 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
                       Part A--Federal Activities
 
Sec. 6622. Authorized activities


(a) Activities

    The Secretary shall use funds available to carry out this part for--
        (1) providing seed money to the entities described in section 
    6621(a) of this title to develop the capacity of such entities to 
    offer sustained and intensive high-quality professional development;
        (2) awarding a grant or contract, in consultation with the 
    Director of the National Science Foundation, to establish an 
    Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science 
    Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
    ``Clearinghouse''); and
        (3) evaluating programs assisted under this part and parts B and 
    C \1\ of this subchapter, in accordance with section 8941 of this 
    title.
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(b) Clearinghouse

                   (1) Application and award basis

        Each entity desiring to establish and operate the Clearinghouse 
    authorized by subsection (a)(2) of 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. The grant or contract awarded pursuant to subsection (a)(2) 
    of this section shall be made on a competitive, merit basis.

                            (2) Duration

        The grant or contract awarded under subsection (a)(2) of this 
    section shall be awarded for a period of five years and shall be 
    reviewed by the Secretary not later than 30 months from the date the 
    grant or contract is awarded.

                          (3) Use of funds

        The grant or contract awarded under subsection (a)(2) of this 
    section shall be used to--
            (A) maintain a permanent repository of mathematics and 
        science education instructional materials and programs for 
        elementary and secondary schools, including middle schools 
        (including, to the extent practicable, all materials and 
        programs developed with Federal and non-Federal funds, such as 
        instructional materials developed by the Department, materials 
        developed by State and national mathematics and science programs 
        assisted under this part, and other instructional materials) for 
        use by the regional consortia established under part C of 
        subchapter XIII of this chapter and by the general public;
            (B) compile information on all mathematics and science 
        education programs administered by each Federal agency or 
        department;
            (C) disseminate information, programs, and instructional 
        materials to the public, dissemination networks, and the 
        regional consortia established under part C of subchapter XIII 
        of this chapter;
            (D) coordinate with identifiable and existing data bases 
        containing mathematics and science curriculum and instructional 
        materials, including Federal, non-Federal, and, where feasible, 
        international, data bases;
            (E) participate in collaborative meetings of representatives 
        of the Clearinghouse and the regional consortia established 
        under part C of subchapter XIII of this chapter to discuss 
        issues of common interest and concern, to foster effective 
        collaboration and cooperation in acquiring and distributing 
        curriculum materials and programs, and to coordinate computer 
        network access to the Clearinghouse and the resources of the 
        regional consortia, except that not more than 3 percent of the 
        funds awarded under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall be 
        used to carry out this subparagraph; and
            (F) gather qualitative and evaluative data on submissions to 
        the Clearinghouse.

                   (4) Submission to Clearinghouse

        Each Federal agency or department which develops mathematics or 
    science education instructional material or programs, including the 
    National Science Foundation and the Department, shall submit to the 
    Clearinghouse copies of such material or programs.

                           (5) Peer review

        The Secretary shall establish a peer review process to select 
    the recipient of the award under subsection (a)(2) of this section.

                       (6) Steering committee

        The Secretary may appoint a steering committee to recommend 
    policies and activities for the Clearinghouse.

                  (7) Application of copyright laws

        Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the use 
    or copying, in any media, of any material collected by the 
    Clearinghouse that is protected under the copyright laws of the 
    United States unless the permission of the owner of the copyright is 
    obtained. The Clearinghouse, in carrying out the provisions of this 
    subsection, shall ensure compliance with title 17.

                  (8) Dissemination of information

        The Secretary shall disseminate information concerning the grant 
    or contract awarded under this section to State and local 
    educational agencies and institutions of higher education. Such 
    dissemination of information shall include examples of exemplary 
    national programs in mathematics and science instruction and 
    necessary technical assistance for the establishment of similar 
    programs.

(c) Uses of funds

    The Secretary may use funds available to carry out this part for--
        (1) the development and maintenance of national clearinghouses 
    for core academic subjects as the Secretary determines are needed 
    and which shall be administered as adjunct clearinghouses of the 
    Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses system of 
    clearinghouses supported by the Office of Educational Research and 
    Improvement;
        (2) professional development institutes that provide teachers or 
    teams of teachers, and, where appropriate, administrators, pupil 
    services personnel and other staff, from individual schools, with 
    professional development that contains strong and integrated 
    disciplinary and pedagogical components;
        (3) encouraging the development of local and national 
    professional networks, such as the Teacher Research Dissemination 
    Demonstration Program under section 6041(j) \2\ of this title, that 
    provide a forum for interaction among teachers of the core academic 
    subjects and that allow the exchange of information on advances in 
    content and pedagogy;
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        (4) efforts to train teachers in the innovative uses and 
    applications of technology to enhance student learning;
        (5) the development and dissemination of model teaching 
    standards in the core academic subjects;
        (6) disseminating standards in the core academic subjects, 
    including information on voluntary national content standards and 
    voluntary national student performance standards and related models 
    of high-quality professional development;
        (7) the dissemination of information about voluntary national 
    content standards, State content standards, voluntary national 
    student performance standards and State student performance 
    standards, and related models of high-quality professional 
    development;
        (8) efforts to train teachers in innovative instructional 
    methodologies designed to meet the diverse learning needs of 
    individual students, including methodologies which integrate 
    academic and vocational learning and applied learning, interactive, 
    interdisciplinary team teaching, and other alternative teaching 
    strategies, such as service learning, experiential learning, career-
    related education, and environmental education, that integrate real 
    world applications into the core academic subjects;
        (9) disseminating models of high-quality professional 
    development activities that train educators in strategies, 
    techniques, methods, and practices for meeting the educational needs 
    of historically underserved populations, including females, 
    minorities, individuals with disabilities, limited-English-
    proficient individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals, 
    in order to ensure that all students have the opportunity to achieve 
    challenging State student performance standards;
        (10) promoting the transferability of licensure and 
    certification of teachers and administrators among State and local 
    jurisdictions;
        (11) supporting the National Board for Professional Teaching 
    Standards;
        (12) developing activities to prepare teachers, and, where 
    appropriate, paraprofessionals, pupil services personnel, and other 
    staff in the collaborative skills needed to appropriately teach 
    children with disabilities in the core academic subjects;
        (13) encouraging the development of innovative models for 
    recruitment, induction, retention, and assessment of new, highly 
    qualified teachers, especially such teachers from historically 
    underrepresented groups; and
        (14) joint activities with other Federal agencies and entities 
    engaged in or supporting similar professional development efforts.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2102, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3615.)

                       References in Text

    Part C of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), was 
redesignated part D of this subchapter and a new part C added by Pub. L. 
105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 101(a)], Oct. 21, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-391.
    Section 6041(j) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, 
Sec. 301(b)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-410.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8672 of this title.
