member and is teaching while simultaneously ful-
filling the responsibilities of a corps member. 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPATION
OF
PRIVATE
SCHOOL 
TEACHERS.—An eligible entity may select teachers 
who teach at private schools in the participating 
area to be members of the Master Teacher Corps, 
except that— 
‘‘(A) a private school teacher must meet 
the same requirements and accountability 
standards as a public school teacher; and 
‘‘(B) a private school teacher is not eligible 
to receive monetary compensation under sub-
section (c) and their school is not eligible to re-
ceive funds to defray the costs associated with 
affording the teacher time to fulfill the teach-
er’s duties as a Corps member. 
‘‘(c) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving 
a grant under this subpart shall use grant funds to 
provide compensation to each teacher who is selected 
and serves as a member of the Master Teacher 
Corps, in recognition of the teacher’s teaching ac-
complishments, leadership, and increased respon-
sibilities, which amount shall— 
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‘‘(A) supplement, and not supplant, the 
teacher’s base salary; and 
‘‘(B) be equal to $10,000 per year for each 
year the teacher serves as a member of the 
Corps; 
‘‘(2) WITHHOLDING COMPENSATION FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) MONITORING COMPLIANCE.—Each el-
igible entity that receives a grant under this 
subpart shall monitor whether each teacher the 
entity selects to be a member of the Master 
Teacher Corps is in compliance with the Corps 
member requirements. 
‘‘(B) WITHHOLDING PAYMENT.—A teacher 
selected to be a member of the Master Teacher 
Corps may not receive the additional compensa-
tion provided for a school year to the eligible 
entity if— 
‘‘(i) the entity finds the teacher not in 
compliance with the Corps member re-
quirements and the entity determines the 
teacher should no longer be a member of 
the Corps for such year; or 
‘‘(ii) the teacher withdraws during 
such year from membership in the Corps 
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without an accepted excuse, as determined 
by the eligible entity. 
‘‘SEC. 2165. REPORTS AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.—Each eligible 
entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall provide 
an annual report to the Secretary that— 
‘‘(1) summarizes the activities assisted under 
the grant and program outcomes; and 
‘‘(2) includes, with respect to each member of 
the Master Teacher Corps, the following: 
‘‘(A) The name of the member. 
‘‘(B) The school at which the member 
teaches and the location of such school. 
‘‘(C) The subject or skill area the teacher 
teaches. 
‘‘(D) The grade level the teacher teaches. 
‘‘(b) IES EVALUATION.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences, shall— 
‘‘(1) evaluate the implementation and impact of 
the program under this subpart, particularly with re-
gard to the program’s success in achieving the goals 
of this subpart; 
‘‘(2) identify successes, best practices, and 
areas for improvement; and 
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‘‘(3) disseminate findings from the evaluation 
and make the findings publicly available. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 
years after the establishment of the program under this 
chapter, and not later than 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce and the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate, a report that summarizes— 
‘‘(1) the activities assisted under the program 
under this chapter; 
‘‘(2) the outcomes of the program; and 
‘‘(3) any recommendations regarding changes 
to, the termination of, or the continuation and ex-
pansion of the program.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 2103 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) MASTER TEACHER CORPS.—Of the amount ap-
propriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall set 
aside such sums as may be necessary to carry out subpart 
6.’’. 
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(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2151 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 6—MASTER TEACHER CORPS 
‘‘Sec. 2161. Definition. 
‘‘Sec. 2162. Grants authorized. 
‘‘Sec. 2163. Application. 
‘‘Sec. 2164. Required uses of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 2165. Reports and evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION. 
This Act shall not be construed to increase the 
amount of appropriations that are authorized to be appro-
priated for any fiscal year. 
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