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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1435 

To establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to collaborate with low-income schools to recruit students to pursue and complete 

postsecondary degrees in education. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2005 

Mr. DEWINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to collaborate with low-income schools to recruit 

students to pursue and complete postsecondary degrees 

in education. 

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 ‘‘Collaborative Agree5 ments to Recruit Educators (CARE) Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 
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1 (1) An estimated 2,000,000 new teachers will 

2 be needed in the United States over the next decade. 

3 (2) Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 

4 2001 (Public Law 107–110), States shall ensure 

5 that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects 

6 within the State are highly qualified not later than 

7 the end of the 2005–2006 school year, yet schools 

8 in rural areas and low-income schools have trouble 

9 attracting and retaining such teachers. 

10 (3) A 2000 study by the Education Trust re11 ports that low-income schools are twice as likely not 

12 to have teachers certified in the fields in which they 

13 teach as schools that are not low-income schools, 

14 which highlights that low-income schools will need 

15 special help to meet the goals of the No Child Left 

16 Behind Act of 2001. 

17 (4) If the Nation is to improve student achieve18 ment and success in school, the United States must 

19 encourage and support the training and development 

20 of our Nation’s teachers, who are the single most 

21 important in-school influence on student learning. 

22 (5) Highly qualified teachers are more effective 

23 in impacting student academic achievement because 

24 such teachers have high verbal abilities, high content 

25 knowledge, and an enhanced ability to know how to 
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1 teach the content using appropriate pedagogical 

2 strategies. 

3 (6) The difference in annual student achieve4 ment growth between having an effective and inef5 fective teacher can be more than 1 grade level of 

6 achievement in academic performance. 

7 (7) A study conducted by the New Teacher 

8 Project shows that strategic recruitment may recruit 

9 qualified applicants but many applicants withdraw 

10 from the process because of the late hiring timelines 

11 found in urban schools. 

12 (8) Every school day approximately 3,000 ado13 lescents drop out of secondary school. 

14 (9) The national graduation rate is 68 percent 

15 with approximately 540,000 students failing to grad16 uate each year. 

17 (10) As few as 53 percent of students from low18 income families graduate each year. 

19 (11) American schools spend more than 

20 $2,600,000,000 annually replacing teachers who 

21 have dropped out of the teaching profession. 

22 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to pro23 vide grants to encourage secondary school students in low24 income schools to graduate and pursue higher education 

25 and teaching. 
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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 (1) CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS.—The term 

3 ‘‘core academic subjects’’ means— 

4 (A) mathematics; 

5 (B) science; 

6 (C) reading (or language arts) and 

7 English; 

8 (D) social studies, including history, civics, 

9 political science, government, geography, and 

10 economics; 

11 (E) foreign languages; and 

12 (F) fine arts, including music, dance, 

13 drama, and the visual arts. 

14 (2) HIGHLY QUALIFIED.—The term ‘‘highly 

15 qualified’’ has the meaning given such term in sec16 tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

18 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

19 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’— 

20 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec21 tion 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 

22 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); and 

23 (B) if such an institution conducts a teach24 er preparation program that enrolls students re25 ceiving Federal assistance under such Act (20 
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1 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), means such an institution 

2 that— 

3 (i) is in full compliance with the re4 quirements of section 207 of such Act (20 

5 U.S.C. 1027); and 

6 (ii) does not have a teacher prepara7 tion program identified by a State as low 

8 performing. 

9 (4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

10 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

11 such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 (5) LOW-INCOME SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘low-in14 come school’’ means an elementary school or sec15 ondary school that— 

16 (A) is served by a local educational agency 

17 that qualifies to receive funding under title I of 

18 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

19 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 

20 (B) has been selected by the Secretary 

21 based on a determination that more than 30 

22 percent of the students enrolled at the school 

23 qualify for services provided under such title I; 

24 and 
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1 (C)(i) is listed in the Annual Directory of 

2 Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher 

3 Cancellation Benefits, issued by the Depart4 ment of Education, in the year for which the 

5 determination is made, or if such Directory for 

6 such year is not available before May 1 of such 

7 year, is listed in such Directory in the year pre8 ceding the year for which the determination is 

9 made; or 

10 (ii) is operated by the Bureau of Indian 

11 Affairs or operated on an Indian reservation by 

12 an Indian tribal group under contract with the 

13 Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

14 (6) MENTORING.—The term ‘‘mentoring’’ 

15 means activities that consist of structured guidance 

16 and regular and ongoing support for beginning 

17 teachers. 

