‘‘Subpart 6—Teachers Professional Development 
Institutes 
‘‘SEC. 2161. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This subpart may be cited as the ‘Teachers Profes-
sional Development Institutes Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 2162. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
‘‘(1) Teaching is central to the educational 
process and the ongoing professional development of 
teachers in the subjects they teach is essential for 
improved student learning. 
‘‘(2) Attaining the goal of the No Child Left 
Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–110)—having 
a classroom teacher who is highly effective in every 
academic subject the teacher teaches—will require 
innovative approaches to improve the effectiveness of 
teachers in the classroom. 
‘‘(3) The Teachers Institute Model focuses on 
the continuing academic preparation of school-
teachers and the application of what the teachers 
study to their classrooms and potentially to the 
classrooms of other teachers. 
‘‘(4) The Teachers Institute Model was devel-
oped initially by the Yale-New Haven Teachers In-
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stitute and has successfully operated in New Haven, 
Connecticut, for more than 30 years. 
‘‘(5) The Teachers Institute Model has also 
been successfully implemented in cities larger than 
New Haven. 
‘‘(6) In the spring of 2009, a report entitled 
‘An Evaluation of Teachers Institute Experiences’ 
concluded that— 
‘‘(A) Teachers Institutes enhance precisely 
those teacher qualities known to improve stu-
dent achievement; 
‘‘(B) Teachers Institutes exemplify the 
crucial characteristics of high-quality teacher 
professional development; and 
‘‘(C) Teachers Institute participation is 
strongly related to teacher retention in high- 
poverty schools. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to 
provide Federal assistance to support the establishment 
and operation of Teachers Institutes for local educational 
agencies that serve significant low-income student popu-
lations in States throughout the Nation, in order to— 
‘‘(1) improve student learning; and 
‘‘(2) enhance the quality and effectiveness of 
teaching and strengthen the subject matter mastery 
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and the pedagogical skills of current teachers 
through continuing teacher preparation. 
‘‘SEC. 2163. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart: 
‘‘(1) SIGNIFICANT LOW-INCOME STUDENT POP-
ULATION.—The term ‘significant low-income student 
population’ means a student population of which not 
less than 40 percent of the students included are eli-
gible for free or reduced-price lunches under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. 
‘‘(2) TEACHERS INSTITUTE.—The term ‘Teach-
ers Institute’ means a partnership or joint venture— 
‘‘(A) between or among— 
‘‘(i) 1 or more institutions of higher 
education; and 
‘‘(ii) 1 or more local educational agen-
cies that serve 1 or more schools with sig-
nificant low-income student populations; 
and 
‘‘(B) that improves the effectiveness of 
teachers in the classroom, and the quality of 
teaching and learning, through collaborative 
seminars designed to enhance both the subject 
matter and the pedagogical resources of the 
seminar participants. 
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‘‘SEC. 2164. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
award grants under this subpart in order to encourage the 
establishment and operation of Teachers Institutes. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
reserve not more than 50 percent of the funds appro-
priated to carry out this subpart to provide technical as-
sistance to facilitate the establishment and operation of 
Teachers Institutes. The Secretary may contract with the 
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute to provide all or part 
of the technical assistance under this subsection. 
‘‘(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting Teachers 
Institutes to support through grants under this subpart, 
the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(1) the extent to which a proposed Teachers 
Institute will serve schools that have significant low- 
income student populations; 
‘‘(2) the extent to which a proposed Teachers 
Institute will follow the understandings and nec-
essary procedures described in section 2166; 
‘‘(3) the extent to which each local educational 
agency participating in the Teachers Institute has a 
high percentage of teachers who are unprepared or 
underprepared to teach the core academic subjects 
the teachers are assigned to teach; and 
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‘‘(4) the extent to which a proposed Teachers 
Institute will receive a level of support from the 
community and other sources that will ensure the 
requisite long-term commitment for the success of a 
Teachers Institute. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating applications 
using the criteria under subsection (c), the Secretary 
may request the advice and assistance of the Yale- 
New Haven Teachers Institute or other Teachers In-
stitutes. 
‘‘(2) STATE
AGENCIES.—If the Secretary re-
ceives 2 or more applications for grants under this 
subpart from local educational agencies within the 
same State, the Secretary shall consult with the 
State educational agency regarding the applications. 
‘‘(e) FISCAL AGENT.—The fiscal agent for the receipt 
of grant funds under this subpart shall be an institution 
of higher education participating in the partnership or 
joint venture, as described in section 2163(2)(A), that is 
establishing or operating the Teachers Institute. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS.—A grant under this subpart— 
‘‘(1) shall provide grant funds for a period of 
not more than 5 years; and 
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‘‘(2) shall be in an amount that is not more 
than 50 percent of the total costs of the eligible ac-
tivities supported under the grant, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 2165. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘Grant funds under this subpart may be used— 
‘‘(1) for the planning, development, establish-
ment, and operation of a Teachers Institute; 
‘‘(2) for additional assistance to an established 
Teachers Institute for its further development and 
for its support of the planning, development, estab-
lishment, and operation of a Teachers Institute 
under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) for the salary and necessary expenses of a 
full-time director for a Teachers Institute to plan 
and manage the Teachers Institute and to act as a 
liaison between all local educational agencies and in-
stitutions of higher education participating in the 
Teachers Institute; 
‘‘(4) to provide suitable office space, staff, 
equipment, and supplies, and to pay other operating 
expenses, for the Teachers Institute; 
‘‘(5) to provide a stipend for teachers partici-
pating in the collaborative seminars conducted by 
the Institute in the sciences and humanities and to 
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provide remuneration for members of the faculty of 
the participating institution of higher education 
leading the seminars; and 
‘‘(6) to provide for the dissemination, through 
print and electronic means, of curriculum units pre-
pared in the seminars conducted by the Teachers In-
stitute. 
