1.This Act may be cited as the
College Quality, Affordability, and
Diversity Improvement Act of 2005
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
TITLE I—Access to college for all
Sec. 101. Pell Grants.
Sec. 102. Expansion of Hope scholarships.
Sec. 103. Elimination of origination fees and adjustment of
fees and terms.
Sec. 104. Direct Loan Reward Program.
Sec. 105. Costs of higher education.
Sec. 106. Credit for interest on higher education
loans.
Sec. 107. Refinancing authority for Federal Direct
Consolidation Loan.
Sec. 108. Loans funded through tax-exempt
securities.
Sec. 109. Windfall profit offset.
Sec. 110. Support for working students.
Sec. 111. Student eligibility.
Sec. 112. Authorization of appropriations levels for
campus-based aid.
Sec. 113. Special programs for students whose families are
engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork.
Sec. 114. Loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain
teachers.
Sec. 115. Revision of tax table.
Sec. 116. Income contingent repayment for public sector
employees.
TITLE II—Teacher quality enhancement
Sec. 201. Amendment to title
II.
TITLE III—Diversity, retention, and enriched academics for
matriculating students
Sec. 301. Test preparation for low-income students.
Sec. 302. Admissions and retention.
Sec. 303. Federal Trio Program.
Sec. 304. Gear Up.
Sec. 305. Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership
Program.
TITLE IV—Opportunities at Hispanic-serving
institutions
Sec. 401. Postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic
Americans.
Sec. 402. Definitions.
Sec. 403. Authorized activities.
Sec. 404. Elimination of wait-out period.
Sec. 405. Application priority.
TITLE V—Historically Black colleges and universities
Sec. 501. Professional or graduate institutions.
Sec. 502. Graduate and professional degree development
program.
Sec. 503. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 504. Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Program.
TITLE VI—Recruitment of teachers to teach at Tribal Colleges or
Universities
Sec. 601. Loan repayment or cancellation for individuals who
teach in Tribal Colleges or Universities.
Sec. 602. Amounts forgiven not treated as gross
income.
3.Congress finds the following:
(1)A college
education is more important than ever, and the Federal Government should do
more to make it affordable and accessible to all qualified students
because—
(A)recent shifts in
the economy have increased the demand for college-educated workers and
increased the wage gap between college-educated workers and those without a
degree (workers with a Bachelor’s degree earn 75 percent more than workers with
just a high school diploma); and
(B)jobs requiring
some postsecondary education are expected to account for about 42 percent of
total job growth from 2000 through 2010.
(2)Increased access
to college, reformed admissions systems, and better retention of students are
needed because—
(A)65 percent of
high-income students are on a college-preparatory track, whereas only 28
percent of low-income students are on a college-preparatory track;
(B)7 times as many
students from high-income families (48 percent) graduate from college by age 24
as students from low-income families (7 percent);
(C)80 percent of
4-year institutions of higher education use the SAT in the admissions
process;
(D)commercial SAT
coaching classes, such as those run by Kaplan, Inc. and Princeton Review, have
demonstrated effectiveness in raising a student’s SAT score by 100 points or
more, which can significantly improve a student’s chance of getting into an
elite college;
(E)SAT coaching
programs range from $700 to $3,000 per course, and the costs are prohibitive
for low-income students;
(F)those students
who receive SAT coaching tend to be disproportionally middle or upper
class;
(G)34 percent of
students who receive SAT coaching are from families whose combined annual
income is between $40,000 and $80,000, and 43 percent are from families whose
combined annual income is more than $80,000;
(H)applying to
college early decision provides an advantage to an applicant equal to an
additional 100 points on the SAT;
(I)low-income
students are less able to apply to colleges early decision because such
students need to compare the financial aid packages at different
colleges;
(J)40 percent of all
Whites age 18 through 24 are enrolled in institutions of higher education,
whereas only 30 percent of all African-Americans and only 16 percent of all
Hispanics are enrolled in institutions of higher education;
(K)nearly 4 out of
every 10 Hispanics enrolled full time in 4-year colleges drop out within 3
years of their initial enrollment, African-Americans are half as likely as
White students to complete a Bachelor’s degree in 4 years, and low-income
students are half as likely as upper-income students to complete a Bachelor’s
degree in 4 years;
(L)in 1990, 1 in 4
Americans was a member of a minority group, and in 2001, 1 in 3 Americans was a
member of a minority group;
(M)low-income,
college-qualified high school graduates have an annual unmet
need
of $3,800 in college expenses, expenses not covered by grants,
loans, work, or family savings;
(N)46 percent of all
students who work in addition to being full-time students report 25 hours or
more a week of employment; and
(O)50 percent of
those employed more than 25 hours a week report that working hurts their grades
and retention in college, and students who work more than 35 hours a week are
considerably less likely to complete a year of college than those who work less
than 15 hours a week.
(3)Federal student
aid is too focused on loans instead of grant aid because—
(A)although
approximately $55,000,000,000 is made available annually in direct and indirect
Federal aid to postsecondary education students and their families, in 2002, 60
percent of such Federal student aid was in the form of loans while only 40
percent was in the form of grants, a reversal of the distribution 20 years
ago;
(B)the purchasing
power of the Pell Grant has declined since Pell Grants today cover less than 40
percent of average fixed costs at 4-year public colleges, about half of what
they covered 25 years ago;
(C)15 years ago Pell
Grants covered 98 percent of average tuition at 4-year public colleges, whereas
today Pell Grants only cover 64 percent on average;
(D)the Federal
Government saves money under the Direct Loan program and makes a profit of 2.1
cents on every dollar lent under the Direct Lending program, while it loses 8.9
cents on every dollar lent under the Federal Family Education Loan Program;
and
(E)average student
indebtedness is $17,000, and reaches over $120,000 for professional school
graduates.
(4)The Federal
Government should do more to help States, local educational agencies, and
schools ensure a qualified teacher in every classroom because under the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001, States are required to ensure that all teachers
teaching in core academic subjects within the State are highly
qualified
not later than the end of the 2005–2006 school year. States
need to do much more to meet the challenges in the new Federal law. In the
1999–2000 school year, 29 percent of elementary school students, 59 percent of
middle school students, and 29 percent of high school students were taught by
teachers without both a major and certification in the subject in which they
taught.
(5)There is a severe
shortage of qualified teachers, especially in high-need fields and low-income
areas because—
(A)approximately
1/3 of America’s teachers leave teaching sometime during
their first 3 years of teaching and almost half leave during the first 5
years;
(B)overall turnover
rate for teachers in high-poverty areas is almost 1/3
higher than it is for teachers in all schools;
(C)underqualified
teachers are more often found in high-poverty schools; and
(D)in low-poverty
secondary schools, approximately 1/3 of students are
taught by a teacher who lacks either a college degree in the subject area in
which the teacher teaches or certification in such subject area, while in
high-poverty secondary schools, approximately 1/2 of
students are taught by such a teacher.
(6)Teacher shortages
are more severe in some fields than in others:
(A)Employment
opportunities in teaching special education are expected to grow 21 to 35
percent through 2010, an increase of over 150,000 positions.
(B)The most recent
data from a 1994 General Accounting Office report estimates a shortage of
100,000 to 200,000 bilingual teachers, even as the limited English proficient
student population continues to grow.
(C)It is estimated
that of the 2,000,000 teachers needed over the next 10 years, almost 200,000
will be secondary school mathematics and science teachers.
<enum>I</enum><header>Access to college
for all</header>
<section id="ID6BDB375632F54BCFA9BA7C59D924D21E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Pell
Grants</header>
<subsection id="ID70F03D169ECC49D5BCA7D8CE12A88EF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appropriation
of funds for Pell Grants</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
and there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, for carrying out
subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name>, $14,515,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF7FC36A7A1E548D48428CA5B5315969F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
amount and maximum Pell Grant</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/401(b)">Section 401(b)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a(b)">20 U.S.C.
1070a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDD2963B8B5C7A481E9239F698D8984128"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID00CE66EE08104E5FAE25C55FC81C72B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>appropriation Act</quote> and inserting
<quote>appropriation Act or subparagraph (C)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID052F0A3E27DD4EC6987B72E69C2EC588"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID1ACA775489E84F80B08943E0CCECF7DD">
<subparagraph id="ID29FBE4EE55404BD9B9638FE84552C04B" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The maximum Pell Grant for which a
student shall be eligible during award year 2005–2006 shall be $5,100.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1FB85B27ACA049BDACA02B4BF4AE009B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking clauses (i) through (v) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID07DE1E815C084CE3AF59FF684CCD7534">
<clause id="ID3D798ACA21044FB5BA68B800C28FE6C4" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$7,600 for academic year
2006–2007;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCC14C3A914C9495C9C08E65625C90672" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$8,600 for academic year
2007–2008;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID25CAE1E83B0C423FBE4CDB3DF26FC9D6" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$9,600 for academic year
2008–2009;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDEC6D51A3B9EB4E37B358B3780160587F" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$10,600 for academic year 2009–2010;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID56E441B598F84288864098F48D20BF77" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$11,600 for academic year
2010–2011,</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID88777FFAB84740B1A1A0405159CCB02F"><enum>102.</enum><header>Expansion of
Hope scholarships</header>
<subsection id="ID1CD7A19159774CA19C7C005D8365BEC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of
Hope scholarship credit</header>
<paragraph id="IDF49287A52A204AFA873D91005F1B4C42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Double maximum
credit to $3,000</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 25A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Hope and Lifetime Learning credits) is
amended by striking <quote>2</quote> in paragraph (4) and inserting
<quote>3</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8F0F37F4527F47CB865DDC9175A97770"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit
available for 4 years</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 25A of such Code
is amended by striking <quote>2</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs
(2)(A) and (2)(C) and inserting <quote>4</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BE3F042C9A14C4DA45FC14CC9F0D9EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Refundable
credit</header>
<subparagraph id="IDC6FDC5C279584AD0B5D6D7402B452828"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 25A of such Code is hereby moved to subpart C of
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code (relating to refundable
credits) and inserted after section 35.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID699A655F87254B34979072427590FC77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<clause id="IDF343DA3BE4FF4C1A99293233B31DAD11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 36 of
such Code is redesignated as section 37.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID599B254664474AD4BECE4831B52C998D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Section 25A of
such Code (as moved by subsection (a)) is redesignated as section 36.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAC05CB81110543FDA6B21E1EE93916C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Paragraph (1)
of section 36(a) of such Code (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) is amended by
striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>this
subtitle</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAB8C761A4E8947E3AC5E9F46E9CE37FB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Subparagraph (B)
of section 72(t)(7) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>section
25A(g)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID65A4E0B3377B403487F0A66FF777E5BB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A)
of section 135(d)(2) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>section
25A</quote> and inserting <quote>section 36</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2A5B2D42987B421A9746946212D51534"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Section 221(d)
of such Code is amended—</text>
<subclause id="ID9554E2E087E54E3E881E01CA864ED8EE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting
<quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3E7835FCDFD5448A9400574E3602C907"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(f)(2)</quote> in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting
<quote>section 36(f)(2)</quote>, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID911FD65AA5E246F8B700326FBB171E13"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(b)(3)</quote> in paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>section
36(b)(3)</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDF2C79197C91346EDA8D9CFCAB05369E7"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Section 222 of
such Code is amended—</text>
<subclause id="IDC1D018FC58F54BA2AF9B48ABFFC961BF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A</quote> in subparagraph (A) of subsection (c)(2) and
inserting <quote>section 36</quote>,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDA58A1B3F83ED4393B7D9275645F47E3D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(f)</quote> in subsection (d)(1) and inserting <quote>section
36(f)</quote>, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4E7B7E94F0724CE7934F51CDEA023720"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in subsection (d)(1) and inserting
<quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDDE8CAAE5FDEF44CBA1FCE18FDF75E7C8"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Section 529 of
such Code is amended—</text>
<subclause id="IDCEB2D348153F420C98DA4B30F48E4010"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in subclause (I) of subsection (c)(3)(B)(v)
and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID611ADF9C01F542ED99134D85DB01CEAD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A</quote> in subclause (II) of subsection (c)(3)(B)(v) and
inserting <quote>section 36</quote>, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDDDEB3139F39D4B7C00D875C8DD421DAC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(b)(3)</quote> in clause (i) of subsection (e)(3)(B) and
inserting <quote>section 36(b)(3)</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDC116F99B9A8A463C88B41D857C3DFCD2"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Section 530 of
such Code is amended—</text>
<subclause id="ID75836FD304584739A792991E4DB17D46"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in subclause (I) of subsection (d)(2)(C)(i)
and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID01C71E9FD8F3466798563B702DEA1C8B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A</quote> in subclause (II) of subsection (d)(2)(C)(i) and
inserting <quote>section 36</quote>, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID9FC9D997B14C4286831097CBF0C5D82E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in clause (iii) of subsection (d)(4)(B) and
inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDAECCBF28B0314F2988A9CEB482E86FEA"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Subsection (e) of
section 6050S of such Code is amended by striking <quote>section 25A</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 36</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1D6ED69BEE054539A6AD00D21FB313C8"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>Subparagraph (J)
of section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>section
25A(g)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(1)</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID24658D37D18E4E02B3B5C1F874EE4C2B"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Paragraph (2)
of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
before the period <quote>or from section 36 of such Code</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDBF7AC84297004A548424428CD9B39200"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>The table of
sections for subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the item relating to section 36 and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDA1F6F59CBC964BEC00A414441950D527" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 36. Hope and Lifetime Learning
credits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 37. Overpayments of
tax.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="ID77575DC26165465592730015CBC180AD"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>The table of
sections for subpart A of such part IV is amended by striking the item relating
to section 25A.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID52A866E7BA384D7CB1096F0055F1B5EA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Credit allowed
for cost of attendance</header>
<subparagraph id="IDFB179BC5C2364A1196D4C65D2BEC296B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<clause id="IDB37AFA751A9C49CDAE31C1FBCD65BDD6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 36 of such Code, as moved and redesignated by paragraph (3), is amended
by striking <quote>qualified tuition and related expenses</quote> each place it
occurs and inserting <quote>cost of attendance</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDBECBB43338FA4EA7A8A8F41FB34851F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Subsection (f)
of such section 36 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID48ABA08EFFF1421B8279C3B0C5115801">
<paragraph id="ID2414792140834F489790E09E802BC58F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No pell
reduction</header><text>The term <term>cost of attendance</term> has the
meaning given such term in section 472 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>, except that the
term shall not include any costs described in paragraph (4) or (5) of such
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE52062342F1141F3923826D0FDC0FB86"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<clause id="IDB9C2F4178B6D48C6B1851071DFFA3061"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subsection
(b)(1)(B) of such section 36 is amended by striking <quote>such
expenses</quote> and inserting <quote>such cost</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCAC6E07DC9B447369442A843FAE429AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Subsections (e)
and (g) of such section 36 are amended by inserting <quote>the cost of
attendance or</quote> before <quote>qualified</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD84FA2A906A54742B7BDC300772382E0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Expansion of
limitation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID5E3C6BE8BF6C46AA9BE616DD1B147029"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 36 of such Code, as moved and
redesignated by paragraph (3), is amended—</text>
<clause id="ID0905947F7CBF44F1BDFEBBFB84B725D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking the period and inserting <quote>in the case of the
Lifetime Learning Credit and paragraph (3) in the case of the Hope Scholarship
Credit.</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6D70EA460BE748B0AA3779446450008C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by inserting <quote><header-in-text>for the lifetime learning
credit</header-in-text></quote> in the heading after
<quote><header-in-text>reduction</header-in-text></quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1E411A0F8FF840BA956F97BDA247C1D3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and by adding after paragraph (2)
the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID95AB275C97EF4401BA580342C9FA8163">
<paragraph id="ID03BFA602CDBC468F8CB9E115B4EB7791"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
reduction for Hope Scholarship Credit</header><text>The amount determined under
this paragraph is the amount which bears the same ratio to the amount which
would be so taken into account as—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID03136754CBDB4793AB34A1D5E878BC55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the excess
of—</text>
<clause id="ID364AFCBB463C460F8E28AA33BCED581F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the taxpayer’s
modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCDCFDB298A194D2E933D62EF5B54B913"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum
of—</text>
<subclause id="IDB304F5406FA645F9B51D01025991043D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of any
education assistance received by the student that is not subject to tax under
this chapter, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5B6F9150945C477A8E19DA3556ED8831"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$40,000 ($80,000
in the case of a joint return), bears to</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2E8BD190951241F48C40F62F52A9EF5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000 ($20,000
in the case of a joint return).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8487F297A12345828CB056D1DE6B06B8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Subsection (h) of such section 36 is amended—</text>
<clause id="ID40F0BF49B0A2431FB8A9B5C17808ECE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by inserting <quote><header-in-text>for the lifetime learning
credit</header-in-text></quote> in the heading after
<quote><header-in-text>limits</header-in-text></quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID14ED917F4C544CA19D94F94730B07B39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDD05A14EE45B34DAEA91816180004299C">
<paragraph id="IDF4CCF85C39D44EEC876FD31E686574EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Income limits
for Hope Scholarship Credit</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7DAF8C3462B544BDBFB59FA9DB319833"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a taxable year beginning after 2005, the
$40,000 and $80,000 amounts in subsection (d)(3) shall each be increased by an
amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="ID0FBF981D60524D6CB14800D33DEB1088"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar
amount, multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB78200CC2D194988B42800F0CCB43629"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar
year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting
<quote>calendar year 2004</quote> for <quote>calendar year 1992</quote> in
subparagraph (B) thereof.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06F2C66D5D3842AC8BF1E48E982FFB13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If
any amount as adjusted under subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $1,000, such
amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $1,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD80BBDD8D9AC4C06A91055E541703DB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8D5778A48DDA4548BBEFA4C8971EC4CB"><enum>103.</enum><header>Elimination of
origination fees and adjustment of fees and terms</header>
<subsection id="IDED0486E11F1D48B78800399C2629406D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Direct
loans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/455(c)">Section 455(c)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e(c)">20 U.S.C.
1087e(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID40E6DB0351CD41258ED1CD6220D1DB82">
<subsection id="ID3335BBF75D1D46E19BB204EA002B001D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loan
fee</header>
<paragraph id="ID85B18489A5664D68AD2B84C562D281F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall
charge the borrower of a loan made under this part an origination fee of 4.0
percent of the principal amount of the loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7FB7CC65F49F45C8804347B975870031"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for
subsidized loans</header><text>The Secretary may not charge the borrower of a
loan made under this part an origination fee if the borrower receives an
interest subsidy for such loan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID422751FB18BE4565975C734D77C1F2BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>FFEL
Program</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438(c)">Section 438(c)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1(c)">20 U.S.C.
1087–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDA3A9CDAF95234211A711CAEFFD9C5E75">
<paragraph id="IDD8AA4973E8E8422BA1CCA11CCEC7B923"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Termination of
origination fees for subsidized loans</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subsection, with respect to any loan made, insured, or
guaranteed under this part on or after the first July 1 after the date of
enactment of this paragraph for which a borrower receives an interest subsidy
under section 428(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID12E48B8E5AE643369E1944205E149556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no eligible
lender may collect directly or indirectly from the borrower any origination fee
with respect to such loan, or any other fee relating to the origination of a
loan however described; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0B55F8A2C575472C9E3C629CFE96E9CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall not collect any origination fee from the lender under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1FE03A79336547B0B7F819F8ACED8F44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment of
fees and loans for direct loans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/455">Section 455</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C.
1087e</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID6690E4CB9741416E975EC79CF3F7A120">
<subsection id="IDCC0B7B9EB1D04276AE413370A2462340"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Adjustment of
fees and loans</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary shall adjust the fees and terms for Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Stafford Loans to be equal to the fees and terms for loans made to borrowers
under section 428H.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID754A1B9EA8E24FD0BCF0B27E004268C8"><enum>104.</enum><header>Direct Loan
Reward Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title
IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087a">20
U.S.C. 1087a</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher" id="H2562A24334744052A0E5FDC5CFA9B13">
<section id="H921BCAB80ACD4290A5A17119FD755367"><enum>460A.</enum><header>Direct Loan
Reward Program</header>
<subsection id="H5C5801C7EB9B40279697C8690BAEB8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a Direct Loan Reward
Program to encourage institutions of higher education to participate in the
student loan program under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13AFE86CF9C34593B7B7499F8500F5BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header><text>In carrying out the Direct Loan Reward Program, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H873D589E52B049E1BAB8F111DEF37C7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide to each
institution of higher education participating in the student loan program under
this part a financial reward payment, in an amount determined in accordance
with
<internal-xref idref="H43AF055D35724E42AAA155B11404C286" legis-path="460A.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>, to encourage the
institution to provide student loans under this part;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EEBB63174894B1EAF3F9F00BC88C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require each
institution of higher education receiving a payment under this section to
provide student loans under this part for a period of 5 years from the date the
payment is made;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93DE04F816794108889CDFA8C63F0013"><enum>(3)</enum><text>where appropriate,
require that funds paid to institutions of higher education under this section
be used to award students a supplement to such students’ Pell Grants under
subpart 1 of part A;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06E0554A41B04479A4E528F6004D952C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>permit such funds
to also be used to award lower and middle income graduate students need-based
grants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81362ADB6D6E4EB0A59939562BCED0C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>encourage all
institutions of higher education to participate in the Direct Loan Reward
Program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43AF055D35724E42AAA155B11404C286"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The
amount of a financial reward payment under this section shall be not less than
50 percent of the savings to the Federal Government generated by the
institution’s participation in the student loan program under this part instead
of the institution’s participation in the student loan program under part
B.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C58466797624CE9B57B2F7C5969A855"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Trigger to
ensure cost neutrality</header>
<paragraph id="HB1A8243873114567A3339D096F61F82D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limit to ensure
cost neutrality</header><text>Notwithstanding
<internal-xref idref="H43AF055D35724E42AAA155B11404C286" legis-path="460A.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall not
distribute financial reward payments under the Direct Loan Reward Program that,
in the aggregate, exceed the Federal savings resulting from implementation of
the Direct Loan Reward Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86C5BD8AAE984688B5D527F5A5F1EAA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
savings</header><text>In calculating Federal savings, as used in
<internal-xref idref="HB1A8243873114567A3339D096F61F82D" legis-path="460A.(d)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall
determine Federal savings on loans made to students at institutions of higher
education that participate in the Direct Loan Reward Program and that, on the
date of enactment of the Direct Loan Reward Program, participated in the
student loan program under part B, resulting from the difference of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8538B01AC0A4531899DE35B08F24F00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Federal cost
of loan volume made under this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD95FFCEF0A5346CA877F592944A8B026"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal cost
of an equivalent type and amount of loan volume made, insured, or guaranteed
under part B.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4371569B6BA47CAB157AC79D6B02EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution
rules</header><text>If the Federal savings determined under
<internal-xref idref="H86C5BD8AAE984688B5D527F5A5F1EAA6" legis-path="460A.(d)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> is not sufficient to
distribute full financial reward payments under the Direct Loan Reward Program,
the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8EDAB3045EE44A6B86FC1919D4381EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>first make
financial reward payments to those institutions of higher education that
participated in the student loan program under part B on the date of enactment
of the Direct Loan Reward Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4776E38A9DC43C0985462005C82EB54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with any remaining
Federal savings after making payments under
<internal-xref idref="HB8EDAB3045EE44A6B86FC1919D4381EC" legis-path="460A.(d)(3)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, make financial
reward payments to the institutions of higher education not described in
<internal-xref idref="HB8EDAB3045EE44A6B86FC1919D4381EC" legis-path="460A.(d)(3)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> on a pro-rata
basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0624F8DE0EDD4B8B8EA426396DF66630"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Distribution to
students</header>
<subparagraph id="H61546709FE1E47DEAA4F5266FFAF4350"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>Any
institution of higher education that receives a financial reward payment under
this section—</text>
<clause id="H78461DAF042945198765572F654B3200"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall distribute,
where appropriate, part or all of such payment among the students of such
institution who are Pell Grant recipients by awarding such students a
supplemental grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7334BE2732C74F2FA540AAE5C6CCCB8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may distribute
part of such payment as a supplemental grant to graduate students in financial
need.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA05B7E7A7314024BAB79642E5D768E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Such
supplemental grant shall be known as a <quote>Booster Pell
Grant</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA97890D2FC914FD2A37ECDD5AD13227E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Carry
over</header><text>Any institution of higher education that receives a reduced
financial reward payment under
<internal-xref idref="HF4776E38A9DC43C0985462005C82EB54" legis-path="460A.(d)(3)(B)">paragraph (3)(B)</internal-xref>, shall remain
eligible for the unpaid portion of such institution’s financial reward payment,
as well as any additional financial reward payments for which the institution
is otherwise eligible, in subsequent fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID384845590AEF4B29ADBA7DDF1D9DCB00"><enum>105.</enum><header>Costs of
higher education</header>
<subsection id="IDEE146A248E0F47EA985B74B1E4D6243B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Supporting
reduced tuition increases</header><text>Part C of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015">20 U.S.C.
