10 U.S.C. § 4703: Displaced contractor employees: assistance to obtain certification and employment as teachers or employment as teachers’ aides

certification or licensure as an elementary or secondary school teacher; or the credentials necessary to serve as a teacher’s aide; and is receiving a grant under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) as a result of having within its jurisdiction concentrations of children from low-income families; and is also experiencing a shortage of teachers or teachers’ aides. The Secretary of Defense shall establish an application and selection process for the participation of defense contractors in a cooperative agreement authorized under subsection (a). produce goods or services for the Department of Defense pursuant to a defense contract or operate nuclear weapons manufacturing facilities for the Department of Energy; and have recently reduced operations, or are likely to reduce operations, due to the completion or termination of a defense contract or program or by reductions in defense spending. The Secretary shall give special consideration to defense contractors who are located in areas that have been hit particularly hard by reductions in defense spending. Evidence that the contractor has been, or is expected to be, adversely affected by the completion or termination of a defense contract or program or by reductions in defense spending. An explanation that scientists and engineers employed by the contractor have been terminated, laid off, or retired, or are likely to be terminated, laid off, or retired, as a result of the completion or termination of a defense contract or program or reductions in defense spending. A description of programs implemented or proposed by the contractor to assist these scientists and engineers. A commitment to help fund the costs associated with the placement program by paying 50 percent of the stipend provided under subsection (g) to an employee or former employee of the contractor selected to receive assistance under this section. Once a cooperative agreement is entered into under subsection (a) between the Secretary and the defense contractor, the contractor shall publicize the program and distribute applications to prospective participants, and assist the prospective participants with the State screening process. is employed or has been employed for not less than five years as a scientist or engineer with a private defense contractor that has entered into an agreement under subsection (a); in the case of an individual applying for assistance for placement as an elementary or secondary school teacher, a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education; or in the case of an individual applying for assistance for placement as a teacher’s aide in an elementary or secondary school, an associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education or a junior or community college; and has been terminated or laid off (or received notice of termination or lay off) as a result of the completion or termination of a defense contract or program or reductions in defense spending; and satisfies such other criteria for selection as the Secretary may prescribe. have educational, military, or employment experience in science, mathematics, or engineering and agree to seek employment as science, mathematics, or engineering teachers in elementary or secondary schools; or have educational, military, or employment experience in another subject area identified by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, as important for national educational objectives and agree to seek employment in that subject area in elementary or secondary schools. The Secretary may not select an individual under this section unless the Secretary has sufficient appropriations to carry out this section available at the time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred by the United States under this section with respect to that individual. to obtain, within such time as the Secretary may require, certification or licensure as an elementary or secondary school teacher or the necessary credentials to serve as a teacher’s aide in an elementary or secondary school; and in the case of an individual selected for assistance for placement as a teacher, an offer of full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher for not less than two school years with a local educational agency identified under section 1151(b)(2) of this title , as in effect on October 4, 1999 , to begin the school year after obtaining that certification or licensure; or in the case of an individual selected for assistance for placement as a teacher’s aide, an offer of full-time employment as a teacher’s aide in an elementary or secondary school for not less than two school years with a local educational agency identified under section 1151(b)(3) of this title , as in effect on October 4, 1999 , to begin the school year after obtaining the necessary credentials. $5,000; or the total costs of the type described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (8), and (9) 1 of section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 1 See References in Text note below. 20 U.S.C. 1087 ll ) incurred by the participant while obtaining teacher certification or licensure or the necessary credentials to serve as a teacher’s aide and employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or teacher aide. A stipend provided under this section shall be taken into account in determining the eligibility of the participant for Federal student financial assistance provided under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). Subsections (h) through (k) of section 1151 of this title , as in effect on October 4, 1999 , shall apply with respect to the placement as teachers and teachers’ aides of individuals selected under this section.