In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Ethics Commission Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an independent ethics 
commission within the House of Representatives to be known as the 
Independent Ethics Committee (in this Act referred to as the 
``Commission'').
    (b) Membership and Terms of Office.--(1) The Commission shall 
consist of 9 commissioners, 4 appointed by the Speaker and 4 by the 
minority leader of the House, and one selected by the affirmative vote 
of two-thirds of the 8 appointed commissioners for a term of 5 years. 
No commissioner may serve for more than 5 years.
    (2) Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of 5 years, except 
that of the commissioners first appointed, 2 appointed by the Speaker 
and 2 by the minority leader shall be for 3-year terms and 2 appointed 
by the Speaker and 2 by the minority leader shall be for 4-year terms 
as designated by the Speaker and the minority leader at the time of 
appointment.
    (c) Qualifications.--Only former Federal judges shall be eligible 
for appointment to the Commission.
            (1) Disqualifications for appointments.--
                    (A) Lobbying.--No individual who has been a 
                lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
                of 1995 or engages in, or is otherwise employed in, 
                lobbying of the Congress or who is an agent of a 
                foreign principal registered under the Foreign Agents 
                Registration Act within the 4-year period immediately 
                preceding appointment shall be eligible for appointment 
                to, or service on, the Commission.
                    (B) Incompatible office.--No member of the 
                Commission appointed under subsection (b) may be a 
                Member of the House of Representatives or Senator.
            (2) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled 
        in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (d) Compensation.--Members shall each be entitled to receive the 
daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay in effect for 
Level III of the Executive Schedule for each day (including travel 
time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties 
vested in the Commission.
    (e) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum.
    (f) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call a majority of 
its members.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Duties.--The Commission is authorized--
            (1) to receive, monitor, and oversee financial disclosure 
        and other reports filed by Members of the House and officers 
        and employees of the House under the Ethics in Government Act 
        of 1978, and reports filed by registered lobbyists under the 
        Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995;
            (2) to investigate any alleged violation, by a Member, 
        officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, of any 
        rule or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of 
        such Member, officer, or employee under House rules in the 
        performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
        responsibilities;
            (3) to present a case of probable ethics violations to the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (4) to make recommendations to the Committee on Standards 
        of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives that it 
        report to the appropriate Federal or State authorities any 
        substantial evidence of a violation by a Member, officer, or 
        employee of the House of Representatives of any law applicable 
        to the performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
        responsibilities, which may have been disclosed in an 
        investigation by the Office;
            (5) to provide information and informal guidance to 
        Members, officers and employees of the House of Representatives 
        regarding any rules and other standards of conduct applicable 
        to such individuals in their official capacities, and develop 
        and carry out periodic educational briefings for Members, 
        officers, and employees of the House of Representatives on 
        those laws, rules, regulations, or other standards; and
            (6) to give consideration to the request of any Member, 
        officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for a 
        formal advisory opinion or other formal ruling, subject to the 
        review of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the 
        House of Representatives, as applicable, with respect to the 
        general propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such 
        Member, officer, or employee and, with appropriate deletions to 
        assure the privacy of the individual concerned, to publish such 
        opinion for the guidance of other Members, officers, and 
        employees of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Evidence.--The Commission may for the purpose of 
carrying out this Act--
            (1) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and 
        places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, administer 
        such oaths; and
            (2) subject to subsection (b), require, by subpoena or 
        otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and 
        the production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission may 
        determine advisable.
    (b) Subpoenas.--A subpoena may be issued only with a majority of 
the Commission.
    (c) Obtaining Information.--Upon request of the Commission, the 
head of any agency or instrumentality of the Government shall furnish 
information deemed necessary by the Commission to enable it to carry 
out its duties.
    (d) Referrals to the Department of Justice.--Whenever the 
Commission has reason to believe that a violation of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 may have occurred, that matter may be referred 
to the Department of Justice for it to investigate.
    (e) General Audits.--The Commission shall have the authority to 
conduct general audits of filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995.

SEC. 5. INVESTIGATIONS AND INTERACTION WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON 
              STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

    (a) Notification.--Whenever the Commission determines that there 
are sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation--
            (1) the Commission shall notify the Committee on Standards 
        of Official Conduct of this determination;
            (2) the applicable committee may overrule the determination 
        of the Commission if, within 10 legislative days--
                    (A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call vote 
                of two-thirds of the full committee votes to overrule 
                the determination of the Commission;
                    (B) the committee issues a public report detailing 
                its reasoning for overruling the Commission;
                    (C) the vote of each member of the committee on 
                such roll-call vote is included in the report;
                    (D) dissenting members are allowed to issue their 
                own report detailing their reasons for disagreeing with 
                the majority vote; and
                    (E) if the committee votes to overrule the 
                determination of the Commission pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B), the Commission may publish and make 
                available to the general public a report detailing the 
                reasons that the Commission concluded there were 
                sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation.
    (b) Conducting Investigations.--(1) If the Commission determines 
that there are sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation and his 
determination is not overruled under subsection (a)(5), the Commission 
shall conduct an investigation to determine if probable cause exists 
that a violation occurred.
    (2) As part of an investigation, the Commission may--
            (A) administer oaths;
            (B) issue subpoenas;
            (C) compel the attendance of witnesses and the production 
        of papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony; and
            (D) take the deposition of witnesses.
    (3) If a person disobeys or refuses to comply with a subpoena, or 
if a witness refuses to testify to a matter, he may be held in contempt 
of Congress.
    (c) Presentation of Case to House Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct.--(1) If the Commission determines, upon conclusion of 
an investigation, that probable cause exists that an ethics violation 
has occurred, the Commission shall notify the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct of the House of Representatives of this determination.
    (2) The committee may overrule the determination of the Commission 
if, within 10 legislative days--
            (A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call vote of two-
        thirds of the full committee votes to overrule the 
        determination of the Commission;
            (B) the committee issues a public report detailing its 
        reasoning for overruling the Commission;
            (C) the vote of each member of the committee on such roll-
        call vote is included in the report; and
            (D) dissenting members are allowed to issue their own 
        report detailing their reasons for disagreeing with the 
        majority vote.
    (3) If the committee votes to overrule the determination of the 
Commission pursuant to paragraph (2), the Commission may publish and 
make available to the general public a report detailing the reasons 
that he concluded there were sufficient grounds to present such case to 
the committee.
    (4)(A) If the Commission determines there is probable cause that an 
ethics violation has occurred and the Commission's determination is not 
overruled, the Commission shall present the case and evidence to the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives to hear and make a determination pursuant to its rules.
    (B) The committee shall vote upon whether the individual who is the 
subject of the investigation has violated any rules or other standards 
of conduct applicable to that individual in his official capacity. Such 
votes shall be a roll-call vote of the full committee, a quorum being 
present. The committee shall issue a public report which shall include 
the vote of each member of the committee on such roll-call vote. 
Dissenting members may issue their own report detailing their own 
reasons for disagreeing with the majority vote.
    (d) Sanctions.--Whenever the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct of the House of Representatives finds that an ethics violation 
has occurred the Commission shall recommend appropriate sanctions to 
the committee and whether a matter should be referred to the Department 
of Justice for investigation.

SEC. 6. PROCEDURAL RULES.

