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‘‘(f) SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish such requirements as the Secretary determines 
necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships 
under this section who complete teacher education 
programs— 
‘‘(A) subsequently teach in a high-need 
local educational agency for a period of time 
equivalent to— 
‘‘(i) one year; increased by 
‘‘(ii) the period for which the recipient 
received scholarship assistance; or 
‘‘(B) repay the amount of the scholarship. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
REPAYMENTS.—The Secretary 
may, subject to appropriations, use any such repay-
ments to carry out additional activities under this 
section. 
‘‘(g) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority 
under this section to eligible applicants who provide an 
assurance that they will recruit a high percentage of mi-
nority students to become highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) DURATION; ONE-TIME AWARDS; PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.— 
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‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE STATES AND ELIGIBLE AP-
PLICANTS.—Grants awarded to eligible States 
and eligible applicants under this part shall be 
awarded for a period not to exceed 3 years. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PARTNERSHIPS.—Grants 
awarded to eligible partnerships under this part 
shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(2) ONE-TIME AWARD.—An eligible partner-
ship may receive a grant under each of sections 203 
and 204, as amended by the College Access and Op-
portunity Act of 2006, only once. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall make 
annual payments of grant funds awarded under this 
part. 
‘‘(b) PEER REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) PANEL.—The Secretary shall provide the 
applications submitted under this part to a peer re-
view panel for evaluation. With respect to each ap-
plication, the peer review panel shall initially rec-
ommend the application for funding or for dis-
approval. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In recommending applications 
to the Secretary for funding under this part, the 
panel shall— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to grants under section 
202, give priority to eligible States that— 
‘‘(i) have initiatives to reform State 
teacher certification requirements that are 
based on rigorous academic content, sci-
entifically based research, including sci-
entifically based reading research, and 
challenging State student academic content 
standards; 
‘‘(ii) have innovative reforms to hold 
institutions of higher education with teach-
er preparation programs accountable for 
preparing teachers who are highly qualified 
and have strong teaching skills; or 
‘‘(iii) have innovative efforts aimed at 
reducing the shortage of highly qualified 
teachers in high poverty urban and rural 
areas; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to grants under section 
203— 
‘‘(i) give priority to applications from 
broad-based eligible partnerships that in-
volve businesses and community organiza-
tions; and 
‘‘(ii) take into consideration— 
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‘‘(I) providing an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of the grants 
throughout the United States; and 
‘‘(II) the potential of the pro-
posed activities for creating improve-
ment and positive change. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL SELECTION.—The Secretary 
shall determine, based on the peer review process, 
which application shall receive funding and the 
amounts of the grants. In determining grant 
amounts, the Secretary shall take into account the 
total amount of funds available for all grants under 
this part and the types of activities proposed to be 
carried out. 
‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE GRANTS.—Each eligible State re-
ceiving a grant under section 202 or 204 shall pro-
vide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 
50 percent of the amount of the grant (in cash or 
in kind) to carry out the activities supported by the 
grant. 
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP
GRANTS.—Each eligible 
partnership receiving a grant under section 203 or 
204 shall provide, from non-Federal sources (in cash 
or in kind), an amount equal to 25 percent of the 
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grant for the first year of the grant, 35 percent of 
the grant for the second year of the grant, and 50 
percent of the grant for each succeeding year of the 
grant. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
An eligible State or eligible partnership that receives a 
grant under this part may not use more than 2 percent 
of the grant funds for purposes of administering the grant. 
‘‘SEC. 206. ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) STATE GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.—An 
eligible State that receives a grant under section 202 shall 
submit an annual accountability report to the Secretary 
and the authorizing committees. Such report shall include 
a description of the degree to which the eligible State, in 
using funds provided under such section, has made sub-
stantial progress in meeting the following goals: 
‘‘(1) PERCENTAGE
OF
HIGHLY
QUALIFIED 
TEACHERS.—Increasing the percentage of highly 
qualified teachers in the State as required by section 
1119 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319) and section 602 of 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1401). 
‘‘(2) STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.—In-
creasing student academic achievement for all stu-
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dents, which may be measured through the use of 
value-added assessments, as defined by the eligible 
State. 
‘‘(3) RAISING STANDARDS.—Raising the State 
academic standards required to enter the teaching 
profession as a highly qualified teacher. 
‘‘(4) INITIAL CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE.— 
Increasing success in the pass rate for initial State 
teacher certification or licensure, or increasing the 
numbers of qualified individuals being certified or li-
censed as teachers through alternative routes to cer-
tification and licensure. 
‘‘(5) DECREASING TEACHER SHORTAGES.—De-
creasing shortages of highly qualified teachers in 
poor urban and rural areas. 
‘‘(6) INCREASING
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR
RE-
SEARCH-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—In-
creasing opportunities for enhanced and ongoing 
professional development that— 
‘‘(A) improves the academic content knowl-
edge of teachers in the subject areas in which 
the teachers are certified or licensed to teach or 
in which the teachers are working toward cer-
tification or licensure to teach; and 
‘‘(B) promotes strong teaching skills. 
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‘‘(7) TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION.—Increasing 
the number of teachers prepared effectively to inte-
grate technology into curricula and instruction and 
who use technology to collect, manage, and analyze 
data to improve teaching, learning, decisionmaking, 
and parental involvement for the purpose of increas-
ing student academic achievement. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP EVALUATION.—Each 
eligible partnership applying for a grant under section 203 
shall establish, and include in the application submitted 
under section 203(c), an evaluation plan that includes 
strong performance objectives. The plan shall include ob-
jectives and measures for— 
‘‘(1) increased student achievement for all stu-
dents, as measured by the partnership; 
‘‘(2) increased teacher retention in the first 3 
years of a teacher’s career; 
‘‘(3) increased success in the pass rate for ini-
tial State certification or licensure of teachers; 
‘‘(4) increased percentage of highly qualified 
teachers; and 
‘‘(5) increasing the number of teachers trained 
effectively to integrate technology into curricula and 
instruction and who use technology to collect, man-
age, and analyze data to improve teaching, learning, 
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and decisionmaking for the purpose of improving 
student academic achievement. 
‘‘(c) REVOCATION OF GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT.—Each eligible State or eligible 
partnership receiving a grant under section 202 or 
203 shall report annually on the progress of the eli-
gible State or eligible partnership toward meeting 
the purposes of this part and the goals, objectives, 
and measures described in subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(2) REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE STATES AND ELIGIBLE AP-
PLICANTS.—If the Secretary determines that an 
eligible State or eligible applicant is not making 
substantial progress in meeting the purposes, 
goals, objectives, and measures, as appropriate, 
by the end of the second year of a grant under 
this part, then the grant payment shall not be 
made for the third year of the grant. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PARTNERSHIPS.—If the 
Secretary determines that an eligible partner-
ship is not making substantial progress in 
meeting the purposes, goals, objectives, and 
measures, as appropriate, by the end of the 
third year of a grant under this part, then the 
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grant payments shall not be made for any suc-
ceeding year of the grant. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall evaluate the activities funded under this part 
and report annually the Secretary’s findings regarding the 
activities to the authorizing committees. The Secretary 
shall broadly disseminate successful practices developed by 
eligible States and eligible partnerships under this part, 
and shall broadly disseminate information regarding such 
practices that were found to be ineffective. 
‘‘SEC. 207. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROGRAMS THAT PRE-
PARE TEACHERS. 
‘‘(a) STATE REPORT CARD ON THE QUALITY OF 
TEACHER PREPARATION.—Each State that receives funds 
under this Act shall provide to the Secretary annually, in 
a uniform and comprehensible manner that conforms with 
the definitions and methods established by the Secretary, 
a State report card on the quality of teacher preparation 
in the State, both for traditional certification or licensure 
programs and for alternative certification or licensure pro-
grams, which shall include at least the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the teacher certification 
and licensure assessments, and any other certifi-
cation and licensure requirements, used by the 
State. 
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‘‘(2) The standards and criteria that prospec-
tive teachers must meet in order to attain initial 
teacher certification or licensure and to be certified 
or licensed to teach particular subjects or in par-
ticular grades within the State. 
‘‘(3) A description of the extent to which the 
assessments and requirements described in para-
graph (1) are aligned with the State’s standards and 
assessments for students. 
‘‘(4) The percentage of students who have com-
pleted at least 50 percent of the requirements for a 
teacher preparation program at an institution of 
higher education or alternative certification program 
and who have taken and passed each of the assess-
ments used by the State for teacher certification and 
licensure, and the passing score on each assessment 
that determines whether a candidate has passed that 
assessment. 
‘‘(5) For students who have completed at least 
50 percent of the requirements for a teacher prepa-
ration program at an institution of higher education 
or alternative certification program, and who have 
taken and passed each of the assessments used by 
the State for teacher certification and licensure, 
each such institution’s and each such program’s av-
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erage raw score, ranked by teacher preparation pro-
gram, which shall be made available widely and pub-
licly. 
‘‘(6) A description of each State’s alternative 
routes to teacher certification, if any, and the num-
ber and percentage of teachers certified through 
each alternative certification route who pass State 
teacher certification or licensure assessments. 
‘‘(7) For each State, a description of proposed 
criteria for assessing the performance of teacher 
preparation programs in the State, including indica-
tors of teacher candidate skills, academic content 
knowledge, and evidence of gains in student aca-
demic achievement. 
