Sec. 20001. Grow your own programs
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $112,684,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025, to award grants for the development and support of Grow Your Own Programs, as described in section 202(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Section 202 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended— in subsection (b)(6)(C), by striking subsection
(f)or
(g)and inserting subsection
(f)or
(h); in subsection (c)(1), by inserting a Grow Your Own program under subsection (g), after subsection (e), ; by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), as subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(f)the following: grow your own programs An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this section shall carry out an effective Grow Your Own program to address shortages of teachers in high-need subjects, fields, schools, and geographic areas, or shortages of school leaders in high-need schools, and to increase the diversity of qualified individuals entering into the teacher, principal, or other school leader workforce. In addition to carrying out each of the activities described in paragraphs
(1)through
(6)of subsection (d), an eligible partnership carrying out a Grow Your Own program under this subsection shall— integrate courses on education topics with a year-long school-based clinical experience in which candidates teach or lead alongside an expert mentor teacher or school leader who is the teacher or school leader of record in the same local educational agencies in which the candidates expect to work; provide opportunities for candidates to practice and develop teaching skills or school leadership skills; support candidates as they complete their associate (in furtherance of their baccalaureate), baccalaureate, or master’s degree or earn their teaching or school leadership credential; work to provide academic, counseling, and programmatic supports to candidates; provide academic and nonacademic supports, including advising and financial assistance, to candidates to enter and complete teacher or school leadership preparation programs, to access and complete State licensure exams, and to engage in school-based clinical placements; include efforts to recruit individuals with experience in high-need subjects or fields who are not certified to teach or lead, with a specific focus on recruiting individuals— from groups or populations that are underrepresented; and who live in and come from the communities the schools serve; and require candidates to complete all State requirements to become fully certified. .