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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1248 

To amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 25, 2017 

Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

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 ‘‘Elevating Educator 

5 Preparation Through Innovation Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS UNDER TITLE II. 

7 Section 200 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

8 U.S.C. 1021) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this para2 graph, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity 

3 that shall include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a high-need local educational 

5 agency; and 

6 ‘‘(ii)(I) a high-need school or a con7 sortium of high-need schools served by the 

8 high-need local educational agency; or 

9 ‘‘(II) as applicable, a high-need early 

10 childhood education program. 

11 ‘‘(B) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

12 provided in section 251, the term ‘eligible part13 nership’ means an eligible entity that is in part14 nership with at least one of the following enti15 ties that has a demonstrated record of success 

16 with high-need local educational agencies (in17 cluding addressing the eligible entity’s current 

18 human capital needs): 

19 ‘‘(i) A partner institution. 

20 ‘‘(ii) A school, department, or pro21 gram of education within such partner in22 stitution, which may include an existing 

23 teacher professional development program 

24 with proven outcomes within a four-year 

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1 vides intensive and sustained collaboration 

2 between faculty and local educational agen3 cies consistent with the requirements of 

4 this title. 

5 ‘‘(iii) A school or department of arts 

6 and sciences within such partner institu7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(iv) An entity operating a program 

9 that provides alternative routes to State 

10 certification of teachers. 

11 ‘‘(v) A public or private nonprofit edu12 cational organization. 

13 ‘‘(vi) An educational service agency. 

14 ‘‘(C) PERMISSIVE PARTNERS.—An ‘eligible 

15 partnership’ may include any of the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) The Governor of the State. 

17 ‘‘(ii) The State educational agency. 

18 ‘‘(iii) The State board of education. 

19 ‘‘(iv) The State agency for higher edu20 cation. 

21 ‘‘(v) A business. 

22 ‘‘(vi) A teacher organization. 

23 ‘‘(vii) A high-performing local edu24 cational agency, or a consortium of such 


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1 local educational agencies, that can serve 

2 as a resource to the partnership. 

3 ‘‘(viii) A charter school (as defined in 

4 section 4310 of the Elementary and Sec5 ondary Education Act of 1965). 

6 ‘‘(ix) A school or department within 

7 the partner institution that focuses on psy8 chology and human development. 

9 ‘‘(x) A school or department within 

10 the partner institution with comparable ex11 pertise in the disciplines of teaching, learn12 ing, and child and adolescent develop13 ment.’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (22)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 

16 partner institution’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible 

17 partner described in any of clauses (i) through 

18 (vi) of paragraph (6)(B)’’; and 

19 (B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(D) prior to completion of the program, 

22 attains full State teacher certification or licen23 sure and, with respect to special education 

24 teachers, meets the qualifications described in 


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1 section 612(a)(14)(C) of the Individuals with 

2 Disabilities Education Act.’’; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (23)(A), by inserting ‘‘, which 

4 may include through the use of data, including data 

5 from interim, formative, and summative assess6 ments, and student growth data, attendance, behav7 ior, and course grades to improve student achieve8 ment and to improve classroom instruction’’ after 

9 ‘‘knowledge’’. 

10 SEC. 3. USE OF GRANTS. 

11 Section 202(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

12 (20 U.S.C. 1022a(c)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

14 the semicolon; 

15 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) may use not more than 10 percent of 

19 grant funds to— 

20 ‘‘(A) encourage the preservice and inserv21 ice clinical experiences and interactions of pro22 spective and resident teachers to inform the de23 sign of high-quality professional development, 

24 as described in section 8101(42) of the Elemen25 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and 


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1 induction programs for new teachers, if the stu2 dent teaching or teaching residency program 

3 school and the placement school of such teach4 ers are served by the same local educational 

5 agency; 

6 ‘‘(B) improve teacher preparation pro7 grams’ clinical experiences, interactions, and 

8 curricula by identifying skill deficits of prospec9 tive teachers; and 

10 ‘‘(C) create a feedback loop using data be11 tween teacher preparation programs and local 

12 educational agencies’ professional development 

13 for new teachers.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. EVALUATIONS. 

15 Section 204(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

16 (20 U.S.C. 1022c(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.—From 

18 amounts appropriated under section 209, the Secretary, 

19 acting through the Director of the Institute of Education 

20 Sciences, shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) carry out an independent evaluation to 

22 measure the effectiveness of the programs operated 

23 by the partnerships assisted under this part; 

24 ‘‘(2) report the findings regarding the evalua25 tion to the authorizing committees; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) disseminate— 

2 ‘‘(A) successful practices developed by eli3 gible partnerships under this part; and 

4 ‘‘(B) information regarding such practices 

5 that were found to be ineffective.’’. 

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