Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026 (HR7883)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-04-30 — Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act: cross-connection with strengthening-educator-workforce-data-act: Educator workforce data is foundational evidence base for diagnosing and addressing teacher shortages. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-09-18 — Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act: cross-connection with para-educators-act: Both bills target the K-12 educator pipeline — PARA focuses on paraprofessional-to-teacher pathways while Addressing Teacher Shortages targets broader retention. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-16 — A bill to amend the requirements for teaching residency programs under part A of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.: cross-connection with teaching-residency-programs-hea-title-ii: Both address teacher pipeline/preparation policy under federal education law and may interact on residency and shortage-area provisions. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-03-09 — Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026: 2026-03-09 — HR7883 (Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2026) introduced and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce, directing the Department of Education to establish a grant program for local educational agencies to fund teacher residencies, mentoring, recruitment, training, and retention strategies. (novelty: 2)