,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjbf,ms4 ,bynum introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of ,education to carry out a 
grant program to support signing and    
retention bonuses for teachers in rural 
schools1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,invest in ,rural ,teachers ,act4   
#b4 ,rural school recruitment incentive 
program  7a7 ,in general ,title ,,ii of 
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ffja et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
redesignating part ,c as part ,d2 and   
7#b7 by inserting after part ,b1 the    
following3  ,c ,rural teacher incentive 
bonuses  #bbea4 ,rural teacher incentive
 bonuses  7a7 ,grants to ,states  7#a7  
,authority to award grants ,the         
,secretary shall carry out a program    

under which the ,secretary makes grants 
to ,states to enable ,states to award   
subgrants to eligible entities1 in      
accordance with subsection 7b71 to      
support signing and retention bonuses   
for teachers in rural schools4  7#b7    
,application ,to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section1 a ,state    
shall submit an application to the      
,secretary at such time1 in such manner1
 and containing such information as the 
,secretary may require4  7b7 ,subgrants 
to eligible entities  7#a7 ,authority to
 award grants ,a ,state that receives a 
grant under subsection 7a7 shall use the
 grant funds to award subgrants to      
eligible entities to pay signing and    
retention bonuses1 in accordance with   
paragraph 7#c71 to individuals hired to 
teach in rural schools4  7#b7           
,application ,to be eligible to receive 
a subgrant under this subsection1 an    
eligible entity shall submit an         
application to the ,state at such time1 
in such manner1 and containing such     

information as the ,state may require4  
7#c7 ,use of funds  7,a7 ,in general ,an
 eligible entity that receives a        
subgrant under paragraph 7#a7 shall use 
the subgrant funds to award a signing   
and retention bonus to each teacher     
hired by the agency who agrees to teach 
in a rural school for a period of #c    
school years4  7,b7 ,bonus amount and   
disbursement ,the amount of the signing 
and retention bonus paid to a teacher   
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall be #e1jjj 
annually for each year of the #c        
school-year period described in such    
subparagraph4  7#d7 ,prioritization of  
homegrown teachers ,an eligible entity  
that receives a subgrant under this     
subsection shall seek to prioritize the 
recruitment1 hiring1 and award of       
bonuses to teachers who previously      
resided in the community served by the  
entity1 including teachers who were     
born1 raised1 and educated in such      
community4  7c7 ,partnerships with      
institution of higher education ,states 

and eligible entities shall seek to     
enter into partnerships with            
institutions of higher education for    
purposes of-- 7#a7 informing students in
 teacher preparation programs about the 
availability of rural teacher incentive 
bonuses under this section2 and  7#b7   
encouraging students in such programs to
 seek teaching positions in rural       
schools4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,the term eligible entity 
means--4 7,a7 a local educational agency
 that meets the requirements of section 
#ebaa7;b72 or  7,b7 an educational      
service agency that serves such a local 
educational agency4  7#b7 ,the term     
rural school means a school under the   
jurisdiction of a local educational     
agency described in paragraph 7#a77;,a74
  4  7b7 ,authorization of              
appropriations ,section #bjjc of such   
,act is amended by adding at the end the
 following3  7c7 ,rural teacher         
incentive bonuses ,for the purposes of  
carrying out part ,c1 there are         

authorized to be appropriated           
#ejj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years   
#bjbg through #bjcj4  4