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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4422 
To require the Secretary of Education to award grants for graduate fellowship 
awards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 
Mr. NORCROSS (for himself, Ms. ESCOBAR, and Mr. STANTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Education to award grants for 
graduate fellowship awards. 
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 ‘‘Fellowships to Prepare 
the Next Generation of Teachers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS TO PREPARE FACULTY 
IN HIGH-NEED AREAS AT COLLEGES OF EDU-
CATION. 
(a) GRANTS BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institu-
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tions to enable such institutions to make graduate fellow-
ship awards to qualified individuals in accordance with the 
provisions of this section. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution that de-
sires a grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require. 
(c) TYPES OF FELLOWSHIPS SUPPORTED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution that 
receives a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds to provide graduate fellowships to indi-
viduals who are preparing for the professorate in 
order to prepare individuals to become elementary 
school and secondary school science, technology, en-
gineering, and math teachers, special education 
teachers, and teachers who provide instruction for 
English-learners, who meet the applicable State cer-
tification and licensure requirements, including any 
requirements for certification obtained through alter-
native routes to certification, or, with regard to spe-
cial education teachers, the qualifications described 
in section 612(a)(14)(C) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(14)(C)). 
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(2) TYPES OF STUDY.—A graduate fellowship 
provided under this section shall support an indi-
vidual in pursuing postbaccalaureate study, which 
leads to a doctoral degree and may include a mas-
ter’s degree as part of such study, related to teacher 
preparation and pedagogy in one of the following 
areas: 
(A) Science, technology, engineering, math-
ematics, and computer science, and their re-
lated subfields, if the individual has completed 
a master’s degree in mathematics, engineering, 
science, or computer science and is pursuing a 
doctoral degree in mathematics, science, engi-
neering, or education. 
(B) Special education. 
(C) The instruction of English-learners, in-
cluding postbaccalaureate study in language in-
struction educational programs. 
(d) FELLOWSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that an eligible institution that receives 
a grant under this section— 
(A) shall provide graduate fellowship 
awards to individuals who plan to pursue a ca-
reer in instruction at an institution of higher 
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education that has a teacher preparation pro-
gram; and 
(B) may not provide a graduate fellowship 
to an otherwise eligible individual— 
(i) during periods in which such indi-
vidual is enrolled at an institution of high-
er education unless such individual is 
maintaining satisfactory academic progress 
in, and devoting full-time study or research 
to, the pursuit of the degree for which the 
fellowship support was provided; or 
(ii) if the individual is engaged in 
gainful employment, other than part-time 
employment related to teaching, research, 
or a similar activity determined by the in-
stitution to be consistent with and sup-
portive of the individual’s progress toward 
the degree for which the fellowship support 
was provided. 
(2) AMOUNT OF FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution 
that receives a grant under this section shall 
award stipends to individuals who are provided 
graduate fellowships under this section. 
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cation that has a teacher preparation program, 
as required by this section. 
(C) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Prior to re-
ceiving an initial graduate fellowship award, 
and upon the annual renewal of the graduate 
fellowship award, an individual selected to re-
ceive a graduate fellowship under this section 
shall sign an agreement with the Secretary 
agreeing to pursue a career in instruction at an 
institution of higher education that has a teach-
er preparation program in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A). 
(D) FAILURE
TO
COMPLY.—If an indi-
vidual who receives a graduate fellowship award 
under this section fails to comply with the 
agreement signed pursuant to subparagraph 
(C), the sum of the amounts of any graduate 
fellowship award received by such recipient 
shall, upon a determination of such a failure, be 
treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Staf-
ford Loan under part D of title IV Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.), 
and shall be subject to repayment, together 
with interest thereon accruing from the date of 
the fellowship award, in accordance with terms 
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and conditions specified by the Secretary in reg-
ulations under this section. 
(E) MODIFIED SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 
The Secretary may waive or modify the service 
requirement of this paragraph in accordance 
with regulations promulgated by the Secretary 
with respect to the criteria to determine the cir-
cumstances under which compliance with such 
service requirement is inequitable or represents 
a substantial hardship. The Secretary may 
waive the service requirement if compliance by 
the fellowship recipient is determined to be in-
equitable or represent a substantial hardship— 
(i) because the individual is perma-
nently and totally disabled at the time of 
the waiver request; or 
(ii) based on documentation presented 
to the Secretary of substantial economic or 
personal hardship. 
(e) INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR FELLOWS.—An el-
igible institution that receives a grant under this section 
may reserve not more than ten percent of the grant 
amount for academic and career transition support for 
graduate fellowship recipients and for meeting the institu-
tional obligation described in subsection (d)(3)(B). 
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(f) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible in-
stitution that receives a grant under this section may not 
use grant funds for general operational overhead of the 
institution. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible institution’’ means an in-
stitution of higher education, or a consortium of 
such 
institutions, 
that 
offers 
a 
program 
of 
postbaccalaureate study leading to a doctoral degree. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education. 
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