(2) Grants shall be distributed under this section for the purpose of providing education or training to teachers who will provide or are providing instruction in accelerated college credit programs.

(3) Any school district, education service district, community college district or public post-secondary institution of education in this state may individually or jointly apply for a grant under this section.

(4) A school district, an education service district, a community college district or a public post-secondary institution of education may use moneys from the grant to:

(a) Expand support for school districts, education service districts and public post-secondary institutions of education to provide professional learning opportunities for high school instructors of accelerated college credit program courses;

(b) Ensure high school teachers have dependable online access to graduate courses meeting community college requirements for dual credit instructors;

(c) Improve professional relationships among instructors of accelerated college credit programs courses;

(d) Develop online graduate courses in content areas identified by the department in collaboration with the commission as needing development; and

(e) Collect and analyze qualitative experience data related to the provision of professional development and training to instructors of accelerated college credit program courses, with an emphasis on development and training programs that are able to increase the number of instructors who are qualified to provide accelerated college credit program courses.

(5) For the purposes of grants distributed under this section, the department may:

(a) Accept contributions of funds and assistance from the United States Government and its agencies or from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions placed on the funds not inconsistent with the purposes of this section; and

(b) Enter into agreements with school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public and private post-secondary institutions of education related to the funding to provide education or training to teachers who will provide or are providing instruction in an accelerated college credit program.

(6) All funds received by the department under this section shall be paid into the Accelerated College Credit Account established under ORS 340.330 to be used for the purposes described in this section.

(7) No later than December 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report on the issuance of grants under this section to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to education. [2011 c.639 §1; 2019 c.204 §4]

Note: Section 6, chapter 204, Oregon Laws 2019, provides:

Sec. 6. For the 2019-2021 biennium, the Department of Education shall provide grants under the Accelerated College Credit Instructor Grant Program to:

(1) School districts and education service districts for tuition costs of up to 65 high school instructors to become qualified as instructors of accelerated college credit program courses; and

(2) Institutions of post-secondary education for at least six content areas for graduate course offerings. [2019 c.204 §6]