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[121 STAT. 629]
PUBLIC LAW 110-000—MMMM. DD, 2007
[121 STAT. 629]

PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007

121 STAT. 629

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in need, and the assistance in finding employment in such schools that will be provided; (6) describe the ongoing activities and services that will be provided to graduates of the program; (7) describe how the activities of the partnership will be coordinated with any activities funded through other Federal grants, and how the partnership will continue the activities assisted under the program when the grant period ends; (8) describe how the partnership will assess the content knowledge and teaching skills of the program participants; and (9) provide any other information the Secretary may reasonably require. (c) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to applications whose primary focus is on placing participants in high-need local educational agencies. (d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to enable a partnership to develop and implement a program to provide courses of study in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a critical foreign language that— (A) are integrated with teacher education programs that promote effective teaching skills; and (B) lead to a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a critical foreign language with concurrent teacher certification. (2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program shall— (A) provide high-quality research, laboratory, or internship experiences for program participants; (B) provide student teaching or other clinical classroom experiences that— (i) are integrated with coursework; and (ii) lead to the participants’ ability to demonstrate effective teaching skills; (C) if implementing a program in which program participants are prepared to teach science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign language courses, include strategies for improving student literacy; (D) encourage the participation of individuals who are members of groups that are underrepresented in the teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign languages; (E) encourage participants to teach in schools determined by the partnership to be most in need, and actively assist the participants in finding employment in such schools; (F) offer training in the use of and integration of educational technology; (G) collect data regarding and evaluate, using measurable objectives and benchmarks, the extent to which the program succeeded in— (i) increasing the percentage of highly qualified mathematics, science, or critical foreign language teachers, including increasing the percentage of such teachers teaching in those schools determined by the partnership to be most in need;

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