[House Report 106-240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                106-240

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1995, THE TEACHER EMPOWERMENT 
                                  ACT

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   July 19, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Ms. Pryce of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 253]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 253, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1995, 
the ``Teacher Empowerment Act,'' under a structured rule. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate divided equally 
between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
    The rule makes in order the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed 
in the bill as an original bill for purpose of amendment, which 
shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only those 
amendments printed in this report, which may be offered only in 
the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed 
in this report. The waiver is necessary because some amendments 
might conflict with each other in the manner in which they 
amend the bill.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if 
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.

                Amendments Made in Order Under the Rule

    1. Goodling--Modifies the ``Troops-to-Teachers'' program; 
strikes language allowing the state to establish a new within 
state funding formula; strikes language requiring states to 
target competitive grants to high need local education 
agencies; changes language relating to public accountability 
concerning student achievement; changes language relating to 
accountability in the State application; and extends the 
National Writing Project through FY 2004. (30 minutes)
    2. Lazio/Wilson/Duncan--Recommends mentoring programs and 
outlines the essential components for carrying out these 
programs which are designed to improve the initial teacher 
experience; strengthens the alternative certification program; 
ensures that teachers seeking alternative certification are 
qualified to teach and know the subject matter that they are 
hired to teach in the classroom. (10 minutes)
    3. Castle/Fletcher--Allows states to use funds to provide 
assistance to local educational agencies and eligible 
partnerships for the development and implementation of 
innovative professional development programs that train 
teachers to use technology to improve teaching and learning. 
(10 minutes)
    4. McIntosh--Provides for the active participation of 
parents under the Teacher Empowerment Act which specifically 
ensures that parents have the opportunity to review the local 
application for funds so that they are participants in deciding 
how these funds will be spent. (10 minutes)
    5. Fletcher--Allows schools to use professional development 
funds for programs that provide instruction in how to teach 
character education. (10 minutes)
    6. Andrews--Urges local education agencies to take into 
consideration that properly trained principals are a vital part 
of a quality education when submitting their requests for 
teacher training grants. (10 minutes)
    7. Kucinich/Andrews--Seeks to establish a National 
Clearinghouse for Teaching Entrepreneurship, to encourage 
teacher interest and involvement in entrepreneurship education. 
(10 minutes)
    8. Hilleary--Allows the Secretary of Education to include 
competitive grants to needy rural school districts as an 
optional use of funds available to him. (10 minutes)
    9. Roemer/Davis (FI)--Creates a competitive program, based 
on the model of the Troops-to-Teachers program, to recruit and 
train middle career professionals so they could enter the 
teaching profession in high-need local educational agencies. 
(10 minutes)
    10. Mink--Creates a program to provide grants for public 
school teachers who take sabbatical leave to pursue a course of 
study for professional development. (10 minutes)
    11. Crowley--Expresses the Sense of the Congress that high 
quality teachers are an important part in the development of 
our children and that it is essential that Congress works to 
ensure the quality of teachers is the highest possible as they 
instruct our children. (10 minutes)
    12. Martinez--Amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
Provides $1.5 billion in FY 2000 for teacher training and 
professional development activities; authorizes $1.5 billion in 
FY 2000 for class size reduction activities and provides 
flexibility for states that are not in a position to reduce 
class sizes as rapidly as other states; reauthorizes and 
expands the Reading Excellence Act, the National Writing 
Project, the Troops to Teachers Program, the Eisenhower 
Clearinghouse for Math and Science, and the National Board for 
Professional Teaching Standards; and provides $500 million for 
professional development specifically for special education 
teachers. (40 minutes)

                    text of amendments made in order

      1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Goodling of 
         Pennsylvania, or a Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

  Page 4, after line 25, insert the following:
                          ``(ii) Nonparticipating states.--In 
                        the case of a State that did not 
                        receive any funds for fiscal year 1999 
                        under one or more of the provisions 
                        referred to in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (i), the amount 
                        allotted to the State under such clause 
                        shall be the total amount that the 
                        State would have received for fiscal 
                        year 1999 if it had elected to 
                        participate in all of the programs for 
                        which it was eligible under each of the 
                        provisions referred to in such 
                        subclauses.
  Page 5, line 1, strike ```(ii)'' and insert ```(iii)''.
  Page 7, strike lines 11 through 21 and insert the following:
        if the State agrees to expend at least 95 percent of 
        the amount of the funds provided under the grant for 
        the purpose of making, in accordance with this part, 
        subgrants to local educational agencies under subpart 3 
        and subgrants to eligible partnerships under subpart 2.
  Page 7, line 24, strike ``3'' and insert ``5''.
  Page 8, beginning on line 6, strike ``Subgrants'' and all 
that follows through the end of line 7 and insert 
``Subgrants.--''.
  Page 8, beginning on line 9, strike ``Except'' and all that 
follows through ``a'' on line 10 and insert ``A''.
  Page 8, line 12, strike ``(b)(1)(A)'' and insert ``(b)(1)''.
  Page 9, strike lines 10 through 13 and insert the following:
                  ``(B) Minimum amount.--
                          ``(i) In general.--For any fiscal 
                        year for which a local educational 
                        agency would receive under subparagraph 
                        (A) an amount that is less than the 
                        total amount that the agency received 
                        for fiscal year 1999 under--
                                  ``(I) section 2203(1)(B) of 
                                this Act (as in effect on the 
                                day before the date of the 
                                enactment of the Teacher 
                                Empowerment Act); and
                                  ``(II) section 307 of the 
                                Department of Education 
                                Appropriations Act, 1999;
                        a State receiving a grant under this 
                        subpart shall ensure that the local 
                        educational agency receives under this 
                        paragraph an amount equal to such total 
                        amount.
                          ``(ii) Source of funds.--
                        Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a State 
                        shall use such portion of the funds 
                        described in paragraph (2)(A) as may be 
                        necessary to pay to a local educational 
                        agency the difference between the 
                        agency's allotment under subparagraph 
                        (A) and the allotment to the agency 
                        required under clause (i).
  Page 9, line 15, strike ``A State'' and insert ``Subject to 
subparagraph (C), a State''.
  Page 9, line 18, strike ``(b)(1)(A)'' and insert ``(b)(1) (or 
such portion of such amount as remains after satisfaction of 
the requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(ii) of paragraph 
(1))''.
  Page 9, line 25, strike ``high-need''.
  Page 10, after line 2, insert the following:
                  ``(C) Subgrants to eligible partnerships.--A 
                State receiving a grant under this subpart 
                shall expend at least 3 percent of the amount 
                described in subparagraph (A) for the purpose 
                of making subgrants to eligible partnerships 
                under subpart 2.
  Page 10, line 20, strike ``teachers'' and insert ``teachers, 
especially in the areas of mathematics and science,''.
  Beginning on page 12, strike line 9 through page 13, line 8, 
and insert the following:
  ``(f) Public Accountability.--
          ``(1) In general.--A State that receives a grant 
        under this subpart--
                  ``(A) in the event the State provides public 
                State report cards on education, shall include 
                in such report cards information on the State's 
                progress with respect to--
                          ``(i) subject to paragraph (2), 
                        improving student academic achievement, 
                        as defined by the State;
                          ``(ii) closing academic achievement 
                        gaps, as defined by the State, between 
                        the groups described in paragraph 
                        (2)(A)(i);
                          ``(iii) increasing the percentage of 
                        classes in core academic areas taught 
                        by fully qualified teachers; and
                          ``(iv) reducing class size; or
                  ``(B) in the event the State provides no such 
                report card, shall publicly report the 
                information described in subparagraph (A) 
                through other means.
          ``(2) Disaggregated data.--The information described 
        in paragraph (1)(A)(i) and section 2013(b)(3)((A) shall 
        be--
                  ``(A) disaggregated--
                          ``(i) by minority and non-minority 
                        status and by low-income and non-low-
                        income status; and
                          ``(ii) using assessments consistent 
                        with section 1111(b)(3); and
                  ``(B) publicly reported in the form of 
                disaggregated data only when such data are 
                statistically sound.
  Beginning on page 13, strike line 22 through page 14, line 
13, and insert the following:
          ``(2) A plan to ensure all teachers within the State 
        are fully qualified not later than December 31, 2003.
          ``(3) An assurance that the State will require each 
        local educational agency and school receiving funds 
        under this title to publicly report their annual 
        progress on the agency's and the school's performance 
        indicators in the following:
                  ``(A) Subject to section 2012(f)(2), 
                improving student academic achievement, as 
                defined by the State.
                  ``(B) Closing academic achievement gaps, as 
                defined by the State, between the groups 
                described in section 2012(f)(2)(A)(i).
                  ``(C) Increasing the percentage of classes in 
                core academic areas taught by fully qualified 
                teachers.
          ``(4) A description of how the State will hold local 
        educational agencies and schools accountable for making 
        annual gains in meeting the performance indicators 
        described in paragraph (3).
  Page 14, line 14, strike ```(4)'' and insert ```(5)''.
  Page 15, line 5, strike ```(5)'' and insert ```(6)''.
  Page 15, line 20, strike ``2012(b)(1)(B),'' and insert 
``2012(c)(2)(C),''.
  Page 16, line 2, strike ``State.'' and insert ``State. Not 
more than 5 percent of the amount made available to an agency 
to carry out this subpart may be used for planning and 
administration.''.
  Page 18, line 4, strike ``provided to'' and insert ``expended 
by''.
  Page 20, line 16, strike ``certified'' and insert ``fully 
qualified''.
  Page 20, line 17, strike ``certified'' and insert ``fully 
qualified''.
  Page 22, line 12, before ``teachers'' insert ``fully 
qualified''.
  Page 22, line 17, strike ``certification;'' and insert 
``certification, especially in the areas of mathematics and 
science;''.
  Page 25, beginning on line 16, strike ``highest proportion of 
out-of-field teachers;'' and insert ``lowest proportion of 
fully qualified teachers;''.
  Page 27, line 24, strike ``2013(b)(2);'' and insert 
``2013(b)(3);''.
  Page 28, line 21, strike the period at the end and insert 
``and, with respect to any professional development program 
described in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 2031(b)(3), 
shall, if appropriate, be developed with extensive coordination 
with, and participation of, professionals with expertise in 
such types of professional development.''.
  Page 30, line 10, strike ``lack of full certification'' and 
insert ``not being fully qualified''.
  Page 34, line 23, strike ``1999,'' and insert ``2000,''.
  Beginning on page 35, strike line 24 through page 36, line 9.
  Page 36, after line 15, insert the following:

``SEC. 2043. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PRINCIPALS AS LEADERS OF 
                    SCHOOL REFORM.

  ``(a) Competitive Grants.--The Secretary shall award grants 
on a competitive basis to eligible partnerships--
          ``(1) consisting of--
                  ``(A) one or more institutions of higher 
                education that provide professional development 
                for principals and other school administrators; 
                and
                  ``(B) one or more local educational agencies; 
                and
          ``(2) that may include other entities, agencies, or 
        organizations, such as a State educational agency, a 
        State agency for higher education, educational service 
        agencies, or professional organizations of principals 
        and teachers.
  ``(b) Application.--
          ``(1) In general.--Any eligible partnership that 
        desires to receive a grant under this section shall 
        submit an application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require.
          ``(2) Contents.--Each such application shall include 
        a description of--
                  ``(A) the activities the partnership will 
                carry out to achieve the purpose of this 
                section;
                  ``(B) how those activities will build on, and 
                be coordinated with, other professional 
                development programs and activities, including 
                activities under title I of this Act and title 
                II of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and
                  ``(C) how principals, teachers, and other 
                interested individuals were involved in 
                developing the application and will be involved 
                in planning and carrying out activities under 
                this section.
  ``(c) Use of Funds.--An eligible partnership that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the grant funds to provide 
professional development to principals and other school 
administrators to enable them to be effective school leaders 
and prepare all students to achieve to challenging State 
content and student performance standards, including 
professional development relating to--
          ``(1) leadership skills;
          ``(2) recruitment, assignment, retention, and 
        evaluation of teachers and other staff;
          ``(3) effective instructional practices, including 
        the use of technology;
          ``(4) using smaller classes effectively; and
          ``(5) parental and community involvement.
  Page 37, after line 15, insert the following:
          ``(2) Fully qualified.--The term `fully qualified'--
                  ``(A) when used with respect to a public 
                elementary or secondary school teacher (other 
                than a teacher teaching in a public charter 
                school), means that the teacher has obtained 
                State certification as a teacher (including 
                certification obtained through alternative 
                routes to certification) or passed the State 
                teacher licensing exam and holds a license to 
                teach in such State; and
                  ``(B) when used with respect to --
                          ``(i) an elementary school teacher, 
                        means that the teacher holds a 
                        bachelor's degree and demonstrates 
                        knowledge and teaching skills in 
                        reading, writing, mathematics, science, 
                        and other areas of the elementary 
                        school curriculum; or
                          ``(ii) a middle or secondary school 
                        teacher, means that the teacher holds a 
                        bachelor's degree and demonstrates a 
                        high level of competency in all subject 
                        areas in which he or she teaches 
                        through--
                                  ``(I) a high level of 
                                performance on a rigorous State 
                                or local academic subject areas 
                                test; or
                                  ``(II) completion of an 
                                academic major in each of the 
                                subject areas in which he or 
                                she provides instruction.
  Page 37, line 16, strike ```(2)'' and insert ```(3)''.
  Page 38, strike lines 5 through 12 and insert the following:
          ``(4) Publicly report.--The term `publicly report', 
        when used with respect to the dissemination of 
        information, means that the information is made widely 
        available to the public, including parents and 
        students, through such means as the Internet and major 
        print and broadcast media outlets.
  Page 38, line 13, strike ```(4)'' and insert ```(5)''.
  Page 39, strike lines 13 through 17 and insert the following:
          (1) National writing project.--Section 10992(i) of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 8332(i)) is amended to read as follows:
  ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the grant to the National Writing 
Project, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2000 through 2004 to carry out the provisions of this 
section.''.