    (a) Majority Approval.--No report or recommendation relating to the 
official conduct of a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives shall be made by the Commission, and no investigation 
of such conduct shall be undertaken by the Commission, unless approved 
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Commission.
    (b) Investigations.--Except in the case of an investigation 
undertaken by the Commission on its own initiative, the Commission may 
undertake an investigation relating to the official conduct of an 
individual Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives 
only--
            (1) upon receipt of a complaint, in writing and under oath, 
        made by or submitted to a Member of the House of 
        Representatives and transmitted to the Commission by such 
        Member, or
            (2) upon receipt of a complaint from the chairman of the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
        Representatives, in writing and under oath, made by that 
        committee.
    (c) Prohibition of Certain Investigations.--No investigation shall 
be undertaken by the Commission of any alleged violation of a law, 
rule, regulation, or standard of conduct not in effect at the time of 
the alleged violation.
    (d) Disclosure.--No information or testimony received, or the 
contents of a complaint or the fact of its filing, shall be publicly 
disclosed by any member of the Commission or staff of the Commission 
unless specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of the 
Commission.

SEC. 7. STAFF OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such staff 
as the Commission considers necessary to perform its duties. The 
Commission shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker and minority 
leader and shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay 
payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule.

SEC. 8. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE TO CHANGE THE DUTIES OF 
              THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

    (a) House Rules Amendments.--Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended as follows:
            (1) In paragraph (a), strike subparagraphs (1), (2), and 
        (3), and redesignate subparagraphs (4), (5), and (6), as 
        subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
            (2)(A) Paragraph (b)(1) is amended by striking ``(A)'', by 
        striking ``a resolution, report, recommendation, or'' and 
        inserting ``an'', and by striking ``, or, except as provided in 
        subparagraph (2), undertake an investigation'', and by striking 
        subdivision (B).
            (B) Paragraph (b) is further amended by striking 
        subparagraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) and by redesignating 
        subparagraphs (6) and (7) as subparagraphs (2) and (3), 
        respectively.
            (3) Strike paragraphs (j) (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), and 
        (q).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 803 of the Ethics Reform Act of 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 29d) is amended by striking subsections (c) and (d).

SEC. 9. ACTION ON COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Printing of Reports in Congressional Record.--Upon receipt by 
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives of any report of the Commission, the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives shall have the report printed in the 
Congressional Record.
    (b) House Consideration of Independent Ethics Commission 
Recommendations.--Within 14 calendar days after a report referred to in 
subsection (a) is printed in the Congressional Record, that portion of 
the report recommending action by the House of Representatives 
respecting any alleged violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of 
the House of Representatives, of any law, rule, regulation, or other 
standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member, officer, 
or employee in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
responsibilities shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the 
Speaker of the House, for himself and the minority leader of the House 
in the form of a resolution. This resolution shall constitute a 
question of privilege under rule IX of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. Any Member favoring the resolution may call it up as a 
question of privilege but only on the third day after the calendar date 
upon which such Member announces to the House his intention to do so.

SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect upon the date of its enactment, except 
that sections 3, 4, and 8 shall not take effect immediately prior to 
noon January 3, 2009.
Example Output: Independent Ethics Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes within the House of Representatives an Independent Ethics Commission composed only of former federal judges.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Armed Forces Behavioral Health 
Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO SERVE IN 
              OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM FOR 
              READJUSTMENT COUNSELING AND SERVICES THROUGH VET CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--A member of the Armed Forces, including the 
Reserve components, who is deployed in support of Operation Enduring 
Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom shall be eligible for readjustment 
counseling and related mental health services under section 1712A of 
title 38, United States Code, through the centers for readjustment 
counseling and related mental health services (commonly known as ``Vet 
Centers'') operated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under that 
section.
    (b) Eligibility.--
            (1) Regulations.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        eligibility of a member of the Armed Forces, including the 
        Reserve components, for counseling and services under 
        subsection (a) shall be subject to such regulations as the 
        Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
        shall jointly prescribe for purposes of this section.
            (2) Duty status.--The duty status of a member may not have 
        an effect on the eligibility of the member to receive 
        counseling and services under subsection (a).

SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF 
              EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEMBERS 
              OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program 
to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide emotional 
support services for family members of members of the Armed Forces, 
including the Reserve components.
    (b) Award of Grants.--
            (1) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under the 
        program under this section, a nonprofit organization shall meet 
        such criteria as the Secretary shall establish for purposes of 
        the program.
            (2) Application.--A nonprofit organization seeking a grant 
        under the program shall submit to the Secretary an application 
        for the grant in such form and manner as the Secretary shall 
        specify for purposes of the program.
    (c) Grants.--
            (1) Amount.--The amount of each grant awarded to a 
        nonprofit organization under the program under this section 
        shall be such amount as the Secretary determines appropriate 
        for purposes of the program.
            (2) Duration.--The duration of each grant awarded to a 
        nonprofit organization shall be such period as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate for purposes of the program.
    (d) Use of Grant Funds.--Each nonprofit organization awarded a 
grant under the program under this section shall use amounts under the 
grant to provide emotional support services for family members of 
members of the Armed Forces, including the Reserve components, through 
certain programs as the Secretary shall specify in the grant.
    (e) Funding.--Amounts for grants under the program under this 
section shall be derived from amounts authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for military personnel.

SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO ENHANCE AWARENESS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS 
              DISORDER.

    (a) Pilot Program Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry 
out a pilot program to enhance awareness of post-traumatic stress 
disorder among members of the Army. The Secretary shall carry out the 
pilot program in the following locations:
            (1) Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
            (2) Fort Carson, Colorado.
            (3) Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
    (b) Activities.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out the pilot program, the 
        Secretary shall implement activities that--
                    (A) for a member of the Army who will be deployed 
                in support of a contingency operation, increase the 
                understanding of--
                            (i) the neurophysiological effects of 
                        stress and trauma associated with combat, 
                        including post-traumatic stress disorder; and
                            (ii) the means of eliminating or mitigating 
                        such effects after returning from combat;
                    (B) for a member of the Army deployed in support of 
                a contingency operation, reinforce the information 
                provided under subparagraph (A);
                    (C) for a member of the Army who returns from being 
                deployed in support of a contingency operation, assist 
                the member in reintegrating into noncombat life; and
                    (D) for the family of a member of the Army covered 
                under this subsection, include training and assistance 
                (including Internet-based training and assistance) at 
                each stage of deployment in order to assist the family 
                and member in recognizing and addressing post-traumatic 
                stress disorder.
            (2) Development of activities.--In developing activities 
        under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider methods to 
        address stress and trauma used by other appropriate 
        populations, including special operations forces and elite 
        athlete communities.
    (c) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program for 
a period of three years.
    (d) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
assessing the pilot program, including the effectiveness of the 
activities under subsection (b).
Example Output: Armed Forces Behavioral Health Awareness Act - Makes any member of the Armed Forces who is deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom eligible for readjustment counseling and related mental health services through Vet Centers (centers for such counseling and services for veterans), regardless of the member's duty status.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide emotional support services for family members of members of the Armed Forces, including members of the reserves.

Requires the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot program to enhance awareness of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD) among members of the Army.

Example Input: SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Professional 
Development Reform Act''.
    (b) Amendments.--Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part E as part F; and
            (2) by inserting after part D the following:

                   ``PART E--PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

``SEC. 2351. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are as follows:
            ``(1) To improve the academic achievement of students by 
        providing every student with a well-prepared teacher.
            ``(2) To provide every new teacher with structured support, 
        including a qualified and trained mentor, to facilitate the 
        transition into successful teaching.
            ``(3) To ensure that every teacher is given the assistance, 
        tools, and professional development opportunities, throughout 
        the teacher's career, to help the teacher teach to the highest 
        academic standards and help students succeed.
            ``(4) To provide training to prepare and support principals 
        to serve as instructional leaders and to work with teachers to 
        create a school climate that fosters excellence in teaching and 
        learning.
            ``(5) To transform, strengthen, and improve professional 
        development from a fragmented, one-shot approach to sustained, 
        high quality, and intensive activities that--
                    ``(A) are collaborative, content-centered, 
                standards-based, results-driven, and embedded in the 
                daily work of the school;
                    ``(B) allow teachers regular opportunities to 
                practice and reflect upon their teaching and learning; 
                and
                    ``(C) are responsive to teacher needs.

