Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 2021

American Teacher Act

Introduced Mar 10, 2025Latest action Mar 10, 2025Education

Plain-English summary

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.

Deterministically condensed from the official CRS summary; verify details in the official record.

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Suzan K. DelBene

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Emilia Strong Sykes

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Suzanne Ms. Bonamici

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Frank J. Mrvan

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Josh Gottheimer

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Nydia M. Velázquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Eric Sorensen

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

April McClain Delaney

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Ayanna Pressley

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Wesley Bell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Gwen S Moore

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Mark DeSaulnier

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Grace Meng

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Judy Chu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jahana Hayes

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Lucia Kay Ms. Mcbath

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Robert J. Menendez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Deborah K. Ross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Rashida Tlaib

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Maxine Dexter

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Maxwell Frost

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Lamonica Mciver

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Ted Lieu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jared Moskowitz

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Greg Landsman

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Adelita S. Grijalva

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Mike Mr. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Ilhan Omar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Janice D. Schakowsky

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Joseph Neguse

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Nikki Budzinski

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Kevin Mullin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Joyce Beatty

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Dwight Evans

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Stephen F. Lynch

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Mark Takano

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Christopher R. Deluzio

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Sarah Elizabeth Mcbride

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

John Garamendi

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Bennie G. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · MS

Luz M. Rivas

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Adriano Espaillat

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Valerie P. Foushee

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Yvette D. Clarke

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Sean Casten

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Seth Magaziner

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Andrea Salinas

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Danny K. Mr. Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

James E. Clyburn

Cosponsor · Democratic · SC

M Shontel Brown

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Hillary J. Scholten

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Salud O. Carbajal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jonathan Jackson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Analilia Mejia

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Kathy Castor

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Linda T. Sánchez

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Lloyd Doggett

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

William R Keating

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Terri A. Sewell

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Shri Thanedar

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Jill Naomi Tokuda

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

S. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Frederica S. Wilson

Sponsor · Democratic · FL

Jamie Raskin

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Valerie Hoyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Angela Dawn Craig

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Mark Pocan

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Donald Norcross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Nikema Williams

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Lauren Underwood

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Sarah Kelly Elfreth

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Maggie Goodlander

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

Chellie Pingree

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

Pramila Jayapal

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Alexander Green

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

André Carson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Robin L. Kelly

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Madeleine Dean

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Debbie Dingell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

James P Mcgovern

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Henry Cuellar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Rosa L. DeLauro

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Joseph Courtney

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Daniel S. Goldman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Emanuel Cleaver

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Yassamin Ansari

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Mike Quigley

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Alma S. Adams

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Haley M. Stevens

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

EducationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationTeaching, teachers, curriculaWages and earnings

Sources & text

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