 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. 6650. Local allocation of funds and allowable activities


(a) Local allocation of funds

    Each local educational agency that receives funds under this part 
for any fiscal year--
        (1) shall use not less than 80 percent of such funds for 
    professional development of teachers, and, where appropriate, 
    administrators, and, where appropriate, pupil services personnel, 
    parents, and other staff of individual schools in a manner that--
            (A) is determined by such teachers and staff;
            (B) to the extent practicable, takes place at the individual 
        school site; and
            (C) is consistent with the local educational agency's 
        application under section 6648 of this title, any school plan 
        under part A of subchapter I of this chapter, and any other plan 
        for professional development carried out with Federal, State, or 
        local funds that emphasizes sustained, ongoing activities; and

        (2) may use not more than 20 percent of such funds for school 
    district-level professional development activities, including, where 
    appropriate, the participation of administrators, policymakers, and 
    parents, if such activities directly support instructional 
    personnel.

(b) Authorized activities

                           (1) In general

        Each local educational agency and school that receives funds 
    under this part 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 standards and student performance standards.

               (2) Professional development activities

        Professional development activities funded under this part 
    shall--
            (A) be tied to challenging State content standards or 
        challenging local content standards, and challenging State 
        student performance standards or challenging local student 
        performance standards;
            (B) take into account recent research on teaching and 
        learning;
            (C) provide professional development which incorporates 
        effective strategies, techniques, methods, and practices for 
        meeting the educational needs of diverse groups of students, 
        including girls and women, minorities, individuals with 
        disabilities, limited English proficient individuals, and 
        economically disadvantaged individuals;
            (D) include strong academic content and pedagogical 
        components; and
            (E) be of sufficient intensity and duration to have a 
        positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the 
        classroom.

                           (3) Activities

        Funds under this part may be used for professional development 
    activities such as--
            (A) professional development for teams of teachers, and, 
        where appropriate, administrators, pupil services personnel, or 
        other staff from individual schools, to support teaching 
        consistent with challenging State content standards and 
        challenging State student performance standards;
            (B) support and time, which in the case of teachers may 
        include release time with pay, for teachers, and, where 
        appropriate, pupil services personnel and other school staff to 
        enable such teachers, personnel, and staff to participate in 
        professional development in the core academic subjects that are 
        offered through professional associations, universities, 
        community-based organizations, and other providers, such as 
        educational partnership organizations, science centers, and 
        museums;
            (C) activities that provide followup for teachers who have 
        participated in professional development activities that are 
        designed to ensure that the knowledge and skills learned by the 
        teacher are implemented in the classroom;
            (D) support for partnerships between schools, consortia of 
        schools, or local educational agencies, and institutions of 
        higher education, including schools of education, which 
        partnerships shall encourage--
                (i) teachers to participate in intensive, ongoing 
            professional development programs, both academic and 
            pedagogical, at institutions of higher education; and
                (ii) students at institutions of higher education 
            studying to become teachers to have direct, practical 
            experience at schools;

            (E) 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;
            (F) preparing teachers in the effective use of educational 
        technology and assistive technology as instructional tools for 
        increasing student understanding of the core academic subjects;
            (G) professional development to enable teachers, and, where 
        appropriate, pupil services personnel and other school staff, to 
        ensure that girls and young women, minorities, limited English 
        proficient students, individuals with disabilities, and the 
        economically disadvantaged have full opportunity to achieve the 
        challenging State content standards and challenging State 
        student performance standards in the core academic subjects;
            (H) professional development and recruitment activities 
        designed--
                (i) to increase the number of minorities, individuals 
            with disabilities, and females teaching in the core academic 
            subjects in which such individuals are underrepresented; and
                (ii) to increase the numbers of women and members of 
            other underrepresented groups who are science and 
            mathematics teachers, through such programs as career ladder 
            programs that assist educational paraprofessionals to obtain 
            teaching credentials in the core academic subjects;

            (I) providing financial or other incentives for teachers to 
        become certified by nationally recognized professional teacher 
        enhancement programs;
            (J) support and time for teachers, and, where appropriate, 
        pupil services personnel, and other school staff to learn and 
        implement effective collaboration for the instruction of 
        children with disabilities in the core academic subject areas;
            (K) preparing teachers, and, where appropriate, pupil 
        services personnel to work with parents and families on 
        fostering student achievement in the core academic subjects;
            (L) professional development activities and other support 
        for new teachers as such teachers move into the classroom to 
        provide such teachers with practical support and to increase the 
        retention of such teachers;
            (M) professional development for teachers, parents, early 
        childhood educators, administrators, and other staff to support 
        activities and services related to preschool transition programs 
        to raise student performance in the core academic subjects;
            (N) professional development activities 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 and 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;
            (O) developing professional development strategies and 
        programs to more effectively involve parents in helping their 
        children achieve in the core academic subjects;
            (P) professional development activities designed to increase 
        the number of women and other underrepresented groups in the 
        administration of schools; and
            (Q) release time with pay for teachers.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2210, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3629.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6643, 8293, 8294 of this 
title.
