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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1828 

To establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals 

to enter and remain in the field of teaching at public schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Ms. CORRINE

BROWN of Florida, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. 

MCINTYRE, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. COHEN, Mr. WATT, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. SCOTT

of Georgia, and Mr. SHULER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter and remain in the field 

of teaching at public schools. 

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 ‘‘Teaching Fellows Act 

5 of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) The United States faces an increasing need 

2 for high-quality educators. 

3 (2) Up to 1,000,000 of the country’s 3,000,000 

4 teachers will retire in the next 5 years. Schools in 

5 the United States will have to hire 2,200,000 teach6 ers by 2010. 

7 (3) The Congress desires to inspire promising 

8 high school seniors and accomplished persons cur9 rently involved in the field of education to become 

10 certified teachers. 

11 (4) The opportunity created by a fellowship 

12 program would allow persons in the field of edu13 cation the financial opportunity to obtain a quality 

14 education which they would use to teach America’s 

15 youth. 

16 (5) The Congress desires to motivate those who 

17 go into the field of teaching to become career edu18 cators. 

19 (6) Many paraprofessionals have received their 

20 training at community colleges and have the poten21 tial and desire to obtain degrees in education and 

22 certification as teachers. 

23 (7) Rural and inner-city communities could 

24 greatly benefit from encouraging those in the com25 munity who already have an interest in teaching to 


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1 pursue a degree in education and become career 

2 educators. 

3 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 

4 Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

5 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating Part B as Part C; and 

7 (2) by inserting after Part A the following new 

8 part: 

9 ‘‘PART B—TEACHING AND PARTNERSHIP 

10 FELLOWS 

11 ‘‘SEC. 211. STATE TEACHING FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en13 courage promising high school seniors and undergraduate 

14 students to enter the field of teaching and become career 

15 educators. 

16 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE TEACHING FEL17 LOWS PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.— 

19 From the funds appropriated under subsection (h), 

20 the Secretary shall make grants available to States 

21 for the purpose of establishing State Teaching Fel22 lows Programs to provide scholarships for Teaching 

23 Fellows. Such scholarships shall be used to pay for 

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1 tutions of higher education incurred by such Teach2 ing Fellows. 

3 ‘‘(2) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS.—Scholarships to 

4 Teaching Fellows made available under this section 

5 shall be no less than $6,500 per year— 

6 ‘‘(A) for each of 4 years of undergraduate 

7 education, in the case of a Teaching Fellow 

8 who, at the time of application, was a high 

9 school senior; 

10 ‘‘(B) for the third and fourth year of un11 dergraduate education, in the case of a Teach12 ing Fellow who, at the time of application, was 

13 in the second year of undergraduate education; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(C) for a fifth year of undergraduate edu16 cation, in the case of a Teaching Fellow de17 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B), if such 

18 year is required in order to obtain a bachelor’s 

19 degree with a State license or certificate to 

20 teach. 

21 ‘‘(3) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—Teaching Fel22 lows shall be selected from individuals who— 

23 ‘‘(A) at the time of application, are high 

24 school seniors or are in the second academic 

25 year of a program of undergraduate education 


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1 at a two- or four-year degree-granting institu2 tion of higher education; 

3 ‘‘(B) are United States citizens or aliens 

4 lawfully residing in the United States (other 

5 than as a nonimmigrant); 

6 ‘‘(C) are residents of the State sponsoring 

7 the State Teaching Fellows Program to which 

8 they are applying; 

9 ‘‘(D) meet the criteria established under 

10 subsection (c)(2)(C); and 

11 ‘‘(E) enter into a written agreement with 

12 the State agency to fulfill the service require13 ment under subsection (e) in exchange for re14 ceipt of the scholarship made available under 

15 this section. 

