House+Bill+4045

=media type="file" key="House bill 4045 DSCH.mp3"= =Improving Teacher Diversity Act=  Original Sponsor: Demorat Jason Altmire

=Reason/purpose for the bill- = To better educate the teachers who teach at minority serving institutions such as black colleges by establishing centers of excellence for teacher’s education. Minority schools are more likely to have teachers who are inexperienced, underqualified than other teacher in regular schools, and that needs to be fixed. It also helps minority schools become more equal to regular schools. This is graph is of Percent of Classes in Core Academic Subjects Not Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. As you can see the higher poverty school have less qualified teachers.



====The bill that is being amended in the Teacher Diversity Act is the Higher Education Act of 1965.  The Higher Education Act of 1965 was a legislative document that was signed into law on November 8, 19 65. The bills original purpose was to strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in minority institutions. It also made nessasary for students to have a certificate of graduation from a school with a secondary education. It also made a educational program that awards a bachelor's degree. That education program also provides no less than a 2-year program that can also get you a certificate of graduation. ====
 *  History of the Higher Education Act of 1965-    **

 
==== **History of Minority Institutions-** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Minority institutions were generally established around 1964. Studies show that black males, in particular, are better served educationally in all black schools. Those studies are one of the reasons why minority institutions were created. Minority institutions generally are for Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, or Pacific Islanders. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">   ====

Go to this link for a list of minority institutions http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst-list-tab.html

 * These are two minority colleges in Georgia for african-Americans.**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **People affected by this bill-**
====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The people that will be affected by this bill are mainly minority groups. They will be affected because their colleges and schools will be improved. Also the teachers that teach in minority institutions will be affected by this bill. They will be affected because they will have to be better trained. ====

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