; and (4) programs that pay for certification or licensure exams, including re-taking of exams as necessary and the additional preparation to ensure passage of the exams. 233. Pipelines into educator preparation (a) Education careers opportunity program (1) Authority for grants The Secretary may make grants to partner institutions or eligible partnerships to assist those institutions or partnerships in carrying out the activities described in paragraph (2) in order to assist individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary, to undertake education to become an educator. (2) Authorized expenditures A partner institution or eligible partnership may use grant funds under this section to carry out one or more of the following: (A) Identifying, recruiting, and selecting individuals from underrepresented backgrounds for education and training as an educator. (B) Facilitating the entry of such individuals into an educator preparation program. (C) Providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist such individuals in successfully completing an educator preparation program. (D) Providing, for a period prior to the entry of such individuals into the regular course of education of an educator preparation program, preliminary education designed to assist them in successfully completing such regular course of education in such program, or referring such individuals to institutions providing such preliminary education. (E) Publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to students in the educator preparation program or who are undertaking education necessary to qualify them to enroll in such a program. (F) Paying such scholarships as the Secretary may determine for such individuals for any period of an educator preparation program. (G) Paying such stipends as the Secretary may approve for such individuals for any period of education in student-enhancement programs (other than regular courses), except that— (i) such a stipend may not