‘‘(H) how the partnership will collect, ana-
lyze, and use data on the retention of all teach-
ers in schools located in the geographic areas 
served by the partnership to evaluate the effec-
tiveness of its teacher support system; and 
‘‘(4) contain a certification from the high-need 
local educational agency included in the partnership 
that it has reviewed the application and determined 
that the grant proposed will comply with subsection 
(f). 
‘‘(d) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible part-
nership that receives a grant under this section shall use 
the grant funds to reform teacher preparation require-
ments, to coordinate with State activities under section 
2113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6613(c)), and to ensure that current 
and future teachers are highly qualified, by carrying out 
one or more of the following activities: 
‘‘(1) REFORMS.—Implementing reforms within 
teacher preparation programs to ensure that such 
programs are preparing teachers who are highly 
qualified, are able to understand scientifically based 
research and its applicability, and are able to use 
advanced technology effectively in the classroom, in-
cluding use for instructional techniques to improve 
student academic achievement, by—
‘‘(A) retraining faculty; and 
‘‘(B) designing (or redesigning) teacher 
preparation programs so they—
‘‘(i) are based on rigorous academic 
content, scientifically based research (in-
cluding scientifically based reading re-
search), and challenging State student aca-
demic content standards; and 
‘‘(ii) promote strong teaching skills. 
‘‘(2) 
CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE
AND
INTER-
ACTION.—Providing 
sustained 
and 
high-quality 
preservice and in-service clinical experience, includ-
ing the mentoring of prospective teachers by exem-
plary teachers, substantially increasing interaction 
between faculty at institutions of higher education 
and new and experienced teachers, principals, and 
other administrators at elementary schools or sec-
ondary schools, and providing support for teachers, 
including preparation time and release time, for such 
interaction. 
‘‘(3) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Creating 
opportunities for enhanced and ongoing professional 
development that improves the academic content
knowledge of teachers in the subject areas in which 
the teachers are certified to teach or in which the 
teachers are working toward certification to teach, 
and that promotes strong teaching skills. 
‘‘(4) TEACHER PREPARATION.—Developing, or 
assisting local educational agencies in developing, 
professional development activities that—
‘‘(A) provide training in how to teach and 
address the needs of students with different 
learning styles, particularly students with dis-
abilities, limited English proficient students, 
and students with special learning needs; and 
‘‘(B) provide training in methods of—
‘‘(i) improving student behavior in the 
classroom; and 
‘‘(ii) identifying early and appropriate 
interventions to help students described in 
subparagraph (A) learn. 
‘‘(e) ALLOWABLE USES
OF FUNDS.—An eligible 
partnership that receives a grant under this section may 
use such funds to carry out the following activities: 
‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL TEACHER 
PREPARATION
AND
STATE
CERTIFICATION.—Pro-
viding prospective teachers with alternative routes to
State certification and traditional preparation to be-
come highly qualified teachers through—
‘‘(A) innovative approaches that reduce un-
necessary barriers to teacher preparation while 
producing highly qualified teachers; 
‘‘(B) programs that provide support during 
a teacher’s initial years in the profession; and 
‘‘(C) alternative routes to State certifi-
cation of teachers for qualified individuals, in-
cluding mid-career professionals from other oc-
cupations, former military personnel, and recent 
college graduates with records of academic dis-
tinction. 
‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION
AND
COORDINATION.—
Broadly disseminating information on effective prac-
tices used by the partnership, and coordinating with 
the activities of the Governor, State board of edu-
cation, State higher education agency, and State 
educational agency, as appropriate. 
‘‘(3) MANAGERIAL AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.—
Developing and implementing professional develop-
ment programs for principals and superintendents 
that enable them to be effective school leaders and 
prepare all students to meet challenging State aca-
demic content and student academic achievement 
standards. 
‘‘(4) TEACHER RECRUITMENT.—Activities—
‘‘(A) to encourage students to become 
highly qualified teachers, such as extra-
curricular enrichment activities; and 
‘‘(B) activities described in section 204(d). 
‘‘(5) CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN SCIENCE, MATH-
EMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY.—Creating opportuni-
ties for clinical experience and training, by participa-
tion in the business, research, and work environ-
ments with professionals, in areas relating to 
science, mathematics, and technology for teachers 
and prospective teachers, including opportunities for 
use of laboratory equipment, in order for the teacher 
to return to the classroom for at least 2 years and 
provide instruction that will raise student academic 
achievement. 
