[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 5709 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5709

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2006

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``No Child Left 
Behind Improvements Act of 2006''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References.
              TITLE I--MEASURING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS

Sec. 101. Measuring adequate yearly progress of groups.
Sec. 102. Intermediate goals need not increase in equal increments for 
                            all groups.
Sec. 103. Alternative approaches to measuring adequate yearly progress.
Sec. 104. Participation of students in assessments.
Sec. 105. Students with disabilities requiring alternate assessments.
Sec. 106. Assessments.
Sec. 107. Regulations.
                      TITLE II--STATE FLEXIBILITY

Sec. 201. State flexibility.
                 TITLE III--IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS

Sec. 301. School improvement and public school choice.
Sec. 302. School district improvement.
Sec. 303. Supplemental services.
Sec. 304. Full implementation.
                      TITLE IV--NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Sec. 401. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
                TITLE V--EFFECTIVE DATE AND REGULATIONS

Sec. 501. Effective date.
Sec. 202. Regulations.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a 
repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 6200 et seq.).

              TITLE I--MEASURING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS

SEC. 101. MEASURING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS OF GROUPS.

    (a) ``N'' Size May Vary by Size of School or LEA.--The following 
provisions are each amended by inserting after ``reliable information'' 
the following: ``(the `number' required to be `insufficient' being 
greater, at the option of the State, for a local educational agency 
than for a school, and varying, at the option of the State, from agency 
to agency and school to school in proportion to total enrollment)'':
            (1) In section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311)--
                    (A) subsection (b)(2)(C)(v), in the matter after 
                subclause (II)(dd);
                    (B) subsection (b)(2)(I)(ii);
                    (C) subsection (b)(3)(C)(xiii); and
                    (D) subsection (h)(C)(i).
            (2) Section 1431(b) (20 U.S.C. 6471(b)).
    (b) Permitting Fewer Students in Group to Demonstrate Progress to 
Meet AYP ``Safe Harbor''.--Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further 
amended in subsection (b)(2)(I)(i) by striking ``10 percent'' and 
inserting ``5 percent''.
    (c) Counting Students Who Are in More Than One Group.--Section 1111 
(20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection (b)(2) by adding at 
the end the following:
                    ``(L) Counting students who are in more than one 
                group.--For the purpose of determining adequate yearly 
                progress, the State may establish a uniform procedure 
                for counting students under which a student who belongs 
                to more than one of the groups described in 
                subparagraph (C)(v) is counted toward each such group 
                to which the student belongs as a fraction of 1 
                student, the numerator of the fraction being 1 and the 
                denominator being the number of such groups to which 
                the student belongs.''.

SEC. 102. INTERMEDIATE GOALS NEED NOT INCREASE IN EQUAL INCREMENTS FOR 
              ALL GROUPS.

    Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection 
(b)(2)(H)(i)--
            (1) by striking ``in equal increments''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``in--
                                    ``(aa) increments defined by the 
                                State as appropriate for the group, for 
                                each of the groups of students 
                                described in subparagraph (C)(v); and
                                    ``(bb) equal increments, for all 
                                other students.''.

SEC. 103. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO MEASURING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS.

    (a) Expansion of AYP to Include Gain Scores and Partial Credit for 
Meeting Basic Targets.--Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further 
amended in subsection (b)(2)(C)(vii) by inserting after ``such as'' the 
following: ``achievement under a `gain score' approach (such as a 
value-added system), progress toward meeting basic proficiency 
targets,''.
    (b) Alternatives to AYP.--Such section is further amended in 
subsection (b)(2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(M) Alternate methods of defining adequate yearly 
                progress.--In lieu of defining adequate yearly progress 
                under subparagraph (C), the State may define adequate 
                yearly progress in any manner that--
                            ``(i) uses the measures of performance and 
                        progress described in subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) complies with the timeline required 
                        by subparagraph (F); and
                            ``(iii) includes intermediate goals, as 
                        required by subparagraph (H).''.

