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§6672 Supporting Effective Educator Development

Title 20 › Chapter 70— STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › Subchapter II— PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, OR OTHER SCHOOL LEADERS › Part B— National Activities › Subpart 4— programs of national significance › § 6672

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use the funds reserved under section 6671(1) to run a competition and give grants to eligible groups. Grants can pay for five kinds of work: getting teachers or school leaders from nontraditional training paths to serve in underserved districts; evidence-based training to help with reading, math, remedial needs, or other district needs; training that helps schools offer dual enrollment or early college programs; free services or learning tools for school districts provided through partnerships or made publicly available online; and other evidence-based professional growth that can include advanced credentials. Grants last up to 3 years and can be renewed once for an extra 2 years. The Secretary should try to award grants across urban, suburban, and rural areas and cannot give more than one grant to the same eligible group in one competition. Grant winners must provide at least 25% of each year’s costs from non-Federal sources (cash or fair-valued in-kind support), unless the Secretary waives that for financial hardship. Applicants must apply as the Secretary requires and certify that students or parents will not be charged direct fees. Priority goes to programs that meet the law’s definition of “evidence-based” (see section 7801(21)(A)(i)). Eligible groups are: institutions of higher education with proven course materials; national nonprofits with a record of raising student outcomes or running teacher preparation/PD; the Bureau of Indian Education; or a partnership of one or more of those groups with a for-profit partner.

Title 20, §6672

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(a)From the funds reserved by the Secretary under section 6671(1) of this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for the purposes of—

(1)providing teachers, principals, or other school leaders from nontraditional preparation and certification routes or pathways to serve in traditionally underserved local educational agencies;

(2)providing evidence-based professional development activities that address literacy, numeracy, remedial, or other needs of local educational agencies and the students the agencies serve;

(3)providing teachers, principals, or other school leaders with professional development activities that enhance or enable the provision of postsecondary coursework through dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school settings across a local educational agency;

(4)making freely available services and learning opportunities to local educational agencies, through partnerships and cooperative agreements or by making the services or opportunities publicly accessible through electronic means; or

(5)providing teachers, principals, or other school leaders with evidence-based professional enhancement activities, which may include activities that lead to an advanced credential.

(b)(1)A grant awarded by the Secretary to an eligible entity under this section shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.

(2)The Secretary may renew a grant awarded under this section for 1 additional 2-year period.

(3)In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, grants are distributed among eligible entities that will serve geographically diverse areas, including urban, suburban, and rural areas.

(4)The Secretary shall not award more than 1 grant under this section to an eligible entity during a grant competition.

(c)(1)An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall provide, from non-Federal sources, not less than 25 percent of the funds for the total cost for each year of activities carried out under this section.

(2)An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section may meet the requirement of paragraph (1) by providing contributions in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, and services.

(3)The Secretary may waive or modify the requirement of paragraph (1) in cases of demonstrated financial hardship.

(d)In order to receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. Such application shall include, at a minimum, a certification that the services provided by an eligible entity under the grant to a local educational agency or to a school served by the local educational agency will not result in direct fees for participating students or parents.

(e)In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible entity that will implement evidence-based activities, defined for the purpose of this subsection as activities meeting the requirements of section 7801(21)(A)(i) of this title.

(f)In this section, the term “eligible entity” means—

(1)an institution of higher education that provides course materials or resources that are evidence-based in increasing academic achievement, graduation rates, or rates of postsecondary education matriculation;

(2)a national nonprofit entity with a demonstrated record of raising student academic achievement, graduation rates, and rates of higher education attendance, matriculation, or completion, or of effectiveness in providing preparation and professional development activities and programs for teachers, principals, or other school leaders;

(3)the Bureau of Indian Education; or

(4)a partnership consisting of—

(A)1 or more entities described in paragraph (1) or (2); and

(B)a for-profit entity.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6672, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2302, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1648, authorized funding and administration of the Troops-to-Teachers Program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 541(d)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1735. Another prior section 6672, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2302, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3633, authorized professional development demonstration program, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

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Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

§6672 Supporting Effective Educator Development

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