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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Elevating Educator Preparation
Through Innovation Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS UNDER TITLE II.

Section 200 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021) is
amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
''(6) Eligible partnership.--
''(A) Eligible entity.--In this paragraph, the term
'eligible entity' means an entity that shall include--
''(i) a high-need local educational agency;
and
''(ii)(I) a high-need school or a
consortium of high-need schools served by the
high-need local educational agency; or
''(II) as applicable, a high-need early
childhood education program.
''(B) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in
section 251, the term 'eligible partnership' means an
eligible entity that is in partnership with at least
one of the following entities that has a demonstrated
record of success with high-need local educational
agencies (including addressing the eligible entity's
current human capital needs):
''(i) A partner institution.
''(ii) A school, department, or program of
education within such partner institution,
which may include an existing teacher
professional development program with proven
outcomes within a four-year institution of
higher education that provides intensive and
sustained collaboration between faculty and
local educational agencies consistent with the
requirements of this title.
''(iii) A school or department of arts and
sciences within such partner institution.
''(iv) An entity operating a program that
provides alternative routes to State
certification of teachers.
''(v) A public or private nonprofit
educational organization.
''(vi) An educational service agency.
''(C) Permissive partners.--An 'eligible
partnership' may include any of the following:
''(i) The Governor of the State.
''(ii) The State educational agency.
''(iii) The State board of education.
''(iv) The State agency for higher
education.
''(v) A business.
''(vi) A teacher organization.
''(vii) A high-performing local educational
agency, or a consortium of such local
educational agencies, that can serve as a
resource to the partnership.
''(viii) A charter school (as defined in
section 4310 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965).
''(ix) A school or department within the
partner institution that focuses on psychology
and human development.
''(x) A school or department within the
partner institution with comparable expertise
in the disciplines of teaching, learning, and
child and adolescent development.'';
(2) in paragraph (22)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ''the partner
institution'' and inserting ''an eligible partner
described in any of clauses (i) through (vi) of
paragraph (6)(B)''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the
following:
''(D) prior to completion of the program, attains
full State teacher certification or licensure and, with
respect to special education teachers, meets the
qualifications described in section 612(a)(14)(C) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.''; and
(3) in paragraph (23)(A), by inserting '', which may
include through the use of data, including data from interim,
formative, and summative assessments, and student growth data,
attendance, behavior, and course grades to improve student
achievement and to improve classroom instruction'' after
''knowledge''.

SEC. 3. USE OF GRANTS.

Section 202(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1022a(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ''and'' after the
semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ''; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(3) may use not more than 10 percent of grant funds to--
''(A) encourage the preservice and inservice
clinical experiences and interactions of prospective
and resident teachers to inform the design of high-
quality professional development, as described in
section 8101(42) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, and induction programs for new
teachers, if the student teaching or teaching residency
program school and the placement school of such
teachers are served by the same local educational
agency;
''(B) improve teacher preparation programs'
clinical experiences, interactions, and curricula by
identifying skill deficits of prospective teachers; and
''(C) create a feedback loop using data between
teacher preparation programs and local educational
agencies' professional development for new teachers.''.

SEC. 4. EVALUATIONS.

Section 204(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1022b) is amended to read as follows:
''(d) Evaluation and Dissemination.--From amounts appropriated
under section 209, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the
Institute of Education Sciences, shall--
''(1) carry out an independent evaluation to measure the
effectiveness of the programs operated by the partnerships
assisted under this part;
''(2) report the findings regarding the evaluation to the
authorizing committees; and
''(3) disseminate--
''(A) successful practices developed by eligible
partnerships under this part; and
''(B) information regarding such practices that
were found to be ineffective.''.
Solution:
Elevating Educator Preparation Through Innovation Act of 2016 This bill amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 torevise provisions related to the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program.Specifically, the bill: modifies requirements regarding which types of entities must, or may, be included in a grant-eligible partnership; eliminates the requirement that a teaching residency program must culminate in the attainment of a master's degree; and expands the purposes for which grant funds may be used.