‘‘(8) For each teacher preparation program in 
the State, the number of students in the program, 
the number of minority students in the program, the 
average number of hours of supervised practice 
teaching required for those in the program, and the 
number of full-time equivalent faculty and students 
in supervised practice teaching. 
‘‘(b) REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ON THE QUALITY 
OF TEACHER PREPARATION.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT CARD.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to Congress, and publish and make widely avail-
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able, a report card on teacher qualifications and 
preparation in the United States, including all the 
information reported in paragraphs (1) through (8) 
of subsection (a). Such report shall identify which el-
igible States received a grant under this part, and 
the States in which eligible partnerships receiving 
grants are located. Such report shall be published 
and made available annually. 
‘‘(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall report to Congress— 
‘‘(A) a comparison of States’ efforts to im-
prove teaching quality; and 
‘‘(B) regarding the national mean and me-
dian scores on any standardized test that is 
used in more than one State for teacher certifi-
cation or licensure. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of programs 
with fewer than 10 students who have completed at 
least 50 percent of the requirements for a teacher 
preparation program taking any single initial teacher 
certification or licensure assessment during an aca-
demic year, the Secretary shall collect and publish 
information with respect to an average pass rate on 
State certification or licensure assessments taken 
over a 3-year period. 
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‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, to the extent 
practicable, shall coordinate the information collected and 
published under this part among States for individuals 
who took State teacher certification or licensure assess-
ments in a State other than the State in which the indi-
vidual received the individual’s most recent degree. 
‘‘(d) INSTITUTION AND PROGRAM REPORT CARDS ON 
QUALITY OF TEACHER PREPARATION.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT CARD.—Each institution of higher 
education or alternative certification program that 
conducts a teacher preparation program that enrolls 
students receiving Federal assistance under this Act 
shall report annually to the State and the general 
public, in a uniform and comprehensible manner 
that conforms with the definitions and methods es-
tablished by the Secretary, both for traditional cer-
tification or licensure programs and for alternative 
certification or licensure programs, the following in-
formation: 
‘‘(A) PASS RATE.—(i) For the most recent 
year for which the information is available, the 
pass rate of each student who has completed at 
least 50 percent of the requirements for the 
teacher preparation program on the teacher cer-
tification or licensure assessments of the State 
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in which the institution is located, but only for 
those students who took those assessments 
within 3 years of receiving a degree from the 
institution or completing the program. 
‘‘(ii) A comparison of the institution or 
program’s pass rate for students who have com-
pleted at least 50 percent of the requirements 
for the teacher preparation program with the 
average pass rate for institutions and programs 
in the State. 
‘‘(iii) A comparison of the institution or 
program’s average raw score for students who 
have completed at least 50 percent of the re-
quirements for the teacher preparation program 
with the average raw scores for institutions and 
programs in the State. 
‘‘(iv) In the case of programs with fewer 
than 10 students who have completed at least 
50 percent of the requirements for a teacher 
preparation program taking any single initial 
teacher certification or licensure assessment 
during an academic year, the institution shall 
collect and publish information with respect to 
an average pass rate on State certification or li-
censure assessments taken over a 3-year period. 
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‘‘(B) PROGRAM INFORMATION.—The num-
ber of students in the program, the average 
number of hours of supervised practice teaching 
required for those in the program, and the 
number of full-time equivalent faculty and stu-
dents in supervised practice teaching. 
‘‘(C) STATEMENT.—In States that require 
approval or accreditation of teacher education 
programs, a statement of whether the institu-
tion’s program is so approved or accredited, 
and by whom. 
‘‘(D) 
DESIGNATION
AS
LOW-PER-
FORMING.—Whether the program has been des-
ignated as low-performing by the State under 
section 208(a). 
‘‘(2) 
REQUIREMENT.—The 
information 
de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be reported through 
publications such as school catalogs and promotional 
materials sent to potential applicants, secondary 
school guidance counselors, and prospective employ-
ers of the institution’s program graduates, including 
materials sent by electronic means. 
‘‘(3) FINES.—In addition to the actions author-
ized in section 487(c), the Secretary may impose a 
fine not to exceed $25,000 on an institution of high-
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er education for failure to provide the information 
described in this subsection in a timely or accurate 
manner. 
‘‘(e) DATA QUALITY.—Either— 
‘‘(1) the Governor of the State; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of a State for which the con-
stitution or law of such State designates another in-
dividual, entity, or agency in the State to be respon-
sible for teacher certification and preparation activ-
ity, such individual, entity, or agency; 
shall attest annually, in writing, as to the reliability, valid-
ity, integrity, and accuracy of the data submitted pursuant 
to this section. 
‘‘SEC. 208. STATE FUNCTIONS. 
