 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
                       Part A--Federal Activities
 
Sec. 6623. National Teacher Training Project


(a) Short title; findings; definitions

                           (1) Short title

        This section may be cited as the ``National Teacher Training 
    Project Act of 1994''.

                            (2) Findings

        The Congress finds that--
            (A) teachers must be major players in educational reform in 
        the United States;
            (B) teachers are isolated from their peers and have 
        virtually no time during the school day to consult with other 
        teachers;
            (C) there is a shortage of sustained, year-round 
        professional development programs for teachers;
            (D) successful teaching methods are not adequately shared 
        among teachers;
            (E) teachers are the best teachers of other teachers because 
        practicing classroom teachers have experience that no outside 
        consultant can match;
            (F) it is important for universities and schools to 
        collaborate on teacher development programs if teaching and 
        learning are to be improved;
            (G) pertinent research is not shared among teachers in a 
        professional setting;
            (H) exemplary teachers should be recognized for their 
        abilities and contributions and encouraged to refine their 
        teaching methods;
            (I) each State should support a nationally based teacher 
        training program, that is modeled after the National Writing 
        Project, for teachers of early childhood education, and for 
        teachers of core academic subjects including teachers of 
        mathematics, science, English, civics and government, foreign 
        languages, and arts;
            (J) the National Writing Project is a nationally recognized 
        and honored nonprofit organization that recognizes there are 
        teachers in every region of the United States who have developed 
        successful methods for teaching writing and that such teachers 
        can be trained and encouraged to train other teachers;
            (K) the National Writing Project is a collaborative 
        university-school program which offers summer and school year 
        inservice teacher training programs and a dissemination network 
        to inform and teach teachers regarding developments in the field 
        of writing;
            (L) each year, over 125,000 teachers voluntarily seek 
        training in National Writing Project intensive summer institutes 
        and workshops and school year inservice programs through one of 
        the 155 sites located within the United States, and in 18 sites 
        located outside of the United States;
            (M) in the 20 years of its existence, over 1,100,000 
        teachers, administrators, and parents have participated in 
        National Writing Project programs;
            (N) less than $16 per teacher was the average cost in 
        Federal dollars for all teacher training at writing projects in 
        academic year 1991-1992;
            (O) for every dollar in Federal support, the National 
        Writing Project provides over $5 in matching funds from States, 
        local universities and schools, and the private sector;
            (P) private foundation resources, although generous in the 
        past concerning National Writing Project programs, are 
        inadequate to fund all of the National Teacher Training Project 
        sites needed, and the future of the program is in jeopardy 
        without secure financial support;
            (Q) the National Writing Project has become a model for 
        programs in other fields, such as science, mathematics, history, 
        literature, foreign languages, and the performing arts, and the 
        development of programs in other fields should continue with the 
        support of Federal funds; and
            (R) each of the 50 States should participate in the National 
        Teacher Training Project by establishing regional teacher 
        training sites in early childhood development, mathematics, 
        science, English, civics and government, foreign languages, and 
        arts to serve all teachers within the State.

                           (3) Definitions

        For the purpose of this section--
            (A) the term ``contractor'' means--
                (i) a local educational agency;
                (ii) an educational service agency; or
                (iii) an institution of higher education that awards a 
            bachelor's degree; and

            (B) the term ``eligible recipient'' means a nonprofit 
        educational organization which has as its primary purpose the 
        improvement of student learning in one of the core academic 
        subjects described in subsection (b)(2) of this section.

(b) Grants authorized

                  (1) Grants to eligible recipients

        The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to an eligible 
    recipient to enable such recipient--
            (A) to support and promote the establishment of teacher 
        training programs in early childhood development and one of the 
        nine core subject areas described in paragraph (2), including 
        the dissemination of effective practices and research findings 
        regarding teacher training, and administrative activities;
            (B) to support classroom research on effective teaching 
        practices in such area; and
            (C) to pay the Federal share of the cost of such programs 
        and research.

                       (2) Core subject areas

        To the extent feasible, the Secretary shall award a grant under 
    paragraph (1) for the establishment of a National Teacher Training 
    Project in early childhood development and each of the following 
    core subject areas:
            (A) Mathematics.
            (B) Science.
            (C) English.
            (D) Civics and government.
            (E) Foreign languages.
            (F) Arts.
            (G) Geography.
            (H) History.
            (I) Economics.

            (3) Number of grants and eligible recipients

        The Secretary shall award not more than ten grants under 
    paragraph (1) to ten different eligible recipients.

                     (4) Equitable distribution

        The Secretary shall award grants under paragraph (1) to eligible 
    recipients from different geographic areas of the United States.

                          (5) Special rule

        Each grant under paragraph (1) shall be of sufficient size, 
    scope, and quality to be effective.

          (6) Administrative costs and technical assistance

        Each eligible recipient receiving a grant under paragraph (1) 
    may use not more than a total of 5 percent of the grant funds for 
    administrative costs and the costs of providing technical assistance 
    to a contractor.

(c) Grant requirements

    Each eligible recipient receiving a grant under subsection (b) of 
this section shall--
        (1) enter into a contract with a contractor under which such 
    contractor agrees--
            (A) to establish, operate, and provide the non-Federal share 
        of the cost of teacher training programs in effective approaches 
        and processes for the teaching of the core academic subjects for 
        which such eligible recipient was awarded a grant, including 
        approaches and processes to obtain parental involvement in a 
        child's education; and
            (B) to use funds received from the eligible recipient to pay 
        the Federal share of the cost of establishing and operating 
        teacher training programs described in subparagraph (A);

        (2) to submit annual reports to the Secretary and be responsible 
    for oversight of the funds expended at each teacher training program 
    described in subparagraph (A); and
        (3) meet such other conditions and standards as the Secretary 
    determines to be necessary to ensure compliance with this section 
    and provide such technical assistance as may be necessary to carry 
    out this section.

(d) Teacher training programs

    The teacher training programs described in subsection (b) of this 
section shall--
        (1) be conducted during the school year and during the summer 
    months;
        (2) train teachers who teach grades kindergarten through 
    college;
        (3) select teachers to become members of a National Teacher 
    Training Project, which members shall conduct inservice workshops 
    for other teachers in the area subject matter served by the National 
    Teacher Training Project site;
        (4) use teacher training principles and receive technical 
    assistance from the National Writing Project; and
        (5) encourage teachers from all disciplines to participate in 
    such teacher training programs.

(e) Federal share

    The term ``Federal share'' means, with respect to the costs of 
teacher training programs described in subsection (b) of this section, 
50 percent of such costs to the contractor.

(f) Application

    Each eligible recipient desiring a grant under 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.

(g) Participants and selection process

    The selection process for participation in a teacher training 
program described in subsection (b) of this section shall--
        (1) reward exemplary teachers with varying levels of teaching 
    experience who are nominated by other teachers and administrators;
        (2) involve an application process to select participants for a 
    summer program;
        (3) ensure the selection of a geographically and ethnically 
    diverse group of teachers by soliciting applications from teachers 
    of both public and private institutions in rural, urban, and 
    suburban settings in each State; and
        (4) automatically offer a place in a summer program to the 
    ``Teacher of the Year'' chosen pursuant to a Federal or State 
    teacher recognition program.

(h) Limitation

    A contractor entering into a contract under subsection (c)(1) of 
this section shall not spend more than 5 percent of funds received under 
the contract for administrative costs.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2103, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3617.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6603, 8801, 8893 of this 
title.
