Hayes, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Provide Mentorship and Training to New Teachers
Introduce legislation to provide mentorship and training to new teachers.
Occurrences
Congresswoman Jahana Hayes introduced the Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act, legislation that would provide funding for school districts to enhance and or establish mentoring and induction programs for new teachers and school leaders with less than two years of experience.
Mrs. HAYES introduced the following bill... A BILL To establish a grant program supporting teacher and school leader induction programs in public schools, and for other purposes.
Evidence
Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes introduced the Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act, legislation that would provide funding for school districts to enhance and/or establish mentoring and induction programs for new teachers and school leaders with less than two years of experience.
The bill is titled the Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act and states it is 'To establish a grant program supporting teacher and school leader induction programs in public schools'; it defines induction programs for new teachers as programs in their first two years with structured mentoring.
Assessments
The promise was to introduce legislation, not to enact it. Evidence shows Rep. Jahana Hayes introduced the Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act in June 2026, and the bill directly provides grants for mentoring and induction programs for new teachers and school leaders in their first two years. That is a direct match to the promised action, so the promise was fulfilled when the bill was introduced during her current House term.