``SEC. 2252. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Professional development.--The term `professional 
        development' means effective professional development that--
                    ``(A) is sustained, high quality, intensive, and 
                comprehensive;
                    ``(B) is content-centered, collaborative, school-
                embedded, tied to practice, focused on student work, 
                supported by research, and aligned with and designed to 
                help elementary school or secondary school students 
                meet challenging State content standards and 
                challenging State student performance standards;
                    ``(C) includes structured induction activities that 
                provide ongoing and regular support to new teachers in 
                the initial years of their careers;
                    ``(D) includes sustained in-service activities to 
                improve elementary school or secondary school teaching 
                in the core academic subjects, to integrate technology 
                into the curriculum, to improve understanding and the 
                use of student assessments, to improve classroom 
                management skills, to address the specific needs of 
                diverse students, including limited English proficient 
                students, individuals with disabilities, and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and to 
                encourage and provide instruction on how to work with 
                and involve parents to foster student achievement; and
                    ``(E) includes sustained onsite training 
                opportunities that provide active learning and 
                observational opportunities for elementary school or 
                secondary school teachers to model effective practice.
            ``(2) Administrator.--The term `administrator' means a 
        school principal or superintendent.

``SEC. 2353. STATE ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.

    ``From the amount appropriated under section 2361 that is not 
reserved under section 2360 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make 
an allotment to each State educational agency having an application 
approved under section 2354 in an amount that bears the same relation 
to the amount appropriated under section 2361 that is not reserved 
under section 2360 for the fiscal year as the amount the State 
educational agency received under part A of title I for the fiscal year 
bears to the amount received under such part by all States for the 
fiscal year.

``SEC. 2354. STATE APPLICATIONS.

    ``Each State educational agency desiring an allotment under section 
2353 for a fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
Secretary may require. The application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the strategy to be used to implement 
        State activities described in section 2355;
            ``(2) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will assist local educational agencies in transforming, 
        strengthening, and improving professional development;
            ``(3) a description of how the activities described in 
        section 2355 and the assistance described in paragraph (2) will 
        assist the State in achieving the State's goals for 
        comprehensive education reform, will help all students meet 
        challenging State content standards and challenging State 
        student performance standards, and will help all teachers meet 
        State standards for teaching excellence;
            ``(4) a description of the manner in which the State 
        educational agency will ensure, consistent with the State's 
comprehensive education reform plan policies, or statutes, that funds 
provided under this part will be effectively coordinated with all 
Federal and State professional development funds and activities, 
including funds and activities under this title, titles I, III, VI, and 
VII, title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, section 307 of the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, and the Goals 2000: 
Educate America Act; and
            ``(5) a description of--
                    ``(A) how the State educational agency will collect 
                and utilize data for evaluation of the activities 
                carried out by local educational agencies under this 
                part, including collecting baseline data in order to 
                measure changes in the professional development 
                opportunities provided to teachers and measure 
                improvements in teaching practice and student 
                performance; and
                    ``(B) the specific performance measures the State 
                educational agency will use to determine the need for 
                technical assistance described in section 2355(2) and 
                to make a continuation of funding determination under 
                section 2358.

``SEC. 2355. STATE ACTIVITIES.

