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 115 STAT. 1658 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-JAN. 8, 2002 participants, including activities that provide alternative routes to teacher certification. "(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The entity shall use the funds to carry out a program that includes two or more of the following activities: "(A) Providing scholarships, stipends, bonuses, and other financial incentives, that are linked to participation in activities that have proven effective in retaining teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need local educational agencies, to all eligible participants, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per participant. "(B) Carrying out pre- and post-placement induction or support activities that have proven effective in recruiting and retaining teachers, such as— "(i) teacher mentoring; "(ii) providing internships; "(iii) providing high-quality, preservice coursework; and "(iv) providing high-quality, sustained inservice professional development. "(C) Carrying out placement and ongoing activities to ensure that teachers are placed in fields in which the teachers are highly qualified to teach and are placed in high-need schools. "(D) Making payments to pay for costs associated with accepting teachers recruited under this section from among eligible participants or provide financial incentives to prospective teachers who are eligible participants. "(E) Collaborating with institutions of higher education in developing and implementing programs to facilitate teacher recruitment (including teacher credentialing) and teacher retention programs. "(F) Carrying out other programs, projects, and activities that are designed and have proven to be effective in recruiting and retaining teachers, and that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. "(G) Developing long-term recruitment and retention strategies including developing— "(i) a statewide or regionwide clearinghouse for the recruitment and placement of teachers; "(ii) administrative structures to develop and implement programs to provide alternative routes to certification; "(iii) reciprocity agreements between or among States for the certification or licensing of teachers; or "(iv) other long-term teacher recruitment and retention strategies. "(3) EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS. — The entity shall use the funds only for programs that have proven to be effective in both recruiting and retaining teachers. "(h) REQUIREMENTS.— "(1) TARGETING. —An entity that receives a grant under this section to carry out a program shall ensure that participants in the program recruited with funds made available under this section are placed in high-need schools operated

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