On January 18, the U.S. Department of Education's Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs will begin work to develop regulations for Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and the TEACH Grants. AACTE commended the deans and other teacher preparation leaders serving as members of the panel for their commitment to this endeavor and offered the following guiding principles for the Committee's deliberations over the next few months:

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(Jan. 17, 2012, Washington, D.C.) – Tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Education's Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs will begin its work to develop regulations for Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and the TEACH Grants. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) today commended the deans and other teacher preparation leaders serving as members of the panel for their commitment to this endeavor and offered some guiding principles for the Committee's deliberations over the next few months. These guiding principles focus on enhancing the preparation of future educators in meaningful, sustainable and achievable ways, and seek to ensure advancement of the entire educator preparation profession to improve the knowledge and skills of beginning teachers entering the nation's classrooms.

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After bipartisan talks to reauthorize ESEA ended in the U.S. House of Representatives, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) posted two comprehensive Republican reauthorization draft bills to the Committee website, the “Student Success Act” and the “Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act.” The committee also released summaries of both bills.

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