(11) Only 16 States finance new teacher induc-
tion programs, and fewer still require inductees to 
be matched with mentors who teach the same sub-
ject. 
TITLE I—RECRUITING 
TALENTED NEW TEACHERS 
SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 
1965. 
(a) TEACH GRANTS.—Title II of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new part: 
‘‘PART C—TEACH GRANTS 
‘‘SEC. 231. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of the part are— 
‘‘(1) to improve student academic achievement; 
‘‘(2) to help recruit and prepare teachers to 
meet the national demand for a highly qualified 
teacher in every classroom; and 
‘‘(3) to increase opportunities for Americans of 
all educational, ethnic, class, and geographic back-
grounds to become highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘SEC. 232. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS REQUIRED.—For each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2015, the Secretary shall 
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pay to each eligible institution such sums as may be 
necessary to pay to each eligible student (defined in 
accordance with section 484) who files an applica-
tion and agreement in accordance with section 233, 
and qualifies under subsection (a)(2) of such section, 
a TEACH Grant in the amount of $4,000 for each 
academic year during which that student is in at-
tendance at an institution of higher education. 
‘‘(2) REFERENCE.—Grants made under this 
part shall be known as ‘Teacher Education Assist-
ance for College and Higher Education Grants’ or 
‘TEACH Grants’. 
‘‘(b) PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) PREPAYMENT.—Not less than 85 percent 
of such sums shall be advanced to eligible institu-
tions prior to the start of each payment period and 
shall be based upon an amount requested by the in-
stitution as needed to pay eligible students until 
such time as the Secretary determines and publishes 
in the Federal Register with an opportunity for com-
ment, an alternative payment system that provides 
payments to institutions in an accurate and timely 
manner, except that this sentence shall not be con-
strued to limit the authority of the Secretary to 
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place an institution on a reimbursement system of 
payment. 
‘‘(2) DIRECT PAYMENT.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be interpreted to prohibit the Secretary 
from paying directly to students, in advance of the 
beginning of the academic term, an amount for 
which they are eligible, in cases where the eligible in-
stitution elects not to participate in the disburse-
ment system required by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANTS
TO
STU-
DENTS.—Payments under this part shall be made, in 
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary for such purpose, in such manner as will best 
accomplish the purpose of this part. Any disburse-
ment allowed to be made by crediting the student’s 
account shall be limited to tuition and fees and, in 
the case of institutionally owned housing, room and 
board. The student may elect to have the institution 
provide other such goods and services by crediting 
the student’s account. 
‘‘(c) REDUCTIONS IN AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) PART
TIME
STUDENTS.—In any case 
where a student attends an institution of higher edu-
cation on less than a full-time basis (including a stu-
dent who attends an institution of higher education 
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on less than a half-time basis) during any academic 
year, the amount of the TEACH Grant for which 
that student is eligible shall be reduced in proportion 
to the degree to which that student is not so attend-
ing on a full-time basis, in accordance with a sched-
ule of reductions established by the Secretary for the 
purposes of this part, computed in accordance with 
this part. Such schedule of reductions shall be estab-
lished by regulation and published in the Federal 
Register in accordance with section 482 of this Act. 
‘‘(2) NO EXCEEDING COST.—No TEACH Grant 
under this part shall exceed the the cost of attend-
ance (as defined in section 472) at the institution at 
which that student is in attendance. If, with respect 
to any student, it is determined that the amount of 
a TEACH Grant exceeds the cost of attendance for 
that year, the amount of the TEACH Grant shall be 
reduced until the TEACH Grant does not exceed the 
cost of attendance at such institution. 
‘‘(d) PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.—The period 
during which an undergraduate student may receive 
TEACH Grants shall be the period required for the 
completion of the first undergraduate baccalaureate 
course of study being pursued by that student at the 
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institution at which the student is in attendance ex-
cept that— 
‘‘(A) any period during which the student 
is enrolled in a noncredit or remedial course of 
study as defined in paragraph (3) shall not be 
counted for the purpose of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) the total amount that a student may 
receive under this part for undergraduate study 
shall not exceed $16,000. 
‘‘(2) GRADUATE STUDENTS.—The period dur-
ing which a graduate student may receive TEACH 
Grants shall be the period required for the comple-
tion of a master’s degree course of study being pur-
sued by that student at the institution at which the 
student is in attendance, except that the total 
amount that a student may receive under this part 
for graduate study shall not exceed $8,000. 
‘‘(3) REMEDIAL
COURSE; STUDY
ABROAD.— 
Nothing in this section shall exclude from eligibility 
courses of study which are noncredit or remedial in 
nature (including courses in English language acqui-
sition) which are determined by the institution to be 
necessary to help the student be prepared for the 
pursuit of a first undergraduate baccalaureate de-
gree or certificate or, in the case of courses in 
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English language instruction, to be necessary to en-
able the student to utilize already existing knowl-
edge, training, or skills. Nothing in this section shall 
exclude from eligibility programs of study abroad 
that are approved for credit by the home institution 
at which the student is enrolled. 
