[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3730 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3730 To establish a professional development program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 1994 Mr. Sawyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a professional development program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: ``Part A--Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program ``SEC. 2101. FINDINGS. ``The Congress finds that-- ``(1) reaching National Education Goal Three (all students will demonstrate mastery of challenging subject matter in the core academic subjects) and National Education Goal Five (U.S. students will become first in the world in mathematics and science achievement) requires a comprehensive educational reform strategy that involves parents, schools, government, communities, and other public and private organizations at all levels; ``(2) a crucial component of the strategy for achieving these two goals is ensuring, through sustained and intensive high-quality professional development, and through the development and adoption of high quality curriculum, that all teachers are capable of providing challenging learning experiences in the core academic subjects for their students; ``(3) decisionmaking as to what activities a State or local educational agency should undertake to improve teaching and learning are best made by individuals in the schools closest to the classroom and most knowledgeable about the needs of schools and students; ``(4) the potential positive impact of high-quality professional development is underscored by recent research findings that-- ``(A) professional development must be focused on teaching and learning in order to change the opportunities of all students to achieve higher standards; and ``(B) effective professional development focuses on discipline-based knowledge and subject-specific pedagogical skills, involves teams of teachers and administrators in a school and, through professional networks of teachers and administrators, is interactive and collaborative, motivates by its intrinsic content and relationship to practice, builds on experience and learning-by-doing, and becomes incorporated into the everyday life of the school; ``(5) engaging teachers in the development of high quality curriculum is a powerful professional development activity that improves teaching and learning; ``(6) special attention must be given in professional development activities to ensure that education professionals are knowledgeable of, and make use of, strategies for serving populations that historically have lacked access to equal opportunities for advanced learning and career advancement; ``(7) States and local educational agencies also need to engage teachers in the development of high quality curricula that is aligned with State or local content and performance standards in order to improve teaching and learning and to ensure that students achieve the State standards; ``(8) professional development is often a victim of budget reductions in fiscally difficult times and curriculum development is almost nonexistent in many State and local school systems; and ``(9) the Federal Government has a vital role in helping States and local educational agencies to make sustained and intensive high-quality professional development in the core academic subjects become an integral part of the elementary and secondary education system and in providing assistance to such agencies to engage teachers in the development of high quality curriculum that is aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``SEC. 2102. PURPOSES. ``The purposes of this part are to provide assistance to States and local educational agencies so that such agencies can determine how best to improve the teaching and learning of all students through-- ``(1) helping to ensure that teachers, other staff, and administrators have access to sustained and extensive high- quality professional development that is aligned to challenging State content and performance standards in the care academic subjects and that-- ``(A) is tied to challenging State and local curriculum content and student performance standards; ``(B) reflects recent research on teaching and learning; ``(C) includes strong academic content and pedagogical components; ``(D) is of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom; and ``(E) is part of the everyday life of the school and creates an orientation toward continuous improvement throughout the school; and ``(2) assisting States and local educational agencies to engage teachers in the development of high quality curriculum that is aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION BETWEEN SUBPARTS. ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1999. ``(b) Allocation Between Subparts.--Of the funds appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use-- ``(1) 5 percent to carry out subpart 1; and ``(2) 95 percent to carry out subpart 2. ``Subpart 1--Federal Activities ``SEC. 2111. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies, State educational agencies, State agencies for higher education, educational service agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies, other organizations, and institutions to-- ``(1) support activities of national significance that will contribute to the development and implementation of high- quality professional development activities in the core academic subject areas; ``(2) support the development of challenging curriculum that is aligned with State or local content and performance standards; and ``(3) evaluate activities carried out under this subpart and under subpart 2. ``(b) Coordination With Other Agencies.--In carrying out this program, the Secretary shall consult and coordinate with the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other appropriate Federal agencies and entities. ``SEC. 2112. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. ``(a) The Secretary shall use funds available to carry out this subpart-- ``(1) for the development and maintenance of a national clearinghouse for science, mathematics, and technology education materials; ``(2) to support consortia of educational agencies and organizations in disseminating information and providing assistance regarding curricula, teaching methods, and assessment tools that support national or State content standards in mathematics and science; and ``(3) the evaluation of programs under this subpart and under subpart 2. ``(b) The Secretary may use funds available to carry out this subpart-- ``(1) for the development and maintenance of national clearinghouses for core academic subjects as the Secretary determines are needed; ``(2) to provide grants to entities to develop high quality curricula that are aligned with voluntary national or State content standards; ``(3) to sponsor institutes that provide teachers and administrators with professional development that is based on strong and integrated disciplinary content and pedagogical components; ``(4) for efforts to train teachers in the innovative uses and applications of technology to enhance student learning; ``(5) to encourage the development of local and national professional networks of educators; ``(6) to disseminate standards in the core academic subjects, including information on voluntary national content and performance standards and related models of high-quality professional development; ``(7) to promote the transferability of licensure and certification of teachers and administrators among State and local jurisdictions; and ``(8) support the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. ``(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that each program, project, and activity contained in such subsection receives an allocation that is no less than the amount that each such program, project, or activity received in fiscal year 1994. ``Subpart 2--State and Local Activities ``SEC. 2121. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. ``The Secretary is authorized to make grants to State educational agencies for the improvement of teaching and learning through sustained and intensive high-quality professional development activities in the core academic subjects at the State and local levels and the development by teachers and others of high-quality curricula that are aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``SEC. 2122. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. ``(a) Reservation of Funds.--From the amount made available to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall-- ``(1) reserve one half of one percent for the outlying areas, to be distributed among them on the basis of relative need, as determined by the Secretary in light of the purposes of this part; and ``(2) reserve one half of one percent for the Secretary of the Interior for programs under this subpart for professional development activities for teachers, other staff, and administrators in schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ``(b) State Allotments.--The Secretary shall allocate the remaining amount to each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as follows, except that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of such remaining amount: ``(1) 50 percent shall be allocated among such jurisdictions on the basis of their relative populations of individuals aged 5 through 17, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data. ``(2) 50 percent shall be allocated among such jurisdictions in accordance with the relative amounts such jurisdictions received under part A of title I of this Act for the preceding fiscal year. ``(c) Reallocation.--If any jurisdiction does not apply for its allotment under subsection (b) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallocate such amount to the remaining jurisdictions in accordance with such subsection. ``SEC. 2123. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS. ``(a) Reservations.--Of the amounts received by a State under this subpart for a fiscal year-- ``(1) not more than 5 percent shall be used for the administrative costs of programs carried out by the State educational agency and the State agency for higher education; ``(2) not more than 5 percent may be used for State-level activities, as described in section 2125; and ``(3) of the remaining amount-- ``(A) 90 percent shall be distributed to local educational agencies, to be used in accordance with section 2129, as follows: ``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be distributed in accordance with the relative enrollments in public and private nonprofit schools within their boundaries. ``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be distributed in accordance with the relative amount such agencies received under part A of title I of this Act for the preceding fiscal year; and ``(B) 10 percent shall be used for competitive grants to institutions of higher education as described in section 2129. ``(b) Limitation.-- ``(1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any local educational agency that receives an allocation of less than $10,000 under subsection (a) shall, for the purpose of providing services under this subpart, form a consortium with at least 1 other local educational agency or institution of higher education receiving assistance under this section. ``(2) Waiver.--The State educational agency shall waive the application of paragraph (1) in the case of any local educational agency that demonstrates that the amount of its allocation is sufficient to provide a program of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective. In granting waivers under the preceding sentence, the State educational agency shall-- ``(A) give special consideration to local educational agencies serving rural areas; and ``(B) consider cash or in-kind contributions provided from State or local sources that may be combined with the local educational agency's allocation for the purpose of providing services under this part. ``SEC. 2124. STATE APPLICATIONS. ``(a) Applications Required.