Sec. 55123. 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 subtitle, 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 (f), the Secretary shall award grants, from allotments under subsection (c), to institutions of higher education to subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees for low-income individuals who have accepted a teaching position.
For each fiscal year, an institution of higher education that has submitted a complete application under subsection
(d)shall receive an allotment that bears the same relation to the amounts appropriated under subsection
(f)as the number of low-income students that graduated from the institution of higher education, in the most recent year for which data are available (as determined by the Secretary), bears to the total number of low-income students graduating, in such most recent year, from all institutions of higher education that have submitted applications. An institution of higher education desiring an allotment 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. An institution of higher education receiving funds under this program shall use the funds to reimburse or subsidize the teacher or early childhood educator examination and other certification or licensure fees for low income individuals entering the teaching profession, or in the early stages of their teaching career, who attend a teacher preparation program in the State in which the institution is located, 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). An institution of higher education receiving an allotment 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. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. . The amendment made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 2020.
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Program To subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees
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