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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3730

To establish a professional development program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 25, 1994

Mr. SAWYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To establish a professional development program.

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

3 SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

4 Part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary

5 Education Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘PART A—DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL

7 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

8 ‘‘SEC. 2101. FINDINGS.

9 ‘‘The Congress finds that—

10 ‘‘(1) reaching National Education Goal Three

11 (all students will demonstrate mastery of challenging

12 subject matter in the core academic subjects) and
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1 National Education Goal Five (U.S. students will

2 become first in the world in mathematics and science

3 achievement) requires a comprehensive educational

4 reform strategy that involves parents, schools, gov5 ernment, communities, and other public and private

6 organizations at all levels;

7 ‘‘(2) a crucial component of the strategy for

8 achieving these two goals is ensuring, through sus9 tained and intensive high-quality professional devel10 opment, and through the development and adoption

11 of high quality curriculum, that all teachers are ca12 pable of providing challenging learning experiences

13 in the core academic subjects for their students;

14 ‘‘(3) decisionmaking as to what activities a

15 State or local educational agency should undertake

16 to improve teaching and learning are best made by

17 individuals in the schools closest to the classroom

18 and most knowledgeable about the needs of schools

19 and students;

20 ‘‘(4) the potential positive impact of high-qual21 ity professional development is underscored by re22 cent research findings that—

23 ‘‘(A) professional development must be fo24 cused on teaching and learning in order to
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1 change the opportunities of all students to

2 achieve higher standards; and

3 ‘‘(B) effective professional development fo4 cuses on discipline-based knowledge and sub5 ject-specific pedagogical skills, involves teams of

6 teachers and administrators in a school and,

7 through professional networks of teachers and

8 administrators, is interactive and collaborative,

9 motivates by its intrinsic content and relation10 ship to practice, builds on experience and learn11 ing-by-doing, and becomes incorporated into the

12 everyday life of the school;

13 ‘‘(5) engaging teachers in the development of

14 high quality curriculum is a powerful professional

15 development activity that improves teaching and

16 learning;

17 ‘‘(6) special attention must be given in profes18 sional development activities to ensure that edu19 cation professionals are knowledgeable of, and make

20 use of, strategies for serving populations that his21 torically have lacked access to equal opportunities

22 for advanced learning and career advancement;

23 ‘‘(7) States and local educational agencies also

24 need to engage teachers in the development of high

25 quality curricula that is aligned with State or local
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1 content and performance standards in order to im2 prove teaching and learning and to ensure that stu3 dents achieve the State standards;

4 ‘‘(8) professional development is often a victim

5 of budget reductions in fiscally difficult times and

6 curriculum development is almost nonexistent in

7 many State and local school systems; and

8 ‘‘(9) the Federal Government has a vital role in

9 helping States and local educational agencies to

10 make sustained and intensive high-quality profes11 sional development in the core academic subjects be12 come an integral part of the elementary and second13 ary education system and in providing assistance to

14 such agencies to engage teachers in the development

15 of high quality curriculum that is aligned with State

16 or local content and performance standards.

17 ‘‘SEC. 2102. PURPOSES.

18 ‘‘The purposes of this part are to provide assistance

19 to States and local educational agencies so that such agen20 cies can determine how best to improve the teaching and

21 learning of all students through—

22 ‘‘(1) helping to ensure that teachers, other

23 staff, and administrators have access to sustained

24 and extensive high-quality professional development

25 that is aligned to challenging State content and per-
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1 formance standards in the care academic subjects

2 and that—

3 ‘‘(A) is tied to challenging State and local

4 curriculum content and student performance

5 standards;

6 ‘‘(B) reflects recent research on teaching

7 and learning;

8 ‘‘(C) includes strong academic content and

9 pedagogical components;

10 ‘‘(D) is of sufficient intensity and duration

11 to have a positive and lasting impact on the

12 teacher’s performance in the classroom; and

13 ‘‘(E) is part of the everyday life of the

14 school and creates an orientation toward contin15 uous improvement throughout the school; and

16 ‘‘(2) assisting States and local educational

17 agencies to engage teachers in the development of

18 high quality curriculum that is aligned with State or

19 local content and performance standards.

