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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1932 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow 

members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty on or after 

September 11, 2001, to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 27, 2009 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. BENNET) 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 allow members of the Armed Forces who 

served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, 

to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers 

Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post 9/11 Troops to 

5 Teachers Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. YEARS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS; STIPEND. 

2 (a) YEARS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

3 2303(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

4 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6673(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara7 graph (B); 

8 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

9 subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) commencing on or after September 

12 11, 2001, serves not less than 90 continuous 

13 days on active duty (as such term is defined in 

14 section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States 

15 Code, except that such term does not include a 

16 period of service described in paragraphs (1) 

17 through (3) of section 3311(d) of title 38, 

18 United States Code) in the Armed Forces (ex19 cluding service on active duty in entry level or 

20 skills training) and, after completion of such 

21 service, is discharged or released as follows: 

22 ‘‘(i) A discharge from active duty in 

23 the Armed Forces with an honorable dis24 charge. 

25 ‘‘(ii) A release after service on active 

26 duty in the Armed Forces characterized by 


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1 the Secretary concerned as honorable serv2 ice and placement on the retired list, 

3 transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Ma4 rine Corps Reserve, or placement on the 

5 temporary disability retired list. 

6 ‘‘(iii) A release from active duty in the 

7 Armed Forces for further service in a re8 serve component of the Armed Forces after 

9 service on active duty characterized by the 

10 Secretary concerned as honorable service.’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘6 or 

13 more years’’ and inserting ‘‘4 or more years’’. 

14 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AND 

15 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. 

16 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 2304(a)(1)(B) of the Ele17 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 6674(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘high-need local 

19 educational agency or public charter school, as such terms 

20 are defined in section 2101’’ and inserting ‘‘local edu21 cational agency receiving funding under part A of title I 

22 or public charter school (as such term is defined in section 

23 2102)’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after the date of 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 

5 Chapter A of subpart 1 of part C of title II of the 

6 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 6671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2308. ADVISORY BOARD. 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days 

11 after the date of enactment of the Post 9/11 Troops to 

12 Teachers Enhancement Act, the Secretary, in consultation 

13 with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish an Advisory 

14 Board composed of— 

15 ‘‘(1) a representative from the Defense Activity 

16 for Non-Traditional Education Support Division of 

17 the Department of Defense; 

18 ‘‘(2) a representative from the Department of 

19 Innovation and Improvement of the Department of 

20 Education; 

21 ‘‘(3) representatives from 3 State offices that 

22 operate to recruit eligible members of the Armed 

23 Forces for participation in the Program and facili24 tating the employment of participants in the Pro25 gram as elementary school teachers, secondary 


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1 school teachers, and vocational or technical teachers; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(4) a representative from each of 3 veteran 

4 service organizations. 

5 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Board established 

6 under subsection (a) shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) collect, consider, and disseminate feedback 

8 from participants and State offices described in sub9 section (a)(3) on— 

10 ‘‘(A) the best practices for improving re11 cruitment of eligible members of the Armed 

12 Forces in States, local educational agencies, 

13 and public charter schools underserved by the 

14 Program; 

15 ‘‘(B) ensuring that high-need local edu16 cational agencies and public charter schools are 

17 aware of the Program and how to participate in 

18 it; 

19 ‘‘(C) coordinating the goals of the Program 

20 with other Federal, State, and local education 

21 needs and programs; and 

22 ‘‘(D) other activities that the Advisory 

23 Board determines necessary; and 

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1 hancement Act, and annually thereafter, in consulta2 tion with the Secretary, prepare and submit a report 

3 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

4 Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Armed 

5 Services of the Senate, the Committee on Education 

6 and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the 

7 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep8 resentatives, which shall include— 

9 ‘‘(A) information with respect to the activi10 ties of the Advisory Board; 

11 ‘‘(B) information with respect to the Pro12 gram, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) the number of participants in the 

14 Program; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the number of States partici16 pating in the Program; 

17 ‘‘(iii) local educational agencies and 

18 schools where participants are employed; 

19 ‘‘(iv) the grade levels at which partici20 pants teach; 

21 ‘‘(v) the academic subjects taught by 

22 participants; 

23 ‘‘(vi) rates of retention of participants 

24 by the local educational agencies and pub25 lic charter schools employing participants; 


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1 ‘‘(vii) other demographic information 

2 as may be necessary to evaluate the effec3 tiveness of the Program; and 

4 ‘‘(viii) a review of the stipend and 

5 bonus available to participants under sub6 sections (c) and (d)(1) of section 2304; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(C) recommendations for— 

9 ‘‘(i) improvements to local, State, and 

10 Federal recruitment and retention efforts; 

11 ‘‘(ii) legislative or executive policy 

12 changes to improve the Program, enhance 

13 participant experience, and increase par14 ticipation in the Program; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) other changes necessary to en16 sure that the Program is meeting the pur17 pose described in section 2302(a).’’. 

18 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 2321(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 

20 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6691(b)) is amended 

21 to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated 

23 to carry out this subpart for each of fiscal years 2010 


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1 through 2014, the Secretary shall reserve $50,000,000 to 

2 carry out chapter A for each such fiscal year.’’. 

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