Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Bill V
S. 101
A BILL
To
improve teacher quality, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled,
This Act may be cited as the `Quality Teachers for All Act'.
`(a) GRANTS- The Secretary may make grants to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, or schools that receive assistance under this part to pay for the Federal share of the cost of providing financial assistance to teachers in such schools who obtain certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.
`(b) APPLICATION- To be eligible to receive a grant under this section an agency or school shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
`(c) ELIGIBLE TEACHERS- To be eligible to receive financial assistance under subsection (a), a teacher shall obtain the certification described in subsection (a).
`(d) FEDERAL SHARE- The Federal share of the cost described in subsection (a) shall be 50 percent.
`(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.'.
`None of the funds provided under this Act may be used for any professional development services for a teacher that are not directly related to the curriculum and subjects in which the teacher provides or will provide instruction.'.
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