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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1926

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve

student achievement by helping local educational agencies improve the

quality of, and technology training for, teachers, to improve teacher

accountability, and to enhance the leadership skills of principals.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 16, 1999

Mrs. MURRAY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

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

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to improve student achievement by helping local

educational agencies improve the quality of, and technology training for, teachers, to improve teacher accountability, and to enhance the leadership skills of principals.

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 ‘‘Quality and Account5 ability are Best for Children Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

2 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in

3 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms

4 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi5 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a

6 section or other provision of the Elementary and Sec7 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).

8 SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

9 Congress makes the following findings:

10 (1) Academically qualified, highly trained and

11 professional teachers are a critical component in

12 children’s educational success.

13 (2) The Department of Education has reported

14 that our Nation will need to hire 2,200,000 more

15 teachers during the 10-year period beginning in fis16 cal year 2000.

17 (3) Newspaper accounts from the 18th century

18 described teachers as well-respected, but ill-re19 warded.

20 (4) In 1999, because many individuals view

21 teaching as a thankless profession which garners lit22 tle respect, little support, and little money, nearly 50

23 percent of those who enter teaching leave the profes24 sion within 5 years.

25 (5) Sixty-three percent of parents and teachers

26 believe that accountability systems with financial re-
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1 wards are a good idea, and would motivate teachers

2 to work harder to improve student achievement.

3 (6) Paying professional salaries is integral to

4 teacher retention. The State of Connecticut, for ex5 ample, has been able to improve student achieve6 ment, eliminate its teacher shortage, and retain

7 highly qualified teachers by offering the highest sala8 ries in the Nation (an average of $51,727 per year).

9 (7) Dissemination of information regarding the

10 teacher corps working at individual elementary

11 schools and secondary schools, and accountability

12 procedures enforced by the local educational agency

13 can provide an important tool for parents and tax14 payers to measure the quality of the elementary

15 schools or secondary schools and to hold the schools

16 and teachers accountable for improving student per17 formance.

18 (8) Although elementary school and secondary

19 school teachers need the most up-to-date skills pos20 sible to ensure that students are equipped to deal

21 with a complex economy and society, less than 50

22 percent of such teachers report that they are com23 petent in using technology effectively in the class24 room.
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1 (9) Although principals and other administra2 tors are the educational leaders and chief executive

3 officers of our Nation’s elementary schools and sec4 ondary schools, and research strongly suggests that

5 strong leadership from the principal is the single

6 most important factor in effective schools, research

7 also has revealed that the characteristics of a good

8 principal are not necessarily those things for which

9 principals are trained and rewarded.

10 SEC. 4. PURPOSES.

11 The purposes of this Act are—

12 (1) to recruit the best and the brightest can13 didates to teach in public elementary schools and

14 secondary schools by looking to young people, people

15 from special populations, mid-career professionals,

16 and others as potential new teachers;

17 (2) to offer retention incentives to highly quali18 fied teachers to keep the teachers in the classroom;

19 (3) to reward elementary schools and secondary

20 schools that, and teachers in such schools who, suc21 ceed in improving student achievement;

22 (4) to hold elementary school and secondary

23 school teachers accountable for achieving high levels

24 of professionalism, including possessing expert

25 knowledge and skills in the subject areas in which
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1 the teachers teach, being actively involved in all as2 pects of the school community, and being committed

3 to the academic success of students, by providing

4 parents and the school community with specific in5 formation about the qualifications of the local teach6 ing corps;

7 (5) to improve teacher professional development

8 in the uses of technology in teaching and learning

9 and in the study of technology, and to help local

10 communities to use technology as a vehicle to im11 prove teacher professional development; and

12 (6) to improve the professional development of

13 elementary school and secondary school principals

14 and other administrators to ensure that the prin15 cipals and administrators are the community’s edu16 cational leaders, and have sophisticated knowledge

17 about student achievement, school safety, manage18 ment, evaluation, and community outreach.

19 SEC. 5. IMPROVING TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION,

20 REWARDS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

21 Title II (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended—

22 (1) by redesignating part E as part G;

23 (2) by redesignating sections 2401 and 2402

24 (20 U.S.C. 6701, 6702) as sections 2601 and 2602,

25 respectively; and
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1 (3) by inserting after part D the following:

2 ‘‘PART E—IMPROVING TEACHER RECRUITMENT,

3 RETENTION, REWARDS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY

4 ‘‘SEC. 2401. DEFINITIONS.

5 ‘‘For purposes of this part:

6 ‘‘(1) OUTLYING AREAS.—The term ‘outlying

7 area’ means the United States Virgin Islands,

8 Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of

9 the Northern Mariana Islands.

