[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2811 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2811

To assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives 
     to attract teachers to teach in rural and high-poverty areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2003

    Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
   Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
    Frost, Ms. Millender-McDonald, and Mr. Thompson of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives 
     to attract teachers to teach in rural and high-poverty areas.

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

SECTION 1. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS FOR RURAL 
              OR HIGH-POVERTY AREAS.

    Section 2151 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6651) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Financial Incentives for Recruitment of Teachers for Rural 
and High-Poverty Areas.--
            ``(1) Grants authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to 
        make grants to local educational agencies to assist such 
        agencies in recruiting and retaining teachers for high-need 
        schools described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) High-need schools.--A high-need school is an 
        elementary or secondary school that satisfies the following 
        conditions:
                    ``(A) The school provides a free public education.
                    ``(B) At least 75 percent of the students attending 
                the school receive a free or reduced-cost lunch in 
                accordance with the Richard B. Russell National School 
                Lunch Act.
                    ``(C) The school has been assigned a school locale 
                code of 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Use of grants.--Grants made under this subsection 
        shall be used to increase the salary of teachers who are 
        employed full-time in a high-need school.
            ``(4) Grant amounts.--Grants under this subsection shall be 
        made in the amount of $5000 per eligible teacher in the high-
        need school for which the grant is made.
            ``(5) Application.--To apply for a grant under this 
        subsection, a local educational agency shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
        Applications for grants shall be on a per-school basis.
            ``(6) Renewability.--The Secretary may renew a grant made 
        under this subsection on an annual basis.''.
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