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Workers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityTeacher-training programs could get federal grants to prepare new teachers for students still learning English
Workers & Jobs
The Education Department would award competitive grants of up to 5 years to college-school partnerships. Programs would lead to a state license to teach English learners, and partners must cover at least half the cost.
Where practical, trainees would practice in classrooms that serve English learners. A teacher licensed to teach English learners would mentor them.
Partnerships that recruit and enroll trainees who were once English learners, or who come from underrepresented groups, would get preference when grants are awarded.
Transparency & Accountability
Each partner would report how many trainees finished, got licensed, and got jobs in the partner district or program. The department would then publish the findings and best teaching practices.
More about this bill
Colleges that train teachers could get new federal grants to prepare them to teach students still learning English. A college would team up with a high-need school district or early childhood program. Grants would last up to 5 years. The partners would pay at least half the cost from their own sources, in cash or in kind. The bill names no dollar amount for the grants. The money would build programs that lead to a state license to teach English learners. Programs would use proven methods, such as bilingual, immersion, and dual-language teaching. Trainees would practice in classrooms with English learners, with a mentor licensed to teach them. Partners that recruit former English learners or people from underrepresented groups would get priority. At the end, each partner would report how many trainees finished, got licensed, and got hired. The Education Department would share the results with the public within 180 days after the last grant ends.
Congressional Summary
Reaching English Learners Act This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a grant program for preparing individuals who are training to become teachers to effectively instruct English learners. Under the program, grants must be given to partnerships between (1) certain institutions of higher education, and (2) high-need local educational agencies or high-need early childhood education programs.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-09-16
- Date Added
- 2026-10-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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