      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS FOR STATES AND 
                              PARTNERSHIPS
 
Sec. 1025. Administrative provisions


(a) Duration; one-time awards; payments

                            (1) Duration

        (A) Eligible States and eligible applicants

            Grants awarded to eligible States and eligible applicants 
        under this subchapter shall be awarded for a period not to 
        exceed 3 years.

        (B) Eligible partnerships

            Grants awarded to eligible partnerships under this 
        subchapter shall be awarded for a period of 5 years.

                         (2) One-time award

        An eligible State and an eligible partnership may receive a 
    grant under each of sections 1022, 1023, and 1024 of this title only 
    once.

                            (3) Payments

        The Secretary shall make annual payments of grant funds awarded 
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(b) Peer review

                              (1) Panel

        The Secretary shall provide the applications submitted under 
    this subchapter to a peer review panel for evaluation. With respect 
    to each application, the peer review panel shall initially recommend 
    the application for funding or for disapproval.

                            (2) Priority

        In recommending applications to the Secretary for funding under 
    this subchapter, the panel shall--
            (A) with respect to grants under section 1022 of this title, 
        give priority to eligible States serving States that--
                (i) have initiatives to reform State teacher 
            certification requirements that are designed to ensure that 
            current and future teachers possess the necessary teaching 
            skills and academic content knowledge in the subject areas 
            in which the teachers are certified or licensed to teach;
                (ii) include innovative reforms to hold institutions of 
            higher education with teacher preparation programs 
            accountable for preparing teachers who are highly competent 
            in the academic content area in which the teachers plan to 
            teach and have strong teaching skills; or
                (iii) involve the development of innovative efforts 
            aimed at reducing the shortage of highly qualified teachers 
            in high poverty urban and rural areas;

            (B) with respect to grants under section 1023 of this 
        title--
                (i) give priority to applications from eligible 
            partnerships that involve businesses; and
                (ii) take into consideration--
                    (I) providing an equitable geographic distribution 
                of the grants throughout the United States; and
                    (II) the potential of the proposed activities for 
                creating improvement and positive change.

                      (3) Secretarial selection

        The Secretary shall determine, based on the peer review process, 
    which application shall receive funding and the amounts of the 
    grants. In determining grant amounts, the Secretary shall take into 
    account the total amount of funds available for all grants under 
    this subchapter and the types of activities proposed to be carried 
    out.

(c) Matching requirements

                          (1) State grants

        Each eligible State receiving a grant under section 1022 or 1024 
    of this title shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount 
    equal to 50 percent of the amount of the grant (in cash or in kind) 
    to carry out the activities supported by the grant.

                       (2) Partnership grants

        Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under section 1023 
    or 1024 of this title shall provide, from non-Federal sources (in 
    cash or in kind), an amount equal to 25 percent of the grant for the 
    first year of the grant, 35 percent of the grant for the second year 
    of the grant, and 50 percent of the grant for each succeeding year 
    of the grant.

(d) Limitation on administrative expenses

    An eligible State or eligible partnership that receives a grant 
under this subchapter may not use more than 2 percent of the grant funds 
for purposes of administering the grant.

(e) Teacher qualifications provided to parents upon request

    Any local educational agency or school that benefits from the 
activities assisted under this subchapter shall make available, upon 
request and in an understandable and uniform format, to any parent of a 
student attending any school served by the local educational agency, 
information regarding the qualification of the student's classroom 
teacher with regard to the subject matter in which the teacher provides 
instruction. The local educational agency shall inform parents that the 
parents are entitled to receive the information upon request.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title II, Sec. 205, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title II, 
Sec. 201, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1628.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), was in the original 
``this part'' which was translated as reading ``this title'' to reflect 
the probable intent of Congress because title II of Pub. L. 89-329, 
which comprises this subchapter, does not contain parts.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1025, Pub. L. 89-329, title II, Sec. 205, Nov. 8, 
1965, 79 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 91-230, title IV, Sec. 401(h)(4), Apr. 13, 
1970, 84 Stat. 174, created the Advisory Council on College Library 
Resources, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
96-374.
