content and performance standards in order to im-
prove teaching and learning and to ensure that stu-
dents achieve the State standards;
‘‘(8) professional development is often a victim
of budget reductions in fiscally difficult times and
curriculum development is almost nonexistent in
many State and local school systems; and
‘‘(9) the Federal Government has a vital role in
helping States and local educational agencies to
make sustained and intensive high-quality profes-
sional development in the core academic subjects be-
come an integral part of the elementary and second-
ary education system and in providing assistance to
such agencies to engage teachers in the development
of high quality curriculum that is aligned with State
or local content and performance standards.
‘‘SEC. 2102. PURPOSES.
‘‘The purposes of this part are to provide assistance
to States and local educational agencies so that such agen-
cies can determine how best to improve the teaching and
learning of all students through—
‘‘(1) helping to ensure that teachers, other
staff, and administrators have access to sustained
and extensive high-quality professional development
that is aligned to challenging State content and per-
formance standards in the care academic subjects
and that—
‘‘(A) is tied to challenging State and local
curriculum content and student performance
standards;
‘‘(B) reflects recent research on teaching
and learning;
‘‘(C) includes strong academic content and
pedagogical components;
‘‘(D) is of sufficient intensity and duration
to have a positive and lasting impact on the
teacher’s performance in the classroom; and
‘‘(E) is part of the everyday life of the
school and creates an orientation toward contin-
uous improvement throughout the school; and
‘‘(2) assisting States and local educational
agencies to engage teachers in the development of
high quality curriculum that is aligned with State or
local content and performance standards.
‘‘SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLO-
CATION BETWEEN SUBPARTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to
be appropriated $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1996 through 1999.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION BETWEEN SUBPARTS.—Of the
funds appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year,
the Secretary shall use—
‘‘(1) 5 percent to carry out subpart 1; and
‘‘(2) 95 percent to carry out subpart 2.
‘‘Subpart 1—Federal Activities
‘‘SEC. 2111. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants to, and enter into contracts and
cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies,
State educational agencies, State agencies for higher edu-
cation, educational service agencies, institutions of higher
education, and other public and private agencies, other or-
ganizations, and institutions to—
‘‘(1) support activities of national significance
that will contribute to the development and imple-
mentation of high-quality professional development
activities in the core academic subject areas;
‘‘(2) support the development of challenging
curriculum that is aligned with State or local con-
tent and performance standards; and
‘‘(3) evaluate activities carried out under this
subpart and under subpart 2.
‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—In
carrying out this program, the Secretary shall consult and
coordinate with the National Science Foundation, the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities, the National En-
dowment for the Arts, and other appropriate Federal
agencies and entities.
‘‘SEC. 2112. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall use funds available to carry
out this subpart—
‘‘(1) for the development and maintenance of a
national clearinghouse for science, mathematics, and
technology education materials;
‘‘(2) to support consortia of educational agen-
cies and organizations in disseminating information
and providing assistance regarding curricula, teach-
ing methods, and assessment tools that support na-
tional or State content standards in mathematics
and science; and
‘‘(3) the evaluation of programs under this sub-
part and under subpart 2.
‘‘(b) The Secretary may use funds available to carry
out this subpart—
‘‘(1) for the development and maintenance of
national clearinghouses for core academic subjects as
the Secretary determines are needed;
‘‘(2) to provide grants to entities to develop
high quality curricula that are aligned with vol-
untary national or State content standards;
‘‘(3) to sponsor institutes that provide teachers
and administrators with professional development
that is based on strong and integrated disciplinary
content and pedagogical components;
‘‘(4) for efforts to train teachers in the innova-
tive uses and applications of technology to enhance
student learning;
‘‘(5) to encourage the development of local and
national professional networks of educators;
‘‘(6) to disseminate standards in the core aca-
demic subjects, including information on voluntary
national content and performance standards and re-
lated models of high-quality professional develop-
ment;
‘‘(7) to promote the transferability of licensure
and certification of teachers and administrators
among State and local jurisdictions; and
‘‘(8) support the National Board for Profes-
sional Teaching Standards.
