Sec. 4. Use of funds
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A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 3(d) shall use not less than 90 percent of the subgrant funds for compensation and benefits and other expenses, such as support services, necessary to retain existing employees, to recall or rehire former employees, and to hire new employees, in order to provide early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational related services. A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 3(d) may use not more than 10 percent of such subgrant funds for any of the following:
Training, which may include high-quality residency, mentoring and induction programs, and professional development. Salary increases to cover extended days or school years for instruction and enrichment to make up for students’ lost instructional time due to COVID–19 and to ensure all students have access to a well-rounded education and the supports needed to succeed. Salary increases to cover increased workdays to provide intensive professional learning and educator planning opportunities, including through professional learning communities.
Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), incentives, such as loan forgiveness, service scholarship programs, fee reimbursement for costs associated with obtaining advanced or additional teacher certification, or increased salaries, for teachers to teach in high-need schools and in high-need fields such as special education. To develop, maintain, or expand partnership programs with teacher preparation programs in institutions of higher education that target high-need fields, high-need schools, and diverse candidates to expand the pipeline into the teaching profession.
Developing teacher leadership roles in high-need schools. A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 3(d) may not use such subgrant funds— for general administrative expenses or for other support services expenditures (as such terms are defined on the date of the enactment of this Act in the Common Core of Data of the National Center for Education Statistics); to provide increased salaries or bonuses related to on-the-job performance; directly or indirectly, to— establish, restore, or supplement a rainy-day fund; supplant State funds in a manner that has the effect of establishing, restoring, or supplementing a rainy-day fund; reduce or retire debt obligations incurred by the State; or supplant State funds in a manner that has the effect of reducing or retiring debt obligations incurred by the State; to meet the requirements under section 1117 or 8501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6320 ; 20 U.S.C. 7881 ); or to support private schools, through employment, services, vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, or savings accounts for students to attend private elementary or secondary schools, or other means.
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