20 ‘‘SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLO21 CATION BETWEEN SUBPARTS.

22 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

23 purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to

24 be appropriated $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and
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1 such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years

2 1996 through 1999.

3 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION BETWEEN SUBPARTS.—Of the

4 funds appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year,

5 the Secretary shall use—

6 ‘‘(1) 5 percent to carry out subpart 1; and

7 ‘‘(2) 95 percent to carry out subpart 2.

8 ‘‘Subpart 1—Federal Activities

9 ‘‘SEC. 2111. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

10 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au11 thorized to make grants to, and enter into contracts and

12 cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies,

13 State educational agencies, State agencies for higher edu14 cation, educational service agencies, institutions of higher

15 education, and other public and private agencies, other or16 ganizations, and institutions to—

17 ‘‘(1) support activities of national significance

18 that will contribute to the development and imple19 mentation of high-quality professional development

20 activities in the core academic subject areas;

21 ‘‘(2) support the development of challenging

22 curriculum that is aligned with State or local con23 tent and performance standards; and

24 ‘‘(3) evaluate activities carried out under this

25 subpart and under subpart 2.
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1 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—In

2 carrying out this program, the Secretary shall consult and

3 coordinate with the National Science Foundation, the Na4 tional Endowment for the Humanities, the National En5 dowment for the Arts, and other appropriate Federal

6 agencies and entities.

7 ‘‘SEC. 2112. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

8 ‘‘(a) The Secretary shall use funds available to carry

9 out this subpart—

10 ‘‘(1) for the development and maintenance of a

11 national clearinghouse for science, mathematics, and

12 technology education materials;

13 ‘‘(2) to support consortia of educational agen14 cies and organizations in disseminating information

15 and providing assistance regarding curricula, teach16 ing methods, and assessment tools that support na17 tional or State content standards in mathematics

18 and science; and

19 ‘‘(3) the evaluation of programs under this sub20 part and under subpart 2.

21 ‘‘(b) The Secretary may use funds available to carry

22 out this subpart—

23 ‘‘(1) for the development and maintenance of

24 national clearinghouses for core academic subjects as

25 the Secretary determines are needed;
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1 ‘‘(2) to provide grants to entities to develop

2 high quality curricula that are aligned with vol3 untary national or State content standards;

4 ‘‘(3) to sponsor institutes that provide teachers

5 and administrators with professional development

6 that is based on strong and integrated disciplinary

7 content and pedagogical components;

8 ‘‘(4) for efforts to train teachers in the innova9 tive uses and applications of technology to enhance

10 student learning;

11 ‘‘(5) to encourage the development of local and

12 national professional networks of educators;

13 ‘‘(6) to disseminate standards in the core aca14 demic subjects, including information on voluntary

15 national content and performance standards and re16 lated models of high-quality professional develop17 ment;

18 ‘‘(7) to promote the transferability of licensure

19 and certification of teachers and administrators

20 among State and local jurisdictions; and

21 ‘‘(8) support the National Board for Profes22 sional Teaching Standards.

23 ‘‘(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary

24 shall ensure that each program, project, and activity con25 tained in such subsection receives an allocation that is no
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1 less than the amount that each such program, project, or

2 activity received in fiscal year 1994.

3 ‘‘Subpart 2—State and Local Activities

4 ‘‘SEC. 2121. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

5 ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to make grants to State

6 educational agencies for the improvement of teaching and

7 learning through sustained and intensive high-quality pro8 fessional development activities in the core academic sub9 jects at the State and local levels and the development by

10 teachers and others of high-quality curricula that are

11 aligned with State or local content and performance stand12 ards.

13 ‘‘SEC. 2122. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

14 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount

15 made available to carry out this subpart for any fiscal

16 year, the Secretary shall—

17 ‘‘(1) reserve one half of one percent for the out18 lying areas, to be distributed among them on the

19 basis of relative need, as determined by the Sec20 retary in light of the purposes of this part; and

21 ‘‘(2) reserve one half of one percent for the Sec22 retary of the Interior for programs under this sub23 part for professional development activities for

24 teachers, other staff, and administrators in schools

25 operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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1 ‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall allo2 cate the remaining amount to each of the 50 States, the

3 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto

4 Rico as follows, except that no State shall receive less than

5 one-half of one percent of such remaining amount:

6 ‘‘(1) 50 percent shall be allocated among such

7 jurisdictions on the basis of their relative popu8 lations of individuals aged 5 through 17, as deter9 mined by the Secretary on the basis of the most re10 cent satisfactory data.

