1.This Act may be cited as
the No Child Left Behind Act of
2007
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
TITLE I—Improving the academic achievement of the
disadvantaged
Sec. 1001. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 1002. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1003. School improvement.
Part A—Improving basic programs operated by local educational
agencies
Sec. 1111. State plans.
Sec. 1112. Local educational agency plans.
Sec. 1113. Schoolwide programs.
Sec. 1114. Targeted assistance schools.
Sec. 1115. Academic assessment and local educational agency and
school improvement.
Sec. 1116. School support and recognition.
Sec. 1117. Parental involvement.
Sec. 1118. Qualifications for teachers and
paraprofessionals.
Sec. 1119. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of
the Interior.
Sec. 1120. Allocations to States.
Sec. 1121. Basic grants to local educational
agencies.
Sec. 1122. Education finance incentive grant
program.
Part B—Student reading skills improvement grants
SUBPART 1—Reading first
Sec. 1201. Formula grants to State educational
agencies.
Sec. 1202. State formula grant applications.
Sec. 1203. Targeted assistance grants.
Sec. 1204. External evaluation.
Sec. 1205. National activities.
Sec. 1206. Prohibition of Federal Government
intervention.
SUBPART 2—Early Reading first
Sec. 1221. Evaluation.
SUBPART 3—Striving Readers
Sec. 1231. Striving Readers.
SUBPART 4—Improving literacy through school
libraries
Sec. 1241. Improving literacy through school
libraries.
Part C—Education of migratory children
Sec. 1301. Program purpose.
Sec. 1302. State allocations.
Sec. 1303. State applications; services.
Sec. 1304. Comprehensive needs assessment.
Sec. 1305. Coordination of migrant education
activities.
Sec. 1306. Evaluation and study.
Part D—Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth
who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk
Sec. 1401. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 1402. Career education.
Part E—National assessment of title I
Sec. 1501. Evaluations.
Sec. 1502. Assessment evaluation.
Sec. 1503. Close up fellowship program.
Part F—Math now
Sec. 1601. Math Now.
Part G—Advanced placement programs
Sec. 1701. Purposes.
Sec. 1702. Advanced Placement incentive program
grants.
Sec. 1703. Supplement, not supplant.
Part H—Secondary School Graduation
Sec. 1801. Secondary school graduation.
Part I—General Provisions
Sec. 1901. Local educational agency spending
audits.
Sec. 1902. State report on dropout data.
Sec. 1903. Regulations for sections 1111 and 1116.
TITLE II—Preparing, training, and recruiting
high quality teachers and principals
Part A—Teacher and principal training and
recruiting fund
Sec. 2101. Purpose.
Sec. 2102. Authorizations of
appropriations.
Sec. 2103. State applications and needs
assessment.
Sec. 2104. State use of funds.
Sec. 2105. Local applications and needs
assessment.
Sec. 2106. Local use of funds.
Sec. 2107. Definitions.
Sec. 2108. National activities of
demonstrated effectiveness.
Part B—Mathematics and science partnerships
Sec. 2201. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 2202. Authorization of
appropriations.
Part C—Innovation for teacher quality
Sec. 2301. Definitions.
Sec. 2302. Authorization of
troops-to-teachers program.
Sec. 2303. Recruitment and selection or
program participants.
Sec. 2304. Participation agreement and
financial assistance.
Sec. 2305. Participation by
States.
Sec. 2306. Support of innovative
preretirement teacher certification programs.
Sec. 2307. Reporting
requirements.
Sec. 2308. Transition to teaching grant
program.
Sec. 2309. General provisions
authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2310. National writing
project.
Sec. 2311. Civic education general
authority.
Sec. 2312. We the people
program.
Sec. 2313. Close Up fellowship
program.
Sec. 2314. Teaching of traditional
American history.
Sec. 2315. Appropriations for teaching of
traditional American history.
Sec. 2316. Teacher incentive fund program;
adjunct teacher corps.
Part D—Enhancing education through
technology
Sec. 2401. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 2402. Allotment and
reallotment.
Sec. 2403. Applications.
Sec. 2404. Local activities.
Sec. 2405. National technology
activities.
Sec. 2406. National education technology
plan.
Sec. 2407. Ready-to-learn
television.
TITLE III—Language instruction for limited
English proficient and immigrant children
Sec. 3101. Authorization of
appropriations.
Part A—English language acquisition, language
enhancement, and academic achievement act
Sec. 3111. Purposes.
SUBPART 1—Grants and subgrants for english
language acquisition and language enhancement
Sec. 3115. Formula grants to
States.
Sec. 3116. Subgrants to eligible
entities.
Sec. 3117. Local plans.
SUBPART 2—Accountability and
administration
Sec. 3121. Evaluations.
Sec. 3122. Achievement objectives and
accountability.
Sec. 3123. Reporting
requirements.
Part B—General provisions
Sec. 3201. Improving language instruction
educational programs.
Sec. 3202. General provisions.
TITLE IV—21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS
Part A—Safe and drug-free schools and
communities
Sec. 4101. Safe and drug-free schools and
communities.
Part B—21st century community learning
centers and mentoring programs
Sec. 4201. 21st century community learning
centers.
Sec. 4202. Mentoring programs.
TITLE V—PROMOTING INFORMED PARENTAL CHOICE
AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
Part A—Innovative programs
Sec. 5101. State uses of
funds.
Sec. 5102. State applications.
Sec. 5103. Local uses of
funds.
Sec. 5104. Participation of children
enrolled in private schools.
Sec. 5105. Definitions.
Sec. 5106. Authorization of
appropriations.
Part B—Public Charter Schools
Sec. 5201. Program authorized.
Sec. 5202. Authorization of appropriations
for charter school programs.
Sec. 5203. Authorization of appropriations
for credit enhancement initiatives.
Sec. 5204. Authorization of appropriations
for voluntary public school choice programs.
Part C—Magnet Schools Assistance
Sec. 5301. Findings and
purpose.
Sec. 5302. Definition.
Sec. 5303. Limitations.
Sec. 5304. Authorization of
appropriations.
Part D—Fund for the improvement of
education
Sec. 5401. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 5402. Programs
authorized.
Sec. 5403. Studies of national
significance.
Sec. 5404. Counseling
programs.
Sec. 5405. Partnerships in character
education.
Sec. 5406. Programs to be
struck.
Sec. 5407. Gifted and talented
students.
Sec. 5408. Star schools
program.
Sec. 5409. Ready to teach.
Sec. 5410. Foreign language assistance
program.
Sec. 5411. Physical education.
Sec. 5412. Excellence in economic
education.
Sec. 5413. Arts in education.
Sec. 5414. Parental assistance and local
family information centers.
TITLE VI—Flexibility and
accountability
Part A—Improving academic
achievement
Sec. 6101. Grants for State assessments
and related activities.
Sec. 6102. Grants for enhanced assessments
for students with disabilities and limited English proficient
students.
Sec. 6103. Funding.
Sec. 6104. Performance review and
penalties.
Sec. 6105. Local flexibility demonstration
agreements.
Sec. 6106. Performance review and
penalties.
Sec. 6107. Reports.
Sec. 6108. Education flexibility
partnership.
Sec. 6109. Child-centered
programming.
Part B—Rural Education Initiative
SUBPART 1—Small, Rural School Achievement
Program
Sec. 6211. Redesignation.
Sec. 6212. Grant programs
authorized.
Sec. 6213. Accountability.
SUBPART 2—Rural and Low-Income School
Program
Sec. 6221. Program authorized.
Sec. 6222. Accountability.
SUBPART 3—Alternate Uses of
Funds
Sec. 6231. Use of applicable
funding.
SUBPART 4—General provisions
Sec. 6241. Annual average daily attendance
determination.
Sec. 6242. Supplement, not
supplant.
Sec. 6243. Authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE VII—Indian, Native Hawaiian, and
Alaska Native education
Part A—Indian education
Sec. 7101. Purpose.
SUBPART 1—Formula grants to local
educational agencies
Sec. 7111. Purpose.
Sec. 7112. Grants to local educational
agencies and tribes.
Sec. 7113. Amount of grants.
Sec. 7114. Report on obstacles to program
integration.
Sec. 7115. Student
eligibility.
SUBPART 2—Definitions; authorization of
appropriations
Sec. 7121. Definitions.
Sec. 7122. Authorization of
appropriations.
SUBPART 3—Additional
amendments
Sec. 7131. Department of Interior
schools.
Part B—Native Hawaiian Education
Sec. 7201. Report date for Native Hawaiian
Education Council and Island Councils.
Sec. 7202. Program authorized.
Part C—Alaska Native Education
Sec. 7301. Program authorized.
TITLE VIII—Impact Aid program
Sec. 8101. Impact aid.
TITLE IX—General provisions
Sec. 9101. Definitions.
Sec. 9102. Consolidation of funding for
local administration.
Sec. 9103. Waivers.
Sec. 9104. Disasters and
emergencies.
Sec. 9105. Participation by private school
children and teachers.
Sec. 9106. By-pass determination
process.
TITLE X—McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act
Sec. 10001. Short title.
Sec. 10002. Grants for State and local
activities.
Sec. 10003. Waivers by the
Secretary.
Sec. 10004. Authorization of
appropriations.
3.Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or 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 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
<enum>I<?LEXA-Enum I?></enum><header>Improving the academic achievement of the
disadvantaged</header>
<section id="idCD28271F5B334F3496E86B051D5BDB1D"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Statement of
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001 (20
U.S.C. 6301) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id714FB53C1BE649E5BB8E1956E3DD156C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (13), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6992D3E2C3DC41FAA6CDD8D107EDB299"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id067F53C2B84F4496A953D75F2C027846" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB7C07B6C205F4DC283BE2197D9511489"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensuring that all
children are taught by highly qualified teachers and that low-income and
minority children are not taught at higher rates by unqualified teachers than
their more advantaged
peers;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id0D6A0D1A97A6457AA3CFBF4F89788096"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1002
(20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE61A6B2917704C938A728604EE5442EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7828C0B0805E46488667221169688F90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>$13,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>$14,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6BD43881BE494745ACEAE5223CC5486C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting <quote>2009</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28F0BBFFE3DD4F3BBB28CE78C972CE3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2010</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43B40E84DF124EBF8D67C66CAAD34E28"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id525C6E0217FB438CBE8FCB70D359A020"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6414E79F5C6E4E56B1E346E49476FEE3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE64E930BD67A4FB79FEE43BB68CB542F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA66BFD77073F486E976B3FF07D7A6D47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20B5BBB650FC430EA45B8785ADD127B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>$120,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC65AFD2351F44488B31FB37385CBED70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB500ADE49C754F1FA06C43599075FF7C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id6869E31E68E043D7AE2E292D5C75C0CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Striving
readers</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out subpart 3 of part B,
there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA8467A44C5D34029890F3C9DF6C8F963"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id31416E401D214E8393EDA832783B7046"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB734EDD9B4004AD4A1532FE12A910295"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3A0BCBFA6743434A913ED9758A0DB9C1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D77CC41D7384235AD98712EFAACAB7A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id098409575A1040AE8BDBF69DE874D3BD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>For
the purpose of carrying out sections 1501 and 1502, there are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the
5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id71DF3E2704B24006A9CED71C8EEA3678"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BF22959C5054CBFAA60D9816814B895" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id908DB4880AAC4A4E885A0C20315FF48D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Math
now</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out part F, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each
of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id801CD9D17C004185AECFDD28DE9BD2D3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id92324306B0EC4FF985C80FDDBD49060D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00E1A63FA0A942DD93C7F53E6EB67BE7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idFE2898DAAC504A2FAC8467D52B0EBD4F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Secondary
school reform</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out part H, there are
authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id76F2FC0E27F240599BBD3D54B76DA788"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id952D6C359FC242158DB54C230F664218"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>1003(g)</quote> and inserting <quote>1003(e)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4155076ACB07446C8A3ABF2C8E8D21F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id8C25219DA6214D0CAF46DD22DE300EC5"><enum>1003.</enum><header>School
improvement</header>
<subsection id="idBE44CE5E5D5749B0B7AF677E20C60E99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1003 (20 U.S.C. 6303) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id32FAA89AD7C749648592569DF0972081"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id31FB57549271410DA785CF2FE04D7450"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2 percent</quote> and
inserting <quote>4 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB764A62A94664A5DA73FC03DB9551A74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for fiscal years 2002</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>2007,</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF3F088A324614EEDA06A02AC49A38C9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB773C70465E64A2A9C5C3106EFA762B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Allocation and</header-in-text></quote> before
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Uses</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDD2BC619A95441BA3DEA2C09C4E9DDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D4030246C4F46EBB69C39D276BC4CD6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF257610F3ACD409BB86F695816D2F9AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall allocate
not less than 95 percent directly to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id55FEF467CAF34605A65B0A56ACE7D42F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational
agencies for schools identified for school improvement and restructuring, for
activities under section 1116(b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05431D5BB5D545FC9F7CC35F3B72442C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>local educational
agencies identified for school improvement or correction action under section
1116, for activities under section 1116(c);
or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0BADC69A9BD457A976B76EE8303790D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBC711A64FC1941B69F1D048F38084750"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02D6F5A54C8046E2B48DBAC542EED763"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7A98866E9B74DFB96B2FC155B8D5A7C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idFB175C78F4994EE7A21646473299E863"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance for
local school improvement</header>
<paragraph id="id188FA704638C482995B2CCEDFF627657"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to States, from
allotments under paragraph (3), to enable the States to provide subgrants to
local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance for school
and local educational agency improvement, consistent with section 1116.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA1769163D2C44A3391EF97EECD33BA7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
allotments</header><text>Such grants shall be allotted among States, the
Department of the Interior, and the outlying areas, for a fiscal year in
proportion to the funds received by the States, the Department of the Interior,
and the outlying areas, respectively, for the fiscal year under part A of this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8FED86A6C93342B7AD637424883F7F1C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>For
each fiscal year the Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent of funds
appropriated under section 1002(i) to conduct research, evaluation, and
dissemination activities related to the identification of effective school and
local educational agency improvement practices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id892359FA248C455C9280749F9C8F0604"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reallocations</header><text>If
a State does not receive funds under this subsection, the Secretary shall
reallocate such funds to other States in the same proportion as funds are
allocated under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF3E5A3BC9223468A9682DD0CCCA40E34"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State
applications</header><text>Each State educational agency that receives funds
under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, and containing such information, as the Secretary shall reasonably
require, except that such requirement shall be waived if a State educational
agency submitted such information as part of its State plan under this part.
Each State application shall, at a minimum, describe—</text>
<subparagraph id="id81DB22F15E534419A86F9AA5F8DF1B15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will use the funds provided under this subsection to assist
local educational agencies that have the greatest need for such assistance,
including how the State will set priorities among—</text>
<clause id="idFA2A10AB1527453E82E2096FAAAA69C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>local educational
agencies serving schools that have persistently not made adequate yearly
progress and are undergoing school improvement or restructuring under section
1116;</text>
</clause><clause id="idCBC51E1E773F49239824114A1565B556"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local
educational agencies serving schools that are at risk of being identified for
restructuring under section 1116; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4643A201A324476CA7EC77691691742F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>local
educational agencies that are undergoing improvement or corrective action under
section 1116;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF65EE827548A4864AB2732589B5BBA38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will use the funds provided under this subsection to employ
strategically the mechanisms described in section 1117 (including school
support teams and the other elements of a statewide system of intensive and
sustained support) to meet the needs of the schools in the State that are
undergoing school improvement and restructuring under section 1116, and to meet
the needs of the local educational agencies in the State that are undergoing
improvement and corrective action under section 1116, including how the State
educational agency will use any funds the State educational agency retains
under paragraph (6)(B) to complement and build on the activities that local
educational agencies carry out with the funds local educational agencies
receive under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD6AE16ECA6F419EA2B6BAC98058D41F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will ensure that activities carried out with funds provided
under this subsection are based on the findings of scientifically based
research on improving student achievement, including a description of how the
State educational agency will review the applications submitted by local
educational agencies for assistance under this subsection to determine the
quality of the applications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7b60292d18a745839b9fc9f879c757a4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the objectives
that the State educational agency intends to meet through the activities
described in the application; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0103e7c822fd4bc8afa85536b2715eda"><enum>(E)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will disseminate the results achieved through activities
carried out with funds received under this subsection, particularly with
respect to activities that have been successful.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7768dac20e0a45ef8e6ce449939db137"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>A State educational agency that receives a grant under this
subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf7a65edef5ec469495ce09f78f30885a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use at least 80
percent of the grant funds, to award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to
local educational agencies identified for improvement or corrective action
under section 1116 or that serve schools identified for school improvement or
restructuring under section 1116, except that no State educational agency shall
award a smaller amount under this paragraph for a fiscal year, in the
aggregate, to local educational agencies within the State than the State
educational agency allocated to such local educational agencies for fiscal year
2007 under subsection (g) of this section (as such subsection was in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of <short-title>No
Child Left Behind Act of 2007</short-title>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDacf99354243042ae8dc6e0b8faabfcd7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use any remaining
funds to implement a statewide system of support for school and local
educational agency improvements as required under section 1117.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8d159894e4f3475fb4117d37b08389d8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Local
educational agency subgrants</header><text>A subgrant to a local educational
agency under this subsection shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9caadbb887204213870098b3153cfc35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of sufficient
size and scope to support implementation of the activities described in a
school or local educational agency improvement plan under section 1116, except
that the amount made available under the subgrant to a participating school
shall be not less than $50,000 and not more than $500,000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9b5c3c33cd9b4c62a973e5569a7141ec"><enum>(B)</enum><text>renewable for 2
additional 1-year periods if schools or local educational agencies are meeting
the goals described in their school improvement plans developed under section
1116.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa6eaf4b9bde8440db8a37ad7e25d3c5b"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The
State educational agency shall annually report to the Secretary, and shall make
publicly available within the State, information on—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf5fe605bf76847d29673f9c4175effa5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the schools and
local educational agencies within the State that received financial or other
assistance with funds provided under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4a15f64c787347e1abe60db645d5b1ad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the services
provided to schools and local educational agencies and the activities carried
out with funds under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7b8569dbcd1c437a9b97e278ac05cad4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the results
obtained through the provision of services and the completion of
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F080DE9FBFD4E2982D7EF5FB25355F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 1117(c)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C. 6317(c)(1)(A)) is
amended by striking <quote>1003(g)</quote> and inserting
<quote>1003(d)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><part id="id2D34E8B054F14F9188E746704E9B158C"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>Improving basic programs operated by local
educational agencies</header>
<section id="id2671498BA41E46848BC99933D832056B"><enum>1111.</enum><header>State
plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111 (20 U.S.C.