10 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of

11 the several States of the United States, the District

12 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

13 ‘‘SEC. 2402. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

14 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall

15 award a grant, from allotments under subsection (b), to

16 each State to enable the State to provide grants to local

17 educational agencies to carry out activities consistent with

18 section 2404.

19 ‘‘(b) RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.—

20 ‘‘(1) RESERVATIONS.—From the amount appro21 priated under section 2406 to carry out this part for

22 each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve—

23 ‘‘(A) a total of 1 percent of such amount

24 for payments to—
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1 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of the Interior for

2 activities, that are approved by the Sec3 retary and consistent with this part, in

4 schools operated or supported by the Bu5 reau of Indian Affairs, on the basis of the

6 schools’ respective needs for assistance

7 under this part; and

8 ‘‘(ii) the outlying areas, to be allotted

9 in accordance with their respective needs

10 for assistance under this part as deter11 mined by the Secretary, for activities that

12 are approved by the Secretary and con13 sistent with this part; and

14 ‘‘(B) 0.5 percent to enable the Secretary

15 directly or through programs with State edu16 cational agencies and local educational

17 agencies—

18 ‘‘(i) to offer incentives to teachers to

19 obtain certification from the National

20 Board for Professional Teaching Stand21 ards;

22 ‘‘(ii) to create student loan forgiveness

23 programs;
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1 ‘‘(iii) to report on and disseminate

2 successful activities assisted under this

3 part; and

4 ‘‘(iv) to provide technical assistance to

5 States and local educational agencies to as6 sist the States and agencies in using tech7 nology in the recruitment, processing, hir8 ing, and placement of qualified teaching

9 candidates.

10 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—From the

11 amount appropriated under section 2406 for any fis12 cal year that remains after making the reservations

13 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allot to

14 each State an amount that bears the same relation15 ship to the remainder as the number of children,

16 aged 5 to 17, enrolled in the public and private non17 profit elementary schools and secondary schools in

18 the State bears to the number of such children en19 rolled in such schools in all States.

20 ‘‘(c) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Each State re21 ceiving an allotment under subsection (b)(2)—

22 ‘‘(1) shall reserve $100,000 of the allotment for

23 a fiscal year—

24 ‘‘(A) to support the Christa McAuliffe

25 awards, the National Teacher of the Year
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1 awards, and other awards that confer respect

2 and recognition upon outstanding teachers; and

3 ‘‘(B) to establish other forms of conferring

4 respect and recognition upon distinguished

5 teachers;

‘‘(2) shall reserve not more than 1 6 ⁄2 of 1 per7 cent of the grant funds for a fiscal year, or $50,000,

8 whichever is greater, for the administrative costs of

9 carrying out this part; and

10 ‘‘(3) shall allocate the amount that remains

11 after reserving funds under paragraphs (1) and (2)

12 among local educational agencies in the State by al13 locating to each local educational agency in the

14 State submitting an application that is consistent

15 with section 2403 an amount that bears the same

16 relationship to the remainder as the number of chil17 dren, aged 5 to 17, enrolled in the public and private

18 nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools

19 served by the local educational agency bears to the

20 number of such children enrolled in such schools

21 served by all local educational agencies in the State.

22 ‘‘SEC. 2403. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

23 Each local educational agency desiring assistance

24 under section 2402(c)(3) shall submit an application to

25 the State educational agency at such time, in such man-
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1 ner, and accompanied by such information as the State

2 educational agency may reasonably require. At a min3 imum, the application shall contain a description of the

4 programs to be assisted under this part consistent with

5 section 2404.

6 ‘‘SEC. 2404. USE OF FUNDS.

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

8 receiving funds under this part shall use the funds to carry

9 out activities described in subsections (b) and (c) that are

10 designed to improve student achievement by improving the

11 quality of the local teacher corps, including improving re12 cruitment and retention of highly qualified new teachers,

13 offering rewards to teachers based on teachers’ successes,

14 and holding teachers accountable for the results attained

15 by the teachers by notifying the community in the school

16 district served by the local educational agency about the

17 local educational agency’s efforts to improve teacher qual18 ity.