11 ‘‘(2) 50 percent shall be allocated among such

12 jurisdictions in accordance with the relative amounts

13 such jurisdictions received under part A of title I of

14 this Act for the preceding fiscal year.

15 ‘‘(c) REALLOCATION.—If any jurisdiction does not

16 apply for its allotment under subsection (b) for any fiscal

17 year, the Secretary shall reallocate such amount to the re18 maining jurisdictions in accordance with such subsection.

19 ‘‘SEC. 2123. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amounts received by a

21 State under this subpart for a fiscal year—

22 ‘‘(1) not more than 5 percent shall be used for

23 the administrative costs of programs carried out by

24 the State educational agency and the State agency

25 for higher education;
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1 ‘‘(2) not more than 5 percent may be used for

2 State-level activities, as described in section 2125;

3 and

4 ‘‘(3) of the remaining amount—

5 ‘‘(A) 90 percent shall be distributed to

6 local educational agencies, to be used in accord7 ance with section 2129, as follows:

8 ‘‘(i) 50 percent of such amount shall

9 be distributed in accordance with the rel10 ative enrollments in public and private

11 nonprofit schools within their boundaries.

12 ‘‘(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall

13 be distributed in accordance with the rel14 ative amount such agencies received under

15 part A of title I of this Act for the preced16 ing fiscal year; and

17 ‘‘(B) 10 percent shall be used for competi18 tive grants to institutions of higher education

19 as described in section 2129.

20 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—

21 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in

22 paragraph (2), any local educational agency that re23 ceives an allocation of less than $10,000 under sub24 section (a) shall, for the purpose of providing serv25 ices under this subpart, form a consortium with at
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1 least 1 other local educational agency or institution

2 of higher education receiving assistance under this

3 section.

4 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The State educational agency

5 shall waive the application of paragraph (1) in the

6 case of any local educational agency that dem7 onstrates that the amount of its allocation is suffi8 cient to provide a program of sufficient size, scope,

9 and quality to be effective. In granting waivers

10 under the preceding sentence, the State educational

11 agency shall—

12 ‘‘(A) give special consideration to local

13 educational agencies serving rural areas; and

14 ‘‘(B) consider cash or in-kind contributions

15 provided from State or local sources that may

16 be combined with the local educational agency’s

17 allocation for the purpose of providing services

18 under this part.

19 ‘‘SEC. 2124. STATE APPLICATIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Each State edu21 cational agency that wishes to receive its allotment under

22 this subpart for any fiscal year shall submit an application

23 to the Secretary at such time and in such form as the

24 Secretary may require.
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1 ‘‘(b) STATE PLAN TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND

2 LEARNING—(1) Each application under this section shall

3 include a State plan that—

4 ‘‘(A) is integrated with the State’s plan, either

5 approved or being developed, under title III of the

6 Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and satisfies the

7 requirements of this section that are not already ad8 dressed by that State plan; or

9 ‘‘(B) if the State does not have an approved

10 plan under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate

11 America Act and is not developing such a plan, is

12 integrated with other State plans under this Act and

13 satisfies the requirements of this section.

14 ‘‘(2) Each such plan shall also—

15 ‘‘(A) be developed in conjunction with the State

16 agency for higher education, institutions of higher

17 education, schools of education, and with the exten18 sive participation of teachers and administrators and

19 members of the public who are interested in improv20 ing education in the State and show the role of each

21 in implementation;

22 ‘‘(B) be designed to give teachers and adminis23 trators in the State the knowledge and skills to pro24 vide all students the opportunity to meet challenging

25 State performance standards;
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1 ‘‘(C) include an assessment of State and local

2 needs for professional development and for the devel3 opment of curricula that are aligned with State or

4 local content and performance standards;