6311) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAF98AF1E0F5F43D596DB263D38EA62A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12D7F9B50EB244F6AD10464EFAD44C3E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID9409d0ee9d664d4bb73bf5dc4e729c03"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Peer-review and
secretarial approval</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8bcdb892ac004ba6ae98a05930e776d5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a
peer-review process to assist in the review of State plans submitted under
paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf4ac8b6c1e4f46509c36d1e569fc8601"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appoint
individuals to the peer-review process who are—</text>
<clause id="idE0F5BBDD8D22432B995AB7FA90CF34BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>representative of
parents, teachers, State educational agencies, and local educational agencies;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA5CAB71BBC2C43988CB49DB873A5567B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>familiar with
educational standards, assessments, accountability, the needs of low-performing
schools, and other educational needs of students;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5ac39b7f3225488b9db536d633a13a34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve a State
plan within 120 days of the plan's submission unless the Secretary determines
that the plan does not meet the requirements of this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2bfdb2b994d44df09f9115b3c0024304"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if the Secretary
determines that the State plan does not meet the requirements of this
subsection, subsection (b), or subsection (c), immediately notify the State of
such determination and the reasons for such determination;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7d0f75106d9a42138e06cab298453bb7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not decline to
approve a State's plan before—</text>
<clause id="ID860f48acd29441eea0b87aa75c5c3901"><enum>(i)</enum><text>offering the
State an opportunity to revise the plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4a8c141dae074aa09c1a6783fb9c060a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance in order to assist the State to meet the requirements of
this subsection, subsection (b), and subsection (c); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5b4992b4f8f14905bdb5da091a21d027"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>providing a
hearing; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6f1eb9d2589648b88aba5a87bea144d7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>disapprove a
State plan for not meeting the requirements of this part, but not require a
State as a condition of approval of the State plan—</text>
<clause id="id73CDA441C6614236AD93B894E0F0A964"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to include in, or
delete from, such plan, 1 or more specific elements of the State's academic
content standards; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id6AB33C46CB1D4FB387DF7A07542AB105"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to use specific
academic assessment instruments or items.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe290ff77f496440ab5592b131b2ba2a0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State
revisions</header><text>A State plan shall be revised by the State educational
agency if it is necessary to satisfy the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6cf21f5d7ca646abab15d5f7bc163193"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duration of the
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="ID98ffabae58a84a09afb3ac5c715ab66d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State plan shall—</text>
<clause id="ID9ca3c6981f0b49c6bcbbc423a9c90b95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remain in effect
for the duration of the State's participation under this part; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID559cd765700e483cad838ceb9241b078"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be periodically
reviewed and revised, as the State educational agency determines necessary, to
reflect changes in the State's strategies and programs under this part.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID29bd8196787e493580afc0b83466ee24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>If significant changes are made to a State's plan,
such as the adoption of new State academic content standards, new State student
academic achievement standards, new academic assessments, or a new definition
of adequate yearly progress, such information shall be submitted to the
Secretary for review and approval.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf86dbc4c52564fb5830580a8e3d95e26"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="IDf5621f1d90ab49109a09eb572d93c090"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Failure to meet
deadlines enacted in 2002</header>
<clause id="ID3c368792464841b38c10ea27c5362c03"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a State fails to meet the deadlines established by the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Secretary shall withhold 25 percent of
the funds that would otherwise be available to the State for State
administration and activities under this part in each year until the Secretary
determines that the State meets those requirements.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID47edd5b640e04b89ba8c200247a5a390"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No
extension</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 90 days
after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2007 the
Secretary shall not grant any additional waivers of, or enter into any
additional compliance agreements to extend, the deadlines described in
subparagraph (A) for any State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8edf2b5b0bab440e9e74c5a3025b65e5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to meet
requirements enacted in 2007</header><text>If a State fails to meet any of the
requirements of this section, other than the requirements described in
subparagraph (A), then the Secretary may withhold funds for State
administration under this part until the Secretary determines that the State
has fulfilled those
requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id323D09CA234240F3A200879FA4946641"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9726CFBFED744298A640D3A382389730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="idD03622ECC8CE414FA2FDC6801D366384"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(beginning in the 2005–2006 school
year)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC6CF6E24F15D4040A3186194D0377C4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (G) and (H),
respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD54A65ABA1E346C59DBBA1126301B5E7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EE48FEF7F9848FE9FDCBC81F5BB130F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID3884c102c3574d80ac63bc1bc6a579a6"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Alternate
academic achievement standards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, a State may, through a documented and validated
standards-setting process, define alternate academic achievement standards for
students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who take an alternate
assessment, if those standards—</text>
<clause id="IDabc6ca82f88e4ea9bd6fff3b54235f75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are aligned with
the State’s academic content standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf0567ce4e7dc4d1a92b81b631316f725"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promote access
to the general curriculum; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID79ad623f61ea43b8bf4cfe8992a9855a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reflect
professional judgment of the highest achievement standards attainable by those
students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf99f81e7215549679109f54e036c76d4"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Modified
academic achievement standards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, a State may, through a documented and validated
standards-setting process, adopt modified academic achievement standards for
students who have disabilities that preclude the students from achieving
grade-level proficiency within the academic year covered by a student’s
individualized education program under section 614(d) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, if the modified standards—</text>
<clause id="IDb99137b36560430c870ea2eef4ce70ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are aligned with
the State’s academic content standards for the grade in which the student is
enrolled;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDee9ec3e3d2f14e35b40f8b04e4663a36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are challenging
for eligible students, except that the modified standards may be less difficult
than the grade-level academic achievement standards under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2ae38686df2a49c4ac7463a4e9c43e02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>include at
least 3 achievement levels.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idC2BABF76E9F244B09C818F2D7EAEE631"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (H), as redesignated by clause (ii), by striking
<quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17E75C2A49B04B9EBABB8DC0A9765323"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idC170EB308E76460BAFE8E17427F2D44D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="idBA41BEFA97174AA3B25D3F9576DF39DA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
clause (vi) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6DF4E9EE08247ECBAF9CC6D2C969010" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID0ef909914ede466aa57c8ddae1b0da70"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in accordance
with subparagraph (D), includes graduation rates for public secondary school
students disaggregated by each category of students described in clause (v),
and at least 1 other academic indicator (as determined by the State) for all
public elementary school
students;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id6A17D78159DF4E90A18F3D163FC10B7D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (vii),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF06DC88FE58C4F41A27672F5C6577AA7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B9A999BBA3541239505C616E622F1E9" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID62b25fbc6ab14c33a1f8f9590f92eefc"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in carrying
out clause (v) and (vii), ensures that the minimum number of students necessary
to yield statistically reliable information is the same for the group of all
students described in clause (v)(I) and each of the subgroups described in
clause
(v)(II)</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idD27EC6630AAF4D18808B3AA90E13893C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subclause id="id01897F8B6A1549AC83C967FFD82D3C58"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idB3751A78156F4AA6A9D7D6F8526DA00D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CFA35FE0FE74B66BA6817B0BE230572" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDa32515c2d14e43e6873028ea8dd5b045"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as
provided in subparagraph (I)(i), may not use those indicators to reduce the
number of, or change, the schools that would otherwise be subject to school
improvement or restructuring under section 1116 if those indicators were not
used, but may use those indicators to identify additional schools for school
improvement or restructuring under section 1116;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id6107FF4201D147BCAA8C6E565005C9AD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77AC7D44B67A49F2B13230A4C70E9488" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID04c1966808d84768acf2280c95d542d8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall calculate
the graduation rate—</text>
<subclause id="id40A1CA7BF6B347C0B6D885A9BCC53C26"><enum>(I)</enum><text>beginning not
later than the end of the 2011–2012 school year, by dividing the number of
students in a school or served by a local educational agency who receive a
regular diploma by the number of first-time ninth-grade students who were
enrolled in the school or were served by the local educational agency 4 years
earlier, taking into account—</text>
<item id="ID4a220463fe184da4824c3946674000df"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the movement of
students into and out of the school or local educational agency, documented
through such evidence as a transcript, over the 4-year period; and</text>
</item><item id="ID5589946e78034eab862b2e24a8f61b56"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the additional
time that may be required for students with disabilities and recently arrived
students who have limited English proficiency to graduate with a regular
secondary school diploma; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID88477852ff7a4721a66fa399675effd6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>prior to the
timeframe described in subclause (I), by using the averaged freshman graduation
rate as defined by the National Center for Education
Statistics.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id95B96C42FB644DF3A2BB63CCF6EF8648"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F), by inserting <quote>of mathematics and reading or language arts</quote>
after <quote>State assessments</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6560CD262CBE4492B1AD2E30794F3EC8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subclause id="idBD1AC219F1384C679DFE80D501D3F3C9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id373B3CDD95B549F38075CDF51E7F3E54"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (v),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2C08B27B9928423DAC391E7B1552077A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49912813CD9B4C488937EE01364E5EF0" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDde8362437f6846909470eced0bdbdf98"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>shall include
significant improvement, as determined by the Secretary, in the graduation rate
for public secondary school students that applies separately to each group of
students described in subparagraph
(C)(v).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idF852521D365744FC97E170DAB103E862"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (I)(ii), by striking <quote>(except that</quote> and all that
follows through the period and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8B8B72B8EE19400F8245200E8AEB4A34" style="OLC">
<text>, except
that—</text><subclause id="IDac9226d5ee1246489d3aaf3e22b8b2c3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the 95 percent
requirement described in this clause shall not apply in a case in which the
number of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically
reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable
information about an individual student; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDae652db357854cd39292741ba19a1181"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary
may promulgate regulations to permit States to omit from the 95 percent
requirement described in clause (ii) students who cannot participate in a
State’s assessments due to a significant medical
emergency.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idF90D399799D94E0FA350466F34DE791C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (J)—</text>
<subclause id="idA1FC089C1C0D47F084FC6D01D1BE2067"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9C979875B0A04C0695F35B28F1B3D961"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (iii) as clause (ii); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idD633A1F4A024447094D767C9D2986A81"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E4BDEA183F74425B87053F658362F88" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID9761431980434425952f5ad87050b7ac"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Student
growth</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the
Secretary may permit a State, consistent with requirements established by the
Secretary, to establish and implement procedures for incorporating student
academic growth into the State’s definition of adequate yearly progress under
subparagraph (C). A State that desires to incorporate student academic growth
into the State’s definition of adequate yearly progress under subparagraph (C)
shall, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="ID65f25942e4e8493ca63d67cd08a2dcee"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include, in the
State's procedures for incorporating student academic growth in the definition
of adequate yearly progress, an expectation that all students in each group
described in subparagraph (C)(v) will, by school year 2013–2014, meet or exceed
the State’s proficient level of academic achievement on the State assessments
under paragraph (3);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5ee0c0481446406d92b229289519b830"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish
statewide annual measurable objectives that are based on meeting the State’s
proficient level of academic achievement on the State assessments under
paragraph (3) and are not based on individual student background
characteristics;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcba599cd9ed34c4bb1e597ae01c20b80"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish
separate, measurable objectives for the assessments of mathematics and reading
or language arts under paragraph (3);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8d9ba7ee1f2742fb8e88334548cf611d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ensure that all
students who are tested using the State’s assessments under paragraph (3)(B)
are included in the State’s assessment system under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa803ddd413d94674a40a05788ba0a39a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>include, in the
State's definition of adequate yearly progress, the results of assessments,
approved by the Secretary, that—</text>
<subclause id="ID2344762f36354dcca91b755c7e4d7d59"><enum>(I)</enum><text>produce
comparable results from grade to grade and from year to year in each of the
grades 3 through 8, and in secondary school, in mathematics and reading or
language arts; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc7fddb8d70694d40beaff385cbb14e88"><enum>(II)</enum><text>have been used
by the State for more than 1 year;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID9f497ce11e6a4be2ab6db6c9c2c04db0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>track student
progress through a State-developed longitudinal data system; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9767f742f3bd41ca921db4ac97e07719"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>include, as
separate academic indicators in determining whether schools are making adequate
yearly progress for a particular year—</text>
<subclause id="ID5f991ebf962e4a908de59fde8440ea3c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the rate of
student participation in assessments under paragraph (3);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4bc3287de86c409c91b6d051dfdc94a2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>another academic
indicator described in subparagraph (C)(vi); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF6643E5335104C40A55EB151B329AB94"><enum>(III)</enum><text>another
academic indicator described in subparagraph (C)(vii).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd0168344b7a42f4802b8695a7103491"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Students with
disabilities</header>
<clause id="id641644AC181E47CF8BD63254B69541E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In determining adequate yearly progress for schools,
local educational agencies, and the State, a State may include—</text>
<subclause id="IDccc19fa030d843789a81d9c0898fb3d0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the scores of
students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who meet or exceed
the proficient level of academic achievement based on alternate academic
achievement standards, if the number of those students (at the local
educational agency and State levels, separately) does not exceed 1 percent of
all students in the grades assessed in mathematics and reading or language
arts; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2f8508368f2c468f87e6cb35657d7b79"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the scores of
students with disabilities who meet or exceed the proficient level of academic
achievement based on modified academic achievement standards, if the number of
those students (at the local educational agency and State levels, separately)
does not exceed 2 percent of all students in the grades assessed in mathematics
and reading or language arts.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID5b31e25e913a4f64ba1417fb42f926d8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<subclause id="id9294D80AB31A4DD4AF575CBED9E2DF96"><enum>(I)</enum><header>2
percent</header><text>Notwithstanding clause (i), a State or local educational
agency may exceed the 2 percent limitation in clause (i)(II) if—</text>
<item id="id812C792BECB24DF2BEC3303D12CDCAA4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the number of
proficient and advanced scores on the alternate academic achievement standards
is less than 1 percent; and</text>
</item><item id="id98B10EEF706F481BA4A5B22E32A22CBF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the number of
proficient and advanced scores based on modified and alternate academic
achievement standards combined does not exceed 3 percent of all students in the
grades assessed.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID03431ed7df934b07959bf108ac10ed4b"><enum>(II)</enum><header>1
percent</header><text>A State may, in accordance with such criteria as the
Secretary may prescribe, waive the 1 percent limitation in clause (i)(I) for
local educational agencies in the State, if the State does not exceed the 1
percent limitation in clause (i)(I).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID863f0a28939a4abd87f1b553ba282437"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>A State or local educational agency may, in determining
adequate yearly progress for the subgroup of students with disabilities,
include the score of a student who previously met the definition of a child
with a disability under section 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, for a period of not more than 2 years from the time the student
stopped receiving services under such Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf84d077bd82b4dcc9b80abdd9e2f92d2"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Adequate yearly
progress for limited english proficient students</header><text>In determining
adequate yearly progress for schools, local educational agencies, and the
State, a State may—</text>
<clause id="ID89b0b55fe97f45e686a22f1708621cdf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for the purpose
of meeting the requirements of subsection (b)(2)(I)(ii), count recently arrived
limited English proficient students as having participated in the State’s
assessment, if the students have taken the State’s English language proficiency
assessment under subsection (b)(7) or the State’s reading or language arts
assessment;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa9dc67c96a61495dafc155e7f90a84e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for 2
administrations of the annual mathematics assessments or reading or language
arts assessments under paragraph (3), choose not to include the scores of
recently arrived limited English proficient students on the State’s mathematics
assessment or the reading or language arts assessment, even if those students
have been enrolled in the same school or served by the same local educational
agency for a full academic year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe5dba927607c42e9955da81800746773"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>include, in the
subgroup of students with limited English proficiency, the score of a student
who was limited English proficient, for not more than 2 years after the year in
which the student no longer meets the State’s definition of limited English
proficient.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4b9dff28f3af409780cfa29d34b3068d"><enum>(O)</enum><header>Adequate yearly
progress for refugee children</header><text>The Secretary may promulgate
regulations that permit additional flexibility in determining adequate yearly
progress for recently arrived limited English proficient students who have
resettled in the United States through the United States Refugee Admissions
Program, administered by the Department of State’s Bureau of Population,
Refugees, and
Migration.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1CBF80D0AE9C43A38814143CBC25F915"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="idBEBDC8DA93FA45ADB0D1D44942B58F70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE24A9A730AC4613ACCF821EBE2456FA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID73f942260b1a48b3a5b1af5fffb736dc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of academic
assessment results to improve student academic achievement</header>
<clause id="idD4B95B4B60ED4971A06BECF91EA0DC24"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State plan shall demonstrate how results of academic
assessments under this paragraph—</text>
<subclause id="ID80e06a8538094f72977a10ad3e158b85"><enum>(I)</enum><text>will be promptly
provided to local educational agencies, schools, and teachers in a manner that
is clear and easy to understand, except that in no case shall the results be so
provided later than the day before the first day of the school year that begins
after the assessment is administered; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf0d6ef58b36d44aabc0deedab65f2db3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be used by those
local educational agencies, schools, and teachers to improve the educational
achievement of individual students.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDdf53959ded2d4f658c4c592d7dd9681d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Incorporation
of data</header><text>Each State educational agency may incorporate the data
from assessments under this paragraph into a State developed longitudinal data
system that links student test scores, teacher assignments, length of
enrollment, and graduation records over
time.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idBEB553DEC9BC4226BDC703BE41C3D5C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="id6047DE70A9454310AAE5E07CD023D5C8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (v)(I),
by striking <quote>once during</quote> and all that follows through the
semicolon at the end of item (cc) and inserting <quote>once during grades 10
through 12;</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idC265FBADD36A4A508891E6C0ED9CE3CF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause
(vii)—</text>
<item id="id62CF74FBE300457482BAAEF2EADDF9BC"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>beginning not later than school year 2005–2006,</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item id="idE7004E6EF46C4522A791BD26B135CB11"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>, except that</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>1-year period</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idB1784073C0ED4D7E9D3CB16C56269719"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ix) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80322503F1AB4C7D8997FBE0BB429F39" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDfa3ef9596fac46e6991959a7a105daec"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>provide
for—</text>
<subclause id="IDfe148aad5cdf401185549f5156ecc681"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the participation
in such assessments of all students;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6605e94d45104bd884342e5f6bb42a19"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the appropriate
accommodations for students with disabilities necessary to measure the academic
achievement of such students relative to State academic content and State
student academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID8f1abcf1e05247f3a6f2fc7040cfeb02"><enum>(III)</enum><text>alternate
assessments aligned with grade-level academic content and academic achievement
standards, unless the State develops alternate assessments aligned with—</text>
<item id="id4A544C3B8EA04E6EB1B95C63FEEBA617"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>alternate
academic achievement standards, consistent with subparagraph (D), for students
with the most significant cognitive disabilities; or</text>
</item><item id="id911C8D31A83B43F885D04F47CF7B3BE1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>modified
academic achievement standards consistent with subparagraph (D); and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID41bc7910196545b99fac20dd3ad5bd52"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the inclusion of
limited English proficient students, who 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), except as provided in subparagraph (E);
and</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="idAAA5B58574474C0C9616BA9EC6181104"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (x),
by striking <quote>subclause (III)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause
(ix)(III)</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id80EC21FFF1614ED5AEE6F9024EE3AB9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (F);</text>
</clause><clause id="idBA9474BBE4294D34842E018CE1D21E58"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (C), as amended by clause (ii), the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5749E3911DFF4FC9ABF95874DDAEDDEC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDf16406f704b74a60a26b55451bd07518"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Students with
disabilities</header>
<clause id="idB546ED1CDFC241778D1FD3D37127B854"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Alternate
standards</header><text>A State may provide for alternate assessments aligned
with alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most
significant cognitive disabilities, if the State—</text>
<subclause id="ID4d5a449ed28747198629bd0393d21dca"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establishes and
monitors implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for individualized
education program teams (as that term is defined in section 614(d)(1)(B) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) to apply in determining when a
child’s significant cognitive disability justifies assessment based on
alternate academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa0d70c0ecf1b4955a314a3d456863a93"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensures that the
parents of those students are informed that their child’s academic achievement
