Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1723
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2011-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: 
Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the costs of retaining, recalling, rehiring, or hiring employees to provide early childhood, elementary, or secondary education and related services.
 
Allows states to reserve up to 10% of their grant for awards, for the same purposes, to state-funded early learning programs.
 
Requires LEAs and state-funded early learning programs to obligate such funds by the close of FY2013.
 
Prohibits the use of such grants to supplant state funding for education.
 
Directs the Attorney General to carry out a competitive grant program pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of career law enforcement officers. 
 
Makes appropriations to the Community Oriented Policing Stabilization Fund to carry out such program and for transfer to a First Responder Stabilization Fund from which the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall make competitive grants for hiring additional firefighters pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention Control Act of 1974.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on individual taxpayers in taxable years beginning after 2012 an additional tax equal to 0.5% of so much of their modified adjusted gross income as exceeds $1 million. Defines "modified adjusted gross income" as adjusted gross income reduced by any deduction allowed for investment interest. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the $1 million threshold amount for taxable years beginning after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-20
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 177. (consideration: CR S6840; text: CR S6840)
action_date: 2011-10-19
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S6753)
action_date: 2011-10-19
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S6753; text: CR S6753)
action_date: 2011-10-19
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6753)
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6625-6626)
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate