(1) MIDDLE OR SECONDARY TEACHERS NEW TO 
PROFESSION MAY USE COLLEGE MINOR.—Subclause 
(II) of section 9101(23)(B)(ii) of the Elementary 
and Secondary School Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801(23)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or minor’’ 
after ‘‘academic major’’. 
(2) EXTENT TIME TEACHING IS CONSIDERED.— 
Subclause (V) of section 9101(23)(C)(ii) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7801(23)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘not be based primarily on’’ and inserting ‘‘not be 
based solely on’’. 
(b) EXTENSION UNTIL 2011–12 SCHOOL YEAR FOR 
RURAL SCHOOLS TO MEET ALL HIGHLY QUALIFIED 
TEACHER STANDARDS; ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION AU-
THORIZED TO HELP RURAL SCHOOLS MEET STAND-
ARDS.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 
1119 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
deadline described in paragraphs (2) and (3), a 
plan developed by a State educational agency or 
a local educational agency under this subsection 
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shall ensure that all teachers who are described 
in such paragraphs, but are teaching in a rural 
school district, are highly qualified not later 
than the end of the 2011–2012 school year. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘rural school district’ 
means a local educational agency that— 
‘‘(i) meets the eligibility criteria de-
scribed in section 6211(b), including by ob-
taining a waiver under paragraph (2) of 
such section; and 
‘‘(ii) employs a percentage of teachers 
who are not highly qualified that is higher 
than the corresponding percentage for the 
State involved.’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.—Section 6234 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7355c) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—For the purpose of 
making grants under subpart 2 to be used for teacher re-
cruitment, retention, and professional development activi-
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ties described in section 6222(a) in rural school districts 
(as defined in section 1119(a)(4)), there are authorized 
to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 following 
fiscal years. Such authorization shall be in addition to the 
authorization in subsection (a).’’. 
(c) HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER RULES LIMITED 
TO TEACHERS OF CORE SUBJECTS.— 
(1) Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1005. HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER CONCEPT LIM-
ITED TO TEACHERS OF CORE SUBJECTS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 
reference in this Act to highly qualified teachers shall be 
deemed to refer only to teachers in core subjects.’’. 
(2) The table of contents of such Act is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 
1004 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1005. Highly qualified teacher concept limited to teachers of core sub-
jects.’’. 
(d) STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ASSESSED AT 
THE LEVEL
OF INSTRUCTION
IN COMPLIANCE WITH 
THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN.—Clause (ix) 
of section 1111(b)(3)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (II), 
by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (III), and by 
adding at the end the following new subclause: 
‘‘(IV) at the discretion of the 
State, the assessment of students with 
disabilities (as defined in section 
602(3) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act) whose in-
structional level in the core academic 
subjects is below the grade level in 
which the student is enrolled, by using 
the State assessment determined by 
the student’s individualized education 
program team (as described in section 
614(d)(1)(B) of such Act) to most 
closely correspond to the student’s in-
structional level;’’. 
(e) USE OF GROWTH MODELS AND MULTIPLE MEAS-
URES IN DETERMINING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS.— 
(1) GROWTH MODELS.—Clause (iii) of section 
1111(b)(2)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘for all students’’ and inserting 
‘‘for all students, as demonstrated by measures of 
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students’ progress toward proficiency, including lon-
gitudinal growth’’. 
(2) MULTIPLE MEASURES.—Subparagraph (A) 
of section 1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end 
of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding 
at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) include multiple measures of stu-
dent academic achievement, such as the 
proportion of State report card indicators 
met, a performance index score, student 
drop-out rate, and a measure based on in-
dividual student achievement gains over 
time, disaggregated by each of the groups 
of students described in subparagraph 
(C)(v).’’. 
(f) ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS DETERMINED BY 
GROUP AND SUBJECT.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION OF SCHOOLS IN NEED OF 
IMPROVEMENT.— 
(A) 
Subparagraph 
(A) 
of 
section 
1116(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘that fails’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘if the same group of students described in 
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) fails in the same aca-
demic subject’’. 
(B) Subparagraph (C) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘almost every student in 
each group specified in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) 
enrolled in such school is meeting or exceeding 
the State’s proficient level of academic achieve-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘almost every student in 
each group enrolled in such school for which 
there is such a failure in an academic subject 
is meeting or exceeding the State’s proficient 
level of academic achievement in such subject’’. 
(2) FAILURE
TO
MAKE
ADEQUATE
YEARLY 
PROGRESS DURING FIRST YEAR AFTER IDENTIFICA-
TION.—So much of the text of paragraph (5) of sec-
tion 1116(b) of such Act as precedes subparagraph 
(A) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘If, by the end 
of the first full school year after identification under 
paragraph (1) of a school served under this part, 
any group of students that met the requirements for 
such identification in an academic subject fails to 
make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as 
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that met the requirements for such identification’’ 
after ‘‘all students’’. 
(2) Paragraphs (5)(A), (7)(C)(i), and (8)(A)(i) 
of section 1116(b) of such Act are each amended by 
inserting ‘‘in such group’’ after ‘‘all students’’. 
(j) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES MAY CHOOSE 
TO OFFER SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, 
AND NOT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE, ON INITIAL FAILURE 
TO MAKE ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
1116(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE OR SUPPLE-
MENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.—In the case 
of a school identified for school improvement 
under this paragraph, the local educational 
agency shall, not later than the first day of the 
school year following such identification— 
‘‘(i) provide all students in each group 
described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that 
met the requirements for such identifica-
tion (and who are enrolled in the school) 
with the option to transfer to another pub-
lic school served by the local educational 
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agency, which may include a public charter 
school, that has not been identified for 
school improvement under this paragraph, 
unless such an option is prohibited by 
State law, or 
‘‘(ii) make supplemental educational 
services available consistent with sub-
section (e)(1) to students in such group in 
the academic subject to which such identi-
fication relates. 
If more than 1 school served by such agency is 
identified for school improvement under this 
paragraph or more than 1 group of students 
meets the requirements for such identification, 
such agency shall make the same choice under 
clause (i) or (ii) for all such schools and all 
such groups.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (5) 
of section 1116(b) of such Act is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(5) FAILURE
TO
MAKE
ADEQUATE
YEARLY 
PROGRESS AFTER IDENTIFICATION.—If, by the end 
of the first full school year after identification under 
paragraph (1) of a school served under this part, 
any group of students that met the requirements for 
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such identification in an academic subject fails to 
make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as 
set out in the State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2), 
the local educational agency serving such school— 
‘‘(A) shall continue to provide the transfer 
option under clause (i) of paragraph (1)(E) or 
to make the supplemental educational services 
available under clause (ii) of such paragraph, 
whichever was chosen by such agency, 
‘‘(B) shall provide the transfer option 
under such clause (i) or to make the supple-
mental educational services available under such 
clause (ii), whichever was not chosen by such 
agency under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(C) shall continue to provide technical as-
sistance.’’. 
Æ 
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