Teacher Health and Wellness Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 18, 2017)
Teacher Health and Wellness Act
This bill directs the National Institutes of Health to carry out a five-year study on reducing teacher stress and increasing teacher retention and well-being by implementing and analyzing the results of any of several types of innovative approaches that include:
- workplace wellness programs;
- social emotional learning programs;
- teacher stress management programs;
- mentoring and induction programs during the school year and teacher pre-service;
- organizational interventions such as principal training programs;
- teacher residency programs;
- complementary health approaches, such as mindfulness meditation; and
- school reorganization.
What just happenedMay 19, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 18, 2017
- May 19, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 18, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 18, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 18, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and the Workforce Committee - May 18, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 18, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House