will be based on alternate academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID249bd78c82364c3697aee3dd920c8c2c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>documents that
students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are, to the extent
practicable, included in the general curriculum, and in assessments aligned
with that curriculum;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDeb3ddf2ab1314b04a3962ffec9d4ee97"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>develops,
disseminates information on, and promotes the use of, appropriate
accommodations to increase the number of students with disabilities who are
tested against academic achievement standards for the grade in which a student
is enrolled; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID43202de78c954d64bd0332e62e7215ad"><enum>(V)</enum><text>ensures that
regular and special education teachers and other appropriate staff know how to
administer assessments, including making appropriate use of accommodations, for
students with disabilities.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID9127776b704a4b9b839fcaf288808bfa"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Modified
standards</header><text>A State may assess students with disabilities based on
modified academic achievement standards in any of the assessments for which
assessments are administered under this paragraph, if the State—</text>
<subclause id="IDaab7b92ddc684584b091fd144cf10f02"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establishes and
monitors implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for individualized
education program teams to apply in determining which students with
disabilities are eligible to be assessed based on modified academic achievement
standards, which criteria, at a minimum, shall include—</text>
<item id="IDbc17882a547e45aea819e6838163cf92"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>whether the
student’s disability has precluded the student from achieving grade-level
proficiency, as demonstrated by objective evidence, such as the student’s
performance on the State’s regular assessments or on other assessments that can
validly demonstrate academic achievement; and</text>
</item><item id="IDe1836192b3804953b992abad33d74337"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>whether the
student’s progress in response to appropriate instruction, including special
education and related services designed to address the student’s individual
needs, is such that, even if significant growth occurs, the individualized
education program team is reasonably certain that the student will not achieve
grade-level proficiency within the year covered by the student’s individualized
education program, which progress shall be based on multiple measurements, over
a period of time, that are valid for the subjects being assessed;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID72cb0529ec5b4946ac5a65cccecc0819"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensures that, if
a student’s individualized education program includes goals for a subject
assessed based on modified academic achievement standards, those goals are
based on academic content standards for the grade in which the student is
enrolled;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDedf13c876dac4e1cb876dff27946a199"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensures that
parents of students with disabilities who are assessed against modified
academic achievement standards are informed that their child’s achievement will
be measured based on modified academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa3169ce194a944eebdfbae6a041e1c53"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>ensures that the
alternate assessment yields results that measure the achievement of those
students separately in reading or language arts, mathematics, and science
relative to the modified academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc1b703e6724743cfa39245cc1f4ac674"><enum>(V)</enum><text>ensures that
students who are assessed based on modified academic achievement standards have
access to the curriculum, including instruction, for the grade in which the
students are enrolled; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID85d62edc435144a391fae5aa2b56eeec"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>establishes and
monitors implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for individualized
education program teams to apply in developing and implementing individualized
education programs for students who are assessed based on modified academic
achievement standards.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc0de185f84464e7a85846d711c59efdc"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Students with
limited english proficiency</header><text>A State may exempt a recently arrived
limited English proficient student from 2 administrations of the State’s
reading or language arts assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idCA912E22C4EA44D9B87F00DB60FCB892"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (F), as redesignated by clause (iii), by striking
<quote>6113(a)(2) is less than</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>through 2007.</quote> and inserting <quote>6113(a)(1) is less than
$400,000,000.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B5EEB2E4A69466E99D6C08B313742AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CEA698141A34901BCCC070A0E8CF0AE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD57271C3F2604FA79C1959427514E8B3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDdb0fae15744c4c789d2e0c0a48811934"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Assessment of
English language proficiency</header><text>Each State plan shall demonstrate
that local educational agencies in the State will provide for an annual
assessment of English proficiency (measuring students’ proficiency in speaking,
listening, reading, writing, and comprehension in English) of all students with
limited English proficiency in the schools served by the State educational
agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2cf545f6f66f4ac58b10e63e9749a722"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc709bdaaa8a9477e82530060892863cd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Recently
arrived limited English proficient student</header><text>The term
<term>recently arrived limited English proficient student</term> means a
student with limited English proficiency who has attended schools in the United
States for a period of less than 24 months.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab5c38cd261d4d38a2f1600203362781"><enum>(B)</enum><header>School in the
United States</header><text>The term <term>school in the United States</term>
means an elementary school or secondary school in 1 of the 50 States or the
District of
Columbia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB430EC76E15A4BCA929BE5B9D94164F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55D13E460519446F857B891A70E55C99" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID7b0fea3c937a4379b0a733b5d800c497"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provisions To
support teaching and learning</header><text>Each State plan shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfc0ffbb8abf4462b9ba5c723c118f509"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe how the
State will notify local educational agencies, teachers, parents, and the public
of the academic content standards, student academic achievement standards, and
academic assessments, developed under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID302b847c7d0540bf850c38e34f51449b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe how the
State educational agency will assist each local educational agency and school
affected by the State plan to develop the capacity to comply with each of the
requirements of sections 1112(b), 1114(b), and 1115(c) that is applicable to
the local educational agency or school;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID578f9bc6e53f492eab55049b38278448"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describe how the
State educational agency will assist each local educational agency and school
affected by the State plan to provide additional educational assistance to
individual students assessed and determined to need help to meet the State's
challenging academic achievement standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID58c115c5b401456c8338c626a519dac1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe how the
State educational agency, in consultation with the Governor, will to carry out
the responsibilities of the State under sections 1116 and 1117, including
carrying out the State educational agency's statewide system of technical
assistance and support for local educational agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2df60dd0811247808a38c0ed49f42b37"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describe the
specific steps the State educational agency will take to ensure that schoolwide
programs and targeted assistance schools provide instruction by highly
qualified instructional staff as required by sections 1114(b)(1)(C) and
1115(c)(1)(E), including steps that the State educational agency will take to
ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than
other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers, and the
measures that the State educational agency will use to evaluate and publicly
report the progress of the State educational agency with respect to such
steps;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID790e4e960af14ef39e8f5293381924ef"><enum>(6)</enum><text>include an
assurance that the State educational agency will assist local educational
agencies in developing or identifying high-quality effective curricula aligned
with State academic achievement standards and describe how the State
educational agency will disseminate such curricula to each local educational
agency and school within the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6e5e81a8845a4129baf4dcf37e65ef1d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include an
assurance that the State educational agency will coordinate and collaborate, to
the extent feasible and necessary as determined by the State educational
agency, with agencies providing services to children, youth, and families, with
respect to local educational agencies within the State that are identified for
improvement or corrective action under section 1116 and that request assistance
with addressing major factors that have significantly affected the academic
achievement of students in the local educational agency or schools served by
the local educational agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f5b071f5a0645a0a443d6277a6b1f7c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>include an
assurance that the State educational agency will work with other agencies,
including educational service agencies or other local consortia, and
institutions to provide technical assistance to local educational agencies and
schools, including technical assistance in providing professional development
under section 1119, technical assistance under section 1117, and technical
assistance relating to parental involvement under section
1118.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE046F7CE938841EEB848840968A72320"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (e), (f), and (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D7AA34D6F2B42E2A77AD134AE16D78E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m), as subparagraphs (e), (g), (h),
(i), (j), and (k), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id44ADDB4526F3453086453097E5AA5295"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), as redesignated by paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id976DAC74A2644058B9D4AB5A7F64150C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id3C500546727D47C782997DA4A9BE2BE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Not later than the beginning of the
2002–2003 school year, unless</quote> and inserting
<quote>Unless</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4B6410FF3A8E4D59A6D0010D2DFAB50D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="id4C4AA04F332648E186C6AE88432298F6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i) through (viii) as clauses (ii) through (ix), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id84322559FA5E45318043214D5128C301"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
before clause (ii), as redesignated by clause (i), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1F740F903454D6A83957E83921C1694" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID4fb495ab51c4461f893be0c9526e17c5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
clear and concise description of the State's accountability system, including a
description of the criteria by which the State evaluates school performance,
and the criteria that the State has established, consistent with subsection
(b)(2), to determine the status of schools regarding school improvement and
restructuring;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id66F67D6ECF42412D9BD7CC0373645729"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause
(viii), as redesignated by clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE86991CEE03B4FE28BF0905B734FCF72"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (ix),
as redesignated by clause (i), by striking the period and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id92D8DFDC490343CEBD2E90A890B21C02"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74F39CB0E52B473286BFEBE0BE82C961" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDce637746e0a24bdb8bba5bbbd96be16e"><enum>(x)</enum><text>information on
the academic achievement and gains in English language proficiency of students
with limited English proficiency, including—</text>
<subclause id="IDe207e0fd4ecd4197b59871a7a42cfa0c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>information on
the number of students with limited English proficiency who achieved
proficiency in English and, therefore, exited the limited English proficiency
subgroup; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4235eaa1283e432e9e396ae657891756"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
recently arrived limited English proficient students in the State exempted from
taking the reading or language arts assessments under subsection (b)(3);
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID9677d01434ae4d84a28d9ce6c015fad5"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>for the prior
school year—</text>
<subclause id="IDc9cbc8419112493e9f7310abe355753f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of
students eligible to participate in public school choice and supplemental
educational services under this part;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID69a0b94c09d04291875946b6829d9682"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
students who so participated; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa0cd9762a46249f79bd06c67ccad1e44"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the total
amount of funds expended for supplemental educational
services.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id168FBC645A7E4FD5921CDF38178087A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<subclause id="id06C22E3A51604C20926E3B73CE8179CE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
clause (iii);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9E1E7A1E0D214CFBA686BDC9498D1D26"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (iv), (v), and (vi) as clauses (iii), (iv), and (v),
respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id72BF8B45951E4B7A98404E10611EE7E6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
clause (vii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4526E6482D7D4CDB840180562F40E1AA" style="OLC">
<clause id="id35049D9FB1C849C3BE53F6A7EE1174C1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>postsecondary
enrollment
rates.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id912DBD955E6D42C6A1EEC2D159FC4345"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idE36262D600D94B7A91F95108798C03C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>Not later than the beginning of the
2002–2003 school year, a local</quote> and inserting <quote>A
local</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idA1B6A74C4D7C42EAA219A0E8C4AE2207"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(i)—</text>
<subclause id="idDB45594692354A9F815D9C0B0A8B016A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause
(I)—</text>
<item id="id9F1E7584A49A4415A0AB466F59924A28"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>1116(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>1116(b)</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item id="idEDC91C6FF09345BE89B003E7ED951804"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idFF16254C18914BB39559EA00DC12A736"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94FC37F7310E4AA1AA769BE2A7BC964A" style="OLC">
<subclause id="ID67a5a2bbd30e45e98ac77d9961e386a0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the information
described in paragraph (1)(C)(xi), relating to student participation in
public-school choice and supplemental educational services;
and</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id427418B8F27849A6BA9BE225F1FAB425"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking <quote>the 2002–2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>each</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7DB3FE4947074B2787C2116BAA5E8018"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8C8E77C14414FFB906901A32ABE9147"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7257085AF773412F93D66C72C6682A27" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID4bc8bb12135544348c07c9961c61fe63"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual state
report to the secretary</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving
assistance under this part shall report annually to the Secretary, and make
widely available within the State—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa08008725cf34e9ea05f83d4d178656c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on
the State's progress in developing and implementing the academic assessments
described in subsection (b)(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDee3a8db8b13441329840e8fc26d9535e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on
the achievement of students on the academic assessments required by subsection
(b)(3), including the disaggregated results for the categories of students
identified in subsection (b)(2)(C)(v);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf55d69551c764c28a4762cbe38460de9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students with disabilities who have taken—</text>
<clause id="ID229fc69d5ff24b43a2eebacb57d1c23d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>general
assessments;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID202731aa88e444329fb4565dc44a7994"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>general
assessments with accommodations;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5559b76dc751458da0e7857c531267a1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>alternate
assessments based on grade-level academic achievement standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9db6c073d13c4fb4b37164950800ad42"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>alternate
assessments based on modified academic achievement standards; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5cb3b42b0f5447fa80065acc8b62cd4c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>alternate
assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID829e6018d3734f8883129919bc17bdec"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information on
the acquisition of English proficiency by children with limited English
proficiency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID568e49e0e6014b338c4041f76b1a747e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number and
names of each school identified for school improvement and restructuring under
section 1116(b), the reason why each school was so identified, and the measures
taken to address the achievement problems of such schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf90e3e6dcc994b50912f1d6de86d553d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>for the prior
school year—</text>
<clause id="IDb2e8448b63794c6cba3bd7f17d3610cc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
students eligible to participate in public school choice and supplemental
educational services under this part;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID647047d929bd4c00864d22a915b091d4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the actual
number of students who so participated; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4052f16545004d59be542b63787231e8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the total
amount of funds expended for supplemental educational services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDcff3c301777f48c886ce869936f076ea"><enum>(G)</enum><text>information on
the quality of teachers and the percentage of classes being taught by highly
qualified teachers in the State, local educational agency, and
school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5855533C8A6D4C939371267DA4ACA7D4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting <quote>Labor</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F3C34924FB340448074D12D355C883F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1CD47E88DC56419496EA0840D05FF0C2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (5) and amended by paragraph
(6), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08042AD352CF45CC8FA1753281E4F260" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID19abbf195b444026b6d8a5f7d0e9bda9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other
assurances</header><text>Each State plan shall contain an assurance
that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0dcd7657db3b461b8029a460342b1168"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State will
participate in biennial State academic assessments of 4th and 8th grade reading
and mathematics under the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried
out under section 303 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Authorization Act if the Secretary pays the costs of administering such
assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID148c3a50477d44f49483ad98736254e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will provide the least restrictive and burdensome
regulations for local educational agencies and individual schools participating
in a program assisted under this part;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a99d0a0f0244ffeb69a3a60231ce768"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will encourage schools to consolidate funds from other
Federal, State, and local sources for schoolwide reform in schoolwide programs
under section 1114 and modify or eliminate State fiscal and accounting barriers
so that schools can easily consolidate funds from other Federal, State, and
local sources for schoolwide programs under section 1114;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC301826347CB40D29D430BA906511A2D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the State
educational agency has involved the committee of practitioners established
under section 1903(b) in developing the State plan and monitoring
implementation of the State plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0eeb8a08ad1e411280c006639cf448bf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will inform local educational agencies in the State of the
local educational agency's authority to transfer funds under title VI, to
obtain waivers under part D of title IX, and, if the State is an Ed-Flex
Partnership State, to obtain waivers under the Education Flexibility
Partnership Act of 1999; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42f106d2007240738f9a2851904d2602"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will coordinate activities funded under this part with other
Federal activities as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id09905E3C6293402FA4C44E656D1C26AC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (k)
(as redesignated by paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id60B7406BFE8B49FEBBDFC046B02C1DE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Bureau-funded schools</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Department of the
Interior-funded schools</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3F3ADC5C0D944ED0B3E39D9491AF9C6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (k)—</text>
<clause id="id03D85F719EAD4296AC9F1799D18BDB06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>operated or funded by BIA</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF4558E86F344D7DA19FCAE9E5769D4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>from the Department of the Interior</quote> after <quote>receiving
funds</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id7D4EF7545C3A4D49B8CE165579CF9007"><enum>1112.</enum><header>Local
educational agency plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1112 (20 U.S.C. 6312) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4941E7F2E79C45D199C5B3F194522FB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1112C95902D492EA0F219F44A001122" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDb8098a1ed35644799e00be73628b61a4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State review
and approval</header>
<subparagraph id="ID332d41dc46eb4ab1b1e043da07f5af76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency plan shall be filed
according to a schedule established by the State educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID418571c6be64414da8da6b65a36e8868"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
State educational agency shall approve a local educational agency's plan only
if the State educational agency determines that the local educational agency's
plan—</text>
<clause id="ID69700af9145f4c9493e1346480a1cf1d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enables schools
served under this part to substantially help children served under this part
meet the academic standards expected of all children as described in section
1111(b)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID35d7578226414c4f80eb87371337a0c1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the
requirements of this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb80c5a6804fc4daf96b8ad75f688c3d8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
State educational agency shall review the local educational agency's plan to
determine if such agency's activities are in accordance with sections 1118 and
1119.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID60b370bafd3d47c49c81fc491eabe522"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Plan
development and duration</header>
<subparagraph id="ID9c4c3f3dec9b45fbab7fc75dc5039d6f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Each
local educational agency plan shall be developed in consultation with teachers,
principals, administrators (including administrators of programs described in
other parts of this title), and other appropriate school personnel, and with
parents of children in schools served under this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb023631866914b20b85f9d3200a8ff08"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Program
responsibility</header><text>Each local educational agency plan shall reflect
the shared responsibility of schools, teachers, and the local educational
agency in making decisions regarding activities under sections 1114 and
1115.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd77f14987d31407bae31435d80363952"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Each
local educational agency plan shall be submitted for the first year for which
this part is in effect following the date of enactment of the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2007 and shall remain in effect for the duration of the agency's
participation under this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2b66b88ba4514fca8028ee6b79916149"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Each
local educational agency shall periodically review and, as necessary, revise
its plan to reflect changes in the local educational agency’s strategies and
programs under this
part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF6E8D59048844FEC8AEE8BF0AD86C49C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id811759AD3F05424BBEAD1FBFCFF289A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id9FB6279EE49B4965842EE867A9D1826B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (F), (I), (L), (M), (N), (O), and (P);</text>
</clause><clause id="id1DD20F9D93434EC09ED2007A4BFDEAA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), (G), (H), (J), (K), and (Q), as
subparagraphs (H), (I), (K), (L), (M), (O), and (P), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="idCE8BDF4544284386875DD6A9E49A3820"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC9FDF75C5A34E018FFF987ACA334627" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID3aea8ffa56a640d8a3220d893995c9a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of
how the local educational agency will work in consultation with schools to
develop the school's plans and activities pursuant to sections 1114 and 1115 so
that each school can make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the State
student academic achievement standards and a description of the programs to be
conducted by such agency's schools under sections 1114 and 1115, and where
appropriate, educational services outside such schools for children living in
local institutions for neglected or delinquent children, and for neglected and
delinquent children in community day school programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID435ef60703994406a4a93ba34e22c44b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of
the actions the local educational agency will take to assist schools identified
for academic alert, improvement, or restructuring under section 1116 and how
the local educational agency will take into account the experience of model
programs for the educationally disadvantaged, and the findings of relevant
scientifically based research indicating which programs and services may be
most effective in improving student academic achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8bc0d558d7b44249835b02433e5d1629"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a description of
the actions the local educational agency will take to implement public school
choice and supplemental services, consistent with the requirements of section
1116;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID36b4f91694594db6aed8da3996cbe127"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a description of
how the local educational agency will meet the requirements of section 1119
regarding the qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals and of how the
local educational agency will ensure, through incentives for voluntary
transfers, recruitment programs, incentive pay, performance- or merit-based pay
systems, or other effective strategies, that low-income students and minority
