§3913 Teacher institutes

Summary

The Foundation must give competitive grants to colleges, businesses, nonprofits (including schools), school districts, professional science and engineering groups, museums, libraries, public broadcasters, and State agencies. The grants pay for institutes and workshops that help supervisors and teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools get better at math and science and improve their teaching skills. The Foundation must spread institutes fairly across the States and must fund at least one institute in each State unless no acceptable proposal comes from that State. Grants over $300,000 in a fiscal year that use services or resources from more than two organizations can be approved by the Director of the Foundation. Institutes should, when possible, work with advanced technology and other businesses. Applicants must show school districts will help plan the institute, or that eligible groups will help when a district or State agency applies.