dent academic achievement and serve in high- 
need schools, so long as the grantee uses an in-
creasing share of non-Federal funds to pay 
these monetary rewards each year of the grant. 
‘‘(e) DURATION OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this section for periods of up to 5 
years. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An agency described in sub-
paragraph (A) of section 2371(b)(1) may receive 
(whether individually or as part of a consortium or 
partnership) a grant under this subpart only once. 
Such an agency may continue to receive that grant 
for the period of that grant, but shall not receive 
(whether individually or as part of a consortium or 
partnership) any other grant under this subpart. 
‘‘(f) EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—To the extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of grants under this section. 
‘‘(g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) Each eligible entity that receives a grant 
under this section shall provide, from non-Federal 
sources, an amount (which may be provided in cash 
or in kind) to carry out the activities supported by 
the grant equal to— 
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‘‘(A) for the first year of the grant, 10 per-
cent of the amount received for that year under 
the grant; 
‘‘(B) for the second year, 25 percent; 
‘‘(C) for the third year, 40 percent; 
‘‘(D) for the fourth year, 55 percent; and 
‘‘(E) for the fifth year, 70 percent. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
matching requirement described in paragraph (1) for 
any fiscal year for an eligible entity described in sec-
tion 2371(b)(1)(A) if that eligible entity is a high- 
need local educational agency, a consortium of high- 
need local educational agencies, or a charter school 
that is a high-need local educational agency and the 
Secretary determines that applying the matching re-
quirement to such eligible entity would result in seri-
ous hardship or an inability to carry out the activi-
ties described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 
not supplant, other Federal or State funds. 
‘‘(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
part shall be implemented in such a way so as to require 
a collective bargaining agreement be in place in order to 
receive funds or participate under this subpart. 
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‘‘SEC. 2373. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary shall provide an an-
nual report on the implementation of the program to the 
Congress. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
shall, 
through grant or contract, carry out an independent 
evaluation of the program under this subpart. 
‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The evaluation shall meas-
ure— 
‘‘(A) the effectiveness of the program in 
improving student academic achievement; 
‘‘(B) the satisfaction of the participating 
teachers or principals; and 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the program as-
sisted the eligible entities in recruiting and re-
taining high-quality teachers and principals, es-
pecially in hard-to-staff subject areas. 
‘‘SEC. 2374. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subpart such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2010 and each of the suc-
ceeding 5 fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 
more than 3 percent of the funds appropriated to carry 
out this subpart for any one fiscal year for the cost of 
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the evaluation under section 2373(b) and for technical as-
sistance and program outreach.’’. 
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