H.R. 2021 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
American Teacher Act
Cosponsors: 101 (100 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-03-10
Latest action (2025-03-10): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
What H.R. 2021 does, in plain terms
American Teacher Act This bill establishes grants to increase the minimum salary of public elementary and secondary school teachers. It also authorizes a national campaign regarding the value of the teaching profession. First, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award four-year grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to establish a minimum annual salary of $60,000 (to be adjusted annually for inflation) for these teachers. Second, the bill directs ED to award grants to eligible SEAs to provide cost-of-living adjustments to the annual base salary of teachers. Finally, the bill authorizes ED to carry out a national campaign to (1) increase awareness about the importance of teachers and the value of the teaching profession, (2) encourage secondary school and college students to consider teaching as a professional career, and (3) diversify the pool of individuals who enter the teaching profession.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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