1.This Act may be cited as
the Revitalizing New Orleans by
Attracting America's Leaders Act of 2007
or the
RENEWAAL Act of
2007
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Elementary and
Secondary Education</header>
<section id="H44F2B7920B4E4479AC9D12A6E3AD89F6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Grants to State
educational agencies affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; subgrants
to local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="HE2438D63A001470FB98B9EE1CA33EEDA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection
(b) and section 102(d), from amounts appropriated under section 105, the
Secretary of Education shall award grants to each of the States of Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama. The Secretary shall base allocations for States that
submit an application under subsection (b)(1) on the number of schools in each
State that were closed for 60 days or more during the period beginning on
August 29, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2005, due to Hurricane Katrina or
Hurricane Rita.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC03D09B93D34FB2BCCB00116F5B20FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="HA0DD12B5BF344EA4A306CAB0F1E7FFDD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For a State to be eligible to receive a grant under
subsection (a), the State educational agency for the State shall submit an
application to the Secretary, at such time as the Secretary may require, that
contains such information and assurances as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79CF9C2182C7456CB9C29649E62B9E70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific
assurances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assurances
under paragraph (1) shall include an assurance that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14F0F62E5F494BCB98AB043933273E7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to
subsection (d), the State educational agency will distribute the funds received
under the grant as subgrants to local educational agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31A0E1C0E6A34A5B94CA00F7D8B4538D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State
educational agency, in consultation with local education agencies, local
teachers and their union, the State’s board of education, and the local
organization representing charter schools, will establish and implement a plan
to strengthen the recruitment, retention, professional development, and success
of teachers and school leaders in schools that are served under the grant;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE69E53399E914533A2CC768FCB440044"><enum>(C)</enum><text>funds provided
shall be used at schools that are—</text>
<clause id="HF67444FD639A4D7996A700DEC6CDA2DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>open
to all eligible students, including students with disabilities and English
language learners; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H03B6E235CE9247D299551E9C36BBC17C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
compliance with all applicable Federal laws, including civil rights laws, and
State and local health and safety laws.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE4E9B302B6E410F8E009EDE37902C00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>The
Secretary shall, on a semi-annual basis—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD25A467136E4FCDBE51F226B15BDACA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the State
educational agencies receiving funds under this title to determine whether each
such agency is in compliance with the assurances referred to in paragraph (2);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D34C05DDA34994AC2FD4A6DBBBC3CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on
the results of such review, the first of which reports shall be made not later
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E73871C3326400C819E91A25083C2E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subgrants to
local educational agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H4DF0068587B44BFFB12DA173DEE3BC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), from amounts made available to
a State educational agency under this title, the agency shall make subgrants,
on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies in the State that serve
an area with respect to which a major disaster was declared under section 401
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.
C. 5170) by reason of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. Funds received under
the subgrant shall be used to carry out the authorized activities described in
sections 102 and 103.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H751BA2703A8042599CBF5D60239E8F33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a subgrant under this subsection, a local educational
agency shall submit an application to the State educational agency at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State educational
agency may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB96EE5DE2CA478CADB76EF0AABBE6A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Subgrants
under this subsection shall be made not later than 60 days after the date on
which the State educational agency first receives funds from the Secretary
under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H035415F187B14B228DB0CBD47F919B89"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determination of
allocations</header><text>In allocating funds among local educational agencies
under this subsection, State educational agencies shall give priority to local
educational agencies with the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD69FD106F77D422FB7FD8B79D7E398C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The highest
percentages of schools that are closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina or
Hurricane Rita, as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD8164AF2F3849A1A3A05E9BAD885F55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The highest
percentages of schools with a student-teacher ratio of at least 25 to 1.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEDD67C530EE843CC878B69A5004201E7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Management,
administration, and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H59C85920B6E34AD9ACDF4233BD7EB463"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State educational agency that distributes funds under
this title may reserve up to one half of one percent for management,
