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Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.

Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.

Introduced May 4, 2026

Latest action (May 4, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education

Summary
  • Recognizes the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.
  • Expresses the House's thanks to elementary and secondary school teachers of the United States.
  • Promotes the profession of teaching and the contributions of educators.
  • Encourages students, parents, school administrators, and public officials to recognize National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-8, 2026).

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Sam Graves’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $47,206
  • HERZOG LLC $20,300
  • SOUTHWEST AIRLINES $19,000
  • DELTA AIR LINES $16,900
  • RYDER SYSTEMS, INC. $13,800

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sam Graves → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. May 4, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. May 4, 2026 Submitted in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • SRES 724 — A resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. · Passed Senate May 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
  • HRES 379 — Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. · Introduced May 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 86%
  • HRES 1255 — Supporting the designation of the week of May 4 through May 8, 2026, as "Teacher Appreciation Week". · Introduced May 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 84%
  • SRES 231 — A resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. · Passed Senate May 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HRES 1139 — Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Middle-Level Education Month". · Introduced Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HRES 894 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that strong public education in United States history and civics is essential to preserving the Nation's founding ideals on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the United States. · Introduced Nov 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 4, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 4, 2026

Mr. Graves (for himself, Mr. Bell, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. Alford) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

RESOLUTION

Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.

Whereas education and knowledge are the foundation of the current and future strength of the United States; Whereas teachers and other education staff have earned and deserve the respect of their students and communities for their selfless dedication to community service and the futures of the children of the United States; Whereas the purposes of National Teacher Appreciation Week, celebrated from May 4, 2026, through May 8, 2026, are—

(1) to raise public awareness of the unquantifiable contributions of teachers; and

(2) to promote greater respect and understanding for the teaching profession; and

Whereas students, schools, communities, and a number of organizations representing educators are recognizing the importance of teachers during National Teacher Appreciation Week: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) thanks elementary and secondary school teachers of the United States; and

(2) promotes the profession of teaching and the contributions of educators by encouraging students, parents, school administrators, and public officials to recognize National Teacher Appreciation Week. <all>

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