 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lazio of New York, or 
 Representative Wilson of New Mexico, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                Minutes

  Page 10, strike lines 17 and 18 and insert the following:
                  ``(A) include support during the initial 
                teaching experience, such as mentoring programs 
                that--
                          ``(i) provide mentoring to beginning 
                        teachers from veteran teachers with 
                        expertise in the same subject matter 
                        that the beginning teachers will be 
                        teaching; and
                          ``(ii) provide mentors time for 
                        activities such as coaching, observing, 
                        and assisting the teachers who are 
                        mentored; and
                          ``(iii) use standards or assessments 
                        for guiding beginning teachers that are 
                        consistent with the State's student 
                        performance standards and with the 
                        requirements for professional 
                        development activities under section 
                        2033.''.
  Page 12, after line 4, insert the following (and redesignate 
any subsequent provisions accordingly):
  ``(e) Components of Alternative Routes to State Certification 
Programs.--To the extent appropriate, programs under subsection 
(d)(2)(B) shall--
          ``(1) include strong academic and teaching-related 
        course work that provides teachers with the subject 
        matter and teaching knowledge needed to help students 
        reach the States content standards;
          ``(2) provide intensive field experience in the form 
        of an internship, or student teaching, under the direct 
        daily supervision of an expert, veteran teacher; and
          ``(3) provide that, before entry into teaching, 
        candidates must be fully qualified.''.
  Page 37, after line 15, insert the following:
          ``(2) Beginning teacher.--The term ``beginning 
        teacher'' means an educator in a public school who has 
        not yet been teaching 3 full school years.''.
  Page 37, line 16, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
  Page 38, after line 4, insert the following (and redesignate 
any subsequent provisions accordingly):
          ``(4) Mentoring program.--The term ``mentoring 
        program'' means to provide professional support and 
        development, instruction, and guidance to beginning 
        teachers, but does not include a teacher or individual 
        who begins to work in a supervisory position.''.
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3. An Amendment to Be offered by Representative Castle of Delaware, or 
 Representative Fletcher of Kentucky, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                Minutes

  Page 12, after line 4, insert the following:
          ``(9) Providing assistance to local educational 
        agencies and eligible partnerships (as defined in 
        section 2021(d)) for the development and implementation 
        of innovative professional development programs that 
        train teachers to use technology to improve teaching 
        and learning and are consistent with the requirements 
        of section 2033.
  Page 28, line 18, strike ``and''.
  Page 28, line 21, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
and''.
  Page 28, after line 21, insert the following:
          ``(6) shall, to the extent appropriate, provide 
        training for teachers in the use of technology so that 
        technology and its applications are effectively used in 
        the classroom to improve teaching and learning in the 
        curriculum and academic content areas in which those 
        teachers provide instruction.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McIntosh of Indiana, or 
                  a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 15, after line 10, insert the following:
          ``(6) A description of how the State will ensure that 
        local educational agencies will comply with the 
        requirement under section 2033(b)(5), especially with 
        respect to ensuring the participation of teachers and 
        parents.
    Page 26, after line 9, insert the following:
          ``(5) A description of how the local educational 
        agency has collaborated with teachers, principals, 
        parents, and administrators in the preparation of the 
        application.
    Page 28, line 20, after ``principals,'' insert 
``parents,''.
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 5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fletcher of Kentucky, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 24, after line 13, strike ``and'' at the end;
    Page 24, after line 18, strike the period at the end and 
insert 
``; and''.
    Page 24, after line 18, insert the following:
                          ``(H) professional development 
                        programs that provide instruction in 
                        how to teach character education in a 
                        manner that--
                          ``(i) reflects the values of parents, 
                        teachers, and local communities; and
                          ``(ii) incorporates elements of good 
                        character, including honesty, 
                        citizenship, courage, justice, respect, 
                        personal responsibility, and 
                        trustworthiness.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Andrews of New Jersey, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 24, after line 20, insert the following:
          ``(5) Professional activities designed to improve the 
        quality of principals.''.
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 7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kucinich of Ohio, or 
 Representative Andrews of New Jersey, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                Minutes

    Page 35, after line 7, insert the following:

``SEC. 2043. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR TEACHER ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

    ``The Secretary may award a grant or contract to an 
organization or institution with substantial experience in 
entrepreneurship education to establish and operate a National 
Clearinghouse for Teacher Entrepreneurship to coordinate 
professional development opportunities for teachers, collect 
and disseminate curricular materials, and undertake other 
activities to encourage teacher interest and involvement in 
entrepreneurship education, particularly for teachers of grades 
7 through 12.''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hilleary of Tennessee, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 36, after line 15, insert the following:

``SEC. 2043. RURAL TEACHERS.

  ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants on a 
competitive basis to rural eligible local educational agencies 
to carry out activities described in subsection (b).
  ``(b) Use of Funds.--A rural eligible local educational 
agency that receives a grant under this section may use such 
funds to develop incentive programs--
          ``(1) to recruit and retain qualified teachers; and
          ``(2) to provide high-quality professional 
        development to teachers.
  ``(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
this section, a rural eligible local educational agency shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require.
  ``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
          ``(1) Metropolitan statistical area.--The term 
        `metropolitan statistical area' has the meaning given 
        such term by the Bureau of the Census.
          ``(2) Rural eligible local educational agency.--The 
        term `rural eligible local educational agency' means a 
        local educational agency--
                  ``(A) that is not located in a metropolitan 
                statistical area; and
                  ``(B) in which there is a high percentage of 
                individuals from families with incomes below 
                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 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))).
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 9. An Amendment To Be Ofered by Representative Roemer of Indiana, or 
   Representative Davis of Florida, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                Minutes

  Page 36, after line 15, insert the following:

``SEC. 2043. TRANSITION TO TEACHING.

  ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to address the 
need of high-need local educational agencies for highly 
qualified teachers in particular subject areas, such as 
mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, 
and special education, needed by those agencies, following the 
model of the successful teachers placement program known as the 
`Troops-to-Teachers program', by recruiting, preparing, 
placing, and supporting career-changing professionals who have 
knowledge and experience that will help them become such 
teachers.
  ``(b) Program Authorized.--
          ``(1) Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to use 
        funds appropriated under paragraph (2) for each fiscal 
        year to award grants, contracts, or cooperative 
        agreements to institutions of higher education and 
        public and private nonprofit agencies or organizations 
        to carry out programs authorized by this section.
          ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--For the 
        purpose of carrying out this section, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated $9,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
        fiscal years 2001 through 2004.
  ``(c) Application.--Each applicant that desires an award 
under subsection (b)(1) shall submit an application to the 
Secretary containing such information as the Secretary 
requires, including--
          ``(1) a description of the target group of career-
        changing professionals upon which the applicant will 
        focus its recruitment efforts in carrying out its 
        program under this section, including a description of 
        the characteristics of that target group that shows how 
        the knowledge and experience of its members are 
        relevant to meeting the purpose of this section;
          ``(2) a description of the training that program 
        participants will receive and how that training will 
        relate to their certification as teachers;
          ``(3) a description of how the applicant will 
        collaborate, as needed, with other institutions, 
        agencies, or organizations to recruit, train, place, 
        support, and provide teacher induction programs to 
        program participants under this section, including 
        evidence of the commitment of those institutions, 
        agencies, or organizations to the applicant's program;
          ``(4) a description of how the applicant will 
        evaluate the progress and effectiveness of its program, 
        including--
                  ``(A) the program's goals and objectives;
                  ``(B) the performance indicators the 
                applicant will use to measure the program's 
                progress; and
                  ``(C) the outcome measures that will be used 
                to determine the program's effectiveness; and
          ``(5) such other information and assurances as the 
        Secretary may require.
  ``(d) Uses of Funds and Period of Service.--
          ``(1) Authorized activities.--Funds under this 
        section may be used for--
                  ``(A) recruiting program participants, 
                including informing them of opportunities under 
                the program and putting them in contact with 
                other institutions, agencies, or organizations 
                that would train, place, and support them;
                  ``(B) training stipends and other financial 
                incentives for program participants, not to 
                exceed $5,000 per participant;
                  ``(C) assisting institutions of higher 
                education or other providers of teacher 
                training to tailor their training to meet the 
                particular needs of professionals who are 
                changing their careers to teaching;
                  ``(D) placement activities, including 
                identifying high-need local educational 
                agencies with a need for the particular skills 
                and characteristics of the newly trained 
                program participants and assisting those 
                participants to obtain employment in those 
                local educational agencies; and
                  ``(E) post-placement induction or support 
                activities for program participants.
          ``(2) Period of service.--A program participant in a 
        program under this section who completes his or her 
        training shall serve in a high-need local educational 
        agency for at least 3 years.
          ``(3) Repayment.--The Secretary shall establish such 
        requirements as the Secretary determines appropriate to 
        ensure that program participants who receive a training 
        stipend or other financial incentive under paragraph 
        (1)(B), but fail to complete their service obligation 
        under paragraph (2), repay all or a portion of such 
        stipend or other incentive.
  ``(e) Equitable Distribution.--To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall make awards under this section that support 
programs in different geographic regions of the Nation.
  ``(f) Definitions.--As used in this section:
          ``(1) The term `high-need local educational agency' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 2061.
          ``(2) The term `program participants' means career-
        changing professionals who--
                  ``(A) hold at least a baccalaureate degree;
                  ``(B) demonstrate interest in, and commitment 
                to, becoming a teacher; and
                  ``(C) have knowledge and experience that are 
                relevant to teaching a high-need subject area 
                in a high-need local educational agency.''.
  Page 36, line 19, strike ``part,'' and insert ``part (other 
than section 2043),''.
  Page 36, line 21, strike ``4.'' and insert ``4 (other than 
section 2043).''.
  Page 36, line 23, strike ``part,'' and insert ``part (other 
than section 2043),''.
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 10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mink of Hawaii, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 40, line 24, before the semicolon insert ``and 
redesignating part E as part D''.
  Page 40, strike line 25 and insert the following:
          (2) by inserting after section 2260 the following:

     ``PART C--USE OF SABBATICAL LEAVE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

``SEC. 2301. GRANTS FOR SALARY DURING SABBATICAL LEAVE.

  ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary may make grants to 
State educational agencies and local educational agencies to 
pay such agencies for one-half of the amount of the salary that 
otherwise would be earned by an eligible teacher described in 
subsection (b), if, in lieu of fulfilling the teacher's 
ordinary teaching assignment, the teacher completes a course of 
study described in subsection (c) during a sabbatical term 
described in subsection (d).
  ``(b) Eligible Teachers.--An eligible teacher described in 
this subsection is a teacher who--
          ``(1) is employed by an agency receiving a grant 
        under this section to provide classroom instruction to 
        children at an elementary or secondary school that 
        provides free public education;
          ``(2) has secured from such agency, and any other 
        person or agency whose approval is required under State 
        law, approval to take sabbatical leave for a sabbatical 
        term described in subsection (d);
          ``(3) has submitted to the agency an application for 
        a subgrant at such time, in such manner, and containing 
        such information as the agency may require, including--
                  ``(A) written proof--
                          ``(i) of the approval described in 
                        paragraph (2); and
                          ``(ii) of the teacher's having been 
                        accepted for enrollment in a course of 
                        study described in subsection (c); and
                  ``(B) assurances that the teacher--
                          ``(i) will notify the agency in 
                        writing within a reasonable time if the 
                        teacher terminates enrollment in the 
                        course of study described in subsection 
                        (c) for any reason;
                          ``(ii) in the discretion of the 
                        agency, will reimburse to the agency 
                        some or all of the amount of the 
                        subgrant if the teacher fails to 
                        complete the course of study; and
                          ``(iii) otherwise will provide the 
                        agency with proof of having completed 
                        such course of study not later than 60 
                        days after such completion; and
                  ``(4) has been selected by the agency to 
                receive a subgrant based on the agency's plan 
                for meeting its classroom needs.
  ``(c) Course of Study.--A course of study described in this 
subsection is a course of study at an institution of higher 
education that--
          ``(1) requires not less than one academic semester 
        and not more than one academic year to complete;
          ``(2) is open for enrollment for professional 
        development purposes to an eligible teacher described 
        in subsection (b); and
          ``(3) is designed to improve the classroom teaching 
        of such teachers through academic and child development 
        studies.
  ``(d) Sabbatical Term.--A sabbatical term described in this 
subsection is a leave of absence from teaching duties granted 
to an eligible teacher for not less than one academic semester 
and not more than one academic year, during which period the 
teacher receives--
          ``(1) one-half of the amount of the salary that 
        otherwise would be earned by the teacher, if the 
        teacher had not been granted a leave of absence, from 
        State or local funds made available by a State 
        educational agency or a local educational agency; and
          ``(2) one-half of such amount from Federal funds 
        received by such agency through a grant under this 
        section.
  ``(e) Payments.--
          ``(1) To eligible teachers.--In making a subgrant to 
        an eligible teacher under this section, a State 
        educational agency or a local educational agency shall 
        agree to pay the teacher, for tax and administrative 
        purposes, as if the teacher's regular employment and 
        teaching duties had not been suspended.
          ``(2) Repayment of secretary.--A State educational 
        agency or a local educational agency receiving a grant 
        under this section shall agree to pay over to the 
        Secretary the Federal share of any amount recovered by 
        the agency pursuant to subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii).
  ``(f) Funding.--For the purpose of carrying out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2001 through 2004.''; and
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An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crowley of New York, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 42, after line 10, insert the following:

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that high quality teachers 
are an important part of the development of our children and it 
is essential that Congress work to ensure that the teachers who 
instruct our children are of the highest quality possible.
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An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Martinez of California, or 
                  a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes

  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Classrooms Act''.

SEC. 2. SMART CLASSROOMS.

  (a) In General.--Title II of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
          (1) by striking the heading for title II and 
        inserting the following:

                    ``TITLE II--SMART CLASSROOMS'';

          (2) by striking sections 2001 through 2003;
          (3) by striking parts A, B, and D;
          (3) by redesignating part C as part D; and
          (4) by inserting after the title heading the 
        following:

            ``PART A--QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM

    ``Subpart 1--Findings; Purpose; Authorization of Appropriations

``SEC. 2001. FINDINGS.

