Sec. 2. Purpose. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. State grants. 
Sec. 5. Subgrants to teacher or principal preparation academies. 
Sec. 6. Coordination with the Corporation for National and Community Service. 
Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to encourage innovation 
in the field of teacher and principal preparation by cre-
ating and expanding teacher or principal preparation 
academies that will increase the number of effective teach-
ers and principals serving in high-needs schools and hard- 
to-staff subjects, such as science, technology, engineering, 
mathematics, and computer science. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) PRINCIPAL PREPARATION ACADEMY.—The 
term ‘‘principal preparation academy’’ means a pub-
lic or other nonprofit institution for preparing prin-
cipals that— 
(A) enters into a charter with a State au-
thorizer that specifies the goals and outcomes 
expected of the principal preparation academy 
and the obligations of the State authorizer, in-
cluding— 
(i) a requirement that— 
(I) principal candidates, or prin-
cipals serving on alternative certifi-
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cates, licenses, or credentials, who are 
enrolled in the principal preparation 
academy receive a significant part of 
their training through clinical prepa-
ration that partners the principal can-
didate with a mentor principal; and 
(II) the academy will provide in-
struction to the principal candidate 
that links to the clinical preparation 
experience; 
(ii) the number of principals the prin-
cipal preparation academy will produce and 
the minimum number and percentage of 
effective principals with a demonstrated 
track record of success in getting a 
school’s students on track to being career 
and college ready; 
(iii) a requirement that a certificate of 
completion (or degree, if the principal 
preparation academy is, or is affiliated 
with, an institution of higher education) 
will be conferred upon a graduate from the 
principal preparation academy only after 
the graduate demonstrates a track record 
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of success in getting a school’s students on 
track to being college and career ready; 
(iv) a requirement that the principal 
preparation academy survey the academy’s 
alumni not less than once every 3 years to 
track the number of alumni employed as 
principals and in education; and 
(v) timelines for producing cohorts of 
graduates and conferring certificates of 
completion (or degrees, if the principal 
preparation academy is, or is affiliated 
with, an institution of higher education) 
from the principal preparation academy; 
(B) shall not have unnecessary restrictions 
on the methods the principal preparation acad-
emy will use to train principal candidates, in-
cluding restrictions or requirements— 
(i) obligating the faculty of the prin-
cipal preparation academy faculty to hold 
advanced degrees; 
(ii) obligating such faculty to conduct 
academic research; 
(iii) related to the physical infrastruc-
ture of the principal preparation academy; 
or 
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(iv) related to the number of course 
credits required as part of the program of 
study; and 
(C) limits admission to its program to can-
didates who demonstrate strong potential to be 
effective principals, based on a rigorous, com-
petency-based selection process that reviews a 
candidate’s prior academic achievement or 
record of professional accomplishment. 
(2) STATE AUTHORIZER.—The term ‘‘State au-
thorizer’’ means an entity designated by the State to 
recognize teacher or principal preparation academies 
within the State that— 
(A) may be a nonprofit organization, State 
educational agency, or other public entity, or 
consortium of such entities (including a consor-
tium of States); and 
(B) does not renew a teacher or principal 
preparation academy’s charter if the academy 
fails to produce the minimum number or per-
centage of effective teachers or principals, re-
spectively, identified in the academy’s charter. 
(3) TEACHER
OR
PRINCIPAL
PREPARATION 
ACADEMY.—The term ‘‘teacher or principal prepara-
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tion academy’’ means a teacher preparation academy 
or a principal preparation academy. 
(4) TEACHER
PREPARATION
ACADEMY.—The 
term ‘‘teacher preparation academy’’ means a public 
or other nonprofit institution for preparing teachers 
that— 
(A) enters into a charter with a State au-
thorizer that specifies the goals and outcomes 
expected of the teacher preparation academy 
and the obligations of the State authorizer, in-
cluding— 
(i) a requirement that— 
(I) teacher candidates, or teach-
ers teaching on alternative certifi-
cates, licenses, or credentials, who are 
enrolled in the teacher preparation 
academy receive a significant part of 
their training through clinical prepa-
ration that partners teacher can-
didates with mentor teachers with a 
demonstrated track record of success 
in improving academic achievement in 
the classroom; and 
(II) the academy will provide in-
struction to teacher candidates that 
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links to the clinical preparation expe-
rience; 
(ii) the number of teachers the teach-
er preparation academy will produce and 
the minimum number and percentage of 
effective teachers with a demonstrated 
track record of success in getting students 
on track to being college and career ready, 
based on multiple measures of student 
achievement; 
(iii) a requirement that a teacher 
preparation academy will only award a cer-
tificate of completion (or degree, if the 
teacher preparation academy is, or is affili-
ated with, an institution of higher edu-
cation) after the graduate demonstrates 
the track record of success described in 
clause (ii), either as a student teacher or 
teacher-of-record on an alternative certifi-
cate, license, or credential; 
(iv) a requirement that the teacher 
preparation academy survey the academy’s 
alumni not less than once every 3 years to 
track the number of alumni employed as 
teachers and in education; and 
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(v) timelines for producing cohorts of 
graduates and conferring certificates of 
completion (or degrees, if the teacher prep-
aration academy is, or is affiliated with, an 
institution of higher education) from the 
teacher preparation academy; 
(B) shall not have unnecessary restrictions 
on the methods or inputs the teacher prepara-
tion academy will use to train teacher can-
didates or teachers teaching on alternative cer-
tificates, licenses, or credentials, including re-
strictions or requirements— 
(i) obligating the faculty of the teach-
er preparation academy to hold advanced 
degrees; 
(ii) obligating such faculty to conduct 
academic research; 
(iii) related to the physical infrastruc-
ture of the teacher preparation academy; 
(iv) related to the number of course 
credits required as part of the program of 
study; 
(v) related to the undergraduate 
coursework completed by teachers teaching 
on alternative certificates, licenses, or cre-
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dentials, as long as such teachers have suc-
cessfully passed all relevant State-approved 
content area examinations; or 
(vi) related to obtaining additional ac-
creditation from a national accrediting 
body; and 
(C) limits admission to its program to can-
didates who demonstrate strong potential to be 
effective teachers, based on a rigorous selection 
process that reviews a candidate’s prior aca-
demic achievement or record of professional ac-
complishment. 