students are not taught at higher rates than other students by unqualified,
out-of-field, or inexperienced
teachers;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id2FE09670329446ECBCBF28F1AD52D56B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (I)(i) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking <quote>Even
Start,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id49EF576C4DAC404494F24902C17B7F8F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (I) (as redesignated by clause (ii)) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4345547270D841C2A0AEACBC917D879C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID63cce7e088814d3e87a95357aaca32f3"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a description of
the strategy the local educational agency will use to implement effective
parental involvement under section
1118;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idCD000A4B7255450894185552A72A1E0E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (M) (as redesignated by clause (ii)) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15AEE62A0CC446B3B7993F7A2CF7AA60" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3828EA410EE343D7BE0BE2284DA5357B"><enum>(N)</enum><text>a description of
the services the local educational agency will provide homeless children,
including services provided with funds reserved under section
1113(c)(3)(A);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id0EB3CF7C6F92431683D3192F26D52470"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(O) (as redesignated by clause (ii))—</text>
<subclause id="id6D70498CA7384222921D4B43AC71D428"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>First,</quote> and inserting <quote>First</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id14302BA03E994C349FA1A775FB823B5A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or Even Start</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id45EB66D482A7401EBD3A43BC35F063A1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, or an agency operating an Even Start program</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id042527176EA147929D289911A57C3283"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idCE0661BE095149499C8EC2C1A20707E4"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (P) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking
<quote>support</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting <quote>support extended learning opportunities, including before and
after school, summer school, and school-year extension programs.</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBB0A5101A50949A9B5CA41BF01841B92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B)—</text>
<clause id="idC285187B78A04AA1A463087E1296C32B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>academic alert,</quote> after <quote>schools for</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9C1306898B614D77AD8F89D266FFE184"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or in need of corrective action or</quote> and inserting
<quote>, or</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB9C04B0F5E6B46C88298409AA3DD593E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5AD44C51B693406A812B85087C2E1B42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id1D235C015E22430E9A611ED9015CECC7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (F), (H), (I), (J), (L), (M), (N), and
(O);</text>
</clause><clause id="id377E2C222F6148BD8A6185B5D08F6F82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (A), (G), and (K), as subparagraphs (C), (F), and
(G);</text>
</clause><clause id="id04019AD5965F4F8CBD4EDE04856AA095"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
before subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by clause (ii)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3902A427256C4CD38C764CF157415AC8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID7964c25f134a49ee8e2dc0b28e9c8003"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist each
school served by the agency and assisted under this part in developing or
identifying examples of high-quality, effective curricula consistent with
section 1111(c)(6);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID265bd5296d2642549795ed54907044ef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that the
results from the academic assessments required under section 1111(b)(3) will be
provided to parents and teachers as soon as is practicably possible after the
test is taken, in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent
practicable, provided in a language that the parents can
understand;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id2F5C22148B5A4BACB605C55CFB847677"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by clause (ii)) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7144A6400ED4416CA0C7E08E72B3261B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id6CA2D7099FFC4BEC9A1E4BD9D55544C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>inform eligible
schools of the local educational agency's authority to obtain waivers on the
school's behalf under title IX and, if the State is an Ed-Flex Partnership
State, to obtain waivers under the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of
1999;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idF14AD9922F8A4450A27F7B75A8302F12"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id21ECF88645294218B80F71BE26EAAB45"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id074244A3596B477297C51C7D4A79AE21" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id43F55FBA17D44EF7BBE1300F58C3EE08"><enum>(H)</enum><text>an assurance that
the local educational agency will participate, if selected, in the State
assessments of educational progress in 4th and 8th grade reading and
mathematics carried out under section 303 of the National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC9E131ABA6344579814C2E24F16B587F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>subparagraph (G)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph
(F)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC04E782C5DEF4979BFA7DC7F67450A97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id717AF3675FC5450587CB9BB5D25C96A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (d), (e), and (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE05BB9F8F33A4C9886F06CD0658C75F6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (e);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD22842C7FBE34A3194A0D94DDD8C3A53"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD90653520C3F4FB1B856897A4ECDED74" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDf61409623baf4ecd865eb8c4626e02f1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Parents
right-to-know</header>
<paragraph id="ID4de18d06ac684b0191299aecc515f01b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>At
the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives
funds under this part shall notify the parents of each student attending any
school receiving funds under this part that the parents may request, and the
agency will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner),
information regarding the professional qualifications of the student's
classroom teachers, including, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc83a800b91204b16990fe01c84ddf5de"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whether the
teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels
and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID090d4dbd322d48ca835c4f3c57720f76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whether the
teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which
State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa2911d8ad49e424ca84473815666bafd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The baccalaureate
degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held
by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or
degree.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab71434e4e434a5e8a74de12f3c2bfc6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Whether the child
is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their
qualifications.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDce887a3eeabe432182f71123bac2c21a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>In addition to the information that parents may
request under paragraph (1), a school that receives funds under this part shall
provide to each individual parent—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID82667677c1134fb59e50d2236f0627e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on
the level of achievement of the parent's child in each of the State academic
assessments as required under this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1330658d210840dc9f13aa5d088a2383"><enum>(B)</enum><text>timely notice
that the parent's child has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more
consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not highly qualified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID210c2515352e49bc81f448d2ad423ef7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The
notice and information provided to parents under this subsection shall be in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a
language that the parents can
understand.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA7E99359996F4E2CB1261B673F38E372"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Parental notification</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Language
instruction</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idD1B19415B4D346689C38388DC7D761C8"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Schoolwide
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1114 (20
U.S.C. 6314) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE96BF781F39F48C2AF60E1110CED2543"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id127B0B8D6B4E48D9BC11CCD6B3E14E49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id527CCA7DFC5E42B7A8E981C47C753AA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(iii)(I)(cc), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and
inserting <quote>career</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id39AF91A806744ADCBA6B6126F930FE8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>and strategies to attract high-quality
highly qualified teachers to high-need schools through incentive pay,
performance- or merit-based pay systems, or other effective strategies to
ensure that low-income students and minority students are not taught at higher
rates than other students by unqualified, out-of-field, or inexperienced
teachers</quote> after <quote>teachers</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idCBAE7E0E87AF4E76940A009F494AE754"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E);</text>
</clause><clause id="id49F10C6E3DA547FFB4F5C8122A955D21"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (F), (G), (H), (I), and (J), as subparagraphs (E),
(F), (G), (H), and (I), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="idDEC645131DA94BE6B1952144C4890DD7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by clause (iv)) by striking <quote>Even
Start,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id650A78EC4FD942B8B7D474361F356C90"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (I) (as redesignated by clause (iv)) by striking
<quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E953BF63738485EA60B354CB85411CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idA8D2C83E20A94FD7AFB26AFADA476939"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idCC07C456833C4B5BAA6F1A9FC3FD9025"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="id78294C7C906147649E568002290979FE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause
(i)(II), by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id691D7E2605B640D18D57EB828FA8C438"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (v),
by striking <quote>Even Start,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id833FF82A923C457A82F817FCFA5194B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>Even Start programs or</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idD9CC018111E54713899633D38B6672A4"><enum>1114.</enum><header>Targeted
assistance schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1115 (20 U.S.C. 6315) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD651CD5686CA4D4C81CD16B1534E7B80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2C16863EBFE44D9DBF918B86FB4DECF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Even
Start,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6BD7E3CEBD794D37BF009E66C41A7879"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, Even Start,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7E1BD4A8FC04B14BC1FA768AA9F2EB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id37701CC3BFB14B1C9B7BD4AE883FE767"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>Even Start,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36C616A5E8B5417582B59E8D31CDDAEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by inserting <quote>and include strategies to attract high-quality highly
qualified teachers to high-need schools through incentive pay, performance- or
merit-based pay systems, or other effective strategies to ensure that
low-income students and minority students are not taught at higher rates than
other students by unqualified, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers</quote>
after <quote>teachers</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99750C98998646A082CCA2CD87F316C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idE16949E2621E4FDFB9368B7330CA2372"><enum>1115.</enum><header>Academic
assessment and local educational agency and school improvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116 (20 U.S.C. 6316) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC71CFF1016B24901B8C712B04FD4B1C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id07BC077D6D104522917917B0FF78155E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="idA4A21173D6434DC58123F06390330B3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>subject to</quote> and inserting <quote>identified for academic
alert,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5CED9577D5444633B93E508E69B6AF5E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>corrective action,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idEB71AB84ABD14C7CAFEB9D7365A5F937"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>academic alert,</quote> after <quote>additional schools for</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id90421D358369498FBA12B718F04E4F44"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>improvement or in need of corrective action</quote> and
inserting <quote>improvement,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D885CF7D4994E5EB5A92DBF9ABD1FA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>, in an instructionally useful manner,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59846926C6624B2C9C51B6E2810F5A6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44124BE5372E467993F964AE80B643E3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID55edcbe441a649ddaae3419a91ae1d81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>School
improvement</header>
<paragraph id="ID747df518369a4600b0e3a45cc483bfda"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3cfcfc48e8ad4aef8b7782de24be290f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Subject
to subparagraph (C), a local educational agency shall—</text>
<clause id="ID43d9f2f6544e49d08e9d0ea2ba5e7282"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify for
academic alert any elementary school or secondary school served under this part
that for 1 year does not make adequate yearly progress as defined in the
State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe299b12b27034f65bdf7726845dc0112"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identify for
school improvement any elementary school or secondary school served under this
part that, for the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th consecutive year, does not to make adequate
yearly progress as defined in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7ef969bdda914d878d4fc10e8ff1533f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify for
restructuring any elementary school or secondary school served under this part
that, for the 5th consecutive year, does not make adequate yearly progress as
defined in the State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7be504043dd844f3a6b9da6a9697a18b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
identification described in subparagraph (A) shall take place before the
beginning of the school year following the school year in which the school did
not make adequate yearly progress.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID49bb8a9cca8246fab29b58b141d7ac96"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply to a school if almost every student in each group specified
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) enrolled in such school is meeting or exceeding the
State's proficient level of academic achievement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ff08fedc189436980805989e031fb11"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public school
choice and supplemental educational services</header>
<clause id="ID17d0e5ffd85b4449849f3c36b9deb05f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a school identified for school improvement
or restructuring under this paragraph, the local educational agency shall, not
later than the first day of the school year following such identification,
provide all students enrolled in the school with the option—</text>
<subclause id="ID296118077c344870a2ad21c2e4da1ad4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to transfer to
another public school served by the local educational agency, which may include
a charter school that has not been identified for school improvement or
restructuring under this paragraph; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe408b0d156e94a31a87d4ffca65ee009"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to receive
supplemental educational services available consistent with subsection
(d)(1).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID16de03fb028740d68695476a85911e5c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>In
providing students the option to transfer to another public school or to
receive supplemental educational services, the local educational agency shall
give priority to the lowest achieving children from low-income families, as
determined by the local educational agency for purposes of allocating funds to
schools under section 1113(c)(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf8c95a0216094b3eb06ae9f90a1ebcc5"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>Students
who use the option to transfer under subparagraph (D) and paragraph (5)(B),
paragraph (8)(A)(iii), or subsection (c)(9)(C)(vii) shall be enrolled in
classes and other activities in the public school to which the students
transfer in the same manner as all other children at the public school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4f5eb80bab2b42f58529ccd4eab8e6a1"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of this paragraph, a local educational agency may delay,
for a period not to exceed 1 year, advancing identification to the next level
of school improvement or restructuring and their respective requirements under
paragraphs (5), (6), or (8), if the school makes adequate yearly progress for 1
year or if the school's not making adequate yearly progress is due to
exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster or a
precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the local
educational agency or school. No such period shall be taken into account in
determining the number of consecutive years of failure to make adequate yearly
progress.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbab62511239d46bbac7026cd98524dc3"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>If
any school identified for school improvement or restructuring makes adequate
yearly progress for 2 consecutive school years, then the local educational
agency shall no longer—</text>
<clause id="id3EBCEAF626FE443DAE7D6DB0854CCD1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subject the
school to the requirements of school improvement or restructuring; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idAD99FC1BFDE84690A6C093B518C91C03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identify the
school for school improvement for the school year succeeding such second
consecutive school year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2ab7876f652b4daf98e3da547bd55ac7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Opportunity to
review and present evidence; time limit</header>
<subparagraph id="ID2c577308007b4c6da4e7e4667ec18388"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Before
identifying a school for academic alert or school improvement under paragraph
(1) or for restructuring under paragraphs (1) or (8), the local educational
agency shall provide the school with an opportunity to review the school-level
data on which the proposed identification is based.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0c7d744426314173ae3c3af9cc9f246b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evidence</header><text>If
the principal of a school proposed for academic alert or school improvement
under paragraph (1) or for restructuring under paragraphs (1) or (8) believes,
or a majority of the parents of the students enrolled in such school believe,
that the proposed identification is in error for statistical or other
substantive reasons, the principal may provide supporting evidence to the local
educational agency, which shall consider that evidence before making a final
determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1ae2aa3151e140f68dc30e9d6c724a6e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Final
determination</header><text>Not later than 30 days after a local educational
agency provides the school with the opportunity to review such school-level
data, the local educational agency shall make public a final determination on
the status of the school with respect to the identification for academic alert,
school improvement, or restructuring.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6e4f7a9733ba40aa97bc96b0020f7d57"><enum>(3)</enum><header>School
improvement plan</header>
<subparagraph id="ID8d9795aec0ab43a0bf8a84176a1fe2bb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After the resolution of a review under paragraph (2),
each school identified under paragraph (1) for academic alert shall, not later
than 3 months after being so identified, develop or revise a school improvement
plan, in consultation with parents, school staff, the local educational agency
serving the school, and outside experts, for approval by such local educational
agency. The school plan shall cover a 3-year period and shall be implemented
not later than the first day of the first school year following the
identification of the school for academic alert.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID82f1757407ef4f02b1f4d97f1ad84db4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header>
<clause id="id5023674C16604DE3BE2E6E0E74E55BD3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In developing a plan under paragraph (A), a school shall,
at a minimum, review each of the elements of the school’s operations described
in clause (ii) to identify any gaps and areas of improvement, and incorporate
in the school's plan any changes to the school’s program necessary to ensure
that all students meet State levels of academic proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="id140418C79EBF41528C319E58F2469835"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements
reviewed</header><text>The elements referred to in clause (i) are as
follows:</text>
<subclause id="ID22453cc7ba1c418f96f8d9237280beaf"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Current and prior
years' student achievement data for each group of students specified in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDba39192d4fa940499053fa6654de41b9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>For secondary
schools, current and prior years' graduation rate data for each group of
students specified in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf5e711b8fc7942a097c54f6cd9ea6d84"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Teacher
qualifications and assignments, including a review of out-of-field teaching (as
defined in clause (iii)).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4e0360689b9e4b81b8c75e4dd13fe507"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Professional
development offerings, including the alignment to State student academic
achievement standards and State academic content standards, and whether the
professional development focuses on students and subgroups in the school not
making adequate yearly progress.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6e445d98b75e40b9baab0e64592c167b"><enum>(V)</enum><text>All instructional
programs and materials and the degree of the alignment of the programs and
materials to State academic content standards.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID99e4759a604b4ccaa0930713ee9f860f"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Use of
instructional time and time-on-learning.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd69ca6ae68df44bc8632bf1f5b15e7f8"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Evaluations of
all school academic programs and the effectiveness of the programs in improving
student academic achievement, especially for students not meeting the State's
proficient levels of academic achievement.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe6b26119e5424898acf52f8e6750a9ef"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Current
allocation and budgeting of resources (including Federal, State, and local
resources).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2448e0cd2ade4045a3b9fad76700450e"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Student and
staff attendance rates.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd8765a8694554702bf457271ade796a4"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Parental outreach
efforts and rates of parental involvement.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idCE7D78963E86498495E6518FB9E2695F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Definition of
out-of-field teaching</header><text>For purposes of clause (ii)(III) the term
<term>out-of-field teaching</term> means teaching an academic subject for which
a teacher is not highly qualified.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID922f3ae2d43547a8bec8dae5045e3fae"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Elements of
plan</header><text>The school plan shall—</text>
<clause id="idC42A920FD770467DA15D8CFD4B7E0741"><enum>(i)</enum><text>incorporate
changes to the school program identified as necessary after conducting the
review under subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDff0a5c9787924ba0b0c9079c330dff41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish
specific annual, measurable goals for continuous and substantial progress by
each group of students specified in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) and enrolled in
the school that will ensure that all such groups of students will, in
accordance with the definition of adequate yearly progress described in section
1111(b)(2), meet the State's proficient level of academic achievement on the
State academic assessment described in section 1111(b)(3) not later than 12
years after the end of the 2001–2002 school year;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8b20478c6883426fb4ad5d5bf73dff15"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>specify the
responsibilities of the school, the local educational agency, and the State
educational agency serving the school under the plan, including the technical
assistance to be provided by the local educational agency under paragraph (4)
and the local educational agency's responsibilities under section 1120A;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7b251f43386c4c82a525fb7e585e22a8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>incorporate
strategies based on scientifically based research that will strengthen the core
academic instructional program in the school and address the specific academic
issues that caused the school to be identified for academic alert or school
improvement, and may include a strategy for the implementation of a
comprehensive school reform model;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID86f1948c26834e31a95c067d2839ce5d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>adopt policies
and practices concerning the school's core academic instructional program that
have the greatest likelihood of ensuring that all groups of students specified
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) and enrolled in the school will meet the State's
proficient level of academic achievement on the State academic assessment
described in section 1111(b)(3) not later than 12 years after the end of the
2001–2002 school year for mathematics and reading or language arts, including
expanding instructional time for students not meeting or not on track to meet
the State's proficient level of academic achievement;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2cea4df6fed64594a9b21b7e54512c40"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>implement a
curriculum that is aligned with the State’s academic achievement standards and
State academic content standards, and ensure that teachers and administrators
receive professional development and instructional coaching in implementing
such curriculum;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb7abd69678b54132b2b9fcfbef2d5ac2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>provide an
assurance that the school will spend not less than 10 percent of the funds made
available to the school under section 1113 for each fiscal year that the school
is in school improvement status, for the purpose of providing to the school's
teachers and principal high-quality professional development that—</text>
<subclause id="IDa9784e837e874719a89e52220c73de8f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>directly
addresses the academic achievement problem that caused the school to be
identified for academic alert or school improvement;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1a4a5f87ed7a4e7f9de5392afaa11070"><enum>(II)</enum><text>meets the
requirements for professional development activities under section 1119;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1f748e706cb84a85970577736b79e553"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provides
guidance and assistance in the use of benchmark assessments to inform classroom
instruction;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID013afdb0f5fe459e8f75b73364d60b45"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>incorporates a
teacher mentoring program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID787a508601644cd5bc264021625505ef"><enum>(V)</enum><text>is provided in a
manner that affords increased opportunity for participating in that
professional development;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID3d0654d9e20d4ac5bf8c7cb778ce2e81"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>specify how
