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‘‘(2) improving student achievement for all stu-
dents; and 
‘‘(3) raising the standards for entry into the 
teaching profession. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Any program 
of teacher preparation from which the State has with-
drawn the State’s approval, or terminated the State’s fi-
nancial support, due to the low performance of the pro-
gram based upon the State assessment described in sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(1) shall be ineligible for any funding for pro-
fessional development activities awarded by the De-
partment; 
‘‘(2) shall not be permitted to accept or enroll 
any student that receives aid under title IV in the 
institution’s teacher preparation program; and 
‘‘(3) shall provide transitional support, includ-
ing remedial services if necessary, for students en-
rolled at the institution at the time of termination 
of financial support or withdrawal of approval. 
‘‘(c) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.—If the Secretary 
develops any regulations implementing subsection (b)(2), 
the Secretary shall submit such proposed regulations to 
a negotiated rulemaking process, which shall include rep-
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resentatives of States, institutions of higher education, 
and educational and student organizations. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS.—The 
requirements of this section shall apply to both traditional 
teacher preparation programs and alternative routes to 
State certification and licensure programs. 
‘‘SEC. 208. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) METHODS.—In complying with sections 205 and 
207, the Secretary shall ensure that States and institu-
tions of higher education use fair and equitable methods 
in reporting and that the reporting methods do not allow 
identification of individuals. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For each State that does not 
use content assessments as a means of ensuring that all 
teachers teaching in core academic subjects within the 
State are highly qualified, as required under section 1119 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
and in accordance with the State plan submitted or revised 
under section 1111 of such Act, or that each person em-
ployed as a special education teacher in the State who 
teaches elementary school, middle school, or secondary 
school is highly qualified by the deadline, as required 
under section 612(a)(14)(C) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act—
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‘‘(1) the Secretary shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, collect data comparable to the data required 
under this part from States, local educational agen-
cies, institutions of higher education, or other enti-
ties that administer such assessments to teachers or 
prospective teachers; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of this 
part, the Secretary shall use such data to carry out 
requirements of this part related to assessments, 
pass rates, and scaled scores. 
‘‘(c) RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO TEACHER PREP-
ARATION PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of improv-
ing teacher preparation programs, a State edu-
cational agency that receives funds under this Act, 
or that participates as a member of a partnership, 
consortium, or other entity that receives such funds, 
shall provide to a teacher preparation program, upon 
the request of the teacher preparation program, any 
and all pertinent education-related information 
that— 
‘‘(A) may enable the teacher preparation 
program to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
program’s graduates or the program itself; and
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‘‘(B) is possessed, controlled, or accessible 
by the State educational agency. 
‘‘(2) CONTENT OF INFORMATION.—The infor-
mation described in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall include an identification of spe-
cific individuals who graduated from the teach-
er preparation program to enable the teacher 
preparation program to evaluate the informa-
tion provided to the program from the State 
educational agency with the program’s own 
data about the specific courses taken by, and 
field experiences of, the individual graduates; 
and 
‘‘(B) may include— 
‘‘(i) kindergarten through grade 12 
academic achievement and demographic 
data, without revealing personally identifi-
able information about an individual stu-
dent, for students who have been taught by 
graduates of the teacher preparation pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) teacher effectiveness evaluations 
for teachers who graduated from the teach-
er preparation program. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) FEDERAL CONTROL PROHIBITED.—Noth-
ing in this part shall be construed to permit, allow, 
encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any 
aspect of any private, religious, or home school 
(whether or not a home school is treated as a private 
school or home school under State law). This section 
shall not be construed to prohibit private, religious, 
or home schools from participation in programs or 
services under this part. 
‘‘(2) NO CHANGE IN STATE CONTROL ENCOUR-
AGED OR REQUIRED.—Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to encourage or require any change in a 
State’s treatment of any private, religious, or home 
school (whether or not a home school is treated as 
a private school or home school under State law). 
‘‘(3) NATIONAL SYSTEM OF TEACHER CERTIFI-
CATION PROHIBITED.—Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize 
the Secretary to establish or support any national 
system of teacher certification. 
‘‘SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal 
years.
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‘‘PART B—PREPARING TEACHERS FOR DIGITAL 
AGE LEARNERS 
‘‘SEC. 221. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to award grants to, or enter into contracts or co-
operative agreements with, eligible consortia to pay the 
Federal share of the costs of projects to— 
‘‘(1) graduate teacher candidates who are pre-
pared to use modern information, communication, 
and learning tools to— 
‘‘(A) improve student learning, assessment, 
and learning management; and 
‘‘(B) help students develop learning skills 
to succeed in higher education and to enter the 
workforce; 
‘‘(2) strengthen and develop partnerships 
among the stakeholders in teacher preparation to 
transform teacher education and ensure technology 
rich learning environments throughout a teacher 
candidate’s pre-service education, including clinical 
experiences; and 
‘‘(3) assess the effectiveness of departments, 
schools, and colleges of education at institutions of 
higher education in preparing teacher candidates for 
successful implementation of technology-rich teach-
ing-learning environments, including environments
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consistent with the principles of universal design for 
learning, that enable kindergarten through grade 12 
students to develop learning skills to succeed in 
higher education and to enter the workforce. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—A grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement under this part— 
‘‘(1) shall be for not more than $2,000,000; 
‘‘(2) shall be for a 3-year period; and 
‘‘(3) may be renewed for one additional year. 