‘‘(a) STATE ASSESSMENT.—In order to receive funds 
under this Act, a State shall have in place a procedure 
to identify and assist, through the provision of technical 
assistance, low-performing programs of teacher prepara-
tion within institutions of higher education. Such State 
shall provide the Secretary an annual list of such low-per-
forming institutions that includes an identification of 
those institutions at risk of being placed on such list. Such 
levels of performance shall be determined solely by the 
State and may include criteria based upon information col-
lected pursuant to this part. Such assessment shall be de-
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scribed in the report under section 207(a). A State receiv-
ing Federal funds under this title shall develop plans to 
close or reconstitute underperforming programs of teacher 
preparation within institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Any institu-
tion of higher education that offers a program of teacher 
preparation in which the State has withdrawn the State’s 
approval or terminated the State’s financial support due 
to the low performance of the institution’s teacher prepa-
ration program based upon the State assessment described 
in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) shall be ineligible for any funding for pro-
fessional development activities awarded by the De-
partment of Education; and 
‘‘(2) shall not be permitted to accept or enroll 
any student who receives aid under title IV of this 
Act in the institution’s teacher preparation program. 
‘‘SEC. 209. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) METHODS.—In complying with sections 207 and 
208, the Secretary shall ensure that States and institu-
tions of higher education use fair and equitable methods 
in reporting and that the reporting methods do not allow 
identification of individuals. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For each State in which there 
are no State certification or licensure assessments, or for 
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States that do not set minimum performance levels on 
those assessments— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, collect data comparable to the data required 
under this part from States, local educational agen-
cies, institutions of higher education, or other enti-
ties that administer such assessments to teachers or 
prospective teachers; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of this 
part, the Secretary shall use such data to carry out 
requirements of this part related to assessments or 
pass rates. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL CONTROL PROHIBITED.—Noth-
ing in this part shall be construed to permit, allow, 
encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any 
aspect of any private, religious, or home school, 
whether or not a home school is treated as a private 
school or home school under State law. This section 
shall not be construed to prohibit private, religious, 
or home schools from participation in programs or 
services under this part. 
‘‘(2) NO CHANGE IN STATE CONTROL ENCOUR-
AGED OR REQUIRED.—Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to encourage or require any change in a 
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State’s treatment of any private, religious, or home 
school, whether or not a home school is treated as 
a private school or home school under State law. 
‘‘(3) NATIONAL SYSTEM OF TEACHER CERTIFI-
CATION PROHIBITED.—Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize 
the Secretary to establish or support any national 
system of teacher certification. 
‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years, of which— 
‘‘(1) 45 percent shall be available for each fiscal 
year to award grants under section 202; 
‘‘(2) 45 percent shall be available for each fiscal 
year to award grants under section 203; and 
‘‘(3) 10 percent shall be available for each fiscal 
year to award grants under section 204.’’. 
SEC. 202. PREPARING TOMORROW’S TEACHERS TO USE 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 222(a)(3)(D) (20 U.S.C. 
1042(a)(3)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘nonprofit tele-
communications entity,’’ after ‘‘community-based organi-
zation,’’. 
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(b) 
PERMISSIBLE
USES
OF
FUNDS.—Section 
223(b)(1)(E) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1043(b)(1)(E)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) to use technology to collect, manage, 
and analyze data to improve teaching, learning, 
and decisionmaking for the purpose of increas-
ing student academic achievement.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
224 (20 U.S.C. 1044) is amended by striking ‘‘each of 
fiscal years 2002 and 2003.’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2007 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 203. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
Title II (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘PART C—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
‘‘SEC. 231. PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are— 
‘‘(1) to help recruit and prepare teachers, in-
cluding minority teachers, to meet the national de-
mand for a highly qualified teacher in every class-
room; and 
‘‘(2) to increase opportunities for Americans of 
all educational, ethnic, class, and geographic back-
grounds to become highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this part: 
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‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble institution’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 
that has a teacher preparation program that 
meets the requirements of section 203(b)(2) 
and that is— 
‘‘(i) a part B institution (listed in sec-
tion 322); 
‘‘(ii) a Hispanic-serving institution (as 
defined in section 502); 
‘‘(iii) a Tribal College or University 
(as listed in 316); 
‘‘(iv) an Alaska Native-serving institu-
tion (as defined in section 317(b)); or 
‘‘(v) a Native Hawaiian-serving insti-
tution (as defined in section 317(b)); 
‘‘(B) a consortium of institutions described 
in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(C) an institution described in subpara-
graph (A), or a consortium described in sub-
paragraph (B), in partnership with any other 
institution of higher education, but only if the 
center of excellence established under section 
232 is located at an institution described in 
subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(2) HIGHLY
QUALIFIED.—The term ‘highly 
qualified’ when used with respect to an individual 
means that the individual is highly qualified as de-
termined under section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) 
or section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 
‘‘(3) SCIENTIFICALLY
BASED
READING
RE-
SEARCH.—The term ‘scientifically based reading re-
search’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368). 