administrative, and evaluation purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC57B9D01A9494DF3AF95C5FFD3A000DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Charter school
costs included</header><text>Amounts reserved under paragraph (1) shall include
all management, administrative, and evaluation costs related to charter
schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E368B0120E04940877F9D91E59EC0AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to
other local educational agencies</header><text>Of the amounts reserved by a
State educational agency under paragraph (1), any funds that remain after
expenditure for the costs described in paragraphs (1) and (2) may be allocated
by the State educational agency to other local educational agencies adversely
affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55387FA901894C0C9B28E8662DC71200"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall review the implementation of section 102 and shall provide the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate with an
analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation of such section not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEF156F8233E946EC8BCEBDC1117D1183"><enum>102.</enum><header>Annual bonuses
for teachers and other school leaders</header>
<subsection id="HF72FD5918726418A916E5F2FAE00BBEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual bonuses
for teachers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local
educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a
portion of the subgrant funds specified by the Secretary to provide annual
pensionable bonuses, in addition to base salary and benefits, to teachers in
each of 3 consecutive full school years (beginning with the first full school
year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act), calculated as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H3F6CC37FCF664297A895B9053F6BF0AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$7,000 per year
for all teachers employed by the local educational agency during the school
year in which this Act is enacted, if the teacher commits to continue to work
during each of the 3 succeeding school years in a public elementary or public
secondary school served by the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H32896E9AE08743F199B79D0D1C6CAE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000 per year for all teachers described
in paragraph (1) who also have a demonstrated track record of success in
improving student academic achievement, based on an evaluation from the
multiple measures of success rating system described in subsection (d), except
that such teachers may not receive a bonus under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0CAEDC7AA1C84B799213691DD600D3AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$12,500 per year for all teachers described
in paragraph (1) who also have a demonstrated track record of success in
improving student academic achievement, based on an evaluation from the
multiple measures of success rating system described in subsection (d), and who
teach a subject for which there is a documented teacher shortage, except that
such teachers may not receive a bonus under paragraph (1) or (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF837686EA84E49E1B59520D6CF67AF57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual bonuses
for school leaders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local
educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a
portion of the subgrant funds specified by the Secretary to provide annual
bonuses to school leaders in each of 3 consecutive full school years (beginning
with the first full school year that begins after the date of the enactment of
this Act), calculated as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H672A778E1D454D6B94EB6E4FF9B1AA81"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$7,000 per year for all school leaders
employed by the local educational agency during the school year in which this
Act is enacted, if the school leader commits to continue to work during each of
the 3 succeeding school years in a public elementary or public secondary school
served by the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA18618BDD57847248DDC4E36D86BC29C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000 per year for all school leaders
described in paragraph (1) who also are designated by the local educational
agency as outstanding or have a demonstrated track record of success in
improving student academic achievement on a school-wide basis in a
low-performing school (as determined through a performance-based system that
includes analysis of academic achievement gains), except that such school
leaders may not receive a bonus under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D62DEA0AB92468C81D3873C66ED1634"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supplements for
personnel returning from displacement</header><text>In the case of a teacher or
school leader who was displaced from, or lost employment in, a geographic area
described in section 101(a) by reason of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita,
and who returns to such an area following such displacement and is rehired, the
bonus described in subsection (a) or (b) shall be increased by $1,500 in each
of the 3 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0DE87BC7058743FDB8A3DB14462F9672"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Multiple
measures of success rating system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education may make a grant
to a State under this title only if the State educational agency, in its
application under section 101(b), agrees to use the following process to
develop a multiple measures of success rating system:</text>
<paragraph id="H077294F1D32F4C158DF850FEFD944EAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the State educational agency,
in cooperation with local educational agencies, the teachers unions, local
principals’ organization, local parents’ organizations, local business
organizations, and local charter schools organizations, shall develop a plan
for such a system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F874A15C2E1419A968E7DA33BD1B4C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the State educational agency has failed
to reach an agreement pursuant to paragraph (1) that is satisfactory to all
consulting entities by such deadline, the State educational agency shall
immediately notify the Congress of such failure and the reasons for it and
shall, not later than 30 days after such notification, establish and implement
