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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1156 
To provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development 
to superintendents, principals, and prospective superintendents and principals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional 
development to superintendents, principals, and prospec-
tive superintendents and principals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investment in Quality 
School Leadership Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Nation is experiencing a shortage of 
qualified school administrators and principals with 
such shortage expected to intensify. This shortage 
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comes at a time when States are enacting new and 
more rigorous learning standards, school officials are 
expected to handle an increasing number of non-edu-
cational problems and issues, and the current gen-
eration of school administrators and officials are re-
tiring. The combination of these factors results in a 
shrinking pool of qualified applicants. 
(2) The shortage is particularly severe in high 
poverty school districts because of lower salaries and 
the challenging work environment. In many such 
districts, a disproportionate number of school admin-
istrators and principals have less than 3 years of ex-
perience. 
(3) The ability of a school or district to improve 
teaching and raise student achievement is greatly 
dependent on the quality of leadership. Quality lead-
ership can only be achieved if potential leaders are 
provided with the necessary support, professional de-
velopment, and resources. 
(4) All current and prospective principals and 
superintendents need support in their first 3 years, 
such as mentoring and sustained professional devel-
opment, to become effective school leaders and to 
raise school and classroom performance effectively. 
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SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to provide ongoing, intensive professional 
development to superintendents, principals, and pro-
spective superintendents and principals, particularly 
those serving, or intending to serve, in high-poverty, 
low-performing school districts and schools; 
(2) to improve the capacity of current and pro-
spective superintendents and principals to serve as 
effective leaders and successfully implement stand-
ards-based reforms; 
(3) to encourage the recruitment and retention 
of quality school leaders at the district- and school- 
level by enabling them to further develop their skills 
and knowledge; and 
(4) to recognize and support the importance of 
principals and superintendents in facilitating student 
learning and improving academic achievement. 
SEC. 4. GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) GRANT AWARDS.—From the amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this section and not reserved 
under subsection (g) for any fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Education (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall award grants to eligible consortia 
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