‘‘(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary
shall ensure that each program, project, and activity con-
tained in such subsection receives an allocation that is no
less than the amount that each such program, project, or
activity received in fiscal year 1994.
‘‘Subpart 2—State and Local Activities
‘‘SEC. 2121. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to make grants to State
educational agencies for the improvement of teaching and
learning through sustained and intensive high-quality pro-
fessional development activities in the core academic sub-
jects at the State and local levels and the development by
teachers and others of high-quality curricula that are
aligned with State or local content and performance stand-
ards.
‘‘SEC. 2122. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount
made available to carry out this subpart for any fiscal
year, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) reserve one half of one percent for the out-
lying areas, to be distributed among them on the
basis of relative need, as determined by the Sec-
retary in light of the purposes of this part; and
‘‘(2) reserve one half of one percent for the Sec-
retary of the Interior for programs under this sub-
part for professional development activities for
teachers, other staff, and administrators in schools
operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall allo-
cate the remaining amount to each of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico as follows, except that no State shall receive less than
one-half of one percent of such remaining amount:
‘‘(1) 50 percent shall be allocated among such
jurisdictions on the basis of their relative popu-
lations of individuals aged 5 through 17, as deter-
mined by the Secretary on the basis of the most re-
cent satisfactory data.
‘‘(2) 50 percent shall be allocated among such
jurisdictions in accordance with the relative amounts
such jurisdictions received under part A of title I of
this Act for the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(c) REALLOCATION.—If any jurisdiction does not
apply for its allotment under subsection (b) for any fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reallocate such amount to the re-
maining jurisdictions in accordance with such subsection.
‘‘SEC. 2123. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amounts received by a
State under this subpart for a fiscal year—
‘‘(1) not more than 5 percent shall be used for
the administrative costs of programs carried out by
the State educational agency and the State agency
for higher education;
least 1 other local educational agency or institution
of higher education receiving assistance under this
section.
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The State educational agency
shall waive the application of paragraph (1) in the
case of any local educational agency that dem-
onstrates that the amount of its allocation is suffi-
cient to provide a program of sufficient size, scope,
and quality to be effective. In granting waivers
under the preceding sentence, the State educational
agency shall—
‘‘(A) give special consideration to local
educational agencies serving rural areas; and
‘‘(B) consider cash or in-kind contributions
provided from State or local sources that may
be combined with the local educational agency’s
allocation for the purpose of providing services
under this part.
‘‘SEC. 2124. STATE APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Each State edu-
cational agency that wishes to receive its allotment under
this subpart for any fiscal year shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time and in such form as the
Secretary may require.
‘‘(b) STATE PLAN TO IMPROVE TEACHING
AND
LEARNING—(1) Each application under this section shall
include a State plan that—
‘‘(A) is integrated with the State’s plan, either
approved or being developed, under title III of the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and satisfies the
requirements of this section that are not already ad-
dressed by that State plan; or
‘‘(B) if the State does not have an approved
plan under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act and is not developing such a plan, is
integrated with other State plans under this Act and
satisfies the requirements of this section.
