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 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1625 traditional preparation for teaching through programs at colleges of arts and sciences or at nonprofit educational organizations. "(4) ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO STATE CERTIFICATION.— Carrying out programs that— "(A) include support during the initial teaching experience; and "(B) establish, expand, or improve Edtemative routes to State certification of teachers for highly qualified individuals, including mid-career professionals from other occupations, paraprofessionals, former military personnel and recent college graduates with records of academic distinction. " (5) RECRUITMENT; PAY; REMOVAL.— Developing and implementing effective mechanisms to ensure that local educational agencies and schools are able to effectively recruit highly qualified teachers, to financially reward those teachers and principals whose students have made significant progress toward high academic performance, such as through perform- Eince-based compensation systems and access to ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators, and to expeditiously remove incompetent or unqualified teachers consistent with procedures to ensure due process for the teachers. "(6) SOCIAL PROMOTION. — Development and implementation of efforts to address the problem of social promotion and to prepare teachers to effectively address the issues raised by ending the practice of social promotion. "(7) RECRUITMENT. — Activities described in section 204(d). "SEC. 203. PARTNERSfflP GRANTS. 20 USC 1023. "(a) GRANTS.—From amounts made available under section 210(2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to carry out the activities described in subsections (d) and (e). "(b) DEFINITIONS.— "(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS. — In this title, the term 'eligible partnerships' means an entity that— "(A) shall include— "(i) a partner institution; "(ii) a school of arts and sciences; and "(iii) a high need local educational agency; and "(B) may include a Governor, State educational agency, the State board of education, the State agency for higher education, an institution of higher education not described in subparagraph (A), a public charter school, a public or private elementary school or secondary school, a public or private nonprofit educational organization, a business, a teacher organization, or a prekindergarten program. "(2) PARTNER INSTITUTION.—In this section, the term 'partner institution' means a private independent or State-supported public institution of higher education, the teacher training program of which demonstrates that— "(A) graduates from the teacher training program exhibit strong performance on State-determined qualifying assessments for new teachers through—

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