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SECTION 1. CLASS SIZE REDUCTION.

Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''PART E--CLASS SIZE REDUCTION

''SEC. 6601. SHORT TITLE.

''This part may be cited as the 'Class Size Reduction and Teacher
Quality Act of 1999'.

''SEC. 6602. FINDINGS.

''Congress finds as follows:
''(1) Rigorous research has shown that students attending
small classes in the early grades make more rapid educational
progress than students in larger classes, and that these
achievement gains persist through at least the elementary
grades.
''(2) The benefits of smaller classes are greatest for
lower achieving, minority, poor, and inner-city children. One
study found that urban fourth-graders in smaller-than-average
classes were /4\ of a school year ahead of their counterparts
in larger-than-average classes.
''(3) Teachers in small classes can provide students with
more individualized attention, spend more time on instruction
and less on other tasks, cover more material effectively, and
are better able to work with parents to further their
children's education.
''(4) Smaller classes allow teachers to identify and work
more effectively with students who have learning disabilities
and, potentially, can reduce those students' need for special
education services in the later grades.
''(5) Students in smaller classes are able to become more
actively engaged in learning than their peers in large classes.
''(6) Efforts to improve educational achievement by
reducing class sizes in the early grades are likely to be more
successful if--
''(A) well-prepared teachers are hired and
appropriately assigned to fill additional classroom
positions; and
''(B) teachers receive intensive, continuing
training in working effectively in smaller classroom
settings.
''(7) Several States have begun a serious effort to reduce
class sizes in the early elementary grades, but these actions
may be impeded by financial limitations or difficulties in
hiring well-prepared teachers.
''(8) The Federal Government can assist in this effort by
providing funding for class-size reductions in grades 1 through
3, and by helping to ensure that the new teachers brought into
the classroom are well prepared.

''SEC. 6603. PURPOSE.

''The purpose of this part is to help States and local educational
agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 additional teachers over a 7-
year period in order to--
''(1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades 1 through 3,
to an average of 18 students per classroom; and
''(2) improve teaching in the early grades so that all
students can learn to read independently and well by the end of
the third grade.

''SEC. 6604. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

''(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated, $1,400,000,000
for fiscal year 2000, $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$1,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $1,735,000,000 for fiscal year
2003, $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $2,800,000,000 for
fiscal year 2005.
''(b) Allotments.--
''(1) In general.--From the amount appropriated under
subsection (a) for a fiscal year the Secretary--
''(A) shall make a total of 1 percent available to
the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas for
activities that meet the purpose of this part; and
''(B) shall allot to each State the same percentage
of the remaining funds as the percentage it received of
funds allocated to States for the previous fiscal year
under section 1122 or section 2202(b), whichever
percentage is greater, except that such allotments
shall be ratably decreased as necessary.
''(2) Definition of state.--In this part the term ''State''
means each of the several States of the United States, the
District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
''(3) State-level expenses.--Each State may use not more
than a total of /2\ of 1 percent of the amount the State
receives under this part, or $50,000, whichever is greater, for
a fiscal year, for the administrative costs of the State
educational agency.
''(c) Within State Distribution.--
''(1) In general.--Each State that receives an allotment
under this section shall distribute the amount of the allotted
funds that remain after using funds in accordance with
subsection (b)(3) to local educational agencies in the State,
of which--
''(A) 80 percent of such remainder shall be
allocated to such local educational agencies in
proportion to the number of children, aged 5 to 17, who
reside in the school district served by such local
educational agency and are from families with incomes
below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget and revised annually in
accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable
to a family of the size involved) for the most recent
fiscal year for which satisfactory data is available
compared to the number of such individuals who reside
in the school districts served by all the local
educational agencies in the State for that fiscal year,
except that a State may adjust such data, or use
alternative child-poverty data, to carry out this
subparagraph if the State demonstrates to the
Secretary's satisfaction that such adjusted or
alternative data more accurately reflects the relative
incidence of children living in poverty within local
educational agencies in the State; and
''(B) 20 percent of such remainder shall be
allocated to such local educational agencies in
accordance with the relative enrollments of children,
aged 5 to 17, in public and private nonprofit
elementary schools and secondary schools in the school
districts within the boundaries of such agencies.
''(2) Award rule.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the
award to a local educational agency under this section is less
than the starting salary for a new teacher in that agency, the
State shall not make the award unless--
''(A) the local educational agency agrees to form a
consortium with not less than 1 other local educational
agency for the purpose of reducing class size; or
''(B) the local educational agency agrees to
supplement the award with non-Federal funds sufficient
to pay the cost of hiring a teacher.

