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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Teacher Exchange Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. TEACHER EXCHANGES.

(a) State Use of Funds.--Section 2113(c) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6613(c)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
''(19) Carrying out a teacher exchange under which the
State educational agency--
''(A) sends highly qualified teachers with at least
3 years of teaching experience to another State
educational agency located in a different geographic
region for a school year (in this paragraph referred to
as the 'receiving State educational agency'), provided
that--
''(i) 1 of the State educational agencies
involved serves a high-need local educational
agency; or
''(ii) the State educational agencies
involved will be exchanging teachers in
science, math, English as a second language,
special education, or other subject areas that
have a high need for qualified teachers, as
determined by the Secretary;
''(B) ensures that the teachers remain subject to
the terms and conditions of employment that would have
applied if the teachers had remained at the State
educational agency;
''(C) provides such teachers with payment of
certain housing, travel, and other expenses incurred by
such teachers during participation in the exchange;
''(D) requires such teachers to return to the State
educational agency for a period of time following such
teachers' participation in the exchange; and
''(E) develops and implements a plan to provide
participating teachers with activities designed to
promote professional development, which may include--
''(i) an orientation session or courses to
prepare such teachers for--
''(I) the exchange experience;
''(II) the community in which the
receiving State educational agency is
located and the schools in such agency;
and
''(III) the particular grade level
and curriculum assigned to the
participating teacher by the receiving
State educational agency;
''(ii) a mentoring program through which
each such teacher is paired with a mentor (who
is not also a participating teacher) employed
by the receiving State educational agency who
teaches in the same grade level or subject area
that the participating teacher has been
assigned to teach under the exchange;
''(iii) a forum for participating teachers,
led by an administrator or teacher at the
receiving State educational agency, to engage
in ongoing professional development focused on
improving classroom instruction to result in
improved student outcomes, including reading
educational research, reviewing student work,
creating and reviewing formative and summative
assessments, analyzing data from student
assessments, and tracking student progress; and
''(iv) content-specific programs designed
to support participating teachers in teaching
the specific curriculum in place at the
receiving State educational agency and at the
grade level to which each such teacher is
assigned.''.
(b) Local Use of Funds.--Section 2123(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
6623(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(11) Carrying out a teacher exchange (regardless of
whether the State educational agency serving the local
educational agency participates in such exchange) under which
the local educational agency--
''(A) sends highly qualified teachers with at least
3 years of teaching experience to another local
educational agency located in a different geographic
region (in this paragraph referred to as the 'receiving
local educational agency') for a school year
(regardless of whether the State educational agency
serving such local educational agency participates in
such exchange), provided that--
''(i) 1 of the local educational agencies
involved is a high-need local educational
agency; or
''(ii) the local educational agencies
involved will be exchanging teachers in
science, math, English as a second language,
special education, or other subject areas that
have a high need for qualified teachers, as
determined by the Secretary;
''(B) ensures that the teachers remain subject to
the terms and conditions of employment that would have
applied if the teachers had remained at the local
educational agency;
''(C) provides such teachers with payment of
certain housing, travel, and other expenses incurred by
such teachers during participation in the exchange;
''(D) requires such teachers to return to the local
educational agency for a period of time following such
teachers' participation in the exchange; and
''(E) develops and implements a plan to provide
participating teachers with activities designed to
promote professional development, which may include--
''(i) an orientation session or courses to
prepare such teachers for--
''(I) the exchange experience;
''(II) the community in which the
receiving local educational agency is
located and the schools in such agency;
and
''(III) the particular grade level
and curriculum assigned to the
participating teacher by the receiving
local educational agency;
''(ii) a mentoring program through which
each such teacher is paired with a mentor (who
is not also a participating teacher) employed
by the receiving local educational agency who
teaches in the same grade level or subject area
that the participating teacher has been
assigned to teach under the exchange;
''(iii) a forum for participating teachers,
led by an administrator or teacher at the
receiving local educational agency, to engage
in ongoing professional development focused on
improving classroom instruction to result in
improved student outcomes, including reading
educational research, reviewing student work,
creating and reviewing formative and summative
assessments, analyzing data from student
assessments, and tracking student progress; and
''(iv) content-specific programs designed
to support participating teachers in teaching
the specific curriculum in place at the
receiving local educational agency and at the
grade level to which each such teacher is
assigned.''.
Teacher Exchange Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize states to use their grant under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to carry out a teacher exchange sending highly qualified teachers with at least three years of teaching experience to another state in a different region for a school year.

Requires: (1) at least one of the states involved in an exchange to serve a high-need local educational agency (LEA), or (2) the states to be exchanging teachers in subjects that have a high need for qualified teachers.

Requires states to maintain the employment terms of teachers participating in the exchange, cover their expenses, and provide them with training.

Requires the teachers to return to their state following their participation in the exchange.

Authorizes LEAs to use their subgrant under part A of title II of the ESEA to carry out a teacher exchange (regardless of whether or not their states are participating in the exchange) sending highly qualified teachers with at least three years of teaching experience to another LEA in a different region for a school year.

Requires: (1) at least one of the LEAs involved in an exchange to be a high-need LEA, or (2) the LEAs to be exchanging teachers in subjects that have a high need for qualified teachers.

Requires LEAs to maintain the employment terms of teachers participating in the exchange, cover their expenses, and provide them with training.

Requires the teachers to return to their LEA following their participation in the exchange.