1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Build Effective Teachers Through Essential Reforms to Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants Act of 2019 or the BETTER TEACH Grants Act of 2019 . 2. Revised definitions of teach grants Section 420L of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070g ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Teacher preparation program The term teacher preparation program — (A) means a State-approved course of study provided by an institution of higher education, the completion of which signifies that an enrollee has met all the State’s educational or training requirements for initial certification or licensure to teach in the State’s elementary schools or secondary schools; and (B) may be a regular program or an alternative route to certification, as defined by the State that approved such course of study. . 3. Revisions to establishing teach grant program Section 420M of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070g–1 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking in the amount of and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: in the amount of— (A) except as provided in subsection (d)(4), $8,000 dollars, to be available to a teacher candidate who is enrolled as an undergraduate junior at the eligible institution; (B) except as provided in subsection (d)(4), $8,000 dollars, to be available to a teacher candidate who is enrolled as an undergraduate senior at the eligible institution; and (C) $4,000 for any year not described in subparagraph (A) or (B) during which that teacher candidate is in attendance at the institution. ; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking undergraduate and inserting associate, undergraduate,