5 ‘‘(D) include a description of how the plan has

6 maintained funding for professional development ac7 tivities in mathematics and science education;

8 ‘‘(E) a description of how programs in all core

9 academic subjects, but especially in mathematics and

10 science, will take into account the need for greater

11 access to, and participation in, such disciplines by

12 students from historically underrepresented groups,

13 including females, minorities, individuals with lim14 ited-English proficiency, the economically disadvan15 taged, and the disabled;

16 ‘‘(F) if the State’s needs assessment under sub17 section (C) demonstrates a need for professional de18 velopment, describe how the State will—

19 ‘‘(i) work with teachers, administrators,

20 local educational agencies, schools, and institu21 tions of higher education to ensure that they

22 develop the capacity to support sustained and

23 intensive, high-quality professional development

24 programs in all the core academic subject areas,

25 but especially in mathematics and science;
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1 ‘‘(ii) take specific steps for the reform of

2 State requirements for licensure of teachers and

3 administrators, including certification and

4 recertification, to align such requirements with

5 challenging State content and performance

6 standards; and

7 ‘‘(iii) address the need for improving

8 teaching and learning through teacher develop9 ment beginning with recruitment, pre-service,

10 and induction, and continuing throughout the

11 professional teaching career; and

12 ‘‘(G) if the State’s needs assessment under sub13 paragraph (C) demonstrates a need for curricula de14 velopment, describe—

15 ‘‘(i) a strategy for engaging teachers in the

16 development of curricula that are aligned with

17 State or local content and performance stand18 ards; and

19 ‘‘(ii) how the State will also work with ad20 ministrators, parents, school board members,

21 and other members of the community in devel22 oping high quality curricula that are aligned

23 with State or local content and performance

24 standards.
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1 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL.—Each State applica2 tion shall also include—

3 ‘‘(1) a description of how the activities funded

4 under this subpart will be coordinated, as appro5 priate, with—

6 ‘‘(A) other activities conducted with Fed7 eral funds, especially activities supported under

8 part A of title I of this Act;

9 ‘‘(B) State and local funds;

10 ‘‘(C) resources from business and industry;

11 and

12 ‘‘(D) funds from other Federal agencies,

13 such as the National Science Foundation, the

14 Departments of Commerce, Energy, and Health

15 and Human Services, the National Endowment

16 for the Arts, and the National Endowment for

17 the Humanities; and

18 ‘‘(2) a description of the activities to be spon19 sored under the State-level activities and the higher

20 education components of its program under this sub21 part.

22 ‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW AND SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.—

23 (1) The Secretary shall approve the application of a State

24 educational agency if it meets the requirements of this sec-
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1 tion and holds reasonable promise of achieving the pur2 poses of this part.

3 ‘‘(2) In reviewing applications, the Secretary shall ob4 tain the advice of non-Federal experts on education in the

5 core academic subjects and on teacher education, includ6 ing teachers and administrators.

7 ‘‘SEC. 2125. STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.

8 ‘‘Each State may use funds reserved under section

9 2123(a)(2) to carry out activities referred to in section

10 2124(b), such as—

11 ‘‘(1) reviewing and reforming State require12 ments for teacher and administrator licensure, in13 cluding certification and recertification, to align such

14 requirements with the State’s content standards and

15 ensure that teachers and administrators have the

16 knowledge and skills necessary to help students meet

17 challenging State performance standards;

18 ‘‘(2) developing performance assessments and

19 peer review procedures, as well as other methods, for

20 licensing teachers and administrators;

21 ‘‘(3) providing technical assistance to schools

22 and local educational agencies especially schools and

23 local educational agencies that receive assistance

24 under part A of title I of this Act, to help such

25 schools and agencies provide effective professional
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1 development in the core academic subjects and de2 velop high quality curricula;

3 ‘‘(4) developing or supporting professional de4 velopment networks, either within a State or in a re5 gional consortium of States, that provide a forum

6 for interaction among teachers and that allow ex7 change of information on advances in content assess8 ment and pedagogy;

9 ‘‘(5) enhancing the effective use of educational

10 technology as an instructional tool for increasing

11 student understanding of the core academic subject

12 areas including—

13 ‘‘(A) efforts to train teachers in the inno14 vative uses and application of instructional

