Innovation and Improvement

Innovation and Improvement For carrying out activities authorized by parts G and H of title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“ESEA”), $945,947,000, of which $95,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006, and remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That $16,864,000 shall be available to carry out section 2151(c) of the ESEA, of which not less than $9,920,000 shall be provided to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and not less than $6,944,000 shall be provided to the American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence: Provided further, That from funds for subpart 4, part C of title II, up to 3 percent shall be available to the Secretary for technical assistance and dissemination of information: Provided further, That $36,981,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part B of title V: Provided further, That $260,111,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA, of which $100,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive 119 STAT. 2865 grants to local educational agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools: Provided further, That such performance-based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles: Provided further, That five percent of such funds for competitive grants shall become available on October 1, 2005, for technical assistance, training, peer review of applications, program outreach and evaluation activities and that 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2006, and remain available through September 30, 2007, for competitive grants.