16 ‘‘(c) COMPETITION FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PROGRAM.— 

18 The governor (or chief executive officer) of each 

19 State desiring to participate in the State Teaching 

20 Fellows Program shall designate a single State agen21 cy to administer the State Teaching Fellows Pro22 gram. Such State agency shall have a full-time staff 

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1 er education, an independent government agency, or 

2 a non-profit organization. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A State agency designated 

4 under paragraph (1) shall submit an application to 

5 the Secretary at such time, in such a manner, and 

6 containing such information, as the Secretary may 

7 require. Such application shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) identify the private and public insti9 tutions of higher education within the State 

10 that will participate in the State Teaching Fel11 lows Program; 

12 ‘‘(B) describe any step the State agency 

13 will take to encourage the involvement of His14 panic Serving Institutions and Historically 

15 Black Colleges and Universities in such pro16 gram; 

17 ‘‘(C) describe the specific, rigorous criteria 

18 to be used in selecting Teaching Fellows; 

19 ‘‘(D) describe the procedures the State 

20 agency will use for the distribution of scholar21 ships and administration of service obligation 

22 oversight; 

23 ‘‘(E) provide assurances that each partici24 pating institution will be required to provide a 

25 full-time faculty member or administrator to 


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1 serve as the State Teaching Fellows Program 

2 director at that institution, and to work closely 

3 with the State agency to administer the campus 

4 program and to create and execute the manda5 tory extracurricular enrichment programs and 

6 activities required by subparagraph (F); and 

7 ‘‘(F) describe the mandatory extra8 curricular enrichment programs and activities 

9 that will be part of such program that— 

10 ‘‘(i) are designed to motivate Teach11 ing Fellows to become career educators; 

12 ‘‘(ii) provide Teaching Fellows with a 

13 multidisciplinary education; 

14 ‘‘(iii) are offered regularly during each 

15 year of schooling (including during inter16 vals between periods of enrollment); and 

17 ‘‘(iv) expose Teaching Fellows to the 

18 business, political, demographic, cultural, 

19 and economic climates of the State, and 

20 help Teaching Fellows develop leadership 

21 qualities. 

22 ‘‘(3) COMPETITIVE SELECTION.—From the ap23 plications submitted by State agencies designated 

24 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall approve 

25 those applications that the Secretary determines to 


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1 be the most promising in carrying out the purposes 

2 of the State Teaching Fellows Program. Each such 

3 State agency whose application is selected by the 

4 Secretary to participate in the State Teaching Fel5 lows Program shall receive funds to offer scholar6 ships under this section. The Secretary shall deter7 mine the amount of funds to award to each such 

8 State agency based on the amount of the total ap9 propriation for the State Teaching Fellows Program, 

10 the relative size of the State’s student population, 

11 and the cost of administering a viable State Teach12 ing Fellows Program, as estimated by the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE RECEIPT OF FED14 ERAL FUNDS.—Each State participating in the State 

15 Teaching Fellows Program shall provide assurances 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(1) the State agency and participating institu18 tions shall, collectively, match the Federal funds pro19 vided under this section by providing at least 25 per20 cent of the total cost of the State Teaching Fellows 

21 Program; and 

22 ‘‘(2) funds received under this section will only 

23 be used to supplement the amount of funds that 

24 would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be 

25 made available from non-Federal sources for the 


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1 purposes of this section, and not to supplant such 

2 funds. 

3 ‘‘(e) SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHING FEL4 LOWS.—Each individual selected as a Teaching Fellow 

5 and receiving scholarship assistance under this section 

6 shall, within 7 years after graduation— 

7 ‘‘(1) teach for 4 qualifying years at one or more 

8 public schools within the State that awarded such 

9 scholarship; or 

10 ‘‘(2) teach for 3 consecutive qualifying years 

11 (unless the recipient takes leave of absence, ap12 proved by the State agency on a case-by-case basis), 

13 at one or more public schools within such State that, 

14 at the time the recipient accepts employment, the 

15 local educational agency in which such school is lo16 cated has identified for school improvement under 

17 section 1116(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 

18 Education Act of 1965. 

19 ‘‘(f) FAILURE TO MEET SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) OBLIGATION TO REPAY.—The State agen21 cy administering the State Teaching Fellows Pro22 gram shall require that any Teaching Fellow who 

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1 ceived from the State Teaching Fellows Program, 

2 and to pay interest on such pro rata amount at an 

3 annual rate of 10 percent until such pro rata 

4 amount is repaid. 

5 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

6 apply if the State agency finds that it is impossible 

7 for the Teaching Fellow to meet the service require8 ment under subsection (e) because of the death or 

9 permanent disability of the recipient. 

10 ‘‘(3) REVOLVING FUNDING.—Any funds repaid 

11 by a Teaching Fellow pursuant to paragraph (1), to12 gether with any interest thereon, may be retained by 

13 the State agency for making available additional 

14 scholarships under this section, and for paying costs 

15 related to the disbursement of awards under this 

16 section, and the collection of payments under para17 graph (1). 

