The Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program for Recruitment (TQE-R) has awarded 20 new grants totaling $16,725,530 for the first year of a three-year grant period. The grant award performance period was effective October 1, 2005. Listed below are the grant award recipients and the amount awarded to each institution for FY 2005.

1. New Jersey Department of Education (NJ) $1,066,183
2. Los Angeles Unified School District (CA) $624,961
3. California State University , East Bay (CA) $840,071
4. Bloomfield Schools (NM) $1,017,749
5. The University of Texas at El Paso (TX) $998,977
6. Tulare County Office of Education (CA) $858,563
7. The Regents of the University of California Berkley (CA) $1,100,000
8. Illinois State University (IL) $823,011
9. Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay (CA) $820,171
10. University of the Incarnate Word (TX) $726,751
11. Des Moines Independent School District (IA) $850,000
12. Mississippi Department of Education (MS) $582,449
13. Our Lady of the Lake University (TX) $593,968
14. Independent School District #625 (MN) $957,394
15. New York University (NY) $981,484
16. Associated Colleges of Illinois (IL) $1,187,393
17. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (PA) $366,683
18. The University of Memphis (TN) $761,170
19. Loyola University Chicago (IL) $1,098,702
20. University of Houston (TX) $469,450

The purpose of the TQE-R grants program is to afford an opportunity for states and partnerships receiving grants to address the challenge of America's teacher shortage by making significant and lasting systemic changes in the way teachers are recruited, prepared, and supported to teach in high-need schools. The Department of Education's goal is to ensure that these changes lead to important improvements to the supply of well-trained and highly-qualified teachers.

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