19 ‘‘(b) RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND REWARDS.—

20 ‘‘(1) TEACHER RECRUITMENT.—A local edu21 cational agency may support teacher recruitment ac22 tivities by—

23 ‘‘(A) establishing or expanding teacher

24 academies, teachers-recruiting-future-teachers

25 programs, and programs designed to encourage
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1 secondary school students to pursue a career in

2 teaching;

3 ‘‘(B) establishing or expanding paraprofes4 sional training programs, paraprofessional-to5 teacher career ladders, and other programs de6 signed to improve the training and supervision

7 of paraprofessionals;

8 ‘‘(C) establishing or expanding programs

9 designed to assist mid-career professionals to

10 become certificated teachers;

11 ‘‘(D) reaching out to communities of color

12 or other special populations to make teachers

13 teaching in the elementary schools and sec14 ondary schools served by the local educational

15 agency more reflective of the student demo16 graphics (at the time of the outreach and as an17 ticipated in the future) in such schools;

18 ‘‘(E) placing advertisements, attending col19 lege job fairs, offering signing bonuses, or en20 gaging in other efforts designed to recruit high21 ly qualified new teachers; and

22 ‘‘(F) establishing activities, and coordi23 nating with existing activities, designed to help

24 recruit the highest quality new teachers, such

25 as—
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1 ‘‘(i) offering student loan forgiveness;

2 ‘‘(ii) offering assistance for newly

3 hired teachers to reach higher levels of

4 State certification or certification from the

5 National Board for Professional Teaching

6 Standards; and

7 ‘‘(iii) recruiting new teachers in spe8 cific disciplines, including mathematics and

9 science.

10 ‘‘(2) TEACHER RETENTION.—A local edu11 cational agency may support teacher retention activi12 ties by—

13 ‘‘(A) offering stipends or bonuses to teach14 ers who seek further subject matter endorse15 ments and advanced levels of State certification

16 or certification from the National Board for

17 Professional Teaching Standards;

18 ‘‘(B) establishing or expanding local initia19 tives, such as mentor teacher programs, that

20 are specifically designed to retain teachers dur21 ing the teachers’ first 5 years of teaching;

22 ‘‘(C) supporting other teacher retention ac23 tivities that are consistent with local edu24 cational agency criteria for mentor teacher job
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1 classifications or master teacher job classifica2 tions, including—

3 ‘‘(i) establishing such classifications;

4 ‘‘(ii) establishing career ladders for

5 mentor teachers or master teachers; and

6 ‘‘(iii) providing teachers with time

7 outside the classroom to improve the teach8 ers’ teaching skills while preserving the

9 teachers’ job, pay, and benefits, including

10 providing sabbaticals, research opportuni11 ties, such as the Fulbright Academic Ex12 change Programs, and the opportunity to

13 work in an industry or a not-for-profit or14 ganization; and

15 ‘‘(D) supporting local initiatives specifically

16 designed to retain experienced teachers beyond

17 the teacher’s first 5 years of teaching.

18 ‘‘(3) REWARDS.—A local educational agency

19 may reward—

20 ‘‘(A) elementary schools and secondary

21 schools by providing bonuses or financial

22 awards to the schools, with priority given to fi23 nancially needy schools, based on—
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1 ‘‘(i) the school’s increased percentage

2 of highly qualified teachers teaching in the

3 school; or

4 ‘‘(ii) other measures demonstrating an

5 improvement in the quality of teachers

6 teaching in the school, including an im7 provement in the school’s recruitment and

8 retention of teachers, a reduction in out-of9 field placement of teachers, an increased

10 percentage of certificated staff teaching in

11 the school, an increase in the number of

12 teachers in the school attaining higher lev13 els of certification, and a school’s adoption

14 of professional development programs that

15 improve curricula; and

16 ‘‘(B) highly qualified elementary school

17 and secondary school teachers by offering a 1-

18 time bonus, reward, or stipend of not more than

19 $5,000 to teachers who are certified by the Na20 tional Board for Professional Teaching Stand21 ards.

22 ‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—An elementary school or

23 secondary school receiving assistance under this part, and

24 the local educational agency serving that school, shall pro25 vide an annual report to parents, the general public, and
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1 the State educational agency, in easily understandable lan2 guage, containing—

3 ‘‘(1) information regarding—

4 ‘‘(A) the demographic makeup and profes5 sional credentials of the agency’s teacher corps;

6 ‘‘(B) efforts to increase student achieve7 ment by improving the recruitment, retention,

8 and rewarding of teachers, and improving ac9 countability for teachers; and

10 ‘‘(C) local programs assisted, expenditures

11 made, and results achieved under this part in

12 terms of measurable improvements in teacher

13 quality and student achievement; and

14 ‘‘(2) notification of the community served by

15 the local educational agency with respect to local

16 educational agency policies regarding teacher ac17 countability.

18 ‘‘SEC. 2405. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

19 ‘‘(a) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A local edu20 cational agency shall use funds under this part to supple21 ment, and not to supplant, State and local funds that, in

22 the absence of funds provided under this part, would oth23 erwise be spent for activities under this part.

