math, science, foreign languages, and teaching the 
English language to students with limited English 
proficiency through steps such as— 
‘‘(A) dual appointments for faculty be-
tween schools of education and schools of arts 
and science; and 
‘‘(B) integrating coursework with clinical 
experience; and 
‘‘(4) may be used to develop strategic plans be-
tween schools of education and local school districts 
to better prepare teachers for high-need schools, in-
cluding the creation of professional development 
partnerships for training new teachers in state-of- 
the-art practice. 
‘‘SEC. 242. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to make 
grants under this part $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 suc-
ceeding fiscal years.’’. 
(c) PART A AUTHORIZATION.—Section 210 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1030) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$300,000,000 for fiscal year 
1999’’ and inserting ‘‘$400,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
SEC. 102. EXTENDING AND EXPANDING TEACHER LOAN 
FORGIVENESS. 
(a) PERMANENT EXTENSION.—Section 3(b)(3) of the 
Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–409, 118 Stat. 2300) is amended by striking ‘‘1998, 
and before October 1, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’. 
(b) INCREASED AMOUNT; APPLICABILITY
OF EX-
PANDED PROGRAM TO READING SPECIALIST.—Sections 
428J(c)(3) and 460(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10(c)(3), 1087j(c)(3)) are each 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$17,500’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) an elementary or secondary school 
teacher who primarily teaches reading and 
who— 
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‘‘(i) has obtained a separate reading 
instruction credential from the State in 
which the teacher is employed; and 
‘‘(ii) who is certified by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the public or non-
profit private elementary or secondary 
school in which the borrower is employed 
to teach reading— 
‘‘(I) as being proficient in teach-
ing the essential components of read-
ing instruction as defined in section 
1208 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965; and 
‘‘(II) as having such credential.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL INCREMENTS INSTEAD
OF END
OF 
SERVICE LUMP SUMS.—Sections 428J(c) and 460(c) of 
such Act are further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
INCREMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), in the case of an individual quali-
fying for loan forgiveness under paragraph (3), the 
Secretary shall, in lieu of waiting to assume an obli-
gation only upon completion of 5 complete years of 
service, assume the obligation to repay— 
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‘‘(A) after each of the first or second years 
of service by an individual in a position quali-
fying under paragraph (3), 15 percent of the 
total amount of principal and interest of the 
loans described in paragraph (1) to such indi-
vidual that are outstanding immediately pre-
ceding such first year of such service; 
‘‘(B) after each of the third or fourth years 
of such service, 20 percent of such total 
amount; and 
‘‘(C) after the fifth year of such service, 30 
percent of such total amount.’’. 
TITLE II—CLOSING THE 
TEACHER DISTRIBUTION GAP 
SEC. 201. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO 
PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY TO TEACHERS IN 
HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS. 
Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘PART E—TEACHER EXCELLENCE FOR ALL 
CHILDREN 
‘‘SEC. 2500. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘high-need local educational 
agency’ means a local educational agency— 
‘‘(A) that serves not fewer than 10,000 
children from families with incomes below the 
poverty line, or for which not less than 20 per-
cent of the children served by the agency are 
from families with incomes below the poverty 
line; and 
‘‘(B) that is having or expected to have 
difficulty filling teacher vacancies or hiring new 
teachers who are highly qualified. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘value-added longitudinal data 
system’ means a longitudinal data system for deter-
mining value-added student achievement gains. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘value-added student achieve-
ment gains’ means student achievement gains deter-
mined by means of a system that— 
‘‘(A) is sufficiently sophisticated and 
valid— 
‘‘(i) to deal with the problem of stu-
dents with incomplete records; 
‘‘(ii) to enable estimates to be precise 
and to use all the data for all students in 
multiple years, regardless of sparseness, in 
order to avoid measurement error in test 
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