[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 34, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 34CFR611.1] [Page 255-257] TITLE 34--EDUCATION CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 611_TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Provisions Sec. 611.1 What definitions apply to the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program? Subpart A_General Provisions Sec. 611.1 What definitions apply to the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program? 611.2 What management plan must be included in a Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program application? 611.3 What procedures does the Secretary use to award a grant? [[Page 256]] Subpart B_State Grants Program 611.11 What are the program's general selection criteria? 611.12 What additional selection criteria are used for an application proposing teacher recruitment activities? 611.13 What competitive preference doe the Secretary provide? Subpart C_Partnership Grants Program 611.21 What are the program's selection criteria for pre-applications? 611.22 What additional selection criteria are used for pre-application that proposes teacher recruitment activities? 611.23 What are the program's general selection criteria for full applications? 611.24 What additional selection criteria are used for a full application that proposes teacher recruitment activities? 611.25 What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? Subpart D_Teacher Recruitment Grants Program 611.31 What are the program's selection criteria for pre-applications? 611.32 What are the program's general selection criteria? Subpart E_Scholarships 611.41 Under what circumstances may an individual receive a scholarship of program funds to attend a teacher training program? 611.42 How does the Secretary calculate the period of the scholarship recipient's service obligation? 611.43 What are the consequences of a scholarship recipient's failure to meet the service obligation? 611.44 Under what circumstances may the Secretary defer a scholarship recipient's service obligation? 611.45 Under what circumstances does the Secretary discharge a scholarship recipient's obligation to repay for failure to meet the service obligation? 611.46 What are a scholarship recipient's reporting responsibilities upon graduation from the teacher preparation program? 611.47 What are a scholarship recipient's reporting responsibilities upon the close of the LEA's academic year? 611.48 What are a scholarship recipient's reporting responsibilities upon failure to graduate or withdrawal of scholarship support? 611.49 What are a grantee's responsibilities for implementing the scholarship requirements before awarding a scholarship? 611.50 What are a grantee's reporting responsibilities? 611.51 How does a grantee ensure that a scholarship recipient understands the terms and conditions of the scholarship before the recipient leaves the teacher preparation program? 611.52 What are a grantee's programmatic responsibilities for ensuring that scholarship recipients become successful teachers in high-need schools? Subpart F_Other Grant Conditions 611.61 What is the maximum indirect cost rate that applies to a recipient's use of program funds? 611.62 What are a grantee's matching requirements? Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq. and 1024(e), unless otherwise noted. Source: 65 FR 1782, Jan. 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted. The following definitions apply to this part: High-need local educational agency (LEA) means an LEA that meets one of the following definitions: (1) An LEA with at least one school-- (i) In which 50 percent or more of the enrolled students are eligible for free and reduced lunch subsidies; or (ii) That otherwise is eligible, without receipt of a waiver, to operate as a schoolwide program under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (2) An LEA that has one school where-- (i) More than 34 percent of academic classroom teachers overall (across all academic subjects) do not have a major, minor, or significant course work in their main assignment field; or (ii) More than 34 percent of the main assignment faculty in two of the core-subject departments do not have a major, minor, or significant work in their main assigned field. (3) An LEA that serves a school whose attrition rate among classroom teachers was 15 percent or more over the last three school years. High-need school means an elementary, middle, or secondary school operated by a high-need LEA in which the school's students or teaching staff [[Page 257]] meet the elements in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of the definition of a high-need LEA. Main assignment field means the academic field in which teachers have the largest percentage of their classes. Significant course work means four or more college-or graduate-level courses in the content area. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1024(e))