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PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1659 by high-need local educational agencies. In placing the participants in the schools, the entity shall give priority to the schools that are located in areas with the highest percentages of students from families with incomes below the poverty line. "(2) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT. — Funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, State and local public funds expended for teacher recruitment and retention programs, including programs to recruit the teachers through alternative routes to certification. "(3) PARTNERSHIPS AND CONSORTIA OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—In the case of a partnership established by a local educational agency to carry out a program under this chapter, or a consortium of such agencies established to carry out a N^ program under this chapter, the local educational agency or consortium shall not be eligible to receive funds through a State program under this chapter. "(i) PERIOD OF SERVICE.—A program participant in a program under this chapter who receives training through the program shall serve a high-need school operated by a high-need local educational agency for at least 3 years. "(j) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary shall establish such require- Requirements, ments as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to ensure that program participants who receive a stipend or other financial incentive under subsection (g)(2)(A), but fail to complete their service obligation under subsection (i), repay all or a portion of such stipend or other incentive. "(k) ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS. — No entity that receives a grant under this section shall use more than 5 percent of the funds made available through the grant for the administration of a program under this chapter carried out under the grant. "SEC. 2314. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RECRUITING AND 20 USC 6684. RETAINING TEACHERS. "(a) EVALUATION. —Each entity that receives a grant under this chapter shall conduct— "(1) an interim evaluation of the program funded under the grant at the end of the third year of the grant period; and "(2) a final evaluation of the program at the end of the fifth year of the grant period. "(b) CONTENTS. —In conducting the evaluation, the entity shall describe the extent to which local educational agencies that received funds through the grant have met the goals relating to teacher recruitment and retention described in the application. "(c) REPORTS.— The entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary and to Congress interim and final reports containing the results of the interim and final evaluations, respectively. "(d) REVOCATION.— If the Secretary determines that the recipient of a grant under this chapter has not made substantial progress in meeting such goals and the objectives of the grant by the end of the third year of the grant period, the Secretary— "(1) shall revoke the payment made for the fourth year of the grant period; and "(2) shall not make a payment for the fifth year of the grant period.