Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Use of the term "Highly Qualified" teacher...

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4 SEC. 9214. USE OF THE TERM ‘‘HIGHLY QUALIFIED’’ IN
5 OTHER LAWS.
6 (a) REFERENCES.—Beginning on the date of enactment
7 of this Act—
8 (1) any reference in sections 420N, 428J,
9 428K, and 460 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
10 (20 U.S.C. 1070g–2, 1078–10, 1078–11, and 1087j)
11 to the term ‘‘highly qualified’’ as defined in section
12 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
13 Act of 1965 shall be treated as a reference to such
14 term under such section 9101 as in effect on the day
15 before the date of enactment of this Act; and
16 (2) any reference in section 6112 of the America
17 COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 9812), section 553
18 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
19 2010 (20 U.S.C. 9903), and section 9 of the National
20 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002
21 (42 U.S.C. 1862n), to ‘‘highly qualified’’, as defined
22 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
23 Education Act of 1965, with respect to a teacher,
24 means that the teacher meets applicable State certification
25 and licensure requirements, including any
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1 requirements for certification obtained through alternative
2 routes to certification.

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11 (2) in section 201(3), by striking ‘‘highly qualified
12 teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teachers who meet the
13 applicable State certification and licensure require-
14 ments, including any requirements for certification
15 obtained through alternative routes to certification,
16 or, with regard to special education teachers, the
17 qualifications described in section 612(a)(14)(C) of
18 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’’;


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