[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: 34CFR611.31]



[Page 262-263]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 611_TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart D_Teacher Recruitment Grants Program

 

Sec. 611.31  What are the program's selection criteria for 

pre-applications?



    Source: 65 FR 19612, Apr. 11, 2000, unless otherwise noted.





    In evaluating pre-applications, the Secretary considers the 

following criteria:

    (a) Project goals and objectives. (1) The Secretary considers the 

goals and objectives of the project design.

    (2) In determining the quality of the project goals and objectives, 

the Secretary considers how the partnership or State applicant intends 

to--

    (i) Produce significant and sustainable improvements in teacher 

recruitment, preparation, and support; and

    (ii) Reduce teacher shortages in high-need LEAs and schools, and 

improve student achievement in the schools in which teachers who 

participate in its project will teach.



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    (b) Partnership commitment. (1) The Secretary considers the 

partnering commitment embodied in the project.

    (2) In determining the quality of the partnering commitment, the 

Secretary considers the following factors:

    (i) What the partnership, or the State and its cooperating entities, 

can accomplish by working together that could not be achieved by working 

separately.

    (ii) How the project proposed by the partnership or State is driven 

by the needs of LEA partners.

    (c) Quality of key project components. (1) The Secretary considers 

the quality of key project components.

    (2) In determining the quality of key project components, the 

Secretary considers the following factors:

    (i) The extent to which the project would make significant and 

lasting systemic changes in how the applicant recruits, trains, and 

supports new teachers, and reflects knowledge gained from research and 

practice.

    (ii) The extent to which the project would be implemented in ways 

that significantly improve recruitment, scholarship assistance to 

preservice students, training, and induction support for new entrants 

into teaching.

    (d) Specific project outcomes. (1) The Secretary considers the 

specific outcomes the project would produce in the recruitment, 

preparation, and placement of new teachers.

    (2) In determining the specific outcomes the project would produce 

in the recruitment, preparation, and placement of new teachers, the 

Secretary considers the following factors:

    (i) The number of teachers to be produced and the quality of their 

preparation.

    (ii) The partnership's or State's commitment to sustaining the work 

of the project after federal funding has ended by recruiting, providing 

scholarship assistance, training, and supporting additional cohorts of 

new teachers.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

1840-0007)



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.)