Sec. 2. Scholarships to prepare career and technical education teachers
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Part B of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.) is amended— in section 230, by inserting , except subpart 6, after this part ; and by adding at the end the following new subpart: The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible institutions to enable such institutions to make scholarship awards to qualified teacher candidates in accordance with the provisions of this section. A scholarship under this section— for a teacher candidate pursuing a baccalaureate or master’s degree in education shall be known as a Career and Technical Educator Scholarship or a CTE Scholarship ; and for a teacher candidate pursuing an associate’s degree, certification in education, or industry-recognized certification or licensure, shall be known as a Skilled Labor Educator Scholarship or a SLE Scholarship .
In awarding grants and contracts under this subsection the Secretary shall make every effort to ensure— the equitable distribution of scholarship funds to teacher candidates pursuing baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees, and associate’s degrees or certifications; the equitable participation of public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education (including community colleges); and the equitable geographic participation of such institutions. In this section, the term eligible institution means an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101 or section 102(c), that— offers a program of undergraduate or graduate education awarding a baccalaureate or master’s degree in education; or is a community college that offers a program of undergraduate education awarding an associate’s degree, certification in education, or industry-recognized certification or licensure.
An eligible institution that desires a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. An eligible institution that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to provide scholarships to qualified teacher candidates who are preparing to become teachers of qualified career and technical education courses for secondary school students. A scholarship provided under this section shall support a teacher candidate in pursuing— a baccalaureate or master’s degree in education; or an associate’s degree, certification in education, or industry-recognized certification or licensure.
The Secretary shall ensure that an eligible institution that receives a grant under this section— shall provide scholarship awards to qualified teacher candidates who plan to pursue a career teaching qualified career and technical education courses; shall select scholarship recipients from qualified teacher candidates based on academic merit and demonstrated financial need; and may not provide a scholarship to an otherwise eligible individual— during periods in which such individual is enrolled at an institution of higher education unless such individual is maintaining satisfactory academic progress in, and devoting full-time study or research to, the pursuit of the degree or certificate for which the scholarship support was provided; or if the individual is engaged in gainful employment, other than part-time employment related to teaching, research, or a similar activity determined by the institution to be consistent with and supportive of the individuals's progress toward the degree or certificate for which the scholarship support was provided.
An eligible institution that receives a grant under this section shall award to each teacher candidate who is provided a scholarship under this section $5,000 for each academic year of the scholarship, not to exceed $10,000 in total. The period for which a teacher candidate may receive a scholarship under this section shall be one academic year, and such scholarship may be renewed for one additional academic year. Upon completion of the program for which a teacher candidate receives a scholarship under this section, the teacher candidate shall, for each year of scholarship support received under this section, be employed full-time for one year as a teacher of qualified career and technical education courses.
Prior to receiving an initial scholarship award, and upon renewal of the scholarship award, a teacher candidate selected to receive a scholarship under this section shall sign an agreement with the Secretary agreeing to— promptly obtain the applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements for certification obtained through alternative routes to certification, necessary to teach secondary school students; serve as a full-time teacher of secondary school students in accordance with subparagraph
(A); and submit evidence of such service in the form of a certification by the chief administrative officer of the teacher’s employer upon completion of each year of such service. Each eligible institution that receives a grant under this section shall provide— to each teacher candidate applying for a scholarship under this section a plain-language disclosure form developed by the Secretary that clearly describes the nature of the scholarship award, the service obligation, and the loan repayment requirements that are the consequence of the failure to complete such service obligation; and an assurance to the Secretary that the institution has inquired of and determined the decision of each teacher candidate who has received a scholarship to, within 2 years of completing the program for which a teacher candidate receives a scholarship under this section, begin employment as a teacher, as required by this section. If an individual who receives a scholarship award under this section fails to comply with the agreement signed pursuant to subparagraph (C), the sum of the amounts of any scholarship award received by such recipient shall, upon a determination of such a failure, be treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under part D of title IV, and shall be subject to repayment, together with interest thereon accruing from the date of the scholarship award, in accordance with terms and conditions specified by the Secretary in regulations under this section. The Secretary may waive or modify the service requirement of this paragraph in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary with respect to the criteria to determine the circumstances under which compliance with such service requirement is inequitable or represents a substantial hardship. The Secretary may waive the service requirement if compliance by the scholarship recipient is determined to be inequitable or represent a substantial hardship— because the individual is permanently and totally disabled at the time of the waiver request; because the individual was unable to complete the necessary program of study due to natural disaster; or based on documentation presented to the Secretary of substantial economic or personal hardship. Scholarship funds available to a teacher candidate under this section may be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for the completion of the undergraduate baccalaureate or graduate course of study being pursued by the teacher candidate at the institution of higher education at which the teacher candidate is in attendance. Scholarships provided under this section shall not be considered for the purpose of awarding Federal grant assistance under title IV, except that in no case shall the total amount of student financial assistance awarded to a teacher candidate under this section and title IV exceed such candidate's total cost of attendance (as defined in section 472). In this section: The term community college has the meaning given the term junior or community college in section 312(f). The term qualified career and technical education courses means courses offered by a secondary school or an area career and technical education school (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006) that are offered as part of a career and technical education (as defined in section 3 of such Act). The term qualified teacher candidate means an individual who— is (or will be) an eligible student for purposes of section 484; has a cumulative grade point average (or the equivalent as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) of— 3.0, in the case of an individual who is or was enrolled in a secondary school and has not yet enrolled in an undergraduate program of education; 2.5, in the case of an individual who is or was enrolled in an undergraduate program of education and has not yet enrolled in a graduate program of education; or 3.0, in the case of an individual who is or was enrolled in a graduate program of education; and is (or will be) enrolled full-time at an eligible institution. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. .
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