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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4113 

To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

to help close the gaps in principal preparation and provide new principals 

with the support and tools they need to meet the complex challenges 

of school leadership. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 29, 2012 

Mr. PAYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to help close the gaps in principal 

preparation and provide new principals with the support 

and tools they need to meet the complex challenges of 

school leadership. 

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

3 SECTION 1. IN GENERAL. 

4 Part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 

5 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘Subpart 6—Mentoring for New School Principals 

2 ‘‘SEC. 2161. MENTORING FOR NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. 

3 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to 

4 help close the gaps in principal preparation and provide 

5 new principals with the support and tools they need to 

6 meet the complex challenges of school leadership. 

7 ‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 

8 is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to 

9 eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to carry out 

10 the activities described in subsection (e). 

11 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this subpart, 

12 the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

13 ‘‘(1) a State educational agency; 

14 ‘‘(2) a local educational agency; 

15 ‘‘(3) a nonprofit organization with a dem16 onstrated commitment and capacity to develop and 

17 support principals; or 

18 ‘‘(4) a consortium of such agencies and organi19 zations. 

20 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under this 

21 subpart, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 

22 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con23 taining such information as the Secretary may reasonably 

24 require. 

25 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity that re2 ceives a grant under this subpart shall use funds to 

3 provide principals who have not more than 3 years 

4 of experience, effective professional development to 

5 improve the capacity of such principals to increase 

6 student achievement for all children. 

7 ‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—The activities 

8 described in paragraph (1) may include— 

9 ‘‘(A) establishing learning communities 

10 within elementary schools and secondary 

11 schools where principals and teachers— 

12 ‘‘(i) share a school mission and goals 

13 with an explicit vision of quality teaching 

14 and learning that guides all instructional 

15 decisions; 

16 ‘‘(ii) commit to improving student 

17 outcomes and performances; 

18 ‘‘(iii) set a continuous cycle of collec19 tive inquiry and improvement; 

20 ‘‘(iv) foster a culture of collaboration 

21 where teachers and principals work to22 gether on a regular basis to analyze and 

23 improve teaching and learning; and 

24 ‘‘(v) support and share leadership; 


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1 ‘‘(B) developing quality mentoring pro2 grams of sufficient intensity that include train3 ing for new principals on— 

4 ‘‘(i) effectively utilizing student as5 sessment data, including formative and 

6 summative assessments and program eval7 uation data, for the purpose of making in8 structional decisions and improving school9 based programs; 

10 ‘‘(ii) designing and implementing 

11 data-driven school improvement plans; 

12 ‘‘(iii) building or expanding relation13 ships within the learning community and 

14 collaborating with the broader school com15 munity, including parents and community 

16 stakeholders; 

17 ‘‘(iv) building relationships and com18 municating effectively with State and cen19 tral office officials; 

20 ‘‘(v) designing school-based collabo21 rative professional development plans; 

22 ‘‘(vi) staff recruitment, hiring, and 

23 dismissal courses of action; and 


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1 ‘‘(vii) effectively observing and pro2 viding feedback to teachers to improve 

3 their classroom practice; and 

4 ‘‘(C) providing stipends for mentors who 

5 are veteran principals with demonstrated skills 

6 in transformational and instructional leadership 

7 and a successful record of increasing student 

8 achievement.’’. 

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