1015</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDF77D81D94B0041FCBB8C37688D61C8D1">
<section id="ID6FB6518A4FFE4DD5A3EEE595BA78D663"><enum>132.</enum><header>Economies of
scale</header>
<subsection id="ID2A98775C1BD944BE9460258974000980"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<paragraph id="ID70252FE6D29F49BDAA48F900E08EF976"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a
competitive basis, to university consortia to enable such consortia to engage
in endeavors to reduce college costs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCBECDF949BA346CCAF69031F09891EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>University
consortium</header><text>In this section, the term <term>university
consortium</term> means a consortium of not less than 5 two- or four-year
degree granting institutions of higher education that receive assistance under
title IV.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34019E020CB34B41B7E6ECE68B3078F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants
awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 4
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID62CDFE3594F641A8BD2621778FF74364"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="IDDAA1F03FAD87488BB7657700FD7C383E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A university consortium that desires a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID10662B7D5D6E4ADAADE0A0B518402827"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>An
application submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE510E3D8FA1245A695131FF9F9033103"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of the
institutions of higher education that are partners in the university
consortium;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID113BF0B790D540398419B7B844006E00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a letter of
intent to participate in the university consortium from each partner
institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70464B1A8BF745F9B84200CCCBAC1B88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a general
description of the nature of the programs, activities, or other cost-cutting
measures to be carried out by the university consortium with funds received
under this section, and the cost of such programs, activities, or other
cost-cutting measures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5BD86D3C19B04233A854715ED11FA505"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of
how such activities are expected to result in cost savings for all partner
institutions of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0D6536542AD84D2595F85012D5CF5289"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an estimation of
how much money will be saved through such activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8E10362D593C43A1B49BBFE5A98F31A9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an assurance that
when the university consortium efforts begin to post savings for the partner
institutions of higher education, not less than 50 percent of the savings will
be passed to students by cutting or maintaining student tuition rates or
increasing student aid;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6AD0CF03AA124583AB44FA71EBC24FF4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an assurance that
each partner institution of higher education will not raise tuition more than
twice the inflation change tracked pursuant to section 131(c)(4) from academic
year to subsequent academic year during the life of the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID434778EAACDD4A919BAF00329FF983FC"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a general
timeline of how the university consortium will carry out planned activities and
when savings are expected to be posted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID652EA4A52C144D7C00EC421376FEC1AC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a statement as to
how the university consortium plans to provide matching funds required under
this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8238789989D348A1A0BD1371904769EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Peer review
panel</header>
<subparagraph id="IDB135CD95880F4BD1AE99E7A608224B74"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to a peer review panel each
application submitted under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID64B46006653A4918BD71F5C4679265F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
peer review panel shall consist of representatives from—</text>
<clause id="IDC89DA0862D56493496F1CD81713F1FA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>higher education,
including professors;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID02C1257359F9477298969B138DBA489D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Department;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0111A3EF8BA2489F873E00BDE27BC8EA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the business
community.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB80D355C8B6E4549B47BAB8183392DF9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval or
disapproval</header><text>With respect to each application, the peer review
panel shall recommend whether each applicant should be awarded a grant under
this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9F313B89269D48D6861EA962F816CE32"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Awarding of
grants</header>
<paragraph id="ID657714496046424FBB007D2E84C0004B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Geographic
distribution</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary
shall take into consideration providing an equitable geographic distribution of
the grants throughout the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE1521CE01C814D5896A65C5377873EF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum
award</header><text>A grant award under this section shall be not more than
$200,000. Not more than $75,000 may be awarded in the first year of the grant
award and remaining funds shall be evenly divided over the remaining 3
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1D6CEE9B143B4153A640F04CDFCFB66B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Activities</header>
<paragraph id="ID1BD9D397C1AE4548BDA7E8DC8655AE06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost-cutting
activities</header><text>A university consortium awarded a grant under this
section shall use the grant funds to cut partner institution of higher
education costs by carrying out 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9EEBDAC1DA2540FEA128294C5EB447D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Cooperative
purchasing of health care and other employee benefit plans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06021BD7338741E3B51257735186A858"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Cooperative
purchasing of technology infrastructure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC39AA6A3EEA34ED3AADFC27893620018"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Joint degree
programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6300E29B1EA340EB9044C7FE3FC4B673"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Expansion of
joint distance education programs across institutions of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2D951BEF14FA4E58A2BFF1A2D89545BB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Shared library
acquisitions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0C8BBED59C184D6FBA49F1E44C00FCC1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Development and
implementation of a credit transfer system among partner institutions of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID298A06B2B95B48A6BAF256E9661279A1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Development and
implementation of cooperative billing structures.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID586DC4EA11AE495383DFE8AE706948FD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Development and
implementation of joint professional development for faculty and staff.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6CB41B84572C4733902F07967799E16B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Joint legal
counsel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE32F5B095B6C444F8E89E2A01C67687D"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Other activities
that have the effect of cutting partner institution of higher education
costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEB07346D318D48129378F200DC5467AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Further
activities</header><text>A university consortium may carry out activities not
listed in paragraph (1) in addition to carrying out 1 or more activities listed
in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBA2B68D8AA3946BC92BC58852FF839F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost savings to
students</header><text>Each partner institution of higher education of a
university consortium awarded a grant under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID74D30579B32F461DB8490389A1CD7DEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not raise tuition
more than twice the rate of inflation from academic year to subsequent academic
year during the life of the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID09E2605268D34D63B2110200BF70685C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pass on to the
students at such institution not less than 50 percent of the savings from the
grant by cutting or maintaining student tuition rates or increasing student
aid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID23092CC947CD4E3081BC2728E4A5BE1E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header>
<paragraph id="IDFE4D1A86F9B84EDFBF7F88E5C351AE7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each university consortium awarded a grant under this
section shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources to carry out
activities under this section in an amount equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC2A8715790C34239A0FC0750A12F4C5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>40 percent of the
grant award in the first year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID882A827DB4FE4A6780E1BB3F21E48FDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the
grant award in the second year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32CB578283EB4EB9BA43DD1795579C81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>65 percent of the
grant award in each of the third and fourth years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA6224D589E6845DCA72477E185FD6513"><enum>(D)</enum><text>80 percent of the
grant award in the fifth year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDBD2F7CBB01234200A99C91D9B8918F2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-kind
contributions</header><text>Not more than 50 percent of the matching funds
required under paragraph (1) may be provided in the form of in-kind
contributions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID27396844468B4E04AAD670894234B2A4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>One-Time
award</header><text>A university consortium may receive a grant under this
section only one time.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFD1CBF7BA14547DCAAB8A900079EC000"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Supplement, not
supplant</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, other funds available for institutional or
campus-based student aid.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID16BC7A6B00334D50B2DB82C61E00AE7B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<paragraph id="ID9E39202298324CD790EF6CFD914048DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<subparagraph id="IDCFC0C9FEAB624011B730DD734F07D878"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each university consortium awarded a grant under this
section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary on progress toward
meeting the purposes of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE0323CA0B3EC4940B5E57711F48F32AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consequences of
not making substantial progress</header><text>If the Secretary, after
consultation with the peer review panel described in subsection (b)(3),
determines that the university consortium is not making substantial progress in
meeting the purposes and goals of this section, as appropriate, by the end of
the second year of the grant, the grant shall not be continued for the third
and fourth year of the grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4C81642A18834CFAAEB61935CAFB6614"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report by the
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID31272BAB289D4E9E00D200BFA487B8A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct an
analysis on the overall effectiveness of university consortia in cutting
college costs and passing savings on to students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID89EC33E2552843689793F925D8C21B7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the analysis
under subparagraph (A) available to Congress and the public biannually.</text>
<clause id="IDD6081B5EB10C4497AB760063FA45B2DC" indent="up3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>National
activities</header><text>The Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent of
the funds appropriated for this section for any fiscal year for—</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID86ACFD19E97F4ACF96815E1FA34856A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>peer review of
applications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID68E880A7BAE24557976221D0008EE437"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conducting the
analysis required under subsection (h)(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF083D17A5D09460DB0C20061B30000D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technical
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4CB9EBF00C914D55B068D885E623D754"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFB6502EDBB4240F1B828D2988C1B4771"><enum>(b)</enum><header>College cost
summit</header><text>Part C of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015">20 U.S.C. 1015</external-xref> et
seq.), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID69CEC5967FAC4D19A3EB52EB00E39829">
<section id="ID32F82DFAF3E943C58DEF3F25B51B714E"><enum>133.</enum><header>College cost
summit</header>
<subsection id="IDCA4551D9487E40DCA783A921F45366EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall convene a college cost summit with
representatives of competing peer institutions of higher education for the
purpose of negotiating voluntarily agreed upon limits on future college tuition
and fee increases.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6D2B4F0F88AE443BBB5B9951D477B5CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Secretarial
approval</header><text>No agreement reached pursuant to subsection (a) shall
take effect absent approval by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6E3D60A7191044B6A5AAEC4C24824900"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Antitrust
exemption</header>
<paragraph id="ID1127B2F1AAFE495F951B6F30196EE983"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID79526F5DEA4B472800339D5965586424"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Antitrust
laws</header><text>The term <term>antitrust laws</term> has the meaning given
such term in subsection (a) of the first section of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CLAY">Clayton Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/12(a)">15 U.S.C. 12(a)</external-xref>), except that such
term includes section 5 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FTCA">Federal Trade
Commission Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/45">15 U.S.C. 45</external-xref>) to the extent such
section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6F88C290EE50453B871DBBA155FD5F00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Institution of
higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher
education</term>—</text>
<clause id="ID398768DC3BDC4E4A99F31E6DA6EDB9D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means an
institution of higher education as defined in section 101; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3AC69423E38B49B28C663BB371921788"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes any
individual acting on behalf of such an institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID95058BC424984712B833A49117BEB0F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The
antitrust laws shall not apply to any joint discussion, consideration, review,
action, or agreement by or among institutions of higher education or their
representatives pursuant to this section and for the purpose of, and limited
to, negotiating voluntarily agreed upon limits on future college tuition and
fee increases, approved by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID251274053F2843AC8D4858B02EBD9889"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort</header><text>Part A of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070</external-xref> et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDEAE25D04247144169EDC2E01C159A622">
<subpart id="ID8EC9E6FC9F444CB5968974EE0080AAB1"><enum>9</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort</header>
<section id="ID17C84BDADAB54FA985240726E5D370F9"><enum>420K.</enum><header>Maintenance
of effort</header>
<subsection id="ID0AA8F80A8C4B4F00A0BB56B142FBA553"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A public institution of higher education is eligible to
receive the full amount of assistance under this title for any fiscal year only
if the Secretary determines that the State in which the public institution of
higher education is located maintains not less than 90 percent of its support
for higher education from the preceding fiscal year, as demonstrated by the
State aggregate expenditures with respect to the provision of higher
education.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID894218FA5EDE41C78C9D1E43E12D32A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive the requirements of this section if the Secretary
determines that a waiver would be equitable due to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3009906B2E9B45B399C627CD56F6881E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>exceptional or
uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCED55410C66842020046CC796464F211"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a precipitous,
unpredicted, and unprecedented decline in State budget authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID20E4439B28FA468594387200A81FC9A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consequences of
failure to maintain effort</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the Secretary shall adjust the level of assistance available to
institutions described in subsection (a) by restoring the Pell Grant maximum
under this part and student loan fees under parts B and D to their levels on
June 30, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA584FEAC9CE546F19954ECD38BA0ADCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Truth-in-tuition</header><text>Part
A of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20
U.S.C. 1070</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by subsection (c), is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDBF0E646A35F740C182002E6CDF4547F8">
<subpart id="ID0FC0848626B94F1AA705D5E689FF17D1"><enum>10</enum><header>Truth-in-tuition</header>
<section id="ID892298095F884C0B8D5D9C50168E9359"><enum>420L.</enum><header>Disclosure in
application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An institution of
higher education that receives Federal funds and is eligible for assistance
under this title shall include in materials accompanying an application for
admission to the institution up-to-date annual trend information regarding the
extent and average amount of such institution’s tuition and fee
discounts.</text>
</section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5A4A704280824D52BFCA915265602B81"><enum>(e)</enum><header>College
consumer price information</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/131(c)(4)">Section 131(c)(4)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015(c)(4)">20 U.S.C.
1015(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDDF5F4ED86AF147C88BB19490A61DB0A4">
<paragraph id="ID9181101D28044884BE00D41C878F83A9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Higher
education market basket</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7A9A1125D6054E2B9F49DD20E5DC00A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Bureau of Labor Statistics, in consultation with the
Commissioner for Education Statistics, shall develop a higher education cost
index that tracks inflation changes in the necessary costs associated with
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5342AC23095547BAB28FE3581120B196"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this paragraph $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDAE611527EDEC40348879BAF45CFDAE36"><enum>106.</enum><header>Credit for
interest on higher education loans</header>
<subsection id="IDE4516B6490E14770A9553BFB646786E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
amended by inserting after section 25B the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDC572BE80EE4F43F79DEADF00C4489ED7">
<section id="IDA595B56C54144B568604570046D7A3ED"><enum>25C.</enum><header>Interest on
higher education loans</header>
<subsection id="ID42AFB1A751D948F893853C0000D7B0DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of
credit</header><text>In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a
credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount
equal to the interest paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year on any
qualified education loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC275D987A1474C67A200B6F48EFDB96C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum
credit</header>
<paragraph id="IDFB587F2B01EE49B485D0C7659708BC80"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the credit allowed
by subsection (a) for the taxable year shall not exceed $1,500.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF2F6A7114D1D450DAF63733CC4EB7FC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation
based on modified adjusted gross income</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA199C8A4EA8247B7A85F776E21E5A439"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for
the taxable year exceeds $50,000 ($100,000 in the case of a joint return), the
amount which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable as a credit under this
section shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the
same ratio to the amount which would be so allowable as such excess bears to
$10,000 ($20,000 in the case of a joint return).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5365ADA7EAEE4E09AE3197436DA7ACCC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Modified
adjusted gross income</header><text>The term <term>modified adjusted gross
income</term> means adjusted gross income determined without regard to sections
911, 931, and 933.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB97C510DFE7449C885F645FBF55E78EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header><text>In the case of any taxable year beginning after 2005,
the $50,000 and $100,000 amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be
increased by an amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="ID01C9ADBDF7FE4DB19510D7FB758D18D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar
amount, multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB6FD00FE99CA4921A1DACA4000153ED7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar
year in which the taxable year begins, by substituting <quote>2004</quote> for
<quote>1992</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4602D85FDEC44751B16641F423D74CFF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If
any amount as adjusted under subparagraph (C) is not a multiple of $50, such
amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $50.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF381E0F8107245FDBFEC00D2A8CBFA40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dependents not
eligible for credit</header><text>No credit shall be allowed by this section to
an individual for the taxable year if a deduction under section 151 with
respect to such individual is allowed to another taxpayer for the taxable year
beginning in the calendar year in which such individual’s taxable year
begins.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4D0222B464AA4F6BA336D1B427C05635"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limit on period
credit allowed</header><text>A credit shall be allowed under this section only
with respect to interest paid on any qualified education loan during the first
60 months (whether or not consecutive) in which interest payments are required.
For purposes of this paragraph, any loan and all refinancings of such loan
shall be treated as 1 loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF32CCC8F7DEB4628B2C638A3BF48EB4D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDF4880E9024C648FF8E6DCEDDDA9CD93E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified
education loan</header><text>The term <term>qualified education loan</term> has
the meaning given such term by section 221(d)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF1ED31E49F8F47D8B8C813C5F515953E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dependent</header><text>The
term <term>dependent</term> has the meaning given such term by section
152.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFD011BD6E7184343BA45CC1618591000"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="ID373D1B2AC5EE4DAB9EAC5CA06644EB00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Denial of
double benefit</header><text>No credit shall be allowed under this section for
any amount taken into account for any deduction under any other provision of
this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID80B61876A0F84B84B9E39444E728E7DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Married couples
must file joint return</header><text>If the taxpayer is married at the close of
the taxable year, the credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) only if the
taxpayer and the taxpayer’s spouse file a joint return for the taxable
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD6D396970B9B4556AC47FBAA1C9D54D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Marital
status</header><text>Marital status shall be determined in accordance with
section 7703.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID889F286F473D447200570057595644FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 25B the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID2A6E4432789746B59FF9B828D5199F68" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 25C. Interest on higher education
loans.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3EB5C35FD3124C538BDA732FD4EFEC52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to any
qualified education loan (as defined in section 25C(e)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section) incurred on, before, or after
the date of enactment of this Act, but only with respect to any loan interest
payment due after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID742C6F8E1A8F4C1697EE7883ADBCD7A6"><enum>107.</enum><header>Refinancing
authority for Federal Direct Consolidation Loan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 455(g) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e(g)">20 U.S.C.
1087e(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID81115D716E134C6595DF3709A5E9C61E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A borrower</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDCA0C10D4EC8443D79421A7102DD8B3A0">
<paragraph id="ID5631959B65EB4D9F80F5342C6C6CF489"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A borrower</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID37C2EFC7A11F4DC389A2EFFF9CAC4DF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDB8D8DD568F2C4676B29CE6266DABFBB5">
<paragraph id="IDE996479C2C3A40F5B7194B13DE68F5FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Refinancing
authority</header>
<subparagraph id="ID248CA057838443869645EC4258C983B8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a
borrower may refinance a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan at the prevailing
fixed rate as determined by the Secretary, if the interest rate on such
borrower’s Federal Direct Consolidation Loan is not less than the sum of 3.3
percent and the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury
bills auctioned for the previous calendar quarter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9FD566E8F170460CA033B02B5E4BF68D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>One-Time
only</header><text>A borrower may refinance under subparagraph (A) only
once.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID5D2893FFE6A34F1A95013BD4F4E17E54"><enum>108.</enum><header>Loans funded
through tax-exempt securities</header>
<subsection id="ID8685E77B8B0642C08487FF6E0A48EE1F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Special allowances</header>
<paragraph id="idFBFAA55FCFE041EF95663EB870E556BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Technical
correction</header><text>Section 2 of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of
2004 (Public Law 108–409; 118 Stat. 2299) is amended in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) of section 2 by inserting <quote>of the Higher Education Act of
1965</quote> after <quote>Section 438(b)(2)(B)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID51CDEFE621CB41E092D3518B6D8B8399">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438(b)(2)(B)">Section 438(b)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1(b)(2)(B)">20
U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 2 of the
Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8975A3ECF9A2438D9EEFF397F2C1C2ED">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>1993, or refunded after
September 30, 2004, and before January 1, 2006, the</quote> and inserting
<quote>1993, or refunded on or after the date of enactment of the
Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004, the</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAC561020CE9F430D81548676714A0589">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (v) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDC972870387794E1EA30061EF3BE9F5D0">
<clause id="ID88CDD09CE59F411E81AC6E5A49D53BDC">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii), the quarterly rate of the
special allowance shall be the rate determined under subparagraph (A), (E),
(F), (G), (H), or (I) of this paragraph, or paragraph (4), as the case may be,
for loans—</text>
<subclause id="IDAD2121797C1E4E55A56BBCFB943310EF">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>originated, transferred, or purchased on or after the date of
enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDF04B3B1186C949E1B11C7DE26E8F5DC8">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>financed by an obligation that has matured, been retired, or
defeased on or after the date of enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection
Act of 2004;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID410D5022171446E9845CC546708A2900">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>which the special allowance was determined under such
subparagraphs or paragraph, as the case may be, on or after the date of
enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDB2209FFAC27A481AB41A19C3453065C8">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>for which the maturity date of the obligation from which funds
were obtained for such loans was extended on or after the date of enactment of
the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDD1BFF90440334A61951881128081D871">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>sold or transferred to any other holder on or after the date of
enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA53681CFF5F346ABA09D626B84FCC7A6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be construed
to abrogate a contractual agreement between the Federal Government and a
student loan provider.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB761C8E0680F437D9848FB82EB3C3BE0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Available funds from reduced expenditures</header>
<paragraph id="ID42A31473CBB64EFDB1F6C4A9843899CE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any funds available to the Secretary of Education as a result of
reduced expenditures under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438">section
438</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1</external-xref>) secured by the
enactment of subsection (a) shall first be used by the Secretary for loan
cancellation and loan forgiveness for teachers under sections 428J and 460 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-10">20 U.S.C.
1078–10</external-xref>, 1087j), as amended by section 114 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEB9939D066D54A2BB7DC38110102F77C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Remaining funds</header>
<subparagraph id="IDE8F99985D6064AC68E052DBB194EA4FA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any such funds remaining after carrying out paragraph (1) shall
be used by the Secretary of Education to make payments to each nonprofit lender
in an amount that bears the same relation to the remaining funds as the amount
the nonprofit lender receives for fiscal year 2005 under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438(b)(2)(B)">section
438(b)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1(b)(2)(B)">20 U.S.C.
1087–1(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) bears to the total amount received by
nonprofit lenders for fiscal year 2005 under such section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1E3DBAC7B66C4A19BD5055FEC47AF3E2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Definition of nonprofit lender</header>
<text>In this paragraph the term <term>nonprofit lender</term> means an
eligible lender (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/435(d)">section
435(d)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education
Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C.1085(d)) that—</text>
<clause id="ID9DCE168E764141D7A5BE46C08B80E7D9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of
such Code;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDED9F49D826664813921DF5E3A463E908">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is a nonprofit entity as defined by applicable State law;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4C8357D4C9E14E7DA5EFF60D4E07F7E0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>meets the following requirements:</text>
<subclause id="ID92003D22B10346D4B629225376C301AC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender does not confer a salary or benefits to any
employee of the nonprofit lender in an amount that is in excess of the salary
and benefits provided to the Secretary of Education by the Department of
Education.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDE872D79C95EC43C4850AFF64224926F2">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender does not maintain an ongoing relationship
whereby the nonprofit lender passes on revenue directly or indirectly through
lease, securitization, resale, or any other financial instrument to a
for-profit entity or to shareholders.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDF2692CEC4A744C3BB402E91066F1220D">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender does not offer benefits to a borrower in a
manner directly or indirectly predicated on such borrower’s
participation—</text>
<item id="ID6FC2538D9D2A47C4A1CF920F60680E66">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>in a program under part B or D of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071">20 U.S.C.
1071</external-xref> et seq., 1087a et seq.); or</text>
</item><item id="IDFB0C48C924DD4A2593A1F72045E30657">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>with any particular lender.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID44E4CA72542A422384B5709A0BEE9842">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender certifies that the nonprofit lender uses the
payment received pursuant to subparagraph (A) to confer grant or scholarship
benefits to students who are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants under
subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDCF8BEAC942384DA8BCA5554AD8DF6C38">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender is subject to public oversight through
either a State charter, or through not less than 50 percent of the nonprofit
lender’s board of directors consisting of State appointed
representatives.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3226C337D28441FCB07FEBF66A52C964"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>The nonprofit
lender does not engage in the marketing of the relative value of programs under
part B of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> as compared to programs under part D of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>, nor
does the nonprofit lender engage in the marketing of loans or programs offered
by for-profit lenders. This subclause shall not be construed to prohibit the
nonprofit lender from conferring basic information on lenders under part B of
title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> and the related benefits offered by such nonprofit
lenders.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1B1842CCB9E3482188C7B2B976F830E7"><enum>109.</enum><header>Windfall
profit offset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 438 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C.
1087–1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID061A05F447BB434F804DFB442E0095B5">
<subsection id="IDA95CC38E24374A23912593F452ABD633"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Windfall profit
offset</header>
<paragraph id="ID1422F037ED3F4C3E935138554760765D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), at the end of every
fiscal quarter for which an eligible lender does not receive a special
allowance payment under this section, the eligible lender shall pay to the
Secretary of the Treasury for deposit into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts a windfall profit offset payment for the fiscal quarter equal to the
amount by which—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDFA898629867F4BD5B3CDE43B9296F700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the aggregate
amount of all payments of interest received by the eligible lender from
borrowers on all loans made, insured, or guaranteed under this part during the
fiscal quarter; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28593F5E5D7447AD00A9A1934CD54831"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interest
guaranteed the lender under this section for the fiscal quarter, irrespective
of the amount received under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD6B98D8C2699464EB2079F490067B7CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>An
eligible lender shall not be subject to the requirement of paragraph (1) if the
eligible lender is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and a nonprofit entity as defined by applicable
State law, and meets the following requirements:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID376E54E8D663486AAB00344863959CAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The eligible
lender does not confer a salary or benefits to any employee of the lender in an
amount that is in excess of the salary and benefits provided to the Secretary
by the Department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID057F894BBB5A4731AEA673B511F212DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The eligible
lender does not maintain an ongoing relationship whereby it passes on revenue
directly or indirectly through lease, securitization, resale, or any other
financial instrument to a for-profit entity or to shareholders.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCF5557D514BD41CE9B32E9E1D08350A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The eligible
lender does not offer benefits to a borrower in a manner directly or indirectly
predicated on such borrower’s participation in a program under this part, part
D, or with any particular lender.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEB735002AA614B498F814E7CA7762085"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The eligible
lender certifies that it uses the windfall profit amount described in paragraph
(1) to carry out the purposes of this Act through activities such as the
following:</text>
<clause id="IDB85F113A052B44E8BA079E3111A4B3FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Conferring
grants, scholarships, or loans.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC5143ECC74434020A49E2350722BA545"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Financing
work-study student employment.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAC22EC27BDCA49570020009F2025336D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Carrying out
activities authorized under chapters 1 and 2 of subpart 2 of part A.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID58B920EEA94446F0AE7FBAAE6E561715"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The eligible
lender is subject to public oversight through either a State charter, or not
less than 50 percent of the lender’s board of directors consists of State
appointed representatives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID71D6958F6AD6456B91E98F766D4F4E27"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The eligible
lender does not engage in the marketing of the relative value of programs under
this part as compared to programs under part D, nor does the lender engage in
the marketing of loans or programs offered by for-profit lenders. This
subparagraph shall not be construed to prohibit the eligible lender from
conferring basic information on lenders under this part and the related
benefits offered by such lenders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID421820B338574CCDA6A120D2BCD938E9"><enum>110.</enum><header>Support for
working students</header>
<subsection id="ID0AE87F27773F41CAA72165E625008CD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dependent
students</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/475(g)(2)">Section 475(g)(2)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087oo(g)(2)">20 U.S.C.
1087oo(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (D) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDDAC25FB6D68E4DA5AFA32DB861806000">
<subparagraph id="IDF2F8081D67364BE1B6D942E7AF3771F4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$9,000;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID79F6CEEC787F4CF0AE4D86504E4B7974"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Independent
students without dependents other than a spouse</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/476(b)(1)(A)">Section
476(b)(1)(A)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087pp(b)(1)(A)">20 U.S.C.
1087pp(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clause (iv) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDD8AD7BEAAD4A4AA99700BAA1409BA0BD">
<clause id="IDC4D9CC3A20884FB4B3FACF1649B86D27"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$13,000;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDDC2DA8DD790C44B0917DC26D74B75C6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Independent
students with dependents other than a spouse</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/477(b)">Section 477(b)</external-xref> of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087qq(b)">20 U.S.C.
