Quality Educator Partnership Act
Sponsored By: Representative Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced
Summary
Strengthen educator pipelines and preparation by creating new Department of Education offices, a National Educator Service Corps, grant programs, and a national educator data system. It funds residencies, Grow Your Own programs, induction and mentoring, and technology and digital literacy integration for high-need communities.
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- Families and students: Aims to put more 'profession-ready' educators into high-need schools and requires an annual national report on educator qualifications and student outcomes.
- Prospective and current educators: Offers scholarships up to $15,000 per year, monthly stipends of $1,500 (no dependents) or $2,500 (with dependents), and a $25,000 residency stipend. Recipients must teach one academic year for each year of assistance received.
- States, local education agencies, and institutions of higher education: Creates an Office of Educator Workforce and an Office of Educational Technology and authorizes Title II funding at $600 million in FY2027 and $1.0 billion per year in FY2028–FY2031 for competitive and State grants and technical assistance.
*Authorizes roughly $4.6 billion for Title II across FY2027–FY2031 and about $4.5 billion for the National Educator Service Corps through FY2032, which would increase federal spending if appropriated.*
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Bill Overview
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6 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Large scholarships and stipends for teachers
If enacted, eligible teacher and library-media candidates could receive direct financial help through a National Educator Service Corps. Scholarships would cover remaining tuition and fees after your Pell Grant, up to $15,000 per year. Recipients would also get a monthly living stipend of $1,500 (no dependents) or $2,500 (with dependents), and a $25,000 stipend for a required 1‑year clinical residency. Benefits could be paid for up to four years and would be indexed to the CPI. You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident, keep Title IV satisfactory academic progress, and sign a service agreement. The service rule would require one academic year of teaching at a qualifying high‑need school for each year of help, with prorating for part‑time work and repayment if service is not completed.
Federal grants to boost teacher pipelines
If enacted, Title II would be authorized at $600 million for FY2027 and $1 billion per year for FY2028–FY2031. Of each year's funds, 2% would fund technical assistance, 5% would go to Augustus F. Hawkins Centers, 43% would fund competitive partnership grants, and 50% would fund State and Bureau of Indian Education design and implementation grants. The bill would set aside $100 million for 1‑year State/BIE planning grants and $400 million for 3‑year State/BIE implementation grants, reserving 0.7% of planning funds for BIE and guaranteeing no State gets less than 0.5% of planning money. States getting planning grants must do a statewide needs assessment and implementation grants could fund residencies, career‑lattice pay, induction and mentoring, Grow Your Own programs, and family‑sustaining supports like childcare, transportation, and housing. Federal funds would have to supplement, not supplant, existing non‑Federal funds.
New Education offices for workforce and tech
If enacted, the Department of Education would create an Office of Educator Workforce to run grant programs, give guidance, and coordinate with states and colleges. The bill would also create an Office of Educational Technology and Digital Literacy to lead policy on AI and other tools, update the National Education Technology Plan, and help districts and teacher programs use new technology safely. Each office would be led by a Director appointed by the Secretary.
New national teacher data system
If enacted, a new Educator Data Infrastructure Program would require the Statistics Commissioner to collect and publish annual data on educator preparation, licensure pass rates, vacancies, nonstandard licenses, and 3‑year retention of new teachers. The Commissioner would report to Congress each year and convene experts to recommend how to better link student performance to teacher qualifications within one year. States or preparation programs receiving Act funds would have to submit plans to provide missing requested data within two years of Department notification.
Research grants and a national center
If enacted, the bill would fund discretionary research grants to colleges and nonprofits, working with local school partners, to test and scale promising teacher training, staffing, residency, and mentoring models. Grants could study clinical experiences that include high‑impact tutoring and emerging tools like AI tutoring and virtual‑reality simulations, with a rule that technology cannot be used to replace classroom teachers. The bill would also create a National Center inside the research arm of Education to run long studies, give technical help to States, and host a What Works channel on workforce initiatives.
More civil rights reviews and reports
If enacted, the Department would perform an annual review of the Office for Civil Rights to check if it has enough staff and resources to enforce civil rights laws and collect compliance data. The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights would also send Congress a yearly report on how States are carrying out their State educator equity plans. The aim is better enforcement and transparency about equitable access to profession-ready educators.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
NC • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 9/24/2026
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/24/2026
Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/24/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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