15 technology, and

16 ‘‘(B) utilizing and strengthening existing

17 telecommunications infrastructure dedicated to

18 educational purposes;

19 ‘‘(6) providing incentives for teachers to be in20 volved in curriculum development and technical as21 sistance processes for teachers and students;

22 ‘‘(7) professional development enabling teachers

23 and other school staff to ensure that girls, young

24 women, minorities, limited English proficient stu25 dents, individuals with disabilities, and economically
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1 disadvantaged individuals have the opportunity to

2 achieve challenging State performance standards in

3 the core academic subjects by, for example, encour4 aging girls, young women, and minorities to pursue

5 advanced courses in mathematics and science;

6 ‘‘(8) designing professional development activi7 ties that increase the numbers of members of minor8 ity and other underrepresented groups in the teach9 ing force in the core subjects;

10 ‘‘(9) developing high quality curriculum that is

11 aligned with State or local content and performance

12 standards; and

13 ‘‘(10) providing financial or other incentives for

14 teachers to become certified by the National Board

15 for Professional Teaching Standards.

16 ‘‘SEC. 2126. LOCAL PLAN AND APPLICATION FOR IMPROV17 ING TEACHING AND LEARNING.

18 ‘‘(a) LOCAL APPLICATION.—(1) Each local edu19 cational agency that wishes to receive a subgrant under

20 this subpart shall submit an application (singly or as a

21 consortia as described in section 2123(b)) to the State

22 educational agency at such time as the State educational

23 agency shall require, but not less frequently than every

24 3rd year.
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1 ‘‘(2) If the local educational agency has an applica2 tion approved by the State under title III of the Goals

3 2000: Educate America Act, the application required by

4 this section shall be a component of (or, if necessary, an

5 addemdum to) its Goals 2000 application.

6 ‘‘(3) A local education agency shall set specific per7 formance indicators for improving teaching and learning

8 through professional development and curriculum develop9 ment.

10 ‘‘(4) A local educational agency shall submit, as part

11 of its application, the results of the needs assessment con12 ducted under subsection (b), and the local educational

13 agency plan developed in accordance with subsection (c).

14 ‘‘(b) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—(1) A local educational

15 agency that wishes to receive a subgrant under this sub16 part shall include in its application an assessment of such

17 agency’s need for professional development, for the devel18 opment of high quality curricula that are aligned with

19 State or local content and performance standards.

20 ‘‘(2) Such needs assessment shall be carried out with

21 the involvement of teachers and shall take into account

22 what activities need to be conducted in order to give teach23 ers and administrators the means, including the knowl24 edge and skills, to provide students with the opportunity

25 to meet challenging State or local performance standards.
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1 ‘‘(c) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—(1) The plan required

2 under this subsection shall be developed jointly by the local

3 educational agency and by teachers from the core aca4 demic disciplines.

5 ‘‘(2) Such teachers shall also be representative of the

6 grade spans within schools to be served.

7 ‘‘(3) Based on the needs assessment required under

8 subsection (b), the local educational agency’s plan shall

9 include the following—

10 ‘‘(A) a description of the local educational agen11 cy’s strategy to improve teaching and learning in

12 every school;

13 ‘‘(B) a description of how the plan contributes

14 to the local educational agency’s overall efforts for

15 school reform and educational improvement;

16 ‘‘(C) a description of the activities the local

17 educational agency intends to undertake under this

18 subpart consistent with such agency’s needs assess19 ment conducted under subsection (b);

20 ‘‘(D) a description of how the plan has main21 tained funding for professional development activi22 ties in mathematics and science education;

23 ‘‘(E) a description of how programs in all core

24 academic subjects, but especially in mathematics and

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1 access to, and participation in, such disciplines by

2 students from historically underrepresented groups,

3 including females, minorities, individuals with lim4 ited-English proficiency, the economically disadvan5 taged, and the disabled;

6 ‘‘(F) an assurance that the activities conducted

7 with funds received under this program will be as8 sessed at least every 3 years using the performance