  ``The Congress finds as follows:
          ``(1) All students can learn and achieve to high 
        standards.
          ``(2) States that have shown the most success in 
        improving student achievement are those that have 
        developed challenging content and student performance 
        standards, have aligned curricula and assessments with 
        those standards, have prepared educators to teach to 
        those standards, and have held schools accountable for 
        the achievement of all students against those 
        standards.
          ``(3) Increased teachers' knowledge of academic 
        content and effective teaching skills is associated 
        with increases in student achievement. While other 
        factors also influence learning, teacher quality makes 
        a critical difference in how well students learn, 
        across all categories of students. For example, recent 
        research has found that teachers' expertise has a 
        greater impact on students' achievement in reading than 
        any other in-school factor.
          ``(4) A crucial component of an effective strategy 
        for achieving high standards is ensuring, through 
        professional development, that all teachers provide 
        their students with challenging learning experiences in 
        the core academic subjects.
          ``(5) Recent research has found that teachers who 
        participate in sustained curriculum-centered 
        professional development are much more likely to report 
        that their teaching is aligned with high standards than 
        are teachers who have not received such training.
          ``(6) Research has found that high-quality 
        professional development is--
                  ``(A) linked to high standards: professional 
                development activities should improve the 
                ability of teachers to help all students, 
                including females, minorities, children with 
                disabilities, children with limited English 
                proficiency, and economically disadvantaged 
                children, reach high State academic standards;
                  ``(B) focused on content: professional 
                development activities should advance teacher 
                understanding of 1 or more of the core academic 
                subject areas and effective instructional 
                strategies for improving student achievement in 
                those areas;
                  ``(C) collaborative: professional development 
                activities should involve collaborative groups 
                of teachers, principals, administrators, and 
                other school staff from the same school or 
                district;
                  ``(D) sustained: professional development 
                activities should be of sufficient duration to 
                have a positive and lasting impact on classroom 
                instruction and, to the greatest extent 
                possible, should include follow-up and school-
                based support such as coaching or study groups;
                  ``(E) embedded in a plan: professional 
                development activities should be embedded in 
                school and district-wide plans designed to 
                raise student achievement to State academic 
                standards; and
                  ``(F) informed by research: professional 
                development activities should be based on the 
                best available research on teaching and 
                learning.
          ``(7) Students who attend schools with large numbers 
        of poor children are less likely to be taught by 
        teachers who have met all State requirements for 
        certification or licensure or who have a solid academic 
        background in the subject matter they are teaching.
          ``(8) Despite the fact that every year the Nation's 
        colleges and universities produce many more teachers 
        than are hired and that over 2,000,000 individuals who 
        possess education degrees are currently engaged in 
        activities other than teaching, many school districts 
        experience difficulty recruiting and hiring enough 
        fully qualified teachers. Among the reasons researchers 
        have found for districts hiring less than fully 
        qualified teachers are--
                  ``(A) cumbersome and poorly coordinated State 
                licensing procedures and local hiring 
                practices;
                  ``(B) the lack of reciprocity of teacher 
                credentials, pensions, and credited years of 
                experience across State and school district 
                lines;
                  ``(C) a lack of support for new teachers, 
                such as high-quality mentoring programs, that 
                can help reduce the attrition rate and the 
                number of new teachers that school districts 
                must hire every year; and
                  ``(D) compensation systems that do not 
                adequately reward teachers for improving their 
                knowledge and skills.

``SEC. 2002. PURPOSE.

  ``The purpose of this part is to support the improvement of 
classroom instruction, so that all students are able to achieve 
to challenging State content and student performance standards 
in the core academic subjects, by providing assistance to State 
and local educational agencies in their efforts to recruit and 
retain a fully qualified instructional staff by--
          ``(1) supporting States and local educational 
        agencies in continuing the task of developing 
        challenging content and student performance standards 
        and aligned assessments, revising curricula and teacher 
        certification requirements, and using challenging 
        content and student performance standards to improve 
        teaching and learning;
          ``(2) assisting high-poverty local educational 
        agencies and low-performing local educational agencies 
        that have the greatest difficulty in recruiting and 
        retaining fully qualified teachers;
          ``(3) supporting States and local educational 
        agencies, in partnerships with institutions of higher 
        education, to recruit and retain teachers in subject 
        areas in which the State has determined there to be a 
        shortage of teachers;
          ``(4) ensuring that all instructional staff have the 
        subject matter knowledge and teaching skills necessary 
        to teach effectively in all subjects in which they 
        provide instruction;
          ``(5) providing assistance to new teachers during 
        their first 3 years in the classroom; and
          ``(6) ensuring that teachers, principals, 
        administrators, and other school staff have access to 
        professional development that is aligned with 
        challenging State content and student performance 
        standards in the core academic subjects.

``SEC. 2003. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

  ``(a) Subpart 2.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 2, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2000, $1,875,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, 
$2,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $2,625,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2003, and $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
  ``(b) Subpart 3.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 3, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2001 through 2004.

                ``Subpart 2--State and Local Activities

``SEC. 2011. ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.

  ``(a) In General.--In the case of each State that in 
accordance with section 2013 submits to the Secretary an 
application for a fiscal year, and has that application 
approved under section 2013(c), the Secretary shall make a 
grant for the year to the State for the uses specified in 
section 2012. The grant shall consist of the allocation 
determined for the State under subsection (b) or (c).
  ``(b) Reservation of Funds.--From the amount made available 
to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve--
          ``(1) \1/2\ of 1 percent to provide assistance to the 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be 
        distributed among these outlying areas on the basis of 
        their relative need, as determined by the Secretary in 
        accordance with the purpose of this part; and
          ``(2) \1/2\ of 1 percent for the Secretary of the 
        Interior for activities under this subpart for 
        teachers, principals, administrators, and other school 
        staff in schools operated or funded by the Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs.
  ``(c) State Allocations.--
          ``(1) In general.--After reserving funds under 
        subsection (b), the Secretary shall allocate the 
        remaining amount made available to carry out this 
        subpart for any fiscal year among the 50 States, 
theDistrict of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as 
follows:
                  ``(A) 50 percent of such amount shall be 
                allocated among such States on the basis of 
                their relative populations of individuals aged 
                5 through 17, as determined by the Secretary on 
                the basis of the most recent satisfactory data.
                  ``(B) 50 percent of such amount shall be 
                allocated among such States in proportion to 
                the number of children, aged 5 to 17, who 
                reside within the State from families with 
                incomes below 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 (42 
                U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 
                size involved for the most recent fiscal year 
                for which satisfactory data are available, 
                compared to the number of such individuals who 
                reside in all such States for that fiscal year.
          ``(2) Minimum allocation.--No State receiving an 
        allocation under paragraph (1) may receive less than 
        \1/4\ of 1 percent of the total amount made available 
        to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year and not 
        reserved under subsection (b).

``SEC. 2012. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.

  ``(a) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--
          ``(1) In general.--Each State receiving a grant under 
        this subpart shall expend at least 92 percent of the 
        amount of the funds provided under the grant for the 
        purpose of making subgrants to local educational 
        agencies as follows:
                  ``(A) subject to paragraph (2), 80 percent of 
                such amount shall be allocated as follows:
                          ``(i) 60 percent shall be allocated 
                        among local educational agencies having 
                        an approved application under section 
                        2017 in proportion to the number of 
                        children, aged 5 to 17, who reside 
                        within the jurisdiction served by the 
                        agency from families with incomes below 
                        the poverty line (as defined by the 
                        Office of Management and Budget as 
                        revised annually in accordance with 
                        section 673(2) of the Community 
                        Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
                        9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 
                        size involved for the most recent 
                        fiscal year for which satisfactory data 
                        are available, compared to the number 
                        of such children who reside in all such 
                        jurisdictions for that fiscal year.
                          ``(ii) 40 percent shall be allocated 
                        among local educational agencies having 
                        an approved application under section 
                        2017 on the basis of their relative 
                        populations of children aged 5 to 17, 
                        as determined by the Secretary on the 
                        basis of the most recent satisfactory 
                        data.
                  ``(B) 20 percent of such amount shall be used 
                to provide additional funds to local 
                educational agencies, and partnerships 
                described in section 2016(b)(1), having an 
                approved application under section 2018 in 
                accordance with such section.
          ``(2) Minimum amount.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
        (1)(A), a local educational agency may not receive an 
        allocation under such paragraph for any fiscal year 
        that is less than its allocation for fiscal year 1999 
        under section 2203(1) of this Act (as in effect on the 
        day before the date of the enactment of the Smart 
        Classrooms Act). If the amount available for 
        allocations under paragraph (1)(A) is insufficient to 
        satisfy the preceding sentence, each allocation under 
        such paragraph shall be ratably reduced.
  ``(b) Subgrants to Partnerships.--Each State receiving a 
grant under this subpart shall expend at least 2 percent of the 
amount of the funds provided under the grant for the purpose of 
making subgrants to partnerships under section 2016.
  ``(c) State-Level Activities.--Each State receiving a grant 
under this part may expend not more than 6 percent of the 
amount of the funds provided under the grant for one or more of 
the State-level activities described in section 2015.
  ``(d) Administration and Evaluations.--Subject to section 
2023, each State receiving a grant under this subpart or part C 
shall expend not more than \1/6\ of its allocation under 
subsection (c) for--
          ``(1) its costs of administering this subpart and 
        part C;
          ``(2) evaluations of the effectiveness of activities 
        under this subpart and part C, including effectiveness 
        as measured using the indicators of program performance 
        described in section 2451; and
          ``(3) reports required under section 2208, if the 
        State receives funds under part C.

``SEC. 2013. STATE APPLICATION.

  ``(a) Applications Required.--
          ``(1) In general.--Each State desiring to receive its 
        allocation under this subpart shall submit, through its 
        State educational agency, an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing 
        such information as the Secretary reasonably may 
        require.
          ``(2) Consultation.--The State educational agency 
        shall develop the State application--
                  ``(A) in consultation with the State agency 
                for higher education, community-based and other 
                nonprofit organizations of demonstrated 
                effectiveness in professional development, and 
                institutions of higher education; and
                  ``(B) with the extensive participation of 
                teachers, teacher educators, school 
                administrators, and content specialists.
  ``(b) Contents.--Each such application shall include the 
following:
          ``(1) A description of how the State educational 
        agency will use all funds received under this subpart 
        to implement State plans or policies that support 
        comprehensive standards-based education reform through 
        the following strategies:
                  ``(A) Supporting the alignment of curricula 
                and assessments with challenging State content 
                and student performance standards.
                  ``(B) Supporting local educational agencies 
                in their efforts to recruit and retain fully 
                qualified teachers, with special consideration 
                given to recruiting highly qualified teachers 
                from minority and other historically 
                underrepresented groups, including bilingual 
                teachers.
                  ``(C) Ensuring that teachers employed by 
                local educational agencies are proficient in 
                content knowledge and teaching skills in all 
                subjects in which they provide instruction.
                  ``(D) Providing professional development, 
                aligned with State content and student 
                performance standards, in core academic 
                subjects.
          ``(2) A plan for ensuring that all teachers teaching 
        in schools served under this part are fully qualified 
        not later than November 1, 2003.
          ``(3) An assurance that teacher aides or other 
        paraprofessionals who are not fully qualified teachers 
        provide instruction to students only under the direct 
        and immediate supervision of a fully qualified teacher, 
        and have received the professional development 
        necessary to perform their duties.
          ``(4) A description of the process the State 
        educational agency will use to make competitive awards 
        to local educational agencies under section 2018, 
        including a description of--
                  ``(A) the State's criteria for classifying 
                local educational agencies as among those 
                having the greatest need for services provided 
                under this subpart and its justification for 
                those criteria;
                  ``(B) the State's strategies for ensuring 
                that local educational agencies that have 
                historically had little success in competing 
                for funds are provided a reasonable opportunity 
                compete for subgrants;
                  ``(C) the State's criteria for determining 
                the amounts that it will award to recipients 
                and the criteria for providing noncompetitive 
                renewals of subgrants; and
                  ``(D) the technical assistance that the State 
                educational agency will provide, under section 
                2018(e)(2), to local educational agencies that 
                it identifies as having the greatest need for 
                services and that fail to receive an award 
                under section 2018.
          ``(5) A description of how the State educational 
        agency will ensure that all recipients of funds under 
        this subpart will report on their level of performance 
        based on the program performance indicators described 
        in section 2451.
          ``(6) A list of any additional indicators of program 
        performance, beyond those described in section 2451, on 
        which the State educational agency and the State agency 
        for higher education will require recipients to report.
          ``(7) A set of specific, numerical, annual goals for 
        each of the performance indicators required under 
        section 2451 and for any additional indicators that the 
        State elects to use for measuring the progress of the 
        State and local educational agencies receiving funds 
        under this subpart.
          ``(8) A description of how the State will coordinate 
        professional development activities authorized under 
        this subpart with professional development activities 
        provided under other Federal, State, and local 
        programs, including those authorized under title I, 
        title III, title IV, part A of title VII, and (where 
        applicable) the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
        Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
        Education Act. The application shall also describe the 
        comprehensive strategy that the State will take as part 
        of such coordination effort, to ensure that teachers 
        are trained in the utilization of technology so that 
        technology and its applications are effectively used in 
        the classroom to improve teaching and learning in all 
        curriculum and content areas, as appropriate.
  ``(c) Approval.--The Secretary shall, using a peer-review 
process, approve a State application if it meets the 
requirements of this section and holds reasonable promise of 
achieving the purpose described in section 2002.

``SEC. 2014. STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.

  ``(a) Annual Reports.--Each State educational agency that 
receives funds under this subpart and part C shall, beginning 
in fiscal year 2002, annually compile, publish, submit to the 
Secretary, and distribute to the public, a report including the 
following information:
          ``(1) The percentage of teachers teaching in the 
        State who have not met State qualifications and 
        licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject 
        areas in which they provide instruction.
          ``(2) The percentage of teachers teaching in the 
        State under emergency or other provisional status 
        through which State qualifications or licensing 
        criteria have been waived.
          ``(3) The percentage of teachers teaching in the 
        State who do not hold a postsecondary degree with a 
        major in the subject areas in which they provide 
        instruction.
          ``(4) The average class size.
          ``(5) The percentage of teachers with certification 
        from the National Board for Professional Teaching 
        Standards.
          ``(6) Information on the progress of recipients of 
        subgrants under this subpart, measured based on the 
        program performance indicators described in section 
        2041 and any additional indicators included in the 
        State's application.
          ``(7) Student achievement.
          ``(8) Such other information as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require.
  ``(b) Disaggregated Data.--
          ``(1) In general.--Data collected for the purpose of 
        carrying out this section shall be disaggregated by 
        State, local educational agency, and school.
          ``(2) Data on student achievement.--Data collected 
        for the purpose of carrying out subsection (a)(7) shall 
        also be disaggregated by the following:
                  ``(A) Gender.
                  ``(B) Each major racial and ethnic group.
                  ``(C) English proficiency status.
                  ``(D) Students with disabilities as compared 
                to nondisabled students.
                  ``(E) Economically disadvantaged students as 
                compared to students who are not economically 
                disadvantaged.

``SEC. 2015. STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.

  ``Each State shall use funds it reserves under section 
2012(c) to carry out activities described in its approved 
application that promote high-quality classroom instruction, 
such as--
          ``(1) supporting the continued improvement of State 
        content and student performance standards and 
        assessments aligned with those standards;
          ``(2) providing technical assistance and other 
        services to increase the capacity of local educational 
        agencies and schools to develop and implement systemic 
        local improvement plans, implement State and local 
        assessments, and develop curricula consistent with 
        State content and performance standards;
          ``(3) supporting the development and implementation, 
        at the local educational agency and school-building 
        level, of improved systems for recruiting, selecting, 
        hiring, mentoring, supporting, evaluating, and 
        rewarding principals and fully qualified teachers;
          ``(4) redesigning and strengthening professional 
        licensure systems for educators;
          ``(5) developing performance-based assessment systems 
        for full teacher licensure;
          ``(6) establishing, expanding, or improving rigorous 
        alternative routes to State certification or licensure 
        that lead to certification within 2 years and require 
        applicants to meet the same standards and pass the same 
        tests as other applicants;
          ``(7) developing or strengthening assessments to test 
        the content knowledge and teaching skills of new 
        teachers;
          ``(8) developing and implementing professional 
        development opportunities for teachers, principals, 
        administrators, and other school staff based on State 
        content and student performance standards;
          ``(9) operating a teacher academy that establishes 
        and demonstrates models for local educational agencies 
        to improve teaching and learning through activities 
        such as--
                  ``(A) using master teachers to mentor and 
                train student teachers; and
                  ``(B) providing ongoing professional 
                development opportunities and support for 
                teachers;
          ``(10) providing professional development programs 
        that enable teachers to effectively communicate with 
        parents in the education process to support classroom 
        instruction and work effectively with parent 
        volunteers;
          ``(11) executing policies and practices that will 
        ensure that low-income and minority students are not 
        taught by emergency certified or unqualified teachers 
        at rates higher than other students; and
          ``(12) increasing the portability of teacher pensions 
        and reciprocity of teaching credentials across State 
        lines.

``SEC. 2016. SUBGRANTS TO PARTNERSHIPS.

  ``(a) Administration.--From the funds made available to it 
under section 2012(b) for any fiscal year, a State agency for 
higher education may use not more than 5 percent for its 
expenses in administering this section, including conducting 
evaluations and reporting under subsection (g).
  ``(b) Subgrants to Partnerships.--
          ``(1) In general.--
                  ``(A) Partnerships.--For the purpose of 
                providing professional development to 
                elementary and secondary school teachers in a 
                local educational agency that is both a high-
                poverty local educational agency and a low-
                performing local educational agency, a State 
                agency for higher education, subject to 
                subsection (a) and in conjunction with the 
                State educational agency, shall use the funds 
                made available to it under section 2012(b) for 
                any fiscal year to make subgrants to 
                partnerships consisting of--
                          ``(i) one or more institutions of 
                        higher education (including 
                        historically Black colleges and 
                        universities and Hispanic-serving 
                        institutions), or nonprofit 
                        organizations of demonstrated 
                        effectiveness in providing professional 
                        development in the core academic 
                        subjects; and
                          ``(ii) a local educational agency 
                        that is both a high-poverty local 
                        educational agency and a low-performing 
                        local educational agency, or more than 
                        one such agency.
                  ``(B) Requirement for institutions of higher 
                education.--Participating institutions of 
                higher education shall meet the criteria under 
                section 203(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Higher Education 
                Act of 1965.
          ``(2) Size, duration, and peer review.--Each subgrant 
        under this section shall be--
                  ``(A) of sufficient size and duration to 
                carry out the purpose of this subpart 
                effectively; and
                  ``(B) awarded, using a peer-review process, 
                on a competitive basis.
          ``(3) Priority.--In making subgrants under this 
        section, a State agency for higher education shall give 
        a priority to projects that focus on induction programs 
        for new teachers.
          ``(4) Other factors.--In making subgrants under this 
        section, a State agency for higher education shall 
        consider--
                  ``(A) the need for the proposed professional 
                development activities in the jurisdiction of 
                the local educational agency; and
                  ``(B) the quality of the proposed program and 
                its likelihood of success in improving 
                classroom instruction and student academic 
                achievement.
  ``(c) Partnership Agreements.--No institution of higher 
education or nonprofit organization may receive a subgrant 
under this section unless it enters into a written agreement 
with at least one local educational agency that is both a high-
poverty local educational agency and a low-performing local 
educational agency to provide professional development to 
elementary and secondary school teachers in the schools of that 
agency in the core academic subjects. Each such agreement shall 
identify specific goals for how the professional development 
that the subgrantee provides will enhance the ability of those 
teachers to prepare all students, including females, 
minorities, students with disabilities, students with limited 
English proficiency, and economically disadvantaged students, 
to achieve to challenging State content and student performance 
standards in all subjects in which those teachers provide 
instruction.
  ``(d) Coordination.--Any professional development activities 
carried out under this section by a partnership shall be 
coordinated with activities carried out under title II of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), if any 
member of the partnership is participating in programs funded 
under that title.
  ``(e) Joint Efforts Within Institutions of Higher 
Education.--In the case of a partnership that includes an 
institution of higher education, each activity assisted under 
this section shall involve the joint effort of the 
institution's school or department of education and the schools 
or departments responsible for the specific disciplines in 
which the professional development will be provided.
  ``(f) Uses of Funds.--A recipient of funds under this section 
shall use those funds for--
          ``(1) research-based programs to assist new teachers 
        during their first 3 years in the classroom, which may 
        include--
                  ``(A) mentoring and coaching by appropriately 
                trained and certified teachers;
                  ``(B) team teaching with experienced 
                teachers;
                  ``(C) observation by, and consultation with, 
                experienced teachers and higher education 
                faculty;
                  ``(D) assignment of fewer course 
                preparations; and
                  ``(E) provision of additional time for 
                preparation;
          ``(2) professional development in the core academic 
        subjects, aligned with State content and student 
        performance standards, for teams of teachers from a 
        school or local educational agency and, where 
        appropriate, principals, administrators, and other 
        school staff; and
          ``(3) providing technical assistance to school and 
        local educational agency staff for planning, 
        implementing, and evaluating professional development.
  ``(g) Annual Reports.--
          ``(1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2002, 
        each subgrantee under this section shall submit an 
        annual report to the State agency for higher education, 
        by a date set by that agency, on its progress, as 
        measured using the indicators of partnership 
        performance described in section 2041.
          ``(2) Content.--Each such report--
                  ``(A) shall include a copy of each written 
                agreement required by subsection (c); and
                  ``(B) shall describe how the partners have 
                collaborated to achieve the specific goals set 
                out in the agreement, and the results of that 
                collaboration.
          ``(3) Copy.--The State agency for higher education 
        shall provide the State educational agency with a copy 
        of each subgrantee's annual report.
  ``(h) Special Rule.--No single participant in a partnership 
receiving a subgrant under this section may retain more than 50 
percent of the funds made available to the partnership under 
this section.

``SEC. 2017. LOCAL APPLICATIONS FOR FORMULA SUBGRANTS.

  ``(a) Application Required.--Each local educational agency 
desiring to receive its allocation from funds made available 
under section 2012(a)(1)(A) for any fiscal year shall submit an 
application to the State educational agency at such time, in 
such form, and containing such information as the State 
educational agency reasonably may require. Each such 
application shall include an agency-wide plan for raising 
student achievement against State standards through each of the 
following strategies:
          ``(1) Supporting the alignment of curricula, 
        assessments, classroom instructional strategies, and 
        professional development with challenging State content 
        and student performance standards.
          ``(2) Carrying out activities to recruit fully 
        qualified teachers, particularly in subject areas and 
        in schools in which there is a shortage of such 
        teachers with special consideration given to recruiting 
        fully qualified teachers from minority and other 
        historically underrepresented groups, including 
        bilingual teachers.
          ``(3) Ensuring that teachers employed by the local 
        educational agency are proficient in teaching skills 
        and in the content knowledge necessary to effectively 
        teach the content called for by State and local 
        standards in all subjects in which they provide 
        instruction and are prepared to integrate technology 
        into the classroom.
          ``(4) Targeting funds to schools within the 
        jurisdiction of the local educational agency that--
                  ``(A) have the highest proportion of teachers 
                who are not fully qualified;
                  ``(B) have the largest average class size; or
                  ``(C) are identified for school improvement 
                under section 1116(c).
          ``(5) Carrying out activities to assist new teachers 
        during their first 3 years in the classroom.
          ``(6) Providing professional development in core 
        academic subjects.
  ``(b) Additional Contents.--Each such application shall 
also--
          ``(1) identify specific, measurable goals for 
        achieving the purpose described in section 2002 that, 
        at a minimum, reflect the performance indicators 
        described in section 2041;
          ``(2) describe how the local educational agency will 
        use funds received under this subpart to help implement 
        the plan described in subsection (a);
          ``(3) include an assurance that the local educational 
        agency will collect data that measure progress toward 
        the indicators of program performance described in 
        section 2041;
          ``(4) describe how the local educational agency will 
        address the needs of high-poverty, low-performing 
        schools within its jurisdiction;
          ``(5) describe how the local educational agency will 
        address the needs of teachers of students with limited 
        English proficiency and other students with special 
        needs;
          ``(6) describe how the local educational agency will 
        meet the professional development needs of its 
        principals and teachers; and
          ``(7) describe how the local educational agency will 
        coordinate funds under this subpart with the 
        professional development activities funded through 
        other State and Federal programs.
  ``(c) Approval.--Notwithstanding section 2012(a)(1)(A), a 
State educational agency shall approve a local educational 
agency's application under this section only if the application 
satisfies the requirements of this section and the State 
educational agency determines that the application holds 
reasonable promise of achieving the purpose described in 
section 2002.
  ``(d) Consolidated Application.--Local educational agencies 
may consolidate applications under this section and section 
2018.

``SEC. 2018. LOCAL APPLICATIONS FOR COMPETITIVE SUBGRANTS.

  ``(a) In General.--Each State educational agency shall use 
the funds described in section 2012(A)(1)(B) for competitive 
grants to local educational agencies, and partnerships 
described in section 2016(b)(1), that focus primarily on those 
agencies and partnerships with the greatest need for--
          ``(1) activities related to the development, and 
        effective implementation, of curricula aligned with 
        state content and student performance standards; and
          ``(2) professional development activities that are 
        aligned with those standards.
  ``(b) Selection Process.--
          ``(1) In general.--The State educational agency shall 
        award subgrants under this section through a peer-
        review process that includes reviewers who are 
        knowledgeable in the academic content areas.
          ``(2) Public availability.--The State educational 
        agency--
                  ``(A) shall provide local educational 
                agencies and the general public with a list of 
                the selection criteria that the State 
                educational agency will use in making subgrants 
                under this section; and
                  ``(B) at the completion of the awards 
                process, make public a complete list of 
                applicants and of the applicants that received 
                awards.
  ``(c) Demonstration of Need.--The State educational agency 
shall identify the applicants with the greatest need for 
services, based on the following objective data supplied by the 
applicant:
          ``(1) The number or percentage of children who fail 
        to meet State performance standards on assessments used 
        for part A of title I.
          ``(2) The number or percentage of schools identified 
        for school improvement under section 1116(c).
          ``(3) The number or percentage of teachers employed 
        who have not received full State certification or 
        licensure.
          ``(4) The number or percentage of secondary school 
        teachers who do not have an academic major in a subject 
        area directly related to the area in which they provide 
        instruction.
          ``(5) The number or percentage of students living in 
        poverty.
          ``(6) The number or percentage of students who have 
        limited English proficiency.
          ``(7) The applicant's fiscal capacity to fund 
        programs described in section 2019 without Federal 
        assistance.
  ``(d) Selection of Subgrantees.--The State educational agency 
shall make awards to applicants based on--
          ``(1) the quality of the applicant's proposal and the 
        likelihood of its success in improving classroom 
        instruction and student academic achievement;
          ``(2) the demonstrated need of the applicant under 
        subsection (c); and
          ``(3) the applicant's need for professional 
        development in mathematics and science.
  ``(e) Opportunity To Compete.--
          ``(1) Strategies.--To ensure that local educational 
        agencies that have the greatest need are provided a 
        reasonable opportunity to complete for an award, State 
        educational agencies shall adopt at least one of the 
        following strategies:
                  ``(A) Holding more than one competition for 
                funds for a fiscal year and, before each such 
                competition, providing technical assistance in 
                developing a high-quality application to local 
                educational agencies that have demonstrated the 
                greatest need but were unsuccessful in the 
                previous grant competition.
                  ``(B) Holding a competition restricted to 
                local educational agencies that it has 
                identified under subsection (c) as having the 
                greatest need for services.
                  ``(C) Requiring recipients seeking a renewal 
                of a subgrant under this section to form a 
                partnership with an applicant that applied for, 
                but failed to receive, such a subgrant.
                  ``(D) Providing a competitive priority to 
                those local educational agencies the State 
                educational agency has identified under 
                subsection (c) as having the greatest need for 
                services.
          ``(2) Technical assistance.--At a minimum, a State 
        educational agency shall, after the completion of an 
        award cycle and before the start of the next cycle, 
        provide technical assistance in developing a high-
        quality application for future competitions to any 
        local educational agency identified under subsection 
        (c) as having the greatest need for services that did 
        not receive a subgrant.
  ``(f) Scope of Projects.--The State educational agency shall 
award a subgrant under this section only for projects that are 
of sufficient size, scope, and quality to achieve the purpose 
of this part.

