1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teachers and Parents at the Table Act . 2. Teacher Advisory committee The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1004 ( 20 U.S.C. 6304 ) the following: 1005. Teacher Advisory Committee (a) Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) Expert teachers offer an important resource to policymakers as they can bring their expertise and perspective from the classroom to inform policy so that positive outcomes for all students will be maximized. (2) State Teachers of the Year represent a valuable resource with a body of expert knowledge and skill about instructional practice, 21st century learning, and school functioning that can be infused into policymaking to promote better outcomes for prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary students. (3) State Teachers of the Year have been selected by their communities and States as models of their profession and represent every State in the Nation and every discipline and grade level. (b) Establishment The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Teacher Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the Committee ). (c) Duty The duty of the Committee shall be to bring the perspective of expert teachers to policymakers regarding the implementation and impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act ( Public Law 114–95 ) and to make policy recommendations. (d) Membership (1) In general The membership of the Committee shall consist of not more than 10 teachers employed in a public elementary school and not more than 10 teachers employed in a public secondary school who— (A) are past or present finalists or State Teachers of the Year, or are nominated from organizations representing teachers and have demonstrated similar evidence of expertise; (B) have experience working with educational policy; (C) have a demonstrated history of working as a teacher leader in the policy arena