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‘‘(B) the total amount that a student may 
receive under this part for undergraduate study 
shall not exceed $16,000. 
‘‘(2) GRADUATE STUDENTS.—The period dur-
ing which a graduate student may receive TEACH 
Grants shall be the period required for the comple-
tion of a master’s degree course of study being pur-
sued by that student at the institution at which the 
student is in attendance, except that the total 
amount that a student may receive under this part 
for graduate study shall not exceed $8,000. 
‘‘(3) REMEDIAL
COURSE; STUDY
ABROAD.—
Nothing in this section shall exclude from eligibility 
courses of study which are noncredit or remedial in 
nature (including courses in English language acqui-
sition) which are determined by the institution to be 
necessary to help the student be prepared for the 
pursuit of a first undergraduate baccalaureate de-
gree or certificate or, in the case of courses in 
English language instruction, to be necessary to en-
able the student to utilize already existing knowl-
edge, training, or skills. Nothing in this section shall 
exclude from eligibility programs of study abroad 
that are approved for credit by the home institution 
at which the student is enrolled.
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‘‘SEC. 233. ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS; DEMONSTRATION
OF ELIGI-
BILITY.—
‘‘(1) FILING REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 
from time to time set dates by which students shall 
file applications for TEACH Grants under this part. 
Each student desiring a TEACH Grant for any year 
shall file an application therefore containing such in-
formation and assurances as the Secretary may 
deem necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out 
the functions and responsibilities of this part. 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Each 
such application shall contain such information as is 
necessary to demonstrate that—
‘‘(A) if the applicant is an enrolled stu-
dent—
‘‘(i) the student is an eligible student 
for purposes of section 484 (other than 
subsection (r) of such section); 
‘‘(ii) the student—
‘‘(I) has a grade point average 
that is determined, under standards 
prescribed by the Secretary, to be 
comparable to a 3.25 average on a 
zero to 4.0 scale, except that, if the 
student is in the first year of a pro-
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gram of undergraduate education, 
such grade point average shall be de-
termined on the basis of the student’s 
cumulative high school grade point av-
erage; or 
‘‘(II) displayed high academic ap-
titude by receiving a score above the 
75th percentile on at least one of the 
batteries in a undergraduate or grad-
uate school admissions test; and 
‘‘(iii) 
the 
student 
is 
completing 
coursework and other requirements nec-
essary to begin a career in teaching, or 
plans to complete such coursework and re-
quirements prior to graduating; or 
‘‘(B) if the applicant is a current or pro-
spective teacher applying for a grant to obtain 
a graduate degree—
‘‘(i) the applicant is a teacher or a re-
tiree from another occupation with exper-
tise in a field in which there is a shortage 
of teachers, such as math, science, special 
education, English language acquisition, or 
another high-need subject; or
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‘‘(ii) the applicant is or was a teacher 
who is using high-quality alternative cer-
tification routes, such as Teach for Amer-
ica, to get certified. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS
TO SERVE.—Each application 
under subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by 
an agreement by the applicant that—
‘‘(1) the applicant will—
‘‘(A) serve as a full-time teacher for a total 
of not less than 4 academic years within 8 
years after completing the course of study for 
which the applicant received a TEACH Grant 
under this part; 
‘‘(B) teach—
‘‘(i) in a school described in section 
465(a)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) in any of the following fields: 
mathematics, science, a foreign language, 
bilingual education, or special education, or 
as a reading specialist, or another field 
documented as high-need by the Federal 
Government, State government, or local 
education agency and submitted to the 
Secretary;
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‘‘(C) submit evidence of such employment 
in the form of a certification by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the school upon comple-
tion of each year of such service; and 
‘‘(D) comply with the requirements for 
being a highly qualified teacher as defined in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965; and 
‘‘(2) in the event that the applicant is deter-
mined to have failed or refused to carry out such 
service obligation, the sum of the amounts of such 
Grants will be treated as a loan and collected from 
the applicant in accordance with subsection (c) and 
the regulations thereunder. 
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE SERV-
ICE.—In the event that any recipient of an TEACH Grant 
fails or refuses to comply with the service obligation in 
the agreement under subsection (b), the sum of the 
amounts of such Grants provided to such recipient shall 
be treated as a Direct Loan under part D of title IV, and 
shall be subject to repayment in accordance with terms 
and conditions specified by the Secretary in regulations 
under this part.’’. 
(b) RECRUITING TEACHERS WITH MATH, SCIENCE, 
OR LANGUAGE MAJOR.—Title II of the Higher Education
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Act of 1965 is further amended by adding after part C 
(as added by subsection (a)) the following new part: 
‘‘PART D—RECRUITING TEACHERS WITH MATH, 
SCIENCE, OR LANGUAGE MAJORS 
‘‘SEC. 241. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-
propriated under section 242, the Secretary shall make 
competitive grants to institutions of higher education to 
improve the availability and recruitment of teachers from 
among students majoring in math, science, foreign lan-
guages, special education, or teaching the English lan-
guage to students with limited English proficiency. In 
making such grants, the Secretary shall give priority to 
programs that focus on preparing teachers in subjects in 
which there is a shortage of highly qualified teachers and 
that prepare students to teach in high-need schools. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Any institution of higher edu-
cation desiring to obtain a grant under this part shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
form, and containing such information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require, which shall—
‘‘(1) include reporting on baseline production of 
teachers with expertise in math, science, a foreign 
language, or teaching English language learners; 
and