the funds described in clause (vii) will be used to remove the school from
academic alert or school improvement status;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID00cbb33044ac411786352d0bca5dd931"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>describe how the
school will provide written notice about the identification to parents of each
student enrolled in such school, in a format and, to the extent practicable, in
a language that the parents can understand;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd104e9288a044fb98e820e29951c27a5"><enum>(x)</enum><text>include
strategies to promote effective parental involvement in the school; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2c0e8e70dc1e4f62ba7bc1afc18c75b8"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>incorporate, as
appropriate, activities before school, after school, during the summer, and
during any extension of the school year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID415d1940e8744878ab76b82aad15aa5d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Conditional
approval</header><text>The local educational agency may condition approval of a
school plan under this paragraph on—</text>
<clause id="ID9d9910f3e9874243ab0cf4c4339ba2a0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inclusion of one
or more of the actions specified in paragraph (8)(C); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe70eeb640e3b4f26b271c953feffcc09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>feedback on the
school improvement plan from parents and community leaders.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0b0f9263ffac4e66a81b99108edc7e2f"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Local
educational agency approval</header><text>The local educational agency, within
45 days of receiving a school plan, shall—</text>
<clause id="IDef0c1194869b40dca298017f1ea94f57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish a peer
review process to assist with review of the school plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID60b4e229a8b945f5b945fcf132ea4d91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promptly review
the school plan, work with the school as necessary, and approve the school plan
if the school plan meets the requirements of this paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6243bb9caaa7479e82fa1ef6f762d059"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="IDdfb5662442174c7a80049625cabb48f9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each school identified for academic alert or school
improvement under paragraph (1), the local educational agency serving the
school shall ensure the provision of technical assistance as the school
develops and implements the school plan under paragraph (3) throughout the
school plan's duration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID236ad8d789b54a58be4160668791be23"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specific
assistance</header><text>Such technical assistance—</text>
<clause id="IDb3bc9972f7b04bef97e63b5361cd1ca4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include
assistance in analyzing data from the assessments required under section
1111(b)(3), and other examples of student work, to identify and address
problems in instruction, and problems if any, in implementing the parental
involvement requirements described in section 1118, the professional
development requirements described in section 1119, and the responsibilities of
the school and local educational agency under the school plan, and to identify
and address solutions to such problems;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID69f458b2c5b14e118e113883a8a72a3f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall include
assistance in identifying and implementing professional development,
instructional strategies, and methods of instruction that are based on
scientifically based research and that have proven effective in addressing the
specific instructional issues that caused the school to be identified for
academic alert or school improvement;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4d92cf6e4145464ca507c0ff86e81a0d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall include
assistance in analyzing and revising the school's budget so that the school's
resources are more effectively allocated to the activities most likely to
increase student academic achievement and to remove the school from school
improvement status; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc12d306dcd604cbd8a363031976eb5e1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>may be
provided—</text>
<subclause id="ID0c69955ba4814ccebeecb9146a97cc95"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by the local
educational agency, through mechanisms authorized under section 1117; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID04f6684d4bac41eebdb24a76ef3325fd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by the State
educational agency, an institution of higher education (that is in full
compliance with all the reporting provisions of title II of the Higher
Education Act of 1965), a private not-for-profit organization or for-profit
organization, an educational service agency, or another entity with experience
in helping schools improve academic achievement.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf82327e284814b559c0202fe9198f780"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Scientifically
based research</header><text>Technical assistance provided under this section
by a local educational agency or an entity approved by that agency shall be
based on scientifically based research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c805f67caf04cb69e889086c36dceaa"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Identification
for school improvement</header><text>In the case of any school served under
this part that does not make adequate yearly progress, as set out in the
State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), by the end of the 1st full school year
after identification for academic alert under paragraph (1), the local
educational agency serving such school shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa402206de5914384854d204c3e758e31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that
school implements its school improvement plan in accordance with paragraph
(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID794511dfd45646b0bffef40f9d35dadf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide all
students enrolled in the school with the option to transfer to another public
school served by the local educational agency in accordance with paragraphs
(1)(D) and (E);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8abf82bdbc954668b9201c0c0f0e794b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make supplemental
educational services available consistent with subsection (d)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4fcae5c8771e4030a4cb4b0333114fbc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>continue to
provide technical assistance to the school as described in paragraph
(4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa3fa9a71aebe43ae9919a68225b8e3b2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Failure To make
adequate yearly progress after initial identification for school
improvement</header><text>In the case of any school served under this part that
does not make adequate yearly progress, as set out in the State's plan under
section 1111(b)(2), by the end of the 1st or 2nd full school year after
identification for school improvement under paragraph (1), the local
educational agency serving the school—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID84f3c134d97c441eb52e80bb2cf89931"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall ensure that
the school reviews the school's instructional program and activities in
accordance with paragraph (3)(B) and makes any necessary changes to the its
school improvement plan under paragraph (3), and shall provide the school with
technical assistance in conducting such review and in making such
changes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaead6b8b1d094cfcb5ee29bdc3fe850f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall ensure that
the school continues to implement its school improvement plan under paragraph
(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf228add2bbd494ab39650f1d400e988"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall continue to
provide all students enrolled in the school with the option to transfer to
another public school served by the local education agency in accordance with
paragraphs (1)(D) and (E);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3c6bf855fbfc4013980c80e70f6e382f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall continue to
provide supplemental educational services consistent with subsection
(d)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDef56ed141ca244c5abc88aeee4b7009a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall continue to
provide technical assistance as described in paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbdaf641d8fab4cef86892e7849473004"><enum>(F)</enum><text>may require the
school to undertake 1 or more of the actions specified in paragraph
(8)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID020ad717a25c4b73b78c3626818dd5a7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Notice to
parents</header><text>A local educational agency shall promptly provide to a
parent or parents of each student enrolled in an elementary school or a
secondary school identified for academic alert or school improvement under
paragraph (1) or restructuring under paragraphs (1) and (8), in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language
the parents can understand, and through public means such as mailings to
parents, postings on the school webpage, open school meetings, and distribution
to public agencies—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf5d9d2c64cf54493b3d417f6c1a5bf9f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an explanation of
what the identification means, and how the school compares in terms of academic
achievement to other elementary schools or secondary schools served by the
local educational agency and the State educational agency involved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3eb1a65035b8448f8663cf7b9b16b92b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons for
the identification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe0cfb985d63e427ba414d63f3d081e2a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation of
what the school identified for school improvement is doing to address the
problem of low achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7dedceb487344dd48d20cc721b4b1f80"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of
what the local educational agency or State educational agency is doing to help
the school address the achievement problem;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd392de640c30463dbfc695bb89f4374d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an explanation of
how the parents can become involved in addressing the academic issues that
caused the school to be identified for school improvement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID29428991a83c478ca928c42f4449c31b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an explanation of
the parents' option to transfer their child to another public school under
paragraphs (1)(D) and (E), paragraph (5)(B), paragraph (8)(A)(iii), and
subsection (c)(9)(C)(vii) (with transportation provided by the agency when
required by paragraph (9)) or to obtain supplemental educational services for
the child, in accordance with subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID458c34ccaf9c4d808746a93cf6bc5095"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Restructuring</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd30c292a8ca5411ea3569643a69ac98b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Persistent and
pervasive lack of academic progress</header><text>In the case of any school
served under this part that does not make adequate yearly progress, as set out
in the State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2), by the end of the 3rd full school
year after identification for school improvement under paragraph (1) the local
educational agency serving the school shall—</text>
<clause id="IDf87106031d484131812386e957bb592d"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id51808BF53ADA4379A642B7D020033CD5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify the school for
focused restructuring if the school has not made adequate yearly progress with
respect to the achievement of 1 or more groups of students specified in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v), but only if 1 or more of such groups comprise less than 50
percent of all enrolled students at the school; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id45A70DA93CD64C0FA4E96BB263163A4C" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>prepare a plan and make necessary
arrangements to carry out subparagraph (C);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7aaf6d7c4ec74a2ba52c9c630df358fc"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9C646505FBFD4F81908807DBE728D600"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify the school for
comprehensive restructuring if the school has not made adequate yearly progress
with respect to the achievement of 1 or more groups of students specified in
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v), but only if 1 or more of such groups comprise 50
percent or more of all enrolled students at the school; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id95236E1462824A5596FBC6FBB092850B" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>prepare a plan and make necessary
arrangements to carry out subparagraph (D);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDdfe1637540e549b18c27fdb7a94e700b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>continue to
provide all students enrolled in the school with the option to transfer to
another public school served by the local educational agency, in accordance
with paragraph (1)(D) and (E);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa58236647328440bba4e3e95fc690126"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>continue to
provide supplemental educational services, in accordance with subsection (d),
to children who remain in the school; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id421EC0C4724D4BF1B2A0D4F6AB4E1752"><enum>(v)</enum><text>prepare a plan
and make necessary arrangements to carry out subparagraphs (C) or (D).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID270b1f84dec942368fa694383c355888"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Collective
bargaining</header><text>In preparing a plan and making necessary arrangements
to carry out subparagraphs (C) and (D) a local educational agency may
renegotiate the limitations in the local educational agency's collective
bargaining agreement related to—</text>
<clause id="ID90c8222408e04a5e8d99358c4a1f826d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>teacher transfer
and assignment;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb39c0c41ad5c4b4a9073393ae4ff1ffa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>differential,
incentive, merit-based, or performance-based pay for teaching in high-poverty,
low income schools; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2138130a4a9a460c9019a515e000a5d9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the expeditious
dismissal of teachers who cannot demonstrate effectiveness in raising student
achievement, or reconstitution of school staff,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">if the
local educational agency determines that changes to those limitations are
appropriate to effectively implement a restructuring plan.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9f990c0b74e4ea7955747113cd51e44"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Focused
restructuring</header><text>Not later than the beginning of the school year
following the year in which the local educational agency implements
subparagraph (A), the local educational agency, consistent with State
law—</text>
<clause id="IDcbf009f2d975456ca9a271c0683c72b3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall institute
and fully implement, under the direct supervision of the local educational
agency, a new academic curriculum, including providing intensive professional
development for all staff and offering intensive academic catch-up programs and
services for all students not meeting the State's proficient level of academic
achievement, that is based on scientifically based research to raise the
educational achievement of low-performing students and enable the school to
make adequate yearly progress;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4d4cffefe0bc44e18eb53d4a016375c8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall replace or
reassign under-performing staff;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcbd65952f94140b1b370a1d800b02539"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall, if
determined necessary by the local educational agency, restructure the internal
organization of the school and decrease management authority at the school
level, to ensure that the academic needs of low-performing students are met to
enable such students to meet the State's proficient level of academic
achievement in reading or language arts and mathematics; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd144c64619e840f8ba4d1b215db6df58"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>may extend the
school year or school day for the school.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1e12f5811f0e4967b9457f1ed05c59e4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Comprehensive
restructuring</header><text>Not later than the beginning of the school year
following the year in which the local educational agency implements
subparagraph (A), the local educational agency shall implement 1 of the
following alternative governance arrangements for the school consistent with
State law:</text>
<clause id="ID5f096fc8977144f99eee86d16ce4bbc0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Reopening the
school as a public charter school.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4da22275ae8d4d63b06e695b61916526"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Replacing all or
most of the school staff (which may include the principal) who are relevant to
the persistent and pervasive lack of academic progress.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbb02d1a2fe404abfb5a4d84d04f2b096"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Entering into a
contract with an entity, such as a private management company, with a
demonstrated record of effectiveness, to operate the public school.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID60667f6592084e81a87e8667bb2192f6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Turning the
operation of the school over to—</text>
<subclause id="IDb98fc36a1a8c49098fd1ce61f000b7d4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the State
educational agency, if permitted under State law and agreed to by the State;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1f2f574f8f38488988c539952b4abfb1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the chief
executive officer or authority of a State or local unit of government, such as
a city mayor.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID64be86ba6cc4454aa9a9a96df68d94ee"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Closing the
school and making arrangements for students to enroll in another public school
operated by the local educational agency that has not been identified for
school improvement under paragraph (1) or restructuring under paragraphs (1)
and (8).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e48a9cb421c465fb99144224b749b39"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Prompt
notice</header><text>The local educational agency shall—</text>
<clause id="IDc6e6fc2b4170409abd2834326fe688a8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide prompt
notice to teachers and parents whenever subparagraphs (A), (C), or (D) apply;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc8fae2a54c8040148d3f4d9adebc29d2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the
teachers and parents with an adequate opportunity to—</text>
<subclause id="ID7d08a1d775bd48398471f5c9dd42a44c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>comment before
taking any action under those subparagraphs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf25876b44d1543d9851c80054e18782d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>participate in
developing any plan under subparagraph (A)(v).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID004a858263d24af990dbf31c38d3e722"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Treatment of
school after implementing focused restructuring</header><text>If after the end
of the 2nd school year of implementing a focused restructuring plan under
subparagraph (C) a school has not made adequate yearly progress as defined in
the State plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local educational agency shall
identify the school for comprehensive restructuring and implement 1 of the
alternative governance arrangements described in clauses (i) through (iv) of
subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf1e1236bf31548908e4084f0f007b0da"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Treatment of
school after implementing comprehensive restructuring</header><text>After a
local educational agency implements 1 of the alternative governance
arrangements for a school described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<clause id="IDe5575c4c822c415089aba896dec2350e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such school shall
cease to be treated as identified for academic alert or school improvement
under paragraph (1) or restructuring under paragraphs (1) and (8); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDadeba8f441794c40b653b6c75590eeca"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
determination of whether such school is subsequently so identified shall be
made by taking into account only years subsequent to the year in which the
alternative governance arrangement commences.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5f82c9ab55e94a8d9f2745fc6b9bd13d"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Transportation</header><text>In
any case described in paragraph (1)(D) for schools described in paragraphs
(1)(A), (5)(B), (6)(C), and (8)(A)(iii), and subsection (c)(9)(C)(vii), the
local educational agency shall provide, or shall pay for the provision of,
transportation for the student to the public school the student attends.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID21853db5c90547f7967d656aaa37a149"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Funds for
transportation and supplemental educational services</header>
<subparagraph id="IDbc1bad91c64346a9b5dbbe420c5412b2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Unless a lesser amount is needed to comply with paragraph
(9) and to satisfy all requests for supplemental educational services under
subsection (d), a local educational agency shall spend an amount equal to 20
percent of the local educational agency's allocation under subpart 2, of which
the agency shall spend—</text>
<clause id="ID0b93361c26204e3bbc4c1f51d15814e0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an amount equal
to 5 percent of the local educational agency's allocation under subpart 2 to
provide, or pay for, transportation under paragraph (9);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID36b72bee0bc2468380393c0810df0719"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal
to 5 percent of the local educational agency's allocation under subpart 2 to
provide supplemental educational services under subsection (d); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb388549f415446ccad3ec0cce496536d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an amount equal
to the remaining 10 percent of the local educational agency's allocation under
subpart 2 for transportation under paragraph (9) or supplemental educational
services under subsection (d), as the agency determines.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10f87261971f46aeba2503ad4e1164ca"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total
amount</header><text>The amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii) is the
maximum amount the local educational agency shall be required to spend under
this part on supplemental educational services described in subsection
(d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID941f654320a747ab86e9812f84566a5f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Parent outreach
and assistance</header><text>For any fiscal year, a local educational agency
may spend an amount that is not greater than one-half of 1 percent of the local
educational agency's allocation under subpart 2 on implementing the parent
outreach and assistance requirements of subsections (b)(6)(F) and (d)(2), with
such funds counting toward meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID55c70b1d999d44f591b0cd658d5bf4ff"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Insufficient
funds</header><text>If the amount of funds described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or
(iii) and available to provide services under this subsection is insufficient
to provide supplemental educational services to each child whose parents
request the services, the local educational agency shall give priority to
providing the services to the lowest-achieving children.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28eefebee490422f8f32ab2bbb81102c"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>A
local educational agency shall not, as a result of the application of this
paragraph, reduce by more than 15 percent the total amount made available under
section 1113(c) to a school described in paragraph (8)(A) of subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4dc959f37af14b66b65a80d6c13d4870"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The
funds described in subparagraph (A) shall be made available for the year in
which the funding is set aside or otherwise allocated and shall,
notwithstanding section 1127(a), remain available until such funds are expended
(subject to section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act) on
supplemental educational services under subsection (d), transportation costs
under paragraph (9), or parent outreach and assistance under subparagraph (C),
unless—</text>
<clause id="IDc02e0f8987854d4fb5b6b55b63b8d737"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the local
educational agency has provided the State educational agency with evidence
satisfactory to the State educational agency that not less than 75 percent of
the students eligible for supplemental educational services have received or
affirmatively declined those services; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6936602cc7484e2880c330936c81d2a6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State
educational agency approves a local educational agency request to spend a
lesser amount based on a State review of the local educational agency's
demonstrated success in—</text>
<subclause id="IDcf19fde87c314ae9906277eb4606f13f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>making
significant progress in meeting the requirements of clause (i);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID9bb88a79ca124949aa5d950888fd5124"><enum>(II)</enum><text>partnering with
community-based organizations and other groups to help inform eligible students
and their families of the availability of supplemental educational
services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe206dc934c8c4567a6a14eb5b001b1c2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensuring that
all eligible students are able to sign up for supplemental educational services
throughout the course of the school year and the summer; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5d564958055d47d5a0f5cde97171d2c8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>meeting the
requirements of subsections (d)(2)(E) and (d)(2)(F).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc67d494a13f9455eb0e7e685ad3ecd45"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreement</header><text>In any case described in paragraph (1)(D), (5)(B),
(6)(C), or (8)(A)(iii), or subsection (c)(9)(C)(vii), if all public schools
served by the local educational agency to which a child may transfer are
identified for school improvement or restructuring, then the local educational
agency shall, to the extent practicable, establish a cooperative agreement with
other local educational agencies in the area for a transfer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0ab720b6584949c480171a8b0c9a2ea5"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>A local educational agency shall permit a child who
transferred to another school under this subsection to remain in that school
until the child has completed the highest grade in that school. The obligation
of the local educational agency to provide, or to provide for, transportation
for the child ends at the end of a school year if the local educational agency
determines that the school from which the child transferred is no longer
identified for school improvement or restructuring.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8cdc79f31b6343d9bfd31744e35985ae"><enum>(13)</enum><header>State
educational agency responsibilities</header><text>The State educational agency
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID588dd5a7ddf84007acac7b5c671ea9ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make technical
assistance under section 1117 available to schools identified for academic
alert, school improvement, or restructuring under this subsection consistent
with section 1117(a)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcaf4fe5a48f84f2791656b903a41cb25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the State
educational agency determines that a local educational agency failed to carry
out its responsibilities under this subsection, take such corrective actions as
the State educational agency determines to be appropriate and in compliance
with State law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID433d507e3737495c84b400aed7fa0da7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that
academic assessment results under this part are provided to schools before any
identification of a school may take place under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc0e302c50e2d4b12b6eae6a74388911f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for local
educational agencies or schools identified for improvement under this
subsection, notify the Secretary of major factors brought to the attention of
the State educational agency under section 1111(c)(7) that have significantly
affected student academic
achievement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD378FFE084084691AE825EE6A63FDEB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id40B27D13B5F648B5B1C850040F8C0EE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>2001, failed to</quote> and inserting <quote>2007, does
