Teaching Fellows Act of 2001

The Teaching Fellows Act of 2001 (H.R. 839) was a legislative proposal designed to increase the number of qualified public school teachers by providing federal matching grants to state scholarship programs. The bill aimed to support high school seniors and college students pursuing careers in education, as well as current school staff, such as teaching assistants, who wished to complete their bachelor’s degrees and obtain teaching certifications. Under this plan, scholarship recipients would have been required to teach in their state's public elementary or secondary schools for a set period or repay the financial assistance they received.

Introduced in March 2001 by Representative David E. Price, the bill was referred to the House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. However, the legislation did not advance further during the 107th Congress and never became law.