1087qq(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID35ADB553781D4694B8BC1E06DB4DD3D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDF06B0E8941E46BF93C917F630AEB3D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDA592DE98691B411DA296B85DF3D9ADCF">
<subparagraph id="IDC2596D2700E440DB9FE89F682C68D3C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$18,000;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC3B1BD81B2724AD8ADE2913EC5BE1134"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking <quote>paragraph (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(4)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4D64A655F6F44E898C93E1A7BFD65EFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBD49AF1075A84EA3871C4F9F286E004C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8317E22E32B341EBAF7CA2C35FB768E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/478">Section 478</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087rr">20 U.S.C.
1087rr</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID49C547B0B38048C68032D5D647FA1242"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID69790D2AEA774AB0007CE23C54E9602C">
<subsection id="ID22304F675AEB45A29BE42CD118E7A334"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Income
protection allowance</header><text>For each academic year after academic year
1993–1994, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a revised table
of income protection allowances for the purpose of section 475(c)(4). Such
revised table shall be developed by increasing each of the dollar amounts
contained in the table in such section by a percentage equal to the estimated
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (as determined by the
Secretary) between December 1992 and the December next preceding the beginning
of such academic year, and rounding the result to the nearest $10.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID13175BD6E56C453F931696453C8F5519"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB246776A6C954F938EBAEEDDBEF5DB2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>477(b)(5)</quote> and inserting
<quote>477(b)(4)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDF3366F63A084BF994D291005E6B0040"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence—</text>
<clause id="ID5B10E9FA7E3A4F3E88B351CA3D222CB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>477(b)(5)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>477(b)(4)(A)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4F1CD778EE89472DAFB959F2DEE5FA38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>477(b)(5)(B)</quote> and inserting
<quote>477(b)(4)(B)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDE1BED719C98B48068E91F35E4462F099"><enum>111.</enum><header>Student
eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 484 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C.
1091</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (r).</text>
</section><section id="IDA8335494CCF542EBAA38B7CD9D1C36E5"><enum>112.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations levels for campus-based aid</header>
<subsection id="ID8FA45423746E4D82B70733AD06F17443"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/413A(b)(1)">Section
413A(b)(1)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b(b)(1)">20 U.S.C. 1070b(b)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>$675,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as
may be necessary for the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting
<quote>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8DDD4A60AB5C4DD6B3241300D6F7CE43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
Work-Study programs</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/441(b)">Section 441(b)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2751(b)">42 U.S.C.
2751(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$1,000,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDEB103AF3086D47A9903FB07300AB334F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal Perkins
loans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/461(b)(1)">Section 461(b)(1)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa(b)(1)">20 U.S.C.
1087aa(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$250,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7CD8DC7545BA4C12BCF70190EE26E9FF"><enum>113.</enum><header>Special
programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal
farmwork</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 418A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070d-2">20 U.S.C.
1070d–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2286CA5498A34AE5004C506D4EFED667"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID88DA9BDA8B60418D9700F1ADD4EB3EDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>$150,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$225,000</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAD87F1845D6948A9A798EFDD54F58D18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$150,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$225,000</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID86098B17FB7643FC99C900BD4FB6B7D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID08E5228979C34992A30079F7E04FFDDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="ID390E7B7CB4614E92BE0014B27DD7C5CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$40,000,000</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID95C5B260056A4FF1813C5F24902E506E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>1999</quote> and inserting <quote>2006</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4764AAF4D16341F299AC384C1BEB4D45"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>4</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30F8221D2F92491880D7B5335316823F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="ID8D0C8442E368419DB09949678C0014FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$30,000,000</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3F69709212A44549B63B6E1ECB986ED9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>1999</quote> and inserting <quote>2006</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA664A4ECEFD04B74B270FE7F0096B7E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>4</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDF85CC9BBE5AC447F97A295ABD1BA3DF8"><enum>114.</enum><header>Loan
forgiveness and cancellation for certain teachers</header>
<subsection id="id4928FBDCA2614A5E8162A2FF23FABC32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>FFEL
loans</header><text>Section 428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1078–10) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0011CD81578E4DFDACBC36B6373452DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAB4341AC46A24FA7A8CE535866F4DD2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">or special
education</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">special education, or bilingual
education</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85E6540925B94FDE97FBFEA30C579EE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$17,500</quote> and inserting
<quote>$23,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id578E343BBE8D4D1CA14693574B0AA4D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>or science</quote> and inserting <quote>science, or
bilingual education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID982A0630A63148DE80007370D4BDEB81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID6B6B5E28DEA34DA8BBAB0018DDFECC31">
<subsection id="ID716D21B3543A40D4BD19346B796F4D7E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Early education
teachers</header>
<paragraph id="IDF7D5FC5F21C74248876CB3005CB4C5DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Secretary shall carry out a program, through the holder of the loan, of
assuming the obligation to repay a qualified loan amount for a loan made under
section 428 or 428H, in accordance with paragraph (2), for any new borrower on
or after October 1, 1998, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC51ABFC5F2C34570AEFF3CE3E293EE4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been employed
as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive complete school years in a Head Start
or Early Head Start program under the <act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42
U.S.C. 9831</external-xref> et seq.), or in another comparable prekindergarten
program that serves children not less than 60 percent of whom are eligible to
participate in a Head Start or Early Head Start program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2953905FDF874E90809FA45B224FD039"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not in default
on a loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC7FF75E1AE8C4056989E84F905FC8DBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified loan
amount</header>
<subparagraph id="IDBCC75138A12541D899456E00B7B39164"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall repay not more than $15,000 in the
aggregate of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H that
is outstanding after the completion of the fifth complete school year of
teaching described in paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7E0DE95FAAD44D83BBB787852DE75421"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
consolidation loans</header><text>A loan amount for a loan made under section
428C may be a qualified loan amount for the purposes of this paragraph only to
the extent that such loan amount was used to repay a Federal Direct Stafford
Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a loan made under section
428 or 428H for a borrower who meets the requirements of paragraph (1), as
determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID298A5FB563CD4FCAB887CEE25B1D1334"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Direct
loans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/460">Section 460</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087j">20 U.S.C.
1087j</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEE17F018BBB24C298C473400D12EDAA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id46AAFF643F6F4948A1D37546C05D0CF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">or special
education</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">special education, or bilingual
education</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC270C9682F6246968AE669E76CCE8546"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$17,500</quote> and inserting
<quote>$23,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD695320C68E84EECA3452E98B0D2152B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>or science</quote> and inserting <quote>science, or
bilingual education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9CC1C0D8A6504675A088069B18ECD8CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID1BE6B35E5179473DADFD5DF4194B2D44">
<subsection id="IDA7A8A8D742674DBA95123DE849C26919"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Early education
teachers</header>
<paragraph id="ID448998D7DA3946C30053944BBBD73F32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Secretary shall carry out a program of canceling the obligation to repay a
qualified loan amount in accordance with paragraph (2) for Federal Direct
Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans made under this
part for any new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID348956DDB7D14A16AECAE89C52CAD800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been employed
as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive complete school years in a Head Start
or Early Head Start program under the <act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42
U.S.C. 9831</external-xref> et seq.), or in another comparable prekindergarten
program that serves children not less than 60 percent of whom are eligible to
participate in a Head Start or Early Head Start program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9B2A20B98DA8465BB42D66CFD5AAFB52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not in default
on a loan for which the borrower seeks cancellation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID06500DB5ABD1478CB56D2417C39FD85E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified loan
amount</header>
<subparagraph id="ID133831AA63AD469B8E11511C75F086C5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall cancel not more than $15,000 in the
aggregate of the loan obligation on a Federal Direct Stafford Loan or a Federal
Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan that is outstanding after the completion of
the fifth complete school year of teaching described in paragraph
(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID41AF16695C5045E4A0E8159900183400"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
consolidation loans</header><text>A loan amount for a Federal Direct
Consolidation Loan may be a qualified loan amount for the purposes of this
paragraph only to the extent that such loan amount was used to repay a Federal
Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a loan
made under section 428 or 428H for a borrower who meets the requirements of
paragraph (1), as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92D90B50F5474B258F8D6273E53350F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply only with
respect to eligible individuals who are new borrowers on or after October 1,
1998.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDA84CAD424550499386CF9CA6CB9EFA09"><enum>115.</enum><header>Revision of
tax table</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 478(g) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087rr(g)">20 U.S.C.
1087rr(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:
<quote>The Secretary shall develop such revised table only after consultation
with appropriate committees of Congress.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID00664A5774B54416B14E994145606CAC"><enum>116.</enum><header>Income
contingent repayment for public sector employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 455(e) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e(e)">20 U.S.C.
1087e(e)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID9D9274340234421C80C4D9ED38E1E06D">
<paragraph id="ID4075BFB2DA934BC19B3DAEADC7BD2538"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Repayment plan
for public sector employees</header>
<subparagraph id="ID93FA200B980A4260AD63AA9034FB3808"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall forgive the balance due on any loan
made under this part for a borrower—</text>
<clause id="ID74F8BB21546740838728692BC1DA5847"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who has made 120
payments on such loan pursuant to income contingent repayment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID840E76BA4F4844769699D7B6B8F7FC00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who is employed,
and was employed for the 10-year period in which the borrower made the 120
payments described in clause (i), in a public sector job.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB1206A3EB26A4818BB7DD48188928D00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public sector
job</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>public sector job</term>
means a full-time job in emergency management, government, public safety, law
enforcement, public health, education (including early childhood education), or
public interest legal services (including prosecution or public
defense).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD37B2F9C156458CABAC841E398C2570"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Return to
standard repayment</header><text>A borrower who is repaying a loan made under
this part pursuant to income contingent repayment may choose, at any time, to
terminate repayment pursuant to income contingent repayment and repay such loan
under the standard repayment plan.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Teacher quality
enhancement</header>
<section id="ID2C6E745EDAD44437B9002161DC10C620"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendment to
title <enum-in-header>II</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1021">20 U.S.C.
1021</external-xref> et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDBDD2A79AAE2D40EB87C1F4FEA546F100">
<title id="ID68AB9FCDD3564E6CAD9B98831044E5FE"><enum>II</enum><header>Teacher quality
enhancement</header>
<part id="IDFA45F9E2A56B46559F009100C05F1860"><enum>A</enum><header>Teacher quality
enhancement grants for States and partnerships</header>
<section id="ID5089EC203C9240859B95D4B435950863"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purposes;
definitions</header>
<subsection id="ID3AA1455F3FE248BA0068E3F5E0FDA4B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this part are to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8980BC86DED64A4494DD445B7E0060D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve student
achievement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78480C6777D9491A8887BD0439655D8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increase the size
and scope of programs funded under this part to meet the goal of having 100
percent of teachers as highly qualified teachers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCADB2174CBC04E1A8B466FAFB869EE4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>retain and
recruit highly qualified individuals into the teaching force through
incentives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5572ABD9F1BD47DFA1F5EBA2252B35D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>hold institutions
of higher education accountable for preparing teachers, through coursework in
pedagogy, with effective methods of teaching as a means of better preparing
teachers for the modern day classroom;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEA172EA5CF8F4A87A055C9BEEF5C9DA5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>improve the
quality of the current and future teaching force by improving the preparation
of prospective teachers and enhancing professional development
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID859A9A056D60490B83A8E7F3EFF68467"><enum>(6)</enum><text>hold institutions
of higher education accountable for preparing teachers who have the necessary
teaching skills and are highly competent in the academic content areas in which
the teachers plan to teach, such as mathematics, science, English, reading or
language arts, foreign languages, history, economics, art, civics, Government,
and geography, including training in the effective uses of technology in the
classroom;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID31F07E5829A142469E4300D73E243B24"><enum>(7)</enum><text>recruit highly
qualified individuals, including individuals from other occupations, into the
teaching force, especially in subject areas of high need (including bilingual
education, special education, mathematics, science, and early childhood
education), geographic areas of high need, and in geographic areas with teacher
vacancy or retention problems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1EB926FE3C954D2081FC1F57FA600916"><enum>(8)</enum><text>encourage
learning partnerships between students and parents that lead to improving
student academic achievement and school performance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID21D921AB74B2474ABCC8BBC252992D44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this part:</text>
<paragraph id="ID932A314C2DFE4F068CCC38F6623DC1F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Arts and
sciences</header><text>The term <term>arts and sciences</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE718DD0053DA4985B5941D0461C7DFD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>when referring to
an organizational unit of an institution of higher education, any academic unit
that offers 1 or more academic majors in disciplines or content areas
corresponding to the academic subject matter areas in which teachers provide
instruction; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID110EE76AB47440D097433839C0D601AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>when referring to
a specific academic subject matter area, the disciplines or content areas in
which academic majors are offered by the arts and sciences organizational
unit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3BA6D618890D4571A8ED2E9C4FBAE79C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High need local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>high need local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency that serves an early childhood
education program, elementary school, or secondary school located in an area in
which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4204B5F803C5420D91F0388BB0808550"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID315DC312E3C54D4FB7965ED0A876FB00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>15 percent or more of
the students served by the agency are from families with incomes below the
poverty line;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5755732F326C43BF911BDE7122005F2B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>there are more than 5,000 students
served by the agency from families with incomes below the poverty line;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id2472EC2ACF3442A3A8316F770D6CB39B" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>there are less than 600 students
in average daily attendance in all the schools that are served by the agency
and all of whose schools are designated with a school locale code of 7 or 8, as
determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8064ED9762D947B1B7006997B3FA1604"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDB78C06501E5C4E4C8C568788E4D1A1FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there is a high
percentage of teachers who are not highly qualified; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID12C74AAC8970434AAEF400F5553095B0" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>there is a chronic shortage, or
high turnover rate, of highly qualified teachers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID73D4106A5F604AE088458D26E6FC45A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>High need
school</header><text>The term <term>high need school</term> means an elementary
school or secondary school—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID22BB127461BC4595BD84BF5EED6F6C73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in which there is
a high concentration of students from families with incomes below the poverty
line; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5D55E2A494794B6BA2F6DCEB00047FF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is
identified as in need of school improvement or corrective action pursuant to
section 1116 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316">20 U.S.C. 6316</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3CDA6EFF1C4A4B3D9D0049F694A3BA35"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Highly
qualified</header><text>The term <term>highly qualified</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 9101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID641A0B85739C4C03ACB120ADC33773E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Parent</header><text>The
term <term>parent</term> has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAD2320912B834F81BB8C07179FFAAE76"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Parental
involvement</header><text>The term <term>parental involvement</term> has the
meaning given the term in section 9101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID64D3778EF5204B6693112102D92EAC80"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Poverty
line</header><text>The term <term>poverty line</term> means 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
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9902(2)">42 U.S.C.
9902(2)</external-xref>)) applicable to a family of the size involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6325D4646A21434085E05615D1A392FB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Professional
development</header><text>The term <term>professional development</term> has
the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8181A32EF26B4F40BB4C4849D6BDE47B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Teaching
skills</header><text>The term <term>teaching skills</term> means skills—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID512CDE34A5C64D809DC3FE1FD125F0AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grounded in the
disciplines of teaching and learning that teachers use to create effective
instruction in subject matter content and that lead to student achievement and
the ability to apply knowledge; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCA0716C78AEA42328D239E657BC7DCD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that require an
understanding of the learning process itself, including an understanding
of—</text>
<clause id="IDC7E359E8534541DBA2002C99CB31FA58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of
strategies specific to the subject matter;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID65401B6A1320403B849518F47800E842"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the application
of ongoing assessment of student learning;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB30AE487D1FD477C86210933F300102D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>individual
differences in ability and instructional needs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCE8A573F00EB4EA4A364C77510B66B85"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>effective
classroom management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC402233F11714B11A6353D00D597C7B7"><enum>202.</enum><header>Program
authority</header>
<subsection id="ID9B2A56F3A8CB4F76BDE8DBFC00EA34BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive
grant Program</header><text>If the amount appropriated to carry out this part
for a fiscal year is less than $270,000,000, then the Secretary shall
use—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2BC448A23BE54F15A73B00BB002332FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>25 percent of
such funds to carry out the competitive State grant program under section 203;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID126C9546637746FFB5B6656EAAE3751E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>75 percent of
such funds to carry out the competitive partnership grant program under section
204.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC9B7C8ED933D4CA2B38C7339615711C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Formula grant
Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID06EDEB35E56C445CA1EEB87440DEF67C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="ID19757E084A0944D4AE7971BD7CC0E8CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization
of grants</header><text>If the amount appropriated to carry out this part for a
fiscal year is equal to or exceeds $270,000,000, then the Secretary shall use
such funds to award a grant to each State from allotments under subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCFD17C1583DF4B449503778F1B132918"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>The
Secretary shall make an allotment to each State in an amount that bears the
same relation to the funds as the amount the State received under part A of
title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965</act-name> for the preceding fiscal year bears to the
amount received by all States under such part for the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB1E41A7E826E4B88AEA9D300FF87181F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State use of
funds</header><text>A State that receives an allotment under paragraph (1)
shall expend—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE07691EE608042F19C9B3E00006E3549"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent of
such funds to carry out State level activities under subsections (d) and (e) of
section 203; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1F2478545AAB4371BF999C72FDC6579F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent of
such funds to carry out the competitive partnership grant program under section
204.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDDB33BFC7E9954054A3456CA6458E7C06"><enum>203.</enum><header>State
grants</header>
<subsection id="ID40EDCB2716CB411EA4DBDF4647FB9300"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts made available under section 210 for a
fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants under this section, on
a competitive basis, to eligible States to enable the eligible States to carry
out the activities described in subsections (d) and (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID10CFD13D437145C3A359D9002EDF0054"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
State</header>
<paragraph id="ID04BC7521C1284294A5DB0180B7CBABA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this part, the term <term>eligible State</term> means a State educational
agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71DD470C7CCE48890084588309A6F469"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
State educational agency shall consult with the Governor, State board of
education, or State agency for higher education, as appropriate, with respect
to the activities assisted under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2FC465E4FFBD45888B371584CB00DFA8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection shall be construed to negate or supersede the legal
authority under State law of any State agency, State entity, or State public
official over programs that are under the jurisdiction of the agency, entity,
or official.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0D5C0321B8664D7880769498E5F4EFC9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible State shall, at
the time of the initial grant application, submit an application to the
Secretary that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4D93DC8C12CC4815A33F5B40009F4D78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meets the
requirement of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCFC1844B6E3F4E360085914E5545D4AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes a
description of how the eligible State intends to use funds provided under this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8F8544EAAE934BB494399ED4BCAB01AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>contains such
other information and assurances as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID71A1409FF1074D52B67BFA02A69F5C47"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Required uses
of funds</header><text>A State that receives a grant under this section shall
use the grant funds to carry out the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID96B1324F150445E19E9BB888F150C772"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rigorous
teacher certification or licensure programs</header><text>Ensuring that the
State’s teacher certification or licensure program is rigorous and has high
standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4C999BD1BBAD4BEE9F9551D7D159FE69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Teacher
recruitment</header>
<subparagraph id="ID289C7E2C1DAD485EA24E37DAF6C27F23"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Awarding scholarships to help students pay the costs of
tuition, room, board, and other expenses of completing a teacher preparation
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDC2E012C09D14930A50629D122DF7C21"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>Providing support services, if needed, to enable
scholarship recipients to complete postsecondary education programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7F9F49FAFE6747269C7578DD3115CA1B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assistance to
become highly qualified teachers</header><text>Providing teachers who are not
highly qualified with the opportunity to take coursework or credentialing
courses in order to become highly qualified teachers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID646700D937134B8DAEC0D6D661454314"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Followup
services</header><text>Providing followup services to former scholarship
recipients during the recipient’s first 3 years of teaching.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID67AA3A9F271F4309993681A6B8FE329E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Service
requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall establish such requirements as
the Secretary finds necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships under
this paragraph who complete teacher education programs subsequently teach in a
high need local educational agency, for a period of time equivalent to the
period for which the recipients receive scholarship assistance, or repay the
amount of the scholarship. The Secretary shall use any such repayments to carry
out additional activities under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID209C06A87DAD47218358FA3FED6D8E18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allowable uses
of funds</header><text>A State that receives a grant under this section may use
such funds to carry out any of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="IDB08A10CC4D794D53BA93FEA7A6F8BA35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reforms</header><text>Implementing
reforms that hold institutions of higher education with teacher preparation
programs accountable for preparing teachers who are highly competent in the
academic content areas in which the teachers plan to teach, and possess strong
teaching skills, which may include the use of rigorous subject matter
competency tests and the requirement that a teacher have an academic major in
the subject area, or related discipline, in which the teacher plans to teach,
and instruction for such teachers on how to involve parents in their children’s
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8CD3A7BB30D14547A14E7C0506A2C614"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification
or licensure requirements</header><text>Reforming teacher certification or
licensure requirements to ensure that teachers have the necessary teaching
skills and academic content knowledge in the subject areas in which teachers
are assigned to teach. States are encouraged to use funds to develop or enhance
existing licensure and certification requirements for subject areas of high
need (including bilingual education, special education, mathematics, science,
and early childhood education), including development of a State test.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCE6FA3D3B03A47D5A0887D69E0060081"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Alternative
routes to certification for teaching</header><text>Providing prospective
teachers with alternative routes to traditional preparation for teaching
through programs at colleges of arts and sciences or at nonprofit educational
organizations that have a proven record of effectiveness and include
instruction in teaching skills. Strengthening or developing alternative routes
to State certification of teachers' programs that includes, at a
minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID66890C2CB82349398000BBEC8611969F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a selective means
for admitting individuals into such programs that includes passage of State
teacher exams in appropriate subject areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5A721EA734194AD18D2DD9383D58E3E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pedagogical
coursework, including formal instruction that addresses the theories and
practices of teaching and monitoring student performance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE77DD846144145E68616B6C810534E1B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support services,
including mentoring for the individuals participating in the alternative State
certification of teachers' programs that focuses on—</text>
<clause id="IDA8D7A1ECFCA048FC9BDF0155D3014E52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>helping the
individuals develop effective teaching skills and strategies;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9995C147ABF3410A93EA55D2A966D0C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>professional
development; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3AFC16CAF20D468790503FB5480069F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the disciplines
of teaching and learning to ensure that prospective teachers have an
understanding of research-based learning practices and possess skills related
to the learning process.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4060FE2C592B4ECD80788CA83B476829"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Teacher
support</header><text>Carrying out programs that include support during the
initial teaching experience.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0E7B82013E8A4BEBB6AF68AE0140E43D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recruiting and
hiring teachers</header>
<subparagraph id="IDF2F7AA2BD434484FB8D1492271B6AC6D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Effective
mechanisms</header><text>Developing and implementing effective mechanisms to
ensure that local educational agencies and schools are able to effectively
recruit highly qualified teachers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID256CF446DF1D4DB880FE17237B8245EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>Establishing
programs that—</text>
<clause id="IDC35A4F8D8CEA4A2D8D2C9D63C1026D30"><enum>(i)</enum><text>train and hire
regular, special education, and bilingual education teachers (which may include
hiring special education teachers to team-teach in classrooms that contain both
children with disabilities and nondisabled children);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE0365DE4690248759512656BC9C5363B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>train and hire
highly qualified teachers of special needs children and limited English
proficient students, as well as teaching specialists in core academic subjects
who will provide individualized instruction to students;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD658DAE9C2A34A87AC9483B2A1E8E3F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recruit
qualified professionals from other fields, including highly qualified
paraprofessionals (as defined in section 2102 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>), and provide such professionals with alternative routes to
teacher certification, including developing and implementing hiring policies
that ensure comprehensive recruitment efforts as a way to expand the applicant
pool, such as through identifying teachers certified through alternative
routes, and using a system of intensive screening designed to hire the most
qualified applicants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID75F9E2FC2AC24777A1AE6E063CB28B21"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide
increased opportunities for minorities, individuals with disabilities, and
other individuals underrepresented in the teaching profession.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9E18717C318A4C979B0165FEFCD9E0B9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reduction in
class size</header><text>Recruiting and hiring highly qualified teachers to
reduce class size, particularly in the early grades.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC9F391788AFE41BB9215DF50740626AC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Social
promotion</header><text>Development and implementation of efforts to address
the problem of social promotion and to prepare teachers to effectively address
the issues raised by ending the practice of social promotion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDE7176E5B1164970A01B48ACB378F4F4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Special
certification for prospective ap teachers</header><text>Developing and
implementing teacher preparation programs that provide special certification in
advanced placement (AP)-level or international baccalaureate (IB)-level content
and pedagogy, including undergraduate specializations in in-depth study of
subject-specific content and practical pedagogical experience through student
teaching, and master degree level programs that lead to a master’s degree in
AP-level or IB-level content.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6A1E0B22F3B743FE9C7B211DC09569E5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Financial
incentives</header><text>Providing financial incentives for teachers to teach
in high need schools in which there exists a shortage of highly qualified
teachers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDA8BD136CAD014B46B4EA6B9E5DAFE99D"><enum>204.</enum><header>Partnership
grants</header>
<subsection id="ID4A22C2BEB26A4B498051AC61F2AF7C10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Secretary or State, as appropriate, shall use funds made available under
section 202 to award grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to
eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to carry out the
activities described in subsections (d) and (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2800398658284048B4F1C5CA39262D17"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="ID1E2E5EDF668949E6BA137D756D845F8D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
partnerships</header><text>In this part, the term <term>eligible
partnerships</term> means an entity that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID096A710BE0BF4189ACA2EE379E8772E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall
include—</text>
