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‘‘(3) ensure the selection of a geographically and ethnically
diverse group of teachers by soliciting applications from teach-
ers of both public and private institutions in rural, urban,
and suburban settings in each State; and
‘‘(4) automatically offer a place in a summer program to
the ‘Teacher of the Year’ chosen pursuant to a Federal or
State teacher recognition program.
‘‘(h) LIMITATION.—A contractor entering into a contract under
subsection (c)(1) shall not spend more than 5 percent of funds
received under the contract for administrative costs.
‘‘PART B—STATE AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES
‘‘SEC. 2201. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to make grants to State edu-
cational agencies for the improvement of teaching and learning
through sustained and intensive high-quality professional develop-
ment activities in the core academic subjects at the State and
local levels.
‘‘SEC. 2202. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount available to
carry out this part for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve—
‘‘(1) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying areas, to be distributed
among the outlying areas on the basis of their relative need,
as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the purposes
of this part; and
‘‘(2) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior for
programs under this part for professional development activities
for teachers, other staff, and administrators in schools operated
or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
‘‘(b) STATE ALLOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall allocate the
amount available to carry out this part and not reserved under
subsection (a) to each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia,
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as follows, except that no
State shall receive less than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of such amount:
‘‘(1) Fifty percent shall be allocated among such jurisdic-
tions on the basis of their relative populations of individuals
aged five through 17, as determined by the Secretary on the
basis of the most recent satisfactory data.
‘‘(2) Fifty percent shall be allocated among such jurisdic-
tions in accordance with the relative amounts such jurisdictions
received under part A of title I for the preceding fiscal year,
or for fiscal year 1995 only, such part’s predecessor authority.
‘‘(c) REALLOCATION.—If any jurisdiction does not apply for an
allotment under subsection (b) for any fiscal year, the Secretary
shall reallocate such amount to the remaining jurisdictions in
accordance with such subsection.
‘‘SEC. 2203. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.
‘‘Of the amounts received by a State under this part for any
fiscal year—
‘‘(1) 84 percent shall be available for local allowable activi-
ties under section 2210(b), of which—
‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent may be used for the
administrative costs of the State educational agency and
for State-level activities described in section 2207; and
‘‘(B) of the remaining amount—
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‘‘(i) 50 percent shall be distributed to local edu-
cational agencies—
‘‘(I) for use in accordance with section 2210;
and
‘‘(II) in accordance with the relative enroll-
ments in public and private nonprofit elementary
and secondary schools within the boundaries of
such agencies; and
‘‘(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be distributed
to local educational agencies—
‘‘(I) for use in accordance with section 2210;
and
‘‘(II) in accordance with the relative amount
such agencies received under part A of title I or
for fiscal year 1995 for the preceding fiscal year,
such part’s predecessor authority; and
‘‘(2) 16 percent shall be available to the State agency for
higher education for activities under section 2211, of which
not more than 5 percent may be used for the administrative
costs of the State agency for higher education.
‘‘SEC. 2204. CONSORTIUM REQUIREMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency receiving a grant
under this part of less than $10,000 shall form a consortium with
another local educational agency or an educational service agency
serving another local educational agency to be eligible to participate
in programs assisted under this part.
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The State educational agency may waive the
application of paragraph (1) in the case of any local educational
agency that demonstrates that the amount of its allocation under
this part is sufficient to provide a program of sufficient size, scope,
and quality to be effective. In granting waivers under the preceding
sentence, the State educational agency shall—
‘‘(1) give special consideration to local educational agencies
serving rural areas if distances or traveling time between
schools make formation of the consortium more costly or less
effective; and
‘‘(2) consider cash or in-kind contributions provided from
State or local sources that may be combined with the local
educational agency’s allocation for the purpose of providing
services under this part.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—Each consortium shall rely, as much as
possible, on technology or other arrangements to provide staff devel-
opment programs tailored to the needs of each school or school
district participating in a consortium described in subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 2205. STATE APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Each State educational agency
that wishes to receive an allotment under this part for any fiscal
year shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.
‘‘(b) STATE PLAN TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each application under this section shall
include a State plan that is coordinated with the State’s plan
under other programs assisted under this Act, the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act, and other Acts, as appropriate, consistent
with the provisions of section 14306.
