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20 U.S. Code § 1070g–2 - Applications; eligibility | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 20 › Chapter 28 › Subchapter IV › Part A › Subpart 9 › § 1070g–2
20 U.S. Code § 1070g–2 - Applications; eligibility
§ 1070g–2.
(2) Demonstration of TEACH Grant eligibilityEach application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain such information as is necessary to demonstrate that—
(A) if the applicant is an enrolled student—
(ii) the student—
(B) if the applicant is a current or prospective teacher applying for a grant to obtain a graduate degree—
(b) Agreements to serveEach application under subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by an agreement by the applicant that—
(1) the applicant will—
teach in a school described in section 1087ee(a)(2)(A) of this title;
(C) teach in any of the following fields—
comply with the requirements for being a highly qualified teacher as defined in section 9101 [1] of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 7801];
If a recipient of an initial grant under this subpart has acquired an academic degree, or expertise, in a field that was, at the time of the recipient’s application for that grant, designated as high need in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(C)(vii), but is no longer so designated, the grant recipient may fulfill the service obligation described in subsection (b)(1) by teaching in that field.
The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, categories of extenuating circumstances under which a recipient of a grant under this subpart who is unable to fulfill all or part of the recipient’s service obligation may be excused from fulfilling that portion of the service obligation.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 420N, as added Pub. L. 110–84, title I, § 104, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 788; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title IV, § 412(a)(1), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3226.)
Section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(E), was amended by Pub. L. 114–95 and, as so amended, is now section 8101 of the Act and no longer defines “highly qualified”. A reference in this section to the term “highly qualified” as defined in section 9101 of the Act is to be treated as a reference to such term under such section 9101 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–95. See section 9214(a)(1) of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a Use of the Term “Highly Qualified” in Other Laws note below.
2008—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–315, § 412(a)(1)(A), added par. (3).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–315, § 412(a)(1)(B), added subsec. (d).
Pub. L. 110–315, title IV, § 412(b), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3227, provided that:
“The amendments made by subsection (a)(1) [amending this section] shall take effect on July 1, 2010.”
Use of the Term “Highly Qualified” in Other Laws
Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9214(a), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2160, provided that:
“Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 10, 2015]—
any reference in sections 420N, 428J, 428K, and 460 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g–2, 1078–10, 1078–11, and 1087j) to the term ‘highly qualified’ as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [now section 8101, 20 U.S.C. 7801] shall be treated as a reference to such term under such section 9101 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 10, 2015]; and
any reference in section 6112 of the America COMPETES Act ([former] 20 U.S.C. 9812), section 553 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (20 U.S.C. 9903), and section 9 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n), to ‘highly qualified’, as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [now section 8101, 20 U.S.C. 7801], with respect to a teacher, means that the teacher meets applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements for certification obtained through alternative routes to certification.”