Sec. 2. Volunteer teacher advisory committee
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 1004 ( 20 U.S.C. 6304 ) the following: The Congress finds as follows: Expert teachers offer an important resource to policymakers as they can bring their expertise and perspective from the classroom to inform policy so that positive outcomes for all students will be maximized. State Teachers of the Year represent a valuable resource with a body of expert knowledge and skill about instructional practice, 21st century learning, and school functioning that can be infused into policymaking to promote better outcomes for prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary students.
State Teachers of the Year have been selected by their communities and States as models of their profession and represent every State in the Nation and every discipline and grade level. The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the Committee ). The duty of the Committee shall be to monitor the effects of this Act, on the ground and in classrooms. The membership of the Committee shall consist of 10 teachers employed in a public elementary school and 10 teachers employed in a public secondary school who— are past or present finalists or State Teachers of the Year, or are nominated from organizations representing teachers and have demonstrated similar evidence of expertise; have experience working with policy development; have a demonstrated history of working as a teacher leader in the policy arena; and have submitted an application to the Secretary to serve on the Committee.
The Secretary shall compile a list of teachers submitting applications under paragraph (1)(D). The members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows: The Secretary shall appoint 4 teachers from the list. The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 teachers from the list. The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 teachers from the list. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 teachers from the list. The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 teachers from the list.
Not less than half of the members of the Committee shall be past or present finalists or State Teachers of the Year. The members of the Committee shall represent the diversity of the teaching workforce from multiple geographic, grade level, and specialty areas. Each member of the Committee shall serve on the Committee for a 3-year staggered term. The Committee shall submit to Congress and the Secretary— on an annual basis, a report on the monitoring carried out under subsection (c); and on a quarterly basis, updates on such monitoring.
The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum, the following: The effects of this Act on the teaching profession. The effects of this Act on schools and classrooms. The effects of this Act on students, families, and communities. Recommendations for strengthening policy and policy implementation in order to meet the goals of the Act. The following additional requirements shall apply to the Committee: The Committee shall meet in person at least once per year for deliberation, with all travel expenses paid for by the Secretary. The Committee shall be available for consultation with officials at the Department and the authorizing Committees of Congress regarding the impact of this Act on students, families, and the teaching profession. In this section, the term State Teacher of the Year means any person who has been recognized as a State Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Of the amounts appropriated to, and available at the discretion of, the Secretary for programmatic and administrative expenditures for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, a total of $500,000 shall be used to establish and carry out the functions of the Committee established under this section. .
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