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 108 STAT. 3636 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 "(A) the degree to which licensure requirements are tied to challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards; "(B) specific increases in the number of elementary and secondary teachers with strong content backgrounds in the core academic subjects; "(C) incorporating effective strategies, techniques, methods, and practices for meeting the educational needs of diverse students, including females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, limited English proficient individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals, in order to ensure that all students have the opportunity to achieve challenging student performance standards; "(D) specific increases in the number of teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or other nationally recognized professional teacher enhancement organizations; and "(E) specific increases in the number of teachers licensed in each core academic subject; "(3) the term 'sustained and intensive high-quality professional development' means professional development activities that— "(A) are tied to challenging State content standards, challenging State student performance standards, voluntary national content standards or voluntary national student performance standards; "(B) reflect up-to-date research in teaching and learning and include integrated content and pedagogical components appropriate for students with diverse learning needs; "(C) incorporate effective strategies, techniques, methods, and practices for meeting the educational needs of diverse students, including females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, limited English proficient individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals, in order to ensure that all students have the opportunity to achieve challenging student performance standards; "(D) are of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom or the administrator's performance on the job; and "(E) recognize teachers as an important source of knowledge that should inform and help shape professional development; and "(4) the term 'local', when used with respect to standards, means challenging content and student performance standards in the core academic subjects (in addition to challenging State content and student performance standards approved by the State for title I). Ed^iTkS^ 0^1994 EDUCATION 20 USC 6801. "SEC. 3101. SHORT TITLE. 'This title may be cited as the 'Technology for Education Act of 1994'.
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