24 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.—No local educational agency

25 shall use funds provided under this part to increase the
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1 salaries of or to provide benefits to teachers, other than

2 providing professional development programs, bonuses,

3 and enrichment programs described in section 2404.

4 ‘‘(c) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—If a local edu5 cational agency uses funds made available under this part

6 for professional development activities, the local edu7 cational agency shall ensure the equitable participation of

8 private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary

9 schools in such activities.

10 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—A local educational agency

11 shall coordinate any professional development activities

12 carried out under this part with activities carried out

13 under title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, if the

14 local educational agency is participating in programs fund15 ed under such title.

16 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A local edu17 cational agency receiving grant funds under this part may

18 use not more than 3 percent of the grant funds for any

19 fiscal year for the cost of administering this part.

20 ‘‘(f) REPORT.—Each State receiving funds under this

21 part shall submit an annual report to the Secretary con22 taining information regarding activities assisted under this

23 part.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2406. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are

3 authorized to be appropriated $2,100,000,000 for fiscal

4 year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each

5 of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.

6 ‘‘PART F—EXCELLENT PRINCIPALS CHALLENGE

7 GRANT

8 ‘‘SEC. 2501. GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE TRAINING OF ELE9 MENTARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

10 PRINCIPALS.

11 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts appro12 priated under section 2504, the Secretary shall award

13 grants to State educational agencies or consortia of State

14 educational agencies that submit applications consistent

15 with subsection (d), to enable such agencies or consortia

16 to provide, on a statewide basis, professional development

17 services for elementary school and secondary school prin18 cipals designed to enhance the principals’ leadership skills.

19 ‘‘(b) RESERVATIONS AND AWARDS.—

20 ‘‘(1) RESERVATIONS.—From the amount appro21 priated under section 2503 to carry out this part for

22 each fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more

23 than 2 percent to develop model national programs,

24 in accordance with section 2502, that provide activi25 ties described in subsection (e) for elementary school

26 and secondary school principals.
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1 ‘‘(2) AWARDS TO STATES.—From the amount

2 appropriated under section 2504 for a fiscal year

3 and remaining after the Secretary makes the res4 ervation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall

5 award grants, in an amount determined by the Sec6 retary, to State educational agencies and consortia

7 of State educational agencies on the basis of—

8 ‘‘(A) the quality of the proposed uses of

9 the grant funds; and

10 ‘‘(B) the educational needs of the State or

11 States.

12 ‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount provided to a

14 State educational agency or consortia under sub15 section (b)(2) shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost

16 of the program described in the application sub17 mitted pursuant to subsection (d).

18 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—The

19 non-Federal share of payments under this section

20 may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including

21 planned equipment or services. Amounts provided by

22 the Federal Government, and any portion of any

23 service subsidized by the Federal Government, may

24 not be included in determining the amount of the

25 non-Federal share.
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1 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall promulgate

2 regulations to waive the matching requirement of

3 paragraph (1) with respect to State educational

4 agencies or consortia of State educational agencies

5 that the Secretary determines serve low-income

6 areas.

7 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Each State edu8 cational agency or consortia of State educational agencies

9 desiring a grant under subsection (b)(2) shall submit an

10 application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,

11 and containing such information as the Secretary shall

12 reasonably require. At a minimum, the application shall

13 contain—

14 ‘‘(1) a description of the activities to be assisted

15 under this section consistent with subsection (e); and

16 ‘‘(2) an assurance that—

17 ‘‘(A) matching funds will be provided in

18 accordance with subsection (c); and

19 ‘‘(B) elementary school and secondary

20 school principals in the State were involved in

21 developing the application and the proposed

22 uses of grant funds.

23 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—A State educational agency or

24 consortia of State educational agencies receiving a grant

25 under this part shall use the grant funds to provide, on
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1 a statewide basis, professional development services and

2 training to increase the instructional leadership and other

3 skills of principals in elementary schools and secondary

4 schools. Such activities may include activities—

5 ‘‘(1) to provide principals with knowledge of—

6 ‘‘(A) effective instructional leadership skills

7 and practices; and

8 ‘‘(B) comprehensive whole-school ap9 proaches and programs that improve teaching

10 and learning;

11 ‘‘(2) to provide training in effective, fair evalua12 tion and supervision of school staff, and to provide

13 training in improvement of instruction; and

14 ‘‘(3) to improve understanding of the effective

15 uses of educational technology, and to incorporate

16 technology into the instructional program and the

17 operation and management of the school;

18 ‘‘(4) to improve knowledge of State content and

19 performance standards and appropriate related cur20 riculum;

21 ‘‘(5) to improve the development of effective

22 programs, the assessment of program effectiveness,

23 and other related programs;

24 ‘‘(6) to enhance and develop school manage25 ment and business skills;
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1 ‘‘(7) to improve training in school safety and

2 discipline;

3 ‘‘(8) to improve training in school finance,

4 grant-writing and fund-raising; and

5 ‘‘(9) to improve training regarding school legal

6 requirements.

