§6672 Supporting Effective Educator Development

Summary

The Secretary must use the funds set aside under section 6671(1) to award competitive grants to eligible groups. The grants pay for things like putting teachers or school leaders from nontraditional training into underserved districts; offering proven professional training in reading, math, or remedial help; training staff to run dual-enrollment or early college programs; making services freely available to schools through partnerships or online; and giving staff advanced professional learning that can lead to credentials. Grants last up to 3 years and can be renewed once for 2 more years. The awards should, when possible, go to projects in urban, suburban, and rural areas, and an applicant may get only one grant in a single competition. Recipients must provide at least 25% of each year’s costs from non‑Federal sources, which can be cash or fair-valued in-kind support (like equipment or services); the Secretary can waive this for financial hardship. Applicants must promise not to charge students or parents direct fees. Priority goes to projects that meet the federal definition of evidence-based activities in section 7801(21)(A)(i). Eligible entities include an institution of higher education with evidence‑based course materials; a national nonprofit with a record of improving student outcomes or running preparation and professional development programs; the Bureau of Indian Education; or a partnership of one or more of those institutions or nonprofits together with a for‑profit.