; (ii) enter and complete teacher or school leadership preparation programs; (iii) access and complete State licensure or certification examinations; and (iv) engage in school-based clinical placements described in subparagraph (A); (C) include efforts to recruit individuals with experience in high-need subjects or fields who are not certified to teach or lead, with a specific focus on recruiting individuals— (i) who are other staff employed by local educational agencies, including paraprofessionals; (ii) who are enrolled in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs and studying to become teachers; (iii) from groups or populations that are underrepresented; and (iv) who live in and come from the communities the schools serve; and (D) require candidates to complete all State requirements to become fully certified or licensed. ; and (5) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking the activities described in subsection (d) or (e), or both and inserting activities described in subsection (d), (e), or (f) . 302. Mandatory appropriations for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary to carry out the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program authorized under section 242 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1033a )— (1) for fiscal year 2024, $150,000,000