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gram performance as the Secretary may identify
under section 2136;
‘‘(2) information on progress across the local
educational agency toward achieving the specific
goals described in section 2129(c)(1);
‘‘(3) data disaggregated by school-poverty level
as defined by the Secretary; and
‘‘(4) a description of the methodology used to
gather the data.
‘‘LOCAL COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT
‘‘SEC. 2132. (a) FUNDS AWARDED BY FORMULA.—
The Federal share of activities carried out under this sub-
part with funds awarded by formula under section
2125(c)(1) shall not exceed 67 percent for any fiscal year.
‘‘(b) OTHER FUNDS.—The Federal share of activities
carried out under this subpart with funds awarded under
section 2125(c)(2) shall not exceed—
‘‘(1) 85 percent during the first year of the
subgrant;
‘‘(2) 75 percent during the second year;
‘‘(3) 65 percent during the third year;
‘‘(4) 55 percent during the fourth year; and
‘‘(5) 50 percent during the fifth year.
‘‘(c) SERVICES TO PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b),
the Federal share of the cost of providing services to stu-
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dents and teachers in private schools, in accordance with
section 11803 through 11806, may be up to 100 percent.
‘‘(d) AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR COST-SHARING.—
A local educational agency may meet its obligations under
subsections (a) or (b) through one or more of the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) Cash expenditures from non-Federal
sources, including private contributions.
‘‘(2) Services provided in kind, fairly evaluated.
‘‘(3) Release time for participating teachers.
‘‘(4) Funds received under other Federal stat-
utes and programs, if used in a manner consistent
with those statutes and programs and for the benefit
of students and teachers that would otherwise have
been served with those funds.
‘‘MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT
‘‘SEC. 2133. No funds may be provided to a local edu-
cational agency under this subpart unless the State edu-
cational agency is satisfied that the local educational agen-
cy will spend, from other sources, at least as much for
professional development activities described in this sub-
part as the average amount it spent from other sources
for those activities over the previous three years.
‘‘EQUIPMENT AND TEXTBOOKS
‘‘SEC. 2134. A local educational agency may not use
subgrant funds under this subpart for equipment, com-
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puter hardware, textbooks, telecommunications fees, or
other items, that would otherwise be provided by the local
educational agency, the State, or a private school whose
students receive services under this part.
‘‘SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT
‘‘SEC. 2135. A local educational agency that receives
funds under this subpart shall use those funds only to sup-
plement the amount of funds or resources that would, in
the absence of those Federal funds, be made available
from non-Federal sources for the purposes of the program
authorized under this subpart, and not to supplant those
non-Federal funds or resources.
‘‘PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
‘‘SEC. 2136. Not later than three months after the
effective date of the amendments to this title made by the
Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, the
Secretary shall, in collaboration with States, local edu-
cational agencies, and institutions of higher education,
identify indicators of program performance under this
subpart, against which recipients of funds under this sub-
part shall report their progress, in such manner as the
Secretary may determine.
‘‘DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 2137. As used in this subpart, the following
terms have the following meanings:
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‘‘(1) CORE
ACADEMIC
SUBJECTS.—The term
‘core academic subjects’ means—
‘‘(A) mathematics;
‘‘(B) science;
‘‘(C) reading (or language arts) and
English;
‘‘(D) social studies (history, civics/govern-
ment, geography, and economics);
‘‘(E) foreign languages; and
‘‘(F) fine arts (music, dance, drama, and
the visual arts).
‘‘(2) 
HIGH-POVERTY
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘high-poverty local educational
agency’ has the meaning given that term in section
2217(1).
‘‘(3) LOW-PERFORMING
SCHOOL.—The term
‘low-performing school’ means—
‘‘(A) a school identified by a local edu-
cational agency for school improvement under
section 1116(c); or
‘‘(B) a school in which the great majority
of students fail to meet State student perform-
ance standards based on assessments the local
educational agency is using under part A of
title I.
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‘‘(4) 
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—The
term ‘professional development’ means sustained and
intensive activities that improve teachers’ content
knowledge and teaching skills and that—
‘‘(A) enhance the ability of teachers to help
all students, including children with disabilities,
children with limited English proficiency and
economically disadvantaged children, reach high
State and local content and student perform-
ance standards;
‘‘(B) advance teacher understanding of one
or more of the core academic subject areas and
effective instructional strategies for improving
student achievement in those areas;
‘‘(C) are of sufficient duration to have a
positive and lasting impact on classroom in-
struction;
‘‘(D) are an integral part of broader school
and district-wide plans for raising student
achievement to State and local standards;
‘‘(E) are based on the best available re-
search on teaching and learning;
‘‘(F) include professional development ac-
tivities that involve collaborative groups of
teachers and administrators from the same
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school or district and, to the greatest extent
possible, include follow-up and school-based
support such as coaching or study groups; and
‘‘(G) as a whole, are regularly evaluated
for their impact on increased teacher effective-
ness and improved student achievement, with
the findings of such evaluations used to improve
the quality of professional development.
‘‘Subpart 3—National Activities for the Improvement of
Teaching and School Leadership
‘‘PROGRAM AUTHORIZED
‘‘SEC. 2141. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants to, and to enter into contracts
and cooperative agreements with, local educational agen-
cies, educational service agencies, State educational agen-
cies, State agencies for higher education, institutions of
higher education, and other public and private nonprofit
agencies, organizations, and institutions to carry out sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary—
‘‘(1) may support activities of national signifi-
cance that are not supported through other sources
and that the Secretary determines will contribute to
the improvement of teaching and school leadership
in the Nation’s schools, such as—