Sec. 201. National board certification incentive program
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Part B of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The purposes of this section are— to improve the skills of qualified individuals who teach rural students; to provide an incentive for qualified teachers to continue to utilize their enhanced skills in elementary schools and secondary schools serving rural communities; and to increase the retention of highly skilled teachers in rural elementary schools and secondary schools.
In this section: The term eligible educator means a teacher who teaches in a public elementary school or secondary school that is served by a local educational agency that is eligible to receive assistance under this part. The term eligible entity means— a State educational agency that is eligible to receive assistance under this part, in consortium with an institution of higher education; a local educational agency that is eligible to receive assistance under this part, in consortium with an institution of higher education; or an Indian tribe or organization, in consortium with a local educational agency that is eligible to receive assistance under this part and an institution of higher education.
The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities having applications approved under this section to enable such eligible entities to— reimburse eligible educators for out-of-pocket costs associated with obtaining teacher certification or credentialing by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and provide an increase in annual compensation, in an amount equal to not less than $5,000 and not more than $10,000, for eligible educators with a certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for the duration of the grant under this section.
Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall determine the amount and length of each grant, which shall be for an initial period of not more than 5 years. The Secretary may extend an initial grant period under paragraph
(1)for an additional period of not more than 5 years, which amount shall be used to provide an increase in annual compensation described in subsection (c)(2) for educators who obtained certification or credentialing during the initial grant period. The Secretary shall require and ensure that individuals who obtain a certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards under this section continue to teach at a school served by the eligible entity through which funding for such certification was obtained as a condition of receiving annual compensation increases provided for in this section. For every year for which Congress appropriates funds for grants under this section, the Secretary shall provide a report on the progress of the eligible entities receiving grants under this section in meeting applicable progress standards, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall disseminate the report described in this subsection to each of the following: The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. The Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. .
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