Supports providing local schools and teachers with adequate resources and compensation and emphasizing hiring and retaining highly trained teaching professionals.

Congressman Pallone believes local schools and teachers must be provided with adequate resources and compensation, and a strong emphasis must be placed on hiring and retaining highly trained and talented teaching professionals.

Pallone commits to adequate school and teacher resources, better compensation, and teacher recruitment and retention.

Issues | Congressman Frank Pallone
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House Roll Call 665 records the vote on agreeing to the conference report for S. 1177, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; status was Passed, and Pallone of New Jersey voted Yea.

Pallone voted for the Every Student Succeeds Act, a major enacted federal education law addressing school funding and teacher-quality programs.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 665, S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act conference report
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Public Law 114-95 states Title I's purpose as providing all children a fair, equitable, high-quality education and authorizes local educational agency grants of about $15.0 billion in FY2017 rising to about $16.2 billion in FY2020.

The law Pallone supported authorized substantial federal resources for local educational agencies, matching the resources portion of the promise.

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GovInfo - Public Law 114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act
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ESSA Title II is titled for preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers, principals, or other school leaders; its purpose includes improving teacher effectiveness and increasing the number of effective teachers and school leaders.

The enacted law directly targets hiring, training, and retaining high-quality educators, aligning with the teacher-professional portion of the claim.

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GovInfo - Public Law 114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act
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ESSA allows activities to improve recruitment, selection, placement, and retention of effective educators in high-need schools, including offering bonuses or higher salaries and career advancement with increased responsibility and pay.

This supports the compensation and retention elements, though it creates grant-authorized mechanisms rather than a universal teacher-pay guarantee.

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GovInfo - Public Law 114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act
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House Roll Call 72 records the final House vote on H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act; status was Passed, and Pallone of New Jersey voted Yea.

Pallone voted for a major enacted law that provided emergency K-12 education funding and staffing support to local schools.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 72, H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act
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Public Law 117-2 appropriated $122,774,800,000 for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and required states to pass at least 90 percent of grant funds to local educational agencies.

The ARP vote helped deliver large-scale federal resources directly to local school districts, strongly supporting the local-school-resources part of the promise.

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GovInfo - Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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The ARP ESSER section permits local educational agencies to use funds for staff professional development, educational technology, student supports, facility improvements, and activities necessary to maintain operations and continue employing existing staff.

The enacted funds could support school operations, teacher/staff retention, and training, but the statute does not by itself establish broad permanent teacher compensation increases.

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GovInfo - Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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House Roll Call 549 records the vote on H.R. 2617; status was Passed, and Pallone of New Jersey voted Yea.

Pallone supported the FY2023 omnibus appropriations bill that became law and funded major Department of Education elementary and secondary programs.

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Office of the Clerk: Roll Call 549, H.R.2617
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Public Law 117-328 appropriated $19,087,790,000 for Education for the Disadvantaged, $5,810,642,000 for School Improvement Programs including ESEA Title II Part A, and $15,453,264,000 for IDEA and Special Olympics activities.

The enacted appropriations Pallone backed continued substantial resources for disadvantaged students, school improvement, effective instruction, and special education, partially fulfilling the broad resources promise.

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GovInfo - Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
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