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cipient is employed, as defined by the partnership ac-
cording to the recipient’s expertise, including serving
as a mentor or master teacher, developing curricula,
and assisting in the development and implementation
of professional development activities.’’;
(8) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by para-
graph (6))—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) accepting—
‘‘(A) the terms of the scholarship pursuant
to subsection (c), the stipend pursuant to sub-
section (d), or the fellowship pursuant to sub-
section (e); and
‘‘(B) the terms regarding the failure to com-
plete a service obligation required for the scholar-
ship, stipend, or fellowship pursuant to sub-
section (h);’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘scholarship’’ and in-
serting ‘‘scholarship, stipend, or fellowship’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’;
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(9) in subsection (g)(1) (as redesignated by para-
graph (6))—
(A) by striking ‘‘(or consortium thereof)’’
and inserting ‘‘, consortium, or partnership’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘scholarship and stipend’’
and inserting ‘‘scholarship, stipend, and fellow-
ship’’;
(10) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (6))—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, stipend, or fel-
lowship’’ after ‘‘scholarship’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
‘‘baccalaureate degree’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) REPAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE
SERVICE.—
‘‘(A) LESS THAN 1 YEAR OF SERVICE.—If a
circumstance described in paragraph (1) occurs
before the completion of 1 year of a service obli-
gation under this section, the sum of the total
amount of awards received by the individual
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under this section shall be treated as a loan pay-
able to the Federal Government, consistent with
the provisions of part B or D of title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, and shall be sub-
ject to repayment in accordance with terms and
conditions specified by the Secretary of Edu-
cation in regulations promulgated to carry out
this paragraph.
‘‘(B) 1 YEAR OR MORE OF SERVICE.—If a
circumstance described in subparagraph (D) or
(E) of paragraph (1) occurs after the completion
of 1 year of a service obligation under this sec-
tion, an amount equal to 1⁄2 of the sum of the
total amount of awards received by the indi-
vidual under this section shall be treated as a
loan payable to the Federal Government, con-
sistent with the provisions of part B or D of title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and
shall be subject to repayment in accordance with
terms and conditions specified by the Secretary
of Education in regulations promulgated to
carry out this paragraph.’’;
(11) in subsection (i) (as redesignated by para-
graph (6))—
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(A) by striking ‘‘or consortia’’ and inserting
‘‘, consortia, or partnerships’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘scholarship recipients and
stipend recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘scholarship,
stipend, and fellowship recipients’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (f)’’;
(12) by inserting after subsection (i) (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (6)) the following:
‘‘(j) SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIP GIFT
FUND.—In accordance with section 11(f) of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Director is authorized
to accept donations from the private sector to supplement,
but not supplant, scholarships, stipends, internships, or fel-
lowships associated with the programs under this section.
‘‘(k) ASSESSMENT
OF TEACHER RETENTION.—Not
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Amer-
ica COMPETES Act, the Director shall transmit to Con-
gress a report on the effectiveness of the program carried
out under this section regarding the retention of partici-
pants in the teaching profession beyond the service obliga-
tion required under this section.’’;
(13) in subsection (l) (as redesignated by para-
graph (6))—
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (5), (7), (9),
and (10), respectively;
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (A)) the following:
‘‘(1) the term ‘advanced content knowledge’
means demonstrated mathematics or science content
knowledge as measured by a rigorous, valid assess-
ment tool that has been approved by the Director;’’;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as re-
designated by subparagraph (A)) the following:
‘‘(3) the term ‘fellowship’ means an award under
subsection (e);
‘‘(4) the term ‘high-need local educational agen-
cy’ means a local educational agency or educational
service agency (as defined in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)—
‘‘(A)(i) that serves not less than 10,000 chil-
dren from low-income families;
‘‘(ii) for which not less than 20 percent of
the children served by the agency are children
from low-income families; or
‘‘(iii) with a total of less than 600 students
in average daily attendance at the schools that
are served by the agency, and all of whose schools