<clause id="ID74B32365838B472782A4E53CFF5DE323"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
partner institution;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5376A8A6BA43465DA3E1FDF9C39FE439"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a school of arts
and sciences; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID24005BDC6F1E4394A97D00B06652D2DA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a high need
local educational agency; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4EFB7AC7CAAE44D882DC63F5F72DD888"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include a
Governor, State educational agency, the State board of education, the State
agency for higher education, an institution of higher education not described
in subparagraph (A), a community college, a public charter school, a public or
private elementary school or secondary school, a public or private nonprofit
educational organization, a business, a teacher organization, or a
prekindergarten program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDAA717BAA2F154CB3AF0059212F839F03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partner
institution</header><text>In this section, the term <term>partner
institution</term> means a private independent or State-supported public
institution of higher education, the teacher training program of which
demonstrates that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID253CA1A2F2CF4F29A9F1EC72473ECC6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>graduates from
the teacher training program exhibit strong performance on State-determined
qualifying assessments for new teachers through—</text>
<clause id="ID92DD697656F348069178F030DC6200CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>demonstrating
that 80 percent or more of the graduates of the program who intend to enter the
field of teaching have passed all of the applicable State qualification
assessments for new teachers, which shall include an assessment of each
prospective teacher’s subject matter knowledge in the content area or areas in
which the teacher intends to teach; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID937BB4ED7561416FB33BB3545C190060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>being ranked
among the highest-performing teacher preparation programs in the State as
determined by the State—</text>
<subclause id="IDB2C5A6593058476CBFA8726734B61C1E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>using criteria
consistent with the requirements for the State report card under section
207(b); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID23111E8E8AFA46CDA98C9895E6EEDB38"><enum>(II)</enum><text>using the State
report card on teacher preparation required under section 207(b), after the
first publication of such report card and for every year thereafter; or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9FEA4764902E4948BDBDAD411683B2BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the teacher
training program requires all the students of the program to participate in
intensive clinical experience, to meet high academic standards, and—</text>
<clause id="ID581C818129124ECEA5C5D6C73888FE26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of
secondary school candidates, to successfully complete an academic major in the
subject area in which the candidate intends to teach or to demonstrate
competence through a high level of performance in relevant content areas;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID67CB3845868247F88B32130081A0CE3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of
elementary school candidates, to successfully complete an academic major in the
arts and sciences or to demonstrate competence through a high level of
performance in core academic subject areas.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3F93FF39F68248FAB0170065DF4D6B4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
eligible partnership desiring a grant under this section shall submit an
application to the Secretary or State, as appropriate, at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary or State, as
appropriate, may require. Each such application shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID90BF4FD04AB84D98B52620224B067FA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain a needs
assessment of all the partners with respect to teaching and learning and a
description of how the partnership will coordinate with other teacher training
or professional development programs, and how the activities of the partnership
will be consistent with State, local, and other education reform activities
that promote student achievement and parent involvement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6C422DE8ADE04723BFD738E4E7137B41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>contain a
resource assessment that describes the resources available to the partnership,
the intended use of the grant funds, including a description of how the grant
funds will be fairly distributed in accordance with subsection (f), and the
commitment of the resources of the partnership to the activities assisted under
this part, including financial support, faculty participation, time
commitments, and continuation of the activities when the grant ends; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDE12B045AB1D453EABF923EE77B9347D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>contain a
description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0D399C788C704787B988B7600388B2EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the
partnership will meet the purposes of this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9BAA5E28A00B41EEB0177DFCA000747B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the
partnership will carry out the activities required under subsection (d) and any
permissible activities under subsection (e); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID87EF7FB95FE34821A3C896CE025DC981"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the partnership’s
evaluation plan pursuant to section 206(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID584FC08A1DD241F697E6CEA2CA6CF819"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Required uses
of funds</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
section shall use the grant funds to carry out the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID939423B54A5D4DA3889F9B27F8062184"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reforms</header><text>Implementing
reforms within teacher preparation programs to hold the programs accountable
for preparing teachers who are highly competent in the academic content areas
in which the teachers plan to teach, and for promoting strong teaching skills,
including working with a school of arts and sciences and integrating reliable
research-based teaching methods into the curriculum, which curriculum shall
include programs designed to successfully integrate technology into teaching
and learning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID49EA4184D8544132AB0019F326DA1DCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clinical
experience and interaction</header><text>Providing sustained and high-quality
preservice clinical experience, including the mentoring of prospective teachers
by veteran teachers, and substantially increasing interaction between faculty
at institutions of higher education and new and experienced teachers,
principals, and other administrators at elementary schools or secondary
schools, and providing support, including preparation time, for such
interaction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8767806AE4474F2DBDD21BAC81A4339D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Professional
development</header><text>Creating opportunities for enhanced and ongoing
professional development that improves the academic content knowledge of
teachers in the subject areas in which the teachers are certified to teach or
in which the teachers are working toward certification to teach, and that
promotes strong teaching skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID56B7B98FACBF42FF8F3436ED4E287210"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ensuring
adequate preparation to meet high standards</header><text>Developing and
implementing accountability measures for preservice—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1092220817C9467C004DA751D5322D11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>training in
reading;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDEE083C1649B45A18B48C96438487514"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training in
addressing the needs of children with disabilities and limited English
proficient individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID24D0803C7C5447E1A300418C8F07D499"><enum>(C)</enum><text>training in data
analysis and how to use student achievement data to improve instruction;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF7742A7399CC4E71852276273870161E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>optional training
in teaching advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID66F4790D64D6469D925E79F308B0B117"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Teacher
preparation and parental involvement</header><text>Preparing teachers with the
knowledge and skills to enable such teachers to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD25F2F475ED14C0EA03164FF17194D74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide
instruction to diverse student populations, including individuals with
disabilities and limited English proficient individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9E4C188C59EB4F3A8E54B50600E000F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>work with and
involve parents in their children’s education and in the teacher preparation
program reform process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE404315656DE4978A3716CFCBC7E47D2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Teacher
preparation enhancement internship</header><text>Developing a 1-year paid
internship program for students who have completed a 4-year teacher education
program to enable such students to develop the skills and experience necessary
for success in teaching, including providing intensive clinical training and
combining in-service instruction in teacher methods and assessments with
classroom observations, experiences, and practices. Such interns would have a
reduced teaching load and a mentor for assistance in the classroom.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD5EE8CD6BE3E40F3B09DA3185340B667"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allowable uses
of funds</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
section may use such funds to carry out any of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID89E7D71E84B242C9832D228EB7DA6196"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dissemination
and coordination</header><text>Broadly disseminating information on effective
practices used by the partnership, and coordinating with the activities of the
Governor, State board of education, State higher education agency, and State
educational agency, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID48E535B0281B4CE593E754C6F3D2871E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Managerial and
leadership skills</header><text>Developing and implementing proven mechanisms
to provide principals and superintendents with effective managerial and
leadership skills that result in increased student achievement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID637319332B41452F8942188DD76CDCD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scholarships</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA8B8FDE9F1C84621A805F835285DEE5C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Awarding scholarships to help students pay the costs of
tuition, room, board, and other expenses of completing a teacher preparation
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3143BF4B123549D58C9F4BC778CBB765"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>Providing support services, if needed, to enable
scholarship recipients to complete postsecondary education programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID963C9169A5464E55ADB44CE1FEBC76C0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assistance to
become highly qualified teachers</header><text>Providing teachers who are not
highly qualified with the opportunity to take coursework or credentialing
courses in order to become highly qualified teachers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCA7185040DAC4ABB8D208721FC00FFCE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Followup
services</header><text>Providing followup services to former scholarship
recipients during the recipient’s first 3 years of teaching.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID14BC18CD9F5D4F12984EDB7BF5719F63"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Service
requirement</header><text>The Secretary or State, as appropriate, shall
establish such requirements as the Secretary or State, as appropriate, finds
necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships under this paragraph who
complete teacher education programs subsequently teach in a high need local
educational agency, for a period of time equivalent to the period for which the
recipients receive scholarship assistance, or repay the amount of the
scholarship. The Secretary or State, as appropriate, shall use any such
repayments to carry out additional activities under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID716990BF55BA4120B44E5600BE1D285D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Financial
incentives</header><text>Providing financial incentives for teachers to teach
in high need schools in which there exists a shortage of highly qualified
teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC0BBA804E1054BEB8962AA43AE64C0AA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recruiting and
hiring teachers</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1EF8CBC0BB9944A5BA212CDAEA4F0865"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Establishing programs that—</text>
<clause id="ID3BC81118C11342A5A555E331EB7E5400"><enum>(i)</enum><text>train and hire
regular and special education teachers (which may include hiring special
education teachers to team-teach in classrooms that contain both children with
disabilities and nondisabled children);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF2547FD337574F42A21683424600EAEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>train and hire
highly qualified teachers of special needs children, as well as teaching
specialists in core academic subjects who will provide increased individualized
instruction to students;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5915865CD289426FA7FEECC8E31EB4C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recruit
qualified professionals from other fields, including highly qualified
paraprofessionals (as defined in section 2102 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>), and provide such professionals with alternative routes to
teacher certification, including developing and implementing hiring policies
that ensure comprehensive recruitment efforts as a way to expand the applicant
pool, such as through identifying teachers certified through alternative
routes, and using a system of intensive screening designed to hire the most
qualified applicants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF8063E769425412D8F8EDD861471A995"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide
increased opportunities for minorities, individuals with disabilities, and
other individuals underrepresented in the teaching profession.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6A9AB69DBE1447E1B6B5273DF7B726A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduction in
class size</header><text>Recruiting and hiring highly qualified teachers to
reduce class size, particularly in the early grades.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6D41DD4066B246A2921CCF765FCA68A0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Faculty
opportunity programs</header><text>Awarding competitive grants to institutions
of higher education to enable such institutions to fill education faculty
vacancies in special education, early childhood education, and bilingual
education, to create new faculty positions that are targeted toward training
highly qualified special education, early childhood education, and bilingual
education teachers, and to develop doctoral programs in special education,
early childhood education, and bilingual education that will produce new
faculty at institutions of higher education in such subject areas. Funds from
such grants may be used to develop and carry out recruitment strategies,
subsidize moving expenses, provide bonuses, provide fully subsidized salaries
for not more than 2 years per new faculty member, and provide partially
subsidized salaries for not more than an additional 3 years per new faculty
member. If an institution of higher education receives a grant under this
paragraph and uses the grant funds to provide faculty salaries, such
institution shall continue to fully fund such faculty positions for not less
than 5 years after the end of Federal funding under the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4A189E47D8FF4E71B1858FCF1E7C543A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>No individual member of an eligible partnership shall retain
more than 50 percent of the funds made available to the partnership under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8B08E7F6F2EE422B999517E7D73B21C2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to prohibit an eligible partnership from
using grant funds to coordinate with the activities of more than 1 Governor,
State board of education, State educational agency, local educational agency,
or State agency for higher education.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDF0395557C72D4D13A87B65A65D8247BF"><enum>205.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
<subsection id="ID001AD600723449E4AF44FDD05C58A56F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Duration;
increased accountability; payments</header>
<paragraph id="ID6DFBDDE0146244AABC27A708B0DCD3D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duration</header>
<subparagraph id="IDD85F853885F941C69674338F5D5CC075"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible States
and eligible applicants</header><text>Grants awarded to eligible States and
eligible applicants under this part shall be awarded for a period not to exceed
3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91F174EF787143C2B172A11BC2DD7E65"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
partnerships</header><text>Grants awarded to eligible partnerships under this
part shall be awarded for a period of 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEA14A7F9935B4156BD5853FC8B1C436B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Increased
accountability</header><text>An eligible State, eligible applicant, or eligible
partnership that receives more than 1 grant under this part has an increased
accountability to disseminate information gained from such grants to States and
local educational agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9328E83905624734B51F53493674855E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>The
Secretary shall make annual payments of grant funds awarded under this
part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID39C5DBE61A0442ED00730932BB35311E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Peer
review</header>
<paragraph id="IDA35FF71795E94D1999FD3734A6860027"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Panel</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide the applications submitted under this part to a peer
review panel for evaluation. With respect to each application, the peer review
panel shall initially recommend the application for funding or for
disapproval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFCE7FAC7F0BD42B6BC1957EEA65F8101"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
recommending applications to the Secretary for funding under this part, the
panel shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7095B2DD67754981958D4DBF8294D9E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
grants under section 203, give priority to eligible States serving States
that—</text>
<clause id="IDC78388F3068046289822408F5E25D900"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have initiatives
to reform State teacher certification requirements that are designed to ensure
that current and future teachers possess the necessary teaching skills and
academic content knowledge in the subject areas in which the teachers are
certified or licensed to teach;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD85C9CF990F241E18E5E0085A0844FC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include
innovative reforms to hold institutions of higher education with teacher
preparation programs accountable for preparing teachers who are highly
competent in the academic content area in which the teachers plan to teach and
have strong teaching skills; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID766B162D576D47F68BD53864E58D9310"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involve the
development of innovative efforts aimed at reducing the shortage of highly
qualified teachers in high poverty urban and rural areas, and in subject areas
of high need (including bilingual education, special education, mathematics,
science, early childhood education, and vocational education); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC2F16CDA5A5348148C694D5D885448C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
grants under section 204—</text>
<clause id="IDBC5ABFCB3367444E9767AFEC6B9F8D70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>give priority to
applications from eligible partnerships that involve businesses; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1F17946B8E854670AF28A1FCC5DF5CAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>take into
consideration—</text>
<subclause id="ID31357447D5FC4DFFA0A2324216A955D8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>providing an
equitable geographic distribution of the grants throughout the United States;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID41C5C828DF6E4CD1B990C478BE27E394"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the potential of
the proposed activities for creating improvement and positive change.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID30C896224F394AE29242232167450160"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretarial
selection</header><text>The Secretary shall determine, based on the peer review
process, which application shall receive funding and the amounts of the grants.
In determining grant amounts, the Secretary shall take into account the total
amount of funds available for all grants under this part and the types of
activities proposed to be carried out.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3DDA5332A5D64525A0F875884BDD6383"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="ID599E0B733F31492CAD9021E199DBEE62"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
grants</header><text>Each eligible State receiving a grant under section 203
shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50 percent of the
amount of the grant (in cash or in kind) to carry out the activities supported
by the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC7FFFB28F68E4DBB9C95F430D940A930"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partnership
grants</header><text>Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under section
204 shall provide, from non-Federal sources (in cash or in kind), an amount
equal to 25 percent of the grant for the first year of the grant, 35 percent of
the grant for the second year of the grant, and 50 percent of the grant for
each succeeding year of the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID08ACDA10DD8C46379F65EF69BDAF8BF0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on
administrative expenses</header><text>An eligible State or eligible partnership
that receives a grant under this part may not use more than 2 percent of the
grant funds for purposes of administering the grant.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID90DFB7152A3A4F50B6A0D5556F6BE6E4"><enum>206.</enum><header>Accountability
and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="IDFD05E0D8D4B144E795C66F4E1D33F818"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State grant
accountability report</header><text>An eligible State that receives a grant
under section 203 shall submit an annual accountability report to the
Secretary. Such report shall include a description of the degree to which the
eligible State, in using funds provided under such section, has made
substantial progress in meeting the following goals:</text>
<paragraph id="IDE22131143F904D1B96FEDA54C52462BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Student
achievement</header><text>Increasing student achievement for all students as
defined by the eligible State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF1D5C1BB78F3475095B7774183211575"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Raising
standards</header><text>Raising the State academic standards required to enter
the teaching profession, including, where appropriate, through the use of
incentives to incorporate the requirement of an academic major in the subject,
or related discipline, in which the teacher plans to teach.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID88617A97A11F4C5B8F603C1000243B31"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial
certification or licensure</header><text>Increasing success in the pass rate
for initial State teacher certification or licensure, and increasing the
numbers of highly qualified individuals being certified or licensed as
teachers, including through alternative routes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID05747A5849AC4AEB8029A900E2006779"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Highly
qualified teachers</header><text>Ensuring that all teachers teaching in core
academic subjects within the State are highly qualified not later than the end
of the 2005–2006 school year pursuant to section 1119(a)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6319(a)(2)">20 U.S.C. 6319(a)(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1EB20563A1154FC9B331D0E4B4B4E293"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Decreasing
teacher shortages</header><text>Decreasing shortages of qualified teachers in
poor urban and rural areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB2F1B8EBB89145B0887622F659FA012B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Increasing
opportunities for professional development</header><text>Increasing
opportunities for enhanced and ongoing professional development that improves
the academic content knowledge of teachers in the subject areas in which the
teachers are certified or licensed to teach or in which the teachers are
working toward certification or licensure to teach, and that promotes strong
teaching skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC5EE1057702C47398E558E506E8C6348"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Technology
integration</header><text>Increasing the number of teachers prepared to
integrate technology in the classroom.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9778E403463642B48EE38FE6D06DA190"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership evaluation</header><text>Each eligible partnership receiving a
grant under section 204 shall establish and include in the application
submitted under section 204(c), an evaluation plan that includes strong
performance objectives. The plan shall include objectives and measures
for—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDF2C9825BE54449687A94D20D9D681D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increased student
achievement for all students as measured by the partnership;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8DDA62B0A1A54A0192785D27DEEE1746"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increased teacher
retention in the first 3 years of a teacher’s career;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID35EF48DA61824429BD7260CAAE12536E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increased success
in the pass rate for initial State certification or licensure of
teachers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9BA2DAB74FFE4FAE96E0DC8B55D696B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>increased
percentage of secondary school classes in core academic subject areas taught by
highly qualified teachers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB70B63A1E50E48C4B5DF25F354635DBB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>increasing the
number of teachers trained in technology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID23B9F6F52D2E4E6A99282BE75E5EDE4E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>increasing the
number of teachers prepared to work effectively with parents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD9A54B60FFEA4B4CABF5CC63B87EFB18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Revocation of
grant</header>
<paragraph id="IDA45DE509AB0944A89C00931967E5F23E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
eligible State or eligible partnership receiving a grant under this part shall
report annually on the progress of the eligible State or eligible partnership
toward meeting the purposes of this part and the goals, objectives, and
measures described in subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDFB9F610B34A42948D37AD04781C4B29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation</header>
<subparagraph id="IDCA71803BC7A24E30BCBEE0D37519B797"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible States
and eligible applicants</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an
eligible State or eligible applicant is not making substantial progress in
meeting the purposes, goals, objectives, and measures, as appropriate, by the
end of the second year of a grant under this part, then the grant payment shall
not be made for the third year of the grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDED2C926BEF7F4CD0A3A0C8BD519B2049"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
partnerships</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an eligible
partnership is not making substantial progress in meeting the purposes, goals,
objectives, and measures, as appropriate, by the end of the third year of a
grant under this part, then the grant payments shall not be made for any
succeeding year of the grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF899D6AA104645AA8481A240369F97FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation and
dissemination</header><text>The Secretary shall evaluate the activities funded
under this part and report the Secretary’s findings regarding the activities to
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. The
Secretary shall broadly disseminate successful practices developed by eligible
States and eligible partnerships under this part, and shall broadly disseminate
information regarding such practices that were found to be ineffective.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID97A75B1D6E594043A07BD7DF093EBC52"><enum>207.</enum><header>Accountability
for programs that prepare teachers</header>
<subsection id="IDADE43E7DF8524A7F88C54567C8A7A4AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of
definitions and reporting methods; High-Quality teacher preparation
Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID3F361E62D85746AE92D38E007C3EC0DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within 9 months of the date of enactment of the Higher
Education Amendments of 1998, the Commissioner of the National Center for
Education Statistics, in consultation with States and institutions of higher
education, shall develop key definitions for terms, and uniform reporting
methods (including the key definitions for the consistent reporting of pass
rates and program completers), related to the performance of elementary school
and secondary school teacher preparation programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1C7D5CE37867432CBDD2CED29592C9C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High-Quality
teacher preparation Program</header><text>Each applicant for a grant under this
part shall provide assurances in such applicant’s application that the
applicant will meet the following criteria:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDD2CFD9AB2AD41ADA200D3179DEEA7E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Provide each
teacher with each of the following skills and supports:</text>
<clause id="ID873F771546604CA890CC84FCB91EF18B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
deep knowledge of the subjects such teacher teaches.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE2F91084D3B043ADB88E8FE260BFCD75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A firm
understanding of how students learn.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDEB90A33B1952465F805BDFB060108229"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Teaching skills
necessary to help all students achieve high standards, including children with
disabilities and limited English proficient students.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0EB991B3333F4794BFC4A1A43E57D981"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>How to create a
positive learning environment.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2ECA273A2D6D40D59E2C12F1A7A8E7DF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The ability to
integrate challenging State academic content standards and challenging student
academic achievement standards, and accountability into classroom
teaching.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE1844F159F0E47098FBE76CBDF591EDD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The ability to
use a variety of assessment strategies to diagnose and respond to individual
learning needs.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCC86E5E9591442D5A2704B0033CEC2CB"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The ability to
integrate modern technology into curricula to support student learning.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID824C72BE57364D94AFFB66B80971131C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Classroom
management skills.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3F2FC3BC31DE4EF6B4D5E3B6824630E9"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Opportunities to
collaborate with the teacher’s colleagues, with parents, community members, and
other educators.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA0E35B37D8A149BCB08779B0219D1969"><enum>(x)</enum><text>The ability to
work in partnership with parents and involve parents in their children’s
education.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID40C4B16EF87D4269BC1B7F0700784000"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>How to reflect
on practices in order to improve teaching and student learning.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCC71228637994245006664EF55152033"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Ensure that each
preservice teacher has the necessary skills to succeed in the classroom,
including providing—</text>
<clause id="ID59FD08D0CC6744C78C00231597666626"><enum>(i)</enum><text>some training in
reading, addressing the needs of children with disabilities and limited English
proficient students, data analysis, and how to use student achievement data to
improve instruction; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4E0521CC77414A789DDBB8AEC548C24D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>optional
training in teaching advanced placement courses.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE8E99330E91D45D8BFCB46F4C83D467E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State report
card on the quality of teacher preparation</header><text>Each State that
receives funds under this Act shall provide to the Secretary, within 2 years of
the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and annually
thereafter, in a uniform and comprehensible manner that conforms with the
definitions and methods established in subsection (a), a State report card on
the quality of teacher preparation in the State, which shall include at least
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4D7274B3BC7E4AB3BB57D06866C128B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of
the teacher certification and licensure assessments, and any other
certification and licensure requirements, used by the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBED504C73B48493A9399F05F07A45E29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The standards and
criteria that prospective teachers must meet in order to attain initial teacher
certification or licensure and to be certified or licensed to teach particular
subjects or in particular grades within the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBBA23CEB5318467FA9ADA4957C38EF98"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of
the extent to which the assessments and requirements described in paragraph (1)
are aligned with the State’s standards and assessments for students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5DFAAF8ABB144A50B2E2B28C7484A254"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The percentage of
teaching candidates who passed each of the assessments used by the State for
teacher certification and licensure, and the passing score on each assessment
that determines whether a candidate has passed that assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA0EF3056EACA4CF7B17DBAECAF72BC8D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The percentage of
teaching candidates who passed each of the assessments used by the State for
teacher certification and licensure, disaggregated and ranked, by the teacher
preparation program in that State from which the teacher candidate received the
candidate’s most recent degree, which shall be made available widely and
publicly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE6955DC6D92540D6B8F27000909630CD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Information on
the extent to which teachers in the State are given waivers of State
certification or licensure requirements, including the proportion of such
teachers distributed across high- and low-poverty school districts and across
subject areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID17E7C5CE8CD74BEC834C27ABCE9CDBAD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description of
each State’s alternative routes to teacher certification, if any, and the
percentage of teachers certified through alternative certification routes who
pass State teacher certification or licensure assessments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A7C04A80D144D6FADF727DF4D00BBAE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For each State, a
description of proposed criteria for assessing the performance of teacher
preparation programs within institutions of higher education in the State,
including indicators of teacher candidate knowledge and skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3B2758BF750B4554A41126D9F2BF25AA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Information on
the extent to which teachers or prospective teachers in each State are required
to take examinations or other assessments of their subject matter knowledge in
the area or areas in which the teachers provide instruction, the standards
established for passing any such assessments, and the extent to which teachers
or prospective teachers are required to receive a passing score on such
assessments in order to teach in specific subject areas or grade levels.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6E04812ED84040A2AF4D841B82F04F41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initial
report</header>
<paragraph id="ID7B52DF281B3B4FF0A8C57461334229C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State that receives funds under this Act, not later
than 6 months after the date of enactment of the College Quality,
Affordability, and Diversity Improvement Act of 2005 and in a uniform and
comprehensible manner, shall submit to the Secretary the information described
in paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) of subsection (b). Such information shall be
compiled by the Secretary and submitted to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives not later than 9 months after the
date of enactment of the College Quality, Affordability, and Diversity
Improvement Act of 2005.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2CFDFA2BE68A49EA86EA6354950637E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection shall be construed to require a State to gather information
that is not in the possession of the State or the teacher preparation programs
in the State, or readily available to the State or teacher preparation
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDDC687738CECA422C973D43881DFCA8C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report of the
Secretary on the quality of teacher preparation</header>
<paragraph id="ID6B41A5F6891F44899C2D727F9900748B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report
card</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to Congress, and publish and
make widely available, a report card on teacher qualifications and preparation
in the United States, including all the information reported in paragraphs (1)
through (9) of subsection (b). Such report shall identify States for which
eligible States and eligible partnerships received a grant under this part.
