– Jane
Jackson, ASU (12/18/2015)
TITLE II - PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH-QUALITY
TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, AND OTHER SCHOOL LEADERS
SEC. 2003. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) GRANTS TO STATES AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—
For the purpose of carrying out part A, there are authorized to be
appropriated $2,295,830,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.
(b) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—For the purpose of carrying out
part B, there are authorized to be appropriated—
(1)
$468,880,575 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018;
(2)
$469,168,000 for fiscal year 2019; and
(3)
$489,168,000 for fiscal year 2020.
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PART
B—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
SEC. 2201. RESERVATIONS.
From the amounts appropriated under section 2003(b) for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reserve—
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( 4) to carry
out activities authorized under subpart 4—
(A) 15.4
percent for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2019; and
(B) 14.8
percent for fiscal year 2020.
Subpart
4—Programs of National Significance
SEC. 2241. FUNDING ALLOTMENT.
From the funds reserved under section 2201(4), the
Secretary—
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(4) may reserve not more than 2 percent to carry out activities under
section 2245.
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SEC. 2245. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—From the funds reserved under section 2241(4) for a fiscal year,
the Secretary may award grants to—
(1) State
educational agencies to enable such agencies to support the development of a
State-wide STEM master teacher corps;
or
(2) State
educational agencies, or nonprofit
organizations in partnership with State educational agencies, to support the
implementation, replication, or expansion of effective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
professional development programs in schools across the State through
collaboration with school administrators, principals, and STEM educators.
TITLE VIII—GENERAL
PROVISIONS (page 287 to 290, 298)
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(21) EVIDENCE-BASED.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), the term Ôevidence-basedÕ, when used with respect
to a State, local educational agency, or school activity, means an activity,
strategy, or intervention that—
(i) demonstrates a
statistically significant effect on improving student outcomes or other
relevant outcomes based on—
(I) strong evidence from at least 1 well- designed and well-implemented
experimental study;
(II) moderate evidence from at least 1 well- designed and
well-implemented quasi-experimental study; or
(III) promising evidence from at least 1 well- designed and
well-implemented correlational study with statistical controls for selection
bias; or
(ii)(I) demonstrates a
rationale based on high-quality research findings or positive evaluation that
such activity, strategy, or intervention is likely to improve student outcomes
or other relevant outcomes; and
(II) includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of such activity,
strategy, or intervention.
(42)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The term Ôprofessional developmentÕ means
activities that—
(A) are an integral part of school and
local educational agency strategies for providing
educators (including teachers, principals, other school leaders,
specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, and, as
applicable, early childhood educators) with
the knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to succeed in a
well-rounded education and to meet the challenging State academic standards;
and
(B)
are sustained (not stand-alone, 1-day, or short term workshops), intensive, collaborative, job-embedded,
data-driven, and classroom-focused, and may include activities that—
(i) improve and increase
teachersÕ—
(I) knowledge of the academic
subjects the teachers teach;
(II) understanding of how
students learn; and
(III) ability to analyze student
work and achievement from multiple sources, including how to adjust
instructional strategies, assessments, and materials based on such analysis;
(ii) are an integral part of broad
schoolwide and districtwide educational improvement plans;
(iii) allow personalized plans for each
educator to address the educatorÕs specific needs identified in observation or
other feedback;
(iv) improve classroom management
skills;
(v) support the recruitment, hiring, and training of effective teachers,
including teachers who became certified through State and local alternative
routes to certification;
(vi) advance teacher understanding
of—
(I)
effective instructional strategies that
are evidence-based; and
(II) strategies for improving student academic achievement or
substantially increasing the knowledge and teaching skills of teachers;
(vii) are aligned with, and directly
related to, academic goals of the school or local educational agency;
(viii) are developed with extensive participation of teachers, principals,
other school leaders, parents, representatives of Indian tribes (as
applicable), and administrators of
schools to be served under this Act;
(ix) are designed to give
teachers of English learners, and other teachers and instructional staff, the
knowledge and skills to provide instruction and appropriate language and
academic support services to those children, including the appropriate use of
curricula and assessments;
(x) to the extent appropriate, provide training for teachers,
principals, and other school leaders in
the use of technology (including education about the harms of copyright
piracy), so that technology and technology applications are effectively
used in the classroom to improve teaching and learning in the curricula and
academic subjects in which the teachers teach;
(xi) as a whole, are regularly evaluated for their impact on
increased teacher effectiveness and improved student academic achievement,
with the findings of the evaluations used to improve the quality of
professional development;
(xii) are designed to give
teachers of children with disabilities or children with developmental delays,
and other teachers and instructional staff, the knowledge and skills to provide
instruction and academic support services, to those children, including
positive behavioral interventions and supports, multi-tier system of supports,
and use of accommodations;
(xiii) include instruction in the use of data and assessments to inform
and instruct classroom practice;
(xiv) include instruction in ways that teachers,
principals, other school leaders, specialized instructional support personnel,
and school administrators may work more effectively with parents and families;
(xv) involve the forming of partnerships with
institutions of higher education, including, as applicable, Tribal Colleges and
Universities as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)), to establish school-based teacher, principal, and other
school leader training programs that provide prospective teachers, novice
teachers, principals, and other school leaders with an opportunity to work
under the guidance of experienced teachers, principals, other school leaders,
and faculty of such institutions;
(xvi) create programs to enable
paraprofessionals (assisting teachers employed by a local educational agency
receiving assistance under part A of title I) to obtain the education necessary
for those paraprofessionals to become certified and licensed teachers;
(xvii)
provide follow-up training to teachers who have participated in activities
described in this paragraph that are designed to ensure that the knowledge and
skills learned by the teachers are implemented in the classroom; and
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(50) TECHNOLOGY.—The term
ÔtechnologyÕ means modern information, computer and communication technology
products, services, or tools, including, the Internet and other communications
networks, computer devices and other
computer and communications hardware, software applications, data systems,
and other electronic content (including multimedia content) and data storage.
51) UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR
LEARNING.—The term Ôuniversal design for learningÕ has the meaning given
the term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
(52) WELL-ROUNDED
EDUCATION.—The term Ôwell-rounded educationÕ means courses, activities,
and programming in subjects such as English, reading or language arts, writing, science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts,
history, geography, computer science, music, career and technical education,
health, physical education, and any other subject, as determined by the State
or local educational agency, with the purpose of providing all students access
to an enriched curriculum and educational experience.ÕÕ.