``SEC. 2019. USES OF FUNDS.

  ``(a) Priority for Professional Development in Mathematics 
and Science.--
          ``(1) Appropriation equal to or less than 
        $300,000,000.--Except as provided in section 2020(d), 
        in any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated 
        for this subpart is $300,000,000 or less, each local 
        educational agency shall ensure that all funds received 
        by the agency under this subpart are used for 
        professional development in mathematics and science.
          ``(2) Appropriation greater than $300,000,000.--
        Except as provided in section 2020(d), in any fiscal 
        year for which the amount appropriated for this subpart 
        is greater than $300,000,000, each local educational 
        agency shall ensure that the amount of funds under this 
        subpart that the agency uses for professional 
        development in mathematics and science is at least as 
        much as the amount that would have been made available 
        to the agency if the amount appropriated had been 
        $300,000,000.
          ``(3) Interdisciplinary activities.--In meeting the 
        requirement under paragraph (1) or (2), a local 
        educational agency may use funds under this subpart for 
        activities that focus on more than one core academic 
        subject if those activities focus predominantly on 
        improving instruction in mathematics or science.
          ``(4) Waiver.--
                  ``(A) Application.--A local educational 
                agency, in consultation with teachers and 
                principals, may seek a waiver of the 
                requirements under paragraph (1) or (2) from a 
                State in order to allow the local educational 
                agency to use such funds for professional 
                development in academic subjects other than 
                mathematics and science.
                  ``(B) Standard for granting.--A State may not 
                approve such a waiver unless the local 
                educational agency is able to demonstrate 
                that--
                          ``(i) the professional development 
                        needs of mathematics and science 
                        teachers, including elementary teachers 
                        responsible for teaching mathematics 
                        and science, have been adequately met 
                        and will continue to be adequately met 
                        if the waiver is approved;
                          ``(ii) State assessments in 
                        mathematics and science demonstrate 
                        that each school within the local 
                        educational agency has made and will 
                        continue to make progress toward 
                        meeting the challenging State content 
                        standards and student performance 
                        standards in these areas; and
                          ``(iii) State assessments in other 
                        academic subjects demonstrate a need to 
                        focus on subjects other than 
                        mathematics and science.
                  ``(C) Grandfather of old waivers.--A waiver 
                provided to a local educational agency under 
                part D of title XIV prior to the date of the 
                enactment of the Smart Classrooms Act shall be 
                deemed effective until such time as it 
                otherwise would have ceased to be effective.
  ``(b) Other Professional Development Activities.--Each local 
educational agency shall ensure that funds under this subpart 
that the agency uses for professional development, in areas 
other than mathematics or science, are used to provide 
professional development activities in one or more of the other 
core academic subjects.
  ``(c) Other Uses of Funds.--Subject to subsection (a), a 
local educational agency that receives funds under this subpart 
may use those funds for activities to raise student achievement 
against challenging State standards, in accordance with its 
plan described in section 2017(a), which may include the 
following:
          ``(1) Activities to recruit fully qualified teachers, 
        including teachers from historically underrepresented 
        groups, such as the provision of signing bonuses and 
        other financial incentives.
          ``(2) Providing the necessary education and training, 
        including paying (for programs that meet the criteria 
        under section 203(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1023(b)(2)(A)(i))) the costs of 
        college tuition and other student fees to assist 
        current teachers or other school personnel who are not 
        fully qualified teachers to become fully qualified, 
        except that, to receive funds under this paragraph, an 
        individual must be within 2 years of completing an 
        undergraduate degree and must agree to teach in a high-
        poverty, low-performing school for a period of at least 
        3 years.
          ``(3) Programs to assist new teachers during their 
        first 3 years in the classroom, such as--
                  ``(A) mentoring and coaching by trained 
                mentor teachers;
                  ``(B) team teaching with experienced 
                teachers;
                  ``(C) observation by, and consultation with, 
                experienced teachers and higher education 
                faculty;
                  ``(D) assignment of fewer course 
                preparations; and
                  ``(E) provision of additional time for 
                preparation.
          ``(4) Provision of professional development aligned 
        with State content and student performance standards.
          ``(5) Provision of professional development programs 
        that enable teachers to effectively communicate with 
        parents and involve parents in the educational process 
        to support classroom instruction and to work 
        effectively with parent volunteers.
          ``(6) Participation by teams of teachers in summer 
        institutes and summer immersion activities that focus 
        on preparing teachers to bring all students to high 
        standards in one or more of the core academic subjects.
          ``(7) Subsidizing fees for teachers who participate 
        in the assessment process of the National Board for 
        Professional Teaching Standards.
          ``(8) Teacher participation in working groups, task 
        forces, or committees, charged with adapting and 
        implementing high standards for all students, including 
        district-wide and school-based teams of teachers 
        charged with aligning curricula and lesson plans with 
        State content and student performance standards and 
        assessments.
          ``(9) Programs to implement peer-assistance peer-
        review processes for teachers, principals, 
        administrators, and other school staff.
          ``(10) Establishment and maintenance of local 
        professional networks that provide a forum for 
        interaction among teachers and that allow for the 
        exchange of information on advances in content and 
        pedagogy.
          ``(11) Development of incentives to encourage 
        teachers employed by the agency, and other qualified 
        individuals, to obtain proficiency in content knowledge 
        in a core academic subject area identified by the 
        agency as having a shortage of qualified teachers.
          ``(12) Development and acquisition of curricular 
        materials and other instructional aids, if they are not 
        normally provided by the local educational agency or 
        the State as part of the regular instructional program, 
        that will advance local reform efforts to raise student 
        achievement against State content and student 
        performance standards.
          ``(13) Providing increased opportunities for 
        minorities, individuals with disabilities, and other 
        individuals underrepresented in the teaching 
        profession.

``SEC. 2020. LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

  ``(a) Annual Reports.--Each local educational agency that 
receives funds under this subpart shall, beginning in fiscal 
year 2002, annually compile, publish, and submit to the State 
educational agency a report on its activities under this 
subpart, at such time, in such form, and containing such 
information as the State educational agency may reasonably 
require.
  ``(b) Contents.--Each report shall include the following 
information:
          ``(1) The percentage of teachers teaching in the 
        jurisdiction of the agency who have not met State 
        qualifications and licensing criteria for the grade 
        levels and subject areas in which they provide 
        instruction.
          ``(2) The percentage of teachers teaching in the 
        jurisdiction of the agency under emergency or other 
        provisional status through which State qualifications 
        or licensing criteria have been waived.
          ``(3) The percentage of teachers teaching in the 
        jurisdiction of the agency who do not hold a 
        postsecondary degree with a major in the subject areas 
        in which they provide instruction.
          ``(4) The average class size.
          ``(5) Information on the progress of schools and 
        teachers under this subpart, measured based on the 
        program performance indicators described in section 
        2041 and any additional indicators included in the 
        local educational agency's application.
          ``(6) Student achievement.
          ``(7) Such other information as the State educational 
        agency may reasonably require.
  ``(c) Disaggregated Data.--
          ``(1) In general.--Data collected for the purpose of 
        carrying out this section shall be disaggregated by 
        local educational agency and school.
          ``(2) Data on student achievement.--Data collected 
        for the purpose of carrying out subsection (b)(6) shall 
        also be disaggregated by the following:
                  ``(A) Gender.
                  ``(B) Each major racial and ethnic group.
                  ``(C) English proficiency status.
                  ``(D) Students with disabilities as compared 
                to nondisabled students.
                  ``(E) Economically disadvantaged students as 
                compared to students who are not economically 
                disadvantaged.
  ``(d) Funding.--A local educational agency may reserve up to 
5 percent of the amount it receives under section 2012(a)(1)(A) 
to carry out this section.

``SEC. 2021. PARENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW.

  ``Each local educational agency that receives funds under 
this subpart shall provide, upon request, to any parent of a 
student attending any school receiving funds under this 
subpart, in an understandable and uniform format, information 
regarding the professional qualifications of the student's 
teacher, including--
          ``(1) whether the teacher has met State qualification 
        and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject 
        areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
          ``(2) whether the teacher is teaching under emergency 
        or other provisional status through which the State 
        qualifications or licensing criteria have been waived;
          ``(3) the college major of the teacher and any other 
        graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, 
        and the field or discipline of the certificate or 
        degree; and
          ``(4) the school or local educational agency's hiring 
        policy.

``SEC. 2022. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

  ``The State educational agency shall provide technical 
assistance to local educational agencies receiving a subgrant 
under this subpart that fail for 2 consecutive years to meet 
their goals, as measured using the performance indicators 
described in section 2041.

``SEC. 2023. CORRECTIVE ACTION.

  ``The State educational agency shall take corrective action, 
against any local educational agency that does not make 
sufficient effort to comply with this subpart within the time 
specified. In a case in which a State fails to take corrective 
action, the Secretary shall withhold funds from such State up 
to an amount equal to that described in section 2012(d).

``SEC. 2024. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

  ``No funds may be provided to a local educational agency for 
a fiscal year under this subpart unless theState educational 
agency is satisfied that the local educational agency will spend, from 
other sources, at least as much for activities described in this 
subpart as the average amount it spent from other sources for those 
activities over the previous 3 fiscal years.

``SEC. 2025. EQUIPMENT AND TEXTBOOKS.

  ``A local educational agency may not use subgrant funds under 
this subpart for equipment, computer hardware, textbooks, 
telecommunications fees, or other items, that would otherwise 
be provided by the local educational agency, the State, or a 
private school whose students receive services under this part.

``SEC. 2026. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.

  ``A local educational agency that receives funds under this 
subpart shall use those funds only to supplement the amount of 
funds or resources that would, in the absence of those Federal 
funds, be made available from non-Federal sources for the 
purposes of the program authorized under this subpart, and not 
to supplant those non-Federal funds or resources.

 ``Subpart 3--National Activities for the Improvement of Teaching and 
                           School Leadership

``SEC. 2031. ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

  ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to, and 
enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local 
educational agencies, educational service agencies, State 
educational agencies, State agencies for higher education, 
institutions of higher education, and other public and private 
nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions to carry 
out subsection (b).
  ``(b) Activities.--The Secretary--
          ``(1) may support activities of national significance 
        that are not supported through other sources and that 
        the Secretary determines will contribute to the 
        improvement of teaching and school leadership in the 
        Nation's schools, such as--
                  ``(A) supporting collaborative efforts by 
                States, or consortia of States, to review and 
                benchmark the quality, rigor, and alignment of 
                State standards and assessments;
                  ``(B) supporting collaborative efforts by 
                States, or consortia of States, to develop 
                performance-based systems for assessing content 
                knowledge and teaching skills prior to full 
                teacher licensure;
                  ``(C) efforts to increase the portability of 
                teacher pensions and reciprocity of teaching 
                credentials across State lines; and
                  ``(D) research, evaluation, and dissemination 
                activities related to effective strategies for 
                increasing the portability of teachers' 
                credited years of experience across State and 
                local educational agency lines;
          ``(2) may support activities of national significance 
        that the Secretary determines will contribute to the 
        recruitment and retention of fully qualified teachers 
        and principals in high-poverty local educational 
        agencies and low-performing local educational agencies, 
        such as--
                  ``(A) providing States with assistance in the 
                development of alternative certification 
                programs that lead to certification within 2 
                years and require applicants to meet the same 
                standards and pass the same tests as other 
                applicants;
                  ``(B) the development and implementation of a 
                national teacher recruitment clearinghouse and 
                job bank, which shall be coordinated and, to 
                the extent feasible, integrated with the 
                America's Job Bank administered by the 
                Secretary of Labor--
                          ``(i) to disseminate information and 
                        resources nationwide on entering the 
                        teaching profession to persons 
                        interested in becoming teachers;
                          ``(ii) to serve as a national 
                        resource center for effective practices 
                        in teacher recruitment and retention;
                          ``(iii) to link prospective teachers 
                        to local educational agencies and 
                        training resources with particular 
                        attention to high-poverty local 
                        educational agencies and low-performing 
                        local educational agencies with 
                        critical teacher shortages; and
                          ``(iv) to provide information and 
                        technical assistance to prospective 
                        teachers about certification and other 
                        State and local requirements related to 
                        teaching; and
                  ``(C) the development and implementation, or 
                expansion, of programs that recruit talented 
                individuals to become principals, including 
                such programs that employ alternative routes to 
                State certification, and that prepare both new 
                and experienced principals to serve as 
                instructional leaders, which may include the 
                creation and operation of a national center for 
                the preparation and support of principals as 
                leaders of school reform; and
          ``(3) may support the National Board for Professional 
        Teaching Standards.

``SEC. 2032. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PRINCIPALS AS LEADERS OF 
                    SCHOOL REFORM.