‘‘SEC. 233. ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS; DEMONSTRATION
OF ELIGI-
BILITY.— 
‘‘(1) FILING REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 
from time to time set dates by which students shall 
file applications for TEACH Grants under this part. 
Each student desiring a TEACH Grant for any year 
shall file an application therefore containing such in-
formation and assurances as the Secretary may 
deem necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out 
the functions and responsibilities of this part. 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Each 
such application shall contain such information as is 
necessary to demonstrate that— 
‘‘(A) if the applicant is an enrolled stu-
dent— 
‘‘(i) the student is an eligible student 
for purposes of section 484 (other than 
subsection (r) of such section); 
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‘‘(ii) the student— 
‘‘(I) has a grade point average 
that is determined, under standards 
prescribed by the Secretary, to be 
comparable to a 3.25 average on a 
zero to 4.0 scale, except that, if the 
student is in the first year of a pro-
gram of undergraduate education, 
such grade point average shall be de-
termined on the basis of the student’s 
cumulative high school grade point av-
erage; or 
‘‘(II) displayed high academic ap-
titude by receiving a score above the 
75th percentile on at least one of the 
batteries in a undergraduate or grad-
uate school admissions test; and 
‘‘(iii) 
the 
student 
is 
completing 
coursework and other requirements nec-
essary to begin a career in teaching, or 
plans to complete such coursework and re-
quirements prior to graduating; or 
‘‘(B) if the applicant is a current or pro-
spective teacher applying for a grant to obtain 
a graduate degree— 
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‘‘(i) the applicant is a teacher or a re-
tiree from another occupation with exper-
tise in a field in which there is a shortage 
of teachers, such as math, science, special 
education, English language acquisition, or 
another high-need subject; or 
‘‘(ii) the applicant is or was a teacher 
who is using high-quality alternative cer-
tification routes, such as Teach for Amer-
ica, to get certified. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS TO SERVE.—Each application 
under subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by 
an agreement by the applicant that— 
‘‘(1) the applicant will— 
‘‘(A) serve as a full-time teacher for a total 
of not less than 4 academic years within 8 
years after completing the course of study for 
which the applicant received a TEACH Grant 
under this part; 
‘‘(B) teach— 
‘‘(i) in a school described in section 
465(a)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) in any of the following fields: 
mathematics, science, a foreign language, 
bilingual education, or special education, or 
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as a reading specialist, or another field 
documented as high-need by the Federal 
Government, State government, or local 
education agency and submitted to the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(C) submit evidence of such employment 
in the form of a certification by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the school upon comple-
tion of each year of such service; and 
‘‘(D) comply with the requirements for 
being a highly qualified teacher as defined in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965; and 
‘‘(2) in the event that the applicant is deter-
mined to have failed or refused to carry out such 
service obligation, the sum of the amounts of such 
Grants will be treated as a loan and collected from 
the applicant in accordance with subsection (c) and 
the regulations thereunder. 
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT
FOR
FAILURE
TO
COMPLETE 
SERVICE.—In the event that any recipient of an TEACH 
Grant fails or refuses to comply with the service obligation 
in the agreement under subsection (b), the sum of the 
amounts of such Grants provided to such recipient shall 
be treated as a Direct Loan under part D of title IV, and 
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shall be subject to repayment in accordance with terms 
and conditions specified by the Secretary in regulations 
under this part.’’. 
(b) RECRUITING TEACHERS WITH MATH, SCIENCE, 
OR LANGUAGE MAJOR.—Title II of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 is further amended by adding after part C 
(as added by subsection (a)) the following new part: 
‘‘PART D—RECRUITING TEACHERS WITH MATH, 
SCIENCE, OR LANGUAGE MAJORS 
‘‘SEC. 241. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-
propriated under section 242, the Secretary shall make 
competitive grants to institutions of higher education to 
improve the availability and recruitment of teachers from 
among students majoring in math, science, foreign lan-
guages, special education, or teaching the English lan-
guage to students with limited English proficiency. In 
making such grants, the Secretary shall give priority to 
programs that focus on preparing teachers in subjects in 
which there is a shortage of highly qualified teachers and 
that prepare students to teach in high-need schools. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Any institution of higher edu-
cation desiring to obtain a grant under this part shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
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form, and containing such information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require, which shall— 
‘‘(1) include reporting on baseline production of 
teachers with expertise in math, science, a foreign 
language, or teaching English language learners; 
and 
‘‘(2) establish a goal and timeline for increasing 
the number of such teachers who are prepared by 
the institution. 
‘‘(c) USE
OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by 
grant under this part— 
‘‘(1) shall be used to create new recruitment in-
centives to teaching from other majors, with an em-
phasis on high-need subjects such as math, science, 
foreign languages, and teaching the English lan-
guage to students with limited English proficiency; 
‘‘(2) may be used to upgrade curriculum in 
order to provide all students studying to become 
teachers with high-quality instructional strategies for 
teaching reading and teaching the English language 
to students with limited English proficiency, and for 
modifying instruction to teach students with special 
needs; 
‘‘(3) may be used to integrate school of edu-
cation faculty with other arts and science faculty in 
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