I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5079 
To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to establish a Federal ‘‘Grow Your Own Teacher’’ program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2010 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 to establish a Federal ‘‘Grow Your 
Own Teacher’’ program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER PROGRAM. 
Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘PART E—GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 2501. GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to 
carry out this part, the Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 
entities, to be used by such entities to train and employ 
eligible individuals in hard-to-staff schools or hard-to-staff 
teaching positions in accordance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a consortium consisting of— 
‘‘(A) a local educational agency that is eli-
gible to receive funds under part A of title I; 
and 
‘‘(B) an institution of higher education 
that offers a program, accredited by the State, 
for preparing individuals to fulfill all the re-
quirements for receiving a teaching certificate 
in the State of the local educational agency de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual— 
‘‘(A) who— 
‘‘(i) received a high school diploma 
from a local educational agency described 
in paragraph (1)(A); and 
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‘‘(ii) is enrolled in a program to re-
ceive a teaching certificate in the State of 
the local educational agency at an institu-
tion of higher education described in para-
graph (1)(B); and 
‘‘(B) is— 
‘‘(i) a high school graduate who grad-
uated not more than 5 years ago; 
‘‘(ii) a parent of a current or former 
student of the local educational agency 
who has a history of working to improve 
the local educational agency; or 
‘‘(iii) an education support profes-
sional in the local educational agency who 
works with students in an instructional 
role. 
‘‘(3) VETERAN TEACHER.—The term ‘veteran 
teacher’ means a teacher who has taught in the local 
educational agency described in paragraph (1)(A) 
for a period of least 15 years. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving 
a grant under this section shall use such grant funds 
to— 
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‘‘(A) conduct a training program for eligi-
ble individuals to be teachers, which shall in-
clude requiring such individuals to observe and 
work with a veteran teacher in a classroom for 
at least one year; 
‘‘(B) employ such individuals in hard-to- 
staff schools and hard-to-staff teaching posi-
tions in the local educational agency of the eli-
gible entity, with priority given to teaching posi-
tions in mathematics, science, special education, 
world languages, and English as a second lan-
guage; and 
‘‘(C) employ such individuals in a manner 
that reduces the divergence between the racial 
diversity of teachers and of students. 
‘‘(2) OTHER AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—An eli-
gible entity receiving a grant under this section may 
use any grant funds that remain after carrying out 
paragraph (1) for the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Helping an eligible individual trained 
under this section to cover the costs of childcare 
and other indirect expenses that are reasonably 
required by the individual to participate in the 
training program. 
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