not</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD545EA72CB0F48A282BD34683CF2D208"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB190A2B438B74F03B87B2D27C945DFCC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7),
(8), and (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB1F36D4F440345E491E567F942A6D70C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(A) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C)), by striking <quote>(10)</quote>
and inserting <quote>(8)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52910BD92FCF4EB98C447768397425EA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (C))—</text>
<clause id="id0153D3185641488FB1E9972CE3C9EAA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="id96A6EC9FA16A4EC3A13C5B49E794C016"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i) through (viii) as clauses (iii) through (xii), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE70C6C540C2844D2A28E430F5132D78D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
before clause (iii) (as redesignated by subclause (I)), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B3BEA556E4D4BB6AE982DBF7643FF3E" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID8149677fcb4e46719f1a8adeb19e5c41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describe the
structural changes that the local educational agency will make, over time, in
its organization and its operations to improve the educational performance of
schools served by the local educational agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2e1b6e623dd3487aa5f48e5bb8fd4d16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include an
analysis of school districtwide achievement data, particularly of the school
districtwide achievement data of students from low-income families, and include
a description of how the local educational agency has used those data in
structuring the local educational agency's improvement
plan;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id3186E30E9F2143719710628216FBCC45"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (v)
(as redesignated by subclause (I)), by striking <quote>(b)(3)(A)(iii)</quote>
and inserting <quote>(b)(3)(C)(vi)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id0871BEE88EBF4E8FB1C47F56294F9E47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39BDA7DF83764015AC6D7EA7DBB83888" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID3ff8059cf7c84d69ba35c0b1f3963f3e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review</header>
<clause id="idF54608C6BA884AAD9C95A7F183FE2C16"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In developing a local educational agency plan under
subparagraph (A), the local educational agency shall, at a minimum, review each
of the elements described in clause (ii) of the local educational agency’s
operations to identify any gaps and areas of improvement, and incorporate in
the local educational agency's plan any changes to the local educational
agency’s program necessary to ensure that all students meet State levels of
academic proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="id64AD8B5DC65E4B2498AF721B898D4990"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements
reviewed</header><text>The elements referred to in clause (i) are as
follows:</text>
<subclause id="ID3dfdcc36aa994b9ea1feaf33d7fb9f57"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Current and prior
years' student achievement data for each group of students specified in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDed1f6425418945af92e83beb76bfbfef"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Current and
prior years' secondary school graduation rate data for each group of students
specified in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID482d6d832c8f4fa188499db79c0dc6f1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Teacher
qualifications and the school and classroom assignments of the teachers,
including a review of out-of-field teaching (as defined in clause (iii)),
disaggregated by high- and low-poverty schools.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1531cfc158b04f7db5041d86e1b7a059"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Incentives to
reward effective teachers and to attract effective teachers to teach in
low-income schools and high-need subjects, such as differential, incentive,
merit-based, or performance-based pay systems.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID377cee2a0d1c438d9ad1f52cf7fdb7cb"><enum>(V)</enum><text>All instructional
programs and the degree of alignment of the programs to State academic content
standards.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDac42750d98a74472bf99dc8ed88fc854"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Evaluations of
all academic programs and the effectiveness of the programs in improving
student academic achievement, especially for students not meeting the State's
proficient level of academic achievement.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0507de683b044f01968fcd52110f20ec"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Current
allocation and budgeting of resources (including Federal, State, and local
resources).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID880a6d96467040e1af38e140a8be2a8a"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Student and
staff attendance rates.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7f3e58fc3d9e4336af643412554d75d4"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Parental
outreach efforts and rates of parental involvement.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id99EF91DC87ED451892AA92EDA74D3058"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Definition of
out-of-field teaching</header><text>For purposes of clause (ii)(III) the term
<term>out-of-field teaching</term> means teaching an academic subject for which
a teacher is not highly
qualified.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC3EA3D06892455BA59620005CD99FA1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (C))—</text>
<clause id="id59D009D599944C52BCDF5AE8AEF0264C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="idA04B809967CF41B681B2938D5E45688E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>(9)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(7)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idFA64FC223C5149F6883E31071EFDEEE5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>second</quote> and inserting <quote>third</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idF6B0F72D02F04B6191E807D9E2B03976"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)(vii)—</text>
<subclause id="idBCF00C8013A5409091E33AAFF230FE4A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Authorizing</quote> and inserting <quote>Consistent with State law,
authorizing</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id710153A1A9604CEAA78E9DDBA8D0EDF6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(b)(1)(E) and (F)</quote> and inserting <quote>(b)(1)(D) and
(E)</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6176D77ECE614AF19B17BAB2E726CBD6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF6DC32C6A2FF4D12AEC5988081DA6533"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), and (f),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idABA6E07AF90B4886BE569AA9CA6F7784"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
(as redesignated by paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id219D41C074F14FBB83A74E27510879B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>(5), (7), or (8)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1), (5), (6),
or (8)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCC5F8C84FCE049EDB68C44E71D2D1213"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idEF3518F7B447404D9E1427D83939CBCD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="idDEDF990DF0064BCD9F03807734CFF621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD8B334DE3F784A0BACA2DDFF25100CCD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07947EE93EF44F81A5AF96D489FFDD32" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID7b19d56c4af74dc7927d0ebec8adda9b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>choose an
approved provider, using a fair, open, and objective process, to operate on
site in the school identified under paragraph (1), (5), (6), or (8) of
subsection (b) free of charge, or for a reasonable fee, on the same basis and
terms as are available to other groups that seek access to the school building;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2ed2e07981924c33a432b180c119d880"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide approved
providers with appropriate logistical information, including information on the
procedures parents follow to obtain supplemental educational services for their
children.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id814BD49786CA4F47BDFD4F0CBD3A24CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (7) through (12) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99DB4C15A12F4ED2AD7727A495D4A494"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FB3E8291B744D3BB95E0D980F92DAB1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID86708f0993e34cb399ba0e71aa404256"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Amounts for
special populations</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (6), the amount
that a local educational agency shall make available for supplemental
educational services for students with disabilities, limited English proficient
students, and students in local educational agencies that are eligible for
assistance under section 6211 or 6221, may equal 200 percent of the amount
determined in subparagraph (6)(A), except that no student shall receive more
than the actual costs of the supplemental educational services received by the
student.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id353DE59D235A412488DC97F37E7B60D6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (e)
(as redesignated by paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBA80F35EEC8A47BB8F0A3AF53F87B27A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs</quote> each place the term appears and
inserting <quote>Department of the Interior</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5ED0B19FE34847889D0DB5E3FFFE54E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the heading
for paragraph (1), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Bureau</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Department of the
Interior</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2BDB3178F4CE445097097AA07986F683"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id581E152D3E2F4E0ABEE5ECFAAEC37CC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">BIA</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Department of the
Interior</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id21289EFAEC57431883F785A70DC3A952"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>and (d)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEA0FE69ECC61442F89B7602E9535F5F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE661CC5E8894EB0925579BB8BBEBEFE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID4c249df731a24dcb9003cd01908d5114"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Restructuring
for Department of Interior-funded schools</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0a78a14dfca94dd1bf72018ab60d1b65"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contract and
grant schools</header><text>For a school funded by the Department of the
Interior which is operated under a contract issued by the Secretary of the
Interior pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)
or under a grant issued by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), the school
board of such school shall be responsible for meeting the requirements of
subsection (b) relating to restructuring as described in subsection (b)(8). Any
action taken by such school board under subsection (b)(8) shall take into
account the unique circumstances and structure of the Department of the
Interior-funded school system and the laws governing that system.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDce6d39b2146d4b848bc6dee191978eb9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Department of
the Interior operated schools</header><text>For schools operated by the
Department of the Interior, the Department of the Interior shall be responsible
for meeting the requirements of subsection (b) relating to restructuring as
described in subsection (b)(8). Any action taken by the Department of the
Interior under subsection (b)(8) shall take into account the unique
circumstances and structure of the Department of the Interior-funded school
system and the laws governing that
system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE179EC8662F44CAB9F692EA01D60C4B2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (f)
(as redesignated by paragraph (5)) by striking <quote>(b)(14)(D)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(b)(13)(D)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id594E1CDCF04548C692DC5F737D7EEC3D"><enum>1116.</enum><header>School
support and recognition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1117 (20 U.S.C. 6317) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id8B58A8A83B7B4E21A31607B5FD4F70EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id9248C1F031CC42F18B30328702417247"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>corrective action</quote> and inserting <quote>restructuring</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id77997EE78015493DB9D295819A4F0550"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraphs (7) and</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BA4D6F906384453AD654150DF491853"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)(A), by striking <quote>1003(g)</quote> and inserting
<quote>1003(e)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id9FAC963D28CF4A31BFAF334D2F3732D8"><enum>1117.</enum><header>Parental
involvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1118 (20
U.S.C. 6318) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id52AF2D751A794EFE858EC07DF3C05053"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(D), by striking <quote>Even Start program,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id733882887A5B462D976EFE5CF77352CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1), by striking <quote>television watching</quote> and inserting
<quote>course selection in middle and high school</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD7796BD10A114974A2C90A06A0C0C868"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id23EBC1A0E8AC44C6AE928985B9B807FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>State and local secondary school graduation requirements,
entrance requirements for postsecondary education,</quote> after <quote>State
and local academic assessments,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id497E6168C63242F6B78A702F44149894"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>Even Start,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id54FF040F738E46E3AEF235BC97FACAE8"><enum>1118.</enum><header>Qualifications
for teachers and paraprofessionals</header>
<subsection id="id1548D90FCDB743388EEA5931DE5F8B48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1119 (20 U.S.C. 6319) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5F1CFE6818444531BA3BB871357811B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA25637D7AF404B4291D61CD431973211"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96FA7E94B738495A93EE0FFF19EED94A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC1FAC834D5EA4984A9D02A40B36D0CC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Highly
qualified teachers</header>
<subparagraph id="IDe61312199d814276946f2812b3a3051a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each local
educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall ensure that all
teachers teaching in a program supported with funds under this part are highly
qualified.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6e10f7ed49b14660bf625ab825731219"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Teachers in
rural areas</header>
<clause id="idBDF4FB6D92074E209299005A6F92379C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rural local
educational agency</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>rural
local educational agency</term> means a local educational agency described in
section 6211(e) or 6221(b)(1).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1147189b7a934ca98696e45562deacb6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Newly hired
teachers</header>
<subclause id="idA04C85E2442C41A9AD5C80F84E9F77D1"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement of subparagraph
(A) in the case of a teacher—</text>
<item id="id0BFD16583A4F424AB8C5BD11DDAB3652"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>who is first
employed by a rural local educational agency after the date of enactment of the
<quote><short-title>No Child Left Behind Act of
2007</short-title></quote>;</text>
</item><item id="idBA7E0FCE884341A582B7965BA21E350D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>who is not
highly qualified; and</text>
</item><item id="id60744A79AF854CB9AA732764AD971828"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>who meets the
requirements of clause (iii).</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id71FC0A13A6C34F5FB3EABC290FF41525"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Secretary may waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) only during such
teacher’s first 3 years of employment as a teacher with the rural local
educational agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDaace295f7ef043ff83bbb087db292e4b"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The
Secretary may waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) only if the
teacher—</text>
<subclause id="ID58a4f67cc7fe435aba250e351aaf57db"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meets the
requirement described in section 9101(23)(A);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id023E68CB87BE4D5B81433E4DF40510E7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a
middle or secondary school teacher, holds at least a bachelor's degree and has
demonstrated a high level of competency in not less than 1 of the academic
subjects in which the teacher teaches by meeting a requirement under subclause
(I) or (II) of section 9101(23)(B)(ii);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3d00faf1890f40a597684a0f991b36b8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>receives
high-quality professional development from the rural local educational agency
that increases the teacher’s content knowledge in the additional core academic
subjects the teacher teaches; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd5153370c4af4aa3a4e3a607518c3959"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>participates in
a mentoring or other program of intensive support provided by the rural local
educational agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID78e666b287164f8ba72bc118b4c1f632"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>One
process</header><text>A State may establish one highly objective uniform State
standard of evaluation process, as described under section 9101(23)(C)(ii), for
teachers who wish to demonstrate their subject matter competency under such
process in multiple core academic
subjects.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB70F83DEBA73425CBD10F490A21B8802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>not later than the end of the 2005–2006 school year</quote>
both places such phrase appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id918CF7D30BDF40E09E033505F2653E5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>not later than the end of the 2005–2006 school
year</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id54AE53E219B945B997A934D5DE067A41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>beginning with the 2002–2003 school year,</quote> each
place such phrase appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDD4D556B25D34414B41648B1D46CE0F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id757486456CB2413CA8ECA8920F910BB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">New</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB85530B6CC8148348BD7B92D30694555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>hired after the date of enactment of the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4C284BE89D564E94A0779908B10E294D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC6063F3B52F449A688C967C581759790"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e) through (l) as subsections (d) through (k),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC6D7F6AEA93640748D844315854BB364"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), as redesignated by paragraph (5), by striking <quote>Subsections (c) and
(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>Subsection (c)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id439493F61F864FD980625E7B4950FC9B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), as redesignated by paragraph (5), by striking <quote>regardless of the
paraprofessionals' hiring date,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5613D7D5032B464D8B8D04B21D79F575"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(3)(A), as redesignated by paragraph (5), by striking <quote>section
1119</quote> and inserting <quote>this section</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6460CE53907A41F1AFC1F7CC607004D1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection
(j), as redesignated by paragraph (5), by striking <quote>subsection
(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (k)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id648ED121DF6F424686BD1AF6BB1BFBB6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (k), as redesignated by paragraph (5), and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8317DA38E05442C595D8172CA4FF3203" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id67768E35B081436384B8027E541B0409"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Minimum
expenditures</header><text>Each local educational agency that receives funds
under this part shall use not less than 5 percent of the funds for each fiscal
year, for professional development activities and teacher recruitment and
retention activities, which may include differential, incentive, and merit- or
performance-based pay, to ensure that low-income students and minority students
are not taught at higher rates than other students by unqualified,
out-of-field, or inexperienced
teachers.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC84D09FCC0414A7E8D2FEED26E42F094"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Teacher
development</header><text>Part A of title II of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 208 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7735D7CBB2FC4B27ACA6F61D3F4821C8" style="OLC">
<section id="idA48809C4067149E4B03FCA8E28281785"><enum>208A.</enum><header>Teacher
development</header>
<subsection id="ID7b82c7461ff94a428271b9abf170a76a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition of receiving assistance under title IV, an
institution of higher education that conducts a teacher preparation program
that enrolls students receiving Federal assistance under this Act shall set
annual quantifiable goals for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID03fe08452cd44dff9d25d867ef87c6a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increasing the
number of prospective teachers trained in teacher shortage areas designated by
the Secretary, including mathematics, science, special education, and
instruction of limited English proficient students; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1fe1a0ed9ab547f8a9ffafd26f5a8d84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>more closely
linking the training provided by the institution with the needs of schools and
the instructional decisions new teachers face in the classroom.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb5c4e19a76fb47fa8d7972548982e7d2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assurances</header><text>An
institution of higher education described in subsection (a) shall provide an
assurance to the Secretary that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID12ffeaa09c4e470ba8a3b48637faa9dd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>training provided
to prospective teachers responds to the identified needs of the local
educational agencies or States where graduates are likely to teach (based on
past hiring and recruitment trends);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID30bf4ccedc98419eb329cd981456c068"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prospective
special education teachers receive coursework in core content areas and receive
training in providing instruction in core content areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84b4051e441249018573e0bd85a9d2bd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>general education
teachers receive training in providing instruction to diverse populations,
including students with disabilities, limited English proficient students, and
students from low-income families; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d0c400ac28b4ecabecb8cc022aa9340"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prospective
teachers receive training on how to effectively teach in urban and rural
schools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfa3c66371dfb45fcab393bddbda22684"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
reporting</header><text>As part of the report card required under section
207(f), an institution of higher education described in this section shall
publicly report whether the goals established under subsection (a) have been
met.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id0E13579960B64F0C81D6AD90D514E14D"><enum>1119.</enum><header>Grants for
the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1121(b) (20 U.S.C. 6331(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5D4F144E6A9041C7922C6DF90ED88699"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCD3A0CD0865C4B639A2810D9C5998263"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>each appropriate outlying area</quote> and inserting <quote>the Republic
of Palau</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0FF8B95DAA2C43A698F3FF839EF0BB0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFF73054D688F495DBC19EA30ABBB8B61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking <quote>and freely associated States</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4A2741CFE0C847D48FA28E70049C83EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>States</quote> and inserting <quote>states</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idEDE7B0D67BAB49CD91C95ED0862BBD07"><enum>1120.</enum><header>Allocations
to States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1122(a) (20
U.S.C. 6332(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>fiscal years 2002–2007</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years
2008–2013</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id317EAF2B43C84B2E81E51B09B195922F"><enum>1121.</enum><header>Basic grants
to local educational agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1124 (20 U.S.C. 6333) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idEBACFE78FF9D4CB49626DF23ADD6E4D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id158038BDBCD14627A1ED4EB36504398E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>less than</quote> and all that follows through the
period and inserting <quote>less than 100.0 percent.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA43A3C51EE9A41E7ACC738D1C6CCDABF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<clause id="id6AA3A04EF0164ABB923E5088F8A48E1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (i), by inserting <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2AECBFF3B80F44DC9EFA9C19366FF2AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking clause (ii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id784A3C3445404F6CBF2FBBF0600FDE1F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id78B758F9027C4CE2A8C535D0BDFCEFC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3)(A), by striking <quote>In fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal
year,</quote> and inserting <quote>In each fiscal year,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6A3718150DCA46C397F4E32DD1B7E62C"><enum>1122.</enum><header>Education
finance incentive grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1125A (20 U.S.C. 6337) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAEB24AF1C9B04567BA2D9B6A8FC4A905"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2),
respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD603D7E9EFE74D72A51D141F729C0ABC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="id84107907AB9E49F6B5A33FD577527029"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Student reading skills improvement grants</header>
<subpart id="id5C3D22B67D764CD6BD9BE0A03E113D07"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header>Reading first</header>
<section id="id5031D03256AA4A9496C1F86EB7196380"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Formula
grants to State educational agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1202 (20 U.S.C. 6362) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id53E530EDFE0B4F80867AD28E43C8164D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(E), by striking <quote>, beginning with fiscal year
2004,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id453DB7F87E5D49438E37BA6D9124C896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii) of subsection (c)(6)(B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBDBD81777FA49D8BC76847FC1FBE3C6" style="OLC">
<clause id="id8868AC83AC194C099EB4D7674D880962"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the highest
percentages of children who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id61447C5568D345D3B9088B0740D7DFA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(7)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFA78928312724973B374D78733D169DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
clause (i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79C858E7A02C4C2B885B6C524BA794ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11D5E3E0E96D42B0B1814F9D7C044EEC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2), by striking <quote>peer review panel</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1E7F0352FD6949B2994E2DF860D06D50"><enum>1202.</enum><header>State formula
grant applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1203 (20 U.S.C. 6363) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB789482A9C7C46C5891C145BACA4D076"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5C968A411EE246EC88A476B50D9E407B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08AD3FAE2A8F4C14B52F25D3803EDB22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Applications</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>A State</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Applications</header-in-text>.—A