SEC. 104. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS IN ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) Percentage of Students Required to Take Assessments.--Section 
1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection (b)(2)(I)(ii)--
            (1) by striking ``95 percent'' the first place such term 
        appears and inserting ``a percentage (from 90 to 95 percent, 
        based on criteria established in the State plan)''; and
            (2) by striking ``95 percent'' the second place such term 
        appears and inserting ``percentage''.
    (b) Determining Participation Rates.--Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) 
is further amended in subsection (b)(2) by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(N) Students exempt from participating in 
                assessments.--For the purpose of determining compliance 
                with the percentage required by subparagraph (I)(ii), 
                the State may provide for a student to be excluded from 
                the determination with respect to an assessment if any 
                of the following apply:
                            ``(i) Excused absence.--The student did not 
                        take that assessment by reason of--
                                    ``(I) a medical condition;
                                    ``(II) a parental decision to 
                                exempt the student, if such a decision 
                                is available under, and exercised 
                                pursuant to, State law; or
                                    ``(III) a circumstance out of the 
                                control of the student, school, or 
                                local educational agency, such as a 
                                natural disaster.
                            ``(ii) Chronic non-attendance.--Each of the 
                        following is true:
                                    ``(I) The student did not take the 
                                assessment and has demonstrated an 
                                unusual and chronic pattern of non-
                                attendance, as defined by the State.
                                    ``(II) The local educational agency 
                                in which the student is enrolled is 
                                implementing a plan to increase 
                                participation in the assessments by 
                                students demonstrating such a pattern 
                                of non-attendance.
                    ``(O) Students assigned `below basic' score by 
                default.--For the purpose of determining adequate 
                yearly progress, and for the purpose of determining 
                compliance with the percentage required by subparagraph 
                (I)(ii), a student who does not take an assessment and 
                who is not excluded under subparagraph (N) may, if the 
                State plan so provides, be treated as having taken the 
                assessment and having achieved a score below the level 
                described in paragraph (1)(D)(ii)(III) (below 
                basic).''.

SEC. 105. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES REQUIRING ALTERNATE ASSESSMENTS.

    Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection 
(b)(2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(P) Students with disabilities requiring 
                alternate assessments.--Consistent with subsection 
                (n)(3), a State may implement the amendments made to 
                part 200 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, on 
                December 9, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 68698) (related to 
                achievement of students with significant cognitive 
                disabilities) as if such amendments--
                            ``(i) permitted 3 percent of such students 
                        to be counted for the purposes of determining 
                        adequate yearly progress, except that--
                                    ``(I) any assessment given to any 
                                such student for the purposes of 
                                determining such adequate yearly 
                                progress must be required by the 
                                individualized education plan of such 
                                student;
                                    ``(II) the individualized education 
                                plan must reflect the need for any such 
                                alternate assessment based on the 
                                evaluation of such student and the 
                                services provided such student under 
                                section 614 of the Individuals with 
                                Disabilities Education Act (42 U.S.C. 
                                1400 et seq.); and
                                    ``(III) the individualized 
                                education plan must include written 
                                consent from the parent of such student 
                                prior to such alternate assessment 
                                being administered;
                            ``(ii) used the term `students requiring 
                        alternate assessments' in lieu of the term 
                        `students with the most significant cognitive 
                        disabilities'; and
                            ``(iii) permitted the eligibility of such 
                        students to be determined by the State 
                        educational agency, except that such 
                        eligibility shall, at a minimum, include--
                                    ``(I) students who are receiving 
                                services pursuant to a plan required 
                                under section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
                                Act of 1973 and part 104 of title 34, 
                                Code of Federal Regulations;
                                    ``(II) students who are assessed at 
                                a grade level below the grade level in 
                                which they are enrolled (out of level 
                                assessments); and
                                    ``(III) include students considered 
                                students with the most significant 
                                cognitive disabilities, as defined by 
                                the state educational agency, prior to 
                                the enactment of the No Child Left 
                                Behind Improvements Act of 2006.''.

SEC. 106. ASSESSMENTS.