--Each State educational agency that wishes to receive its allotment under this subpart for any fiscal year shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such form as the Secretary may require. ``(b) State Plan To Improve Teaching and Learning--(1) Each application under this section shall include a State plan that-- ``(A) is integrated with the State's plan, either approved or being developed, under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and satisfies the requirements of this section that are not already addressed by that State plan; or ``(B) if the State does not have an approved plan under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and is not developing such a plan, is integrated with other State plans under this Act and satisfies the requirements of this section. ``(2) Each such plan shall also-- ``(A) be developed in conjunction with the State agency for higher education, institutions of higher education, schools of education, and with the extensive participation of teachers and administrators and members of the public who are interested in improving education in the State and show the role of each in implementation; ``(B) be designed to give teachers and administrators in the State the knowledge and skills to provide all students the opportunity to meet challenging State performance standards; ``(C) include an assessment of State and local needs for professional development and for the development of curricula that are aligned with State or local content and performance standards; ``(D) include a description of how the plan has maintained funding for professional development activities in mathematics and science education; ``(E) a description of how programs in all core academic subjects, but especially in mathematics and science, will take into account the need for greater access to, and participation in, such disciplines by students from historically underrepresented groups, including females, minorities, individuals with limited-English proficiency, the economically disadvantaged, and the disabled; ``(F) if the State's needs assessment under subsection (C) demonstrates a need for professional development, describe how the State will-- ``(i) work with teachers, administrators, local educational agencies, schools, and institutions of higher education to ensure that they develop the capacity to support sustained and intensive, high- quality professional development programs in all the core academic subject areas, but especially in mathematics and science; ``(ii) take specific steps for the reform of State requirements for licensure of teachers and administrators, including certification and recertification, to align such requirements with challenging State content and performance standards; and ``(iii) address the need for improving teaching and learning through teacher development beginning with recruitment, pre-service, and induction, and continuing throughout the professional teaching career; and ``(G) if the State's needs assessment under subparagraph (C) demonstrates a need for curricula development, describe-- ``(i) a strategy for engaging teachers in the development of curricula that are aligned with State or local content and performance standards; and ``(ii) how the State will also work with administrators, parents, school board members, and other members of the community in developing high quality curricula that are aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``(c) Additional Material.--Each State application shall also include-- ``(1) a description of how the activities funded under this subpart will be coordinated, as appropriate, with-- ``(A) other activities conducted with Federal funds, especially activities supported under part A of title I of this Act; ``(B) State and local funds; ``(C) resources from business and industry; and ``(D) funds from other Federal agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, the Departments of Commerce, Energy, and Health and Human Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities; and ``(2) a description of the activities to be sponsored under the State-level activities and the higher education components of its program under this subpart. ``(d) Peer Review and Secretarial Approval.--(1) The Secretary shall approve the application of a State educational agency if it meets the requirements of this section and holds reasonable promise of achieving the purposes of this part. ``(2) In reviewing applications, the Secretary shall obtain the advice of non-Federal experts on education in the core academic subjects and on teacher education, including teachers and administrators. ``SEC. 2125. STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES. ``Each State may use funds reserved under section 2123(a)(2) to carry out activities referred to in section 2124(b), such as-- ``(1) reviewing and reforming State requirements for teacher and administrator licensure, including certification and recertification, to align such requirements with the State's content standards and ensure that teachers and administrators have the knowledge and skills necessary to help students meet challenging State performance standards; ``(2) developing performance assessments and peer review procedures, as well as other methods, for licensing teachers and administrators; ``(3) providing technical assistance to schools and local educational agencies especially schools and local educational agencies that receive assistance under part A of title I of this Act, to help such schools and agencies provide effective professional development in the core academic subjects and develop high quality curricula; ``(4) developing or supporting professional development networks, either within a State or in a regional consortium of States, that provide a forum for interaction among teachers and that allow exchange of information on advances in content assessment and pedagogy; ``(5) enhancing the effective use of educational technology as an