Class Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1999

Summary

Class Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1999 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to help States and local educational agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 additional teachers over a seven-year period in order to: (1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades one through three, to an average of 18 students per classroom; and (2) improve teaching in the early grades so that all students can learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth program requirements for: (1) allotments to States; (2) within-State allocations; (3) local uses of funds; and (4) cost-sharing.

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (text)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 9 March 1999

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 9 March 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 8 March 1999

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