    ``From the amount allotted to a State educational agency under 
section 2353 for a fiscal year, the State educational agency--
            ``(1) shall reserve not more than 5 percent to support, 
        directly or through grants to or contracts with institutions of 
        higher education, educational nonprofit organizations, 
        professional associations of administrators, or other entities 
        that are responsive to the needs of administrators and 
        teachers, programs that--
                    ``(A) provide effective leadership training--
                            ``(i) to encourage highly qualified 
                        individuals to become administrators; and
                            ``(ii) to develop and enhance instructional 
                        leadership, school management, parent 
                        involvement, mentoring, and staff evaluation 
                        skills of administrators; and
                    ``(B) provide effective leadership and mentor 
                training--
                            ``(i) to encourage highly qualified and 
                        effective teachers to become mentors; and
                            ``(ii) to develop and enhance the mentoring 
                        and peer coaching skills of such qualified and 
                        effective teachers;
            ``(2) may reserve not more than 2 percent for providing 
        technical assistance and dissemination of information to 
        schools and local educational agencies to help the schools and 
        local educational agencies implement effective professional 
        development activities that are aligned with challenging State 
        content standards, challenging State student performance 
        standards, and State standards for teaching excellence; and
            ``(3) may reserve not more than 2 percent for evaluating 
        the effectiveness of the professional development provided by 
        schools and local educational agencies under this part in 
        improving teaching practice, increasing the academic 
        achievement of students, and helping students meet challenging 
        State content standards and challenging State student 
        performance standards, and for administrative costs.

``SEC. 2356. LOCAL PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Allocations to Local Educational Agencies.--Each State 
educational agency receiving an allotment under section 2353 for a 
fiscal year shall make an allocation from the allotted funds that are 
not reserved under section 2355 for the fiscal year to each local 
educational agency in the State that is eligible to receive assistance 
under part A of title I for the fiscal year in an amount that bears the 
same relation to the allotted funds that are not reserved under section 
2355 as the amount the local educational agency received under such 
part for the fiscal year bears to the amount all local educational 
agencies in all States received under such part for the fiscal year.
    ``(b) Applications.--Each local educational agency desiring a grant 
under this part shall submit an application to the State educational 
agency at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
information as the State educational agency may require. The 
application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of how the local educational agency 
        plans--
                    ``(A) to work with schools served by the local 
                educational agency that are described in section 2357 
                to carry out the local activities described in section 
                2357; and
                    ``(B) to meet the purposes described in section 
                2351;
            ``(2) a description of the manner in which the local 
        educational agency will ensure that--
                    ``(A) the grant funds will be used--
                            ``(i) to provide teachers with the 
                        knowledge and skills necessary to teach 
                        students to be proficient or advanced in 
                        challenging State content standards and 
                        challenging State student performance 
                        standards, and any local education reform plans 
                        or policies; and
                            ``(ii) to help teachers meet standards for 
                        teaching excellence; and
                    ``(B) funds provided under this part will be 
                effectively coordinated with all Federal, State, and 
                local professional development funds and activities;
            ``(3) a description of the local educational agency's 
        strategy for--
                    ``(A) selecting and training highly qualified 
                mentors (utilizing teachers certified by the National 
                Board for Professional Teaching Standards and teachers 
                granted advanced certification as a master or mentor 
                teacher by the State, where possible), for matching 
                such mentors (from the new teachers' teaching 
                disciplines) with the new teachers; and
                    ``(B) providing release time for the teachers 
                (utilizing highly qualified substitute teachers and 
                high quality retired teachers, where possible);
            ``(4) a description of how the local educational agency 
        will collect and analyze data on the quality and impact of 
        activities carried out in schools under this part, and the 
        specific performance measures the local educational agency will 
        use in the local educational agency's evaluation process;
            ``(5) a description of the local educational agency's plan 
        to develop and carry out the activities described in section 
        2357 with the extensive participation of administrators, 
        teachers, parents, and the partnering institution described in 
        section 2357(4); and
            ``(6) a description of the local educational agency's 
        strategy to ensure that there is schoolwide participation in 
        the schools to be served.

