expenditures for fiscal years 2008 through 2012, a total of $500,000 shall be used to establish and carry out the functions of the Committee established under this section.
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