instructional tool for increasing student understanding of the core academic subject areas including-- ``(A) efforts to train teachers in the innovative uses and application of instructional technology, and ``(B) utilizing and strengthening existing telecommunications infrastructure dedicated to educational purposes; ``(6) providing incentives for teachers to be involved in curriculum development and technical assistance processes for teachers and students; ``(7) professional development enabling teachers and other school staff to ensure that girls, young women, minorities, limited English proficient students, individuals with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged individuals have the opportunity to achieve challenging State performance standards in the core academic subjects by, for example, encouraging girls, young women, and minorities to pursue advanced courses in mathematics and science; ``(8) designing professional development activities that increase the numbers of members of minority and other underrepresented groups in the teaching force in the core subjects; ``(9) developing high quality curriculum that is aligned with State or local content and performance standards; and ``(10) providing financial or other incentives for teachers to become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. ``SEC. 2126. LOCAL PLAN AND APPLICATION FOR IMPROVING TEACHING AND LEARNING. ``(a) Local Application.--(1) Each local educational agency that wishes to receive a subgrant under this subpart shall submit an application (singly or as a consortia as described in section 2123(b)) to the State educational agency at such time as the State educational agency shall require, but not less frequently than every 3rd year. ``(2) If the local educational agency has an application approved by the State under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the application required by this section shall be a component of (or, if necessary, an addemdum to) its Goals 2000 application. ``(3) A local education agency shall set specific performance indicators for improving teaching and learning through professional development and curriculum development. ``(4) A local educational agency shall submit, as part of its application, the results of the needs assessment conducted under subsection (b), and the local educational agency plan developed in accordance with subsection (c). ``(b) Needs Assessment.--(1) A local educational agency that wishes to receive a subgrant under this subpart shall include in its application an assessment of such agency's need for professional development, for the development of high quality curricula that are aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``(2) Such needs assessment shall be carried out with the involvement of teachers and shall take into account what activities need to be conducted in order to give teachers and administrators the means, including the knowledge and skills, to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging State or local performance standards. ``(c) Plan Development.--(1) The plan required under this subsection shall be developed jointly by the local educational agency and by teachers from the core academic disciplines. ``(2) Such teachers shall also be representative of the grade spans within schools to be served. ``(3) Based on the needs assessment required under subsection (b), the local educational agency's plan shall include the following-- ``(A) a description of the local educational agency's strategy to improve teaching and learning in every school; ``(B) a description of how the plan contributes to the local educational agency's overall efforts for school reform and educational improvement; ``(C) a description of the activities the local educational agency intends to undertake under this subpart consistent with such agency's needs assessment conducted under subsection (b); ``(D) a description of how the plan has maintained funding for professional development activities in mathematics and science education; ``(E) a description of how programs in all core academic subjects, but especially in mathematics and science, will take into account the need for greater access to, and participation in, such disciplines by students from historically underrepresented groups, including females, minorities, individuals with limited-English proficiency, the economically disadvantaged, and the disabled; ``(F) an assurance that the activities conducted with funds received under this program will be assessed at least every 3 years using the performance indicators; and ``(G) a description of how the program funded under this subpart will be coordinated, as appropriate, with-- ``(i) activities conducted under section 2130 and other services of institutions of higher education; ``(ii) similar State and local activities; ``(iii) resources provided under part A of title I and other parts of this Act, particularly part B of title II; ``(iv) resources from business, industry, private nonprofit organizations (including museums, libraries, educational television stations, professional organizations and associations specializing in, or with a demonstrated expertise in the core academic disciplines); ``(v) funds or programming from other Federal agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts; and ``(vi) an identification of funding that will provide the local educational agency's contribution under section 2127. ``SEC. 2127. LOCAL COST SHARING. ``(a) In General.--Each local educational agency shall bear not less than 33 percent of the cost of any program carried out under this subpart, but not including the cost of services provided to private school teachers. ``(b) Available Resources for Cost-Sharing.