7 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

8 term ‘State’ means each of the several States of the

9 United States, the District of Columbia, and the Common10 wealth of Puerto Rico.

11 ‘‘SEC. 2502. MODEL NATIONAL PROGRAMS.

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts reserved

13 under section 2501(b)(1), the Secretary, in consultation

14 with the Commission described in subsection (b), shall de15 velop model national programs to provide activities de16 scribed in section 2501(e) for elementary school and sec17 ondary school principals.

18 ‘‘(b) COMMISSION.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall appoint

20 a Commission—

21 ‘‘(A) to examine existing professional de22 velopment programs for elementary school and

23 secondary school principals; and

24 ‘‘(B) to provide, not later than 1 year after

25 the date of enactment of the Quality and Ac-
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1 countability are Best for Children Act, a report

2 regarding the best practices to help elementary

3 school and secondary school principals in mul4 tiple education environments across our Nation.

5 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall

6 consist of representatives of local educational agen7 cies, State educational agencies, departments of edu8 cation within institutions of higher education, ele9 mentary school and secondary school principals, edu10 cation organizations, community and business

11 groups, and labor organizations.

12 ‘‘SEC. 2503. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

13 ‘‘(a) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A State edu14 cational agency or consortium of State educational agen15 cies shall use funds under this part to supplement, and

16 not to supplant, State and local funds that, in the absence

17 of funds provided under this part, would otherwise be

18 spent for activities under this part.

19 ‘‘(b) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—If a State

20 educational agency or consortium of State educational

21 agencies uses funds made available under this part for

22 professional development activities, the State educational

23 agency or consortium of State educational agencies shall

24 ensure the equitable participation of private nonprofit ele25 mentary schools and secondary schools in such activities.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2504. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; SUPPLE2 MENT NOT SUPPLANT.

3 ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are

4 authorized to be appropriated, $100,000,000 for each of

5 the fiscal years 2001 through 2004 to carry out this part.’’

6 SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING IMPROVING TEACHER

7 TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.

8 (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR TITLE I.—Section

9 1001(d)(4) (20 U.S.C. 6301(d)(4)) is amended by insert10 ing ‘‘, giving particular attention to the role technology

11 can play in professional development and improved teach12 ing and learning’’ before the semicolon.

13 (b) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—Section 1116(c)(3) (20

14 U.S.C. 6317(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the

15 following:

16 ‘‘(D) In carrying out professional develop17 ment under this paragraph an elementary

18 school or secondary school shall give particular

19 attention to professional development that in20 corporates technology used to improve teaching

21 and learning.’’.

22 (c) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Section

23 1119(b) (20 U.S.C. 6320(b)) is amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (1)—

25 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking

26 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
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1 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the

2 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

4 ‘‘(F) include instruction in the use of tech5 nology.’’; and

6 (2) in paragraph (2)—

7 (A) by striking subparagraph (D); and

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E)

9 through (I) as subparagraphs (D) through (H),

10 respectively.

11 (d) PURPOSES FOR TITLE II.—Section 2002(2) (20

12 U.S.C. 6602(2)) is amended—

13 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’

14 after the semicolon;

15 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period

16 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

18 ‘‘(G) uses technology to enhance the teach19 ing and learning process.’’.

20 (e) NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT.—Sec21 tion 2103(b)(2) (20 U.S.C. 6623(b)(2)) is amended by

22 adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(J) Technology.’’.

24 (f) LOCAL PLAN FOR IMPROVING TEACHING AND

25 LEARNING.—Section 2208(d)(1)(F) (20 U.S.C.
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1 6648(d)(1)(F)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, technologies,’’

2 after ‘‘strategies’’.

3 (g) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section

4 2210(b)(2)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6650(b)(2)(C)) is amended by

5 inserting ‘‘, and in particular technology,’’ after ‘‘prac6 tices’’.

7 (h) HIGHER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.—Section

8 2211(a)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6651(a)(1)(C)) is amended by

9 inserting ‘‘, including technological innovation,’’ after ‘‘in10 novation’’.

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