SEC. 4. STATE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
award grants to States having applications approved 
under subsection (b) to enable such States to create or 
expand teacher or principal preparation academies. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—Each State that desires a grant 
under this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may reasonably require. The ap-
plication shall include— 
(1) an assurance that the State does not have 
in place legal, statutory, or regulatory barriers to the 
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creation or operation of teacher or principal prepara-
tion academies; 
(2) a description of how the State will promote 
the creation and expansion of teacher or principal 
preparation academies; 
(3) a description of how the authorization and 
approval of teacher or principal preparation acad-
emies is separate and distinct from the requirements 
otherwise established by the State for approval of 
other teacher or principal preparation programs; 
(4) a description of the process the State au-
thorizer will use to authorize and approve a teacher 
or principal preparation academy that— 
(A) enables participants in the academy to 
be eligible for State financial aid to the same 
extent as participants in other State-approved 
teacher or principal preparation programs, in-
cluding alternative certification, licensure, or 
credential programs; 
(B) enables teachers who are teaching on 
alternative certificates, licenses, or credentials 
to teach in the State while enrolled in a teacher 
preparation academy; and 
(C) enables graduates from teacher prepa-
ration academies to be eligible to teach in such 
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State and graduates from principal preparation 
academies to be eligible to be a principal in a 
school in such State; 
(5) a description of the process the State au-
thorizer will use to monitor the success of— 
(A) a teacher preparation academy in— 
(i) producing effective teachers that 
demonstrate a track record of success in 
getting students on track to being college 
and career ready, based on multiple meas-
ures of student achievement; and 
(ii) preparing teachers to teach in 
high-needs schools or hard-to-staff sub-
jects; and 
(B) a principal preparation academy in— 
(i) producing effective principals that 
demonstrate a track record of success in 
getting students in a school on track to 
being career and college ready; and 
(ii) preparing principals to serve in 
high-needs schools or hard-to-staff sub-
jects; 
(6) the criteria the State authorizer will apply 
in renewing or denying a teacher or principal prepa-
ration academy’s charter, including the minimum 
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number and percentage of effective teachers or prin-
cipals such academy must produce in order to renew 
its charter; and 
(7) an assurance that the State will recognize 
a certificate of completion (from a teacher or prin-
cipal preparation academy that is not, or is unaffili-
ated with, an institution of higher education), as at 
least the equivalent of a master’s degree in edu-
cation for the purposes of teacher or principal hir-
ing, retention, compensation, and promotion in the 
State. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—A State receiving a grant 
under this Act shall use grant funds to— 
(1) implement a process by which to— 
(A) create or designate State authorizers; 
and 
(B) create or approve teacher or principal 
preparation academies; 
(2) support, directly or through a nonprofit 
intermediary organization, the establishment and op-
eration of teacher or principal preparation academies 
by assisting entities with the planning, program de-
sign, and implementation of such programs; and 
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(3) award subgrants to teacher or principal 
preparation academies in the State in accordance 
with section 5. 
SEC. 5. SUBGRANTS TO TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL PREPARA-
TION ACADEMIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made available 
under section 4(c)(3), a State shall award subgrants to 
nonprofit entities to carry out activities described in sub-
section (d). 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—Each nonprofit entity desiring a 
subgrant under this section from a State shall submit an 
application to a State authorizer designated by the State 
to receive such applications. The application shall include, 
at a minimum— 
(1) a description of the teacher or principal 
preparation academy’s proposed curriculum, training 
of teacher or principal candidates (including clinical 
training), and approach to teacher or principal de-
velopment; 
(2) the student achievement outcomes the entity 
will require of academy graduates before conferring 
a degree or certificate of completion from the pro-
gram, with timelines for obtaining such outcomes; 
(3) a multi-year financial and operating model 
for the entity; 
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strong potential to be effective teachers or prin-
cipals, based on a rigorous, competency-based selec-
tion process that reviews a candidate’s prior aca-
demic achievement or record of professional accom-
plishment. 
SEC. 6. COORDINATION WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NA-
TIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
(a) INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENT.—The Secretary 
shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service under sec-
tion 121(b) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)) under which the Corpora-
tion shall approve positions, for candidates at each teacher 
or principal preparation academy that receives financial 
assistance under this Act, as approved national service po-
sitions, as defined in section 101 of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). Such 
interagency agreement shall specify how a degree or cer-
tificate of completion for a term of service as a participant 
at a teacher or principal preparation academy will be sub-
mitted to the Corporation. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding section 148 of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12604), the Secretary and the Chief Executive Of-
ficer of the Corporation for National and Community 
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Service shall develop a program under which national serv-
ice educational awards may be disbursed to a teacher or 
principal preparation academy to cover or reimburse the 
costs of attending the academy. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018. 
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