{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-2021","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":2021,"title":"American Teacher Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-03-10","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"W000808","fullName":"Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]","party":"D","state":"FL","district":24}],"cosponsorsCount":98,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-03-10","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Education programs funding","Elementary and secondary education","Teaching, teachers, curricula","Wages and earnings"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-03-10","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>American Teacher Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes grants to increase the minimum salary of public elementary and secondary school teachers. It also authorizes a national campaign regarding the value of the teaching profession.</p><p>First, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award four-year grants to state educational agencies (SEAs)&nbsp;and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to establish a minimum annual salary of $60,000 (to be adjusted annually for inflation) for these teachers.</p><p>Second, the bill directs ED to award grants to eligible SEAs&nbsp;to provide cost-of-living adjustments to the annual base salary of teachers.</p><p>Finally, the bill authorizes ED to carry out a national campaign to (1) increase awareness about the importance of teachers and the value of the teaching profession, (2) encourage secondary school and college students to consider teaching as a professional career, and (3) diversify the pool of individuals who enter the teaching profession.</p>","updateDate":"2026-03-25T08:06:03Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":504,"ts":"2026-04-19T10:52:32.299Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=American%20Teacher%20Act"}]}}