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computer software for multilingual education to ad-
dress the needs of limited English proficient stu-
dents. 
‘‘(9) GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.—In-
creasing the knowledge and skills of preservice 
teachers participating in activities under subsection 
(d) in the educational and related needs of gifted 
and talented students by, among other strategies, in-
fusing teacher coursework with units on the charac-
teristics of high-ability learners, using assessments 
to identify preexisting knowledge and skills among 
students, and developing teaching strategies that are 
driven by the learner’s progress. 
‘‘(10) REDUCING THE SHORTAGE OF HIGHLY 
QUALIFIED
SPECIAL
EDUCATION, 
MATH, 
AND 
SCIENCE
TEACHERS.—Increasing the number of 
highly qualified special education, math, and science 
teachers (as defined by section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or sec-
tion 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act) through such activities as recruitment, 
scholarships for tuition, and new teacher mentoring. 
‘‘(11) ADVANCED
PLACEMENT.—Implementing 
strategies to increase the number of teachers quali-
fied to teach advanced placement and pre-advanced 
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placement courses in mathematics, science, and crit-
ical foreign languages, and other strategies to in-
crease the availability of those courses, particularly 
for low-income students. 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE.—At least 50 percent of the 
funds made available to an eligible partnership under this 
section shall be used directly to benefit the high-need local 
educational agency included in the partnership. Any entity 
described in subsection (b)(1)(A) may be the fiscal agent 
under this section. 
‘‘(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to prohibit an eligible partnership from using 
grant funds to coordinate with the activities of more than 
one Governor, State board of education, State educational 
agency, local educational agency, or State agency for high-
er education. 
‘‘(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds 
that would otherwise be expended to carry out the pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 204. TEACHER RECRUITMENT GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts au-
thorized under section 210(3) for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive 
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basis, to eligible applicants to enable the eligible applicants 
to carry out activities described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT DEFINED.—In this part, 
the term ‘eligible applicant’ means— 
‘‘(1) an eligible State described in section 
202(b); or 
‘‘(2) an eligible partnership described in section 
203(b)(1). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Any eligible applicant desiring 
to receive a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the assessment that the el-
igible applicant, and the other entities with whom 
the eligible applicant will carry out the grant activi-
ties, have undertaken to determine the most critical 
needs of the participating high-need local edu-
cational agencies; 
‘‘(2) a description of the activities the eligible 
applicant will carry out with the grant, including the 
extent to which the applicant will use funds to re-
cruit minority students to become highly qualified 
teachers; and 
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‘‘(3) a description of the eligible applicant’s 
plan for continuing the activities carried out with 
the grant, once Federal funding ceases. 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—Each eligible applicant re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds— 
‘‘(1)(A) to award scholarships to help students, 
such as individuals who have been accepted for their 
first year, or who are enrolled in their first or second 
year, of a program of undergraduate education at an 
institution of higher education, pay the costs of tui-
tion, room, board, and other expenses of completing 
a teacher preparation program; 
‘‘(B) to provide support services, if needed to 
enable scholarship recipients— 
‘‘(i) to complete postsecondary education 
programs; or 
‘‘(ii) to transition from a career outside of 
the field of education into a teaching career; 
and 
‘‘(C) for follow up services provided to former 
scholarship recipients during the recipients first 3 
years of teaching; or 
‘‘(2) to develop and implement effective mecha-
nisms to ensure that high-need local educational 
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agencies and schools are able effectively to recruit 
highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘(e) 
ADDITIONAL
DISCRETIONARY
USES
OF 
FUNDS.—In addition to the uses described in subsection 
(d), each eligible applicant receiving a grant under this 
section may use the grant funds— 
‘‘(1) to develop and implement effective mecha-
nisms to recruit into the teaching profession employ-
ees from— 
‘‘(A) high-demand industries, including 
technology industries; and 
‘‘(B) the fields of science, mathematics, 
and engineering; 
‘‘(2) to conduct outreach and coordinate with 
inner city and rural secondary schools to encourage 
students to pursue teaching as a career; 
‘‘(3) to develop and implement dual degree pro-
grams that enable students at institutions of higher 
education to earn two undergraduate degrees con-
currently, one of such degrees being in education 
and the other in the subject matter of the student’s 
choosing; and 
‘‘(4) to recruit high achieving students, bilin-
gual students, and other qualified candidates into 
early childhood education programs. 
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