States. A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11, 
United States Code, shall not release a participant 
from the obligation to reimburse the Secretary under 
this subsection. 
(g) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
(1) No later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall establish an Advisory 
Board whose duties include— 
(A) collecting, considering, and dissemi-
nating feedback from participants, State edu-
cational agencies, local educational agencies, 
charter schools, and vocational schools on best 
practices for recruitment of eligible individuals 
to participate in the Program; 
(B) ensuring elementary schools, secondary 
schools, and vocational schools are aware of the 
Program and how to participate in it; 
(C) developing guidelines to help individ-
uals selected to participate in the Program 
identify and enroll in licensing or certification 
training for elementary or secondary education 
teaching or vocational teaching programs; and 
(D) coordinating the goals of the Program 
with other Federal, State, and local education 
needs. 
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(2) No later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and annually thereafter, pre-
pare and submit a report to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate, which shall include— 
(A) information with respect to the activi-
ties of the Advisory Board; 
(B) information with respect to the Pro-
gram, including— 
(i) the number of participants in the 
Program; 
(ii) the number of States participating 
in the Program; 
(iii) the local educational agencies and 
schools where participants are employed; 
(iv) the grade levels at which the par-
ticipants teach; 
(v) the academic subjects taught by 
participants; 
(vi) the hours of clinical and class-
room time participants completed during 
the certification or licensing required for 
participation in the Program; 
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(vii) a review of the stipend and bonus 
available to participants; and 
(viii) other demographic information 
as may be necessary to evaluate the effec-
tiveness of the Program; and 
(C) recommendations for improvements 
and other necessary changes to ensure that the 
Program is meeting the purpose as described in 
subsection (a). 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘highly qualified’’; ‘‘local educational agen-
cy’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘State educational agen-
cy’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meaning given the terms 
in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 
school’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
5210 of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7221i). 
(3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means 
a local educational agency receiving funding under 
part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 
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