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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3733 "SEC. 7143. BILINGUAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL 20 USC 7473. GRANTS. "(a) PURPOSE. —The purpose of this section is to provide for— "(1) preservice and inservice professional development for bilingual education teachers, administrators, pupil services personnel, and other educational personnel who are either involved in, or preparing to be involved in, the provision of educational services for children and youth of limited-English proficiency; and "(2) national professional development institutes that assist schools or departments of education in institutions of higher education to improve the quality of professional development programs for personnel serving, prepsiring to serve, or who may serve, children and youth of limited-English proficiency. "(b) PRIORITY.— The Secretary shall give priority in awarding grants under this section to institutions of higher education, in consortia with local or State educational agencies, that offer degree programs which prepare new bilingual education teachers in order to increase the availability of educators to provide high-quality education to limited English proficient students. "(c) AUTHORIZATION. — "(1) The Secretary is authorized to award grants for not more than five years to institutions of higher education which have entered into consortia arrangements with local or State educational agencies to achieve the purposes of this section. "(2) The Secretary is authorized to make grants for not more than five years to State sind local educational agencies for inservice professional development programs. "SEC. 7144. BILINGUAL EDUCATION CAREER LADDER PROGRAM. 20 USC 7474. "(a) PURPOSE. —The purpose of this section is— "(1) to upgrade the qualifications and skills of noncertified educational personnel, especially educational paraprofessionals, to meet high professional standards, including certification and licensure as bilingual education teachers and other educational personnel who serve limited English proficient students, through collaborative training programs operated by institutions of higher education and local and State educational agencies; and "(2) to help recruit and train secondary school students as bilingual education teachers and other educational personnel to serve limited English proficient students. "(b) AUTHORIZATION.— "(1) IN GENERA];..— The Secretary is authorized to award grants for bilingual education career ladder programs to institutions of higher education applying in consortia with local or State educational agencies, which consortia may include community-based organizations or professional education organizations. "(2) DURATION. —Each grant under this section shall be awarded for a period of not more than five years. "(c) PERMISSIVE ACTIVITIES. —Grants awarded under this section may be used— "(1) for the development of bilingual education career ladder program curricula appropriate to the needs of the consortium participants; -

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