Such report shall be so provided, published, and made available not later than
2 years 6 months after the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments
of 1998 and annually thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE0C5726BB5D54ED480C666C9D73EA264"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall report to Congress—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID66E4B81414474F0887897690B8C7164E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comparison of
States’ efforts to improve teaching quality; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID879F57E5D99F47DBB697C6115396F7AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regarding the
national mean and median scores on any standardized test that is used in more
than 1 State for teacher certification or licensure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0C3C735B2CC64109AD055338C8C3C6AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>In the case of teacher preparation programs with fewer than
10 graduates taking any single initial teacher certification or licensure
assessment during an academic year, the Secretary shall collect and publish
information with respect to an average pass rate on State certification or
licensure assessments taken over a 3-year period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18E749E0A9A84AF8B5B2C93FDCCAE500"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Database</header><text>The
Secretary shall collect data and develop a national and public database that
provides reports on States’ passage rates on certification and licensure
assessments, the placement rates for teacher preparation programs, the
percentage of full-time faculty in institutions of higher education in each
State who teach classes offered by a school of education, the tracking of
graduates 3 years after graduating from a teacher preparation program, and
other relevant information, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBE2CD2C9243941A584BE93F16BECC52F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary, to the extent practicable, shall coordinate the information
collected and published under this part among States for individuals who took
State teacher certification or licensure assessments in a State other than the
State in which the individual received the individual’s most recent
degree.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID84BA97B0FEDD46F882D23EE1EF833C83"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Institutional
report cards on the quality of teacher preparation</header>
<paragraph id="ID9F7FAF8BF2A24684B0D3A086181EC527"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report
card</header><text>Each institution of higher education that conducts a teacher
preparation program that enrolls students receiving Federal assistance under
this Act, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Higher
Education Amendments of 1998 and annually thereafter, shall report to the State
and the general public, in a uniform and comprehensible manner that conforms
with the definitions and methods established under subsection (a), the
following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2AE1D0406C544BB3B47C18151FE6496B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Pass
rate</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDF31F098D2B49499291E840833E489292"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For
the most recent year for which the information is available, the pass rate of
the institution’s graduates on the teacher certification or licensure
assessments of the State in which the institution is located, but only for
those students who took those assessments within 3 years of completing the
program.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6A038B9B1A7F4488B9FD788283A2DA59" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A comparison of the program’s pass
rate with the average pass rate for programs in the State.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID23F2A6827BBD46E1B443135142A53D69" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In the case of teacher
preparation programs with fewer than 10 graduates taking any single initial
teacher certification or licensure assessment during an academic year, the
institution shall collect and publish information with respect to an average
pass rate on State certification or licensure assessments taken over a 3-year
period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID039D6154CFE14C97B3D1F2CEB74348F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Program
information</header><text>The number of students in the program, the average
number of hours of supervised practice teaching required for those in the
program, and the faculty-student ratio in supervised practice teaching.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2234C82DF9CB4BFDB9715008647BAEF3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Statement</header><text>In
States that approve or accredit teacher education programs, a statement of
whether the institution’s program is so approved or accredited.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID50E8CCD3086B4FDDACB46F58B3E8FECD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Designation as
low-performing</header><text>Whether the program has been designated as
low-performing by the State under section 208(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0DDED1BCB0D041478DB75D8F36F29C69"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Percentage of
faculty in school of education</header><text>The percentage of full-time
faculty at the institution of higher education who teach classes offered by the
school of education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID09FC9DBE39284FFCA0067B73803B0800"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
information described in paragraph (1) shall be reported through publications
such as school catalogs and promotional materials sent to potential applicants,
secondary school guidance counselors, and prospective employers of the
institution’s program graduates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID350750F1E64842459154A168AFCE858F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fines</header><text>In
addition to the actions authorized in section 487(c), the Secretary may impose
a fine not to exceed $25,000 on an institution of higher education for failure
to provide the information described in this subsection in a timely or accurate
manner.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBA4C2FE3C9734AF5848ED49359848E72"><enum>(g)</enum><header>National
Academy of Sciences core curriculum study</header>
<paragraph id="ID822DEDC4444D41E18427CBE024C14C1E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into a contract with the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a 2-year study to develop a suggested
core curriculum in pedagogy for schools of education for such schools’ teacher
education program that assists those within the education profession and
prospective teachers to understand what prospective teachers need to know to
become effective teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID561B5FDBBFDE4FF583D700C050243579"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Domains of
foundational and pedagogical knowledge</header><text>The study under paragraph
(1) shall include each of the following domains of foundational and pedagogical
knowledge:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID65D8AF0D72E540B48B5E1E9F6058AB99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Learning, which
would include building on existing knowledge and experience shaped by social
and cultural context in the community and in the classroom.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID81A25C975CC646CB93C0AB4348388B9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Human
development, which would include how children and adolescents think and behave,
taking in account different ages, contexts, and learning styles.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94F0832F585F4831A6B36FEAFB8E6767"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Assessment, which
would include the introduction of standards-based reform.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID79E3B76273704216A6374DC8E57BBA5B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Teaching
strategies, which would include providing all teachers with the tools needed to
be successful in the classroom, especially with students who have specific
learning disabilities or needs such as language acquisition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB834323B6E9841589B3EA055A0A6F29D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Reading
instruction, which would include taking in account different ages, contexts,
and learning styles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID83FDFACEE7AE40FBA3B87BA8C017C703"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Best research;
suggested training</header><text>The suggested core curriculum developed under
paragraph (1) shall reflect the best research into how students learn and on
the content-specific methods shown to be effective with students, including
examining how children learn. The suggested core curriculum shall include
suggested training in working with diverse populations, assessments in the
classroom, and classroom management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BB341526CBE48AD988070F8E8D22DCD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collaboration</header>
<subparagraph id="ID94A3378A42A9438DAD212F1460151040"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the National
Academy of Sciences shall collaborate with interested parties in developing the
suggested core curriculum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE08C9F2E03824C5592382B9CFBD600A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Interested
parties</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>interested
parties</term> means—</text>
<clause id="ID2ED73043EEC44C7EAF00E96B63E1FCDD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>college
presidents;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7857AE9AD5DF4B19B8008543D0FF8D28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deans of teacher
education programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8A5EF526DC304C5B9CB5EFA518815418"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>teacher
preparation faculty;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID86D927DC79AF4D4C92A8EF542C33665B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>chief State
school officers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID638D12BB3BAD461287D8F5631C62C0EC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>school
superintendents;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFCF6253544A74BA48E7F3C9B5F229C6E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>teacher
organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7C11766CD7484ADBBB58E55D18BEDA3C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>outstanding
teachers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID16778DC8CA68482A9721EF1D54BA9601"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>teacher
preparation accrediting organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID8740983881F5449FA97D4366B4D16F2F"><enum>208.</enum><header>State
functions</header>
<subsection id="ID1B0F07F90038479D8C90A2594BCDB159"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
assessment</header><text>In order to receive funds under this Act, a State, not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998, shall have in place a procedure to identify, and assist,
through the provision of technical assistance, low-performing programs of
teacher preparation within institutions of higher education. Such State shall
provide the Secretary an annual list of such low-performing institutions that
includes an identification of those institutions at risk of being placed on
such list. Such levels of performance shall be determined solely by the State
and may include criteria based upon information collected pursuant to this
part. Such assessment shall be described in the report under section
207(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDEDFF8BE268BD412F8E33EC19EA16581E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of
eligibility</header><text>Any institution of higher education that offers a
program of teacher preparation in which the State has withdrawn the State’s
approval or terminated the State’s financial support due to the low performance
of the institution’s teacher preparation program based upon the State
assessment described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB998581660FF4FDDAF30491F4E0000A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be
ineligible for any funding for professional development activities awarded by
the Department of Education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB0BD9E2F009A4DE8AA95F200DD6F7EFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be
permitted to accept or enroll any student that receives aid under title IV of
this Act in the institution’s teacher preparation program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB32D1A74C68447E2AD6369554B9C94E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall provide
transitional support, including remedial services if necessary, for students
enrolled at the institution at the time of termination of financial support or
withdrawal of approval.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID75B8BCB7A17C410BAF60868E94DEA152"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Negotiated
rulemaking</header><text>If the Secretary develops any regulations implementing
subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall submit such proposed regulations to a
negotiated rulemaking process, which shall include representatives of States,
institutions of higher education, and educational and student
organizations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDB440082FFE7248C7BC982C2DECF76275"><enum>209.</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<subsection id="ID2709D6DBBB604CF5BDCD3740CC52D0C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>In
complying with sections 207 and 208, the Secretary shall ensure that States and
institutions of higher education use fair and equitable methods in reporting
and that the reporting methods protect the privacy of individuals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID106D50D4376F48C9A8F0E17B51E73913"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>For each State in which there are no State certification or
licensure assessments, or for States that do not set minimum performance levels
on those assessments—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA36AAF71FA9445D8AAA453751769BE8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall, to the extent practicable, collect data comparable to the data required
under this part from States, local educational agencies, institutions of higher
education, or other entities that administer such assessments to teachers or
prospective teachers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4BD2A0AF581B47B9BA9748AC7D604683"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notwithstanding
any other provision of this part, the Secretary shall use such data to carry
out the requirements of this part related to assessments or pass rates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID73CECA7E1BA644C299E0BE3310E3E73C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="ID5A62940CA63E485BBAF379DE8F6E7213"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal control
prohibited</header><text>Nothing in this part shall be construed to permit,
allow, encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any aspect of any
private, religious, or home school, whether or not a home school is treated as
a private school or home school under State law. This section shall not be
construed to prohibit private, religious, or home schools from participation in
programs or services under this part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53A43A39232441A797B5B468942B31A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No change in
State control encouraged or required</header><text>Nothing in this part shall
be construed to encourage or require any change in a State’s treatment of any
private, religious, or home school, whether or not a home school is treated as
a private school or home school under State law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID312D68D02D32417481947204A97900BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National system
of teacher certification prohibited</header><text>Nothing in this part shall be
construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize the Secretary to establish
or support any national system of teacher certification.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC2956A458BC54039AF0079B447756377"><enum>210.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $300,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section></part><part id="ID9AB20F3B8ABB4C898BE6746CBC19B4F1"><enum>B</enum><header>Innovative
strategies to recruit, train, and retain high quality teachers and
principals</header>
<section id="ID56CE44D52D8F4AF0004D3E058BC8ED49"><enum>215.</enum><header>Incentives to
recruit and retain high quality teachers and administrators</header>
<subsection id="ID6B6C9806E3704234ACAC233ED988F9A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mentoring
Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID33881CD9198247DCAB8521D176E1AC41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="IDEC87F8A1F1D44AFCABBBBEA61060609E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis,
to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to develop
mentoring programs that help train and retain new teachers and provide
professional routes for experienced teachers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDBAC2CE22B6F4F008399CEFC1B29C41C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to
eligible partnerships that consist of a high need local educational agency
with—</text>
<clause id="IDC9ED4FEFC1DD43D18E9EFA62D324CAF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>high rates of
teacher turnover; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID37831316DAEF4EF2A6CA5F23AC465274"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shortages of
teachers in subject areas of high need (including bilingual education, special
education, mathematics, science, vocational education, and early childhood
education) and teachers in rural areas.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA4199180B1B2486D8BE9CC45D5AEACF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
partnership</term> means a partnership among an institution of higher
education, a high need local educational agency, and a nonprofit entity
(including teacher organizations) that has an established record of providing
effective teacher training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD9112CCE9C2D4D8C00419DCAC90034EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible partnership that desires a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6E41121D03B2456F835D5DCD8B90BDFE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="IDBDA1175704BD4D19A9104F332BA881D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mandatory
uses</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall develop a mentoring program that is not less than 1 year in
duration and does each of the following:</text>
<clause id="ID49790FCBF1774BADB8F7C65B83725100"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Provides—</text>
<subclause id="ID3E40797837BC44E5A77194E7CBCC117F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>training for
experienced teachers to become mentors;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDB2585CC515A344809F4F1CDBFAD1802C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>training from
trained mentors to teach teachers in schools served by high need local
educational agencies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6ED93F2BAF964378A800F0E33487AD4F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>stipends to
mentors; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID9395D1F9DF3F41C299A0638D614622D7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>release time or
a reduced class load for mentors and the teachers being mentored, or
both.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7EC5175594924AD0A364CF3B856E5065"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Outlines
specific criteria for who can serve as mentors, coaches, and team
leaders.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2ABA9C98A6064145BCBF3E26EF7B8F01"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Requires
mentors to—</text>
<subclause id="ID0A2F83C1A32941F8A2E64B80F34FA9D0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be fully
licensed;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID18C43B8E7A8643AD9F38515F1C43B530"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be permanent
(nonprobationary) classroom teachers;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID24BD2847671645A98DEE8BA8FB5F2ECD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>have completed
not less than 3 years of teaching;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDAE76E9FC2E404B7686065400102B3FDE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>demonstrate
mastery of pedagogy and the subject matter such mentor teaches;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDFB934046BADE44D28287D4895044BD00"><enum>(V)</enum><text>have superior
teaching and interpersonal skills;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1F6573735353407DA57B47C902DC853D"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>have the ability
to integrate challenging State academic content standards and challenging
student academic achievement standards and accountability into classroom
teaching;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDABF5B020033643B4A7B24D3835BC351D"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>use a variety
of assessment strategies to respond to individual learning needs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDE5B49B3033E443F78BB943FCC3336F19"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>reflect on
their teaching practices in order to improve teaching and student
learning.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID236083E04FAC45C285D3C2B8C313D7B2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Endeavors to
match mentors and the teachers being mentored by geographic proximity or by the
same grade level and subject matter area of teaching, or both.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC0AE27CF3AF64C81A998011313ADFAD6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Ensures that
teachers who have been mentored will work in schools served by high need local
educational agencies for a specified period of time.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF01833677E384F0CABE75FF94228A195"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Provides a plan
to evaluate the mentoring program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCD036952381E49C5B68B0080E0DB4C91"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permissible
uses</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection may use the grant funds to provide academic credit toward an
advanced degree for mentors and the teachers being mentored.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7712A30C95644DB492A74C00009C9CF7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>Grants awarded under this subsection shall be for 3 years
in duration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7B82B7CF19F9416990D60504C5F803A9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3765720C24824E1197FA30658E338629"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than the last day of the grant award, an
eligible partnership that receives a grant under this subsection shall submit
an accountability report to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7DCD50BD53BE443290A8ABFB1B4C39B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
accountability report under subparagraph (A) shall include, at a
minimum—</text>
<clause id="ID334056A3F23341B9B4218306B0603056"><enum>(i)</enum><text>teacher retention
rates for teachers participating in the mentoring program as compared with
teachers in the high need local educational agency not participating in the
mentoring program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID524A128CF90245C9BEB6926345889B9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>results of
evaluations on mentor and teachers being mentored satisfaction with the
mentoring program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID79D8A4B4E1114A4B9B002436C69416B4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>results of the
plan developed by the eligible partnership to evaluate the mentoring
program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID06F92C18A7DB4565AEFAC5CBCCBB4E08"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID32481F1E8B6D438F92001087472830D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Housing
incentives Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID10D65D413E2646E0BED6A4F239C56228"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to develop
a housing incentive program that assists teachers who teach in schools served
by high need local educational agencies to afford housing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7D26FCE334D34F919F65C29890103C37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3D1DE91DFBF24D809DFFD4836DE8DDA7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term> means a
partnership between—</text>
<clause id="ID1C53933B5123478A8C30619490EED8F7"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDB3BBB9FF27C04780BEBBA6FD8EB64B68"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a high need local
educational agency; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID12517E741A4D41D9BA3BE0AD9C2715F2" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a State educational agency; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDFE3EC01323DB4DAEADC6FBEE41424FA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an institution
of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF9B39E4ECF7E40C1BFD9B29CE8F6E6F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
entities</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term> may include
other public entities or private entities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC0E5E42F37F5474EB0684B11587DF505"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible partnership that desires a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1C21F3E127EE4CDEA25B9CDAC59B6113"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall use the grant funds to develop a housing incentive program
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8C2565A3F9E746A794121827A0712359"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides
financial incentives to teachers who teach in schools served by high need local
educational agencies by providing for such teachers funds for—</text>
<clause id="ID6016783ED1CF4156A4E91422741347FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
downpayment on a home;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0740FBDD194A4667871286092DD371A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>closing costs
associated with purchasing a home; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4D0DB9B38AA9441BAA027B6FEA000753"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>moving
expenses; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID331F510E342F42C7ADCBCE00FB00AF16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develops a
partnership with a lender to create a home loan program for teachers who teach
in schools served by high need local educational agencies that provides home
loans to such teachers that—</text>
<clause id="IDB853167134884D318993D3D3E24C1509"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are insured by
the eligible partnership; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7342A56F90464DC58FBE7125D6599EC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require minimal
or no downpayment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF91993A73F3640B68313B34CB6CEE4D0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Service
requirement</header><text>A teacher that receives assistance under this
subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE260A941CFC84E22ABB7DB9B81535B71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>teach in a school
served by a high need local educational agency for not less than 5 subsequent
school years; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEF0C960C19CC4B9F8B96C2129D17215F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>repay the amount
of assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC2445328146D4C7F8FAADE9216A59767"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID00477928FC454AAB9546CA418050026B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall develop an evaluation of the partnership’s housing incentive
program that includes, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="ID85EC8DCC1D4046A0A5375246EFC755B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>how many teachers
received assistance under the program and retention rates in schools served by
high need local educational agencies for such teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID612DE39A0A3E426E8F2288A924DE9BDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the
program helped improve teacher shortages;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID451740CE925345FC927000E56EFA106B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description
of the specific inactive model that was used to develop the housing incentive
program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3CF89C41D364456B96E6B3AA2700E228"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if applicable,
how partnerships with lenders worked; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9BC5CD8737C845469300178D6B3534B8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>successful
practices.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBEDCA33B56CC461489036478FFCA74FB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission of
evaluation</header><text>Not later than the last day of the grant award, the
eligible partnership shall submit to the Secretary the evaluation developed
under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3D41FD24ACFA496FA85F00EC7342C0F6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Tax
exemption</header><text>The amount of any financial assistance received by a
teacher under a housing incentive program developed pursuant to this subsection
shall not be considered income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7D21EB35F625438BAB04004F37FEF901"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID953C2F838A1F47DAA6464C49BAFA8480"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Community
college as a partner</header>
<paragraph id="IDDC4774DA551B4B83B9244C3152E08BE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to
strengthen teacher preparation programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE814A5BE70584F188EDB1492CFD18C42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
partnership</term> means a partnership between—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDAF70A480A0524BBBB0F71433E8B462E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a community
college; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1C5BC723FB624D97002F8227DAA8D979"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a 4-year
institution of higher education that has a teacher preparation program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID504EBCAF2E1144BBBC367FB0B814AD07"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible partnership that desires a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID58FC3F117CB342A9805F89BA2D7004A1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="ID77F440A3920E4D76BF2586A6D691EB2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mandatory
uses</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall do both of the following:</text>
<clause id="ID6D8DA24D7CCB4BA5876500B8EBE2FE47"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Community
college activities</header><text>The community college of the eligible
partnership shall develop and strengthen the core curriculum centered on a
liberal arts education at such college that adequately prepares students to
enter the teacher preparation program at the 4-year institution of higher
education of the eligible partnership.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID66CCA36128304D7EAF004455414E1F38"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>4-year
institution of higher education activities</header>
<subclause id="IDE618EA1AD1AC4ED5B900C3C3D7362238"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The 4-year institution of higher education of the
eligible partnership shall provide intensive support services for students that
enter the teacher preparation program from the community college of the
eligible partnership.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1E029ADC3F1C48FB89F1C90366CC5841"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>The support services shall be offered prior to and
during such student’s tenure at the 4-year institution of higher education and
shall include mentoring, and academic and career support.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDE741BF72312D40CFBBADF0C5DB20D09E"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Point
person</header><text>The 4-year institution of higher education shall provide a
point person within the teacher preparation program whose sole job is to
provide support services to the students described in subclause (I).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2C507B6041BF4817B510E241F0C3B6C9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permissive
uses</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection may use the grant funds to provide compensation to staff in the
teacher preparation programs at the community college and 4-year institution of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID21D8B6FC7C8F411E8EA8B9F98223B7A7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>Grants awarded under this subsection shall be for 5 years
in duration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5549283B185F44378777D9CAE3C7D5E7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID45E6389FB93E420FB574E33F252C5BF5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall develop an evaluation of the partnerships’s activities under
this subsection that—</text>
<clause id="ID1D793913BB0D4809B9E8FE3BAFEEC9E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes the
number of student teachers served and the retention rate in the 4-year
institution of higher education of such student teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFB4766BCCC48449485C3DF32C10029DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>addresses the
qualification of such student teachers when graduating from the 4-year
institution of higher education, including whether such student teachers found
teaching positions and whether they passed State certification examinations;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID22502F61AC67452CA53142CB423E5328"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes
successful practices.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF4C60F222269406AAE6298941BBF791E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission of
evaluation</header><text>Not later than the last day of the grant award, the
eligible partnership shall submit to the Secretary the evaluation developed
under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID827B851079274BB28DCA8EC0B3258231"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF1413228B65C4C0E82704C43DCC41CC8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Paraprofessionals
to teachers</header>
<paragraph id="ID56404336BAC841559772F1B96C88EEF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to develop
a Paraprofessionals to Teachers Program (in this subsection referred to as the
<quote>Program</quote>) to assist paraprofessionals employed by high need local
educational agencies to become teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE10CBFEE0A4C42D287C300AB79DBA2D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
partnership</term> means a partnership among an institution of higher
education, a high need local educational agency, and other entities that may
include businesses, community colleges, and teacher organizations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2F73B6203C954518858954EF981FA8BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible partnership that desires a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3E00AB643FB4422E84CD3C9437299769"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="IDB0301C31026F48D396317BC4AF555B52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall develop a Program to assist paraprofessionals employed by the
high need local educational agency of the eligible partnership to become
teachers by—</text>
<clause id="ID7967F7F546BD434889ED241231303DE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing a
teacher preparation program at the institution of higher education of the
eligible partnership for paraprofessionals that allows for part-time study and
flexible student teaching and coursework schedules;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC16E95D890694DDE939399BA90B45E43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensuring that
paraprofessionals enrolled in the teacher preparation program under clause (i)
retain such paraprofessionals’ benefit packages with the high need local
educational agency while enrolled in the teacher preparation program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID72BAB42E802D470A8348F36E4558CBF8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>providing
support services for such paraprofessionals that include tutoring to meet
teacher preparation program requirements, child care, career counseling, and
financial aid guidance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2DB070DCB4E042B38F210671866CCF64"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>providing
mentoring for such paraprofessionals during their first 3 years of
teaching.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF62C94A5CFE14F2589594C10D4F30805"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permissible use
of funds</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection may use the grant funds for—</text>
<clause id="ID2BFCF7F90F914DC2A6D82EDC00B43B94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tuition expenses
of paraprofessionals in the teacher preparation program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2F5DC2B3E5084D43BA43507B8B19C5E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>child care
expenses of paraprofessionals;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5A09E29CE85F45A8A887CC17CDF69015"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>release time
for paraprofessionals;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCAF54677BDD244858374046E85C4A090"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>compensation for
mentors;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2A159BF6D97B46D9BE3FC717FC41B810"><enum>(v)</enum><text>support services
for paraprofessionals;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB6E3B2290BE3481897E59C54226BD34D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>salaries of
staff at the institution of higher education and the high need local
educational agency of the eligible partnership; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6396647784954E17A5BBE9F3CACB7082"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>stipends for
paraprofessionals.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD494EC4EDE1D4B16905B251F357E5E44"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Activities of
the high need local educational agency</header><text>The high need local
educational agency of the eligible partnership shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC594D8FA20084BC0BDF5D904B769C451"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make efforts to
recruit paraprofessionals employed by such agency to participate in the
Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA2B6E22D71C942ABBB03F36F80A59972"><enum>(B)</enum><text>arrange for
administrative leave for paraprofessionals employed by such agency who
participate in the Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12708B8621FF4FCEAE1942DA01E25BF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>guarantee a
provisional teaching position to paraprofessionals employed by such agency who
participate in the Program upon completion of the Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDAFE722B7EBC14F55A949F044B30100C0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>Grants awarded under this subsection shall be for 3 years
in duration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID377629E8A490434A89F384D30196834E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE2EDB0CED41245328529C0FCEE1B60E6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>School
leadership development Program for principals, assistant principals, and
superintendents</header>
<paragraph id="ID5D55EBA2B0724DD197B35CA01CF17EE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to provide
practical training to principals, assistant principals, and school
superintendents that focuses on developing and enhancing the skills necessary
to serve as instructional leaders of schools and school systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID44746DE7D39D4C71A444C40769C5357E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
partnership</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID28DB8CBC03C54A359F9DDC1BB3E9E3B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a
partnership between—</text>
<clause id="ID091BA7FCE6D84EE086C08D006C1DEBF0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID12A96B84D70346679E94C2CC26B9855F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 or more high
need local educational agencies; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDC5527028F6F405F8793003E29008147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include a
school principal professional organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB8AFA2C4F76B4696B8472875DA988600"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible partnership that desires a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9D4D9C69E2954A8780F1E5CD79E5E0AF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="ID8ED1EB1A25B24C4BAAA8AEAD6BCA0200"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection shall establish a certificate program for principals, assistant
principals, and school superintendents that is developed by education experts
and practitioners and that provides training in—</text>
<clause id="ID63A8CF144D864C408C9B3205CB9EC265"><enum>(i)</enum><text>diagnostic
leadership skills assessment;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID852C9A4E129D4E588955C8302D631D18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development
of knowledge and skills that contribute to the effective practice of
instructional leadership behaviors;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9E258A27F5A14441B0AF65D24858CCD4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>research
methodology for educational leaders that includes understanding of systematic
and empirical research methods, application of rigorous data analyses,
collections of reliable and valid data, knowledge of appropriate research
designs, and the importance of peer review and other external scrutiny, and its
application to the practice of school leadership; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2DE90D4D3B0E4610AF61D9891F057EB1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the development
of knowledge and skills to develop and align curriculum, assessments, and
instruction with standards, legislation, and regulations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID705E6F1AB0864C258463B1A6801797EC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permissible use
of funds</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
subsection may use the grant funds—</text>
<clause id="ID97D1FD42C2C94727985ED6C1AD1C3837"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to provide
training in developing and enhancing the skills necessary to effectively run
schools for individuals who are about to become principals, assistant
principals, or school superintendents;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID36E4DD048A9E4F41939934CA2100F8FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for a
pre-induction year internship or apprenticeship with a successful practitioner
to help train individuals who are about to become principals, assistant
principals, or school superintendents, and, during an induction year, to
support and develop the capacity of new principals, assistant principals, and
school superintendents as instructional leaders; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCDC48AC66CF943A095ACAB48503DD3A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to provide
mentoring and peer coaching services for principals, assistant principals, and
school superintendents to enable exemplary principals, assistant principals,
and school superintendents to serve as mentors and role models.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC964C6526BCA4E4A87DE481EE1CE5ED1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Technology</header><text>In
carrying out activities under this subsection, an eligible partnership shall
use, to the extent practicable, technology as an outreach mechanism to expand
opportunities for professional development and ongoing support services for
principals, assistant principals, and school superintendents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD1324ECB3BC64D7DA5E5BE5F00494F83"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>An
eligible partnership that receives a grant under this subsection shall submit
to the Secretary an evaluation detailing the use of grant funds under this
subsection and the progress in meeting the goals of the eligible
partnership.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID25EBB9055530416990003961CA5328D9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>Grants awarded under this subsection shall be for 3 years
in duration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BE6E627876C4B0597B269F1F6A7B243"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part id="IDEBF0F0250A76472BA7C33F59B64E256C"><enum>C</enum><header>Preparing
tomorrow’s teachers to use technology</header>
<section id="ID0B0DD0BC85474714A35E2C9B34A3835F"><enum>221.</enum><header>Purpose and
Program authority</header>
<subsection id="IDFC3246AB8E1C435EAD6E00072FA8DB23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It
is the purpose of this part to assist consortia of public and private
entities—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9D1A79C3035345E8BED0D1E606B93FA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out
programs that prepare prospective teachers to use advanced technology to
prepare all students to meet challenging State and local academic content and
student academic achievement standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE08D7C32CB66465CB885AE005148E92C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve the
ability of institutions of higher education to carry out such programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD47A0E2462FF418A8513DBE4AB328351"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
authority</header>
<paragraph id="ID7B3FA071437A431DA1063FC9F42829C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible
applicants, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with eligible
applicants, on a competitive basis in order to pay for the Federal share of the
cost of projects to develop or redesign teacher preparation programs to enable
prospective teachers to use advanced technology effectively in their
classrooms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID40EFDA7F667E445C8CB56F7BA26EC1EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period of
awards</header><text>The Secretary may award grants, or enter into contracts or
cooperative agreements, under this part for periods that are not more than 5
years in duration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID830890FEBC4A443398C214399845DC5D"><enum>222.</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<subsection id="ID54130359A86F446AAA61227FD555E87D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible
applicants</header><text>In order to receive a grant or enter into a contract
or cooperative agreement under this part, an applicant shall be a consortium
that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1C59B7C228D54EE0A70811263B35CB8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>At least one
institution of higher education that awards baccalaureate degrees and prepares
teachers for their initial entry into teaching.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6453CE2F904642BE8CE9A7AA75FF2959"><enum>(2)</enum><text>At least one
State educational agency or local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID041EC9771F564C31BD402700003834E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>One or more of
the following entities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID22E8C50FD99846A8AA73BF132E08EB83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An institution of
higher education (other than the institution described in paragraph
(1)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC374EE43F1CD42A38EFA2DC8F50518E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A school or
department of education at an institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8C9A184B8E1845E7A1CBB52F84AF5F11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A school or
college of arts and sciences (as defined in section 201(b)) at an institution
of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA86302DA22F94ED9B6F703BDBEEBA300"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A professional
association, foundation, museum, library, for-profit business, public or
private nonprofit organization, community-based organization, or other entity,
with the capacity to contribute to the technology-related reform of teacher
preparation programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID94D333FA55A84CAF90B8ACFA00305CF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application
requirements</header><text>In order to receive a grant or enter into a contract
or cooperative agreement under this part, an eligible applicant shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require. Such application shall include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9E20E4FFC467498EB460D0D24713503F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of
the proposed project, including how the project would—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB603EE444E6443F2BB006476F9ED9207"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that
individuals participating in the project would be prepared to use advanced
technology to prepare all students, including groups of students who are
underrepresented in technology-related fields and groups of students who are
economically disadvantaged, to meet challenging State and local academic
content and student academic achievement standards; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6EB5EDEB766342678411116800D4D739"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the
ability of at least one participating institution of higher education described
in section 222(a)(1) to ensure such preparation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDCB94853CFE3140EC8105855489CAF250"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A demonstration
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID715DF2B2FE56440AA64DB7CDF65EB8B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the commitment,
including the financial commitment, of each of the members of the consortium
for the proposed project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD3ED381DD0E747F6B269A58C005E3603"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the active
support of the leadership of each organization that is a member of the
consortium for the proposed project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEE0D0935447948F28458D19B62C5A076"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of
how each member of the consortium will participate in project
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD33875A2EFA24E41BF0005E7A5DD7137"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of
how the proposed project will be continued after Federal funds are no longer
awarded under this part for the project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6F28C3D9ED2C4AE597231354009E3D3B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A plan for the
evaluation of the project, which shall include benchmarks to monitor progress
toward specific project objectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID40BF4EB1EE18435085D3ABC6B998DA99"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="ID1A480B29C355431F9BB7A7803D9D0052"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of any project funded under
this part shall not exceed 50 percent. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
non-Federal share of the cost of such project may be provided in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID082E70E36D224206BAC293A2008F72AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acquisition of
equipment</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of the funds awarded for a
project under this part may be used to acquire equipment, networking
capabilities, or infrastructure, and the non-Federal share of the cost of any
such acquisition shall be provided in cash.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID427ED30E337746AF8130EADDF8F94FBA"><enum>223.</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subsection id="IDE628586621FF44B7AF7B56614B6B7D78"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required
uses</header><text>A consortium that receives a grant or enters into a contract
or cooperative agreement under this part shall use funds made available under
this part for—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEC6930953EF245949F0160F3A2F6C800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a project
creating one or more programs that prepare prospective teachers to use advanced
technology to prepare all students, including groups of students who are
underrepresented in technology-related fields and groups of students who are
economically disadvantaged, to meet challenging State and local academic
content and student academic achievement standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9BB9AADB34644FB3A62EF8C200C52925"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluating the
effectiveness of the project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD41CEEFA643740E780825BD6F146A9B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permissible
uses</header><text>The consortium may use funds made available under this part
for a project, described in the application submitted by the consortium under
this part, that carries out the purpose of this part, such as the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID00E5EE854B3645A09B1C33E6C99045C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Developing and
implementing high-quality teacher preparation programs that enable
educators—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC8389B7933E44DF188CEA4F08D66E12C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to learn the full
range of resources that can be accessed through the use of technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID54FCA9C27CBF4F5B8CAC1932B7C0B1AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to integrate a
variety of technologies into curricula and instruction in order to expand
students’ knowledge;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFF4601EC55A0484A8E1E50F0DD30C78D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to evaluate
educational technologies and their potential for use in instruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3A84606BC87B4469B8BF7595AC801EDF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to help students
develop their technical skills; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE6BDC4A676034645AA00ACF2CEC5734E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to use technology
to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and
decisionmaking.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3BF7FCC9541147C3A66FA634F54E0075"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Developing
alternative teacher development paths that provide elementary schools and
secondary schools with well-prepared, technology-proficient educators.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4383D41200CB4E2DA7AC9CED82B56652"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing
achievement-based standards and assessments aligned with the standards to
measure the capacity of prospective teachers to use technology effectively in
their classrooms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFA030F15FA254C5F8199627B9C3F1EA8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing
technical assistance to entities carrying out other teacher preparation
programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD391C66A5013463BA07C8F9561517026"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Developing and
disseminating resources and information in order to assist institutions of
higher education to prepare teachers to use technology effectively in their
classrooms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID987580289E804ADAB3821811AEB3756C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Subject to
section 222(c)(2), acquiring technology equipment, networking capabilities,
infrastructure, software, and digital curricula to carry out the
project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDE9C9F46C173C4CADBDA78668F4E62740"><enum>224.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part—</text>
<paragraph id="ID11A9EE6761414182978F3D0000603880"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5EC6713E751F4F7F8E321DC71D00B703"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></section></part>.