State</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAF768B73CBCC43AA80361C35FA1CB2E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id34F966D20BEF4029A608D9A238C1FE5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1712CDCAFD9C43B9BAFAED619EA95EAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB646DA4AB350470AA57AF82FBCEC40A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (B))—</text>
<clause id="id2D4040AE0DFF40AA9F71C537711D5A78"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2B778C7FF1CD4D9BBA634477B42A789D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (H) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39A1BE565CE14195A2200C46047A1EAF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idF64878918FD64873AE015318D9B13EAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will collect and report to the Secretary, for each school
served by a local educational agency receiving a subgrant under section 1202,
baseline data on the reading achievement of students in grades 1 through 3 in
the year prior to the first year of the
project.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD34053D68A543CF8A2A4D39AF557888"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3FE21D77BEB84A7D99A4E0B4A7510D35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (i) of subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="idBBD1FA44147A43E89560F9C47AD18A45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the first sentence, by striking <quote>panel to evaluate</quote> and inserting
<quote>Reading First Advisory Committee (referred to in this subpart as
<quote>the Committee</quote>) to evaluate</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id40EA4390B4CE470D81CD91806DD2445D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the second sentence, by striking <quote>panel shall</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee shall</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28B9B3B54453466CA78D2923E2682E48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF12D805741494E3498E3746DEC5D5C38"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16085B94D39B4103B67409055DEDD0CF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id199DB140544E46A38EAB3BA3BB59C8EC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Committee shall not be comprised of a majority of members selected by 1
individual or entity described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DFA634E379B428BABBD0043C698007B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>The panel</quote>
and inserting <quote>The Committee</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2FD53716F821470CB32D8C563960E2E2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="idE6D52D5CBDAB45839C9FA1172A3D7C32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>The panel</quote> and inserting <quote>The Committee</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idE074DC50B818467686E11BB4988FCEC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and shall provide the Secretary with feedback for State educational
agencies whose applications are not approved</quote> before the period at the
end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51B3C9670C1E449F836DD7E343898046"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF5330CD73BA4C80B5B4E5392A3BA49F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDaf1e10b052c7405a8adfb141156bd727"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header>
<clause id="ID0a0f4d3fbcca49dd970cefa90a50237f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At its sole discretion, the Committee may form 1 or more
subcommittees, comprised of members of the Committee, to assist the Committee
with the Committee's functions described in this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID69ebef36f5fb4067be5cf6be9ddd2011"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Representation</header><text>Each
subcommittee formed by the Committee shall include not less than 1 member
selected by each individual or entity described in subparagraph (A), and in no
case shall be comprised of a majority of members selected by 1 such individual
or entity. Members of the Committee may serve on 1 or more
subcommittees.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd7ac765583ae4dd4b6e519ff4c08cf03"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Committee
review</header><text>After a subcommittee makes recommendations regarding a
grant application under this section, the Committee shall—</text>
<subclause id="id1412EAB125304FBB8B9D72CFC4B2A1FD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>review the
recommendations made by the subcommittee, including any feedback to be provided
to the State educational agency regarding the application; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6C554793C42B4A0CAD17F1F028259AFE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>following such
review, make a final recommendation, including any feedback, to the Secretary
in accordance with subparagraph (D).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2124b03922684555b2ebe337db75eeef"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Governance</header><text>The
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to
the activities of the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc42e63b424dc449ab192ea9b7daaea83"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Conflicts of
interest</header>
<clause id="ID5f515ca24e5f42199a2317d23319aaa8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a process through which
each individual selected to be a member of the Committee shall be screened for
potential conflicts of interest before becoming a member.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe0dc29d73b1d4e30bae87ac421cff561"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Screening</header><text>The
screening process described in clause (i) shall—</text>
<subclause id="ID31203c9e25a24bed96e1982b5b68acd9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be reviewed and
approved by the Office of General Counsel of the Department;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6554c8b347d040ecab730cc32a89d175"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include, at a
minimum—</text>
<item id="idD8D2B48D3BA846C4B27A53FD0ACC26FA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a
review of each potential member's connection to any State's program under this
subpart;</text>
</item><item id="idE85BFD0F438844679EE8956EC956FFC6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>each potential
member's potential financial interest in any product that might be purchased by
a State educational agency or local educational agency in the course of such
agency's implementation of a grant under this subpart; and</text>
</item><item id="id2F6A8C6D19CF47BEA90C0267751CC820"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>each potential
member's professional connections to teaching methodologies that might require
the use of specific products; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="IDa1debe46e18147a489967aa916ac9225"><enum>(III)</enum><text>be designed to
prevent, to the extent possible, bias or the appearance of bias in the
Committee's performance of the Committee's responsibilities under this
paragraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd7edc56ed96c4c4789c7760c262ddbda"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Guidance</header>
<clause id="ID12ebf9e4c3ce4970a7178ee63c42e26e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause id="idF23F44B9A4A342F98C9E18910BB49797"><enum>(I)</enum><text>develop guidance
for how the Committee and any subcommittees created in accordance with
subparagraph (E) will—</text>
<item id="id8B68815927CE47289782883C2DAEA81B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>review
applications submitted under this section; and</text>
</item><item id="id4894865744164A27BE4BB7F6ADC9FD2F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>provide feedback
to State educational agencies and recommendations to the Secretary; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id7E2B9694B9EF4B468F622FAC25D3165B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>develop guidance
for how the Secretary will review the recommendations of the Committee and any
subcommittees and make final determinations of funding or disapproval of an
application submitted under this section.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID0739af1c09ab4da88764bb07d8a61de5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
guidance described in clause (i) shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="IDaafb02ca4f944958b9df6216e887f6b5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>create a
transparent process through which the Committee and any subcommittees of the
Committee provide clear, consistent, and publicly available documentation in
support of all recommendations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc3d84c8c96804a6f8481f251dde2a6d4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensure that the
Committee reviews any subcommittee feedback prior to that feedback being
submitted to a State educational agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb42aa9e31a1341ed86e1e29b6238c207"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensure that a
State educational agency has the opportunity for direct interaction with the
Committee and any subcommittees, as appropriate, when revising an application
under this section as a result of feedback submitted by the Committee or a
subcommittee;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbb966b47ab694052ba024e01429884aa"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>require that the
Committee, any subcommittee, and the Secretary clearly and consistently
document that all criteria described in subsection (b) are met before an
application submitted under this section is approved; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6c86d3b718074fd7ba5d69dcecf22a1f"><enum>(V)</enum><text>create a
transparent process through which the Secretary clearly, consistently, and
publicly documents the Secretary's decision to fund or disapprove each
application submitted under this section and the reasons for such
decision.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDFC653099A6A4284A9D782CB37F3DB9D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d)(4).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id96E3F3DDF24B46FEA1A350B27988BA73"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Targeted
assistance grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1204
(20 U.S.C. 6364) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9C3F6BC65B23454AAF1C8C3981795530"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>Beginning with fiscal year 2004, from</quote> and
inserting <quote>From</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id289E26986A124512B03C2B3C0DBD0BA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id42405EA3B23B468CBE5C6EC51A5DEEF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>peer review panel</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4A6042EE6092469E95F2A98E46D46B81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>panel shall</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee
shall</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id4B4E20775F7C431B957A4C20C4D56A6C"><enum>1204.</enum><header>External
evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1205 (20
U.S.C. 6365) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEE93CF946B2B42CAAAF6A1B9CE2F2847" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8C727249EAA14E04BCE8E6EDC83F4B3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph id="H1C952608921240AABD11663211F66709"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the independent
organization described in subsection (a) does not hold a contract or
subcontract to implement any aspect of a program under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA6DFB86E9E146ECBC3B60C6D117366"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subcontractors</header><text>The
contract entered into under subsection (a) shall prohibit the independent
organization conducting the evaluation from entering into a subcontract with
any entity that holds a contract or subcontract to implement any aspect of a
program under this
subpart.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id7A9E2627FC2D4DB1B4CBFF819C64C451"><enum>1205.</enum><header>National
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1206 (20
U.S.C. 6366) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCCCA7BA87D5842F0AB8FAD182B362FE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting before <quote>From funds</quote> the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0980D02779CC4DA98804773875EBF6FE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9848000A71244638A4F7E05F3D6B255"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
assistance and evaluation</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB507EC054F14C4F9CDF2889AA9F01FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87857CE89C7744839F6781EF5F000003" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H89CE2D7DAE844D988B00D000C4B4C300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracts for
technical assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H16ABBEBE3D3D4993B246C1072D6D0090"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may enter into contracts with independent
entities to perform the activities described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1B25873F56C47C79878A9ACFAAACD3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conflicts of
interest</header>
<subparagraph id="H1C4A43A21F2A4B48B1CF678932104923"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary enters into a contract described in
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H9CACB2776A034FB0B89757C3E1005F56"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that such
contract requires the independent entity to screen for conflicts of interest
through the screening process described in subparagraph (B) when hiring
individuals to carry out the responsibilities under the contract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA3800D7BD7A84086A094D9CE3EAE95B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that such
contract requires the independent entity to include the requirement under
clause (i) in any subcontract that such entity enters into to fulfill the
responsibilities described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE9EA1849BEC2447DA75942DDF9030CDC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Screening
process</header><text>The screening process shall—</text>
<clause id="HBCC3E5EE82894DE3AA69EC25B6B7238"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include, at a
minimum, a review of each individual performing duties under the contract or
subcontract for—</text>
<subclause id="id80C3C6A1EDEC45DA98EC853AA79DF406"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any connection to
a State's program under this subpart;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idA55983488C904BCDA1D937EC4B0EF845"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any potential
financial interest in, or other connection to, products that might be purchased
by a State educational agency or local educational agency in the course of such
agency’s implementation of a program or project under this subpart; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE9D9DB031A124A3E805934DC1AEFF261"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any connection
to a teaching methodology that might require the use of a specific product;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF85D5C75D0EC4CCB9C96E6372B2029B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be designed to
prevent, to the extent possible, bias or the appearance of bias in the
performance of the responsibilities under the contract or subcontract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E6F643CB0CC417BBFBE2414DA957CCD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information
dissemination</header><text>If the Secretary enters into a contract under
paragraph (1), or if a contracted entity enters into a subcontract to carry out
the responsibilities under such contract, the contract or subcontract shall
require the contractor or subcontractor to clearly separate technical
assistance provided under such contract or subcontract from information
provided, or activities engaged in, as part of the normal operations of the
contractor or subcontractor. Efforts to comply with this paragraph may include
the creation of separate web pages for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or
subcontract entered into under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id072DD6B6B0FB447188A831D436FF194C"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Prohibition
of Federal Government intervention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C.
6361 et seq.) is further amended by inserting after section 1207 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2871CE0E1EC467993897DDAFA5A50E7" style="OLC">
<section id="ID0933e68785774a53951ecb88a3b25751"><enum>1207A.<?LEXA-Enum 1207A.?></enum><header>Prohibition of Federal Government
intervention</header>
<subsection id="ID3606c83a963a485b9455addb43b5c641"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to alter or
lessen the prohibitions under section 9527(b) or section 103(b) of the
Department of Education Organization Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDab8e348e6c1d4c82966d0424c689b4d4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header>
<paragraph id="ID6fcd9e9ce88746a2b55824aec5cc41ba"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop guidance for Department
employees responsible for the implementation of this subpart that will assist
such employees in complying with the prohibitions described in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7aeec48cd96e47b3b1c8858536a28b39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
guidance</header><text>The guidance described in paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id22125C2D581445B7ADB84CDD9D9AAE19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>emphasize the
importance of consultation with the Office of General Counsel of the Department
on issues related to such prohibitions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id09148AA6470A4CA59441633766C7FB29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>stress that any
information disseminated, or technical assistance provided, in accordance with
this subpart, shall represent multiple perspectives and not in any way endorse
or appear to endorse any particular product or service that might be purchased
by a State educational agency or local educational agency in the course of such
agency's implementation of a program under this
subpart.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subpart><subpart id="idC0DF2D87849749CDBF5EB352580A9683"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header>Early Reading first</header>
<section id="idE64FCAB0BE644F9AA8795C7D6FB2FEB1"><enum>1221.</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1226 (20 U.S.C. 6376) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCBE16AB4C7844498A334721D5C92B335"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>October 1, 2002, and ending September 30, 2006,</quote>
and inserting <quote>October 1, 2007, and ending September 30, 2011,</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB9C82A9E88614B1780C522E9935AD5B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id12DE1E0B6B2B46F08BFD6C566E72D449"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2009</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD78F03EFCA364DB3BCA2C1FB287BEF5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subpart><subpart id="id91403ABA7D1745128FC22229796DE1DA"><enum>3<?LEXA-Enum 3C?></enum><header>Striving Readers</header>
<section id="id0E7D433FA2AF47E5B5C3EB340297C60B"><enum>1231.</enum><header>Striving
Readers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 3 of part B of
title I (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E9B9D54AB56434AA58340B18B21D447" style="OLC">
<subpart id="idA8256C19A338418F9C4614909C7FF378"><enum>3<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header>Striving Readers</header>
<section id="ID3ef0c49a47c1493e806db6a89b90b9ea"><enum>1231.</enum><header>Purpose;
definitions</header>
<subsection id="ID6d631cb35f314b76b063fe4eb5afa841"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this subpart is to raise the reading achievement of middle school
and high school students in schools that are eligible for assistance under part
A and that enroll significant numbers of students reading below grade level, by
supporting the implementation and evaluation of new and existing comprehensive
reading initiatives that improve the quality of literacy instruction across the
curriculum and provide intensive literacy interventions to struggling
adolescent readers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9231bb718a6b4a4dbce1cf54fa273a7d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="ID14da9ec2dd244cfdbb965896c96033aa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
applicant</header><text>The term <term>eligible applicant</term> means any of
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID097d28eb1aa54313bf7545daf5688c6b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A local
educational agency that—</text>
<clause id="ID19f822f4fcd94340af268e911db36e7f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is eligible to
receive funds under part A to carry out section 1113; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID13010fd59e00485796ae0d3b51ff683f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serves an
eligible school with students in 1 or more of grades 6 through 12.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID88d54f87807848ca9771ed8a296401ec"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A partnership
consisting of—</text>
<clause id="id83DF972D32A746539F925182E834F0ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
local educational agency described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1E5EACA0CC364167A0AF9D883D9A83DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 or more of the
following entities:</text>
<subclause id="id74775658E38F4B1B9806D8D2784BE217"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Another local
educational agency described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5a2ff7e30be84031b58e62262c62fb1a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A State
educational agency.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7a36daf1a7754d0c9c0a1b02d9376f5a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>An institution
of higher education.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID91d5a96ccf8148bd815ce42155522bf7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A public or
private organization with expertise in adolescent literacy or rigorous
evaluation of education programs.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID317f66e9abcc44e79eca4d3731dc0fc6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A State
educational agency, applying on behalf of 1 or more local educational agencies
described in subparagraph (A), individually or jointly with 1 or more of the
following entities:</text>
<clause id="ID5e12c442bdd24972a5ff341d9433d336"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An institution of
higher education.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf1d7070fe0e941f6a6841e228a32f622"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A public or
private organization with expertise in adolescent literacy or rigorous
evaluation of education programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3eae29d25c8244d3a955b5db8c58f6ed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
school</header><text>The term <term>eligible school</term> means a school that
is eligible for funds under section 1113.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID3accfb7f7cca4162ab8c1557c4b829ca"><enum>1232.</enum><header>Striving
readers grants</header>
<subsection id="IDc6e9bffc72534d8491a590fb4b84baa6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="id8181D2BCF1324FFABF970E5CF0980A4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts appropriated under this subpart, the
Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants to
carry out activities consistent with the purpose of this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12E84A7057C94EB799399A09139F6162"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A
grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a period of not more than 5
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6d232f6ee0824e1bb3014aff7bffff89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An
eligible applicant that desires to receive a grant under this subpart shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
including such information as the Secretary may reasonably require,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="IDcb68540a3d0243ebbe785da2a0494eb1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information on
the eligible schools to be served by the project, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id337550CA338A4BDBACD67D2C2707CC02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such demographic,
socioeconomic, and reading achievement data as the Secretary may request;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3AB2BCC740D74E16BCE6A6AB7EEBF41E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evidence that the
schools proposed to be served have significant numbers or percentages of
students reading below grade level;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID90f3953f6ffa404495b5c3320b458166"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
the instructional program that will be used in the project, including
information on how the program reflects strong research-based evidence on
adolescent literacy instruction; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf9eb7b9cf09486a84aff32552292614"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the activities that will be carried out under the grant, including a
description of the professional development that will be provided to teachers,
administrators, and other personnel, and of how those activities will support
achievement of the purposes of the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3fe9186f6deb4606bd282b7e4d5ce94b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>An eligible applicant receiving a grant under this subpart
shall use grant funds received to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDed7764e636c544f897601f73f82caaa7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide middle-
and high-school aged students who are not less than 2 years below grade level
in reading with targeted interventions to improve the students' basic reading
skills, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension using research-based
strategies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0a7cfffe93fa4cc9aacf73859e3e716a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement
school-level strategies to increase reading achievement for students by
improving the quality of literacy instruction across the curriculum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID349d1996f9ee4462b2fb8b6cd4b7abcb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide teachers
with professional development on scientifically based reading research for
adolescent students or on integrating comprehension and literacy skills in the
classroom across subject areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID36a4f461b5c94413b4e08af86af171ee"><enum>(4)</enum><text>acquire, provide
training for, and implement valid and reliable reading assessments or other
appropriate measures that are based on scientifically based reading research to
determine whether students are developing and improving reading skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID25e35df4778f44349c594340f9088c1e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide
professional development to teachers, administrators, and other personnel, to
support achievement of the purposes of the project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID08d31e52c42f478da32e494601dbc99b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>design and
implement a rigorous evaluation, including random assignment of students, of
the grantee’s targeted literacy interventions that will measure whether the
interventions were properly implemented and will track student performance in
reading and literacy as measured by regular ongoing assessment as well as the
results of the State academic assessments of reading or language arts, as
described in section 1111(b)(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID041b819df6944bdb8b396fa2f9457503"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fiscal
agent</header><text>Each eligible applicant for a grant under this subpart
shall identify, in the application, a participating local educational agency
described in section 1231(b)(1)(A) or a State educational agency, that will
serve as the fiscal agent for the grant.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1e96c81f99404b0f8961798d49f8e3fd"><enum>1233.</enum><header>Participation
of private school children and teachers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In making grants under this subpart, the
Secretary shall ensure, where appropriate, that provision is made for the
equitable participation of students and teachers in private nonprofit
elementary schools and secondary schools, including the participation of
teachers and other personnel serving these students in professional development
programs.</text>
</section><section id="ID30f74f5335d748fbb246e3e8d61fc6fa"><enum>1234.</enum><header>Evaluation
and technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary may use funds appropriated under this subpart to provide technical
assistance to grantees and to conduct a program evaluation.</text>
</section><section id="ID94dda14d7a9243d88fb00065377c4912"><enum>1235.</enum><header>Program
performance and accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each eligible applicant receiving a grant
under this subpart shall collect and report to the Secretary such information
on the results of the grant as the Secretary may reasonably require, including
information on—</text>
<paragraph id="ID46e6f6a8fec249dca0f0ed54b1bc20dc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the percentage of
middle school and high school students reading significantly below grade level
who demonstrate a gain in their reading achievement, at a minimum of 1 grade
level or its equivalent, after participating in a targeted intervention under
the grant over an academic school year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd4dc0303014f4003bb01c1ace14bbc19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the percentage of
students in schools participating in the program who score at or above the
proficient level on the State academic assessments of reading or language arts
described in section
1111(b)(3).</text>
</paragraph></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subpart><subpart id="idEF3532AFB96B4D09BA5D0525219F7014"><enum>4<?LEXA-Enum 4?></enum><header>Improving literacy through school libraries</header>
<section id="idB90F6A2C82D64EA5A21FFDCB6BF61613"><enum>1241.</enum><header>Improving
literacy through school libraries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 4 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C.
