# 114-hr-4471: Educator Preparation Reform Act

114-hr-4471, Educator Preparation Reform Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4471
- Congress: 114
- Title: Educator Preparation Reform Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2016-02-04
- Sponsor: MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Educator Preparation Reform Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add as purposes of teacher quality partnership grants: (1) recruiting profession ready individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, as teachers, principals, and other educators; and (2) meeting the staffing needs of high-need local education agencies and high-need schools through close partnerships with educator preparation programs within institutions of higher education. An eligible partnership that receives a partnership grant shall use grant funds to carry out a program for the pre-baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate preparation of teachers, a teaching residency program (as in current law) or a principal residency program, or a combination of such programs. An eligible partnership carrying out a principal residency program must perform specified activities for high-need schools. The bill revises requirements for teacher residency programs and prescribes requirements for the establishment of principal residency programs. An eligible partnership that receives a partnership grant may carry out, instead of a leadership development program, effective educator development programs for other educators besides teachers and principals. The bill revises requirements for state reporting on the quality of teacher preparation. As a condition for receiving funds under this Act or under title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a state must conduct an assessment to identify at-risk (as well as low-performing) teacher preparation programs.

## Cosponsors (6)

- RUBEN HINOJOSA (D-TX), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5373: LGBT Data Inclusion Act
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015
- 114-hr-3785: Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4471 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4471)

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- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4269)
- [114-hr-3785: Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3785)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4471 (as of 2025-11-18).