''SEC. 6605. USE OF FUNDS.

''(a) In General.--Each local educational agency that receives
funds under this part shall use such funds to carry out effective
approaches to reducing class size with highly qualified teachers to
improve educational achievement for both regular and special-needs
children, with particular consideration given to reducing class size in
the early elementary grades for which some research has shown class
size reduction is most effective.
''(b) Class Reduction.--
''(1) In general.--Each such local educational agency may
pursue the goal of reducing class size through--
''(A) recruiting, hiring, and training certified
regular and special education teachers and teachers of
special-needs children, including teachers certified
through State and local alternative routes;
''(B) testing new teachers for academic content
knowledge, and to meet State certification requirements
that are consistent with title II of the Higher
Education Act of 1965; and
''(C) providing professional development to
teachers, including special education teachers and
teachers of special-needs children, consistent with
title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
''(2) Restriction.--A local educational agency may use not
more than a total of 15 percent of the funds received under
this part for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to
carry out activities described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of
paragraph (1), and may not use any funds received under this
part for fiscal year 2004 or 2005 for those activities.
''(3) Special rule.--A local educational agency that has
already reduced class size in the early grades to 18 or fewer
children may use funds received under this part--
''(A) to make further class-size reductions in
grades 1 through 3;
''(B) to reduce class size in kindergarten or other
grades; or
''(C) to carry out activities to improve teacher
quality, including professional development activities.
''(c) Supplement Not Supplant.--A local educational agency shall
use funds under this part only to supplement, and not to supplant,
State and local funds that, in the absence of such funds, would
otherwise be spent for activities under this part.
''(d) Prohibition.--No funds made available under this part may be
used to increase the salaries of or provide benefits to (other than
participation in professional development and enrichment programs)
teachers who are, or have been, employed by the local educational
agency.
''(e) Professional Development.--If a local educational agency uses
funds made available under this part for professional development
activities, the agency shall ensure the equitable participation of
private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in such activities.
Section 6402 shall not apply to other activities under this section.
''(f) Administrative Expenses.--A local educational agency that
receives funds under this part may use not more than 3 percent of such
funds for local administrative expenses.

''SEC. 6606. COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.

''(a) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of activities
carried out under this part--
''(1) may be up to 100 percent in local educational
agencies with child-poverty levels of 50 percent or greater;
and
''(2) shall be no more than 65 percent for local
educational agencies with child-poverty rates of less than 50
percent.
''(b) Local Share.--A local educational agency shall provide the
non-Federal share of a project under this part through cash
expenditures from non-Federal sources, except that if an agency has
allocated funds under section 1113(c) to one or more schoolwide
programs under section 1114, it may use those funds for the non-Federal
share of activities under this program that benefit those schoolwide
programs, to the extent consistent with section 1120A(c) and
notwithstanding section 1114(a)(3)(B).

''SEC. 6607. REQUEST FOR FUNDS.

''Each local educational agency that desires to receive funds under
this part shall include in the application submitted under section 6303
a description of the agency's program under this part to reduce class
size by hiring additional highly qualified teachers.

''SEC. 6608. REPORTS.

''(a) State.--Each State receiving funds under this part shall
report on activities in the State under this section, consistent with
section 6202(a)(2).
''(b) School.--Each school receiving assistance under this part, or
the local educational agency serving that school, shall produce an
annual report to parents, the general public, and the State educational
agency, in easily understandable language, regarding student
achievement that is a result of hiring additional highly qualified
teachers and reducing class size.''.
Class Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1999 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to help States and local educational agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 additional teachers over a seven-year period in order to: (1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades one through three, to an average of 18 students per classroom; and (2) improve teaching in the early grades so that all students can learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade.
Authorizes appropriations.
Sets forth program requirements for: (1) allotments to States; (2) within-State allocations; (3) local uses of funds; and (4) cost-sharing.