cational agency, State educational 
agency, or Federal level; 
(iv) using strategies such as innova-
tive scheduling and leadership pathways to 
support the improvement of teachers; and 
(v) implementing teacher-led initia-
tives, such as communities of practice, that 
promote professional cultures of collabora-
tion, openness to actionable feedback, and 
continuous improvement; and 
(B) Carrying out at least one of the fol-
lowing activities: 
(i) Strengthening recruitment and se-
lection of teachers by— 
(I) implementing targeted re-
cruitment 
strategies, 
particularly 
for— 
(aa) diverse teacher can-
didates; 
(bb) teachers who have de-
grees in or are specifically li-
censed for subjects for which the 
eligible entity is experiencing 
teacher shortages; and 
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(cc) secondary school stu-
dents through support for high- 
quality opportunities for such 
students to explore teaching as a 
potential career path; 
(II) setting up a hiring system 
where as many candidates as possible 
are hired prior to the end of the pre-
vious school year; 
(III) developing a priority hiring 
system for schools in which the major-
ity of enrolled students are low-income 
students, schools with teacher short-
ages, and schools identified for com-
prehensive support and improvement 
or targeted support and improvement 
as described in subsection (c) or (d) of 
section 1111 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311); 
(IV) partnering with local teacher 
preparation programs or alternative 
certification programs, including mi-
nority-serving institutions; 
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(V) collecting data on personnel 
needs, knowledge and skill expecta-
tions, vacancies, and hiring priorities; 
(VI) developing hiring procedures 
based on evidence-based practices in 
human capital; and 
(VII) 
developing 
recruitment 
strategies tailored to meeting unique 
challenges of certain types of local 
educational agencies, including rural 
local educational agencies and local 
educational agencies serving high-con-
centrations of low-income students. 
(ii) Strengthening the entry of new 
teachers into the teaching profession at a 
school served by the eligible recipient or el-
igible entity by— 
(I) partnering with local teacher 
preparation programs, including mi-
nority-serving institutions; 
(II) creating residency programs, 
in partnership with institutions of 
higher education or nonprofit organi-
zations, as an option for such entry 
the school served; and 
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(III) creating high-quality, inten-
sive induction programs that include 
elements such as individualized, exten-
sive mentoring and coaching, a re-
duced course load, or co-teaching 
alongside a master teacher. 
(4) AUTHORIZED
LOCAL
USES
OF
FUNDS.— 
Each eligible entity receiving a grant under sub-
section (a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) may use not more than 2 
percent of such grant to enter into a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement with an entity or individual 
to conduct the data collection necessary to prepare 
the report under section 5(a). 
(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Any grant or 
subgrant funds provided under this section shall be used 
to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, or local 
funds available to carry out the purposes described in sec-
tion 3. 
SEC. 5. REPORTS AND EVALUATION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not less than once each year of a 
grant period of a grant awarded under section 4 to an 
eligible entity, the eligible entity shall submit a report to 
the Secretary, with respect to the most recent 1-year pe-
riod, which shall include— 
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(1) in the case of an eligible entity that is a 
State educational agency, a description of the sub-
grants awarded by the eligible entity under section 
4(f), and the results of the teacher support program 
assisted under the subgrants, including— 
(A) the percentage increase or decrease 
with respect to— 
(i) the teacher shortage, as measured 
by vacancies; 
(ii) novice teachers earning a high 
score on a performance-based assessment 
or another measure indicative of excellent 
teaching; 
(iii) teachers in residency or induction 
programs; 
(iv) teachers participating in leader-
ship pathways; 
(v) teacher turnover due to low sala-
ries, as reported by teachers leaving the el-
igible entity; 
(vi) teachers employed by the eligible 
entity for not less than 3 years; 
(vii) teachers with a postsecondary de-
gree in the subject area which they teach; 
and 
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(viii) low-income students and minor-
ity students enrolled in schools who are 
taught by inexperienced, out-of-field, or in-
effective teachers, as described in section 
1111(g)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965; 
(B) the number of teacher vacancies at the 
start of the school year; 
(C) any change in diversity of the teacher 
workforce; 
(D) the improvement in measures (which 
may include measures of student academic pro-
ficiency or growth as measured by standardized 
or formative assessments, or measures of new 
and beginning teachers’ skills) including how 
such measures relate to improving student 
learning; 
(E) the reduction in beginning teacher 
turnover; 
(F) the change in measures of teacher sat-
isfaction; 
(G) the average amount of time teachers 
spend each week collaborating with their peers, 
as reported by teachers; and 
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