 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
         Part D--Professional Development Demonstration Project
 
Sec. 6672. Demonstration program authorized


(a) General authority

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall carry out a demonstration project under 
    which the Secretary awards grants in accordance with this part to 
    eligible partnerships to enable such partnerships to plan and 
    implement professional development programs.

                      (2) Program requirements

        The programs described in paragraph (1)--
            (A) shall focus on increasing teachers' knowledge and 
        understanding of content by providing teachers opportunities to 
        improve their knowledge and to improve their classroom practice 
        in order to help students meet high academic standards;
            (B) shall include teachers at all career stages, from 
        student teachers or interns through senior team leaders or 
        department chairs; and
            (C) may incorporate professional development for principals, 
        pupil services personnel, aides, other school-based staff, and 
        parents.

(b) Eligible partnerships

    For the purpose of this part, the term ``eligible partnership'' 
means a partnership consisting of--
        (1) a local educational agency, a subunit of such agency, or a 
    consortium of such agencies, in which not less than 50 percent of 
    the schools served by such agency, subunit, or consortium are 
    eligible to participate in schoolwide programs under section 6314 of 
    this title; or
        (2) other partners that--
            (A) shall include, at a minimum, a teachers' union (if 
        appropriate), one or more institutions of higher education which 
        may include faculty from schools of education and faculty from 
        schools of arts and sciences, and a local parent or community 
        council; and
            (B) may include a business partner or a nonprofit 
        organization with a demonstrated record in staff development.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2302, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3633.)
