; (4) recruit individuals, particularly individuals from underrepresented populations and individuals from other occupations, to become teachers, principals, and other educators; and (5) build and strengthen partnerships between educator preparation programs within institutions of higher education and local educational agencies and high-need schools in order to meet the needs of those agencies and schools staffing needs. 221. Authorization of appropriations (a) In General There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. (b) Minimum appropriations for each subpart The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year are allocated for each of subparts 1, 2, and 3 of this part. 1 Educator quality partnership grants 222. Partnership grants (a) Program authorized From amounts made available under section 221, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships, to enable the eligible partnerships to carry out the activities described in subsection (c). (b) Application Each eligible partnership desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Each such application shall contain— (1) a needs assessment of the partners in the eligible partnership with respect to the preparation, ongoing training, professional development, and retention of general education teachers, special education teachers, multilingual education teachers, principals, other educators (including specialized instructional support personnel), school librarians, and counselors, and, as applicable, early childhood educators