  ``(a) Competitive Grants.--The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 2003(b) 
for competitive grants to eligible partnerships--
          ``(1) consisting of--
                  ``(A) one or more institutions of higher 
                education that provide professional development 
                for principals and other school administrators; 
                and
                  ``(B) one or more local educational agencies; 
                and
          ``(2) that may include other entities, agencies, and 
        organizations, such as a State educational agency, a 
        State agency for higher education, or professional 
        organizations for principals, administrators, teachers, 
        and parents.
  ``(b) Application.--An eligible partnership that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application 
at such time, in such form, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. Each such application shall 
include--
          ``(1) a description of the activities the partnership 
        will carry out to meet the purpose of this part;
          ``(2) a description of how those activities will 
        build on and be coordinated with other professional 
        development activities, including activities under this 
        title and title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
          ``(3) a description of how principals, teachers, and 
        other interested parties were involved in developing 
        the application and will be involved in planning and 
        carrying out the activities under this section; and
          ``(4) a description of how the professional 
        development will result in the acquisition of a 
        license, degree, or continuing education unit.
  ``(c) Use of Funds.--An eligible partnership that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the grant funds to provide 
professional development to principals and other school 
administrators to enable them to be effective school leaders 
and prepare all students to achieve to challenging State 
content and student performance standards, including 
professional development on--
          ``(1) comprehensive school reform;
          ``(2) leadership skills;
          ``(3) recruitment, assignment, retention and 
        evaluation of teacher and other instructional staff;
          ``(4) State content standards;
          ``(5) effective instructional practice;
          ``(6) using smaller classes effectively; and
          ``(7) parental and community involvement.

``SEC. 2033. SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY CENTERS.

  ``(a) Competitive Grants.--The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 2003(b) 
for competitive grants to eligible partnerships consisting of--
          ``(1) one or more institutions of higher education;
          ``(2) one or more technology-deficient local 
        educational agencies or schools;
          ``(3) one or more technology-proficient local 
        educational agencies or schools; and
          ``(4) such other entities, agencies, and 
        organizations, such as a State educational agency, a 
        State agency for higher education, nonprofit 
        organizations, or businesses, as the partners described 
        in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) determine to be 
        appropriate.
  ``(b) Application.--An eligible partnership that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application 
at such time, in such form, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. Each such application shall 
include--
          ``(1) a description of the activities the partnership 
        will carry out under this section;
          ``(2) a description of how the partners will work 
        together to build the capacity to use technology to 
        improve teaching and learning in the partners described 
        in subsection (a)(2); and
          ``(3) a description of the goals of each partner and 
        how progress toward those goals will be measured.
  ``(c) Use of Funds.--An eligible partnership that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the grant funds to develop 
or expand a technology center serving the partners described in 
subsection (a)(2).

``SEC. 2034. EISENHOWER NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MATHEMATICS AND 
                    SCIENCE EDUCATION.

  ``(a) Establishment of Clearinghouse.--The Secretary shall 
award a competitive grant or contract to establish the 
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science 
Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
`Clearinghouse').
  ``(b) Authorized Activities.--
          ``(1) Application and award basis.--
                  ``(A) In general.--Each entity desiring to 
                establish and operate the Clearinghouse shall 
                submit an application to the Secretary at such 
                time, in such manner, and containing such 
                information as the Secretary may require.
                  ``(B) Peer review.--The Secretary shall 
                establish a peer review process to make 
                recommendations on the recipient of the award 
                for the Clearinghouse.
                  ``(C) Merit.--The Secretary shall make the 
                award for the Clearinghouse on the basis of 
                merit.
          ``(2) Duration.--The Secretary shall award the grant 
        or contract for the Clearinghouse for a period of 5 
        years.
          ``(3) Activities.--The award recipient shall use the 
        award funds to--
                  ``(A) maintain a permanent collection of such 
                mathematics and science education instructional 
                materials and programs for elementary and 
                secondary schools as the Secretary finds 
                appropriate, with a priority for such materials 
                and programs that have been identified as 
                promising or exemplary, through a systematic 
                approach such as the use of expert panels 
                required under the Educational Research, 
                Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act 
                of 1994;
                  ``(B) disseminate the materials and programs 
                described in paragraph (1) to the public, State 
                educational agencies, institutions of higher 
                education, local educational agencies, and 
                schools (particularly high-poverty, low-
                performing schools), including through the 
                maintenance of an interactive national 
                electronic information management and retrieval 
                system accessible through the Worldwide Web and 
                other advanced communications technologies;
                  ``(C) coordinate with other databases 
                containing mathematics and science curriculum 
                and instructional materials, including Federal, 
                non-Federal, and, where feasible, international 
                databases;
                  ``(D) support the development and 
                dissemination of model professional development 
                materials in mathematics and science education;
                  ``(E) contribute materials or information, as 
                appropriate, to other national repositories or 
                networks; and
                  ``(F) gather qualitative and evaluative data 
                on submissions to the Clearinghouse, and 
                disseminate that data widely, including through 
                the use of electronic dissemination networks.
          ``(4) Submission to clearinghouse.--Each Federal 
        agency or department that develops mathematics or 
        science education instructional materials or programs, 
        including the National Science Foundation and the 
        Department, shall submit copies of that material and 
        those programs to the Clearinghouse.
          ``(5) Steering committee.--The Secretary may appoint 
        a steering committee to recommend policies and 
        activities for the Clearinghouse.
          ``(6) Application of copyright laws.--
                  ``(A) In general.--Nothing in this section 
                shall be construed to allow the use or copying, 
                in any medium, of any material collected by the 
                Clearinghouse that is protected under the 
                copyright laws of the United States unless the 
                permission of the owner of the copyright is 
                obtained.
                  ``(B) Compliance.--In carrying out this 
                section, the Clearinghouse shall ensure 
                compliance with title 17 of the United States 
                Code.

``SEC. 2035. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON RESEARCH-BASED 
                    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

  ``The Secretary shall gather and disseminate information 
related to comprehensive, research-based professional 
development, in the core academic subjects other than math and 
science, including business.

``SEC. 2036. SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.

  ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants under this 
section to establish or expand elementary and secondary school 
counseling programs.
  ``(b) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give special consideration to applications 
describing programs that--
          ``(1) demonstrate the greatest need for new or 
        additional counseling services among the children in 
        the elementary and secondary schools served by the 
        applicant;
          ``(2) propose the most promising and innovative 
        approaches for initiating or expanding elementary and 
        secondary school counseling; and
          ``(3) show the greatest potential for replication and 
        dissemination.

``SEC. 2037. HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.

  ``(a) Competitive Grants.--The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 2003(b) 
for competitive grants to eligible Holocaust educators to carry 
out activities described in this section.
  ``(b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
this section, an eligible Holocaust educator shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require and contain a specific and detailed description of the 
Holocaust education program for which the grant will be used.
  ``(c) Use of Funds.--A Holocaust educator receiving a grant 
under this section shall use such grant to carry out a 
Holocaust education program that--
          ``(1) has as its specific and primary purpose the 
        improvement in awareness and understanding of the 
        Holocaust among elementary and secondary school 
        students; and
          ``(2) to achieve such purpose, furnishes at a school 
        or Holocaust education center--
                  ``(A) 1 or more classes, seminars, or 
                conferences;
                  ``(B) educational materials;
                  ``(C) teaching training; and
                  ``(D) any good or service designed to improve 
                awareness and understanding of the Holocaust.

``SEC. 2038. RURAL TEACHERS.

  ``(a) Competitive Grants.--The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 2003(b) 
for competitive grants to eligible rural local educational 
agencies to carry out activities described under this section.
  ``(b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
this section, an eligible rural local educational agency shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
form, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require.
  ``(c) Use of Funds.--An eligible rural local educational 
agency that receives a grant under this section may use such 
funds to develop incentive programs--
          ``(1) to recruit and retain fully qualified teachers; 
        and
          ``(2) to provide high quality professional 
        development to teachers.

  ``PART B--TRANSITION OF CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS TO TEACHING; 
                           TROOPS TO TEACHERS

``SEC. 2101. FINDINGS.

  ``The Congress finds as follows:
          ``(1) School districts will need to hire more than 
        2,000,000 teachers during the first decade of the 21st 
        century.
          ``(2) The need for teachers in the areas of math, 
        science, foreign languages, special education, and 
        bilingual education, and for teachers able to teach in 
        high-poverty school districts, will be particularly 
        high. To meet this need, talented Americans of all ages 
        should be recruited to become successful, qualified 
        teachers.
          ``(3) Nearly 13 percent of teachers of academic 
        subjects have neither an undergraduate major nor minor 
        in their main assignment fields. This problem is most 
        acute in high-poverty local educational agencies, where 
        the out-of-field teaching percentage is 22 percent.
          ``(4) The Third International Math and Science Study 
        (TIMSS) ranked United States high school seniors last 
        among 16 countries in physics and next to last in math. 
        It is also evident, mainly from the TIMSS data, that 
        based on academic scores, a stronger emphasis needs to 
        be placed on the academic preparation of our children 
        in math and science.
          ``(5) One-fourth of high-poverty local educational 
        agencies find it very difficult to fill bilingual 
        teaching positions, and nearly half of public school 
        teachers have students in their classrooms for whom 
        English is a second language.
          ``(6) Many career-changing professionals with strong 
        content-area skills are interested in a teaching 
        career, but they need assistance in getting the 
        appropriate pedagogical training and classroom 
        experience.
          ``(7) The teacher placement program known as the 
        `troops-to-teachers program', which was established by 
        the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
        Transportation under section 1151 of title 10, United 
        States Code, has been highly successful in securing 
        high-quality teachers for teaching positions in high-
        poverty local educational agencies.

``SEC. 2102. PURPOSE.

  ``The purpose of this part is to address the need of local 
educational agencies that are high-poverty local educational 
agencies or low-performing local educational agencies for fully 
qualified teachers in particular subject areas, such as 
mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, 
and special education, by--
          ``(1) continuing and enhancing the troops-to-teachers 
        program for recruiting and supporting the placement of 
        former members of the Armed Forces as teachers in such 
        local educational agencies; and
          ``(2) recruiting, preparing, placing, and supporting 
        career-changing professionals who have knowledge and 
        experience that will help them become such teachers.

``SEC. 2103. CONTINUATION AND SUPPORT FOR TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM.

  ``(a) Continuation.--The Secretary may enter into a written 
agreement with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Transportation, or take such other steps as the Secretary 
determines are appropriate, to ensure effective continuation of 
the troops-to-teachers program, notwithstanding the duration of 
the program specified in section 1151(c)(1)(A) of title 10, 
United States Code.
  ``(b) Support.--Before providing any assistance under section 
2104 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall first--
          ``(1) consult with the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Secretary of Transportation regarding the appropriate 
        amount of funding needed to continue and enhance the 
        troops-to-teachers program; and
          ``(2) upon agreement, transfer that amount to the 
        Secretary of Defense to carry out the troops-to-
        teachers program.

``SEC. 2104. TRANSITION OF CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS TO TEACHING.

  ``(a) Authority To Support Transition Programs.--The 
Secretary may use funds appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 2108 to award grants 
to, and enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
institutions of higher education, including historically Black 
colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, 
and public and private nonprofit agencies or organizations to 
recruit, prepare, place, and support career-changing 
professionals as teachers in local educational agencies that 
are high-poverty local educational agencies or low-performing 
local educational agencies.
  ``(b) Application.--Each entity described in subsection (a) 
that desires assistance under subsection (a) shall submit an 
application to the Secretary containing such information as the 
Secretary may require, including--
          ``(1) a description of the target group of career-
        changing professionals upon which the applicant will 
        focus in carrying out its program under this part, 
        including a description of the characteristics of that 
        target group that shows how the knowledge and 
        experience of its members are relevant to meeting the 
        purpose of this part;
          ``(2) a description of how the applicant will 
        identify and recruit career-changing professionals for 
        its program under this part;
          ``(3) a description of the training that career-
        changing professionals will receive in the program and 
        how that training will relate to their certification as 
        teachers;
          ``(4) a description of how the applicant will ensure 
        that career-changing professionals are placed and teach 
        in high-poverty local educational agencies or low-
        performing local educational agencies;
          ``(5) a description of the teacher induction services 
        (which may be provided through existing induction 
        programs) that the career-changing professionals in the 
        program will receive throughout at least their first 
        year of teaching;
          ``(6) a description of how the applicant will 
        collaborate, as needed, with other institutions, 
        agencies, or organizations to recruit, train, place, 
        and support career-changing professionals under this 
        part, including evidence of the commitment of those 
        institutions, agencies, or organizations to the 
        applicant's program;
          ``(7) a description of how the applicant will 
        evaluate the progress and effectiveness of its program, 
        including--
                  ``(A) the program's goals and objectives;
                  ``(B) the performance indicators the 
                applicant will use to measure the program's 
                progress; and
                  ``(C) the outcome measures that will be used 
                to determine the program's effectiveness; and
          ``(8) an assurance that the applicant will provide to 
        the Secretary such information as the Secretary 
        determines necessary to determine the overall 
        effectiveness of programs under this part.

``SEC. 2105. USES OF FUNDS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE.

  ``(a) Authorized Activities.--Funds provided under section 
2104 may be used for--
          ``(1) recruiting career-changing professionals, 
        including informing them of opportunities under the 
        program and putting them in contact with other 
        institutions, agencies, or organizations that would 
        train, place, and support them;
          ``(2) training stipends and other financial 
        incentives for career-changing professional in the 
        program, such as moving expenses, not to exceed $5,000, 
        in the aggregate, per participant;
          ``(3) assisting institutions of higher education or 
        other providers of teacher training to tailor their 
        training to meet the particular needs of career-
        changing professionals;
          ``(4) placement activities, including identifying 
        high-poverty, low-performing local educational agencies 
        with needs for the particular skills and 
        characteristics of the newly trained career-changing 
        professionals and assisting those persons to obtain 
        employment in those local educational agencies; and
          ``(5) post-placement induction or support activities.
  ``(b) Period of Service.--A career-changing professional 
selected to participant in a program under this part who 
completes his or her training shall serve in a high-poverty 
local educational agency or a low-performing local educational 
agency for at least three years.
  ``(c) Repayment.--The Secretary shall establish such 
requirements as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure 
that career-changing professionals who receive a training 
stipend or other financial incentive under subsection (a)(2), 
but who fail to complete their service obligation under 
subsection (b), repay all or a portion of such stipend or other 
incentive.

