Sec. 203. Program To subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees
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Subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.), as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term low-income individual has the meaning given the term in section 402A(h). The term teaching profession includes elementary education, secondary education, and early childhood education. From amounts appropriated under subsection (g), the Secretary shall carry out a program of awarding grants to State educational agencies, through allotments described in subsection (c), to enable the State educational agencies to subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees for low-income individuals who are entering the teaching profession.
Each State submitting an approved application under this section for a fiscal year shall receive an allotment that bears the same ratio to the total amount made available under this section for such fiscal year as the number of local educational agencies located in the State bears to the total number of local educational agencies in all States with approved applications. A State educational agency desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
A State educational agency receiving a grant under this section for a fiscal year shall use grant funds to reimburse or subsidize the teacher or early childhood educator examination and other certification or licensure fees for a low-income individual entering the teaching profession who resides in, and attended a teacher preparation program in, the State, which may include fees for— additional certification or licensure for the individual in a high-need field included on the list described in section 420N(d)(1);
National Board certification; maintaining active status with a professional disciplinary organization aligned with the high-need field included on the list described in section 420N(d)(1); or in the case of early childhood educators, further education necessary in order to become highly competent and successfully take such examination or obtain such certification or licensure (such as English as a second language classes, community college courses, and continuing and distance education).
A State educational agency receiving a grant under this section shall, in reimbursing or subsidizing fees in accordance with paragraph (1), give a priority to teachers and early childhood educators who are members of populations underrepresented in the teaching or early childhood care profession, respectively. Grant funds made available under this section to a State educational agency shall remain available to the State until expended. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. .
The amendment made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 2018.
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