a rating system that shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE218E1B1E8A4D3A836DAE9DF1B587F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>based on strong
learning gains for students and growth in student achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57D423C93E7644898540635EFC311D35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on classroom
observation and feedback at least 4 times annually;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H823B1628494C4D9DBC3D4241EF4624B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducted by
multiple sources, including principals and master teachers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21EAAA4A264C44038C3614BDA1BA406"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluated against
research-validated rubrics that use planning, instructional, and learning
environment standards to measure teaching performance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE16BA1BD2B634D3484D9153093C0B971"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of
payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency providing an annual bonus to a teacher or school leader under subsection
(a) or (b) shall pay the bonus according to a schedule that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H649AF59A667B4D609C6EF990B31420B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is designed to
attract such educators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D318E89FF6D4515B6DD14ACCCA693F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>commences payment
of the first of such bonuses not later than 60 days after the later of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA059144AF9AD43AD0007FEF1C2E45C84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the first day of
the first full school year that begins after the date of the enactment of this
Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H046537DA10204CFB83F5F61BDDC2D8D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date on which
the local educational agency first receives funds from the State educational
agency under this title; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB02427602E04ECFB6DFE11662CA5C57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>only completes
payment at the end of the period of required service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA9AF0BEBAA0844A5866441F837E75055"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant
period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds allocated by the
Secretary for use under this section may be expended by a State educational
agency or local educational agency over a 3-year period.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBD13FA91E1AE43C0986419DA9281242D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Relocation
costs, housing costs, educator recruitment costs, and promotion of best
practices and capacity-building</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD24267B132144ADCAA78F350FB89B81D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Relocation
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a portion of the
subgrant funds specified by the Secretary to provide one-time payments of up to
$2,500 each to educators (including teachers, school leaders, school guidance
counselors, school social workers, school nurses and other school-based health
personnel, and paraprofessionals) who commit to work in a public elementary or
public secondary school served by the agency to assist such educators with
costs associated with relocation. In providing such payments, a local
educational agency shall give priority to teachers with a prior connection to
the State, either through previous employment as a teacher in the State or
graduation from a public or private institution of higher education located in
the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCA5BA875462A46309029778D27D185CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Housing
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a portion of the
subgrant funds specified by the Secretary to provide up to 36 monthly payments
of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD0D944CA455E4F919850DDA2D0A8004E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$700 each to educators (including teachers,
school leaders, school guidance counselors, school social workers, school
nurses and other school-based health personnel, and paraprofessionals) who
commit to work in a public elementary or public secondary school served by the
agency, and who previously resided or worked in the geographical area served by
the agency, to assist such educators with housing costs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB804D47DDC4740B781637DF0821D4C6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500 each to all other educators (including
teachers, school leaders, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
school nurses and other school-based health personnel, and paraprofessionals)
who commit to work in a public elementary or public secondary school served by
the agency, to assist such educators with housing costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41B591FC998D4EA1BCDC7BE5C6CF3F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Educator
recruitment costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local
educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a
portion of the subgrant funds specified by the Secretary for the purpose of
establishing partnerships with non-profit entities that have a demonstrated
track record in recruiting and retaining outstanding teachers and school
leaders who commit to teach or lead in schools where there is a documented
teacher shortage. These entities shall consult with teachers and the local
teachers’ union in their work.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA14C04DBB5DC472B8514373CCD9405EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Promoting best
practices and capacity-building</header>
<paragraph id="H2F7264F802D9402385BE94A684FAB124"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a portion of the
subgrant funds specified by the Secretary for the purpose of building the
capacity and knowledge of principals and teachers and providing teachers with
paid release time to collaborate with each other, to engage in classroom
observation, and to participate in professional development. Such paid release
time shall be used to facilitate the identification and replication of best
practices from the highest-performing and fastest-improving schools, to bring
in outstanding educators to provide on-site professional development and
