S. 1240: Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-21 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3973-3974)

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3973-3974) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act

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Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants to encourage the establishment and operation of Teachers Institutes; and (2) provide technical assistance, all or some of which may be provided through the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) in establishing and operating Teachers Institutes. Sets forth selection criteria, including consideration of the extent to which the proposed Institute will serve schools that have a significant low-income population. Defines a Teachers Institute as a partnership or joint venture between one or more IHEs and one or more LEAs serving one or more schools with significant low-income populations that is established to improve the quality of teaching and learning through collaborative seminars.

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Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · 2 cosponsors

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Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1240.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s1240 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112