    Section 1111(b)(3)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ix) by striking subclause (III) and 
        inserting the following:
                                    ``(III) the inclusion of limited 
                                English proficient students, who--
                                            ``(aa) may, consistent with 
                                        paragraph (2)(P), be assessed, 
                                        as determined by the local 
                                        educational agency, through the 
                                        use of an assessment which 
                                        requires achievement of 
                                        specific gains for up to three 
                                        school years from the first 
                                        year any such student is 
                                        assessed for the purposes of 
                                        this subsection;
                                            ``(bb) may, at the option 
                                        of the State educational 
                                        agency, be assessed in the 
                                        first year any such student 
                                        attended school in the United 
                                        States (not including Puerto 
                                        Rico);
                                            ``(cc) shall not be 
                                        included in any calculation of 
                                        adequate yearly progress when 
                                        such students are in the first 
                                        year of attending school in the 
                                        United States (not including 
                                        Puerto Rico); and
                                            ``(dd) shall be assessed in 
                                        a valid and reliable manner and 
                                        provided reasonable 
                                        accommodations on assessments 
                                        administered to such students 
                                        under this paragraph, 
                                        including, to the extent 
                                        practicable, assessments in the 
                                        language and form most likely 
                                        to yield accurate data on what 
                                        such students know and can do 
                                        in academic content areas, 
                                        until such students have 
                                        achieved English language 
                                        proficiency as determined under 
                                        paragraph (7);'';
            (2) in clause (xiv) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) by redesignating clause (xv) as clause (xvii); and
            (4) by inserting after clause (xiv) the following:
                            ``(xv) at the option of the local 
                        educational agency, be administered multiple 
                        times to any such student during the school 
                        year, provided that the local educational 
                        agency shall determine which score of any such 
                        administration be used for determining adequate 
                        yearly progress;
                            ``(xvi) at the option of the school 
                        district, measure the achievement of a student 
                        as if such student were in the grade level 
                        proceeding the grade level of such student, 
                        provided that--
                                    ``(I) if such student meets the 
                                proficient level of achievement for 
                                such proceeding grade level, such score 
                                shall be used to determine adequate 
                                yearly progress for such proceeding 
                                grade level; and
                                    ``(II) if such student does not 
                                meet the proficient level of 
                                achievement for such proceeding grade 
                                level, such score is not used for the 
                                purposes of determining adequate yearly 
                                progress; and''.

SEC. 107. REGULATIONS.

    Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(o) Regulations.--
            ``(1) Codification of regulations affecting limited english 
        proficient children.--This part shall be implemented consistent 
        with amendments proposed to part 200 of title 34, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, on June 24, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 35462) 
        (relating to the assessment of limited English proficient 
        children and the inclusion of limited English proficient 
        children in subgroups) as if such amendments permitted students 
        who were previously identified as limited English proficient to 
        be included in the group described in subsection 
        (b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd) for three additional years, as determined 
        by a local educational agency (based on the individual needs of 
        a child) for the purposes of determining adequate yearly 
        progress.
            ``(2) Issuance of regulations affecting children with 
        disabilities.--The Secretary shall issue regulations not later 
        than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the No Child 
        Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006 regarding the 
        participation of children with disabilities under this part. 
        Such regulations shall permit a State to include, for up to 
        three years, students who were children with disabilities as 
        part of the group described under section 
        1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(cc) but who are no longer identified as 
        children with disabilities. Students with disabilities may be 
        provided an alternate assessment, including an out of level 
        assessment, if deemed appropriate by the individual education 
        plan team for that student and included within the written 
        individual education plan for that student.''.

                      TITLE II--STATE FLEXIBILITY

SEC. 201. STATE FLEXIBILITY.

    Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (m) as 
        subsections (g) through (n); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) State Flexibility.--
            ``(1) Plans.--In approving plans under subsection (e), the 
        Secretary shall accord a State maximum flexibility to make such 
        plans and any revisions compatible with the accountability 
        system of such State.
            ``(2) Waivers.--Through the authority provided under part D 
        of title IX, the Secretary may grant a waiver of any statutory 
        or regulatory requirement of this part requested by a State 
        educational agency or local educational agency.
            ``(3) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        approval of any revisions to the plan of a State, or the 
        granting of any waivers described under paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall notify each State educational agency of such 
        revision or waiver and, through the website of the Department 
        of Education and the Federal Register, the public. The 
        notification described in the preceding sentence shall be in 
        writing and include a clear and complete explanation of such 
        revision or wavier.
            ``(4) Applicability of plan revisions and waivers to other 
        agencies.--A revision to a plan approved under this part or a 
        waiver issued under this subsection or under part D of title IX 
        may be applied in any other State or local educational agency, 
        provided the State or agency meets any requirements issued by 
        the Secretary applicable to such revision or waiver as 
        implemented by such State or agency.''.

                 TITLE III--IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS

SEC. 301. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE.