9 indicators; and

10 ‘‘(G) a description of how the program funded

11 under this subpart will be coordinated, as appro12 priate, with—

13 ‘‘(i) activities conducted under section

14 2130 and other services of institutions of higher

15 education;

16 ‘‘(ii) similar State and local activities;

17 ‘‘(iii) resources provided under part A of

18 title I and other parts of this Act, particularly

19 part B of title II;

20 ‘‘(iv) resources from business, industry,

21 private nonprofit organizations (including muse22 ums, libraries, educational television stations,

23 professional organizations and associations spe24 cializing in, or with a demonstrated expertise in

25 the core academic disciplines);
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1 ‘‘(v) funds or programming from other

2 Federal agencies, such as the National Science

3 Foundation, the Department of Energy, the

4 Department of Health and Human Services, the

5 National Endowment for the Humanities, and

6 the National Endowment for the Arts; and

7 ‘‘(vi) an identification of funding that will

8 provide the local educational agency’s contribu9 tion under section 2127.

10 ‘‘SEC. 2127. LOCAL COST SHARING.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency

12 shall bear not less than 33 percent of the cost of any pro13 gram carried out under this subpart, but not including the

14 cost of services provided to private school teachers.

15 ‘‘(b) AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR COST-SHARING.—

16 A local educational agency may meet the requirements of

17 subsection (a) through one or more of the following:

18 ‘‘(1) Cash expenditures from non-Federal

19 sources, including private contributions, directed to20 ward professional development and curriculum devel21 opment activities.

22 ‘‘(2) Release time for teachers participating in

23 professional development or curricula development

24 funded under this subpart.
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1 ‘‘(3) Funds received under one or more of the

2 following programs, if used for professional develop3 ment or curricula development activities consistent

4 with this subpart and the statutes under which such

5 funds were received, and used to benefit students

6 and teachers in schools that otherwise would have

7 been served with such funds:

8 ‘‘(A) Part A of title I of this Act.

9 ‘‘(B) The Safe and Drug Free Schools pro10 gram under title IV of this Act.

11 ‘‘(C) The bilingual education program

12 under title VII of this Act.

13 ‘‘(D) Title III of the Goals 2000: Educate

14 America Act.

15 ‘‘(E) Programs that are related to the pur16 poses of this Act that are administered by other

17 agencies, including the National Science Foun18 dation, the National Endowment for the Hu19 manities, the National Endowment for the Arts,

20 and the Department of Energy.

21 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The State educational agency may

22 approve an application which has not fully met the re23 quirements of subsection (a) and waive the requirements

24 of subsection (a) if a local educational agency can dem25 onstrate that it is unable to meet the requirements of sub-
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1 section (a) due to economic hardship and that compliance

2 with such requirements would preclude its participation in

3 the program.

4 ‘‘SEC. 2128. LOCAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND ALLOW5 ABLE ACTIVITIES.

6 ‘‘(a) LOCAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Each local

7 educational agency that receives funds under this subpart

8 for any fiscal year—

9 ‘‘(1) shall use not less than 80 percent of such

10 funds for—

11 ‘‘(A) professional development of teachers,

12 administrators, and other staff; and

13 ‘‘(B) engaging teachers and other staff in

14 the development of high quality curricula

15 aligned with State and local content and per16 formance standards, in a manner that is deter17 mined by such teachers and staff and is consist18 ent with the provisions of such local educational

19 agency’s application under section 2126, any

20 school plan under part A of title I of this Act,

21 and any other plan for professional development

22 or curricula development carried out with Fed23 eral, State, or local funds; and

24 ‘‘(2) may use not more than 20 percent of such

25 funds for district-level professional or curricula de-
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1 velopment activities, which may include the partici2 pation of administrators and policymakers.

3 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Each local edu4 cational agency and school that receives funds under this

5 subpart shall use such funds for activities that give teach6 ers and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide

7 students with the opportunity to meet challenging State

8 or local content and performance standards. Funds re9 ceived by local educational agencies under this subpart

10 only shall be used only for the activities specified under

11 subsections (c) and (d).