coaching, and to support the design, adaptation, and implementation of
high-quality formative assessments aligned to the State’s academic
standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H574106C6554A4EE5805619BAE8EFF074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency receiving a subgrant under section 101 may use up to 5 percent of the
portion of the subgrant funds specified by the Secretary under paragraph (1)
for management and administration related to carrying out activities under such
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8130E24CD7A34BA4B18553E63939A619"><enum>104.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE97D90BAD6EF41FBB18EB0323DD4F02D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>documented teacher
shortage</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE8C26669ADB548C39B8553A846FDD0B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a shortage
of teachers documented in the needs assessment conducted under section 2122(c)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6622(c)) by
the local educational agency involved or some other official demonstration of
shortage by the local educational agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H08AD2A79FF044943B9B8D4576FBEEDB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include such a
shortage in math, science, reading, special education, a foreign language, high
school core subjects, instruction for limited English proficient children, and
other subjects, as designated by the local educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F53B998A43F47169E5200B9812ECC81"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>elementary school</term> has
the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5378743A4304268B537BA77262BA806"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>local educational
agency</term> has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) and shall also include the
Recovery School District in Louisiana and New Orleans Public Schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB97989D1C4EF4D26ACFB5F50889F5338"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<quote>public school</quote> means any public school that is operated or
chartered by a State educational agency or local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7764AE995A84471B592B1E6B73CF875"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>school leader</term> means a
school principal, assistant principal, principal resident director, or
assistant director.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD232FC9B0D4F4C248E114192C6097700"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>secondary school</term> has
the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H601100F2F31D4D72B4AEB0F9390026D9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H342E26944ACC4233A94E7F42FE7CCFC1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The term
<quote>teacher</quote>, when used with respect to an individual teaching in a
State, means that the individual has obtained full State certification as a
teacher or is satisfactorily participating in an alternative route to
certification program that leads to certification within 3 years, except
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16E948D59B594A68BC3B92107C32FBEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual
teaching in a public charter school is included in this definition if the
individual satisfies the requirements set forth in the State’s public charter
school law with respect to State certification; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92215BCFF2CD4B7EBB5D8469F461FA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a special education teacher is included in
this definition only if fully certified by the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HCC30A2E308E0467C9D5D00207C99D648"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HEB71C6AA34044FD1A68921E11CF80036"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this title $45,500,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$45,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $46,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2009, 2010, and 2011.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6AE660D9836A4F05894E6641DAEED7BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual bonuses
for teachers</header><text>Of the total amounts authorized under subsection
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2007 through 2011 to carry out section 102(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H319CA3CE033A41F7A5D400800E2C2E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual bonuses
for school leaders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the
total amounts authorized under subsection (a), the following amounts are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 102(b):</text>
<paragraph id="H3223192C34E94DCE974BDE7FCDA093E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,500,000 for each
of fiscal years 2007 and 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5431B849CFEA4983A22109E44CF8B3CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$2,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BAB550F6A2F4707A7C4CDBE753CE7C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relocation
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total amounts
authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out section
103(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7F4E04B04AC94825A627D5513849F46B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Housing
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total amounts
authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out section
103(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB88789FFBD11405393CE25E0BDFCBDAF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Educator
recruitment costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the
total amounts authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be
appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out
section 103(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H32A01EB269E54EB483E48142B348EBE0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Promoting best
practices and capacity-building</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total amounts authorized under
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out section 103(d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7385A52FA5DF4448BAD9550671CDA0C2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Any
funds authorized to be appropriated under this section are authorized to be