‘‘(4) SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘scientifically based research’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
‘‘SEC. 232. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary is au-
thorized to award competitive grants to eligible institu-
tions to establish centers of excellence. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants provided by the Sec-
retary under this part shall be used to ensure that current 
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and future teachers are highly qualified, by carrying out 
one or more of the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Implementing reforms within teacher prep-
aration programs to ensure that such programs are 
preparing teachers who are highly qualified, are able 
to understand scientifically based research, and are 
able to use advanced technology effectively in the 
classroom, including use for instructional techniques 
to improve student academic achievement, by— 
‘‘(A) retraining faculty; and 
‘‘(B) designing (or redesigning) teacher 
preparation programs that— 
‘‘(i) prepare teachers to close student 
achievement gaps, are based on rigorous 
academic content, scientifically based re-
search (including scientifically based read-
ing research), and challenging State stu-
dent academic content standards; and 
‘‘(ii) promote strong teaching skills. 
‘‘(2) Providing sustained and high-quality 
preservice clinical experience, including the men-
toring of prospective teachers by exemplary teachers, 
substantially increasing interaction between faculty 
at institutions of higher education and new and ex-
perienced teachers, principals, and other administra-
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tors at elementary schools or secondary schools, and 
providing support, including preparation time, for 
such interaction. 
‘‘(3) Developing and implementing initiatives to 
promote retention of highly qualified teachers and 
principals, including minority teachers and prin-
cipals, including programs that provide— 
‘‘(A) teacher or principal mentoring from 
exemplary teachers or principals; or 
‘‘(B) induction and support for teachers 
and principals during their first 3 years of em-
ployment as teachers or principals, respectively. 
‘‘(4) Awarding scholarships based on financial 
need to help students pay the costs of tuition, room, 
board, and other expenses of completing a teacher 
preparation program. 
‘‘(5) Disseminating information on effective 
practices for teacher preparation and successful 
teacher certification and licensure assessment prepa-
ration strategies. 
‘‘(6) Activities authorized under sections 202, 
203, and 204. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Any eligible institution desiring 
a grant under this section shall submit an application to 
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the Secretary at such a time, in such a manner, and ac-
companied by such information the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The minimum 
amount of each grant under this part shall be $500,000. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
An eligible institution that receives a grant under this part 
may not use more than 2 percent of the grant funds for 
purposes of administering the grant. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
part. 
‘‘SEC. 233. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years.’’. 
SEC. 204. TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND PROGRAM. 
Title II (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), as amended by sec-
tion 203 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘PART D—TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 241. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to assist 
States, local educational agencies, and non-profit or for- 
profit organizations to develop and implement, or expand, 
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innovative compensation systems to provide financial re-
wards for teachers and principals who raise student aca-
demic achievement and close the achievement gap, espe-
cially in the highest-need local educational agencies. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a local educational agency, including 
a charter school that is a local educational 
agency; 
‘‘(B) a State educational agency, or other 
State agency designated by the chief executive 
of the State; or 
‘‘(C) a partnership of— 
‘‘(i) one or more agencies described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B), or both; and 
‘‘(ii) at least one non-profit or for- 
profit organization. 
‘‘(2) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 201. 
‘‘SEC. 242. TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part, the Secretary is au-
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thorized to award competitive grants of up to 5 
years in length to eligible entities to develop and im-
plement, or expand, a comprehensive performance- 
based compensation system for teachers and prin-
cipals for one or more local educational agencies. 
‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE
PERFORMANCE-BASED 
COMPENSATION
SYSTEMS.—A comprehensive per-
formance-based compensation system developed and 
implemented, or expanded with funds under this 
part— 
‘‘(A) shall differentiate levels of compensa-
tion primarily on the basis of increases in stu-
dent academic achievement; and 
‘‘(B) may— 
‘‘(i) differentiate levels of compensa-
tion on the basis of high-quality teachers’ 
and principals’ employment and success in 
hard-to-staff schools or high-need subject 
areas; and 
‘‘(ii) recognize teachers’ and prin-
cipals’ skills and knowledge as dem-
onstrated through— 
‘‘(I) successful fulfillment of ad-
ditional responsibilities or job func-
tions; and 
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‘‘(II) evidence of high achieve-
ment and mastery of content knowl-
edge and teaching skills. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grantee shall use grant 
funds provided under this part only to design and imple-
ment, or expand, in collaboration with teachers, principals, 
other school administrators, and members of the public, 
a compensation system consistent with the requirements 
of this part. Authorized activities under this part may in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(1) Developing appraisal systems that reflect 
clear and fair measures of student academic achieve-
ment. 
