schools using the information provided under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(3) NO
REQUIREMENT
FOR
REPORTING
ON 
STUDENTS NOT RESIDING IN THE STATE.—Nothing 
in this section shall require a State to report data 
on program completers who do not reside in such 
State. 
‘‘(c) DATA QUALITY.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to ensure the reliability, validity, integrity, ac-
curacy, and consistency of the data submitted pursuant 
to this section. 
‘‘(d) REPORT
OF
THE SECRETARY
ON TEACHER 
PREPARATION.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT.—The Secretary shall, until 2025, 
annually provide to the authorizing committees, and 
publish and make widely available, a report on 
teacher qualifications and preparation in the United 
States, including all the information reported in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (L) of subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) ENHANCED REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall instruct the National Center for Edu-
cation Statistics to convene an expert panel 
that includes researchers and practitioners to 
study and make recommendations for revised 
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reporting of teacher qualifications and prepara-
tion in the United States. The recommendations 
shall include suggestions for how to— 
‘‘(i) consolidate and streamline report-
ing across existing Federal and State re-
quirements and Federal data collections to 
provide a concise and robust set of State 
and national indicators on the size, diver-
sity, and quality of the teacher workforce 
and the equitable distribution of profes-
sion-ready teachers; and 
‘‘(ii) reduce reporting burdens on edu-
cator preparation entities, local educational 
agencies, and States. 
‘‘(B) REVISED
REPORTING.—The Sec-
retary shall publish revised reporting require-
ments of teacher qualifications and preparation 
in the United States in the Federal Register 
with sufficient time for the new reporting re-
quirements to be in place for 2025. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a teacher 
preparation program with fewer than ten scores re-
ported on any single initial teacher certification or li-
censure assessment during an academic year, the 
Secretary shall collect and publish, and make pub-
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licly available, information with respect to an aver-
age pass rate on each State certification or licensure 
assessment taken over a three-year period. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, to the extent 
practicable, shall coordinate the information collected and 
published under this part among States for individuals 
who took State teacher certification or licensure assess-
ments in a State other than the State in which the indi-
vidual received the individual’s most recent degree. 
‘‘SEC. 203. STATE FUNCTIONS. 
‘‘(a) STATE ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive funds 
under this part, a State shall conduct an assessment 
to identify low-performing teacher preparation pro-
grams in the State and to assist such programs 
through the provision of technical assistance. 
‘‘(2) PROVISION OF LOW-PERFORMING LIST.— 
Each State described in paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the Secretary with an annual 
list of low-performing teacher preparation pro-
grams; 
‘‘(B) report any teacher preparation pro-
gram that has been closed and the reasons for 
such closure; and 
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‘‘(C) describe the criteria determined under 
paragraph (3) for identifying low performing 
programs. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION
OF
LOW-PERFORMING 
PROGRAMS.—The levels of performance and the cri-
teria for meeting those levels for purposes of the as-
sessment under paragraph (1) shall be determined 
by the State in consultation with a representative 
group of community stakeholders, including, at a 
minimum, representatives of leaders and faculty of 
traditional and alternative route teacher preparation 
programs, prekindergarten through 12th grade lead-
ers and instructional staff, current teacher can-
didates participating in traditional and alternative 
route teacher preparation programs, the State’s 
standards board or other appropriate standards 
body, and other stakeholders identified by the State. 
In making such determination, the State shall con-
sider multiple measures and the information re-
ported by teacher preparation entities under section 
202. 
‘‘(b) REPORTING AND IMPROVEMENT.—In order to 
receive funds under this part, a State shall— 
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‘‘(1) report any teacher preparation programs 
described in subparagraphs (A) or (B) of subsection 
(a)(2) to the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) establish a period of improvement and re-
design (as established by the State) for programs 
identified as low-performing under subsection (a); 
‘‘(3) provide programs identified as low-per-
forming with technical assistance for a period of not 
longer than 5 years; and 
‘‘(4) subject low-performing programs that have 
not improved to the provisions described in sub-
section (c) (as determined by the State). 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Any teacher 
preparation program that is low-performing and has not 
improved for a period of 5 years— 
‘‘(1) shall be ineligible for any funding for pro-
fessional development activities awarded by the De-
partment; 
‘‘(2) may not be permitted to provide new 
awards under subpart 9 of part A of title IV; and 
‘‘(3) shall provide transitional support, includ-
ing remedial services if necessary, for students en-
rolled in the program in the year prior to such clo-
sure. 
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