‘‘(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.—The 
Federal share of the cost of any project funded under this 
part shall not exceed 75 percent. The non-Federal share 
of the cost of such project may be provided in cash or 
in kind, fairly evaluated, including services. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.—In 
this part, the term ‘eligible consortium’ means a consor-
tium of members that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) At least one institution of higher education 
that awards baccalaureate or masters degrees and 
prepares teachers for initial entry into teaching. 
‘‘(2) At least one State educational agency or 
local educational agency. 
‘‘(3) A department, school, or college of edu-
cation at an institution of higher education.
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‘‘(4) A department, school, or college of arts 
and sciences at an institution of higher education. 
‘‘(5) At least one entity with the capacity to 
contribute to the technology-related reform of teach-
er preparation programs, which may be a profes-
sional association, foundation, museum, library, for- 
profit business, public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion, community-based organization, or other entity. 
‘‘SEC. 222. USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible consortium that re-
ceives a grant or enters into a contract or cooperative 
agreement under this part shall use funds made available 
under this part to carry out a project that— 
‘‘(1) develops long-term partnerships among 
members of the consortium that are focused on ef-
fective teaching with modern digital tools and con-
tent that substantially connect pre-service prepara-
tion of teacher candidates with high-needs schools; 
or 
‘‘(2) transforms the way departments, schools, 
and colleges of education teach classroom technology 
integration, including the principles of universal de-
sign, to teacher candidates.
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‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS FOR PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.— 
In carrying out a project under subsection (a)(1), an eligi-
ble consortium shall— 
‘‘(1) provide teacher candidates, early in their 
preparation, with field experiences in educational 
settings with technology; 
‘‘(2) build the skills of teacher candidates to 
support technology-rich instruction, assessment and 
learning management in content areas, technology 
literacy, an understanding of the principles of uni-
versal design, and the development of other skills for 
entering the workforce; 
‘‘(3) provide professional development in the 
use of technology for teachers, administrators, and 
content specialists who participate in field place-
ment; 
‘‘(4) provide professional development of tech-
nology pedagogical skills for faculty of departments, 
schools, and colleges of education and arts and 
sciences; 
‘‘(5) implement strategies for the mentoring of 
teacher candidates with respect to technology imple-
mentation by members of the consortium;
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‘‘(6) evaluate teacher candidates during the 
first years of teaching to fully assess outcomes of 
the project; 
‘‘(7) build collaborative learning communities 
for technology integration within the consortium to 
sustain meaningful applications of technology in the 
classroom during teacher preparation and early ca-
reer practice; and 
‘‘(8) evaluate the effectiveness of the project. 
‘‘(c) USES
OF
FUNDS
FOR
TRANSFORMATION 
GRANTS.—In carrying out a project under subsection 
(a)(2), an eligible consortium shall— 
‘‘(1) redesign curriculum to require collabora-
tion between the department, school, or college of 
education faculty and the department, school, or col-
lege of arts and sciences faculty who teach content 
or methods courses for training teacher candidates; 
‘‘(2) 
collaborate 
between 
the 
department, 
school, or college of education faculty and the de-
partment, school, or college of arts and science fac-
ulty and academic content specialists at the local 
educational agency to educate pre-service teachers 
who can integrate technology and pedagogical skills 
in content areas;
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‘‘(3) 
collaborate 
between 
the 
department, 
school, or college of education faculty and the de-
partment, school, or college of arts and sciences fac-
ulty who teach courses to pre-service teachers to— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement a plan for 
pre-service teachers and continuing educators 
that demonstrates effective instructional strate-
gies and application of such strategies in the 
use of digital tools to transform the teaching 
and learning process; and 
‘‘(B) better reach underrepresented pre- 
service teacher populations with programs that 
connect such pre-service teacher populations 
with applications of technology; 
‘‘(4) collaborate among faculty and students to 
create and disseminate case studies of technology 
applications in classroom settings with a goal of im-
proving student achievement in high-need schools; 
‘‘(5) provide additional technology resources for 
pre-service teachers to plan and implement tech-
nology applications in classroom settings that pro-
vide evidence of student learning; and 
‘‘(6) bring together expertise from departments, 
schools, or colleges of education, arts and science 
faculty, and academic content specialists at the local
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educational agency to share and disseminate tech-
nology applications in the classroom through teacher 
preparation and into early career practice. 
‘‘SEC. 223. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant or enter into a con-
tract or cooperative agreement under this part, an eligible 
consortium shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. Such application 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the project to be carried 
out with the grant, including how the project will— 
‘‘(A) develop a long-term partnership fo-
cused on effective teaching with modern digital 
tools and content that substantially connects 
pre-service preparation of teacher candidates 
with high-need schools; or 
‘‘(B) transform the way departments, 
schools, and colleges of education teach class-
room technology integration, including the prin-
ciples of universal design, to teacher candidates. 
‘‘(2) A demonstration of— 
‘‘(A) the commitment, including the finan-
cial commitment, of each of the members of the 
consortium for the proposed project; and