Sec. 5. Subgrants to teacher or principal preparation academies
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From the amounts made available under section 4(c)(3), a State shall award subgrants to nonprofit entities to carry out activities described in subsection (d). Each nonprofit entity desiring a subgrant under this section from a State shall submit an application to a State authorizer designated by the State to receive such applications. The application shall include, at a minimum— a description of the teacher or principal preparation academy's proposed curriculum, training of teacher or principal candidates (including clinical training), and approach to teacher or principal development; the student achievement outcomes the entity will require of academy graduates before conferring a degree or certificate of completion from the program, with timelines for obtaining such outcomes; a multi-year financial and operating model for the entity; the qualifications of the entity’s chief executive officer or organization leader; and a description of how the teacher or principal preparation academy is designed to prepare teachers or principals to serve in high-need areas (including rural areas and Native American communities), or hard-to-staff subjects.
In awarding subgrants under this section, a State shall give a priority to entities proposing to expand previously existing teacher or principal preparation programs, as of the date of application, with a demonstrated track record of success in getting students on track to being college and career ready. An entity that receives a subgrant under this section shall use its subgrant— to establish a teacher or principal preparation academy; to expand the capacity of a teacher or principal preparation academy; to measure the effectiveness of a teacher or principal preparation academy in improving student academic achievement, as demonstrated by getting students on track to be college and career ready; or to recruit candidates for a teacher or principal preparation academy who have demonstrated strong potential to be effective teachers or principals, based on a rigorous, competency-based selection process that reviews a candidate's prior academic achievement or record of professional accomplishment.