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108th Congress (2003 - 2004)
H.R.2211
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H.R.2211
Latest Title: Ready to Teach Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 5/22/2003)      Cosponsors (5)
Related Bills: H.RES.310, H.R.4409
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
House Reports: 108-183
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MAJOR ACTIONS:

5/22/2003 Introduced in House
6/26/2003 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-183.
7/9/2003 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 404 - 17 (Roll no. 340).
7/10/2003 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
ALL ACTIONS:
5/22/2003:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
6/3/2003:
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
6/4/2003:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
6/4/2003:
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
6/10/2003:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
6/10/2003:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
6/26/2003 4:07pm:
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-183.
6/26/2003 4:08pm:
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 91.
7/8/2003 9:09pm:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 310 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2211 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Makes in order only those amendments printed in House Report 108-190. Provides that the amendments printed in the report shall be considered only in the order printed, offered only by a Member designated in the report, considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified, equally divided and controlled, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand fora division of the question ...
7/9/2003 12:10pm:
Rule H. Res. 310 passed House.
7/9/2003 12:11pm:
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 310. (consideration: CR H6364-6383)
7/9/2003 12:11pm:
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2211 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Makes in order only those amendments printed in House Report 108-190. Provides that the amendments printed in the report shall be considered only in the order printed, offered only by a Member designated in the report, considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified, equally divided and controlled, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand fora division of the question ...
7/9/2003 12:11pm:
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 310 and Rule XXIII.
7/9/2003 12:11pm:
The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael K. Simpson to act as Chairman of the Committee.
7/9/2003 12:11pm:
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2211.
7/9/2003 1:18pm:
H.AMDT.206 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Gingrey. (consideration: CR H6378-6379, H6381; text: CR H6378)
Amendment makes technical changes; specifies that implementing reforms will prepare teachers to understand scientifically based research and its applicability; requires partnership grant applications to contain a certification from the partner local educational agency stating that it will directly benefit from the grant activities; and ensures that the Partnership Grant funding will supplement not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out teacher preparation activities.
7/9/2003 1:19pm:
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 310, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gingrey amendment.
7/9/2003 1:23pm:
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gingrey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Gingrey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
7/9/2003 1:24pm:
H.AMDT.207 Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Kildee. (consideration: CR H6379; text: CR H6379)
Amendment requires applications for Partnership Grants to include information on a clinical program component that includes supervision of student teachers, implementation of a mentor program for new teachers, and collection of data on the retention of all teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of the teacher support system.
7/9/2003 1:24pm:
H.AMDT.207 On agreeing to the Kildee amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.
7/9/2003 1:25pm:
H.AMDT.208 Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Honda. (consideration: CR H6379-6380; text: CR H6379)
Amendment allows Partnership Grants to be used to establish teacher mentoring programs.
7/9/2003 1:25pm:
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 310, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Honda amendment.
7/9/2003 1:28pm:
H.AMDT.208 On agreeing to the Honda amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
7/9/2003 1:28pm:
H.AMDT.209 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Kildee. (consideration: CR H6380; text: CR H6380)
Amendment allows the use of funding for supplemental multilingual computer software to train teachers to teach limited English proficient students.
7/9/2003 1:29pm:
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 310, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kildee amendment.
7/9/2003 1:30pm:
H.AMDT.209 On agreeing to the Kildee amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.
7/9/2003 1:30pm:
H.AMDT.210 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Meeks (NY). (consideration: CR H6380-6381; text: CR H6380)
Amendment allows funds to be used by partnerships to conduct outreach and coordinate with inner city and rural secondary schools to encourage students to pursue teaching as a career.
7/9/2003 1:30pm:
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 310, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Meeks amendment.
7/9/2003 1:33pm:
H.AMDT.210 On agreeing to the Meeks (NY) amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
7/9/2003 1:33pm:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of the amendment offered by Mr. Gingrey which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
7/9/2003 1:57pm:
H.AMDT.206 On agreeing to the Gingrey amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 4 (Roll no. 339).
7/9/2003 2:03pm:
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2211.
7/9/2003 2:03pm:
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
7/9/2003 2:03pm:
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (consideration: CR H6373-6378, H6382; text: CR H6373-6378)
7/9/2003 2:23pm:
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 404 - 17 (Roll no. 340).
7/9/2003 2:23pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7/9/2003 2:24pm:
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2211.
7/10/2003:
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
COSPONSORS(5), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Boehner, John A. [OH-8] - 5/22/2003
Rep Isakson, Johnny [GA-6] - 6/23/2003
Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] - 5/22/2003
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 6/10/2003
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 5/22/2003

COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)
AMENDMENT(S):

1. H.AMDT.206 to H.R.2211 Amendment makes technical changes; specifies that implementing reforms will prepare teachers to understand scientifically based research and its applicability; requires partnership grant applications to contain a certification from the partner local educational agency stating that it will directly benefit from the grant activities; and ensures that the Partnership Grant funding will supplement not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out teacher preparation activities.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 7/9/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Gingrey amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 4 (Roll no. 339).

2. H.AMDT.207 to H.R.2211 Amendment requires applications for Partnership Grants to include information on a clinical program component that includes supervision of student teachers, implementation of a mentor program for new teachers, and collection of data on the retention of all teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of the teacher support system.
Sponsor: Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] (introduced 7/9/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kildee amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.

3. H.AMDT.208 to H.R.2211 Amendment allows Partnership Grants to be used to establish teacher mentoring programs.
Sponsor: Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] (introduced 7/9/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Honda amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

4. H.AMDT.209 to H.R.2211 Amendment allows the use of funding for supplemental multilingual computer software to train teachers to teach limited English proficient students.
Sponsor: Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] (introduced 7/9/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kildee amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.

5. H.AMDT.210 to H.R.2211 Amendment allows funds to be used by partnerships to conduct outreach and coordinate with inner city and rural secondary schools to encourage students to pursue teaching as a career.
Sponsor: Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] (introduced 7/9/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Meeks (NY) amendment Agreed to by voice vote.