<enum>III</enum><header>Diversity,
retention, and enriched academics for matriculating students</header>
<section id="IDA1DAD8794D7D4D7997C1064700E380EA"><enum>301.</enum><header>Test
preparation for low-income students</header>
<subsection id="id09C54F9641FA4E388D120342A309D855"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301</external-xref> et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965" id="ID53327861B5BC461EA289F4D36C84E4F7">
<part id="IDE5BDD2E691614647002D7679E47F367D"><enum>J</enum><header>Test preparation
for low-income students</header>
<section id="ID5AAEA4210BB542288E859EEB2B7C0587"><enum>1910.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1BCD8E24651E4CCBA599E2BE601F29C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a public,
private, or nonprofit entity (including a secondary school or a local
educational agency) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF02EF2A9BA22403C00C9F6CC81A8002B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offers a program
to prepare students for college admissions tests; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA6C16F15DC464B02BE530073626CA177"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a verified
track record of not less than 3 years of increasing the average college
admissions test score of students who participate in such program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9439E43EF56C474000804B0719DD4C5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>eligible local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency for which the number of children
determined under section 1124(c) for that local educational agency constitute
more than—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID547726A59564460888F200F1A9877C96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the percentage
described in section 1125(c)(2)(B)(v) of the agency’s total population aged 5
to 17; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID24EFC2B65E7646BDB60073AF3B75E65F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number
described in section 1125(c)(2)(C)(v) of the agency’s total population aged 5
to 17.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9E8D3238144346B1ADA0EC426D975E40"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
secondary school</header><text>The term <term>eligible secondary
school</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC98C6F05D547472989D9BA4C1F043DF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a secondary
school that receives Federal assistance under part A and is served by an
eligible local educational agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4B0E0FE459634A1B99EBBD853C92004C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a
secondary school that does not receive Federal assistance under part A for a
fiscal year if such secondary school is served by an eligible local educational
agency that serves secondary schools, none of which received Federal assistance
under part A for such fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID3296002C32E0403482C7D5AEE72269C4"><enum>1911.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">From amounts appropriated under section 1917
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to
eligible local educational agencies to enable such agencies to fund college
admissions test preparation programs for juniors and seniors at eligible
secondary schools served by such agencies.</text>
</section><section id="IDE57C71672CFA4DECA4339C74CEFB7447"><enum>1912.</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An eligible local educational agency that
desires a grant under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</section><section id="IDF47ADDCC8FD44882BBE316700181ACCF"><enum>1913.</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants awarded under this subpart shall be
for a period of not less than 3 years.</text>
</section><section id="IDF511202F5DF944178B61B77C468F8B73"><enum>1914.</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subsection id="IDB5B6D995E2384AAE9605C5C6AB097FD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible local educational agency that receives a
grant under this part shall use the grant funds to provide, through an eligible
entity, a college admissions test preparation program for juniors and seniors
at eligible secondary schools served by such agency that uses methods that have
proven effective in preparing students for college admissions tests.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID44FC7146FDC14299B67E87C876C925F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Methods</header>
<paragraph id="ID822EEDA6122042BEBAB870612580B36C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A college admissions test preparation program funded
under this part shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID14BE8474B4B4432E000198E3C70166AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use methods that
have proven effective in preparing students for college admissions
tests;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB2CA17A337184F2E992FA52842E8EF9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, be administered through instructor led, classroom-based courses;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID50A5450F73014FF99C19722BD5E595B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consist of a
minimum of 25 hours of instructional (nontesting) time.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3083D254EC94FB9BE820461127B90FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Online
courses</header>
<subparagraph id="ID72922B8449B54EB18004BD2DE789F5FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible local educational agency may enter into a
contract with an eligible entity to provide a college admissions test
preparation program that will be offered online if—</text>
<clause id="ID0C638430F0234D209C162E77E52F9BE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
classroom-based college admissions test preparation program provided by an
eligible entity is not available; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID523261F46B514C24B9053F73D6641669"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the eligible
entity providing such online program has a verified track record of not less
than 3 years of increasing the average college admissions test score of
students served through such online program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEC9A054AB72B4AD5998C06B3591D8D70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Supervision;
administration</header><text>An online college admissions test preparation
program shall be supervised or administered by a teacher, administrator, or
coach who has received appropriate professional development to support student
success in such online program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0BFC29F8C5DA462FA3AE2259AA8BCBE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Comparable
service</header><text>An eligible entity that is not a school or local
educational agency and that receives a contract under this section
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB68E2995D0664B019B5529FA00FFE0A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide
comparable services in programs offered under this part as in programs such
entity offers to such entity’s other customers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78AE9ED142D142A891C8E3A033967EC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide services
in programs offered under this part for not more than 75 percent of such
entity’s national average rate per student for comparable programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6AFABC893A1D490B94348F89A3AAEEB0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Practice
examinations</header>
<paragraph id="ID8F2A28D3E9A24EB7B0A27904AFCCF3CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prior to
preparation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID4AB9C33D807A4F8C85841B49007ED2D1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Programs provided under this section shall require each
participating student to complete a practice examination of the college
admissions test the student will be preparing for, prior to preparing such
student for such college admissions test.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID71FFE155817743DC82502C930002004C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Previously
administered; same timeframe and setting</header><text>The practice examination
described under subparagraph (A) shall be—</text>
<clause id="IDCCC3912992DC40B3A4E724A11601B796"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an examination
previously administered by the College Board, ACT Inc., or other college
admissions tests’ respective administrator; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID588DB87050634743AC53345B1D14074F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>administered in
a timeframe and setting similar to that of the examination when administered by
the College Board, ACT Inc., or other college admissions tests’ respective
administrator.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID75A2156FE85F40C8BB8EC5F8CEC84C48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>After
preparation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID759D4170049245489F8023397B8098C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Programs provided under subsection (a) shall require each
participating student to complete a practice examination of the college
admissions test the student prepared for at the completion of the
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4AA2263889674D07B5976E066F04422C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Previously
administered; same timeframe and setting</header><text>The practice examination
described under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="IDC5F2AFB9667643B7B7373628F400489F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be an
examination previously administered by the College Board, ACT Inc., or other
college admissions tests’ respective administrator;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4C3576D2091A4FAD9BA1910981309678"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be the
same practice examination given at the start of the program, given at any time
during the program, or used as a study aid during the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID18FE0B3C428F4DF5A68CAD2D3B003585"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall be
administered in a timeframe and setting similar to that of the examination when
administered by the College Board, ACT Inc., or other college admissions tests’
respective administrator.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID98A01CB2E3454D1593D197764BDAC282"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplemental
preparation and guidance</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a
contract under this section or an eligible local educational agency that
develops and implements a school-based college admissions test preparation
program under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3E78E91B33994638A434C0C4EF63F7C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide
supplemental preparation for those students that need such supplemental
preparation to prepare for college admissions tests in the form of
prepreparation review of skills and knowledge, including in mathematics,
grammar, and vocabulary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID149AF5A212A1426A818718556200A1C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that
students participating in programs funded under this part receive counseling on
college admissions, including information on selecting an institution of higher
education, the application process and related requirements, the availability
of supports and services to facilitate transition to and success in
postsecondary education, and the availability of financial aid; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57A07C8C09E9408AAB447B0067DCBAAB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>offer not less
than 1 seminar or class on the counseling described under paragraph (2) that
shall be held during evening or weekend hours and parents shall be invited to
attend such seminar or class.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID167C5B94EAE8476A883550C736FFF841"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Local
educational agency separate programs</header><text>An eligible local
educational agency that enters into a contract with an eligible entity pursuant
to this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8ED10090595F47CBAAF5F8B7D7236F1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may conduct
activities described under subsection (e) separate from such contract;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD0322F0A410E430D877F2C3BB3002598"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not use more
than 5 percent of the grant funds to conduct activities described under
subsection (e) separate from such contract.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID589DE0CA1B584617BC4ECC381C5B7281"><enum>1915.</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header>
<subsection id="ID0AC24D02648A4A029D00D6FC00A62484"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Local
educational agency</header><text>An eligible local educational agency that
develops and implements a school-based college admissions test preparation
program under section 1914(a)(1) shall submit to the Secretary a report that
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7EB6C45C82E9433BA4BAF9AB981BA265"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of
students who started the program, disaggregated by race and gender where
appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4FAC8DA957174C59ACC0A94EF0184317"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of
students who completed the program, disaggregated by race and gender where
appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID579C8923A9A540779D859CD9E28DA1EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of
students participating in the program who subsequently take the officially
administered college admissions test for which such students were preparing,
disaggregated by race and gender where appropriate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID23BA8FFC59AD4ACAACE58E54D3B18ECD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>average scores
for participating students on the preprogram test pursuant to section
1914(d)(1), and the end of program test pursuant to section 1914(d)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBD4F1C422B8049E681042585A0EBE3CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a contract under section
1914 shall submit to the eligible local educational agency that has contracted
for such eligible entity’s services a report that includes the information
described in subsection (a) and any other information the eligible local
educational agency shall reasonably require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFD34B384350A40FE87523BCCA1CDC0A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure to
submit scores</header><text>An eligible local educational agency or eligible
entity that fails to submit the average scores for participating students on
the preprogram test pursuant to section 1914(d)(1), and the end of program test
pursuant to section 1914(d)(2) shall have such agency or entity’s grant
terminated at the discretion of the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID40297072E61D435997D2E13492E59572"><enum>1916.</enum><header>Score
improvement</header>
<subsection id="IDC299CCB5B0134EC689FF62003E57B446"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
less than once every 3 years, the Secretary shall review and report to Congress
on all programs funded under this part to ensure that such programs are
improving the scores of students participating in the program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID43B8C93AB16241019D46315B915D0023"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Noneligibility</header><text>Programs
funded under this part that are determined by the Secretary to have not
significantly improved the average score of participating students shall no
longer be eligible for grants under this part.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDED54A8DBC6B243E68C877CAAC749A654"><enum>1917.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $50,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idE6AB5EFE86634E549533BE084C4DAF72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 1908 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id48dbb521-dd03-44d8-b116-d207cb238081">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="IDE5BDD2E691614647002D7679E47F367D" level="part">Part J—Test preparation for low-income students</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID5AAEA4210BB542288E859EEB2B7C0587" level="section">Sec. 1910. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID3296002C32E0403482C7D5AEE72269C4" level="section">Sec. 1911. Establishment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDE57C71672CFA4DECA4339C74CEFB7447" level="section">Sec. 1912. Application.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDF47ADDCC8FD44882BBE316700181ACCF" level="section">Sec. 1913. Duration.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDF511202F5DF944178B61B77C468F8B73" level="section">Sec. 1914. Use of funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID589DE0CA1B584617BC4ECC381C5B7281" level="section">Sec. 1915. Reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID40297072E61D435997D2E13492E59572" level="section">Sec. 1916. Score improvement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDED54A8DBC6B243E68C877CAAC749A654" level="section">Sec. 1917. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID33DD52EC614A469F9B95EAF470B4A54E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Admissions and
retention</header>
<subsection id="IDBAC236AE7315403E0001FD00DB0002A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prospective
student information</header><text>Part A of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C.
1070</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by section 105, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID3C59D75B5D314F869EED39187213B01B">
<subpart id="IDFA6EA35CA1EC49BD93D5B8BD6C7198A0"><enum>11</enum><header>Prospective
student information</header>
<section id="ID1853C19430F847C6A5A152E783B9CBCA"><enum>420M.</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<subsection id="IDE583CA84B9574E8B95A844C82F80369D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An institution of higher education that offers a
baccalaureate degree and is eligible to receive assistance under this part
shall include in such institution’s application for assistance under this part
the following information:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7E9FEBF4CB7049BAB8002D8DB6B12EA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The percentage of
freshman students enrolled at the institution in the previous academic year who
were self-identified members of the following disaggregated categories:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDFAC5A9541B15432399E8158489674CAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Individual major
racial and ethnic groups.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6239C003ACEA40528B6FD5A0EEEC4BCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Male.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8C86335F96E04868A5983E36CA5B3DDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Female.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID238913BC6E8E408CBFD56246A8EADE4B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The relative of
an alumnus, disaggregated by race and eligibility for Federal Pell
Grants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID24217C054B22444F86C2FF3FAA836C6B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Economically
disadvantaged, as measured by eligibility for Federal Pell Grants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE950671BDE944525B881E7C53F3FA05E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The percentage of
freshman students enrolled at the institution in the previous academic year who
were admitted to the institution through binding early decision, disaggregated
by race and eligibility for Federal Pell Grants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB00791512B984CDCB2AB861DCBCBBAEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The percentage of
freshman students enrolled at the institution in the previous academic year who
were admitted to the institution through regular decision, disaggregated by
race and eligibility for Federal Pell Grants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0D734A672E95422CB47CEACF0028959B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disaggregation</header><text>An
institution of higher education shall provide specific disaggregated subgroup
information under subsection (a) only if the number of students in such
subgroup is sufficient to yield statistically reliable information and
reporting would not reveal personally identifiable information about an
individual. If such number is not sufficient, the institution of higher
education shall note that the institution enrolled too few of such students to
report with confidence.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB7751E843166481EB5B39300B71DCE45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Antitrust
exemption</header>
<paragraph id="IDDD7C4B1A8592430A9BB0D30010E96800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID93589A6A58EF47DF8329BA000455558F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Antitrust
laws</header><text>The term <term>antitrust laws</term> has the meaning given
such term in subsection (a) of the first section of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CLAY">Clayton Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/12(a)">15 U.S.C. 12(a)</external-xref>), except that such
term includes <external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="FTCA/5">section
5</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="FTCA">Federal Trade
Commission Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/45">15 U.S.C. 45</external-xref>) to the extent such
section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93B070CCC1EF4C21B3933E4EFCDE4B02"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Institution of
higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher
education</term>—</text>
<clause id="ID652739B0AF6D433FBCD9A4C6E979BDAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means an
institution of higher education as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/101">section
101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF15F95C2B2CD43E69388FBCE0032251E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes any
individual acting on behalf of such an institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID48AFE08ABD2B47E6A281B049E4B22588"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The
antitrust laws shall not apply to any joint discussion, consideration, review,
action, or agreement by or among institutions of higher education, or their
representatives, for the purpose of, and limited to, developing and
disseminating guidelines designed to end binding early decision admissions
policies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID15C8DC6587B94B9000E09EEE6027D812"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retention</header>
<paragraph id="ID00F2E87721724D3CB912B4D58632C906"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant
Program</header><text>Part A of title III of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1057">20 U.S.C.
1057</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID302DE1324F02453EB62821C793BB8825">
<section id="IDBC0DE0B7C2DB4E0CA02709CC75CEBDFD"><enum>318.</enum><header>Grant Program
to increase student retention and promote articulation agreements</header>
<subsection id="IDD1EFF2BFC9EB485C8E314BB451A532D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of Program</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible institutions to enable the institutions to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID40ED6F6C6E92471692FAA7FB0045A521"><enum>(1)</enum><text>focus on
increasing traditional and nontraditional student retention at such
institutions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF7A63AAB9F884F5888F1CA4868F01255"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote
articulation agreements among different institutions that will increase the
likelihood of progression of students at such institutions to baccalaureate
degrees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6C18FB3546F344A78DC232DDEC7D4C88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible institution</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible
institution</term> means an institution of higher education (as defined in
section 101(a)) where not less than 40 percent of such institution’s student
body receives financial aid under subpart 1 of part A of title IV.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3FD7ABC46BD247B28C8C4869D2455340"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible institution that desires a grant under this section shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9E745CE835264487AEBA058C98CD57DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mandatory
activities</header><text>An eligible institution that receives a grant under
this section shall use the grant funds to carry out each of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID62BA2D811F3E48EF86905F25FEDC8587"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Offering
counseling services to help students cope with the challenges they are facing
and identify the services that are available to help them persist in their
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86E28D8D2F834ECFAFB49CC20850649C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Making mentors
available to all students that are at risk for not completing a degree.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCCE4174774C0418684A0346F2DA32023"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing
detailed assistance to all students who request help in understanding—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID55E8A79A4F27428380E1B85FF12DCFF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the options for
financing their education, including information on grants, loans, and loan
repayment programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF8F9B8DA8CCE4DF7959B7C8D2493E765"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the process of
applying for financial assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE1899E498F6047359045FD70D08B8468"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the outcome of
their financial assistance application; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDE8079AB92BC4729AE4C65E4D56BB0C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any unanticipated
problems related to financing their education that arise.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF4F68AFAC8CC4A81BC009710C8B978D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Offering tutoring
to all students who request assistance with any course or subject.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5E9E6F256C0A4E8A85D14D56D745B158"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Conducting
outreach activities so that all students know that these services are available
and are aware of how to access the services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID89CD7006C6F04A70892BA65F76AE7085"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Making services
listed in paragraphs (1) through (4) available in students’ native languages,
if it is not English, if the percentage of students needing translation
services in a specific language exceeds 5 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7D32BEEE9A7844B39738F5F86FD31C74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Permissible
activities</header><text>An eligible institution that receives a grant under
this section may use grant funds to carry out any of the following
activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0E6008CA98DF405C99A37EBD0017ED7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Providing
intensive remedial academic instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB6B87AEDBC20466B969752D5839B4588"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Designing
innovative course schedules to meet the needs of working adults, such as
classes that are concentrated on weekends or over short periods of time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA005147E1AE846C5A382310046FDF470"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Designing and
implementing online courses or components of courses to allow nontraditional
students to obtain an education when their family or professional
responsibilities, or both, make it difficult for them to attend class on campus
at prespecified, regular times.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID38F000EECA1B44168DD51D978DD5226B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Offering
childcare during the hours when students have class or are studying.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB5D871447AFF4B41B9064BD1D48B9380"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Providing
transportation assistance to students that helps such students manage their
schedules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID843E11945251470781A42004CD9FAA8B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Partnering with
local businesses to create flexible work-hour programs so that students can
balance work and school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF204F6F739B54B27963DAB5200B216D5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Offering time
management seminars or personal coaches to help students improve their time
management skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD82D30B1790E4C82A1169799C804C42E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Any other
activities the Secretary believes will promote retention of students attending
eligible institutions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE1F6BC28C9434AAD8415CDCB2919E400"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52C14C6705214AC2ACC88712F4E6E732"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institutional
support services</header><text>Part B of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011">20 U.S.C.