18 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED YEAR.—The term ‘qualified 

20 year’, with respect to the service required of a 

21 Teaching Fellow under subsection (e), means an 

22 academic year during which the Teaching Fellow 

23 teaches a minimum of six full calendar months with24 in such academic year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes the 

2 several States, the District of Columbia, and the 

3 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

4 ‘‘(3) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘State agency’ 

5 means the agency designated pursuant to subsection 

6 (c)(1). 

7 ‘‘(4) TEACHING FELLOWS.—The term ‘Teach8 ing Fellow’ means an individual selected for an 

9 award of financial assistance under this section. 

10 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may 

13 be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 212. PARTNERSHIP FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

15 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

16 ‘‘(1) to encourage members of the education 

17 community, such as education-related paraprofes18 sionals and other school employees who are not yet 

19 certified teachers, to obtain a bachelor’s degree with 

20 a State license or certificate to teach; and 

21 ‘‘(2) to encourage partnerships between associ22 ate’s degree-granting institutions and bachelor’s de23 gree-granting institutions to reduce and remove com24 mon barriers that prevent many individuals deVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:55 Apr 05, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1828.IH H1828

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1 scribed in paragraph (1) from completing such a de2 gree. 

3 ‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR STATE PARTNERSHIP FELLOWS

4 PROGRAMS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—From the funds appro6 priated under subsection (f), the Secretary shall 

7 make grants available to States for the purpose of 

8 establishing State Partnership Fellows Programs 

9 to— 

10 ‘‘(A) support the creation and maintenance 

11 of eligible partnerships; and 

12 ‘‘(B) provide funds to eligible partnerships 

13 to award scholarships to Partnership Fellows, 

14 which shall be used to pay for tuition, fees, and 

15 other costs of attendance incurred by Partner16 ship Fellows at institutions of higher education 

17 that are members of such eligible partnerships. 

18 ‘‘(2) STATE AGENCY TO ADMINISTER PRO19 GRAM.—The governor (or chief executive officer) of 

20 each State desiring to receive a grant under this sec21 tion shall designate a single State agency to admin22 ister the State Partnership Fellows Program. Such 

23 State agency shall have a full-time staff and may be 

24 a division of the State’s education department, a co25 ordinating or governing board of higher education, 


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1 an independent government agency, or a non-profit 

2 organization. 

3 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—A State agency designated 

4 under paragraph (2) shall submit an application to 

5 the Secretary at such time, in such a manner, and 

6 containing such information, as the Secretary may 

7 require. Such application shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) describe— 

9 ‘‘(i) the process by which the State 

10 agency solicited proposals from eligible 

11 partnerships within the State for participa12 tion in the State Partnership Fellows Pro13 gram; 

14 ‘‘(ii) any criteria used, in addition to 

15 the criteria described in subsection (c), to 

16 select from such proposals eligible partner17 ships to participate in the State Partner18 ship Fellows Program; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) any steps taken by the State 

20 agency to include the involvement of His21 panic Serving Institutions and Historically 

22 Black Colleges and Universities in the 

23 State Partnership Fellows Program; 

24 ‘‘(B) provide a list of the eligible partner25 ships that have been selected for participation 


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1 in the State Partnership Fellows Program, 

2 which shall include the names of the institu3 tions of higher education that comprise the 

4 members of each such eligible partnership, and 

5 the proposals submitted by each such eligible 

6 partnership; 

7 ‘‘(C) provide a detailed description of how 

8 the funds provided through such grant shall be 

9 allocated among eligible partnerships within the 

10 State; and 

11 ‘‘(D) provide assurances that— 

12 ‘‘(i) not less than 25 percent of the 

13 total cost of the State Partnership Fellows 

14 Program shall be from non-Federal funds; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the funds received under this sec16 tion shall only be used to supplement the 

17 amount of funds that would, in the absence 

18 of such Federal funds, be made available 

19 from non-Federal sources for the purposes 

20 of this section, and not to supplant such 

21 funds; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) not more than 20 percent of the 

23 funds received under this section shall be 

24 used for administrative costs to carry out 

25 the State Partnership Fellows Program, 


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1 including funds made available to eligible 

2 partnerships to— 

3 ‘‘(I) support the creation and 

4 maintenance of such partnerships; 

5 ‘‘(II) sponsor the mandatory ex6 tracurricular enrichment programs 

7 and activities for Partnership Fellows, 

8 as required by subsection (c)(3); and 

9 ‘‘(III) collect payments under 

10 subsection (d)(4)(A). 

