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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3334 

To provide for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting a national 

teacher corps in underserved communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 19, 2005 

Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. REGULA, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. FORD, and Mr. 

VAN HOLLEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting 

a national teacher corps in underserved communities. 

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 ‘‘Teach for America 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are as follows: 

8 (1) To grow the number of highly accomplished 

9 recent college graduates teaching in underserved 

10 urban and rural communities in the United States. 
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1 (2) To increase the number of school districts 

2 and communities served by a nationally recruited 

3 corps of outstanding new teachers. 

4 (3) To build a broader pipeline of talented and 

5 experienced future leaders in public education and 

6 education reform. 

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘highly quali10 fied’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ 

11 have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 

12 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

13 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

14 (2) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means 

15 Teach For America, Inc. 

16 (3) HIGH NEED.—The term ‘‘high need’’, when 

17 used with respect to a local educational agency, 

18 means a local educational agency experiencing a 

19 shortage of highly qualified teachers. 

20 SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

21 The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to 

22 Teach For America, Inc., the national teacher corps of 

23 outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach 

24 for 2 years in underserved communities in the United 
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1 States, to implement and expand its program of recruit2 ing, selecting, training, and supporting new teachers. 

3 SEC. 5. GRANT REQUIREMENTS. 

4 In carrying out the grant program under section 3, 

5 the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the 

6 grantee under which the grantee agrees to use the grant 

7 funds provided under this Act— 

8 (1) to provide highly qualified teachers to high 

9 need local educational agencies in urban and rural 

10 communities; 

11 (2) to pay the cost of recruiting, selecting, 

12 training, and supporting new teachers; and 

13 (3) to serve a substantial number and percent14 age of underserved students. 

15 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Grant funds provided under this 

17 Act shall be used by the grantee to carry out each of the 

18 following activities: 

19 (1) Recruiting and selecting teachers through a 

20 highly selective national process. 

21 (2) Providing preservice training to the teachers 

22 through a rigorous summer institute that includes 

23 hands-on teaching experience and significant expo24 sure to education coursework and theory. 
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1 (3) Placing the teachers in schools and posi2 tions designated by partner local educational agen3 cies as high need placements serving underserved 

4 students. 

5 (4) Providing ongoing professional development 

6 activities for the teachers’ first 2 years in the class7 room, including regular classroom observations and 

8 feedback, and ongoing training and support. 

9 (b) LIMITATION.—The grantee shall use all grant 

10 funds received under this Act to support activities related 

11 directly to the recruitment, selection, training, and sup12 port of teachers as described in subsection (a). 

13 SEC. 7. EVALUATION. 

14 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The grantee shall provide to 

15 the Secretary an annual report that includes— 

16 (1) data on the number and quality of the 

17 teachers provided to local educational agencies 

18 through a grant under this Act; 

19 (2) an externally conducted analysis of the sat20 isfaction of local educational agencies and principals 

21 with the teachers so provided; and 

22 (3) comprehensive data on the background of 

23 the teachers chosen, the training the teachers re24 ceived, the placement sites of the teachers, the pro-
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1 fessional development of the teachers, and the reten2 tion of the teachers. 

3 (b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall provide for a study 

4 comparing the achievement and gains of students taught 

5 by the teachers assisted under this Act with the achieve6 ment and gains of students taught by other teachers in 

7 the same placement communities. The Secretary shall pro8 vide for such a study not less than once every 3 years, 

9 and each such study shall include multiple placement sites 

10 or the Secretary shall provide for multiple such studies. 

11 Each such study shall meet the peer-review standards of 

12 the education research community. 

13 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

15 this Act $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums 

16 as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. 

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