    Section 1116(b) (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting after ``2 consecutive 
        years'' the following: ``(in the same subject for the same 
        group of students, as described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v))'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(E)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``In the case'' and inserting 
                ``Consistent with subparagraph (G), in the case'';
                    (B) by striking ``all students enrolled in the 
                school'' and inserting ``students who failed to meet 
                the proficient level of achievement on the assessments 
                described under section 1111(b)(3) and are in the group 
                whose academic performance caused the identification 
                under this paragraph''; and
                    (C) by striking ``another public school'' and 
                inserting ``one other public school identified and'';
            (3) in paragraph (1)(E) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Special conditions.--A local 
                        educational agency shall not be required to 
                        implement the transfer of a student to a school 
                        under this subparagraph if doing so would--
                                    ``(I) violate a State or local law 
                                or policy relating to health, safety, 
                                or class size;
                                    ``(II) result in overcrowding, the 
                                installation of mobile classrooms, 
                                construction of classrooms, or other 
                                significant capital improvements in 
                                that school; or
                                    ``(III) be impractical due to 
                                distance, geographical barriers or 
                                hazards, time of travel, or unusually 
                                high cost of travel.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Options.--A local educational agency may 
                offer supplemental services as described in subsection 
                (e) in place of the option to transfer to one or more 
                public schools described in subparagraph (E) for the 
                purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraphs 
                (5)(A), (7)(C)(i), or (8)(A)(i).'';
            (5) in paragraph (5) by inserting after ``adequate yearly 
        progress'' the following: ``(in the same subject for the same 
        group of students)'';
            (6) in paragraph (7)(C) by inserting after ``adequate 
        yearly progress'' the following: ``(in the same subject for the 
        same group of students)'';
            (7) in paragraph (7)(C)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``all''; and
                    (B) by striking ``another'' and inserting ``an 
                other'';
            (8) in paragraph (7) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(D) Delay.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
                of this paragraph, the local educational agency may 
                delay, for a period not to exceed 1 year, 
                implementation of the requirements under paragraph (5), 
                corrective action under this paragraph, or 
                restructuring under paragraph (8) if the school makes 
                adequate yearly progress for 1 year or if its failure 
                to make adequate yearly progress is due to--
                            ``(i) exceptional or uncontrollable 
                        circumstances, such as a natural disaster;
                            ``(ii) a precipitous and unforeseen decline 
                        in the financial resources of the local 
                        educational agency or school; or
                            ``(iii) a sudden or significant increase in 
                        the number of percentage of students 
                        represented by a group described in section 
                        1111(b)(2)(C)(v).
                No such period shall be taken into account in 
                determining the number of consecutive years of failure 
                to make adequate yearly progress.'';
            (9) in paragraph (8)(A) by inserting after ``adequate 
        yearly progress'' the following: ``in the same subject for the 
        same group of students and the total number of students who did 
        not meet or exceed the proficient level of academic achievement 
        (who are members of a group described in section 
        1111(b)(2)(C)(v)) exceed 35 percent of all students enrolled in 
        such school who took the assessment in such subject'';
            (10) in paragraph (8)(A)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``all''; and
                    (B) by striking ``another'' and inserting ``an 
                other''; and
            (11) in paragraph (13) by striking ``is no longer 
        identified'' and all that follows through the period at the end 
        and inserting the following: ``has made adequate yearly 
        progress for the group in which the child is a member in the 
        same subject for which a failure to meet adequate yearly 
        progress triggered the transfer.''.

SEC. 302. SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT.

    Section 1116(c)(10) (20 U.S.C. 6316(c)(10)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
        follows:
                            ``(ii) shall take corrective action with 
                        respect to a local educational agency--
                                    ``(I) that fails to make adequate 
                                yearly progress, as defined by the 
                                State, in the same subject and averaged 
                                across all grades and in at least one 
                                grade span (as determined by the State) 
                                for a group described in section 
                                1111(b)(2)(C)(v) by the end of the 
                                second full school year after the 
                                identification of such agency under 
                                paragraph (3); and
                                    ``(II) whose total number of 
                                students (who are members of a group 
                                described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)) 
                                that did not meet or exceed the 
                                proficient level of academic 
                                achievement exceed 35 percent of all 
                                students enrolled in a school in such 
                                agency who took the assessment in such 
                                subject and averaged across all grades; 
                                and''.; and
            (2) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as follows:
                    ``(F) Delay.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(ii), 
                a State educational agency may delay, for a period not 
                to exceed 1 year, implementation of corrective action 
                under this paragraph if the local educational agency 
                makes adequate yearly progress for 1 year or its 
                failure to make adequate yearly progress is due to--
                            ``(i) exceptional or uncontrollable 
                        circumstances, such as a natural disaster;
                            ``(ii) a precipitous and unforeseen decline 
                        in the financial resources of the local 
                        educational agency; or
                            ``(iii) a sudden or significant increase in 
                        the number or percentage of students 
                        represented by any group described in section 
                        1111(b)(2)(C)(v).''.

