Section 1108e · Use of funds

A State educational agency shall use assistance provided under this subpart to support programs, projects, or activities that develop and implement new, or expand and improve existing, programs that enable individuals to move to a career in education from another occupation through an alternative route to teacher certification or licensure.

A State educational agency may carry out such programs, projects, or activities directly, through contracts, or through grants to local educational agencies, intermediate educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or consortia of such agencies.

(1) the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs that enable qualified professionals who have demonstrated a high level of subject area competence outside the education profession and are interested in entering the education profession to fulfill State certification or licensure requirements;

(2) the establishment of administrative structures necessary for the development and implementation of programs to provide alternative routes to fulfilling State requirements for certification or licensure;

(3) training of staff, including the development of appropriate support programs, such as mentor programs, for teachers entering the school system through alternative routes to teacher certification or licensure;

(4) the development of recruitment strategies;

(5) the development of reciprocity agreements between or among States for the certification or licensure of teachers; and

(6) other appropriate programs, projects, and activities designed to meet the objectives of this subpart.