‘‘(2) Each such plan shall also—
‘‘(A) be developed in conjunction with the State
agency for higher education, institutions of higher
education, schools of education, and with the exten-
sive participation of teachers and administrators and
members of the public who are interested in improv-
ing education in the State and show the role of each
in implementation;
‘‘(B) be designed to give teachers and adminis-
trators in the State the knowledge and skills to pro-
vide all students the opportunity to meet challenging
State performance standards;
‘‘(C) include an assessment of State and local
needs for professional development and for the devel-
opment of curricula that are aligned with State or
local content and performance standards;
‘‘(D) include a description of how the plan has
maintained funding for professional development ac-
tivities in mathematics and science education;
‘‘(E) a description of how programs in all core
academic subjects, but especially in mathematics and
science, will take into account the need for greater
access to, and participation in, such disciplines by
students from historically underrepresented groups,
including females, minorities, individuals with lim-
ited-English proficiency, the economically disadvan-
taged, and the disabled;
‘‘(F) if the State’s needs assessment under sub-
section (C) demonstrates a need for professional de-
velopment, describe how the State will—
‘‘(i) work with teachers, administrators,
local educational agencies, schools, and institu-
tions of higher education to ensure that they
develop the capacity to support sustained and
intensive, high-quality professional development
programs in all the core academic subject areas,
but especially in mathematics and science;
‘‘(ii) take specific steps for the reform of
State requirements for licensure of teachers and
administrators, 
including 
certification 
and
recertification, to align such requirements with
challenging State content and performance
standards; and
‘‘(iii) address the need for improving
teaching and learning through teacher develop-
ment beginning with recruitment, pre-service,
and induction, and continuing throughout the
professional teaching career; and
‘‘(G) if the State’s needs assessment under sub-
paragraph (C) demonstrates a need for curricula de-
velopment, describe—
‘‘(i) a strategy for engaging teachers in the
development of curricula that are aligned with
State or local content and performance stand-
ards; and
‘‘(ii) how the State will also work with ad-
ministrators, parents, school board members,
and other members of the community in devel-
oping high quality curricula that are aligned
with State or local content and performance
standards.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL.—Each State applica-
tion shall also include—
‘‘(1) a description of how the activities funded
under this subpart will be coordinated, as appro-
priate, with—
‘‘(A) other activities conducted with Fed-
eral funds, especially activities supported under
part A of title I of this Act;
‘‘(B) State and local funds;
‘‘(C) resources from business and industry;
and
‘‘(D) funds from other Federal agencies,
such as the National Science Foundation, the
Departments of Commerce, Energy, and Health
and Human Services, the National Endowment
for the Arts, and the National Endowment for
the Humanities; and
‘‘(2) a description of the activities to be spon-
sored under the State-level activities and the higher
education components of its program under this sub-
part.
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW AND SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.—
(1) The Secretary shall approve the application of a State
educational agency if it meets the requirements of this sec-
tion and holds reasonable promise of achieving the pur-
poses of this part.
‘‘(2) In reviewing applications, the Secretary shall ob-
tain the advice of non-Federal experts on education in the
core academic subjects and on teacher education, includ-
ing teachers and administrators.
‘‘SEC. 2125. STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘Each State may use funds reserved under section
2123(a)(2) to carry out activities referred to in section
2124(b), such as—
‘‘(1) reviewing and reforming State require-
ments for teacher and administrator licensure, in-
cluding certification and recertification, to align such
requirements with the State’s content standards and
ensure that teachers and administrators have the
knowledge and skills necessary to help students meet
challenging State performance standards;
‘‘(2) developing performance assessments and
peer review procedures, as well as other methods, for
licensing teachers and administrators;
‘‘(3) providing technical assistance to schools
and local educational agencies especially schools and
local educational agencies that receive assistance
under part A of title I of this Act, to help such
schools and agencies provide effective professional
development in the core academic subjects and de-
velop high quality curricula;
‘‘(4) developing or supporting professional de-
velopment networks, either within a State or in a re-
gional consortium of States, that provide a forum
for interaction among teachers and that allow ex-
change of information on advances in content assess-
ment and pedagogy;
‘‘(5) enhancing the effective use of educational
technology as an instructional tool for increasing
student understanding of the core academic subject
areas including—
‘‘(A) efforts to train teachers in the inno-
vative uses and application of instructional
technology, and
‘‘(B) utilizing and strengthening existing
telecommunications infrastructure dedicated to
educational purposes;
‘‘(6) providing incentives for teachers to be in-
volved in curriculum development and technical as-
sistance processes for teachers and students;
‘‘(7) professional development enabling teachers
and other school staff to ensure that girls, young
women, minorities, limited English proficient stu-
dents, individuals with disabilities, and economically