SEC. 303. SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES.

    Section 1116(e) (20 U.S.C. 6316(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after 
                ``objective criteria'' the following: ``(developed 
                through continuous consultation with local educational 
                agencies in the State)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Develop procedures by which a local 
                educational agency may--
                            ``(i) present complaints and documentation 
                        of such complaints to the State educational 
                        agency regarding the qualifications, operation, 
                        and evaluation of approved providers and 
                        potential providers seeking such approval; and
                            ``(ii) demonstrate to the State educational 
                        agency that any provider should not be 
                        authorized to provide supplemental services, as 
                        described in this subsection to any school or 
                        schools under the jurisdiction of that local 
                        education agency.'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
            ``(12) Local educational agencies as providers.--Nothing in 
        this section prohibits a local educational agency that has 
        failed to make adequate yearly progress or is in improvement, 
        corrective action, or restructuring status pursuant to 
        subsection (c) from providing supplemental services, solely due 
        to such failure. In developing and applying objective criteria 
        under paragraph (4)(B) and withdrawing approval for providers 
        under paragraph (4)(D), a State educational agency may not 
        consider whether a local educational agency made adequate 
        yearly progress or its status under subsection (c).''.

SEC. 304. FULL IMPLEMENTATION.

    Section 1116 (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i) Conditional Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, a State educational agency, local 
educational agency, or school, as applicable, may defer the 
requirements of subsections (b)(7) and (8) and subsections (c)(7) and 
(10) in any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated under section 
1002(a) and section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (42 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) does not equal or exceed the 
amount authorized under such section for such fiscal year. For the 
purpose of determining the amounts necessary in the preceding sentence 
(and only for that purpose), starting with fiscal year 2008, the amount 
authorized to be appropriated under such section 1002(a) shall be 
$2,500,000,000 more than such amount for the preceding fiscal year.''.

                      TITLE IV--NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SEC. 401. PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

    Section 1120 (20 U.S.C. 6320) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(D) by inserting after 
        ``academically assessed'' the following: ``(consistent with 
        subsection (f))''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Accountability for Children Enrolled in Private Schools.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 9506(a), as 
        specifically provided for in this subsection, children enrolled 
        in private elementary schools and secondary schools that 
        receive educational services or other benefits under this part 
        shall participate in the assessments described under section 
        1111(b)(3).
            ``(2) Reporting.--
                    ``(A) The State educational agency shall report the 
                results of the assessments taken by students in private 
                elementary and secondary schools by grade and subject 
                to--
                            ``(i) the private elementary or secondary 
                        school that such students attend; and
                            ``(ii) the local educational agency in 
                        which the such private school is geographically 
                        located in a manner and extent that is 
                        consistent with the provisions of section 
                        1111(i) and the function of the local 
                        educational agency under section 1120(b).
                    ``(B) A private elementary or secondary school 
                shall report the assessment results received from the 
                State educational agency under subparagraph (A) to the 
                parents of students enrolled in such school who receive 
                services under this part in writing and in the native 
                language of the parent in a manner and extent 
                consistent with the provisions of subsection 1111(i).
            ``(3) Effectiveness of services.--Based on the results of 
        the assessments described under paragraph (1), a State 
        educational agency may determine that such services received by 
        children under this section be ceased in schools when such 
        results, compared to a comparable cohort of children enrolled 
        in a public school in the school district of the local 
        educational agency, are significantly lower and such schools do 
        not meet the definition of adequate yearly progress established 
        by the State in which the private school is located for 3 or 
        more consecutive years.''.

                TITLE V--EFFECTIVE DATE AND REGULATIONS

SEC. 501. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as specifically provided in this Act, the amendments made by 
this Act shall be effective upon the first July 1 after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 202. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of Education shall issue regulations as necessary to 
implement the provisions of this Act not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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