,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhgh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,price of ,north ,carolina 7for        
himself1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4  
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4       
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,mc,intyre1 ,ms4        
,bordallo1 and ,mr4 ,walz7 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 provide grants for     
innovative teacher retention programs4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,keep ,teachers ,teaching ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress 
makes the following findings3  7#a7 ,the
 ,united ,states faces an increasing    
need for high-quality educators4  7#b7  
,approximately one-third of teachers    
leave the profession within #c years of 
being hired because of poor working     
conditions1 low pay1 low morale1 or lack
 of a pathway for professional          

advancement4 ,in some schools1 the      
five-year attrition rate reaches #ej    
percent4  7#c7 ,effective teacher       
retention programs to address this      
problem are already at work in local    
educational agencies around the country1
 and many more innovative programs could
 be advanced if additional resources    
were available4  7#d7 ,efforts to       
address the teacher shortage demands a  
national strategy to support the        
development and implementation of       
innovative teacher retention programs4  
7#e7 ,the ,department of ,education can 
play an important role in facilitating  
the identification of the most promising
 teacher retention approaches and       
disseminating information about them to 
,state educational agencies and local   
educational agencies4  #c4 ,grants for  
innovative teacher retention programs   
,section #baea of the ,elementary and   
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ffea7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following3  7g7 ,teacher 

retention activities  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary shall establish and     
carry out a teacher retention program   
to--  7,a7 assist ,state educational    
agencies and local educational agencies 
in developing and implementing          
innovative teacher retention programs1  
and support the development of model    
programs and best practices in retaining
 quality teachers in the classroom2 and 
7,b7 facilitate the dissemination of    
innovative teacher retention programs to
 ,state educational agencies and local  
educational agencies4  7#b7 ,grants ,the
 ,secretary shall carry out paragraph   
7#a77;,a7 by making grants to eligible  
entities to develop and implement       
innovative teacher retention programs1  
including activities such as--  7,a7    
professional development programs2  7,b7
 teacher mentoring programs2  7,c7      
advanced certification or advanced      
credentialing2  7,d7 research1 travel1  
or fellowship opportunities2 and  7,e7  
pairing of teachers with professionals  

in research or industry4  7#c7 ,eligible
 entities ,in this subsection1 the term 
eligible entity includes--  7,a7 local  
educational agencies2  7,b7 ,state      
educational agencies2 and  7,c7         
partnerships of local educational       
agencies1 nonprofit organizations1 and  
institutions of higher education4  7#d7 
,grant terms ,grants under this         
subsection shall be awarded for periods 
of not more than #e years and on a      
competitive basis4 ,grants awarded under
 this subsection may be renewed4  7#e7  
,secretary's duty to identify most      
promising teacher retention approaches  
,in carrying out paragraph 7#a77;,b71   
the ,secretary shall--  7,a7 identify   
the most promising teacher retention    
approaches1 including the approaches    
already working and the approaches      
developed through grants funded under   
this subsection1 and make information   
about such approaches publicly available
 and easily accessible to ,state        
educational agencies and local          

educational agencies2 and  7,b7 not     
later than #i months after the date of  
the enactment of this subsection1 and   
annually thereafter1 transmit to the    
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate1 a report that 
describes--  7i7 the methodology by     
which the most promising teacher        
retention programs are identified under 
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7ii7 the        
,secretary's efforts to disseminate     
information regarding such programs to  
,state educational agencies and local   
educational agencies4  4