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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1662

To amend Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide

for the inclusion of mentoring programs for novice teachers in the professional development activities of local educational agencies, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 4, 1999

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

to provide for the inclusion of mentoring programs for

novice teachers in the professional development activities

of local educational agencies, 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. SUPPORT FOR MENTORING ACTIVITIES.

4 (a) IMPROVING BASIC PROGRAMS OPERATED BY

5 LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THROUGH PROFES6 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Section 1119(b)(1) of the Ele7 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

8 6301(b)(1)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (D);

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub4 paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(F) include mentoring programs focusing

7 on changing teacher behaviors and practices to

8 help novice teachers, including teachers who are

9 members of a minority group, develop and gain

10 confidence in their skills, to increase the likeli11 hood that they will continue in the teaching

12 profession, and generally to improve the quality

13 of their teaching.’’.

14 (b) DISSEMINATION OF MENTORING INFORMATION

15 BY EISENHOWER NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section

16 2102(a)(3)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6622(a)(3)(C)) is amended

18 by striking ‘‘materials’’ and inserting ‘‘materials, includ19 ing information on model teacher mentoring programs,’’.

20 (c) EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

21 PROGRAM STATE APPLICATIONS.—Section 2205(b)(2) of

22 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

23 U.S.C. 6645(b)(2)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara25 graph (N);
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub2 paragraph (O) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(P) describe how the State will administer

5 a mentoring system to ensure consistent imple6 mentation of mentoring programs across local

7 jurisdictions, ensure the participation of teach8 ers who are members of a minority group, pro9 vide a structure for local mentoring program

10 evaluation, provide technical assistance to local

11 mentoring programs, ensure compliance by local

12 mentoring programs with State teacher training

13 requirements, and provide incentives for local

14 educational agencies to take mentoring into

15 consideration in assessing instructional staff

16 hiring needs.’’.

17 (d) EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

18 PROGRAM LOCAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 2210(b)(2) of the

19 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

20 U.S.C. 6650(b)(2)) is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara22 graph (D);

23 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub24 paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

25 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(F) include mentoring programs focusing

2 on changing teacher behaviors and practices to

3 help novice teachers, including teachers who are

4 members of a minority group, develop and gain

5 confidence in their skills, to increase the likeli6 hood that they will continue in the teaching

7 profession, and generally to improve the quality

8 of their teaching.’’.

9 (e) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section 2401(a) of the Ele10 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

11 6701(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘part.’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘part, including the impact of State and local mentoring

13 programs on teaching quality and teacher retention

14 rates.’’.

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