I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4269 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 
teacher and principal effectiveness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2014 
Mr. POLIS (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to improve teacher and principal effectiveness, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Teaching and 
Leading for Great Schools Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE APPLICATION. 
Section 2112(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6612(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 
principals’’ after ‘‘to ensure that teachers’’; 
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(2) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(6) A description of how the State educational 
agency will encourage the development of proven, in-
novative strategies to deliver intensive professional 
development programs that are both cost-effective 
and easily accessible, such as— 
‘‘(A) 
strategies 
that 
involve 
delivery 
through the use of technology, peer networks, 
and distance learning; 
‘‘(B) providing protected release time for 
educators to engage in collaborative team-based 
learning multiple times per week or several 
hours per week; and 
‘‘(C) leveraging resources such as teaching 
or leadership standards, formative assessments, 
teacher portfolio processes, evidence-based in-
structional practices, and educator development 
protocols to guide educator learning.’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (7)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(7)(A) A description of how the State edu-
cational agency will ensure compliance with the re-
quirements for professional development activities 
described in section 9101 and— 
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‘‘(i) include educator input, including 
that of teachers and principals, in the de-
velopment, implementation, and revision of 
the system of professional learning; 
‘‘(ii) conduct a formal evaluation sys-
tem under section 2113(c)(5) to evaluate 
the effectiveness of the system of profes-
sional learning described in paragraph (13) 
using funds under this subpart and sub-
part 2; and 
‘‘(iii) prepare, support, utilize, and 
incentivize internal principals, assistant 
principals, teacher leaders, coaches, or con-
tent experts to facilitate school-based pro-
fessional learning.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘teachers’’ and inserting 
‘‘educators’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and aligned with the in-
dividualized professional development goals in-
formed by educator evaluations described in 
section 2113(c)(4)’’ after ‘‘subpart 2’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(13) A description of how the State edu-
cational agency will assist schools in creating and 
implementing the teacher and principal evaluation 
system described in section 2113(c)(4).’’. 
SEC. 3. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2113(a)(3) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6613(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
‘‘, except that not less than 50 percent of such funds shall 
be used for programs and activities to improve principal 
effectiveness’’. 
(b) STATE ACTIVITIES.—Section 2113(c) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6613(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘one or more of the following activities’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the activities described in paragraphs (4) 
and (5) of this subsection and may use such funds 
to carry out one or more of the following other ac-
tivities’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE.—’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
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