1011</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="IDACE37852152B478586439919375E9C46">
<section id="ID4A24CEEB66A04DE39DB1E14EB4A3BF1D"><enum>123.</enum><header>Institutional
support services to increase student retention</header>
<subsection id="IDF4F29F394EFC43E999009CA199296F50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination
of rates</header>
<paragraph id="ID14FDD532F00C4240B198AB2F9B168498"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, an institution of higher
education shall determine for the preceding academic year the rates of
baccalaureate degree completion not later than 6 years after enrollment for
students enrolled at such institution, disaggregated by race, gender, and
eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, if the institution of higher
education—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9064DA07140F403190BC8E727500C237"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receives Federal
funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID163742236CB94B2E8E03FE3072B68DDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is eligible for
assistance under title IV;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID504AA535024B46C78FEFEF86B15CDFFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not eligible
for assistance under section 318; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDA9DCD2A77E842F29EAE2CAD2D3397ED"><enum>(D)</enum><text>awards a
baccalaureate degree.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC9E28BE9ADAB4CEC90D1200537358325"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disaggregation</header><text>An
institution of higher education shall provide specific disaggregated subgroup
information under paragraph (1) only if the number of students in such subgroup
is sufficient to yield statistically reliable information and reporting would
not reveal personally identifiable information about an individual. If such
number is not sufficient, the institution of higher education shall note that
the institution enrolled too few of such students to report with
confidence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID71FFC207C4B44F1EB7DF1895628534DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support
services for at risk students</header>
<paragraph id="ID773E60C1B071486EB9DB849946B9A9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, each institution of higher
education that has a disparity of 20 or more percentage points in the rates
determined under subsection (a) between any 2 or more subgroups in all the
disaggregated categories for an academic year shall increase, from the level
provided in such academic year and in accordance with paragraph (2), support
services for the students in the subgroups in which the baccalaureate degree
completion rate is 20 or more percentage points below the completion rate for
the subgroup with the highest completion rate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1568EBBCEB9A4FCAB36301EEC8D73E08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
increase and activities</header>
<subparagraph id="IDAE5985DB966347E4A7DD9801B5CCCA27"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Increase</header><text>The
amount of the increase required under paragraph (1) for an academic year shall
be equal to 5 percent of the amount of assistance received by the institution
of higher education under part C of title IV and subpart 3 of part A of title
IV for such academic year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID455F62E820674A4392C40587B1ECFFF5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header>
<clause id="IDC7C4546682954594B1C0001040914FF5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Mandatory
activities</header><text>The amount of the increase required under paragraph
(1) shall be used to carry out the following activities:</text>
<subclause id="ID02DCC717E8AB49D9AD52345C168B1001"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Offering
counseling services to help students cope with the challenges they are facing
and identify the services that are available to help them persist in their
education.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID184F56A642C54F6AB9617C9173391F1E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Making mentors
available to all students that are at risk for not completing a degree.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID87F6469B9F9247DEB9878985C9007177"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Providing
detailed assistance to all students who request help in understanding—</text>
<item id="IDFB250B6497724877AB2C20DE00004022"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the options for
financing their education, including information on grants, loans, and loan
repayment programs;</text>
</item><item id="ID358796D518024702AAB3EAF2C02BDC30"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the process of
applying for financial assistance;</text>
</item><item id="IDEEED410A7C3249BB9209BB3816220002"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the outcome of
their financial assistance application; and</text>
</item><item id="ID4E674E0E3D9B4EB7B43D36C6C8084980"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>any
unanticipated problems related to financing their education that arise.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID6DDEB906D61F4C9D811F66CB7B8EB500"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Offering
tutoring to all students who request assistance with any course or
subject.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2FF9E4E885984F30AC038E2224446FF4"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Conducting
outreach activities so that all students know that these services are available
and are aware of how to access the services.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDF57F8D3C2FAA4BA88B2BD64CDAC2B1E3"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Making services
listed in subclauses (I) through (IV) available in students’ native languages,
if it is not English, if the percentage of students needing translation
services in a specific language exceeds 5 percent.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID54AF397BB6E44381A8C19B194EC62690"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Permissible
activities</header><text>The amount of the increase required under paragraph
(1) may be used to carry out any of the following activities:</text>
<subclause id="ID58487AB59EB447FE9EB4EC44AAC70013"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Providing
intensive remedial academic instruction.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDEA5AD933D4DF4ECEBA0407EB1E6055FF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Designing
innovative course schedules to meet the needs of working adults, such as
classes that are concentrated on weekends or over short periods of time.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4F32A848BC1B41FFA0812D51C0208836"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Designing and
implementing online courses or components of courses to allow nontraditional
students to obtain an education when their family or professional
responsibilities, or both, make it difficult for them to attend class on campus
at prespecified, regular times.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6BA683917FD04B699FEBD44602F1E4C7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Offering
childcare during the hours when students have class or are studying.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2DDA6F0E884840BE952979ACD6BC8CB7"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Providing
transportation assistance to students that helps such students manage their
schedules.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDEB62A204723C4C8180AB0265EE93BF60"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Partnering with
local businesses to create flexible work-hour programs so that students can
balance work and school.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID140FDDDF59354E54BC9B59602F734E12"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Offering time
management seminars or personal coaches to help students improve their time
management skills.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5ACF7E3B31774AAC8B4FC89F251DD7F8"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Any other
activities the Secretary believes will promote retention of students attending
eligible institutions.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID0DF83FEA33014003BE12ED3E703775F4"><enum>303.</enum><header>Federal Trio
Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-11">20 U.S.C.
1070a–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE8A97F9F80BE41FDBDCFB61EEA36BE08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID546FEAEC9B734A1BBC1DFADC367FB197"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>$170,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$190,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBF501E630F814ADC9330CA0000A0D5B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>$180,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8AB2BC54210B4E009684FFB153073744"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>$190,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$220,000</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1B42645915C7450CA041142DE6B6B1B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>For the
purpose of making grants and contracts under this chapter, there are authorized
to be appropriated $1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1208E9B7BEC04DABA3F9B02B3DEC19E3"><enum>304.</enum><header>Gear
Up</header>
<subsection id="ID418468BB83934042BDCCCFC799C61307"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Early
intervention and college awareness Program
authorized</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/404A(b)">Section 404A(b)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-21(b)">20 U.S.C.
1070a–21(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDADA126103DCB41A78338D297F060F72E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>6 year</quote> after <quote>shall make</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4315D8D045DE4082822D6C908771B986"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID25B0B739C09C4613A2807D152E7F3C05">
<paragraph id="ID348EC9122C2E406D91846FE974DB4366"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Current
grantees</header><text>An eligible entity that has received an award under this
section, has performed successfully, and still has need for an award may apply
for an additional award under this section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDEE2C5AE808B846A29722A0668DE3F7C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/404H">Section 404H</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-28">20 U.S.C.
1070a–28</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$200,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0E472CBBA4A947BC99A4695532E7C731"><enum>305.</enum><header>Leveraging
Educational Assistance Partnership Program</header>
<subsection id="ID43523ECAA62241E6006E00F869DECF9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/415A(b)">Section 415A(b)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c(b)">20 U.S.C.
1070c(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID1DF17CFF5D9F45D1878BC1F6A341D4F3">
<paragraph id="ID1BFC5B6B6A5B456895D3ACFAF8B28CBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID466A7BD4C8B54A4F9266A09600F18249"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>For
any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD46A2015D6934C389C7C33DD389221F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>exceeds
$30,000,000, the excess amount up to and including $67,000,000 shall be
available to carry out section 415E; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE546BC4DEB16472BA8E327CB09B0045F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>exceeds
$67,000,000, the excess amount shall be available to carry out section
415F.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDAE1D7FF6DC884084BC3864218F9C4F4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase in
maximum student grants</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/415C(b)(2)">Section 415C(b)(2)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c-2(b)(2)">20 U.S.C.
1070c–2(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and
inserting <quote>$12,500</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB970377273234E7E9808D31455E905D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
leveraging educational assistance partnership
Program</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/415E(a)">Section 415E(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c-3a(a)">20 U.S.C.
1070c–3a(a)</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>section
415A(b)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 415A(b)(2)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1D144422104C43A8B87965689E72FC42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants for
access and persistence</header><text>Subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c">20 U.S.C.
1070c</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDFBE65C33E972490890C47DBD697035EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 415F as section 415G; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0FCB11609B064BC49704681BFADB34A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 415E the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDFFDE5806E69E41CA003130021F9B00D6">
<section id="ID2F69C96A7B2D4F35AD87D36D5EFED942"><enum>415F.</enum><header>Grants for
access and persistence</header>
<subsection id="IDA8775E9C163E45ACBDCFC01712B4ED30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>From
amounts reserved under section 415A(b)(2)(B) for each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall make supplemental allotments among States in the same manner as
the Secretary makes allotments among States under section 415B to pay the
Federal share of the cost of the authorized activities under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF973BF679B284906BA47EB96E9B860A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="ID40518B26D7774774AAFA7B5088A2E41B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="ID89E0BE8D1E424C24AB00D6F1DAEB7B00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>A
State that desires to receive a supplemental allotment under this section shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0435EE67CBDF44C5B881CAC007D25E8F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text>An
application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include both of the
following:</text>
<clause id="ID3C24073C2DD84B68997DDCE7043EDFA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
description of the State’s plan for using the supplemental allotment
funds.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID94E6C77BA8364AD2BE5E00AF3BF6987C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Assurances that
the State will provide matching funds, from State, institutional,
philanthropic, or private funds, of not less than 33.33 percent of the cost of
carrying out the activities under subsection (c). The State shall specify the
methods by which matching funds will be paid and include provisions designed to
ensure that funds provided under this section will be used to supplement, and
not supplant, non-Federal funds available for carrying out the activities under
subsection (c).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID57F7492DBA69466B87330096AF32D041"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
Secretary shall approve and fund applications that meet the requirements of
this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2008E32819CB4B43B691C2F3DE6B79EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
agency</header><text>The State agency that submits an application for a State
under section 415C(a) shall be the same State agency that submits an
application under paragraph (1) for such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFC70982DA2514DA99B296133FDE1FAF8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partnership</header>
<subparagraph id="IDDF98FCBB00174108A567C4B61CF90036"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mandatory
partners</header><text>In applying for a supplemental allotment under this
section, the State agency shall apply for a supplemental allotment in
partnership with not less than 1 public and 1 private degree granting
institution of higher education that are located in the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDDFA28139EFB4D53964548F7D6BB9106"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permissive
partners</header><text>In addition to applying for a supplemental allotment
under this section in partnership with degree granting institutions of higher
education, a State agency may also apply in partnership with philanthropic
organizations that are located in the State and private corporations that do
business in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3F2D82F45C454F14B6DD2E75E3AC2B4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header>
<paragraph id="ID6707074C061E46288253EB9C6EB41858"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3DB9B2AAAFF04119B3E6D6009137FA3F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment
of Program</header><text>Each State receiving a supplemental allotment under
this section shall use the funds to establish a program to award access and
persistence grants to eligible low-income students in order to increase the
amount of financial assistance such students receive under this subpart for
undergraduate education expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID291EAE3DCBF64DDBA3A61349F7BDE48C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header>
<clause id="IDAC712D185DBF4B0EA982B0EFE5C5C484"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Partnerships
with less than a majority of institutions in the State</header>
<subclause id="ID32A407B62E2E4CF295266E073DBCBFDA"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case where a State receiving a supplemental
allotment under this section is in a partnership described in subparagraph (A)
or (B) of subsection (d)(2), the amount of an access and persistence grant
awarded by such State shall be not less than the amount that is equal to the
average undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at 4-year public institutions
of higher education in the State where the student resides (less any other
government sponsored grant amount or scholarship amount, or both, received by
the student) and such amount shall be used toward the cost of attendance at an
institution of higher education, located in the State, that is a partner in the
program.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID9AF77D0B0BB94ED083A036EF1056B691"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Cost of
attendance</header><text>A State that has a program, apart from the program
under this section, of providing eligible low-income students with grants that
are equal to the average undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at 4-year
public institutions of higher education in the State, may increase the amount
of access and persistence grants awarded by such State to an amount that is
equal to the average cost of attendance at 4-year public institutions of higher
education in the State.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID8DC80C0DA1864AB4AC7C5419A3FADBC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Partnership
with a majority of institutions in the State</header><text>In the case where a
State receiving a supplemental allotment under this section is in a partnership
described in subsection (d)(2)(C), the amount of an access and persistence
grant awarded by such State shall be equal to the average cost of attendance at
4-year public institutions of higher education in the State where the student
resides (less any other government sponsored grant amount or scholarship
amount, or both, received by the student) and such amount shall be used by the
student to attend an institution of higher education, located in the State,
that is a partner in the program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD0DA46343FB04AFCA5D9772E7B625411"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
low-income students</header>
<subparagraph id="IDEB4966358648464AAC25B0A1C2527277"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State receiving a supplemental allotment under this
section shall—</text>
<clause id="IDB11F0E5449CC4FB281A32898B9904097"><enum>(i)</enum><text>annually make a
determination of which students in grade 7 through grade 12 in the State are
eligible to receive an access and persistence grant if such students graduate
from secondary school and enroll at an institution of higher education that is
a partner in the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFAA0C1C95D174281AF00B62F6673B146"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notify such
students of their eligibility to receive an access and persistence
grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAE37DABF392E47BBBC00F5BEDF306491"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
determining which students are eligible to receive access and persistence
grants, the State shall give priority to students—</text>
<clause id="ID5A5BAE005F9C4C229327AE4DC417B937"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with an expected
family contribution equal to zero (as described in section 479(c));</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF44AA8C75445424FA52C573EE1E06E87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who are
participating in, or have participated in, a Federal, State, institutional, or
community early intervention program, as recognized by the State agency
administering the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID60C44633F4F74F60A3921EFFEE19D291"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who qualify for
a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell
<act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C.
1751</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID717E4713EBA54141994E8F198FFE7342"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Content of
notice</header><text>The notification under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall
include—</text>
<clause id="IDF4245A999D7343DBA9892F50329C7DB7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information that
a student’s candidacy for an access and persistence grant is enhanced through
participation in an early intervention program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1E35C5387ABF4017868934855191B5B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information that
the grant award shall be used toward the cost of attendance at an institution
of higher education that is a partner in the program and therefore such award
is contingent upon the student’s enrollment at such an institution;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0E8439F5EF254A0B80679C12E0367FF3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimation
of the amount of financial aid a student awarded an access and persistence
grant could expect to receive, including an estimation of the amount of the
access and persistence grant and an estimation of the amount of aid from the
major Federal and State financial aid programs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8302BF70F65B4402AC0738E600EC64CF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>instructions on
how to apply for an access and persistence grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID77AA1C71D38E4399B5897337D0630042"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant
award</header><text>If an eligible student, as determined under paragraph (2),
has been accepted to an institution of higher education that is a partner in
the program, the State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1447C36D991043E3A5318DE041F8FF9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify the
student of the amount of the access and persistence grant such student will
receive if such student enrolls at such institution; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEBA9B1260B754C8F94F7CAD73DF679B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inform the
student that the access and persistence grant will be awarded and grant funds
will be distributed when such student enrolls at such institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8B9C68E6A0394F42A608ED4F0536FB41"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of
award</header><text>An eligible student that receives an access and persistence
grant under this section shall receive such grant award for each year of such
student’s undergraduate education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9ECC51AAD6814C09AC01704C70053229"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<paragraph id="IDB7436CE7E8774FEB923E00735C216EFC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of the authorized
activities described in subsection (c) for any fiscal year shall be not more
than 66.66 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1FF568C417F642CF9C56FF6F73036B07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Formula for
Federal share</header><text>In awarding supplemental allotments under this
section, the Secretary shall provide a match of the non-Federal funds provided
by the State in accordance with the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7E464901BCEA453A847DB3F37830A0CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If a State
applies for a supplemental allotment under this section in partnership with
only less than a majority of the degree granting institutions of higher
education located in the State, then the Federal share shall be equal to 50
percent of the cost of carrying out the activities under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0E1930223790433E9BF9C277A2AA6B2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If a State
applies for a supplemental allotment under this section in partnership with
less than a majority of the degree granting institutions of higher education
located in the State, philanthropic organizations located in the State, and
private corporations doing business in the State, then the Federal share shall
be equal to 57 percent of the cost of carrying out the activities under
subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD3972889A6B9497CBF1083FDBD1500E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If a State
applies for a supplemental allotment under this section in partnership with a
majority of the degree granting institutions of higher education located in the
State, philanthropic organizations located in the State, and private
corporations doing business in the State, then the Federal share shall be equal
to 66.66 percent of the cost of carrying out the activities under subsection
(c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID75E145BC075E4F288BBC9B6CCF559639"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability
rule</header><text>The provisions of this subpart which are not inconsistent
with this section shall apply to the program authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA460449070E94C3A9B44F9C5CB775C9D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort requirement</header><text>Each State receiving a supplemental allotment
under this section for a fiscal year shall provide the Secretary an assurance
that the aggregate amount expended per student or the aggregate expenditures by
the State, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, for the authorized
activities described in subsection (c) for the preceding fiscal year were not
less than the amount expended per student or the aggregate expenditure by the
State for the activities for the second preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Opportunities at
Hispanic-serving institutions</header>
<section id="IDCD934356F41945A6A74FE45D0333E98E"><enum>401.</enum><header>Postbaccalaureate
opportunities for Hispanic Americans</header>
<subsection id="IDFEE045802CD446E89919A157B7E9A280"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of Program</header><text>Title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101">20 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC499E81946AB40CF8B1C3CD65381BB6E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
part B as part C;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE1ADBE9821B1478B9248B0C033FC4CA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 511 through 518 as sections 521 through 528, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4B56074E08FA41288F5C542B78B0D61D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 505 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDF38F5DE42FB445B8BE40556B9E72E58C">
<part id="IDBB177D832BE44F79BA8115423D2B8FC6"><enum>B</enum><header>Promoting
postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans</header>
<section id="IDAC174CC776B94278A831FF604626E63D"><enum>511.</enum><header>Findings and
purposes</header>
<subsection id="ID0075B8332AF94694BC9FF15CB6B4F409"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDDE048F3DFC6E4BB09E525E7FFA934002"><enum>(1)</enum><text>According to the
United States Census, by the year 2050, 1 in 4 Americans will be of Hispanic
origin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A03618BE6004AFDAD7F87764C5FB0D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Despite the
dramatic increase in the Hispanic population in the United States, the National
Center for Education Statistics reported that in 1999, Hispanics accounted for
only 4 percent of the master’s degrees, 3 percent of the doctor’s degrees, and
5 percent of first-professional degrees awarded in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4E468BB8EB484205BEE20452AB797E2E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Although
Hispanics constitute 10 percent of the college enrollment in the United States,
they comprise only 3 percent of instructional faculty in colleges and
universities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7B35F6349AAF4467BF8200231B4D3582"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The future
capacity for research and advanced study in the United States will require
increasing the number of Hispanics pursuing postbaccalaureate studies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB6BA8AB34C8E44B0876F07436924C854"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Hispanic-serving
institutions are leading the Nation in increasing the number of Hispanics
attaining graduate and professional degrees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3BE21FE64FEF455D9FE0AB9B437EBEBA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Among Hispanics
who received master’s degrees in 1999–2000, 25 percent earned them at
Hispanic-serving institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3D84E626E75A4D16BC31606DB9E79F9E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Between 1991 and
2000, the number of Hispanic students earning master’s degrees at
Hispanic-serving institutions grew 136 percent, the number receiving doctor’s
degrees grew by 85 percent, and the number earning first-professional degrees
grew by 47 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1188C33BA3FB4A5CB692F980250024DA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>It is in the
National interest to expand the capacity of Hispanic-serving institutions to
offer graduate and professional degree programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41B7FAE0412442F8839CD743D7974816"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Research is a key
element in graduate education and undergraduate preparation, particularly in
science and technology, and Congress desires to strengthen the role of research
at Hispanic serving-institutions. University research, whether performed
directly or through a university’s nonprofit research institute or foundation,
is considered an integral part of the institution and mission of the
university.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBDBE9B2355554CAEAAA9E7CC9BEF6136"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this part are—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC8EABCD2F4644CBF80A8591EE2F94397"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to expand
postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic
attainment of, Hispanic students; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD1643FACE3424067A9D90089B7185808"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to expand and
enhance the postbaccalaureate academic offerings of high quality that are
educating the majority of Hispanic college students and helping large numbers
of Hispanic students and low-income individuals complete postsecondary
degrees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDB65368571164409BBBBA29AF08FAE388"><enum>512.</enum><header>Program
authority and eligibility</header>
<subsection id="IDD7F602908F8944929268A363C2488319"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to
carry out this part, the Secretary shall award competitive grants to eligible
institutions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID35D2968321A644E784881BAA93CFE7DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For
the purposes of this part, an <quote>eligible institution</quote> means an
institution of higher education that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0ACB3F418BC9469386560714FA81AD87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a
Hispanic-serving institution (as defined under section 502); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEB503D380D914426A85C969FE6C700D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offers a
postbaccalaureate certificate or degree granting program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDEAFC71E532B44423AF69212E2E220957"><enum>513.</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants awarded
under this part shall be used for 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID97B1D86D7C0C4744A1D73171CABC7EF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Purchase, rental,
or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes,
including instructional and research purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAF972CA017C1457699E965E61F009BA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Construction,
maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and
other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of
telecommunications technology equipment or services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7E067ADF01F5465F8644B1B8F415F446"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Purchase of
library books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm,
microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications
program materials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE57616BD7D0841D09BBF71D500E0D457"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Support for needy
postbaccalaureate students including outreach, academic support services,
mentoring, scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance to permit
the enrollment of such students in postbaccalaureate certificate and degree
granting programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3B9C9D74DEBB4BC9AE360195EE90B100"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Support of
faculty exchanges, faculty development, faculty research, curriculum
development, and academic instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF306C883A4574D84B65E388B50AE41FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Creating or
improving facilities for Internet or other distance learning academic
instruction capabilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications
technology equipment or services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93A564CCB9294883A5171140D9871815"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Collaboration
with other institutions of higher education to expand postbaccalaureate
certificate and degree offerings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1094AA2CA6AF462B93A84606F1D905E3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Other activities
proposed in the application submitted pursuant to section 514 that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE463EC3BDE85479CA239482E004EFADD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contribute to
carrying out the purposes of this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA9B2FA9D2AE4400AA07951F69019FEB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are approved by
the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDEB177E41C45447058100423F5CA73534"><enum>514.</enum><header>Application
and duration</header>
<subsection id="ID79B772E95CC440E995D8DEAE146FFED8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any
eligible institution may apply for a grant under this part by submitting an
application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as determined by
the Secretary. Such application shall demonstrate how the grant funds will be
used to improve postbaccalaureate education opportunities for Hispanic and
low-income students and will lead to such students’ greater financial
independence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC4DE3E55FDDD4DC683A645E0F7D6B594"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants
under this part shall be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDAB7A6D4374A04471A7A5779F4B7D005F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Secretary shall not award more than 1 grant under this part in any fiscal year
to any Hispanic-serving institution.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA735E30885B64306BFCD7DF9444B7D2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperative
arrangements</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/524">Section 524(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (as
redesignated by subsection (a)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>and section
513</quote> after <quote>section 503</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDBF46140E227B4A2E8ED6AE32E409BE08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/528(a)">Section 528(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (as
redesignated by subsection (a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID9858FEC7CE494359A34F1097826BEFD2">
<subsection id="ID5D4160E58B754526943BDC70FAB36C8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="ID1C1F2CC739DE4492AA20F06DB51CA5BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part
<enum-in-header>A</enum-in-header></header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part A of this title $175,000,000 for fiscal year
2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID505386843BAA45928FA2F22B7312FB89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part
<enum-in-header>B</enum-in-header></header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part B of this title $125,000,000 for fiscal year
2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5EE0E70031054BF99740F5B0D68EF898"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101">20 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID360CF62A2E094268966DE7224FB378F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
502—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF98EC72B64C34ADCB6650003AC7F26A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>section 512(b)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 522(b)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9A27D8AB9866481CBD7EE005C4F32547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>section 512(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
522(a)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEE892B2B994645EF9F22C06EAB9C75A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
521(c)(6) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking <quote>section
516</quote> and inserting <quote>section 526</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBE619DF686F1445487C8A81821682F87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 526
(as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking <quote>section 518</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 528</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID81E69CE2984B4FABA1070977DC58039D"><enum>402.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a(a)">20 U.S.C.
1101a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID055C40B4D40D406FA26E8EE4B3566900"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDEED4498782934AF29800DB3383E8ECD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4D6ED0790DF04BAE887964CABB451948"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID36E082B2BD18488F80FEFCA0EAA35381"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF6A21FFAF47444DBBBF842DC00D6B045"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1ABECC648DAB4B29925B40FBDAA79089"><enum>403.</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(b)(7)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101b(b)(7)">20 U.S.C.
1101b(b)(7)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID45B8D4BD7F144DF58713AC17DDC489A4">
<paragraph id="IDCC467AFB91AD417B824B52C61EE66F24"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Articulation
agreements and student support programs designed to facilitate the transfer
from 2-year to 4-year institutions.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID6458CEB071EB44409850DC702B82F679"><enum>404.</enum><header>Elimination of
wait-out period</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504(a)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101c(a)">20 U.S.C.
1101c(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID3E95431F35504951A175C5632C9224C6">
<subsection id="IDC73C8D8156874B8297A3154D9EA076ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Award
period</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving
institution under this title for 5 years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID68BF204BBA2A4F590007350014BAEA4C"><enum>405.</enum><header>Application
priority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 521(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (as
redesignated by section 401(a)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>(from funds
other than funds provided under this title)</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Historically
Black colleges and universities</header>
<section id="IDF06EC4D49B234890B96725054CAAEEB0"><enum>501.</enum><header>Professional
or graduate institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 326 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1063b">20 U.S.C.