‘‘SEC. 2166. UNDERSTANDINGS AND PROCEDURES. 
‘‘A grantee receiving a grant under this subpart shall 
abide by the following understandings and procedures: 
‘‘(1) PARTNERSHIP.—The essential relationship 
of a Teachers Institute is a partnership between a 
local educational agency and an institution of higher 
education. A grantee shall demonstrate a long-term 
commitment on behalf of the participating local edu-
cational agency and institution of higher education 
to the support, including the financial support, of 
the work of the Teachers Institute. 
‘‘(2) SEMINARS.—A Teachers Institute spon-
sors seminars led by faculty of the institution of 
higher education partner and attended by teachers 
from the local educational agency partner. A grantee 
shall provide participating teachers the ability to 
play an essential role in planning, organizing, con-
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ducting, and evaluating the seminars and in encour-
aging the future participation of other teachers. 
‘‘(3) CURRICULUM UNIT.—A seminar described 
in paragraph (2) uses a collaborative process, in a 
collegial environment, to develop a curriculum unit 
for use by participating teachers that sets forth the 
subject matter to be presented and the pedagogical 
strategies to be employed. A grantee shall enable 
participating teachers to develop a curriculum unit, 
based on the subject matter presented, for use in the 
teachers’ classrooms. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY AND REMUNERATION.—Semi-
nars are open to all partnership teachers with teach-
ing assignments relevant to the seminar topics. Sem-
inar leaders receive remuneration for their work and 
participating teachers receive an honorarium or sti-
pend upon the successful completion of the seminar. 
A grantee shall provide seminar leaders and partici-
pating teachers with remuneration to allow them to 
participate in the Teachers Institute. 
‘‘(5) DIRECTION.—The operations of a Teach-
ers Institute are managed by a full-time director 
who reports to both partners but is accountable to 
the institution of higher education partner. A grant-
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ee shall appoint a director to manage and coordinate 
the work of the Teachers Institute. 
‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—A grantee shall annually 
review the activities of the Teachers Institute and 
disseminate the results to members of the Teachers 
Institute’s partnership community. 
‘‘SEC. 2167. APPLICATION, APPROVAL, AND AGREEMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under this 
subpart, a Teachers Institute, or a partnership or joint 
venture described in section 2163(2)(A) that is proposing 
to establish a Teachers Institute, shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary that— 
‘‘(1) meets the requirement of this subpart and 
any regulations under this subpart; 
‘‘(2) includes a description of how the applicant 
intends to use funds provided under the grant; 
‘‘(3) includes such information as the Secretary 
may require to apply the criteria described in section 
2164(c); 
‘‘(4) includes measurable objectives for the use 
of the funds provided under the grant; and 
‘‘(5) contains such other information and assur-
ances as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(1) promptly evaluate an application received 
for a grant under this subpart; and 
‘‘(2) notify the applicant, within 90 days of the 
receipt of a completed application, of the Secretary’s 
determination. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENT.—Upon approval of an application, 
the Secretary and the applicant shall enter into a com-
prehensive agreement covering the entire period of the 
grant. 
‘‘SEC. 2168. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—Each grantee under this subpart 
shall report annually to the Secretary on the progress of 
the Teachers Institute in achieving the purpose of this 
subpart. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall evaluate the activities funded under this sub-
part and submit an annual report regarding the activities 
assisted under this subpart to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives. The Secretary shall broadly disseminate suc-
cessful practices developed by Teachers Institutes. 
‘‘(c) REVOCATION.—If the Secretary determines that 
a grantee is not making substantial progress in meeting 
the purposes of the grant by the end of the second year 
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of the grant under this subpart, the Secretary may take 
appropriate action, including revocation of further pay-
ments under the grant, to ensure that the funds available 
under this subpart are used in the most effective manner. 
‘‘SEC. 2169. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for grants 
(including planning grants) and technical assistance under 
this subpart— 
‘‘(1) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(2) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(3) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
‘‘(4) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
‘‘(5) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2151 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 6—TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES 
‘‘Sec. 2161. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 2162. Findings and purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 2163. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 2164. Program authorized. 
‘‘Sec. 2165. Eligible activities. 
‘‘Sec. 2166. Understandings and procedures. 
‘‘Sec. 2167. Application, approval, and agreement. 
‘‘Sec. 2168. Reports and evaluations.’’. 
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