(a) Program authorized From amounts made available under section
1030 (3) of this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants to enable the eligible applicants to carry out activities described in subsection (d) of this section.
(b) “Eligible applicant” defined In this part, the term eligible applicant means
(1) an eligible State described in section
1022 (b) of this title; or
(2) an eligible partnership described in section
1023 (b) of this title.
(c) Application Any eligible applicant desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including
(1) a description of the assessment that the eligible applicant, and the other entities with whom the eligible applicant will carry out the grant activities, have undertaken to determine the most critical needs of the participating high-need local educational agencies;
(2) a description of the activities the eligible applicant will carry out with the grant; and
(3) a description of the eligible applicants plan for continuing the activities carried out with the grant, once Federal funding ceases.
(d) Uses of funds Each eligible applicant receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds
(1)
(A) to award scholarships to help students pay the costs of tuition, room, board, and other expenses of completing a teacher preparation program;
(B) to provide support services, if needed to enable scholarship recipients to complete postsecondary education programs; and
(C) for followup services provided to former scholarship recipients during the recipients first 3 years of teaching; or
(2) to develop and implement effective mechanisms to ensure that high need local educational agencies and schools are able to effectively recruit highly qualified teachers.
(e) Service requirements
The Secretary shall establish such requirements as the Secretary finds necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships under this section who complete teacher education programs subsequently teach in a high-need local educational agency, for a period of time equivalent to the period for which the recipients receive scholarship assistance, or repay the amount of the scholarship. The Secretary shall use any such repayments to carry out additional activities under this section.
