Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/719

 121 STAT. 698

PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007 to teaching the subject and content on which teachers are being trained, which may include training teachers in the essential components of reading instruction for adolescents in order to improve student reading skills within the subject areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; ‘‘(vii) be a multiyear program that is conducted for a period of not less than 2 weeks per year; ‘‘(viii) provide for direct interaction between participants in and faculty of the teacher institute; ‘‘(ix) have a component that includes the use of the Internet; ‘‘(x) provide for followup training in the classroom during the academic year for a period of not less than 3 days, which may or may not be consecutive, for participants in the teacher institute, except that for teachers in rural local educational agencies, the followup training may be provided through the Internet; ‘‘(xi) provide teachers participating in the teacher institute with travel expense reimbursement and classroom materials related to the teacher institute, and may include providing stipends as necessary; and ‘‘(xii) establish a mechanism to provide supplemental support during the academic year for teacher institute participants to apply the knowledge and skills gained at the teacher institute. ‘‘(B) OPTIONAL MEMBERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP.—In addition to the partnership requirement under paragraph (2), an institution of higher education or eligible nonprofit organization (or consortium) desiring a grant for a teacher institute for the 21st century may also partner with a teacher organization, museum, or educational partnership organization.’’.

SEC. 7030. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

Section 10 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 10. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

‘‘(a) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a program to award grants to eligible entities to recruit and train mathematics and science teachers and to provide scholarships and stipends to individuals participating in the program. Such program shall be known as the ‘Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program’. ‘‘(2) MERIT REVIEW.—Grants shall be provided under this section on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. ‘‘(3) USE OF GRANTS.—A grant provided under this section shall be used by the eligible entity— ‘‘(A) to develop and implement a program to recruit and prepare undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the eligible entity (and participating institutions of higher education of the consortium, if applicable) to become qualified as mathematics and science teachers, through—

dkrause on GSDDPC44 with PUBLAW

Grants.

VerDate Aug 31 2005

13:52 Jan 23, 2009

Jkt 059194

PO 00001

Frm 00696

Fmt 6580

Sfmt 6581

M:\STATUTES\2007\59194PT1.001

APPS10

PsN: 59194PT1

