Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/629

 121 STAT. 608

PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007

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by the National Laboratory to provide assistance in accordance with subsection (f). ‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To comply with subsection (g), each highneed public secondary school selected as a Center of Excellence and the National Laboratory shall form a partnership with a school, department, or program of education at an institution of higher education. ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—The partnership may include a nonprofit entity with demonstrated experience and effectiveness in science or mathematics, as agreed to by other members of the partnership. ‘‘(d) SELECTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall establish criteria to guide the National Laboratories in selecting the sites for Centers of Excellence. ‘‘(2) PROCESS.—A National Laboratory shall select a site for a Center of Excellence through an open, widely-publicized, and competitive process. ‘‘(e) GOALS.—The Secretary shall establish goals and performance assessments for each Center of Excellence authorized under subsection (b). ‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with sections 3165 and 3166, the Director shall make available necessary assistance for a program established under this section through the use of scientific and engineering staff of a National Laboratory, including the use of staff— ‘‘(1) to assist teachers in teaching a course at a Center of Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics; and ‘‘(2) to use National Laboratory scientific equipment in the teaching of the course. ‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULES.—A Center of Excellence in a region shall ensure— ‘‘(1) provision of clinical practicum, student teaching, or internship experiences for science, technology, and mathematics teacher candidates as part of the teacher preparation program of the Center of Excellence; ‘‘(2) provision of supervision and mentoring for teacher candidates in the teacher preparation program; and ‘‘(3) to the maximum extent practicable, provision of professional development for veteran teachers in the public secondary schools in the region. ‘‘(h) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall consider the results of performance assessments required under subsection (e) in determining the contract award fee of a National Laboratory management and operations contractor. ‘‘(i) PLAN.—The Director shall— ‘‘(1) develop an evaluation and accountability plan for the activities funded under this section that objectively measures the impact of the activities; and ‘‘(2) disseminate information obtained from those measurements. ‘‘(j) NO EFFECT ON SIMILAR PROGRAMS.—Nothing in this section displaces or otherwise affects any similar program being carried out as of the date of enactment of this section at any National Laboratory under any other provision of law.

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