Section 15-1506-K - Talent recruitment grant program.(a) Establishment.--The Talent Recruitment Grant Program is established within the department as a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to increase participation in the education workforce. The department shall award grants under the grant program in accordance with the eligible uses under subsection (b) and the guidelines established under subsection (d) to the extent that funding is made available.(b) Eligible uses of funds.--Grants under the program may only be used for: (1) Covering tuition, fees, supplies or other costs relating to secondary school students enrolled at institutions of higher education through an agreement between a school entity and an institution of higher education under section 1525.(2) Programs designed and proven to increase participation in the education workforce.(c) Application.--The department shall develop an application for an institution of higher education to apply for funding under this section. The application shall be posted on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.(d)Program guidelines.--The department may establish guidelines for implementing the grant program under this section. The guidelines shall be posted on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.(e) Evaluation.--The department shall evaluate the utilization of the grant program money, including an analysis of the total amount of grants awarded, each institution of higher education that received a grant and the efficacy of the programs funded through the grant program, based on disaggregated data. The department shall conduct the evaluation, at a minimum, every three years after the establishment and funding of the grant program and shall post the evaluation on the department's publicly accessible Internet website. Added by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 55, § 29, eff. 7/8/2022.