‘‘SEC. 208. STATE FUNCTIONS. 
‘‘(a) STATE ASSESSMENT.—In order to receive funds 
under this Act, a State shall have in place a procedure 
to identify and assist, through the provision of technical 
assistance, low-performing programs of teacher prepara-
tion within institutions of higher education. Such State 
shall provide the Secretary an annual list of such low-per-
forming institutions that includes an identification of 
those institutions at risk of being placed on such list. Such 
levels of performance shall be determined solely by the 
State and may include criteria based upon information col-
lected pursuant to this part. Such assessment shall be de-
scribed in the report under section 207(a). A State receiv-
ing Federal funds under this title shall develop plans to 
close or reconstitute underperforming programs of teacher 
preparation within institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Any institu-
tion of higher education that offers a program of teacher 
preparation in which the State has withdrawn the State’s 
approval or terminated the State’s financial support due 
to the low performance of the institution’s teacher prepa-
ration program based upon the State assessment described 
in subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) shall be ineligible for any funding for pro-
fessional development activities awarded by the De-
partment of Education; and
‘‘(2) shall not be permitted to accept or enroll 
any student who receives aid under title IV of this 
Act in the institution’s teacher preparation program. 
‘‘SEC. 209. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) METHODS.—In complying with sections 207 and 
208, the Secretary shall ensure that States and institu-
tions of higher education use fair and equitable methods 
in reporting and that the reporting methods do not allow 
identification of individuals. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For each State in which there 
are no State certification or licensure assessments, or for 
States that do not set minimum performance levels on 
those assessments—
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, collect data comparable to the data required 
under this part from States, local educational agen-
cies, institutions of higher education, or other enti-
ties that administer such assessments to teachers or 
prospective teachers; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of this 
part, the Secretary shall use such data to carry out 
requirements of this part related to assessments or 
pass rates. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL CONTROL PROHIBITED.—Noth-
ing in this part shall be construed to permit, allow, 
encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any 
aspect of any private, religious, or home school, 
whether or not a home school is treated as a private 
school or home school under State law. This section 
shall not be construed to prohibit private, religious, 
or home schools from participation in programs or 
services under this part. 
‘‘(2) NO CHANGE IN STATE CONTROL ENCOUR-
AGED OR REQUIRED.—Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to encourage or require any change in a 
State’s treatment of any private, religious, or home 
school, whether or not a home school is treated as 
a private school or home school under State law. 
‘‘(3) NATIONAL SYSTEM OF TEACHER CERTIFI-
CATION PROHIBITED.—Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize 
the Secretary to establish or support any national 
system of teacher certification. 
‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years, of which—
‘‘(1) 45 percent shall be available for each fiscal 
year to award grants under section 202; 
‘‘(2) 45 percent shall be available for each fiscal 
year to award grants under section 203; and 
‘‘(3) 10 percent shall be available for each fiscal 
year to award grants under section 204.’’. 
SEC. 202. PREPARING TOMORROW’S TEACHERS TO USE 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 222(a)(3)(D) (20 U.S.C. 
1042(a)(3)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘nonprofit tele-
communications entity,’’ after ‘‘community-based organi-
zation,’’. 
(b) 
PERMISSIBLE
USES
OF
FUNDS.—Section 
223(b)(1)(E) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1043(b)(1)(E)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) to use technology to collect, manage, 
and analyze data to improve teaching, learning, 
and decisionmaking for the purpose of increas-
ing student academic achievement.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
224 (20 U.S.C. 1044) is amended by striking ‘‘each of 
fiscal years 2002 and 2003.’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2007 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’.