I will introduce bipartisan legislation to increase TEACH Grant awards for educators by up to $2,000 and strengthen and streamline the TEACH program.

Jack Reed · Rhode Island · Democratic

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Occurrences

I'm proud to introduce this bipartisan bill with Senator Grassley to better support America’s teachers and help them go the extra mile for students across the country

Reed commits to introducing bipartisan legislation that raises TEACH Grant awards by up to $2,000 and improves the program.

Reed’s Bipartisan TEACH Improvement Act Would Increase Pay for Aspiring Educators
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Evidence

Congress.gov lists S.848 as sponsored by Sen. Mike Braun, introduced March 18, 2021, and enacted as Public Law 117-49 on October 13, 2021. Its cosponsors were Sinema, Cornyn, Smith, and Warnock, not Jack Reed.

This shows a bipartisan TEACH-program streamlining law passed in Reed's current term, but it was not introduced or cosponsored by Reed and did not address the promised award increase.

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All Info - S.848 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Consider Teachers Act of 2021
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The enacted text amended TEACH Grants by improving certification, reconsideration of loan conversions, notice requirements, high-need-field lists, and COVID-related service-window flexibility. It contains no TEACH Grant award-amount increase.

The enacted bill substantially strengthened and streamlined TEACH program administration, matching part of the commitment, but not the promised increase of awards by up to $2,000.

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Text - S.848 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Consider Teachers Act of 2021
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The current U.S. Code text for TEACH Grants still sets the grant amount at $4,000 per year, with total caps of $16,000 for undergraduate/post-baccalaureate study and $8,000 for graduate study.

As of the current statutory text, the promised award increase has not been incorporated into law, so the award-increase portion remains unresolved.

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20 U.S. Code § 1070g-1 - Program established
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Assessments

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A bipartisan TEACH-program streamlining law, S.848 / Public Law 117-49, was enacted during Reed's Senate term and addressed part of the promise by strengthening and streamlining TEACH Grant administration. However, the enacted law did not increase TEACH Grant awards by up to $2,000, current statutory grant amounts remain at $4,000 per year, and the evidence shows the enacted bill was sponsored and cosponsored by other senators, not Reed. That supports partial outcome credit for the policy result, but not full delivery or candidate-credit fulfillment of the promise to introduce the legislation.

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