--A local educational agency may meet the requirements of subsection (a) through one or more of the following: ``(1) Cash expenditures from non-Federal sources, including private contributions, directed toward professional development and curriculum development activities. ``(2) Release time for teachers participating in professional development or curricula development funded under this subpart. ``(3) Funds received under one or more of the following programs, if used for professional development or curricula development activities consistent with this subpart and the statutes under which such funds were received, and used to benefit students and teachers in schools that otherwise would have been served with such funds: ``(A) Part A of title I of this Act. ``(B) The Safe and Drug Free Schools program under title IV of this Act. ``(C) The bilingual education program under title VII of this Act. ``(D) Title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. ``(E) Programs that are related to the purposes of this Act that are administered by other agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Department of Energy. ``(c) Waiver.--The State educational agency may approve an application which has not fully met the requirements of subsection (a) and waive the requirements of subsection (a) if a local educational agency can demonstrate that it is unable to meet the requirements of subsection (a) due to economic hardship and that compliance with such requirements would preclude its participation in the program. ``SEC. 2128. LOCAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES. ``(a) Local Allocation of Funds.--Each local educational agency that receives funds under this subpart for any fiscal year-- ``(1) shall use not less than 80 percent of such funds for-- ``(A) professional development of teachers, administrators, and other staff; and ``(B) engaging teachers and other staff in the development of high quality curricula aligned with State and local content and performance standards, in a manner that is determined by such teachers and staff and is consistent with the provisions of such local educational agency's application under section 2126, any school plan under part A of title I of this Act, and any other plan for professional development or curricula development carried out with Federal, State, or local funds; and ``(2) may use not more than 20 percent of such funds for district-level professional or curricula development activities, which may include the participation of administrators and policymakers. ``(b) Authorized Activities.--Each local educational agency and school that receives funds under this subpart shall use such funds for activities that give teachers and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging State or local content and performance standards. Funds received by local educational agencies under this subpart only shall be used only for the activities specified under subsections (c) and (d). ``(c) Professional Development.--If a needs assessment conducted under section 2126(b) determines that funds under this subpart should be used to provide professional development in the core academic subjects for teachers and other school staff, the local educational agency shall use such funds for professional development for teachers and other staff to support teaching consistent with State, or local content standards, and shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate such activities with institutions of higher education and activities under section 2129: ``(1) Professional development activities funded under this subpart shall-- ``(A) be tied to challenging State or local curriculum content and student performance standards; ``(B) reflect recent research on teaching and learning; ``(C) include strong academic content and pedagogical components; ``(D) be of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom; and ``(E) be part of the everyday life of the school and create an orientation toward continuous improvement throughout the school. ``(2) Funds under this subpart may be used for professional development activities such as-- ``(A) professional development for teams of teachers, administrators, or other staff from individual schools, to support teaching consistent with State or local content standards; ``(B) support and time for teachers and other school staff to participate in professional development in the core subjects offered through professional associations, universities, and other providers including museums and educational partnership organizations; ``(C) activities that provide followup for teachers who have participated in professional development activities that are designed to ensure that knowledge and skills learned by the teacher are implemented in the classroom; ``(D) the establishment and maintenance of local professional networks that provide a forum for interaction among teachers and that allow exchange of information on advances in content and pedagogy; ``(E) activities to prepare teachers in the effective use of educational technology as an instructional tool for increasing student understanding of the core academic subject areas; ``(F) activities to enable teachers to ensure that girls, young women, minorities, limited-English proficient students, individuals with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged individuals the opportunity to achieve the challenging State performance standards in the core academic subjects; ``(G) professional development activities designed to increase the number of minorities, individuals with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups teaching in the core academic subjects, particularly in mathematics and science; ``(H) the development of incentive strategies for rewarding schools where a substantial portion of the teachers achieve certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and ``(I) other sustained and intensive high-quality professional development activities in the core academic subjects. ``(d) Curriculum Development.