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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5397 

To amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to 

partnership grants for the establishment of rural teaching residency 

programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2019 

Mr. BOST (for himself, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. RODNEY

DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 

BERGMAN, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. KINZINGER, 

Mr. UPTON, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Mr. SHIMKUS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

with respect to partnership grants for the establishment 

of rural teaching residency programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Education In5 vestment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT 

2 OF RURAL TEACHING RESIDENCY PRO3 GRAMS. 

4 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 200 of the Higher Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (16) through 

7 (23) as paragraphs (17) through (24), respectively; 

8 and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol10 lowing new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(16) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY LOCATED

12 IN A RURAL AREA.—The term ‘local educational 

13 agency located in a rural area’ means a local edu14 cational agency that meets the eligibility require15 ments for funding under— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Small, Rural School Achievement 

17 Program under section 5211(b) of the Elemen18 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; or 

19 ‘‘(B) the Rural and Low-Income School 

20 Program under section 5221(b) of the Elemen21 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.’’. 

22 (b) GRANT AWARDS.—Section 202(e) of the Higher 

23 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022a(e)) is amended 

24 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

25 ‘‘(3) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) PERCENTAGE OF RURAL LOCAL EDU2 CATIONAL AGENCIES.—Before the start of each 

3 award year, the Secretary shall determine, 

4 based on the number of students in kinder5 garten through grade 12 who are served by all 

6 local educational agencies, the percentage of 

7 students in kindergarten through grade 12 who 

8 are served by local educational agencies located 

9 in rural areas. 

10 ‘‘(B) GRANT RESERVATION FOR RURAL

11 LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—Beginning 

12 with the first award year that begins after the 

13 date of enactment of the ‘Rural Education In14 vestment Act’, the Secretary shall ensure that, 

15 of the total amount awarded for grants under 

16 this subsection for an award year, the percent17 age of such total amount that is awarded to eli18 gible partnerships that are in partnership with 

19 a local educational agency located in a rural 

20 area shall not be less than the percentage deter21 mined by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) 

22 for such award year.’’. 

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