12 ‘‘(c) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—If a needs as13 sessment conducted under section 2126(b) determines

14 that funds under this subpart should be used to provide

15 professional development in the core academic subjects for

16 teachers and other school staff, the local educational agen17 cy shall use such funds for professional development for

18 teachers and other staff to support teaching consistent

19 with State, or local content standards, and shall, to the

20 extent practicable, coordinate such activities with institu21 tions of higher education and activities under section

22 2129:

23 ‘‘(1) Professional development activities funded

24 under this subpart shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) be tied to challenging State or local

2 curriculum content and student performance

3 standards;

4 ‘‘(B) reflect recent research on teaching

5 and learning;

6 ‘‘(C) include strong academic content and

7 pedagogical components;

8 ‘‘(D) be of sufficient intensity and duration

9 to have a positive and lasting impact on the

10 teacher’s performance in the classroom; and

11 ‘‘(E) be part of the everyday life of the

12 school and create an orientation toward contin13 uous improvement throughout the school.

14 ‘‘(2) Funds under this subpart may be used for

15 professional development activities such as—

16 ‘‘(A) professional development for teams of

17 teachers, administrators, or other staff from in18 dividual schools, to support teaching consistent

19 with State or local content standards;

20 ‘‘(B) support and time for teachers and

21 other school staff to participate in professional

22 development in the core subjects offered

23 through professional associations, universities,

24 and other providers including museums and

25 educational partnership organizations;
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1 ‘‘(C) activities that provide followup for

2 teachers who have participated in professional

3 development activities that are designed to en4 sure that knowledge and skills learned by the

5 teacher are implemented in the classroom;

6 ‘‘(D) the establishment and maintenance of

7 local professional networks that provide a forum

8 for interaction among teachers and that allow

9 exchange of information on advances in content

10 and pedagogy;

11 ‘‘(E) activities to prepare teachers in the

12 effective use of educational technology as an in13 structional tool for increasing student under14 standing of the core academic subject areas;

15 ‘‘(F) activities to enable teachers to ensure

16 that girls, young women, minorities, limited17 English proficient students, individuals with

18 disabilities, and economically disadvantaged in19 dividuals the opportunity to achieve the chal20 lenging State performance standards in the core

21 academic subjects;

22 ‘‘(G) professional development activities

23 designed to increase the number of minorities,

24 individuals with disabilities, and other

25 underrepresented groups teaching in the core
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1 academic subjects, particularly in mathematics

2 and science;

3 ‘‘(H) the development of incentive strate4 gies for rewarding schools where a substantial

5 portion of the teachers achieve certification by

6 the National Board for Professional Teaching

7 Standards; and

8 ‘‘(I) other sustained and intensive high9 quality professional development activities in

10 the core academic subjects.

11 ‘‘(d) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.—(1) If the needs

12 assessment of a local educational agency determines that

13 funds under this subpart should be used for development

14 curricula, such agency shall use the funds provided to de15 velop high quality curricula that is aligned with State or

16 local content and performance standards.

17 ‘‘(2) Funds may be used to purchase the curriculum

18 materials to the extent such materials are essential compo19 nents of the local educational agency’s plan to improve

20 teaching and learning in the core academic subjects.

21 ‘‘SEC. 2129. HIGHER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

22 ‘‘(a) GENERAL.—(1) The State agency for higher

23 education, working in conjunction with the State edu24 cational agency (if it is a separate agency), shall make

25 grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agree-
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1 ments with, institutions of higher education and nonprofit

2 organizations including museums and educational partner3 ship organizations, working in conjunction with local edu4 cational agencies, for—

5 (A) professional development activities in the

6 core academic subject areas that contribute to the

7 State plan for professional development; and

8 (B) engaging teachers in the development of

9 high-quality curricula that are aligned with State or

10 local content and performance standards.

11 ‘‘(2) All such awards shall be made on a competitive

12 basis.

13 ‘‘(3) Each project funded under this section shall in14 volve a joint effort of the recipient’s school or department

15 of education and the schools or departments in the specific

16 disciplines in which assistance may be provided.