‘‘(2) Conducting outreach within the local edu-
cational agency (or agencies) or the State to gain 
input on how to construct the appraisal system and 
to develop support for it. 
‘‘(3) Paying, as part of a comprehensive per-
formance-based compensation system, bonuses and 
increased salaries to teachers and principals who 
raise student academic achievement, so long as the 
grantee uses an increasing share of non-Federal 
funds to pay these monetary rewards each year of 
the grant. 
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‘‘(4) Paying, as part of a comprehensive per-
formance-based compensation system, additional bo-
nuses to teachers who both raise student academic 
achievement and either teach in high-poverty schools 
or teach subjects that are difficult to staff, or both, 
so long as the grantee uses an increasing share of 
non-Federal funds to pay these monetary rewards 
each year of the grant. 
‘‘(5) Paying, as part of a comprehensive per-
formance-based compensation system, additional bo-
nuses to principals who both raise student academic 
achievement and serve in high-poverty schools, so 
long as the grantee uses an increasing share of non- 
Federal funds to pay these monetary rewards each 
year of the grant. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this part, an eligible entity shall submit an applica-
tion that includes— 
‘‘(1) a description of the local educational agen-
cy or local educational agencies to be served by the 
project, including such demographic information as 
the Secretary may request; 
‘‘(2) information on student academic achieve-
ment and the quality of the teachers and principals 
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in the local educational agency or agencies to be 
served by the project; 
‘‘(3) a description of the performance-based 
teacher and principal compensation system that the 
applicant proposes to develop and implement or ex-
pand; 
‘‘(4) a description of how the applicant will use 
grant funds under this part in each year of the 
grant; 
‘‘(5) an explanation of how the applicant will 
meet the requirement in subsection (b)(3) and how 
the grantee will continue its performance-based com-
pensation system after the grant ends; 
‘‘(6) a description of the support and commit-
ment from teachers, the community or local edu-
cational agency or agencies for the development and 
implementation, or expansion, of a performance- 
based teacher and principal compensation system; 
‘‘(7) a description of how teacher, principal and 
student performance will be measured and the base-
line measurement units; and 
‘‘(8) a description, if applicable, of how the ap-
plicant will define the term ‘high-quality’ for the 
purposes of subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), through the use 
of measurable indicators, such as effectiveness in 
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raising student academic achievement, or dem-
onstrated mastery of subject matter knowledge. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority to 
applications for projects that would establish comprehen-
sive performance-based compensation systems in high- 
need local educational agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 243. EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall conduct an independent evalua-
tion of the program under this part and may use up to 
1 percent of the funds made available under this part or 
$1,000,000, whichever is less, for any fiscal year for the 
cost of the evaluation. 
‘‘SEC. 244. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years.’’. 
SEC. 205. NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS. 
Title II (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), as amended by sec-
tion 204 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘PART E—NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS 
‘‘SEC. 251. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this part are— 
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‘‘(1) to raise the number of highly accomplished 
recent college graduates teaching in underserved 
urban and rural communities in the United States; 
‘‘(2) to increase the number of school districts 
and communities served by a nationally recruited 
corps of outstanding new teachers; and 
‘‘(3) to build a broader pipeline of talented and 
experienced future leaders in public education and 
education reform. 
‘‘SEC. 252. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘highly quali-
fied’, ‘local educational agency’, and ‘Secretary’ have 
the meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(2) HIGH NEED.—The term ‘high need’, when 
used with respect to a local educational agency, 
means a local educational agency experiencing a 
shortage of highly qualified teachers, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 253. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to a 
highly-selective national teacher corps to implement and 
expand its program of recruiting, selecting, training, and 
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supporting new teachers. The grantee shall be a highly- 
selective national teacher corps that— 
‘‘(1) focuses a national recruitment effort on re-
cent college graduates from all academic majors; 
‘‘(2) trains such graduates through intensive 
summer institutes; 
‘‘(3) places such graduates as teachers in public 
schools in school districts of high need local edu-
cational agencies in urban and rural communities 
across multiple States; and 
‘‘(4) supports and measures the progress of 
such teachers through intensive professional develop-
ment. 
‘‘SEC. 254. GRANT REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘In carrying out the grant program under this part, 
the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the 
grantee under which the grantee agrees to use the grant 
funds— 
‘‘(1) to provide highly qualified teachers to high 
need local educational agencies in urban and rural 
communities; 
‘‘(2) to pay the cost of recruiting, selecting, 
training, and supporting new teachers; and 
‘‘(3) to serve a substantial number and percent-
age of underserved students. 
