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20 U.S.C. § 6621 — STEM master teacher corps
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**(a) In general** From the funds reserved under [section 6671(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6671/4&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may award grants to—
(1) State educational agencies to enable such agencies to support the development of a State-wide STEM master teacher corps; or
(2) State educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations in partnership with State educational agencies, to support the implementation, replication, or expansion of effective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professional development programs in schools across the State through collaboration with school administrators, principals, and STEM educators.
**(b) STEM master teacher corps** In this section, the term “STEM master teacher corps” means a State-led effort to elevate the status of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teaching profession by recognizing, rewarding, attracting, and retaining outstanding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers, particularly in high-need and rural schools, by—
(1) selecting candidates to be master teachers in the corps on the basis of—
(A) content knowledge based on a screening examination; and
(B) pedagogical knowledge of and success in teaching;
(2) offering such teachers opportunities to—
(A) work with one another in scholarly communities; and
(B) participate in and lead high-quality professional development; and
(3) providing such teachers with additional appropriate and substantial compensation for the work described in paragraph (2) and in the master teacher community.
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**(a) In general** From the funds reserved under [section 6671(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6671/4&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may award grants to—
(1) State educational agencies to enable such agencies to support the development of a State-wide STEM master teacher corps; or
(2) State educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations in partnership with State educational agencies, to support the implementation, replication, or expansion of effective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professional development programs in schools across the State through collaboration with school administrators, principals, and STEM educators.
**(b) STEM master teacher corps** In this section, the term “STEM master teacher corps” means a State-led effort to elevate the status of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teaching profession by recognizing, rewarding, attracting, and retaining outstanding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers, particularly in high-need and rural schools, by—
(1) selecting candidates to be master teachers in the corps on the basis of—
(A) content knowledge based on a screening examination; and
(B) pedagogical knowledge of and success in teaching;
(2) offering such teachers opportunities to—
(A) work with one another in scholarly communities; and
(B) participate in and lead high-quality professional development; and
(3) providing such teachers with additional appropriate and substantial compensation for the work described in paragraph (2) and in the master teacher community.
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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**(a) Reservation of funds** From the total amount appropriated under [section 6603(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6603/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve—
(1) one-half of 1 percent for allotments for the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be distributed among those outlying areas on the basis of their relative need, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with the purpose of this subchapter; and
(2) one-half of 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior for programs under this part in schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education.
**(b) State allotments**
(1) **Hold harmless**
(A) *Fiscal years 2017 through 2022* — For each of fiscal years 2017 through 2022, subject to paragraph (2) and subparagraph (C), from the funds appropriated under [section 6603(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6603/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year that remain after the Secretary makes the reservations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount equal to the total amount that such State received for fiscal year 2001 under—
(i) section 2202(b) of this Act (as in effect on the day before January 8, 2002); and
(ii) section 306 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by section 1(a)(1) of Public Law 106–554).
(B) *Ratable reduction* — If the funds described in subparagraph (A) are insufficient to pay the full amounts that all States are eligible to receive under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce those amounts for the f
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**(a) Transfers by States**
(1) **In general** — In accordance with this part, a State may transfer all, or any lesser amount, of State funds (including funds transferred under paragraph (2)) allotted to the State for use for State-level activities under the following provisions for a fiscal year to one or more of the State’s allotments for such fiscal year under any other of such provisions:
(A) Part A of subchapter II.
(B) Part A of subchapter IV.
(C) [Section 7172(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7172/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Additional funds** — In accordance with this part, a State may transfer any funds allotted to the State under a provision listed in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to its allotment under any other of the following provisions:
(A) Part A of subchapter I.
(B) Part C of subchapter I.
(C) Part D of subchapter I.
(D) Part A of subchapter III.
(E) Part B.
**(b) Transfers by local educational agencies**
(1) **Authority to transfer funds**
(A) *In general* — In accordance with this part, a local educational agency may transfer all, or any lesser amount, of the funds allocated to it under each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) for a fiscal year to one or more of its allocations for such fiscal year under any other provision listed in paragraph (2).
(B) *Additional funds* — In accordance with this part, a local educational agency may transfer any funds allotted to such agency under a provision listed in paragraph (2) for a fiscal year to its allotment under any other of the following provisions:
(i) Part A of subchapter I.
(ii) Part C of subchapter I.
(iii) Part D of subchapter I.
(iv) Part A of subchapter III.
(v) Par
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 6621
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2104 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to
section 3004 of this title, prior to the general amend-
ment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to
certain noncompetitive programs and competitive pro-
grams, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an Ef-
fective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301
of this title.
PART B—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
§ 6621. Reservations
From the amounts appropriated under section
6603(b) of this title for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall reserve—
(1) to carry out activities authorized under
subpart 1—
(A) 49.1 percent for each of fiscal years 2017
through 2019; and
(B) 47 percent for fiscal year 2020;
(2) to carry out activities authorized under
subpart 2—
(A) 34.1 percent for each of fiscal years 2017
through 2019; and
(B) 36.8 percent for fiscal year 2020;
(3) to carry out activities authorized under
subpart 3, 1.4 percent for each of fiscal years
2017 through 2020; and
(4) to carry out activities authorized under
subpart 4—
(A) 15.4 percent for each of fiscal years 2017
through 2019; and
(B) 14.8 percent for fiscal year 2020.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2201, as added Pub. L.
114–95, title II, § 2002, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1930.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Prior sections 6621 to 6623 were repealed by Pub. L.
114–95, § 5, title II, § 2002, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1806,
1913, effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to cer-
tain noncompetitive programs and competitive pro-
grams.
Section 6621, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2121, as added
Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1627,
re
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