Requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to establish a program to support National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification for certain teachers at low-performing schools. Requires DPI to select up to 75 teachers from low-performing schools to receive a grant covering the certification application fee. Criteria for selecting recipients must include a requirement that the teacher agree to remain at the teacher's current school or continue teaching at another low-performing school in the state for at least three years from the date of receiving the grant. Requires DPI to recruit experienced teachers who are already certified by NBPTS to mentor and provide quality provisional development service to the selected teachers.

Appropriates $500,000 for 2016-17 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to provide the cost of the application fees and to compensate the teachers serving as mentors.

Effective July 1, 2016.