11 ‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE SELECTION.—From applica12 tions submitted by State agencies for State Partner13 ship Fellows Program grants, the Secretary shall 

14 award grants to those State agencies that the Sec15 retary determines, based on such applications, to be 

16 the most promising in carrying out the purposes of 

17 this section. 

18 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS FROM ELIGIBLE

19 PARTNERSHIPS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 

20 this section, a State agency shall require each eligible part21 nership selected for participation in the State Partnership 

22 Fellows Program to have submitted a proposal that— 

23 ‘‘(1) identifies the specific, rigorous criteria to 

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1 age children, a firm commitment to the field of edu2 cation, and aptitude to succeed as a teacher; 

3 ‘‘(2) designates a full-time faculty member or 

4 administrator to serve as Partnership Fellows Pro5 gram director or coordinator for the eligible partner6 ship, who will work closely with the State agency to 

7 administer the program and to create and execute 

8 the mandatory extracurricular enrichment programs 

9 and activities required by paragraph (3); 

10 ‘‘(3) describes the mandatory extracurricular 

11 enrichment programs and activities that will be part 

12 of such program that— 

13 ‘‘(A) are designed to motivate Partnership 

14 Fellows to become career educators; 

15 ‘‘(B) provide Partnership Fellows with a 

16 multidisciplinary education; 

17 ‘‘(C) are offered regularly during each year 

18 of schooling (including during intervals between 

19 periods of enrollment); and 

20 ‘‘(D) expose Partnership Fellows to the 

21 business, political, demographic, cultural, and 

22 economic climates of the State, and help the 

23 Partnership Fellows develop leadership quali24 ties; 


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1 ‘‘(4) specifically describes how the eligible part2 nership will provide Partnership Fellows in rural or 

3 underserved communities access to the curriculum 

4 and mandatory extracurricular enrichment programs 

5 and activities created by the eligible partnership; 

6 ‘‘(5) describes how the program will accommo7 date Partnership Fellows who maintain employment 

8 while pursuing a degree, including any available dis9 tance learning methods, evening and weekend pro10 grams, minimum credit requirements, or other pro11 grams; 

12 ‘‘(6) describes the circumstances in which, and 

13 the amount with which, the eligible partnership will 

14 assist Partnership Fellows during the period of stu15 dent teaching, in accordance with subsection 

16 (d)(2)(C), should they be financially unable (as de17 termined by the State agency) to complete such pe18 riod of student teaching; 

19 ‘‘(7) provides an itemized account of how the el20 igible partnership plans to use the funds received 

21 under this section; and 

22 ‘‘(8) provides assurances that scholarships to 

23 Partnership Fellows will be administered in accord24 ance with the requirements of subsection (d). 


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1 ‘‘(d) PARTNERSHIP FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP ADMIN2 ISTRATION.— 

3 ‘‘(1) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—Partnership 

4 Fellows shall be selected by an eligible partnership 

5 from individuals who— 

6 ‘‘(A) are United States citizens or aliens 

7 lawfully residing in the United States (other 

8 than as a nonimmigrant); 

9 ‘‘(B) are residents of the State sponsoring 

10 the Partnership Fellows Program to which they 

11 are applying; 

12 ‘‘(C) are— 

13 ‘‘(i) education-related paraprofes14 sionals, as such term is defined by the 

15 State agency of such State; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) enrolled in an associate’s degree17 granting institution; 

18 ‘‘(D) meet the criteria established by the 

19 eligible partnership under subsection (c)(1); and 

20 ‘‘(E) enter into a written agreement with 

21 the eligible partnership to fulfill the service re22 quirement under paragraph (3) in exchange for 

23 receipt of the scholarship made available under 

24 this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS.—Scholarships to 

2 Partnership Fellows made available under this sec3 tion— 

4 ‘‘(A) in the case of a Partnership Fellow 

5 attending an institution of higher education on 

6 a full-time basis, as defined by the eligible part7 nership, shall be— 

8 ‘‘(i) not less than $6,500 per year; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) available for each year of under11 graduate education required to obtain a 