``SEC. 2106. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.

  ``To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall make awards 
and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements under 
section 2104 to support teacher placement programs for career-
changing professionals in different geographic regions of the 
United States.

``SEC. 2107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

  ``For the purpose of carrying out this part, there is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $18,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

                     ``PART C--CLASS SIZE REDUCTION

``SEC. 2201. FINDINGS.

  ``The Congress finds as follows:
          ``(1) Rigorous research has shown that students 
        attending small classes in the early grades make more 
        rapid educational progress than students in larger 
        classes, and that these achievement gains persist 
        through at least the elementary grades.
          ``(2) The benefits of smaller classes are greatest 
        for lower achieving, minority, poor, and inner-city 
        children. One study found that urban fourth-graders in 
        smaller-than-average classes were 3/4 of a school year 
        ahead of their counterparts in larger-than-average 
        classes.
          ``(3) Teachers in small classes can provide students 
        with more individualized attention, spend more time on 
        instruction and lesson other tasks, cover more material 
        effectively, and are better able to work with parents 
        to further their children's education.
          ``(4) Smaller classes allow teachers to identify and 
        work more effectively with students who have learning 
        disabilities and, potentially, can reduce those 
        students' need for special education services in the 
        later grades.
          ``(5) Students in smaller classes are able to become 
        more actively engaged in learning than their peers in 
        large classes.
          ``(6) Efforts to improve educational achievement by 
        reducing class sizes in the early grades are likely to 
        be more successful if--
                  ``(A) well-prepared teachers are hired and 
                appropriately assigned to fill additional 
                classroom positions; and
                  ``(B) teachers receive intensive, continuing 
                training in working effectively in smaller 
                classroom settings.
          ``(7) Several States have begun a serious effort to 
        reduce class sizes in the early elementary grades, but 
        these actions may be impeded by financial limitations 
        or difficulties in hiring well-prepared teachers.
          ``(8) The Federal Government can assist in this 
        effort by providing funding for class-size reductions 
        in grades 1 through 3, and by helping to ensure that 
        the new teachers brought into the classroom are well 
        prepared.

``SEC. 2202. PURPOSE.

  ``The purpose of this part is to help States and local 
educational agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 
additional fully qualified teachers over a 7-year period in 
order to--
          ``(1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades 1 
        through 3, to an average of 18 students per classroom; 
        and
          ``(2) improve teaching in the early grades so that 
        all students can learn to read independently and well 
        by the end of the third grade.

``SEC. 2203. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

  ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of 
carrying out this part, there are authorized to be 
appropriated, $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
$1,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,100,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002, $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $2,700,000,000 
for fiscal year 2004, and $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
  ``(b) Allotments.--From the amount appropriated under 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary--
          ``(1) shall make a total of 1 percent available to 
        the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau 
        of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas for 
        activities that meet the purpose of this part; and
          ``(2) shall allot to each State the same percentage 
        of the remaining funds as the percentage it received of 
        funds allocated to States for the previous fiscal year 
        under section 1122 or section 2011(c) (or, as 
        applicable, section 2202(b) (as in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of the Smart 
        Classrooms Act)), whichever percentage is greater, 
        except that such allotments shall be ratably decreased 
        as necessary.
  ``(c) Within-State Distribution.----
          ``(1) In general.--Each State that receives an 
        allotment under this section shall distribute the 
        amount of the allotted funds that remain after using 
        funds in accordance with subsection (b)(3) to local 
        educational agencies in the State, of which--
                  ``(A) 80 percent of such remainder shall be 
                allocated to such local educational agencies in 
                proportion to the relative number of children, 
                aged 5 to 17, who reside in the jurisdiction 
                served by such local educational agency and are 
                from families with incomes below 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 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable 
                to a family of the size involved) for the most 
                recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data 
                is available compared to the number of such 
                individuals who reside in the jurisdictions 
                served by all the local educational agencies in 
                the State for that fiscal year; and
                  ``(B) 20 percent of such remainder shall be 
                allocated to such local educational agencies in 
                accordance with the relative enrollments of 
                children, aged 5 to 17, in public and private 
                nonprofit elementary schools and secondary 
                schools in the jurisdictions within the 
                boundaries of such agencies.
          ``(2) Award rule.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if 
        the award to a local educational agency under this 
        section is less than the starting salary for a new 
        teacher in that agency, the State shall not make the 
        award unless--
                  ``(A) the local educational agency agrees to 
                form a consortium with not less than 1 other 
                local educational agency for the purpose of 
                reducing class size;
                  ``(B) the local educational agency agrees to 
                supplement the award with non-Federal funds 
                sufficient to pay the cost of hiring a teacher; 
                or
                  ``(C) the local educational agency agrees to 
                use the funds for professional development 
                related to teaching smaller classes.

``SEC. 2204. USE OF FUNDS.

  ``(a) In General.--Each local educational agency that 
receives funds under this part shall use such funds to carry 
out effective approaches to reducing class size with fully 
qualified teachers to improve educational achievement for both 
regular and special-needs children, with particular 
consideration given to reducing class size in the early 
elementary grades for which research has shown class size 
reduction is most effective.
  ``(b) Class Reduction.--
          ``(1) In general.--Each such local educational agency 
        may pursue the goal of reducing class size through--
                  ``(A) recruiting, hiring, and training fully 
                qualified regular and special education 
                teachers and teachers of special-needs 
                children;
                  ``(B) testing new teachers for academic 
                content knowledge, and to meet the State 
                qualifications and licensing criteria in the 
                areas in which they teach; and
                  ``(C) providing professional development to 
                teachers, including special education teachers 
                and teachers of special-needs children.
          ``(2) Restriction(s).--A local educational agency may 
        use not more than a total of 15 percent of the funds 
        received under this part for each of the fiscal years 
        2000 through 2005, to carry out activities described in 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 2204(b)(1).
          ``(3) Special rule.--A local educational agency that 
        has already reduced class size in the early grades to 
        18 or fewer children may use funds received under this 
        part--
                  ``(A) to make further class-size reductions 
                in grades 1 through 3;
                  ``(B) to reduce class size in kindergarten or 
                other grades; or
                  ``(C) to carry out activities to improve 
                teacher quality, including providing--
                          ``(i) professional development;
                          ``(ii) financial incentives to new or 
                        veteran fully qualified teachers to 
                        join the instructional staff of schools 
                        in which at least 50 percent of the 
                        students are from low-income families; 
                        and
                          ``(iii) financial incentives to fully 
                        qualified teachers who are currently 
                        teaching in schools in which at least 
                        50 percent of the students are from 
                        low-income families.
          ``(4) Recruitment.--In order to ensure that it hires 
        only fully qualified teachers, a local educational 
        agency that is having difficulty recruiting such 
        teachers to teach in its schools may use funds under 
        this part to recruit such teachers through the use of 
        incentives such as training stipends and scholarships, 
        signing bonuses, and other inducements.
          ``(5) Existing programs.--A local educational agency 
        that, prior to enactment of this part, is implementing 
        a program to reduce average class size in the early 
        grades to not more than 20 children may use funds under 
        this part, in accordance with its terms, as if that 
        local educational agency's preexisting average class 
        size goal were the goal of 18 or fewer children.
  ``(c) Supplement Not Supplant.--A local educational agency 
shall use funds under this part only to supplement, and not to 
supplant, State and local funds that, in the absence of such 
funds, would otherwise be spent for activities under this part.
  ``(d) Professional Development.--If a local educational 
agency uses funds made available under this part for 
professional development activities, the agency shall ensure 
the equitable participation of private nonprofit elementary and 
secondary schools in such activities. Sections 14503 through 
14506 shall not apply to other activities under this section.
  ``(e) Administrative Expenses.--A local educational agency 
that receives funds under this part may use not more than 3 
percent of such funds for local administrative expenses.
  ``(f) Consortia Requirement.--Notwithstanding subsection 
(b)(3), if a local educational agency has already reduced class 
size in the early grades to 18 or fewer children and intends to 
use funds provided under this section to carry out professional 
development activities, including activities to improve teacher 
quality, then the State shall make the award under subsection 
(b) to the local educational agency without requiring the 
formation of a consortium.

``SEC. 2205. COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.

  ``(a) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
activities carried out under this part--
          ``(1) may be up to 100 percent in local educational 
        agencies with child-poverty levels of 50 percent or 
        greater; and
          ``(2) shall be no more than 65 percent for local 
        educational agencies with child-poverty rates of less 
        than 50 percent.
  ``(b) Local Share.--A local educational agency shall provide 
the non-Federal share of a project under this part through cash 
expenditures from non-Federal sources, except that if an agency 
has allocated funds under section 1113(c) to one or more 
schoolwide programs under section 1114, it may use those funds 
for the non-Federal share of activities under this program that 
benefit those schoolwide programs, to the extent consistent 
with section 1120A(c) and notwithstanding section 
1114(a)(3)(B).

``SEC. 2206. REQUEST FOR FUNDS.

  ``In order for a local educational agency to receive funds 
under this part, the local educational agency shall include in 
the application submitted under section 2017 a request for such 
funds and a description of the agency's program under this part 
to reduce class size by hiring additional fully qualified 
teachers.

``SEC. 2207. REPORTS.

  ``Each State educational agency receiving funds under this 
part shall report on activities in the State under this section 
as a part of its report under section 2014.''.
  (b) National Writing Project; Sabbatical Leave for 
Professional Development; General Provisions.--Title II of such 
Act is amended by striking part E and inserting the following:

                   ``PART E--NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT

``SEC. 2301. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

  ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
          ``(1) the United States faces a continuing crisis in 
        writing in schools and in the workplace;
          ``(2) the writing problem has been magnified by the 
        rapidly changing student population, the growing number 
        of at-risk students due to limited English proficiency, 
        the shortage of adequately trained teachers, and the 
        specialized knowledge required of teachers to teach 
        students with special needs who are now part of 
        mainstream classrooms;
          ``(3) nationwide reports from universities and 
        colleges show that entering students are unable to meet 
        the demands of college level writing, almost all 2-year 
        institutions of higher education offer remedial writing 
        courses, and three-quarters of public 4-year 
        institutions of higher education and half of all 
        private 4-year institutions of higher education must 
        provide remedial courses in writing;
          ``(4) American businesses and corporations are 
        concerned about the limited writing skills of both 
        entry-level workers and executives whose promotions are 
        denied due to inadequate writing abilities;
          ``(5) writing is fundamental to learning, including 
        learning to read, yet writing has been neglected 
        historically in schools and in teacher training 
        institutions;
          ``(6) writing is a central feature in State and 
        school district education standards in all disciplines;
          ``(7) since 1973, the only national program to 
        address the writing problem in the Nation's schools has 
        been the National Writing Project, a network of 
        collaborative university-school programs the goals of 
        which are to improve student achievement in writing and 
        student learning through improving the teaching and 
        uses of writing at all grade levels and in all 
        disciplines;
          ``(8) the National Writing Project is a nationally 
        recognized and honored nonprofit organization that 
        improves the quality of teaching and teachers through 
        developing teacher leaders who teach other teachers in 
        summer and school year programs;
          ``(9) evaluations of the National Writing Project 
        document the positive impact the project has had on 
        improving the teaching of writing, student performance 
        in writing, and student learning;
          ``(10) the National Writing Project has become a 
        model for programs to improve teaching in such other 
        fields as mathematics, science, history, reading and 
        literature, performing arts and foreign languages;
          ``(11) each year over 150,000 participants benefit 
        from National Writing Project programs in 1 of 156 
        United States sites located in 46 States and the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
          ``(12) the National Writing Project is a cost-
        effective program and leverages over 6 dollars for 
        every 1 Federal dollar.
  ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part--
          ``(1) to support and promote the expansion of the 
        National Writing Project network of sites so that 
        teachers in every region of the United States will have 
        access to a National Writing Project program;
          ``(2) to ensure the consistent high quality of the 
        sites through ongoing review, evaluation and technical 
        assistance;
          ``(3) to support and promote the establishment of 
        programs to disseminate effective practices and 
        research findings about the teaching of writing; and
          ``(4) to coordinate activities assisted under this 
        part with activities assisted under this Act.

``SEC. 2302. AUTHORIZATION.

  ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to make a 
grant to the National Writing Project (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the `grantee'), a nonprofit educational 
organization that has as its primary purpose the improvement of 
the quality of student writing and learning, to improve the 
teaching and uses of writing to learn in our Nation's 
classrooms.
  ``(b) Requirements of Grant.--The grant shall provide that--
          ``(1) the grantee will enter into contracts with 
        institutions of higher education or other nonprofit 
        educational providers (hereafter in this section 
        referred to as `contractors') under which the 
        contractors will agree to establish, operate, and 
        provide the non-Federal share of the cost of teacher 
        training programs in effective approaches and processes 
        for the teaching of writing;
          ``(2) funds made available by the Secretary to the 
        grantee pursuant to any contract entered into under 
        this section will be used to pay the Federal share of 
        the cost of establishing and operating teacher training 
        programs as provided in paragraph (1); and
          ``(3) the grantee will meet such other conditions and 
        standards as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
        to assure compliance with the provisions of this 
        section and will provide such technical assistance as 
        may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
        section.
  ``(c) Teacher Training Programs.--The teacher training 
programs authorized in subsection (a) shall--
          ``(1) be conducted during the school year and during 
        the summer months;
          ``(2) train teachers who teach grades kindergarten 
        through college;
          ``(3) select teachers to become members of a National 
        Writing Project teacher network whose members will 
        conduct writing workshops for other teachers in the 
        area served by each National Writing Project site; and
          ``(4) encourage teachers from all disciplines to 
        participate in such teacher training programs.
  ``(d) Federal Share.--
          ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2) or (3) and for purposes of subsection (a), the term 
        `Federal share' means, with respect to the costs of 
        teacher training programs authorized in subsection (a), 
        50 percent of such costs to the contractor.
          ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the provisions 
        of paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis if the 
        National Advisory Board described in subsection (e) 
        determines, on the basis of financial need, that such 
        waiver is necessary.
          ``(3) Maximum.--The Federal share of the costs of 
        teacher training programs conducted pursuant to 
        subsection (a) may not exceed $100,000 for any one 
        contractor, or $200,000 for a statewide program 
        administered by any one contractor in at least five 
        sites throughout the State.
  ``(e) National Advisory Board.--
          ``(1) Establishment.--The National Writing Project 
        shall establish and operate a National Advisory Board.
          ``(2) Composition.--The National Advisory Board 
        established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall consist 
        of--
                  ``(A) national educational leaders;
                  ``(B) leaders in the field of writing; and
                  ``(C) such other individuals as the National 
                Writing Project deems necessary.
          ``(3) Duties.--The National Advisory Board 
        established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall--
                  ``(A) advise the National Writing Project on 
                national issues related to student writing and 
                the teaching of writing;
                  ``(B) review the activities and programs of 
                the National Writing Project; and
                  ``(C) support the continued development of 
                the National Writing Project.
  ``(f) Evaluation.--
          ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
        independent evaluation by grant or contract of the 
        teacher training programs administered pursuant to this 
        Act in accordance with section 14701. Such evaluation 
        shall specify the amount of funds expended by the 
        National Writing Project and each contractor receiving 
        assistance under this section for administrative costs. 
        The results of such evaluation shall be made available 
        to the appropriate committees of the Congress.
          ``(2) Funding limitation.--The Secretary shall 
        reserve not more than $150,000 from the total amount 
        appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection 
        (h) for fiscal year 1994 and the four succeeding fiscal 
        years to conduct the evaluation described in paragraph 
        (1).
  ``(g) Application Review.--
          ``(1) Review board.--The National Writing Project 
        shall establish and operate a National Review Board 
        that shall consist of--
                  ``(A) leaders in the field of research in 
                writing; and
                  ``(B) such other individuals as the National 
                Writing Project deems necessary.
          ``(2) Duties.--The National Review Board shall--
                  ``(A) review all applications for assistance 
                under this subsection; and
                  ``(B) recommend applications for assistance 
                under this subsection for funding by the 
                National Writing Project.
  ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the grant to the National Writing 
Project, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2004.

        ``PART F--SABBATICAL LEAVE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

``SEC. 2351. GRANTS FOR SALARY DURING SABBATICAL LEAVE.

  ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary may make grants to 
State educational agencies and local educational agencies to 
pay such agencies for one-half of the amount of the salary that 
otherwise would be earned by an eligible teacher described in 
subsection (b), if, in lieu of fulfilling the teacher's 
ordinary teaching assignment, the teacher completes a course of 
study described in subsection (c) during a sabbatical term 
described in subsection (d).
  ``(b) Eligible Teachers.--An eligible teacher described in 
this subsection is a teacher who--
          ``(1) has been employed for the 3 previous years by a 
        local educational agency that is both a high-poverty 
        local educational agency and a low-performing local 
        educational agency;
          ``(2) has secured from such agency, and any other 
        person or agency whose approval is required under State 
        law, approval to take sabbatical leave for a sabbatical 
        term described in subsection (d); and
          ``(3) has submitted to the agency an application for 
        a subgrant at such time, in such manner, and containing 
        such information as the agency may require, including--
                  ``(A) written proof--
                          ``(i) of the approval described in 
                        paragraph (2); and
                          ``(ii) of the teacher's having been 
                        accepted for enrollment in a course of 
                        study described in subsection (c); and
                  ``(B) assurances that the teacher--
                          ``(i) will notify the agency in 
                        writing within a reasonable time if the 
                        teacher terminates enrollment in the 
                        course of study described in subsection 
                        (c) for any reason;
                          ``(ii) in the discretion of the 
                        agency, will reimburse to the agency 
                        some or all of the amount of the 
                        subgrant if the teacher fails to 
                        complete the course of study; and
                          ``(iii) otherwise will provide the 
                        agency with proof of having completed 
                        such course of study not later than 60 
                        days after such completion;
          ``(4) has agreed to continue teaching in the high-
        poverty, low-performing local educational agency for a 
        period of 3 years following the sabbatical;
          ``(5) has agreed to collaborate with other teachers 
        of the same subject in the local educational agency 
        following the sabbatical to share the skills and 
        knowledge obtained through the sabbatical; and
                  ``(6) has been selected by the agency to 
                receive a subgrant based on the agency's plan 
                for meeting its classroom needs.
  ``(c) Course of Study.--A course of study described in this 
subsection is a course of study at an institution of higher 
education that--
          ``(1) requires not less than one academic semester 
        and not more than one academic year to complete;
          ``(2) is open for enrollment for professional 
        development purposes to an eligible teacher described 
        in subsection (b); and
          ``(3) is designed to improve the classroom teaching 
        of such teachers through academic and child development 
        studies.
  ``(d) Sabbatical Term.--A sabbatical term described in this 
subsection is a leave of absence from teaching duties granted 
to an eligible teacher for not less than one academic semester 
and not more than one academic year, during which period the 
teacher receives--
          ``(1) one-half of the amount of the salary that 
        otherwise would be earned by the teacher, if the 
        teacher had not been granted a leave of absence, from 
        State or local funds made available by a State 
        educational agency or a local educational agency; and
          ``(2) one-half of such amount from Federal funds 
        received by such agency through a grant under this 
        section.
  ``(e) Payments.--
          ``(1) To eligible teachers.--In making a subgrant to 
        an eligible teacher under this section, a State 
        educational agency or a local educational agency shall 
        agree to pay the teacher, for tax and administrative 
        purposes, as if the teacher's regular employment and 
        teaching duties had not been suspended.
          ``(2) Repayment of secretary.--A State educational 
        agency or a local educational agency receiving a grant 
        under this section shall agree to pay over to the 
        Secretary the Federal share of any amount recovered by 
        the agency pursuant to subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii).
  ``(f) Funding.--For the purpose of carrying out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2001 through 2004.

             ``PART G--IMPROVING SPECIAL EDUCATION QUALITY

``SEC. 2401. SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IMPROVEMENT.

  ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide 
assistance through part D of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) to improve the quality 
of instruction provided by special education teachers and the 
instructional strategies of other elementary and secondary 
school teachers who provide education to children with 
disabilities.
  ``(b) Grants to Local Educational Agencies.--The Secretary 
shall make grants to local educational agencies and the 
outlying areas, and provide funds to the Secretary of the 
Interior, based on the number of children with disabilities who 
are receiving special education and related services, for the 
purpose of providing additional funds to carry out--
          ``(1) subpart 1 of part D of the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); 
        and
          ``(2) section 673 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1473).
  ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
  ``(d) Definitions.--The terms used in this section shall have 
the meaning given such terms in section 602 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).

                      ``PART H--GENERAL PROVISIONS

``SEC. 2451. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

  ``(a) Minimum Indicators.--At a minimum, the indicators of 
program performance under this title, against which recipients 
of funds under this title shall report their progress in such 
manner as the Secretary may determine, are the following:
          ``(1) Improvement in student achievement.
          ``(2) Closing of the achievement gap between groups 
        of students.
          ``(3) An increase in the percentage of fully 
        qualified teachers, including teachers from minority 
        and other historically underrepresented groups.
          ``(4) An equalization, between high- and low-poverty 
        schools in a local educational agency, of classes in 
        core academic areas taught by fully qualified teachers.
          ``(5) An increase in the percentage of new teachers 
        receiving support during their first 3 years of 
        teaching.
          ``(6) An increase in the percentage of teachers 
        participating in high-quality professional development.
          ``(7) An increase in the percentage of 
        paraprofessionals enrolled in certification programs.
          ``(8) A decrease in the average class size.

``SEC. 2452. DEFINITIONS.

  ``As used in this title:
          ``(1) Career-changing professional.--The term 
        `career-changing professional' means a person who--
                  ``(A) holds at least a baccalaureate degree;
                  ``(B) demonstrates a commitment to changing 
                the person's current professional career and 
                becoming a teacher; and
                  ``(C) has knowledge and experience that is 
                relevant to teaching a high-need subject area 
                in a high-poverty local educational agency.
          ``(2) Core academic subjects.--The term `core 
        academic subjects' means--
                  ``(A) mathematics;
                  ``(B) science;
                  ``(C) reading (or language arts) and English;
                  ``(D) social studies (history, civics/
                government, geography, and economics);
                  ``(E) foreign languages; and
                  ``(F) fine arts (music, dance, drama, and the 
                visual arts).
          ``(3) Eligible rural local educational agency.--The 
        term `eligible rural local educational agency' means a 
        local educational agency--
                  ``(A) that is not located in a metropolitan 
                statistical area, as defined by the Census 
                Bureau; and
                  ``(B) in which 20 percent or more of the 
                children, aged 5 to 17, served by such agency 
                are from families with incomes below 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 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) 
                applicable to a family of the size involved for 
                the most recent fiscal year for which 
                satisfactory data are available.
          ``(4) Fully qualified.--The term `fully qualified'--
                  ``(A) when used with respect to an elementary 
                or secondary school teacher, means that the 
                teacher has obtained certification or passed 
                the State licensing exam and holds a license; 
                and
                  ``(B) when used with respect to--
                          ``(i) an elementary school teacher, 
                        means that the teacher holds a 
                        bachelor's degree and demonstrates 
                        general knowledge, teaching skill, and 
                        subject matter knowledge required to 
                        teach at the elementary school level 
                        the academic subjects described in 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
                        paragraph (2); or
                          ``(ii) a middle or secondary school 
                        teacher, means that the teacher holds a 
                        bachelor's degree and demonstrates a 
                        high level of competency in all subject 
                        areas in which he or she teaches 
                        through--
                                  ``(I) a high level of 
                                performance on a rigorous 
                                academic subject area test; or
                                  ``(II) completion of an 
                                academic major in each of the 
                                subject areas in which he or 
                                she provides instruction.
          ``(5) High-poverty local educational agency.--The 
        term `high-poverty local educational agency' means a 
        local educational agency in which--
                  ``(A) the percentage of children, ages 5 to 
                17, from families with incomes below 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 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) 
                applicable to a family of the size involved for 
                the most recent fiscal year for which 
                satisfactory data are available is 33 percent 
                or greater; or
                  ``(B) the number of such children exceeds 
                10,000.
          ``(6) Holocaust educator.--The term `Holocaust 
        educator' means a school, Holocaust education center, 
        or any other person or entity providing education about 
        the Holocaust.
          ``(7) Low-performing local educational agency.--The 
        term `low-performing local educational agency' means--
                  ``(A) a local educational agency that 
                includes a school identified by the agency for 
                school improvement under section 1116(c); or
                  ``(B) a local educational agency that 
                includes a school in which at least 50 percent 
                of the students fail to meet State student 
                performance standards based on assessments the 
                agency is using under part A of title I.
          ``(8) Professional development.--The term 
        `professional development' means sustained and 
        intensive activities that improve teachers' content 
        knowledge and teaching skills and that--
                  ``(A) enhance the ability of teachers to help 
                all students, including females, minorities, 
                children with disabilities, children with 
                limited English proficiency and economically 
                disadvantaged children, reach high State and 
                local content and student performance 
                standards;
                  ``(B) advance teacher understanding of one or 
                more of the core academic subject areas and 
                effective instructional strategies for 
                improving student achievement in those areas, 
                including technology;
                  ``(C) are directly related to the subject 
                area in which the teacher provides instruction;
                  ``(D) are of sufficient duration to have a 
                positive and lasting impact on classroom 
                instruction;
                  ``(E) are an integral part of broader school 
                and district-wide plans for raising student 
                achievement to State and local standards;
                  ``(F) are aligned with State content and 
                student performance standards;
                  ``(G) are based on the best available 
                research on teaching and learning;
                  ``(H) include professional development 
                activities that involve collaborative groups of 
                teachers and administrators from the same 
                school or district, institutions of higher 
                education, and, to the greatest extent 
                possible, include follow-up and school-based 
                support such as coaching or study groups; and
                  ``(I) as a whole, are regularly evaluated for 
                their impact on increased teacher effectiveness 
                and improved student achievement, with the 
                findings of such evaluations used to improve 
                the quality of professional development.
          ``(9) Technology deficient.--The term `technology 
        deficient', when used with respect to a local 
        educational agency or a school, means that the agency 
        or school does not possess the equipment, networking, 
        or skills to use technology to enhance teaching and 
        learning.
          ``(10) Technology proficient.--The term `technology 
        proficient', when used with respect to a local 
        educational agency or a school, means that the agency 
        or school possesses the equipment, networking, and 
        skills to use technology to enhance teaching and 
        learning.
          ``(11) Troops-to-teachers program.--The term `troops-
        to-teachers program' means the teachers and teachers' 
        aide placement program for separated members of the 
        Armed Forces that was established by the Secretary of 
        Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with 
        respect to the Coast Guard, under section 1151 of title 
        10, United States Code.
          ``(12) Unqualified teacher.--The term `unqualified 
        teacher' means a teacher who is not fully qualified.''.
  (c) Conforming Amendments.--
          (1) National writing project.--Part K of title X of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 8331 et seq.) is repealed.
          (2) Reference to national clearinghouse for 
        mathematics and science education.--Section 13302(1) of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 8672(1)) is amended by striking ``2102(b)'' and 
        inserting ``2032(b)''.
          (3) Definition of covered program.--Section 
        14101(10)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(10)(C)) is amended by 
        striking ``(other than section 2103 and part D)'' and 
        inserting ``(other than subpart 3 of part A)''.
          (4) Private school participation.--Section 
        14503(b)(1)(B) (20 U.S.C. 8893(b)(1)(B)) of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``(other than section 2103 and part 
        D of such title)''.

SEC. 3. READING EXCELLENCE ACT.

  Section 2260(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6661i(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
          ``(3) Fiscal years 2001 to 2004.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
        $286,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may 
        be necessary for fiscal years 2002 through 2004.''.

                                

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