[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3641 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3641

   To allow teachers in rural areas who are highly qualified in one 
    subject to have 3 years from their hiring date to become highly 
            qualified in each additional subject they teach.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2007

Mrs. Musgrave introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow teachers in rural areas who are highly qualified in one 
    subject to have 3 years from their hiring date to become highly 
            qualified in each additional subject they teach.

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

SECTION 1. TEACHERS IN RURAL AREAS WHO ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN ONE 
              SUBJECT HAVE 3 YEARS FROM THEIR HIRING DATE TO BECOME 
              HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS THEY TEACH.

    Paragraph (23) of section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(23)) is amended by striking 
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the 
end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) when used with respect to an elementary or 
                secondary school teacher who is employed by a local 
                educational agency in which--
                            ``(i) the total number of students in 
                        average daily attendance at all schools served 
                        by the agency is fewer than 600 or all schools 
                        served by the agency are located in counties 
                        with a population density of fewer than 10 
                        persons per square mile; and
                            ``(ii) all schools served by the local 
                        educational agency have a school locale code of 
                        42 or 43, as determined by the Secretary, or 
                        the local educational agency is located in an 
                        area of the State that was defined as rural by 
                        the State educational agency or another 
                        governmental agency of the State,
                means that the teacher holds at least a bachelor's 
                degree and has met the applicable standard in clause 
                (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) for at least one core 
                academic subject the teacher teaches, and will meet 
                such applicable standard for all core academic subjects 
                the teacher teaches not later than the date that is the 
                third anniversary of the date of hire by such local 
                educational agency, if such local educational agency 
                demonstrates that it is providing each such teacher 
                high-quality professional development that increases 
                such teacher's content knowledge in the additional 
                subjects the teacher teaches, and a program of 
                intensive supervision that consists of structured 
                guidance and regular ongoing support to ensure that 
                such teacher meets such applicable standard.''.
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