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PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE UNVEIL INITIATIVES TO HELP
PROVIDE A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM
January 21, 1999
In his State of the Union Address, President Clinton called on states and
school districts to ensure that new teachers meet state certification
requirements, pass performance exams, and have a major or minor in the
subject they teach. Today, President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and
the First Lady will announce several initiatives to help schools meet
these objectives and to attract talented, well-prepared teachers into our
classrooms. These initiatives include: (1) a second installment on the
PresidentD,s class size reduction initiative, which increases funding by
$200 million and enables local schools to hire an additional 8,000
teachers; (2) $35 million in funding -- up from $7.5 million this year
to provide scholarships to 7,000 outstanding students who commit to
teaching in high-poverty public schools; (3) an $18 million initiative to
extend the Troops-to-Teachers program to train and place more than 3,000
retired military personnel as new teachers in public schools, especially
in high-need subject areas like math and science and in high-poverty
schools; and (4) a new $10 million initiative to begin recruiting and
training 1,000 Native American teachers who commit to teach in schools
with high concentrations of Native American students.
Hiring 100,000 well-prepared teachers to reduce class size in the early
grades. President Clinton will ask for $1.4 billion in his FY 2000
budget, a $200 million increase over FY 1999 funding, for his initiative
to hire 100,000 teachers to reduce class size in grades 1-3 to a national
average of 18. This increase will enable local schools to recruit, hire,
and train an additional 8,000 teachers, while continuing to pay for the
30,000 teachers hired with FY 1999 funds. To ensure that this initiative
supports high-quality teaching, school districts may spend up to 15
percent of these funds for teacher training and other related activities.
Studies show that smaller classes enable teachers to give personal
attention to students, which leads to their getting a stronger foundation
in the basic skills. The studies also show that minority and
disadvantaged students show the greatest achievement gains as a result of
reducing class size in the early grades.
Recruiting Outstanding New Teachers for High-Poverty Schools. Poor and
minority students often have the least access to well-prepared teachers:
for example, students in schools with the highest minority enrollments
have less than 50-percent chance of having a math or science teacher with
a license and degree in the field. To address this challenge, the
President will propose $35 million -- up from $7.5 million this year -- to
provide scholarships to 7,000 outstanding students who commit to teaching
in high-poverty public schools. These scholarships were first proposed by
President Clinton last year and enacted by Congress as part of the
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
Preserving and Expanding the Troops to Teachers program. The successful
Troops to Teachers program, which has helped 3,000 retiring military
personnel become teachers in public schools since 1994, is scheduled to
expire later this year. To preserve and build on this successful program,
President Clinton will propose $18 million to provide scholarships and
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other support for training and placing in public schools more than 3,000
retiring military personnel and other mid-career professionals. The
initiative. would focus on recruiting and training new teachers for
high-poverty schools and for high-need subject areas like math, science,
foreign languages, or special education.
Training and Recruiting New Native American Teachers. Only two-thirds of
Native American students successfully complete high school -- far fewer
than other students. To address this challenge, the President is
proposing $10 million to begin training and recruiting of 1000 new
teachers for areas with high concentrations of American Indian and Alaska
Native students.
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