 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
                   Part B--State and Local Activities
 
Sec. 6645. State applications


(a) Applications required

    Each State educational agency that wishes to receive an allotment 
under this part for any fiscal year shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require.

(b) State plan to improve teaching and learning

                           (1) In general

        Each application under this section shall include a State plan 
    that is coordinated with the State's plan under other programs 
    assisted under this chapter, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act [20 
    U.S.C. 5801 et seq.], and other Acts, as appropriate, consistent 
    with the provisions of section 8856 of this title.

                            (2) Contents

        Each such State plan shall--
            (A) be developed in conjunction with the State agency for 
        higher education, community-based and other nonprofit 
        organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of 
        higher education or schools of education, and with the extensive 
        participation of local teachers, administrators and pupil 
        services personnel and show the role of each such entity in 
        implementation of the plan;
            (B) be designed to give teachers, and, where appropriate, 
        administrators and pupil services personnel in the State, the 
        knowledge and skills necessary to provide all students the 
        opportunity to meet challenging State content standards and 
        challenging State student performance standards;
            (C) include an assessment of State and local needs for 
        professional development specifically related to subparagraph 
        (B);
            (D) include a description of how the plan has assessed the 
        needs of local educational agencies serving rural and urban 
        areas, and what actions are planned to meet such needs;
            (E) include a description of how the activities assisted 
        under this part will address the needs of teachers in schools 
        receiving assistance under part A of subchapter I of this 
        chapter;
            (F) 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 individuals with disabilities, by 
        incorporating pedagogical strategies and techniques which meet 
        such individuals' educational needs;
            (G) be consistent with the State's needs assessment under 
        subparagraph (C), and describe how the State will work with 
        teachers, including teachers in schools receiving assistance 
        under part A of subchapter I of this chapter, administrators, 
        parents, local educational agencies, schools, educational 
        service agencies, institutions of higher education, and 
        nonprofit organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, to ensure 
        that such individuals develop the capacity to support sustained 
        and intensive, high-quality professional development programs in 
        the core academic subjects;
            (H) describe how the State requirements for licensure of 
        teachers and administrators, including certification and 
        recertification, support challenging State content standards and 
        challenging State student performance standards and whether such 
        requirements are aligned with such standards;
            (I) address the need for improving teaching and learning 
        through teacher development beginning with recruitment, 
        preservice, and induction, and continuing throughout the 
        professional teaching career, taking into account the need, as 
        determined by the State, for greater access to and participation 
        in the teaching profession by individuals from historically 
        underrepresented groups;
            (J) describe how the State will prepare all teachers to 
        teach children with diverse learning needs, including children 
        with disabilities;
            (K) describe how the State will 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;
            (L) describe how the State will use technology, including 
        the emerging national information infrastructure, to enhance the 
        professional development of teachers, and, where appropriate, 
        administrators and pupil services personnel;
            (M) describe how the State will provide incentives to 
        teachers and administrators to focus their professional 
        development on preparing such teachers and administrators to 
        provide instruction consistent with challenging State content 
        standards and challenging State student performance standards;
            (N) set specific performance indicators for professional 
        development; and
            (O) describe how parents can be involved in professional 
        development programs to enhance the participation of parents in 
        the education of their children.

                      (3) Duration of the plan

        Each such State plan shall--
            (A) remain in effect for the duration of the State's 
        participation under this part; and
            (B) be periodically reviewed and revised by the State, as 
        necessary, to reflect changes in the State's strategies and 
        programs under this part.

(c) Additional material

    Each State application shall include--
        (1) a description of how the activities assisted under this part 
    will be coordinated, as appropriate, with--
            (A) other activities conducted with Federal funds, 
        especially activities supported under part A of subchapter I of 
        this chapter and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
        [20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.];
            (B) programs supported by State and local funds;
            (C) resources from business and industry, museums, 
        libraries, educational television stations, and public and 
        private nonprofit organizations of demonstrated experience; and
            (D) funds received 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, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and 
        the National Endowment for the Humanities; and

        (2) a description of the activities to be sponsored under the 
    State-level activities under section 6647 of this title and the 
    higher education activities under section 6651 of this title.

(d) Peer review and secretarial approval

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall approve an application of a State 
    educational agency under this section if such application meets the 
    requirements of this section and holds reasonable promise of 
    achieving the purposes of this part.

                             (2) Review

        In reviewing applications under this section, 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.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2205, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3622; amended Pub. L. 104-208, div. 
A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 709(b)(3)(A)], Sept. 30, 1996, 
110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-313.)

                       References in Text

    The Goals 2000: Educate America Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), 
is Pub. L. 103-227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 125 (except titles V and 
IX), as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 68 
(Sec. 5801 et seq.) of this title (except subchapters V (Sec. 5931 et 
seq.) and IX (Sec. 6001 et seq.)). For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5801 of this 
title and Tables.
    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(1)(A), is title VI of Pub. L. 91-230, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 
Stat. 175, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 33 
(Sec. 1400 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see section 1400 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c)(1)(D). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``the Institute 
of Museum and Library Services'' for ``the Institute of Museum 
Services''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6647 of this title.