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‘‘SEC. 255. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘Grant funds provided under this part shall be used 
by the grantee to carry out each of the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Recruiting and selecting teachers through 
a highly-selective national process. 
‘‘(2) Providing preservice training to selected 
teachers through a rigorous summer institute that 
includes hands-on teaching experience and signifi-
cant exposure to education coursework and theory. 
‘‘(3) Placing selected teachers in schools and 
positions in high need local education agencies that 
serve a high percentage of low-income students. 
‘‘(4) Providing ongoing professional develop-
ment activities for the selected teachers in the class-
room, including regular classroom observations and 
feedback, and ongoing training and support. 
‘‘SEC. 256. EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The grantee shall provide to 
the Secretary an annual report that includes— 
‘‘(1) data on the number and quality of the 
teachers provided to local educational agencies 
through the grant under this part; 
‘‘(2) an externally conducted analysis of the 
satisfaction of local educational agencies and prin-
cipals with the teachers so provided; and 
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‘‘(3) comprehensive data on the background of 
the selected teachers, the training such teachers re-
ceived, the placement sites of the teachers, the pro-
fessional development of the teachers, and the reten-
tion of the teachers. 
‘‘(b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall provide for a study 
comparing the academic achievement of students taught 
by the teachers selected, trained, and placed under this 
part with the academic achievement of students taught by 
other teachers in the same schools and positions. The Sec-
retary shall provide for such a study not less than once 
every 3 years, and each such study shall include multiple 
local education agencies. Each such study shall meet the 
peer-review standards of the education research commu-
nity. 
‘‘SEC. 257. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 206. TRANSITION. 
The Secretary of Education shall take such actions 
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide 
for the orderly implementation of this title. 
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TITLE III—INSTITUTIONAL AID 
SEC. 301. TITLE III GRANTS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN TRIB-
ALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES. 
(a) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 316 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTIONS.—For purposes 
of this section, Tribal Colleges and Universities are 
the following: 
‘‘(A) any of the following institutions that 
qualify for funding under the Tribally Con-
trolled College or University Assistance Act of 
1978 or is listed in the Equity in Educational 
Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note): Bay Mills Community College; Blackfeet 
Community College; Cankdeska Cikana Com-
munity College; Chief Dull Knife College; Col-
lege of Menominee Nation; Crownpoint Insti-
tute of Technology; Dine´ College; D–Q Univer-
sity; Fond du Lac Tribal and Community Col-
lege; Fort Belknap College; Fort Berthold Com-
munity College; Fort Peck Community College; 
Haskell Indian Nations University; Institute of 
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American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development; Lac Courte Oreilles 
Ojibwa Community College; Leech Lake Tribal 
College; Little Big Horn College; Little Priest 
Tribal College; Nebraska Indian Community 
College; Northwest Indian College; Oglala 
Lakota College; Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Col-
lege; Salish Kootenai College; Si Tanka Univer-
sity—Eagle Butte Campus; Sinte Gleska Uni-
versity; Sisseton Wahpeton Community College; 
Sitting Bull College; Southwestern Indian Poly-
technic Institute; Stone Child College; Tohono 
O’odham Community College; Turtle Mountain 
Community College; United Tribes Technical 
College; and White Earth Tribal and Commu-
nity College; and 
‘‘(B) any other institution of higher edu-
cation that meets the definition of tribally con-
trolled college or university in section 2 of the 
Tribally Controlled College or University Assist-
ance Act of 1978, and meets all other require-
ments of this section. 
‘‘(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2 of the Tribally Con-
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trolled College or University Assistance Act of 
1978.’’. 
(b) DISTANCE LEARNING.—Subsection (c)(2) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) construction, maintenance, renova-
tion, and improvement in classrooms, libraries, 
laboratories, and other instructional facilities, 
including purchase or rental of telecommuni-
cations technology equipment or services, and 
the acquisition of real property adjacent to the 
campus of the institution on which to construct 
such facilities;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, or advanced 
degrees in tribal governance or tribal public policy’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in tribal 
governance, or in tribal public policy’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (K); 
(5) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as sub-
paragraph (M); and 
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(6) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(L) developing or improving facilities for 
Internet use or other distance learning aca-
demic instruction capabilities; and’’. 
(c) APPLICATION AND ALLOTMENT.—Subsection (d) 
of such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION AND ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligi-
ble to receive assistance under this section, a Tribal 
College or University shall be an eligible institution 
under section 312(b). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Any Tribal College or Uni-
versity desiring to receive assistance under this sec-
tion shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, and in such manner, as the Secretary 
may reasonably require. 
