TALENT Act

Bill: 114-hr-2960
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Census and government statistics
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act or the TALENT Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achievement, including above grade level achievement.
 
States must: (1) assist their local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in providing additional educational assistance to advanced, gifted, and talented students; and (2) report annually a comparison of the performance of students between different LEAs at each level of achievement, disaggregated by specified student subgroups.
 
LEAs must identify gifted and talented students and support their learning needs and train educators to implement instructional practices that support their education. 
 
The Institute of Education Sciences must: (1) continue research and development activities regarding the education of gifted and talented students; (2) support a National Research and Dissemination Center on the Gifted and Talented; (3) administer demonstration grants that enhance the ability of educators to support gifted and talented students; and (4) ensure that statistical data regarding the education of gifted and talented children is collected, reported, analyzed, and disseminated.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House