‘‘(III) submit an application to 
the residency program. 
‘‘(ii) SELECTION CRITERIA.—An eligi-
ble partnership carrying out a principal 
residency program under this subsection 
shall establish criteria for the selection of 
eligible individuals to participate in the 
principal residency program based on the 
following characteristics: 
‘‘(I) Strong instructional leader-
ship skills in an elementary school or 
secondary school setting. 
‘‘(II) Strong verbal and written 
communication skills, which may be 
demonstrated by performance on ap-
propriate assessments. 
‘‘(III) Other attributes linked to 
effective leadership, such as sound 
judgment, organizational capacity, col-
laboration, and openness to contin-
uous learning, which may be deter-
mined by interviews or performance 
assessment, as specified by the eligible 
partnership. 
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‘‘(4) STIPENDS
OR
SALARIES; APPLICATIONS; 
AGREEMENTS; REPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) STIPENDS OR SALARIES.—A teaching 
or principal residency program under this sub-
section— 
‘‘(i) shall provide a 1-year living sti-
pend or salary to teaching or principal 
residents during the 1-year teaching or 
principal residency program; and 
‘‘(ii) may provide a stipend to a men-
tor teacher or mentor principal. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS
FOR
STIPENDS
OR 
SALARIES.—Each teacher or principal residency 
candidate desiring a stipend or salary during 
the period of residency shall submit an applica-
tion to the eligible partnership at such time, 
and containing such information and assur-
ances, as the eligible partnership may require. 
‘‘(C) AGREEMENTS TO SERVE.—Each ap-
plication submitted under subparagraph (B) 
shall contain or be accompanied by an agree-
ment that the applicant will— 
‘‘(i) serve as a full-time teacher or 
principal for a total of not less than 3 aca-
demic years immediately after successfully 
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completing the 1-year teaching or principal 
residency program; 
‘‘(ii) fulfill the requirement under 
clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) by teaching or serving as a 
principal in a high-need school served 
by the high-need local educational 
agency in the eligible partnership and, 
if a teacher, teaching a subject or 
area that is designated as high need 
by the partnership; or 
‘‘(II) if there is no appropriate 
position available in a high-need 
school served by the high-need local 
educational agency in the eligible 
partnership, by teaching or serving as 
a principal in any other high-need 
school; 
‘‘(iii) provide to the eligible partner-
ship a certificate, from the chief adminis-
trative officer of the local educational 
agency in which the resident is employed, 
of the employment required under clauses 
(i) and (ii) at the beginning of, and upon 
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completion of, each year or partial year of 
service; 
‘‘(iv) for teacher residents, meet the 
requirements to be a highly qualified 
teacher, as defined in section 9101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965, or section 602 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act, when the 
applicant begins to fulfill the service obli-
gation under this clause; and 
‘‘(v) comply with the requirements set 
by the eligible partnership under subpara-
graph (D) if the applicant is unable or un-
willing to complete the service obligation 
required by this subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) REPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible part-
nership carrying out a teaching or prin-
cipal residency program under this sub-
section shall require a recipient of a sti-
pend or salary under subparagraph (A) 
who does not complete, or who notifies the 
partnership that the recipient intends not 
to complete, the service obligation required 
by subparagraph (C) to repay such stipend 
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or salary to the eligible partnership, to-
gether with interest, at a rate specified by 
the partnership in the agreement, and in 
accordance with such other terms and con-
ditions specified by the eligible partnership, 
as necessary. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
TERMS
AND
CONDI-
TIONS.—Any other terms and conditions 
specified by the eligible partnership may 
include reasonable provisions for prorata 
repayment of the stipend or salary de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or for deferral 
of a teaching resident’s service obligation 
required by subparagraph (C), on grounds 
of health, incapacitation, inability to secure 
employment in a school served by the eligi-
ble partnership, being called to active duty 
in the Armed Forces of the United States, 
or other extraordinary circumstances. 
‘‘(iii) USE OF REPAYMENTS.—An eli-
gible partnership shall use any repayment 
received under this subparagraph to carry 
out additional activities that are consistent 
with the purposes of this section.’’; 
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(4) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR EDUCATOR DEVEL-
OPMENT.—An eligible partnership that receives a grant 
under this section may carry out effective educator devel-
opment programs for other educators besides teachers and 
principals based on the needs identified in subsection 
(b)(1) that may include the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Implementing curriculum changes that im-
prove, evaluate, and assess how well prospective and 
new educators develop instructional skills. 
‘‘(2) Preparing educators to use empirically 
based practice and scientifically valid research, 
where applicable. 
‘‘(3) Providing pre-service clinical experience. 
‘‘(4) Creating induction programs for new edu-
cators. 
‘‘(5) Aligning recruitment and admissions goals 
and priorities with the hiring objectives of the high- 
need local educational agency in the eligible partner-
ship. 
‘‘(6) Professional development and training for 
mentor teachers and principals.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
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