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HI HCR13
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Marumoto
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AI Summary
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Requests Hawaii's Congressional Delegation to continue supporting the Teach For America Program, which recruits and trains individuals to teach in low-income schools.
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Notes that Teach For America received $21 million in federal funding in 2010 and requested $50 million for Fiscal Year 2011 to place 1,350 additional corps members reaching 86,000 students.
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Highlights that Teach For America-Hawaii currently has 122 teachers in 39 schools across Oahu and the Big Island impacting over 10,000 students, with 17 percent being local residents.
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States that research shows Teach For America corps members' impact on student achievement equals or exceeds that of experienced and certified teachers in the same schools.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka, and U.S. Representatives Mazie Hirono and Colleen Hanabusa.
Legislative Description
Teach For America; Congressional support
Last Action
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Belatti, Say, Takumi, Tokioka, Wooley excused.
4/1/2011