available for fiscal years 2007 through 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB0F0B4ACFC464ADCBB943CA22731DACC"><enum>106.</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded school
or local educational agency employees under Federal, State, or local laws
(including applicable regulations or court orders) or under the terms of
collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other
agreements between such employees and their employers.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Higher
Education</header>
<section id="H860C9DD5F61A4C65AEBCFDF735AAF187"><enum>201.</enum><header>Higher
education recovery and sustainability program</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEB43CBA0A9741A4A546F98F707110C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary
shall provide funds made available under this section, in accordance with
<internal-xref idref="H0F8633829AA443CFB21C6D9700055767" legis-path="201.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>, to postsecondary
educational institutions—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8001358125249BDA72FA5C9459DB87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that were closed on any of their physical
campuses, or that temporarily relocated their campus, as a result of the impact
of a Gulf hurricane disaster;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H416CD492A198454C00E73DAB2EF8DC2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enrollments of which have not recovered
to the level of enrollments that existed before a Gulf hurricane disaster;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E203EBB188644B6A4E400D08FD112D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that continue to sustain a loss of revenue
as a result of the impact of a Gulf hurricane disaster.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F8633829AA443CFB21C6D9700055767"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use
funds made available to carry out this section to compensate the institutions
described in
<internal-xref idref="HBEB43CBA0A9741A4A546F98F707110C5" legis-path="201.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> for direct or indirect
losses incurred by such institutions resulting from the impact of a Gulf
hurricane disaster, and for the recovery initiatives of such institutions. Such
funds may be used for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C8C7F4CD7544046A21961B17C3DA7BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>faculty salaries
and incentives for retaining faculty;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9A4DAE6235104150B108034F233CF245"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">costs associated with the loss of lost
tuition, revenue, and enrollment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9E7798F074B47C690A9FB00886CAD5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>construction and
maintenance needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26CBE10D11D6460FB300EFDF8FA85E2B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grants to students to attend institutions
described in
<internal-xref idref="HBEB43CBA0A9741A4A546F98F707110C5" legis-path="201.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> for academic years
beginning on or after July 1, 2006, with priority given to students
demonstrating financial need; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93A9AD1A67364977B5CAA364EBC09349"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recruitment activities related to
increasing enrollment to the level of enrollment that existed before a Gulf
hurricane disaster.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C4DE547276449719FCC051800178BE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application for
assistance</header><text>A postsecondary educational institution that desires
to receive assistance under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B2D353F275543D7A8AB5F7F8FC46942"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a sworn financial statement and
other appropriate data, documentation, or other evidence requested by the
Secretary that indicates that the institution incurred losses resulting from
the impact of a Gulf hurricane disaster, and the monetary amount of such
losses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2F852831D3C4A4C8ECF4DE3094651B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate that the institution attempted
to minimize the cost of any losses by pursuing collateral source compensation
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Small Business
Administration, any other relevant government agencies, and insurance prior to
seeking assistance under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H737B31C0D9C9486196F7860670A69F00"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate that the institution has not
been able to fully operate at the level of operation that existed before a Gulf
hurricane disaster; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49A54C11A58248FCB791918271A9D7D4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide an assurance that, with respect to
any funds provided under this section for construction, the institution will
only use such funds for construction that has been or will be conducted in
compliance with the wage requirements under section 439 of the General
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E7F4278F112447CB554267ED177B55C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within a reasonable
time after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue
regulations setting forth—</text>
<paragraph id="H237F2628104E446FB1939397C592D47B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>procedures for an
application for assistance under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB23AEDBDB8574713B4E0F45F212F5D5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>minimum
requirements for receiving assistance under this section, including the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H83EC5BCFF0414609967CE8D7230562FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Online forms to be
used in submitting request for assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D93AB2844084FFE88AB56FDFD458D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Information to be
included in such forms.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2956B4779E0341F09C4D40971736EF42"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Procedures to
assist in filing and pursing assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB38EAA2F13B4FE8AA02E0A02DD0597F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>postsecondary educational institution</term>