1063b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC268EAA9D07342FCA78E517200608F9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID336A0622F01D46629EA67E161B60879D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>business administration, computer or information science,
nursing and allied health,</quote> after <quote>engineering,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID18090974932E4F78A7DC691196B471D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> both places such term appears and
inserting <quote>$1,500,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF16C8453C8CD42D888DCAAC7409FEAAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2), by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$1,500,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6FA60305AE764ED2BC8BDCD7EDCC2022"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID18B53F6000FF47909EF237A7CE17DBDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="IDAD1CC4268AC54750A3A5FE57898EF6BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (Q), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9DC3A0460AA448109C9D69051C101865"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (R), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9274D70721DB4E58B28876E76930DA61"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4785F64AC96C4F5E8646A0F673920125">
<subparagraph id="ID0DB0941322C849F6A2E1BC597F50F897"><enum>(S)</enum><text>Alabama State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4BC0F098F6C543CB909B68C82357DF00"><enum>(T)</enum><text>Albany State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9AD980F7CA7543B0AE8BCBCD5ED5B46B"><enum>(U)</enum><text>Alcorn State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1C621BE2770C455BB69EF9E49C8F002C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Bowie State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9E6EF1796268473F915FA73F05434519"><enum>(W)</enum><text>Coppin State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD49E5471CFE94001BCAF5E34BEFC238B"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Delaware State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD87466D860A047A1988211967B242548"><enum>(Y)</enum><text>Feyetteville
State University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDA9F8FA5BDFB4F658215301CD2065198"><enum>(Z)</enum><text>Fisk University
qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDB324FA86C4F450089D587CE84D1ED27"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>Grambling State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9C2C1F32CC30488D952E1412C919FF4E"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>Kentucky State
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID55AF1A7996724F609743DC8C756DE3A5"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>Langston
University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDAD5AACFCD044144B9692FF7746FF8C7"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>Lincoln
University (MO) qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB5F6463564EA407B9D286474945469BC"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>Prairie View
A&M University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID00EA287DCB79468E9F00CFD31FF92B4E"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>South Carolina
State University qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID54D5300EE26E47C289007F4D8292906E"><enum>(GG)</enum><text>Southern
University & A&M College qualified graduate programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22BA18957FE94B4EB5E8DFBD85B7E0AF"><enum>(HH)</enum><text>University of
the District of Columbia qualified graduate programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID419B790B617A41299D320037E5E43985"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Virginia State
University qualified graduate programs.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91064513F51940CBBFF0279993FE65E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="ID27C8B21CE7CD4A279FDA13EACDD5F3F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>business administration, computer or
information science, nursing and allied health,</quote> after <quote>physical
or natural sciences,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB2EBAD44F4934404B7D534C3E7DEC61D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>not more than 10 percent</quote> and
inserting <quote>not more than 30 percent</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0E9FEE2E64D6416EBA0551DADFBE3507"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID966DC54BA3C54BC685A435C650AEC4D9">
<subsection id="ID5E3C6E3249CC45B69628179913958894"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding
rule</header><text>Subject to subsection (g), of the amount appropriated to
carry out this section for any fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA5CBA70637AD46748F8D379747B95B3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the first
$26,600,000 (or any lesser amount appropriated) shall be available only for the
purposes of making grants to institutions or programs described in
subparagraphs (A) through (P) of subsection (e)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF28635F6FAD14F9EA62C95ACFEBAE9E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any amount in
excess of $26,600,000, but not in excess of $28,600,000, shall be available for
the purpose of making grants to institutions or programs described in
subparagraphs (Q) and (R) of subsection (e)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55C5450E7FF34B5A8240B16D36E0E3C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any amount in
excess of $28,600,000, but not in excess of $45,600,000, shall be available for
the purpose of making grants to institutions or programs described in
subparagraphs (S) through (II) of subsection (e)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAA81BC0EAEF4428895E5743E82844B69"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any amount in
excess of $45,600,000, but not in excess of $63,100,000, shall be available for
the purpose of increasing the grant amounts to not more than $1,500,000 to each
institution or program described in subparagraphs (A) through (II) of
subsection (e)(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6189C6BFA0384BA38E9CB9D3C41610C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any amount in
excess of $63,100,000, shall be made available to each of the institutions or
programs identified in subparagraphs (A) through (II) of subsection (e)(1)
pursuant to a formula developed by the Secretary that uses the following
elements:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID82A65A7291FA46A29429EDCAABF74627"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The ability of
the institution to match Federal funds with non-Federal funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID074E31681E404C60990333A6A600FEB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of
students enrolled in the programs for which the eligible institution received
funding under this section in the previous year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID754C8FF0D6954E94B09ECF3650A3AF77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The average cost
of education per student, for all full-time graduate or professional students
(or the equivalent) enrolled in the eligible professional or graduate school,
or for doctoral students enrolled in the qualified graduate programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID779905A7A69E4231AF0029AE81A500B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of
students in the previous year who received their first professional or doctoral
degree from the programs for which the eligible institution received funding
under this section in the previous year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1941E5E89DF84A44AB515E8C312069FA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The contribution,
on a percent basis, of the programs for which the institution is eligible to
receive funds under this section to the total number of African-Americans
receiving graduate or professional degrees in the professions or disciplines
related to the programs for the previous year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE32EBED0511A4EBA9F8BA6DC62632B21"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (f)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (f)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID00B6B59F959F452A9FAB54867CBCC71D"><enum>502.</enum><header>Graduate and
professional degree development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title III of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1060">20 U.S.C.
1060</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF609C0A972DE46C6A851CFEDF26FF720"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 327 as section 328; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF2242DA45F5F4590A1FA077EB441D897"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 326 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDB44F2B273A5647FCAD56FC86FF518B4B">
<section id="ID884D032DC4E94ADFBE23DAF0867169AE"><enum>327.</enum><header>Graduate and
professional degree development Program</header>
<subsection id="IDB56562DFFEE94CE5BA35065F0086B1B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant
authority</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible
historically Black colleges and universities to enable such colleges and
universities to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6476F0B56A454651899726396CECF856"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop masters,
doctoral, or professional degree programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFE088EBA70FD4C7A8CBAE03077DB71D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide
assistance, through fellowship awards, to graduate students at such colleges
and universities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID53CBCE2A5AE34BCFB5576409AD92CC99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible grant
recipient</header><text>Eligibility to receive grants under this section is
limited to historically Black colleges and universities that are making a
substantial contribution to the education of African-Americans.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD4347A26A1444FDAAEC7CDF1DDC4799B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible historically Black college or university that desires to receive a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary
that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE9302EA27843403300C7CA783700B610"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates how
the grant funds will be used to improve—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB93AD1A5DE7E43D2A539E9F1DB5D4D97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>graduate
educational opportunities for African-American and low-income students;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7C9D3702CB6145028D8508C7916B5D42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the financial
independence of such students;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDBEBB6D7EBA4F47EF9318A3FA11045993"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides, in the
case of applications for grants in excess of $500,000, the assurances required
by subsection (g) and specifies the manner in which the college or university
is going to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of the application;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5FFBE15590574C1494A1969400150636"><enum>(3)</enum><text>contains such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8D3849E7600A44308C059962705822DC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority
consideration to those eligible historically Black colleges and universities
desiring to support programs and graduate students in areas of national need or
academic disciplines in which African-Americans are underrepresented.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC33770611E25413BBC109397F8AE98E6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>An eligible historically Black college or university that
receives a grant under this section may use the grant funds for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID224F98FD1F184DDBA904DCB7F31DA2AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchase, rental,
or lease of equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and
research purposes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID76F0EE928F0940618DE39741FC3BAF00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>construction,
maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and
other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of
telecommunications technology equipment or services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDA586B0972DF46298E8301CD3735D5F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>purchase of
library books, periodicals, journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other
educational materials, including telecommunications program materials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID58C2EC175A3C44EA921C7D06A6948518"><enum>(4)</enum><text>scholarships,
fellowships, and other financial assistance for needy graduate and professional
students to permit the enrollment of the students in and completion of the
graduate or professional degree; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDCC16B0D853D41E09700D515E623B1D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assistance in the
establishment or maintenance of an institutional endowment to facilitate
financial independence pursuant to section 331.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE22F66C33FC841B18187B832B548CFBF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants
shall be made for a period not to exceed 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID90C655EE1F114B9C98F183BD3FB9198C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding
rule</header><text>No grant in excess of $500,000 may be made under this
section unless the college or university provides assurances that 50 percent of
the cost of the purposes for which the grant is made will be paid from
non-Federal sources, except that no college or university shall be required to
match any portion of the first $500,000 of the college or university’s award
from the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDAADEB76C67D74D49AF53694446D6BF51"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Two grants per
institution</header><text>The Secretary may award not more than 2 grants or an
aggregate amount of $1,000,000 under this section in any fiscal year to any
institution of higher education or university system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE66138333EEF4DB68699DAA9DCBF6FF3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Institutional
choice</header><text>The president or chancellor of the college or university
may select the program for which to seek funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF75F80887321431EA1B044BDFB0046C9"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID889ACA1707E94EE6BD8E7DF5A06874E6"><enum>503.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID6A5DDC3501CB4500BAB8006D002924D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants to
institutions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/323(a)">Section 323(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1062(a)">20 U.S.C.
1062(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section
360(a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 399(a)(2)(C)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF307DFB81E324CAA87ECCA3CA3DA0400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/399(a)">Section 399(a)</external-xref> of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1068h(a)">20 U.S.C.
1068h(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDD2EFECCD88C343AC84E26FA35BDCD1B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCD1AC16709D648A4BBA8DA76049C872B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>section 326</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 323
and 326</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3BC5C73CB3CE4652905D8213EA86E7A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting
<quote>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID123392FC40B74A7C0017466D7F14EC4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID0EE3420F43714B768F8BD0B625C40695">
<subparagraph id="ID543D015F47A84B899EEDACA01FB7BAED" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 323, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDBF49F25E7A0141388CC749A0A98183A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting
<quote>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2733059D558D48F3B935154EF1DE1300"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting
<quote>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDFB47EA0555FD4CCE91BE1100715222F4"><enum>504.</enum><header>Patsy T. Mink
Fellowship Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of
title VII of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1134">20
U.S.C. 1134</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3773D0E0434E462890531FFC63F51327"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subpart 4 as subpart 5;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0010023FEDCD446AB03F72D4797ECD73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 731 as section 741;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID702F71EE1721443DB8791750104D0910"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 741
(as redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE90D61737B95494F9E37EF43BE35387C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>and 3</quote> and inserting <quote>3, and
4</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD52B99F2FBE94E6CBD5F9B69A08B9282"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>and 3</quote> and inserting <quote>3, and 4</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1BE974B74C114EF7A23E94883ECE105D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>or 3</quote> and inserting <quote>3, or 4</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE78E3377513F4B4F9397E572ABEE8EC7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after subpart 3 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID1DCE5B9AAB4B468D88F4FC3B30DDC100">
<subpart id="ID518CBB5C2E7943349C41B9AB6B19176B"><enum>4</enum><header>Patsy T. Mink
Fellowship Program</header>
<section id="ID3FF3B3CBC177468392169EF039F35597"><enum>731.</enum><header>Purpose and
designation</header>
<subsection id="ID9B5AE45CE9944C39B8215F798F0314AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It
is the purpose of this subpart to provide, through eligible institutions, a
program of fellowship awards to assist highly qualified minorities and women to
acquire the doctoral degree, or highest possible degree available, in academic
areas in which such individuals are underrepresented for the purpose of
enabling such individuals to enter the higher education professoriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID812893424EB74FCDA900ED4200660006"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Each
recipient of a fellowship award from an eligible institution receiving a grant
under this subpart shall be known as a <quote>Patsy T. Mink Graduate
Fellow</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDA88CDE3278F14EA0A49FA5CD14E1C470"><enum>732.</enum><header>Definition of
eligible institution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this
subpart, the term <quote>eligible institution</quote> means an institution of
higher education, or a consortium of such institutions, that offers a program
of postbaccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree.</text>
</section><section id="IDB559C00DE48D488E928F2397EFDA3C77"><enum>733.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<subsection id="IDD695B0C631F248FFB2E47E299E9D738F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants by
Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="IDB3434DD658934288B2DB2E6181D3B1A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to eligible institutions
to enable such institutions to make fellowship awards to individuals in
accordance with the provisions of this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEC8072F9F3C24AF997AB8221F365EF45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority
consideration</header><text>In awarding grants under this subpart, the
Secretary shall consider the eligible institution’s prior experience in
producing doctoral degree, or highest possible degree available, holders who
are minorities and women, and shall give priority consideration in making
grants under this subpart to those eligible institutions with a demonstrated
record of producing minorities and women who have earned such degrees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE114DD84338D4841B711618229CECA42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="ID556B31E77AF94267A53F0400B13004DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible institution that desires a grant under this
subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0C8ADB9BE9B0498185284C7115B43C88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications
made on behalf</header>
<subparagraph id="ID8831020FA8D944218D2FCB00E84FD39D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The following entities may submit an application on
behalf of an eligible institution:</text>
<clause id="IDFB6B351A917D463C8642853C003EE25E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
graduate school or department of such institution.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID542B7AFC464F4D36B1E066DEAD5B53CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A graduate
school or department of such institution in collaboration with an undergraduate
college or university of such institution.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID39C78A2F273F439DBFABB5A314629CF8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>An
organizational unit within such institution that offers a program of
postbaccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree, including an
interdisciplinary or an interdepartmental program.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6B0BEA83A3F84064926225379BA81FCA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A nonprofit
organization with a demonstrated record of helping minorities and women earn
postbaccalaureate degrees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB24A28613CE94DEE9B11C69D8B5E911D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonprofit
organizations</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
permit the Secretary to award a grant under this subpart to an entity other
than an eligible institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF4D23650F94B4C9C90324EC14CB4F754"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of
applications</header><text>In awarding grants under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDAAB53836FAB4812B208A6E301788193"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into account
the number and distribution of minority and female faculty nationally, as well
as the current and projected need for highly trained individuals in all areas
of the higher education professoriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID615F1797BD5F43EDAEC900F2C28DABDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take into account
the number and distribution of minority and female faculty nationally, as well
as the present and projected need for highly trained individuals in academic
career fields in which minorities and women are underrepresented in the higher
education professoriate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDF5DE90A980B48B8B1E3A2E11BCFD15C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider the need
to prepare a large number of minorities and women generally in academic career
fields of high national priority, especially in areas in which such individuals
are traditionally underrepresented in college and university faculties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID27C8AD13D2ED4DFAB3DB85D920EEFA67"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution
and amounts of grants</header>
<paragraph id="ID0673265675CE4FCE9E52BA34138DD5BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Equitable
distribution</header><text>In awarding grants under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent feasible, ensure an equitable geographic
distribution of awards and an equitable distribution among public and
independent eligible institutions that apply for grants under this subpart and
that demonstrate an ability to achieve the purpose of this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3833815AC9E4845961E22E812CEB900"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use
not less than 50 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to section 736 to
award grants to the following eligible institutions:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0D5E7A7F56C24930A81C4220C1D14C8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are eligible for assistance under title III or title
V.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA0C8CBA6C7D84B468399FE171E6098BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are eligible institutions, as defined in section 312.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8E3D1579EBDD4F9DA2553DC23DAAF446"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are Tribal Colleges or Universities, as defined in section
316.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA40FFF4BCC5D40E6ACF787892811FE96"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are Alaska Native-serving institutions, as defined in section
317.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA66229C8EDEF4FE6002235C28C98AE40"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are Native-Hawaiian-serving institutions, as defined in
section 317.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5DB76C91DFE74F02B948F3847DB61CC6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are part B institutions, as defined in section 322.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9BFD81DF853E454080FB0058F9002C6F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Eligible
institutions that are eligible institutions, as defined in section 502.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1CD0D606FAEB4896859D29D8DD11DA51"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Consortia of
eligible institutions that are nonminority-serving institutions and eligible
institutions that are minority-serving institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID634C176E534549FD87636FE05C3DA3C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>In
awarding grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall allocate appropriate
funds to those eligible institutions whose applications indicate an ability to
significantly increase the numbers of minorities and women entering the higher
education professoriate and that commit institutional resources to the
attainment of the purpose of this subpart. An eligible institution that
receives a grant under this subpart shall make not less than 15 fellowship
awards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE1C44229D980478C00B9617600F3C5FA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>If
the Secretary determines that an eligible institution awarded a grant under
this subpart is unable to use all of the grant funds awarded to the
institution, the Secretary shall reallot, on such date during each fiscal year
as the Secretary may fix, the funds that are not usable to other eligible
institutions that demonstrate that such institutions can use any reallocated
grant funds to make fellowship awards to individuals under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF80FDAC43C474FF3A0031B176F38DA59"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Institutional
allowance</header>
<paragraph id="IDCBBAA2048C6E4CE6A012C9A5B117CBE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="IDF41A318AB4324530BB5DDEAA75046100"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Number of
allowances</header><text>In awarding grants under this subpart, the Secretary
shall pay to each eligible institution awarded a grant, for each individual
awarded a fellowship by such institution under this subpart, an institutional
allowance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE0E29812D68A4115A42B66382F5C2B57"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Except
as provided in paragraph (3), an institutional allowance shall be in an amount
equal to, for academic year 2005–2006 and succeeding academic years, the amount
of institutional allowance made to an institution of higher education under
section 715.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID345BA2B214EE4DB08D2F733BA05FC0C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Institutional allowances may be expended in the discretion
of the eligible institution and may be used to provide, except as prohibited
under paragraph (4), academic support and career transition services for
individuals awarded fellowships by such institution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3D56802555B047E78FECFE2F5BCF4B23"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>The
institutional allowance paid under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount
the institution charges and collects from a fellowship recipient for tuition
and other expenses as part of the recipient’s instructional program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID79170D498C7D453CA3DECFC15938993F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use for
overhead prohibited</header><text>Funds made available pursuant to this subpart
may not be used for general operational overhead of the academic department or
institution receiving funds under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC74CB95772B24CA4BF869400D3DEFD13"><enum>734.</enum><header>Fellowship
recipients</header>
<subsection id="ID49ED2E6500FC4556807019D9648F1C80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>An
eligible institution that receives a grant under this subpart shall use the
grant funds to make fellowship awards to minorities and women who are enrolled
at such institution in a doctoral degree, or highest possible degree available,
program and—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5DB00801FCFF44D89F3E7727EF21094C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>intend to pursue
a career in instruction at—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9BD2FC1D5CFB453E977B5CD50479ABBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education (as defined in section 101);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID877EB60ABF044E3C98A0F16FC0777EE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education (as defined in section 102(a)(1));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04A6C2AF487A4BC2A3BE3D8687CCF57E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education outside the United States, as that term is described in
section 102(a)(2); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID81A9490524CE4043B9993CB2ED2D78B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a proprietary
institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(b)); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5E9AFC927E124CE88DDAD9AD9E60B9F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sign an agreement
with the Secretary agreeing to, within 5 years of receiving the doctoral
degree, or highest possible degree available, begin employment at an
institution described in paragraph (1) for 1 year for each year of fellowship
assistance received under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID88A9130B2F0F46B3AE47936903F4F35D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Failure to
comply</header><text>If an individual who receives a fellowship award under
this subpart fails to comply with the agreement signed pursuant to subsection
(a)(2), then the Secretary shall do 1 or both of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID939D2A04E2F24F149961FE40447B3B58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Require the
individual to repay all or the applicable portion of the total fellowship
amount awarded to the individual by converting the balance due to a loan at the
interest rate applicable to loans made under part B of title IV.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5F5EBFCCB21F4133A84470D038302692"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Impose a fine or
penalty in an amount to be determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDEA88727FA43047C9A36FDC33FEAB9DB5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver and
modification</header>
<paragraph id="IDB37A5E3FDB9441F1001F6D06FB85007F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall promulgate regulations setting forth criteria to be considered
in granting a waiver for the service requirement under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6F34FE9C1E36467282BBCAC573220565"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
criteria under paragraph (1) shall include whether compliance with the service
requirement by the fellowship recipient would be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6B8BA926EC0E4BD6AA280633F9B31C91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inequitable and
represent a substantial hardship; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB9A8AFCBD7E94C1E9C00DDD500106DD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deemed impossible
because the individual is permanently and totally disabled at the time of the
waiver request.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFF230D301B804813B829AAE6D3B3E4D6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of
fellowship awards</header><text>Fellowship awards under this subpart shall
consist of a stipend in an amount equal to the level of support provided to the
National Science Foundation graduate fellows, except that such stipend shall be
adjusted as necessary so as not to exceed the fellow’s tuition and fees or
demonstrated need (as determined by the institution of higher education where
the graduate student is enrolled), whichever is greater.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID056EA4CA23784902938758D66E1CFDE0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Academic
progress required</header><text>An individual shall not be eligible to receive
a fellowship award—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3D445D6EB9514CB7A5B9818000744E7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except during
periods in which such student is enrolled, and such student is maintaining
satisfactory academic progress in, devoting essentially full time to, study or
research in the pursuit of the degree for which the fellowship support was
awarded; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC4B3B2CC203B4238BBB96D8F611E7361"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the student is
engaged in gainful employment other than part-time employment involved in
teaching, research, or similar activity determined by the institution to be
consistent with and supportive of the student’s progress toward the appropriate
degree.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID2CB25B9E4AE24815A2A69CC6ECC90012"><enum>735.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subpart shall be construed to require an eligible institution that receives a
grant under this subpart to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCA8BF5B9B9D346668539841700EA7169"><enum>(1)</enum><text>grant a
preference or to differentially treat any applicant for a faculty position as a
result of the institution’s participation in the program under this subpart;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6C2FDC7632CA438E92DCA5CA304D1BF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hire a Patsy T.
Mink Fellow who completes this program and seeks employment at such
institution.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDE66D90166B4B459387D1C69714D125E7"><enum>736.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart $25,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Recruitment of
teachers to teach at Tribal Colleges or Universities</header>
<section id="ID3E81AA1130C54E76B7CC3D11FD1984AF"><enum>601.</enum><header>Loan repayment
or cancellation for individuals who teach in Tribal Colleges or
Universities</header>
<subsection id="IDF2CCEDF98737458DA067C826B35E9D80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text>This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID69A9AE284A2543AE88DC68AEFAF48882"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Perkins
loans</header>
<paragraph id="IDEE0100B0E0934AEFBF3D883B07C743A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/465(a)">Section 465(a)</external-xref> of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ee(a)">20 U.S.C.
1087ee(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4F2A0C8C546D41E0AB002608A000DA63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="ID6A9F40C064AF448F851E00CDF0A73BFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF74C7D1D9C854DEB906C292633000492"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (I), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID61CD516E6F594D0498D85E6C3B579C9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID74ED9EBB366A47B4AB24047998533E33">
<subparagraph id="ID4647E78A0195454F00AE322E487CDF35" indent="up1"><enum>(J)</enum><text>as a full-time teacher at a Tribal
College or University as defined in section 316(b).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBA18D881BDAA42A700F634579E5671B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A)(i), by striking <quote>or (I)</quote> and inserting <quote>(I), or
(J)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEEB6C46AD16D4E8E96CEE5030048CFF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall be effective for
service performed during academic year 1998–1999 and succeeding academic years,
notwithstanding any contrary provision of the promissory note under which a
loan under part E of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.) was
made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1C283FBFF15642E8BDBF5098C437F2EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>FFEL and direct
loans</header><text>Part G of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088</external-xref> et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="ID60FA2BE754F947DA87D625527700127C">
<section id="ID0E7990042A5241ED9BE0036389969901"><enum>493C.</enum><header>Loan
repayment or cancellation for individuals who teach in Tribal Colleges or
Universities</header>
<subsection id="IDBF75872F2D8B45A1A31B317CEDB9C279"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program, through the
holder of a loan, of assuming or canceling the obligation to repay a qualified
loan amount, in accordance with subsection (b), for any new borrower on or
after the date of enactment of this section, who—</text>
<paragraph id="ID21E5ACD7239A4FA3B3C3B469CBA56C86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has been employed
as a full-time teacher at a Tribal College or University as defined in section
316(b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2F0D7E51060847C1BDE434D2AEFB6268"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is not in default
on a loan for which the borrower seeks repayment or cancellation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID24D28A38CAD84063B0FE350125293B27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified loan
amounts</header>
<paragraph id="IDDEA31407EBC64F0EB270127F4B98B925"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Percentages</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall assume or cancel the obligation to repay
under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB6E11296D2DE4B1F97D2691FB04D3BDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>15 percent of the
amount of all loans made, insured, or guaranteed after the date of enactment of
this section to a student under part B or D, for the first or second year of
employment described in subsection (a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDC1DA8FCFFFE4E0D00F39F78EE0766DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>20 percent of
such total amount, for the third or fourth year of such employment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID701F64D3C71F440900789F54A6EA09AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>30 percent of
such total amount, for the fifth year of such employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1EEB464CE13F4AE1B35B4FAA3CA183E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum</header><text>The
Secretary shall not repay or cancel under this section more than $15,000 in the
aggregate of loans made, insured, or guaranteed under parts B and D for any
student.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFA8943BC84A44F7B9EE24CE713536581"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
consolidation loans</header><text>A loan amount for a loan made under section
428C may be a qualified loan amount for the purposes of this subsection only to
the extent that such loan amount was used to repay a loan made, insured, or
guaranteed under part B or D for a borrower who meets the requirements of
subsection (a), as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID015C2CFFF1B64988A233D1119F8626AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID794A2F54376941CDBD4173F471320082"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to authorize any refunding of any repayment
of a loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDEBA8FF840DD848B19FD525D7FDCCABC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prevention of
double benefits</header><text>No borrower may, for the same service, receive a
benefit under both this section and subtitle D of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12571">42 U.S.C. 12571</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDDCA501229D02499AB5C5E3D8697E6BBC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <term>year</term>, when applied to
employment as a teacher, means an academic year as defined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDD6DCE80954FA428BA051B3E742DE1879"><enum>602.</enum><header>Amounts
forgiven not treated as gross income</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amount of any loan that is assumed or
canceled under an amendment made by this title shall not, consistent with
section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, be treated as gross income
for Federal income tax purposes.</text>
</section>