have resulted in annual private-sector costs for pro-
viding writing training as high as $3,100,000,000. 
(4) Writing is a central feature in State and 
local educational standards in all disciplines. 
(5) Since 1973, the only national program to 
address the writing problem in the Nation’s schools 
has been the National Writing Project’s network of 
collaborative university-school programs. 
(6) Evaluations of the National Writing Project 
document significant gains in student performance 
in writing and effective classroom practices. 
(7) The National Writing Project has become a 
model for programs to improve teaching in such 
other fields as mathematics, science, history, civics 
and government, geography, reading and literature, 
technology, performing arts, and foreign languages. 
(8) Each year, more that 135,000 teachers di-
rectly benefit from National Writing Project pro-
grams in nearly 200 sites located in all 50 States, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 
Subpart 2 of part C of title II of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6701 et 
seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SUBPART 2—NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT 
‘‘SEC. 2331. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this subpart are— 
‘‘(1) to support and promote the expansion of 
the National Writing Project network of sites so 
that teachers in every region of the United States 
will have access to a National Writing Project pro-
gram; 
‘‘(2) to ensure the consistent high quality of the 
sites through ongoing review, evaluation, and tech-
nical assistance; 
‘‘(3) to support and promote the establishment 
of programs to disseminate effective practices and 
research findings about the teaching of writing; and 
‘‘(4) to coordinate activities assisted under this 
subpart with activities assisted under this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 2332. NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized 
to award a grant to the National Writing Project, a non-
profit educational organization that has as its primary 
purpose the improvement of the quality of student writing 
and learning (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
‘grantee’) to improve the teaching of writing and the use 
of writing as a part of the learning process in our Nation’s 
classrooms. 
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‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANT.—The grant shall 
provide that— 
‘‘(1) the grantee will enter into contracts with 
institutions of higher education or other nonprofit 
educational providers (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as ‘contractors’) under which the contrac-
tors will agree to establish, operate, and provide the 
non-Federal share of the cost of teacher training 
programs in effective approaches and processes for 
the teaching of writing; 
‘‘(2) funds made available by the Secretary to 
the grantee pursuant to any contract entered into 
under this section will be used to pay the Federal 
share of the cost of establishing and operating teach-
er training programs as provided in paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(3) the grantee will meet such other conditions 
and standards as the Secretary determines to be 
necessary to assure compliance with the provisions 
of this section and will provide such technical assist-
ance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this section. 
‘‘(c) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The teacher 
training programs authorized in subsection (a) shall— 
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‘‘(1) be conducted during the school year and 
during the summer months; 
‘‘(2) train teachers who teach grades kinder-
garten through college; 
‘‘(3) select teachers to become members of a 
National Writing Project teacher network whose 
members will conduct writing workshops for other 
teachers in the area served by each National Writing 
Project site; and 
‘‘(4) encourage teachers from all disciplines to 
participate in such teacher training programs. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) or (3) and for purposes of subsection (a), 
the term ‘Federal share’ means, with respect to the 
costs of teacher training programs authorized in 
subsection (a), 50 percent of such costs to the con-
tractor. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the 
provisions of paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis 
if the National Advisory Board described in sub-
section (e) determines, on the basis of financial 
need, that such waiver is necessary. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM.—The Federal share of the 
costs of teacher training programs conducted pursu-
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ant to subsection (a) may not exceed $150,000 for 
any one contractor, or $300,000 for a statewide pro-
gram administered by any one contractor in at least 
five sites throughout the State. 
‘‘(e) NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Writing 
Project shall establish and operate a National Advi-
sory Board. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The National Advisory 
Board established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
consist of— 
‘‘(A) national educational leaders; 
‘‘(B) leaders in the field of writing; and 
‘‘(C) such other individuals as the National 
Writing Project determines necessary. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The National Advisory Board 
established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) advise the National Writing Project 
on national issues related to student writing 
and the teaching of writing; 
‘‘(B) review the activities and programs of 
the National Writing Project; and 
‘‘(C) support the continued development of 
the National Writing Project. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct an independent evaluation by grant or contract 
of the teacher training programs administered pur-
suant to this subpart. Such evaluation shall specify 
the amount of funds expended by the National Writ-
ing Project and each contractor receiving assistance 
under this section for administrative costs. The re-
sults of such evaluation shall be made available to 
the appropriate committees of Congress. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—The Secretary 
shall reserve not more than $150,000 from the total 
amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of 
subsection (h) for fiscal year 2008, and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fis-
cal years, to conduct the evaluation described in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) REVIEW
BOARD.—The National Writing 
Project shall establish and operate a National Re-
view Board that shall consist of— 
‘‘(A) leaders in the field of research in 
writing; and 
‘‘(B) such other individuals as the Na-
tional Writing Project deems necessary. 
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‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The National Review Board 
shall— 
‘‘(A) review all applications for assistance 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) recommend applications for assist-
ance under this subsection for funding by the 
National Writing Project. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart 
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
Æ 
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