                 CHAPTER 74--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM
 
Sec. 9308. Reporting requirements


(a) Report required

    Not later than March 31, 2001, the Secretary of Education (in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Transportation) and the Comptroller General shall each submit to 
Congress a report on the effectiveness of the Troops-to-Teachers Program 
in the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel by local 
educational agencies identified under section 9302(b) of this title.

(b) Elements of report

    The report under subsection (a) of this section shall include 
information on the following:
        (1) The number of participants in the Troops-to-Teachers 
    Program.
        (2) The schools in which such participants are employed.
        (3) The grade levels at which such participants teach.
        (4) The subject matters taught by such participants.
        (5) The effectiveness of the teaching of such participants, as 
    indicated by any relevant test scores of the students of such 
    participants.
        (6) The extent of any academic improvement in the schools in 
    which such participants teach by reason of their teaching.
        (7) The rates of retention of such participants by the local 
    educational agencies employing such participants.
        (8) The effect of any stipends or bonuses under section 9305 of 
    this title in enhancing participation in the program or in enhancing 
    recruitment or retention of participants in the program by the local 
    educational agencies employing such participants.
        (9) Such other matters as the Secretary of Education or the 
    Comptroller General, as the case may be, considers appropriate.

(c) Recommendations

    The report of the Comptroller General under this section shall also 
include any recommendations of the Comptroller General as to means of 
improving the Troops-to-Teachers Program, including means of enhancing 
the recruitment and retention of participants in the program.

(Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title XVII, Sec. 1708, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
823.)