‘‘(3) ALLOTMENTS TO INSTITUTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT: PELL GRANT BASIS.— 
From the amount appropriated to carry out 
this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall allot to each eligible institution a sum 
which bears the same ratio to one-half that 
amount as the number of Pell Grant recipients 
in attendance at such institution at the end of 
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the award year preceding the beginning of that 
fiscal year bears to the total number of Pell 
Grant recipients at all eligible institutions. 
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENT: DEGREE AND CERTIFI-
CATE BASIS.—From the amount appropriated 
to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall allot to each eligible institution 
a sum which bears the same ratio to one-half 
that amount as the number of degrees or cer-
tificates awarded by such institution during the 
preceding academic year bears to the total num-
ber of degrees or certificates awarded by all eli-
gible institutions. 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM
GRANT.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), the amount allot-
ted to each institution under this section shall 
not be less than $500,000. 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(A) CONCURRENT
FUNDING.—For the 
purposes of this part, no Tribal College or Uni-
versity that is eligible for and receives funds 
under this section shall concurrently receive 
funds under other provisions of this part or 
part B. 
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‘‘(B) EXEMPTION.—Section 313(d) shall 
not apply to institutions that are eligible to re-
ceive funds under this section.’’. 
SEC. 302. ALASKA NATIVE AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) DISTANCE LEARNING.—Section 317(c)(2) (20 
U.S.C. 1059d(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) construction, maintenance, renova-
tion, and improvement in classrooms, libraries, 
laboratories, and other instructional facilities, 
including purchase or rental of telecommuni-
cations technology equipment or services, and 
the acquisition of real property adjacent to the 
campus of the institution on which to construct 
such facilities;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, or advanced 
degrees in tribal governance or tribal public policy’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in tribal 
governance, or tribal public policy’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (G); 
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(5) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) development or improvement of facili-
ties for Internet use or other distance learning 
academic instruction capabilities; and’’. 
(b) ENDOWMENT FUNDS.—Section 317(c) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) ENDOWMENT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An Alaska Native- 
serving institution or Native Hawaiian-serving 
institution may use not more than 20 percent 
of the grant funds provided under this section 
to establish or increase an endowment fund at 
the institution. 
‘‘(B) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In order 
to be eligible to use grant funds in accordance 
with subparagraph (A), the institution shall 
provide to the endowment fund from non-Fed-
eral funds an amount equal to the Federal 
funds used in accordance with subparagraph 
(A), for the establishment or increase of the en-
dowment fund. 
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‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVI-
SIONS.—The provisions of part C regarding the 
establishment or increase of an endowment 
fund, that the Secretary determines are not in-
consistent with this paragraph, shall apply to 
funds used under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(c) APPLICATION PROCESS.—Section 317(d)(2) is 
amended by striking everything after the first sentence. 
SEC. 303. GRANTS TO PART B INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.— 
(A) UNDERGRADUATE
INSTITUTIONS.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 323(a) (20 U.S.C. 
1062(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation, 
and improvement in classrooms, libraries, labora-
tories, and other instructional facilities, including de-
velopment or improvement of facilities for Internet 
use or other distance learning academic instruction 
capabilities and purchase or rental of telecommuni-
cations technology equipment or services, and the 
acquisition of real property adjacent to the campus 
of the institution on which to construct such facili-
ties.’’. 
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(B) 
GRADUATE
AND
PROFESSIONAL 
SCHOOLS.—Paragraph (2) of section 326(c) (20 
U.S.C. 1063b(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) construction, maintenance, renovation, and 
improvement in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, 
and other instructional facilities, including purchase 
or rental of telecommunications technology equip-
ment or services, and the acquisition of real property 
adjacent to the campus of the institution on which 
to construct such facilities;’’. 
(2) OUTREACH
AND
COLLABORATION.—Para-
graph (11) of section 323(a) (20 U.S.C. 1062(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(11) Establishing community outreach pro-
grams and collaborative partnerships between part B 
institutions and local elementary or secondary 
schools. Such partnerships may include mentoring, 
tutoring, or other instructional opportunities that 
will boost student academic achievement and assist 
elementary and secondary school students in devel-
oping the academic skills and the interest to pursue 
postsecondary education.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Section 323 (20 
U.S.C. 1062) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An institution may not use 
more than 2 percent of the grant funds provided 
under this part to secure technical assistance. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Technical as-
sistance may include assistance with enrollment 
management, financial management, and strategic 
planning. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—The institution shall report to 
the Secretary on an annual basis, in such form as 
the Secretary requires, on the use of funds under 
this subsection.’’. 
(c) MINIMUM
GRANTS.—Section 324(d)(1) (20 
U.S.C. 1063(d)(1)) is amended by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that, if the amount 
appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal year ex-
ceeds the amount needed to provide to each institution an 
amount equal to the total amount received by such institu-
tion under subsections (a), (b), and (c) for the preceding 
fiscal year, then the amount of such excess appropriation 
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