,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ai1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new ,york          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,elementary and         
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife to  
establish a ,volunteer ,teacher         
,advisory ,committee4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,teachers
 at the ,table ,act4  #b4 ,volunteer    
,teacher ,advisory ,committee ,the      
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcja et   
seq47 is amended by adding after section
 #ajjd 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcjd7 the        
following3  #ajje4 ,volunteer ,teacher  
,advisory ,committee  7a7 ,establishment
 ,the ,secretary shall establish an     
advisory committee1 to be known as the  
,volunteer ,teacher ,advisory ,committee
 7referred to in this section as the    
,committee74  7b7 ,duties and focus ,the

 duty of the ,committee shall be to     
monitor the effects of this ,act1 on the
 ground and in classrooms1 and the focus
 of the ,committee shall solely be on   
children and families4  7c7 ,membership 
7#a7 ,in general ,the membership of the 
,committee shall consist of #bj public  
elementary school or secondary school   
classroom teachers who--  7,a7 are past 
or present ,teachers of the ,year2  7,b7
 have received training1 or demonstrated
 experience1 in methods of data         
collection1 analysis1 and reporting2 and
  7,c7 have submitted an application to 
the ,secretary to serve on the          
,committee4  7#b7 ,list2 appointment    
,the ,secretary shall compile a list of 
teachers submitting applications under  
paragraph 7#a77;,b74 ,the members of the
 ,committee shall be appointed as       
follows3  7,a7 ,the ,secretary shall    
appoint #d teachers from the list4  7,b7
 ,the ,majority ,leader of the ,senate  
shall appoint #d teachers from the list4
  7,c7 ,the ,minority ,leader of the    

,senate shall appoint #d teachers from  
the list4  7,d7 ,the ,speaker of the    
,house of ,representatives shall appoint
 #d teachers from the list4  7,e7 ,the  
,minority ,leader of the ,house of      
,representatives shall appoint #d       
teachers from the list4  7#c7           
,representation requirement ,the members
 of the ,committee shall represent      
diverse and multiple geographic1 grade  
level1 and specialty areas4  7#d7 ,term 
,each member of the ,committee shall    
serve on the ,committee for a #b-year   
term4  7d7 ,annual report  7#a7 ,in     
general ,the ,committee shall submit to 
,congress and the ,secretary--  7,a7 on 
an annual basis1 a report on the        
monitoring carried out under subsection 
7b72 and  7,b7 on a quarterly basis1    
updates on such monitoring4  7#b7       
,contents of report ,the report         
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 shall    
include1 at a minimum1 the following3   
7,a7 ,both quantitative and qualitative 
data that evaluate the effect of this   

section on student achievement4  7,b7   
,the effect of this section on closing  
the achievement gap between high- and   
low-performing students1 including the  
students identified under section       
#aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v77,,ii74  7e7       
,authorization of funds ,of the amounts 
appropriated to1 and available at the   
discretion of1 the ,secretary for       
programmatic and administrative         
expenditures for fiscal years #bjad     
through #bjah1 a total of #ejj1jjj shall
 be used to establish and carry out the 
functions of the ,committee established 
under this section4  4