Amendment makes technical changes; specifies that implementing reforms will prepare teachers to understand scientifically based research and its applicability; requires partnership grant applications to contain a certification from the partner local educational agency stating that it will directly benefit from the grant activities; and ensures that the Partnership Grant funding will supplement not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out teacher preparation activities.

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Amendment Number
206
Description
Amendment makes technical changes; specifies that implementing reforms will prepare teachers to understand scientifically based research and its applicability; requires partnership grant applications to contain a certification from the partner local educational agency stating that it will directly benefit from the grant activities; and ensures that the Partnership Grant funding will supplement not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out teacher preparation activities.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 108-190 to add language to ensure that teachers are able to understand scientifically based research and its applicability; to require partnership grant applications to contain a certification from the partner local educational agency stating that it will `directly benefit' from the proposed grant activities; to ensure that partnership grant funds are used only to supplement, not supplant, other federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise be used for teacher preparation activities, and to require States to include average raw score data in their reports.
Congress
108
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 9, 2003
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Gingrey amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 4 (Roll no. 339).
Latest Action Time
13:57:11
Submitted Date
Jul 9, 2003
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Sep 29, 2021
Amendment 206 — Informed