‘‘(6) COORDINATION
WITH
COMMUNITY
COL-
LEGES.—Coordinating with community colleges to 
implement teacher preparation programs, including 
through distance learning, for the purposes of allow-
ing prospective teachers—
‘‘(A) to attain a bachelor’s degree and 
State certification or licensure; and
‘‘(B) to become highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘(7) TEACHER
MENTORING.—Establishing or 
implementing a teacher mentoring program that—
‘‘(A) includes minimum qualifications for 
mentors; 
‘‘(B) provides training and stipends for 
mentors; 
‘‘(C) provides mentoring programs for 
teachers in their first 3 years of teaching; 
‘‘(D) provides regular and ongoing oppor-
tunities for mentors and mentees to observe 
each other’s teaching methods in classroom set-
tings during the school day; 
‘‘(E) establishes an evaluation and ac-
countability plan for activities conducted under 
this paragraph that includes rigorous objectives 
to measure the impact of such activities; and 
‘‘(F) provides for a report to the Secretary 
on an annual basis regarding the partnership’s 
progress in meeting the objectives described in 
subparagraph (E). 
‘‘(8) 
COMPUTER
SOFTWARE
FOR
MULTI-
LINGUAL
EDUCATION.—Training teachers to use 
computer software for multilingual education to ad-
dress the needs of limited English proficient stu-
dents. 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE.—At least 50 percent of the 
funds made available to an eligible partnership under this 
section shall be used directly to benefit the high-need local 
educational agency included in the partnership. Any entity 
described in subsection (b)(1)(A) may be the fiscal agent 
under this section. 
‘‘(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to prohibit an eligible partnership from using 
grant funds to coordinate with the activities of more than 
one Governor, State board of education, State educational 
agency, local educational agency, or State agency for high-
er education. 
‘‘(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds 
that would otherwise be expended to carry out the pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 204. TEACHER RECRUITMENT GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available under section 210(3) for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible applicants to enable the eligible applicants 
to carry out activities described in subsection (d).
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT DEFINED.—In this part, 
the term ‘eligible applicant’ means—
‘‘(1) an eligible State described in section 
202(b); or 
‘‘(2) an eligible partnership described in section 
203(b). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Any eligible applicant desiring 
to receive a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
including—
‘‘(1) a description of the assessment that the el-
igible applicant, and the other entities with whom 
the eligible applicant will carry out the grant activi-
ties, have undertaken to determine the most critical 
needs of the participating high-need local edu-
cational agencies; 
‘‘(2) a description of the activities the eligible 
applicant will carry out with the grant, including the 
extent to which the applicant will use funds to re-
cruit minority students to become highly qualified 
teachers; and 
‘‘(3) a description of the eligible applicant’s 
plan for continuing the activities carried out with 
the grant, once Federal funding ceases.
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible applicant re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds—
‘‘(1)(A) to award scholarships to help students, 
such as individuals who have been accepted for their 
first year, or who are enrolled in their first or second 
year, of a program of undergraduate education at an 
institution of higher education, pay the costs of tui-
tion, room, board, and other expenses of completing 
a teacher preparation program; 
‘‘(B) to provide support services, if needed to 
enable scholarship recipients—
‘‘(i) to complete postsecondary education 
programs; or 
‘‘(ii) to transition from a career outside of 
the field of education into a teaching career; 
and 
‘‘(C) for followup services provided to former 
scholarship recipients during the recipients first 3 
years of teaching; or 
‘‘(2) to develop and implement effective mecha-
nisms to ensure that high-need local educational 
agencies and schools are able effectively to recruit 
highly qualified teachers.
‘‘(e) 
ADDITIONAL
DISCRETIONARY
USES
OF 
FUNDS.—In addition to the uses described in subsection 
(d), each eligible applicant receiving a grant under this 
section may use the grant funds—
‘‘(1) to develop and implement effective mecha-
nisms to recruit into the teaching profession employ-
ees from—
‘‘(A) high-demand industries, including 
technology industries; and 
‘‘(B) the fields of science, mathematics, 
and engineering; and 
‘‘(2) to conduct outreach and coordinate with 
inner city and rural secondary schools to encourage 
students to pursue teaching as a career. 
‘‘(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 
shall use any such repayments to carry out addi-
tional 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.—
‘‘(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 2005, 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—
‘‘(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—
‘‘(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 
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,
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives. Such re-
port shall include a description of the degree to which the 
eligible State, in using funds provided under such section, 
has made substantial 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). 
‘‘(2) STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.—In-
creasing student academic achievement for all stu-
dents 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 programs.
‘‘(5) DECREASING TEACHER SHORTAGES.—De-
creasing shortages of highly qualified teachers in 
poor urban and rural areas. 
‘‘(6) INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFES-
SIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—Increasing 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. 
‘‘(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, and decision-
making for the purpose of increasing student aca-
demic 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, 
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 
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 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. 
The Secretary shall broadly disseminate successful prac-
tices 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. 
‘‘(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-