Supporting the designation of the week of May 5 through May 9, 2025, as "Teacher Appreciation Week".
Sponsored By: Representative Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced
Summary
Recognizing and elevating teachers' voices. This bill would designate May 5–9, 2025 as Teacher Appreciation Week and highlights teachers' policy preferences while urging leaders to consult teachers in education decisions.
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- Teachers: Would call attention to the Nation's 3,000,000 public school teachers and notes only 19 percent would recommend the profession, signaling retention and morale concerns.
- Students and families: Emphasizes maintaining federal student protections teachers support, including nondiscrimination based on gender and sexual identity, the right of undocumented students to attend public school, and continued funding for Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (noted support for funding at 92 percent).
- Education policy and school leaders: Encourages reimagining teaching through safely using artificial intelligence, team-teaching, differentiated pay for hard-to-staff subjects and schools, teacher leadership roles, and efforts to diversify school staff. It urges Federal, State, and local leaders to engage teachers directly so their expertise shapes policy.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Cosponsors
Mannion
NY • D
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Adams
NC • D
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Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
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Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
CA • D
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Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
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Elfreth
MD • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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McBath
GA • D
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Davis (IL)
IL • D
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Wilson (FL)
FL • D
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Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
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Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
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Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Mullin
CA • D
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Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
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Johnson (GA)
GA • D
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Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
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Craig
MN • D
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Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
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Bishop
GA • D
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Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]
CA • D
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Barragan
CA • D
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Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
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Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
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Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
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Budzinski
IL • D
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Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
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Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
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McCollum
MN • D
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Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
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McClellan
VA • D
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Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
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Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
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Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
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Roll Call Votes
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