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‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each such State plan shall—
‘‘(A) be developed in conjunction with the State agency
for higher education, community-based and other nonprofit
organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of
higher education or schools of education, and with the
extensive participation of local teachers, administrators and
pupil services personnel and show the role of each such
entity in implementation of the plan;
‘‘(B) be designed to give teachers, and, where appro-
priate, administrators and pupil services personnel in the
State, the knowledge and skills necessary to provide all
students the opportunity to meet challenging State content
standards and challenging State student performance
standards;
‘‘(C) include an assessment of State and local needs
for professional development specifically related to subpara-
graph (B);
‘‘(D) include a description of how the plan has assessed
the needs of local educational agencies serving rural and
urban areas, and what actions are planned to meet such
needs;
‘‘(E) include a description of how the activities assisted
under this part will address the needs of teachers in schools
receiving assistance under part A of title I;
‘‘(F) a description of how programs in all core academic
subjects, but especially in mathematics and science, will
take into account the need for greater access to, and partici-
pation in, such disciplines by students from historically
underrepresented groups, including females, minorities,
individuals with limited English proficiency, the economi-
cally disadvantaged, and individuals with disabilities, by
incorporating pedagogical strategies and techniques which
meet such individuals’ educational needs;
‘‘(G) be consistent with the State’s needs assessment
under subparagraph (C), and describe how the State will
work with teachers, including teachers in schools receiving
assistance under part A of title I, administrators, parents,
local educational agencies, schools, educational service
agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit
organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, to ensure that
such individuals develop the capacity to support sustained
and intensive, high-quality professional development pro-
grams in the core academic subjects;
‘‘(H) describe how the State requirements for licensure
of teachers and administrators, including certification and
recertification, support challenging State content standards
and challenging State student performance standards and
whether such requirements are aligned with such stand-
ards;
‘‘(I) address the need for improving teaching and learn-
ing through teacher development beginning with recruit-
ment, preservice, and induction, and continuing throughout
the professional teaching career, taking into account the
need, as determined by the State, for greater access to
and participation in the teaching profession by individuals
from historically underrepresented groups;
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‘‘(J) describe how the State will prepare all teachers
to teach children with diverse learning needs, including
children with disabilities;
‘‘(K) describe how the State will prepare teachers, and,
where 
appropriate, 
paraprofessionals, 
pupil 
services
personnel, and other staff in the collaborative skills needed
to appropriately teach children with disabilities, in the
core academic subjects;
‘‘(L) describe how the State will use technology, includ-
ing the emerging national information infrastructure, to
enhance the professional development of teachers, and,
where appropriate, administrators and pupil services
personnel;
‘‘(M) describe how the State will provide incentives
to teachers and administrators to focus their professional
development on preparing such teachers and administra-
tors to provide instruction consistent with challenging State
content standards and challenging State student perform-
ance standards;
‘‘(N) set specific performance indicators for professional
development; and
‘‘(O) describe how parents can be involved in profes-
sional development programs to enhance the participation
of parents in the education of their children.
‘‘(3) DURATION OF THE PLAN.—Each such State plan shall—
‘‘(A) remain in effect for the duration of the State’s
participation under this part; and
‘‘(B) be periodically reviewed and revised by the State,
as necessary, to reflect changes in the State’s strategies
and programs under this part.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL
MATERIAL.—Each State application shall
include—
‘‘(1) a description of how the activities assisted under this
part will be coordinated, as appropriate, with—
‘‘(A) other activities conducted with Federal funds,
especially activities supported under part A of title I of
this Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act;
‘‘(B) programs supported by State and local funds;
‘‘(C) resources from business and industry, museums,
libraries, educational television stations, and public and
private nonprofit organizations of demonstrated experience;
and
‘‘(D) funds received from other Federal agencies, such
as the National Science Foundation, the Departments of
Commerce, Energy, and Health and Human Services, the
National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum
Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities;
and
‘‘(2) a description of the activities to be sponsored under
the State-level activities under section 2207 and the higher
education activities under section 2211.
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW AND SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall approve an applica-
tion of a State educational agency under this section if such
application meets the requirements of this section and holds
reasonable promise of achieving the purposes of this part.