18 (7) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec19 ondary school’’ means a public or nonprofit private 

20 school that provides secondary education, as deter21 mined under State law or the Secretary if the school 

22 is not in a State. 

23 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of Education. 
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1 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

2 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

3 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

4 (10) TEACHER.—The term ‘‘teacher’’ means an 

5 individual who provides students direct classroom 

6 teaching, or classroom-type teaching in a non-class7 room setting, or educational services directly related 

8 to classroom teaching. 

9 SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

12 to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institu13 tions of higher education to establish partnerships 

14 with low-income schools to establish programs for 

15 students that promote— 

16 (A) graduation from secondary school; and 

17 (B) persistence and completion of postsec18 ondary degrees in education. 

19 (2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—A partner20 ship described in paragraph (1) may include a non21 profit organization. 

22 (b) APPLICATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher edu24 cation that desires to receive a grant under this sec25 tion shall submit an application, developed in col-
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1 laboration with 1 or more low-income schools, to the 

2 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con3 taining such information as the Secretary may rea4 sonably require. 

5 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

6 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

7 (A) a description of any shortages of high8 ly qualified teachers in core academic subjects 

9 in the low-income school participating in the 

10 partnership; and 

11 (B) a description of how the institution of 

12 higher education will use funds made available 

13 under a grant awarded under this section— 

14 (i) to increase and improve the quality 

15 of the teaching force in the low-income 

16 school participating in the partnership; and 

17 (ii) to establish a partnership with a 

18 low-income school to establish programs 

19 for students that promote graduation from 

20 secondary school and persistence and com21 pletion of postsecondary degrees in edu22 cation. 

23 (c) APPROVAL.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall approve 

25 an application submitted pursuant to subsection (b) 
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1 if the application meets the requirements of this sec2 tion and holds reasonable promise of achieving the 

3 purpose of this Act. 

4 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

5 section, the Secretary shall give priority to an insti6 tution of higher education that is in partnership 

7 with a nonprofit organization that is a teacher union 

8 or group representing teachers in a school, which or9 ganization proposes the establishment of a track for 

10 hiring teachers for an academic year prior to the 

11 first date of such academic year in urban or rural 

12 low-income schools participating in the partnership. 

13 (3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—To the extent 

14 practicable, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable 

15 geographic distribution of grants under this section 

16 among the regions of the United States. 

17 (4) DURATION OF GRANTS.—The Secretary is 

18 authorized to make grants under this section for a 

19 period of 5 years. At the end of the 5-year period, 

20 a grant recipient may apply for an additional grant 

21 under this section. 

22 (d) USES OF FUNDS.—An institution of higher edu23 cation that receives a grant under this section shall use 

24 the grant funds to— 
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1 (1) establish innovative mentoring or tutoring 

2 programs proven to enhance secondary school grad3 uation rates and recruitment of students in low-in4 come schools to pursue postsecondary degrees in 

5 education; 

6 (2) provide scholarships to graduates of low-in7 come schools to encourage the graduates to attend 

8 the institution and pursue and complete a postsec9 ondary degree in education; 

10 (3) provide students in low-income schools with 

11 counseling and information about college admissions 

12 requirements, scholarships, and various student aid 

13 programs; 

14 (4) provide lessons and workshops, either at the 

15 institution or the low-income school, for students to 

16 attend to increase academic achievement and inter17 est in postsecondary degrees in education; and 

18 (5) carry out any other activity that increases 

19 graduation rates and recruitment of low-income stu20 dents to pursue and complete postsecondary degrees 

21 in education. 

22 (e) MATCHING FUNDS.—Each institution of higher 

23 education that receives a grant under this section shall 

24 demonstrate a financial commitment to such institution’s 

25 school of education by contributing, either directly or 
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1 through private contributions, non-Federal matching 

2 funds equal to 20 percent of the amount of the grant to 

3 carry out activities funded by such grant. 

4 (f) ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.—The Secretary 

5 shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the grant 

6 programs funded under this section. 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

9 this Act $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 

10 through 2011. 

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