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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 4487
To provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development
to superintendents, principals, and prospective superintendents and principals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2000
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. CLAY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SHOWS,
Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. FROST, Mrs.
MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CROWLEY,
Mr. JEFFERSON, and Ms. BROWN of Florida) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force
A BILL
To provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional
development to superintendents, principals, and prospec-
tive superintendents and principals.
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 ‘‘Investment in Quality
School Leadership Act’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to provide ongoing, intensive professional
development to superintendents, principals, and pro-
spective superintendents and principals, particularly
those serving, or intending to serve, in high-poverty,
low-performing school districts and schools;
(2) to improve the capacity of current and pro-
spective superintendents and principals to serve as
effective leaders and successfully implement stand-
ards-based reforms;
(3) to encourage the recruitment and retention
of quality school leaders at the district and school-
level by enabling them to further develop their skills
and knowledge; and
(4) to recognize and support the importance of
principals and superintendents in facilitating student
learning and improving academic achievement.
SEC. 3. GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) GRANT AWARDS.—From the amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this section and not reserved
under subsection (g) for any fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall award grants to eligible consortia to es-
tablish professional development programs described
in paragraph (2).
(2) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—A pro-
gram referred to in paragraph (1) shall serve a
State or region and provide superintendents, prin-
cipals, and prospective superintendents and prin-
cipals, particularly those serving, or intending to
serve, in high-poverty, low-performing school dis-
tricts and schools, with ongoing, intensive profes-
sional development opportunities to improve their ca-
pacity to serve as effective leaders and successfully
implement standards-based reforms.
(b) AWARD
BASIS.—The Secretary shall award
grants on a competitive basis to eligible applicants to carry
out this section.
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) REQUIRED PARTICIPANTS.—In order to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a consortium shall
include not less than—
(A) one local educational agency serving a
high concentration of children living in poverty;
(B) one institution of higher education;
and
(C) one organization that does not usually
provide educational services, but has the nec-
essary expertise to provide professional develop-
ment to school administrators.
(2) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—An eligible consor-
tium may also include—
(A) one or more additional local edu-
cational agencies;
(B) State educational agencies;
(C) for-profit organizations with the exper-
tise to provide professional development to
school administrators; and
(D) public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions with the expertise to provide professional
development to school administrators.
(d) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an award
under this section, an eligible applicant shall submit
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each such application shall
include—
(A) information demonstrating that the ap-
plicant shall meet the matching requirement of
subsection (f); and
(B) a description of the involvement of su-
perintendents and principals in developing the
application.