1.The Act may be cited as the
Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers
Enhancement Act
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2.Years of service
requirements; stipend
(a)Years of service
requirementsSection 2303(a)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6673(a)) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph
(1)—
(A)by striking
or
at the end of subparagraph (B);
(B)by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ; or
;
and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(D)commencing on or after September 11, 2001,
serves at least 90 continuous days on active duty (as such term is defined in
section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, except that such term does
not include a period of service described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of
section 3311(d) of title 38, United States Code) in the Armed Forces (excluding
service on active duty in entry level or skills training) and, after completion
of such service, is discharged or released as follows:
(i)A discharge from active duty in the Armed
Forces with an honorable discharge.
(ii)A
release after service on active duty in the Armed Forces characterized by the
Secretary concerned as honorable service and placement on the retired list,
transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, or placement on
the temporary disability retired list.
(iii)A release from
active duty in the Armed Forces for further service in a reserve component of
the Armed Forces after service on active duty characterized by the Secretary
concerned as honorable service.
;
and
(2)in paragraph
(2)(A)(i), by striking 6 or more years
and inserting 4 or
more years
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3.Definition of
local educational agency and public charter schools
(a)Section 2304(a)(1)(B) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6674(a)(B)) is amended by striking
high-need local educational agency or public charter school, as such
terms are defined in section 2101
and inserting local
educational agency receiving funding under part A of title I or public charter
school (as such term is defined in section 2102)
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(b)The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
4.Chapter A of subpart 1
of part C of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
2308.
(a)Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of the Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers
Enhancement Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall establish an Advisory Board composed of—
(1)a representative from the Defense Activity
for Non-Traditional Education Support Division of the Department of
Defense;
(2)a representative
from the Department of Innovation and Improvement of the Department of
Education;
(3)a representatives
from 3 State offices that operate to recruit eligible members of the Armed
Forces for participation in the Program and facilitating the employment of
participants in the Program as elementary school teachers, secondary school
teachers, and vocational or technical teachers; and
(4)a representative
from each of 3 veteran service organizations.
(b)The
Advisory Board established under subsection (a) shall—
(1)collect, consider,
and disseminate feedback from participants and State offices described in
subsection (a)(4) on—
(A)the best practices
for improving recruitment of eligible members of the Armed Forces in States,
local educational agencies, and public charter schools under served by the
Program;
(B)ensuring that
high-need local educational agencies and public charter schools are aware of
the Program and how to participate in it;
(C)coordinating the
goals of the Program with other Federal, State, and local education needs and
programs; and
(D)other activities
that the Advisory Board deems necessary; and
(2)not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of the Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act, and annually
thereafter, prepare and submit a report to the Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee, and the Armed Services Committee, of the Senate
and the Education and Labor Committee, and the Armed Services Committee, of the
House which shall include—
(A)information with
respect to the activities of the Advisory Board;
(B)information with
respect to the Program, including—
(i)the number of
participants in the Program;
(ii)the number of
States participating in the Program;
(iii)local
educational agencies and schools in where participants are employed;
(iv)the grade levels
at which participants teach;
(v)the academic
subjects taught by participants;
(vi)rates of
retention of participants by the local educational agencies and public charter
schools employing participant;
(vii)other
demographic information as may be necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of
the program; and
(viii)a review of the
stipend and bonus available to participants under subsections (c) and (d)(1) of
section 2304; and
(C)recommendations
for—
(i)improvements to
local, State, and Federal recruitment and retention efforts;
(ii)legislative or
executive policy changes to improve the Program, enhance participant
experience, and increase participation in the program; and
(iii)other changes
necessary to ensure that the Program is meeting the purpose described in
section
2302(a).
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5.Authorization of
appropriationsSection 2321(b)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6691) is
amended to read as follows:
(b)From the funds appropriated to carry out
this subpart for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014, the Secretary shall
reserve $50,000,000 to carry out chapter A for each such fiscal
year.
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