12 bachelor’s degree with a State license or 

13 certificate to teach that the Partnership 

14 Fellow begins after being selected as a 

15 Partnership Fellow, which may include a 

16 fifth year of undergraduate education if a 

17 fifth year is required to obtain a bachelor’s 

18 degree with a State license or certificate to 

19 teach; 

20 ‘‘(B) in the case of a Partnership Fellow 

21 attending an institution of higher education on 

22 less than a full-time basis, as defined by the eli23 gible partnership, shall be— 

24 ‘‘(i) the amount under subparagraph 

25 (A)(i), reduced in proportion to the degree 


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1 to which that student is not so attending 

2 on a full-time basis; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) available for a period not to ex4 ceed six years; and 

5 ‘‘(C) in the case of a Partnership Fellow 

6 described in subparagraph (A) or (B), may be 

7 awarded during the period of student teaching, 

8 as permitted under subsection (c)(6). 

9 ‘‘(3) SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR PARTNER10 SHIP FELLOWS.—Each Partnership Fellow shall, 

11 within 7 years after graduating with a bachelor’s de12 gree with a State license or certificate to teach— 

13 ‘‘(A) teach for 4 qualifying years at one or 

14 more public schools within the State in which 

15 the eligible partnership that selected the Part16 nership Fellow is located; or 

17 ‘‘(B) teach for 3 consecutive qualifying 

18 years (unless the recipient takes leave of ab19 sence, approved by the State agency on a case20 by-case basis), at one or more public schools 

21 within such State that, at the time the recipient 

22 accepts employment, the local educational agen23 cy in which such school is located has identified 

24 for school improvement under section 1116(b) 


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1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

2 Act of 1965. 

3 ‘‘(4) FAILURE TO MEET SERVICE REQUIRE4 MENT.— 

5 ‘‘(A) OBLIGATION TO REPAY.—Any Part6 nership Fellow who fails to meet the service re7 quirement under paragraph (3) shall repay to 

8 the eligible partnership that selected the Part9 nership Fellow, a pro rata amount, as deter10 mined by the State agency administering the 

11 State Partnership Fellows Program, of the 

12 scholarship received from the Partnership Fel13 lows Program, and to pay interest on such pro 

14 rata amount at an annual rate of 10 percent 

15 until such pro rata amount is repaid. 

16 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) 

17 shall not apply if the State agency finds that it 

18 is impossible for the Partnership Fellow to meet 

19 the service requirement under paragraph (3) 

20 because of the death or permanent disability of 

21 the Partnership Fellow. 

22 ‘‘(C) REVOLVING FUNDING.—Any funds 

23 repaid by a Partnership Fellow pursuant to 

24 subparagraph (A), together with any interest 

25 thereon, shall be transferred by the eligible 


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1 partnership to the State agency, and may be re2 tained by the State agency for making available 

3 additional scholarships under this section, and 

4 for administrative costs related to the disburse5 ment of such scholarships. 

6 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi8 ble partnership’ means a partnership agreement be9 tween at least one associate’s degree-granting insti10 tution and at least one bachelor’s degree-granting 

11 institution in which all members of the partnership 

12 agree to— 

13 ‘‘(A) establish significantly similar cur14 ricula and degree requirements for individuals 

15 pursuing a bachelor’s degree with a State li16 cense or certification to teach; 

17 ‘‘(B) ensure that credit earned by an indi18 vidual at any institution that is a member of 

19 the eligible partnership is acceptable for full 

20 credit toward such a bachelor’s degree at any 

21 other member institution of the same eligible 

22 partnership that offers such bachelor’s degrees; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(C) jointly sponsor the mandatory extra25 curricular enrichment programs and activities 


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1 required for Partnership Fellows under sub2 section (c)(3). 

3 ‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP FELLOW.—The term ‘Part4 nership Fellow’ means an individual selected by an 

5 eligible partnership for a scholarship award under 

6 this section. 

7 ‘‘(3) QUALIFYING YEAR.—The term ‘qualifying 

8 year’, with respect to the service required of a Part9 nership Fellow under subsection (e), means an aca10 demic year during which the Partnership Fellow 

11 teaches a minimum of six full calendar months with12 in such academic year. 

13 ‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes the 

14 several States, the District of Columbia, and the 

15 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

16 ‘‘(5) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘State agency’ 

17 means the agency designated pursuant to subsection 

18 (b)(2). 

19 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may 

22 be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 

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