[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2120 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2120

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
establish teacher recruitment and professional development programs for 
                  rural areas, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 29, 2000

   Mr. Crapo introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
establish teacher recruitment and professional development programs for 
                  rural areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RURAL TEACHER PROGRAMS.

    Part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 2104. RURAL TEACHERS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants on a competitive 
basis to rural eligible local educational agencies to carry out 
activities described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--A rural eligible local educational agency that 
receives a grant under this section may use the funds made available 
through the grant to develop incentive programs--
            ``(1) to recruit and retain qualified teachers; and
            ``(2) to provide high-quality professional development to 
        teachers.
    ``(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a rural eligible local educational agency shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Metropolitan statistical area.--The term 
        `metropolitan statistical area' has the meaning given such term 
        by the Bureau of the Census.
            ``(2) Rural eligible local educational agency.--The term 
        `rural eligible local educational agency' means a local 
        educational agency--
                    ``(A) that is not located in a metropolitan 
                statistical area; and
                    ``(B) in which there is a high percentage (as 
                determined by the Secretary) of individuals 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.''.
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