--(1) If the needs assessment of a local educational agency determines that funds under this subpart should be used for development curricula, such agency shall use the funds provided to develop high quality curricula that is aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``(2) Funds may be used to purchase the curriculum materials to the extent such materials are essential components of the local educational agency's plan to improve teaching and learning in the core academic subjects. ``SEC. 2129. HIGHER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. ``(a) General.--(1) The State agency for higher education, working in conjunction with the State educational agency (if it is a separate agency), shall make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations including museums and educational partnership organizations, working in conjunction with local educational agencies, for-- (A) professional development activities in the core academic subject areas that contribute to the State plan for professional development; and (B) engaging teachers in the development of high-quality curricula that are aligned with State or local content and performance standards. ``(2) All such awards shall be made on a competitive basis. ``(3) Each project funded under this section shall involve a joint effort of the recipient's school or department of education and the schools or departments in the specific disciplines in which assistance may be provided. ``(b) Allowable Activities.--A recipient of funds under this section shall use those funds for-- ``(1) sustained and intensive high-quality professional development for teams of teachers, or teachers and administrators from individual schools or districts; ``(2) other sustained and intensive professional development activities related to achievement of the State plan for professional development such as-- ``(A) establishment and maintenance of professional networks of teachers that provide a forum for interaction among teachers and that allow exchange of information on advances in content and pedagogy; ``(B) programs that prepare teachers to be effective users of information technology, able to integrate technology into their pedagogy and their instructional practices, and able to enhance their curricular offerings by appropriate applications of technology; ``(C) programs that utilize information technology to deliver sustained and intensive high quality professional development activities for teachers; ``(D) activities to enable teachers to ensure that girls, young women, minorities, limited-English proficient students, individuals with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged individuals have the opportunity to achieve the challenging State performance standards in the core academic subjects; ``(E) professional development activities designed to increase the number of minorities, individuals with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups teaching in the core academic subjects, particularly in mathematics and science; ``(F) establishment of professional development academies operated as partnerships between one or more elementary or secondary schools and one or more institutions of higher education to provide school- based teacher training that provides prospective and novice teachers with an opportunity to work under the guidance of master teachers and college faculty members; and ``(G) technical assistance to local educational agencies in providing sustained and intensive high quality professional development activities for teachers. ``Subpart 3--General Provisions ``SEC. 2131. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ``(a) States.--Each State that receives funds under this part shall submit a report to the Secretary every 3 years on the State's progress toward the performance indicator identified in its State plan, as well as on the effectiveness of State and local activities under this part. ``(b) Local Educational Agencies.--Each local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall submit a report to the State every 3 years on its progress toward the outcome performance indicators in its plan. ``(c) Federal Evaluation.--The Secretary shall report to the President and Congress on the effectiveness of programs and activities funded under this part. ``(d) Prohibition on Funds Being Used for Construction or Renovation.--Funds received under this part shall not be used for construction or renovation of buildings, rooms, or any other facilities. ``SEC. 2132. DEFINITIONS ``As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: ``(1) The term `core academic subjects' means those subjects listed in the State plan under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act or under National Education Goal Three as set out in section 102(3) of such Act. ``(2) The term `performance indicators' means measures of specific outcomes that the State or local educational agency identifies as assessing progress toward the goal of ensuring that all teachers have the knowledge and skills to assist their students to meet challenging State standards in the core academic subject areas. Examples of such indicators include-- ``(A) the degree to which licensure requirements are tied to State standards; ``(B) specific increases in the number of elementary and secondary teachers with strong content backgrounds in the core academic subjects; and ``(C) specific increases in the number of Board certified teachers licensed in each core subject. ``(3) The term `sustained and intensive high-quality professional development' means professional development activities that-- ``(A) are tied to challenging State or voluntary national content and performance standards; ``(B) reflect up-to-date research in teaching and learning and include integrated content and pedagogical components; ``(C) are of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom or the administrator's performance on the job; and ``(D) recognize teachers as an important source of knowledge that should inform and help shape professional development. ``(4) The term `local standard' means challenging content and performance standards in the core subjects (in addition to State content and performance standards approved by the State for title I). <all> HR 3730 IH----2 HR 3730 IH----3