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(2) Developing and implementing a plan, 
through the partnership described in subsection (b), 
to provide participating teachers with activities de-
signed to promote professional development, includ-
ing— 
(A) an orientation session or courses to 
prepare such teachers for— 
(i) the exchange experience; 
(ii) the community in which the re-
ceiving local educational agency is located 
and the schools in such agency; and 
(iii) the particular grade level and 
curriculum assigned to the participating 
teacher by the receiving local educational 
agency; 
(B) a mentoring program through which a 
participating teacher is paired with a mentor 
(who is not also a participating teacher) em-
ployed by the receiving local educational agency 
who teaches in the same grade level or subject 
area that the participating teacher has been as-
signed to teach under the exchange; 
(C) a forum for participating teachers, led 
by an administrator or teacher at the receiving 
local educational agency, to engage in ongoing 
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professional development focused on improving 
classroom instruction to result in improved stu-
dent outcomes, including reading educational 
research, reviewing student work, creating and 
reviewing formative and summative assess-
ments, analyzing data from student assess-
ments, and tracking student progress; and 
(D) content-specific programs designed to 
support participating teachers in teaching the 
specific curriculum in place at the receiving 
local education agency and at the grade level to 
which the participating teacher is assigned. 
(3) Reimbursing each participating teacher for 
travel expenses incurred by the participating teacher 
while traveling to and from the receiving local edu-
cational agency, not more than twice per calendar 
year, for the purpose of participating in a teacher 
exchange funded by a grant under this section. 
(4) Providing housing for participating teachers 
while participating in such an exchange, including 
cost of living increases as necessary to provide such 
housing. 
(5) Providing a living stipend to participating 
teachers that— 
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(A) is added to the regular salary of such 
teachers each pay period, for the duration of 
the exchange; and 
(B) includes an annual cost-of-living ad-
justment. 
(6) Reimbursing the receiving local educational 
agency for supplies or other incidental items pur-
chased for use by participating teachers during such 
an exchange. 
(e) RESTRICTION.—The recipient of a grant under 
this section may not use the grant to pay the regular sal-
ary of participating teachers during the period of an ex-
change funded by a grant under this section. 
(f) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving a grant 
under this section, a grant recipient shall— 
(1) ensure that each participating teacher in an 
exchange funded under this section has at least 
three years of teaching experience prior to partici-
pating in such exchange; 
(2) certify that such participation shall not 
serve as grounds for the grant recipient terminating 
the employment of a participating teacher; 
(3) ensure by contract or agreement with each 
participating teacher that each teacher agrees to 
serve— 
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(A) in the receiving local educational agen-
cy for a school year; and 
(B) in the local educational agency that se-
lected such teacher for participation in the ex-
change for the duration of the two-year period 
following such participation unless the Sec-
retary, after determining that the performance 
of such service poses a significant hardship to 
the teacher, waives such condition; 
(4) certify that upon the failure of a partici-
pating teacher to satisfy a condition specified in 
paragraph (3), the grant recipient shall— 
(A) recover from such teacher the amount 
of the grant funds that have been remitted to 
or on behalf of such teacher on a pro-rata basis 
(as determined by the Secretary); and 
(B) return the funds recovered under sub-
paragraph (A) to the Secretary not later than 
60 days after the recovery of such funds; and 
(5) if the recipient has not entered into an 
agreement with a receiving local educational agency 
by the date that is 6 months after the date of the 
the receipt of the grant, return the grant to the Sec-
retary. 
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(g) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary of Education shall give 
priority to local educational agencies that— 
(1) have entered into partnerships with receiv-
ing local educational agencies before applying for a 
grant under this section; 
(2) the Secretary determines would be able to 
provide participating teachers with training or expe-
rience such teachers would not receive from teaching 
in the local educational agency where such teachers 
are employed, including immersion in a linguistically 
different culture; and 
(3) focus on instruction in science, math, 
English as a second language, special education, or 
other subject areas that have a high need for quali-
fied teachers, as determined by the Secretary. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 9101(26) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(26)). 
(2) The term ‘‘high-need local educational agen-
cy’’ means an agency as defined in section 2102(2) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6602(3)). 
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(3) The term ‘‘receiving local educational agen-
cy’’ means a local educational agency to which a 
participating teacher will be sent for the duration of 
the exchange funded by a grant under this section. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016 to carry out 
this Act. 
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