; (II) is employed by such high-need local educational agency; (III) has not less than 3 years of teaching experience; and (IV) submits an application for participation to the eligible partnership; and (ii) based on selection criteria that includes— (I) demonstration of strong content knowledge or a record of accomplishment in the field or subject area the teacher will support as a teacher leader; and (II) demonstration of attributes linked to effective teaching that is determined through interviews, observations, artifacts, student achievement, or performance assessments, such as those leading to an advanced credential; (B) may develop admissions goals and priorities for the teacher leader development program that— (i) are aligned with the demonstrated needs of the school or high-need local educational agency in which the teacher is employed; (ii) considers cultural competencies that would make the applicant effective in the applicant’s teacher leader role; and (iii) considers whether the teacher has substantial teaching experience in the school in which the teacher is employed or in a school that is similar to the school in which the teacher is employed; (C) shall use the grant funds to pay for costs of training and supporting teacher leaders for not less than 2 years and not more than 3 years; (D) may use the grant funds to pay for a portion of a stipend for teacher leaders if such grant funds are matched by additional non-Federal public or private funds as follows: (i) during each of the first and second years of the grant period, grant funds may pay not more than 50 percent of such stipend; and (ii) during the third year of the grant period, grant funds may pay not more than 33 percent of such stipend