in the consortium serves the highest concentration of 
children living in poverty. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) REQUIRED PARTICIPANTS.—In order to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a consortium shall 
include not less than—
(A) one local educational agency serving a 
high concentration of children living in poverty; 
(B) one institution of higher education; 
and 
(C) one organization that does not usually 
provide educational services, but has the nec-
essary expertise to provide professional develop-
ment to school administrators. 
(2) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—An eligible consor-
tium may also include—
(A) one or more additional local edu-
cational agencies; 
(B) State educational agencies; 
(C) for-profit organizations with the exper-
tise to provide professional development to 
school administrators; and 
(D) public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions with the expertise to provide professional 
development to school administrators.
(d) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an award 
under this section, an eligible applicant shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each such application shall 
include—
(A) information demonstrating that the ap-
plicant shall meet the matching requirement of 
subsection (f); and 
(B) a description of the involvement of su-
perintendents and principals in developing the 
application. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) REQUIRED USES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A consortium that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds to establish or expand a leadership 
development program described in subpara-
graph (B). 
(B) ACTIVITIES.—The program referred to 
in subparagraph (A) shall provide superintend-
ents, principals, and prospective superintend-
ents and principals, particularly individuals
serving, or intending to serve, in high-poverty, 
low-performing schools and school districts, 
with ongoing, intensive professional develop-
ment opportunities through activities that in-
crease the knowledge and skills of participants 
in such areas as—
(i) effective instructional practices; 
(ii) the content of the State’s stand-
ards and supporting implementation of the 
standards in the classroom; 
(iii) comprehensive whole-school re-
form approaches and programs; 
(iv) the effective use of educational 
technology to improve teaching and learn-
ing; 
(v) the recruitment, assignment, re-
tention, and evaluation of school staff; 
(vi) the enhancement and development 
of management and organizational skills; 
(vii) leadership skills; 
(viii) the effective use of data for deci-
sionmaking; and 
(ix) the implementation of school-
based leadership teams.
(2) ADDITIONAL USES.—A consortium that re-
ceives a grant under this section may also use the 
grant funds to support—
(A) the recruitment and preparation of 
prospective principals and superintendents, in-
cluding candidates with leadership and manage-
rial experience in fields other than education; 
and 
(B) alternative pathways to administrative 
positions. 
(f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each recipient of a 
grant under this Act shall provide not less than 
50 percent of the annual cost of the project as-
sisted by the grant from sources other than this 
Act. 
(B) CONTRIBUTIONS.—A grantee’s share 
of such costs may be provided in cash or in 
kind, fairly evaluated. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the 
matching requirement of paragraph (1) with respect 
to applicants that the Secretary determines serve 
low-income areas.
(g) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 
more than 4 percent of the amount appropriated under 
subsection (i) for each fiscal year for technical assistance, 
evaluation, dissemination of information on effective pro-
grams for preparing and training district and school-level 
administrators, carrying out activities to encourage the 
spread and adoption of successful leadership development 
centers, and other national activities that support the pro-
grams under this section. 
(h) REPORT.—
(1) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—
(A) STUDY.—The Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with representatives of local edu-
cational agencies, State educational agencies, 
institutions of higher education, superintend-
ents, principals, education organizations, com-
munity groups, business, and labor, conduct a 
study to evaluate and report to Congress re-
garding existing professional development pro-
grams that recruit, prepare, and train district- 
and school-level administrators to serve as ef-
fective leaders and successfully implement 
standards-based reforms in diverse educational 
environments across the Nation.
(B) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress not 
later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act regarding the findings of the study 
conducted under subparagraph (A). 
(2) PROGRAM
REPORT.—The Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report not later than March 1, 
2008, regarding the effectiveness of professional de-
velopment programs, established pursuant to this 
section, to recruit and retain principals and super-
intendents. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2004 through 2008 to carry out this sec-
tion.
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