``SEC. 2357. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``Each local educational agency receiving an allocation under this 
part shall use the allocation to carry out professional development 
activities in schools served by the local educational agency that have 
the highest percentages of students living in poverty, as measured in 
accordance with section 1113(a)(5), including--
            ``(1) mentoring, team teaching, and peer observation and 
        coaching;
            ``(2) dedicated time for collaborative lesson planning and 
        curriculum development meetings;
            ``(3) consultation with exemplary teachers and short- and 
        long-term visits to other classrooms and schools;
            ``(4) partnering with institutions of higher education and, 
        where appropriate, educational nonprofit organizations, for 
        joint efforts in designing the sustained professional 
        development opportunities, for providing advanced content area 
        courses and other assistance to improve the content knowledge 
        and pedagogical practices of teachers, and, where appropriate, 
        for providing training to address areas of teacher and 
        administrator shortages;
            ``(5) providing release time (including compensation for 
        mentor teachers and substitute teachers as necessary) for 
        activities described in this section; and
            ``(6) developing professional development networks, through 
        Internet links, where available, that--
                    ``(A) provide a forum for interaction among 
                teachers and administrators; and
                    ``(B) allow the exchange of information regarding 
                advances in content and pedagogy.

``SEC. 2358. CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.

    ``Each local educational agency or school that receives funding 
under this part shall be eligible to continue to receive the funding 
after the third year the local educational agency or school receives 
the funding if the local educational agency or school demonstrates that 
the local educational agency or school has--
            ``(1) improved student performance;
            ``(2) increased participation in sustained professional 
        development; and
            ``(3) made significant progress toward at least 1 of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Reducing the number of out-of-field 
                placements and teachers with emergency credentials.
                    ``(B) Improving teaching practice.
                    ``(C) Reducing the new teacher attrition rate for 
                the local educational agency or school.
                    ``(D) Increasing partnerships and linkages with 
                institutions of higher education.

``SEC. 2359. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds made available under this part shall be used to supplement 
and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds expended to 
carry out activities relating to teacher programs or professional 
development.

``SEC. 2360. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Reservation.--The Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 
percent of the amount appropriated under section 2361 for each fiscal 
year for the national evaluation described in subsection (b) and the 
dissemination activities described in subsection (c).
    ``(b) National Evaluation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for an 
        annual, independent, national evaluation of the activities 
        assisted under this part not later than 3 years after the date 
        of enactment of the Professional Development Reform Act. The 
        evaluation shall include information on the impact of the 
        activities assisted under this part on student performance.
            ``(2) State reports.--Each State receiving an allotment 
        under this part shall submit to the Secretary the results of 
        the evaluation described under section 2355(3).
            ``(3) Report to congress.--The Secretary annually shall 
        submit to Congress a report that describes the information in 
        the national evaluation and the State reports.
    ``(c) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall collect and broadly 
disseminate information (including creating and maintaining a national 
database or clearinghouse) to help States, local educational agencies, 
schools, teachers, and institutions of higher education learn about 
effective professional development policies, practices, and programs, 
data projections of teacher and administrator supply and demand, and 
available teaching and administrator opportunities.

``SEC. 2361. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2004.''.
Example Output:
Professional Development Reform Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a new program for the professional development of elementary and secondary school teachers. 
Directs the Secretary of Education to make program allotments to applicant State educational agencies (SEAs) according to a specified formula.  Requires an SEA to reserve not more than five percent of its allotment to support programs to provide effective leadership and mentoring training to school administrators and teachers.  Allows an SEA also to reserve the following portions of its allotment: (1) two percent for technical assistance and information dissemination to schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) for professional development activities aligned with State standards for content, student performance, and teaching excellence; and (2) two percent for evaluation of effectiveness, in certain respects, of professional development provided by schools and LEAs, and for administrative costs.  Requires SEAs to allocate to eligible applicant LEAs all allotment funds not so reserved. 
Bases an LEA's eligibility for such allocations on its eligibility for assistance for basic LEA programs to help disadvantaged children meet high standards.  Requires each recipient LEA to use its allocation to carry out specified types of professional development activities in the schools it serves that have the highest percentages of students living in poverty.  Provides for continuation of funding under specified conditions. 
Directs the Secretary to reserve not more than five percent of the amount appropriated under this Act for each fiscal year for: (1) a national evaluation, including State evaluation reports and a report to Congress; and (2) dissemination activities, including a national database or clearinghouse. 
Authorizes appropriations.