17 ‘‘(b) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—A recipient of funds

18 under this section shall use those funds for—

19 ‘‘(1) sustained and intensive high-quality pro20 fessional development for teams of teachers, or

21 teachers and administrators from individual schools

22 or districts;

23 ‘‘(2) other sustained and intensive professional

24 development activities related to achievement of the

25 State plan for professional development such as—
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1 ‘‘(A) establishment and maintenance of

2 professional networks of teachers that provide a

3 forum for interaction among teachers and that

4 allow exchange of information on advances in

5 content and pedagogy;

6 ‘‘(B) programs that prepare teachers to be

7 effective users of information technology, able

8 to integrate technology into their pedagogy and

9 their instructional practices, and able to en10 hance their curricular offerings by appropriate

11 applications of technology;

12 ‘‘(C) programs that utilize information

13 technology to deliver sustained and intensive

14 high quality professional development activities

15 for teachers;

16 ‘‘(D) activities to enable teachers to ensure

17 that girls, young women, minorities, limited18 English proficient students, individuals with

19 disabilities, and economically disadvantaged in20 dividuals have the opportunity to achieve the

21 challenging State performance standards in the

22 core academic subjects;

23 ‘‘(E) professional development activities

24 designed to increase the number of minorities,

25 individuals with disabilities, and other
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1 underrepresented groups teaching in the core

2 academic subjects, particularly in mathematics

3 and science;

4 ‘‘(F) establishment of professional develop5 ment academies operated as partnerships be6 tween one or more elementary or secondary

7 schools and one or more institutions of higher

8 education to provide school-based teacher train9 ing that provides prospective and novice teach10 ers with an opportunity to work under the guid11 ance of master teachers and college faculty

12 members; and

13 ‘‘(G) technical assistance to local edu14 cational agencies in providing sustained and in15 tensive high quality professional development

16 activities for teachers.

17 ‘‘Subpart 3—General Provisions

18 ‘‘SEC. 2131. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

19 ‘‘(a) STATES.—Each State that receives funds under

20 this part shall submit a report to the Secretary every 3

21 years on the State’s progress toward the performance indi22 cator identified in its State plan, as well as on the effec23 tiveness of State and local activities under this part.

24 ‘‘(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—Each local

25 educational agency that receives funds under this part
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1 shall submit a report to the State every 3 years on its

2 progress toward the outcome performance indicators in its

3 plan.

4 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall

5 report to the President and Congress on the effectiveness

6 of programs and activities funded under this part.

7 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON FUNDS BEING USED FOR

8 CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION.—Funds received under

9 this part shall not be used for construction or renovation

10 of buildings, rooms, or any other facilities.

11 ‘‘SEC. 2132. DEFINITIONS

12 ‘‘As used in this part, the following terms have the

13 following meanings:

14 ‘‘(1) The term ‘core academic subjects’ means

15 those subjects listed in the State plan under title III

16 of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act or under

17 National Education Goal Three as set out in section

18 102(3) of such Act.

19 ‘‘(2) The term ‘performance indicators’ means

20 measures of specific outcomes that the State or local

21 educational agency identifies as assessing progress

22 toward the goal of ensuring that all teachers have

23 the knowledge and skills to assist their students to

24 meet challenging State standards in the core aca-
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1 demic subject areas. Examples of such indicators in2 clude—

3 ‘‘(A) the degree to which licensure require4 ments are tied to State standards;

5 ‘‘(B) specific increases in the number of el6 ementary and secondary teachers with strong

7 content backgrounds in the core academic sub8 jects; and

9 ‘‘(C) specific increases in the number of

10 Board certified teachers licensed in each core

11 subject.

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘sustained and intensive high13 quality professional development’ means professional

14 development activities that—

15 ‘‘(A) are tied to challenging State or vol16 untary national content and performance stand17 ards;

18 ‘‘(B) reflect up-to-date research in teach19 ing and learning and include integrated content

20 and pedagogical components;

21 ‘‘(C) are of sufficient intensity and dura22 tion to have a positive and lasting impact on

23 the teacher’s performance in the classroom or

24 the administrator’s performance on the job; and
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1 ‘‘(D) recognize teachers as an important

2 source of knowledge that should inform and

3 help shape professional development.

4 ‘‘(4) The term ‘local standard’ means challeng5 ing content and performance standards in the core

6 subjects (in addition to State content and perform7 ance standards approved by the State for title I).

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