means—</text>
<paragraph id="HD678C9CBCB6849E1A792AA3B932C38ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education, as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H192A022F3F2B47E18321EC6475427D61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
public or private teaching hospital wholly or partly owned or operated by such
an institution of higher education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H48403DA3C7E34B38B44472B8FB7D3320"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for the
period beginning in fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51E8DA687E4F43AA87CFCA845FE3778F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Loan forgiveness for
certain teachers</header>
<subsection id="H200A0769770249A486282B47A52D4856"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H0DE612243BE144ECB9C130D3EE2D81FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under
<internal-xref idref="H57FED6DE2CC144DC80ABCEA9EF3865ED" legis-path="204.(e)">subsection (e)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall carry
out a program of providing loan forgiveness to qualifying teachers. To provide
such loan forgiveness, the Secretary is authorized to carry out a
program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H047F1ED2EED545399B4175D52852F665"><enum>(A)</enum><text>through the holder
of the loan, to assume the obligation to repay a qualified loan amount for a
loan made under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1071 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8B0411873CF40BFB18532B8243798D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to cancel a
qualified loan amount (as so determined) for a loan made under part D of such
title (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5D03597B07C4251B11DC7A5C6F6706F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
consolidation loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan
amount for a loan made under section 428C of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1078–3) or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan 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 Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a loan made under section 428 or 428H of such
Act (20 U.S.C. 1078 or 1078–8, respectively), as determined in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC271DC29B9CA434AA2FE122D15A694F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifying
teachers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of
this section, a qualifying teacher is an individual who is not in default on a
loan for which the individual seeks forgiveness and—</text>
<paragraph id="HC7B681A00FA94DA4AC3C13C85FAF968"><enum>(1)</enum><text>who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF4D744C17D04293B8EAD77294B73D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>first commenced
employment as a full-time teacher in a public or private elementary or
secondary school in an area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster after such
disaster; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H900E41622CB143DD81FA52D6B6F6A3C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not described in
<internal-xref idref="HDD7FC7C5D7C2489384B6FEDC4D8FCAB7" legis-path="204.(b)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD7FC7C5D7C2489384B6FEDC4D8FCAB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who graduated from a public or private
institution of higher education located in an area affected by a Gulf hurricane
disaster and first commenced employment as a full-time teacher in a public or
private elementary or secondary school in such area after such disaster;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DFE75DB1F914188AD576F002CBEB540"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who returned to employment as a full-time
teacher in a public or private elementary or secondary school in an area
affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster such after such disaster.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB020F60115C44A9183AF6BE8022A800"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualifying
amounts</header><text>The Secretary shall forgive not more than the following
amount for a qualifying teacher:</text>
<paragraph id="HE8405937A53F447A890245AAC486F71D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$5,000 per year
for a qualifying teacher described in
<internal-xref idref="HC7B681A00FA94DA4AC3C13C85FAF968" legis-path="__.(b)(1)">paragraph (1) of subsection (b)</internal-xref>, for
each year of service described in such paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD96602D1AA964EE1A336DC7D2BC9D492"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$7,000 per year
for a qualifying teacher described in
<internal-xref idref="HDD7FC7C5D7C2489384B6FEDC4D8FCAB7" legis-path="__.(b)(2)">paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b)</internal-xref>,
for each year of service described in such paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6E6B48E21784F95BB7CF0EA53C4738E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H57FED6DE2CC144DC80ABCEA9EF3865ED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6F12E21E43AA464480FCCFF12CA59DC0"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H01CA3F873988478EB222BBD37B8C6F73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affected
State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>affected
State</term> means the State of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or
Texas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10BD57A0828E490CB09DB0824D4DB427"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Area affected by
a Gulf hurricane disaster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster</term> means a county or
parish, in an affected State, that has been designated by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency for disaster assistance for individuals and households as a
result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA727B8D95A64EBF948539AE294311AD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Gulf hurricane
disaster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Gulf
hurricane disaster</term> means a major disaster that the President declared to
exist, in accordance 6 with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and that was caused by Hurricane Katrina
or Hurricane Rita.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2B4E38A566C4AAA871654EBBCAFA300"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph></section>