6383) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id81EA48A0E4DE406CA4640F047B6D6EE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 1251 as section 1241; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85DA91C961B64E609A57161D44C3BC86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
1241(j)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>2001</quote>
and inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subpart></part><part id="id26CB3AE66E2041B0878D89A8829E5192"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header>Education of migratory children</header>
<section id="idC5C2DA2F2F594931B07C9291A0291A51"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Program
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1301 (20
U.S.C. 6391) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A764991ADB542E289AD35B80047B858" style="OLC">
<section id="id79C63553588B4671A42E829AA9CA8C63"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Program
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of
this part to assist States in providing high-quality, comprehensive education
programs (including instructional and supportive services, as appropriate) that
address the special educational needs of migratory children that result from
such children's migratory lifestyle, in order to—</text>
<paragraph id="idF7138F8447314023875E46F074796EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help such children succeed in school and
meet the same challenging State academic content standards and student academic
achievement standards that all children are expected to meet; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2749A1A99E1346AD891D59C4AE162843"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare such children to make a successful
transition to postsecondary education or
employment.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id0D7D0D06D456480BB6D168AA32DBA3CA"><enum>1302.</enum><header>State
allocations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1303 (20
U.S.C. 6393) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id24BB7B8A80E948CA8998508AD22F3897"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6A45D500F4C4A2EB4EB37965E71FC10" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idDBA231CBEA1D4F72AA5738BB0BDFDDC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
allocations</header>
<paragraph id="id680013CFBB68478C81DB96893D3884E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts made available for this part for a
fiscal year and subject to paragraph (2), each State (other than the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to
the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3dec92c4b57b471d801e2302439de154"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
identified migratory children, aged 3 through 21, residing in the State, as
determined in accordance with subsection (d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc0225e868c5e40ff8e8cfac0608716b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>40 percent of the
average per-pupil expenditure in the State, except that the amount determined
under this subparagraph may not be less than 32 percent, nor more than 48
percent, of the average per-pupil expenditure in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3bfb1303950543d19a295d89778cd0a5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hold
harmless</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for each of the fiscal
years 2008 through 2010, each State shall be allotted the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4549A42C0D8B4D35820542CC5B1C2980"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount
determined under paragraph (1) for such State for the fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA963F5AE957043D08C0DD4A618032F5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount equal
to 90 percent of the amount the State received under this part for the previous
fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2E338D6C391C4D89BB6565B091B2B0DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE99B0308DA6F42E2B7EDFA1576CF6924"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) and (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC9C404EE14A84844A5C3C8286C11BB22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Puerto
Rico</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>For
each</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Puerto Rico</header-in-text>.—For each</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id719EF32EE39C4585AF8AB50F154440B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and
indenting appropriately;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2DE894A6E9034C43ADC0ECD05A19A493"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(A), by striking <quote>required</quote> and inserting
<quote>needed</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2FA60ADBFA8C43D0BF6273D83ED21B6C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (d) and (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1849A61BBE0E4D569859E348F5621A42" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID839dd37e16f04485b4bfd7d3fbb02dea"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determining
numbers of eligible students</header><text>In order to determine the estimated
number of migratory children residing in each State for purposes of this
section, the Secretary shall use the most recent information available that the
Secretary finds most accurately reflects the actual number of migratory
children.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6E158F3C83D14BFBA8FAC6DB628F0CE1"><enum>1303.</enum><header>State
applications; services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1304 (20 U.S.C. 6394) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id02E46C023C1B44B4BD65A2759DA83D12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6847F8A152A744C2A6C94E970EB367DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking <quote>migrant</quote> and inserting
<quote>migratory</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3100792163CE4AA48A990D06EC46162F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>, the requirements</quote> and all that follows through the
semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>and the requirements of subsection
(d);</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id107CE9BCBAE048059354182DF6BC7F2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC592CE97556B470C9DDA21E93AA205B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)(E), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD761825175A4F9884E3A97E808D38C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<clause id="idC81C3297EC1047AA8987DFEC14943CC7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(B)(i) of section 1303(a)</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 1303(a)(1)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id01ACF7D9541743E7BC0FE0B617D093C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFB5E3BFB2B64BB5BDDE9841C2B426C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FDBF578BBC34795BD69AF4BB8E4C876" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDe0d084e6a5ea425b8b9fc9e9256a753a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the State will
require that each paraprofessional hired to work in a program or project
assisted under this part, and supported with funds received under this part,
meet the requirements set forth under subsections (c), (e), and (f) of section
1119, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDec02c3da8abc4b16a11fc3cf96f97026"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the
paraprofessional was hired before the date of enactment of the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2007, such paraprofessional shall not be required to meet the
requirements set forth under section 1119(c) of this Act until the end of the
4-year period following such date of enactment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID18b467cb3bb34258a9b42e479c5167b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the
paraprofessional is a paraprofessional described in paragraph (1) or (2) of
section 1119(d), such paraprofessional shall not be required to meet the
requirements of section 1119(c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id683BBF086D24475F9709BE9EFFB30503"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>whose education has been interrupted during the regular
school year</quote> and inserting <quote>who have moved within the past 12
months, on their own or with their parent or guardian, in order to obtain, or
return from obtaining, temporary or seasonal employment in agricultural or
fishing work.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idCE61E912DF5D45149E74A84893D1D175"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Comprehensive
needs assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1306
(20 U.S.C. 6396) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id21EB465B101E45D99F7C7B2875350073"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after
<quote>migratory children</quote> the following: <quote>that result from such
children's migratory lifestyle (including lack of educational continuity,
missed instruction, low school and social engagement, cultural and language
barriers, health-related problems, difficulties parents face in helping such
children with school, and limited access to other educational and social
services),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id22A8FF900FD149E2B9C60003AFEFB1A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD689071789014528BB21317B7326B105"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Unaddressed</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Unmet</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51C97B1B30E341B294065473408C8A21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>address</quote> and inserting <quote>meet</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id973B9E383EC441E7A63D315219C4A6FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>not addressed</quote> and inserting <quote>not met</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id776729EF348C4A81BE5C50413B46C90E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>addresses</quote> and inserting <quote>has met</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idFA6D03DA04F74BB2BB3C8A204E186254"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Coordination
of migrant education activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1308 (20 U.S.C. 6398) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD93904C3EEB149C1A07A812441538D4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id770111850F2E4FA6AC411F2A632CBA8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idAC1ECD2E044D485785759538319487A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF667B7ED39CD4A749848B88A92A714B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Information
system</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>The
Secretary, in consultation</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Information system</header-in-text>.—The
Secretary, in consultation</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A1E0E8F35FD4F588AB0A2AB9F38D623"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i) through (iv) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and
indenting such subparagraphs appropriately; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9FBAA497FAAC4F8C8B00F165FC965ACA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id040CDBB4751040EBB9CF309FDF620B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07CDCD1438E249338E00684B0F6851FA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id76253998123C48AAB379B1BAEDE76D63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>From the funds appropriated for any fiscal year to carry
out this part, the Secretary may reserve not more than $12,500,000 to carry out
this section for such fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9AC2AD144FE04EA6B4109BA00C0D6373"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>whose education is interrupted</quote> and inserting
<quote>described in section 1304(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCFD65DE5CBDC47178FC0474E0B27D78B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idC4A780354D9847678B690A320B9D600E"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Evaluation
and study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title I
(20 U.S.C. 6391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC1ABA26CB5D4007971C4C89309BA34E" style="OLC">
<section id="idA9981620C59A49589C7E3E55F9043DFF"><enum>1310.</enum><header>Evaluation
and study</header>
<subsection id="ID29731d0b77914f58994fbd896fbea612"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="id971D881751F04A888FB70E51E2B5D5AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated to carry out this part for fiscal
years 2008 through 2013, the Secretary may reserve a total of not more than
$5,000,000 to carry out a national evaluation of the program under this part,
including an examination of the success of State efforts to identify and meet
the unique educational needs of migratory children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID773228098415476dad325f87f50f84b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institute of
Education Sciences</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the evaluation
through the Institute of Education Sciences.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID52d581ea7c684fdb9cafaec1a6c44339"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="id9309A2D80FE64A939100838EE6B0F65B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts described in paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall conduct a pilot study on the feasibility of using the National
Assessment of Educational Progress under section 303 of the National Assessment
of Educational Progress Authorization Act for assessing and reporting on the
academic achievement of migratory children in grades 4 and 8 in reading and
mathematics</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id536126E4F6AC47C09674B076C273B51E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding
source</header><text>Notwithstanding section 305 of the National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act, a portion of the funds appropriated
under such section for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress may
be used by the Secretary to carry out the pilot
study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="id9446D7C7534B413B8BF849FE9BE2A8F5"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header>Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children
and Youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk</header>
<section id="id1CD760C85671461494E250AC731B816C"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1412(b)(2) (20
U.S.C. 6432(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB26C784965F45C4B4D1D8E2936D86DD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF42860D757574F7699CCDFB8B57255F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
percentage</header><text>The percentage in paragraph (1)(A) shall not be less
than 85.0 percent for any fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id67F24C68CFBD4CC9A18AE80267529D27"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Career
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title I
(20 U.S.C. 6421 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id100D8B8FCE40489391565498E7DFEE68"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 1414—</text>
<subparagraph id="id67A13A7395B046B989AF60EA36CBDCBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(A), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id518A88E8D31B406BB53EBFB3B5EB6E9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(8), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0F67B37C007A417BAA300E33F66FB9F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
1415(a)(1)(B), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12C3104383264E48BB133E0A38BF6579"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
1418(a)(2), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> each place the term appears
and inserting <quote>career</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68060CAF47B9450B81A480F516F1A230"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
1423(9), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF2F52FFD4B63432FADACAA9808145050"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section
1424(4), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id306A230911AB4DB08F3AFD6F7C5E67FD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section
1425(9), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="id0E9BA3268BAD46939378AEB6C6F7F3C7"><enum>E<?LEXA-Enum E?></enum><header>National assessment of title I </header>
<section id="id4211B706CAFF4142ACFF91AAE85FCE07"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1501 (20 U.S.C. 6491) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id65C94DC444184ACDA00F96378201490C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id589CB0EAA5684A40B88043FA44AC6AA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id1098292C00CA42F58CE5A558720894F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="id62EB28AAB9544FF7BB4ACA4263740064"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (i); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id31EC053F75BF40CFAF31C27E4E9ED96E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id4F8877C7EFE44312B3C38D843193A74A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E)—</text>
<subclause id="id921A7DAF5A16402F9BB21B96CD4BBE84"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idABBA1F98835440B1B2B2E41FA3AEDAF4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (iii), (iv), and (v), as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv),
respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6DD2B6353E8B4C9EA563DD729C2784F2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause
(iii), as redesignated by subclause (II), by striking <quote>, including the
impact of the technical assistance on such achievement</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7E403F69546644419AC1E2D038E32FF9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
as redesignated by subclause (II), by striking <quote>not later than the end of
the 2005–2006 school year</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id90E5DFF73AD1427586B495F37162F983"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (G) and (H);</text>
</clause><clause id="id91E24F9DFBDD40BCA6235F040909FA71"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (I) through (O) as subparagraphs (G) through (M),
respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id88B51F70C3B345C0918184DB16DA8995"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (G)(iii), as redesignated by clause (iv), by striking
<quote>provisions, the</quote> and all that follows through the period and
inserting <quote>provisions, and the implementation of these
provisions.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A3ED103790045AD9F10D864460F2683"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>section 411 of the National Education Statistics Act of
1994</quote> and inserting <quote>the National Assessment of Educational
Progress Authorization Act</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63C05DDB69D944F18C3FEA4EDEE901B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9082306DE8324AC5BFB808D49CBD4C26"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4BD23DCFBEAD4091B78E679EF789EA81"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
as redesignated by subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="id63BC10A2866644109DCB782AACFC77FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="id2FAC0673D7DB4BC683EDB15DA65F1758"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>No Child Left Behind Act of 2001</quote> and inserting <quote>[short
title]</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idA19D571D1C3B4C53962690046C6864C3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting <quote>Labor</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id9C9FA570B99C4439822C1E56C86F7B16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="id9913FDED5F764908B0FB5D156449BFF3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>No Child Left Behind Act of 2001</quote> and inserting <quote>[short
title]</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idBB872AF4D16045CAA908AE2F6194AABE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting <quote>Labor</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8FC4000922F42C1B5A26C58E7D6FC68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id03686B921E654288AA2F42A8584FACF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="id6F11D67A778E4C76B296AFCD679F95B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (D); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6616AF13FA1E4EDDB83A7879C6FA82C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and (E),
respectively; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C991E4A853446BDB8F12B3653EEA825"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(C), by striking <quote>including</quote> and all that follows through the
period and inserting <quote>including schoolwide and targeted
services.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF98AC40171444B0393F2B7FF2D12F913"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(3)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF0151D777AB446D4A93340DA5AF0A43C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>subsection (a)(6)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)(5)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14095BD0930F4801B9AB35E7D0220492"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking <quote>subsection (a)(6)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)(5)(B)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idE2429325DE5647198CCCBE63DD456B38"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Assessment
evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1503 (20
U.S.C. 6493) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB0EEC4E31DDE4D72A15DBAFAC543F894"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>The
Assistant Secretary of Educational Research and Improvement</quote> and
inserting <quote>The Director of the Institute of Education
Sciences</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1E95CC095EC34D7B97996BDA3BFC2A0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3), by striking <quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting
<quote>Labor</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1FD3F76490684A68BDA80A15C679B31A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by striking <quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting
<quote>Labor</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27F96505A5C1422783CAFF70414839C9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Close up fellowship
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of title I (20
U.S.C. 6491) is amended by striking section 1504.</text>
</section></part><part id="idBFE386F05DB44306B51DC92D40A6EFA1"><enum>F<?LEXA-Enum F?></enum><header>Math now</header>
<section id="id36BABCB3518A4726A3D97F11D8CF945D"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Math
Now</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part F of title I (20
U.S.C. 6511 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7C0457D18C14D8E85D45DF5ACE73890" style="OLC">
<part id="id8C9C74E70E5E4283AEC3508742DB2EAD"><enum>F<?LEXA-Enum F?></enum><header>Math Now</header>
<section id="idA9F234559F0F46C0A91935B818666139"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Purposes;
definition</header>
<subsection id="ID1e4ae660adc74465ada1a763e2fa1c30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this subpart are—</text>
<paragraph id="id3A7C9F33C52445C29E4ED7E7EB177EED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enable all
elementary and middle school students to reach or exceed grade-level student
academic achievement standards in mathematics; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0127CC253CFD44788B5872C0B245672E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prepare such
students to enroll in and pass algebra courses by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID47fd107b72ff48789ba267889cb28d26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improving
instruction in mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade 9 through
the implementation of mathematics programs and the support of comprehensive
mathematics initiatives that are based on scientifically valid research and
reflect a demonstrated record of effectiveness; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID97ece3231333455e96077a320ce404f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
targeted help to low-income students who are struggling with mathematics and
whose mathematics achievement is significantly below grade level.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID889f6422abc54d8b909255342fde1b2b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this part:</text>
<paragraph id="id1B67E5C93AE044888A8E484497109205"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>eligible local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency serving not less than 1
elementary or middle school—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7ff3db3a8c8a4f48bbbe1660fe7ccf7c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with a
significant number or percentage of students whose mathematics skills are below
grade level; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID90cd165c5a9c4b6e813a63d3166feb2a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that did not make
adequate yearly progress in mathematics, as determined under section 1111(b)(2)
for the most recent school year for which such information is available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id62314D81E248420795B3B3AEDC822348"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scientifically
valid research</header><text>The term <term>scientifically valid
research</term> has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID660171c0dbc04fa885c24071eeb70036"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Grants and
subgrants</header>
<subsection id="IDb720774503424ce9a99bb05ce3632bd2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="ID12cdb0734b314e4faf2fe000a9ef6c79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under section 1002(f) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive
basis, to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies
to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies to carry out the
activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8B1108C5F5304FEBB9702FB58DBFDFC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration of
grant</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of
not more than 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a0a0b9630844c5db4070688b965dfa5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to
applications for projects that will implement statewide strategies for
improving mathematics instruction and raising the mathematics achievement of
students, particularly students in grades 4 through 9.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe3c808776b624269b2e57738fff06feb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State uses of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="IDb6faf2220fa74e1db316f80d29f8280e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State educational agency that receives a grant under
this section for a fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe07aa606aeec4f3088c2178582c04d8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall use not
more than a total of 10 percent of the grant funds to carry out the activities
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) for the fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2668bdb4592c43ca9cda0722411dc67e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall use not
less than 90 percent of the grant funds to award subgrants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible local educational agencies within the State to enable the
eligible local educational agencies to carry out the activities described in
subsection (c) for the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6c461724ec5494c9804bdf8c0a3b298"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mandatory uses
of funds</header><text>A State educational agency shall use the grant funds
made available under paragraph (1)(A) to carry out each of the following
activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID882205e7f69a4e469f9531e6e4f5abfb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Planning and
administration</header><text>Planning and administration of the grant and
subgrant programs, including—</text>
<clause id="ID148d678ab18348b2ac86adae06286b77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>evaluating
applications from eligible local educational agencies using peer review teams
described in subsection (d)(1)(D);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8539adc2769148d5b29d722fdfd9879d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>administering
the distribution of subgrants to eligible local educational agencies;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd95ac9c340a845c591214cf2d1ba57b5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assessing and
evaluating, on a regular basis, eligible local educational agency activities
assisted under this section, with respect to whether the activities have been
effective in increasing the number of students—</text>
<subclause id="ID8946ced441dc4ab6a01385c2699adae8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>making progress
toward meeting the student academic achievement standards in mathematics for
the students' grade level; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd480a505aaf04629aff4a0023af6561f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>meeting or
exceeding the proficient level for the students' appropriate grade level on the
State academic assessments in mathematics described in section
1111(b)(3).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbb79fc5c48ff4971acb9c1c40b1299bc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Annually
reporting to the Secretary with information on the implementation of this
section, as described in subsection (g).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID796a4202bc4844ed827caa13a060d0fe"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permissive use
of funds; technical assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="IDae908089c8634166a5de4c6beb1772d6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State educational agency may use the grant funds made
available under paragraph (1)(A) for 1 or both of the following technical
assistance activities that assist an eligible local educational agency in
accomplishing the tasks required to design and implement a project under this
section:</text>
<clause id="IDe78d99ab3aca48faa1cd9ec2fa28205e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Assistance in
implementing a mathematics program or comprehensive mathematics initiative that
is based on scientifically valid research and reflects a demonstrated record of
effectiveness.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe912504041eb4b2eba47501b0e732f42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Assistance in
evaluating and selecting diagnostic and classroom-based instructional
mathematics assessments.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa3d59ef9d7614da397bb753810bd6b46"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The
technical assistance described in subparagraph (A) shall be guided by—</text>
<clause id="id8A491A3EDF9841BA81973B2D239362F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>researchers with
expertise in the pedagogy of mathematics;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF7CCACE10BD94842AA2D418C08C23526"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mathematicians;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF1A51C55BA38401CA98C9CF92BE7DD20"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>mathematics
educators from high-risk, high-achievement schools.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID79fb4cd1e8b041f9a4a5a98dc6c801e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local uses of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="IDa0966f543baf4bc3afd7a5fd61da5908"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory uses
of funds</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a
subgrant under this section shall use the subgrant funds to carry out each of
the following activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6944290235564b94adb33a82713591ec"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Implementation
of program or initiative</header><text>Implementing a mathematics program or
comprehensive mathematics initiative—</text>
<clause id="IDca5486f4904c4d4390c28f5856975c62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for students in
the grades of a participating school that were identified in the application
submitted under subsection (d)(2)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5ededcfea10646538c15a308c9e8cf8a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is
research-based and reflects a demonstrated record of effectiveness.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDef0debd2a8b645c3adec8d7b6224aa42"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Professional
development</header><text>Providing professional development and instructional
leadership activities for teachers and, if appropriate, for administrators and
other school staff, on the implementation of comprehensive mathematics
initiatives designed—</text>
<clause id="ID5ddb5fafe4724bc1a06133ab4bb23a3c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve the
achievement of students performing significantly below grade level;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfa5bf987cfff48c597be6ba2a6ff668e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to improve the
mathematical content knowledge of the teachers, administrators, and other
school staff;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe03ce76e33054023853bd3b76dbbbd16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to increase the
use of effective instructional practices; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDebbb14e1170e4f819f27008958b2e645"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to monitor
student progress.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19e8d75a55354883b02cd3705ca8707e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Progress
monitoring</header><text>Conducting continuous progress monitoring, which may
include the adoption and use of assessments that—</text>
<clause id="ID001db17e0ce54c06b2b11046a1fff81d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measure student
progress and identify areas in which students need help in learning
mathematics; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb74da66c965e4ccaba2812ae660001ee"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reflect
mathematics content that is consistent with the State student academic
achievement standards in mathematics described in section 1111(b)(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb2070d18523c466b8a472f0a7ed4d2ec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permissive uses
of funds</header><text>An eligible local educational agency may use subgrant
funds under this section to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3ec95b9285284042ab6b0fa3385763ff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adopt and use
mathematics instructional materials and assessments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe08e67f6a4284f9cb0aa978eba5fa278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implement
classroom-based mathematics assessments, including diagnostic or formative
assessments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8f2ee2d8ae9f40d2b0e0b51791cabe7b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide remedial
mathematics coursework and interventions for students, which may be provided
before or after school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12cc37632b624c2aa41b6110a2e58cd8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide small
groups with individualized instruction in mathematics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID88573df7de9248ea9d162b993a4d8dfd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conduct
activities designed to improve the content knowledge and expertise of teachers,
such as the use of a mathematics coach, enrichment activities, or
interdisciplinary methods of mathematics instruction; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa4a3c344f82c4b6a8224decd2be9cffc"><enum>(F)</enum><text>collect and
report performance data.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3a91b85cce74458f9d32e51ac8298d36"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="ID5df40ac4db074d25a13a0879f4f773f9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
educational agency</header><text>Each State educational agency desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time
and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Each application shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID518255f622384a839301e2db7e920806"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assurance that
the core mathematics instructional programs, supplemental instructional
materials, and intervention programs used by the eligible local educational
agencies receiving subgrants under this section will—</text>
<clause id="id1F02897C98E04DCC8F76AE860AD81982"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be based on
scientifically valid research;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC28129E096314416AC6971BB6F388B42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reflect a
demonstrated record of effectiveness; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC4F61AA70FE24C32AA5FE2D84D28B3D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be aligned with
State student academic achievement standards;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf0c67305972a49e48eed925ffae2af01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assurance that
all eligible local educational agencies receiving subgrants will meet the
requirements described in paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID030114557aa74235a20b5ea31c21ab30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assurance that
local applications will be evaluated using a peer review process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID060bd142680849eea616154e30441fe6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of
the qualifications of the peer review teams, which shall consist of—</text>
<clause id="ID19001b3ed2cb4176aeae1676b432cd89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>researchers with
expertise in the pedagogy of mathematics;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID63ff57f39337454f83db3e57daaccb4e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mathematicians;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID693d60bcffcd44dfa5f39f42f1409284"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>mathematics
educators serving high-risk, high-achievement schools and eligible local
educational agencies; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5c40215478a44d1593b96c2d9e829f24"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assurance that
the State will establish a process to safeguard against conflicts of interest,
consistent with section 1603(b), for individuals providing technical assistance
on behalf of the State educational agency under this part or participating in
the State peer review process described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9c5c1a82c5924de79588fad5f4fd81d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency
desiring a subgrant under this section shall submit an application to the State
educational agency at such time and in such manner as the State educational
agency may require. Each application shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID23c5dee4c730445c827d6b0fcb67df45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assurance that
the eligible local educational agency will provide assistance to 1 or more
schools that are—</text>
<clause id="ID0fa1d9ab0bc84907b8e838f5d24a1274"><enum>(i)</enum><text>served by the
eligible local educational agency; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0c31d2852d13460282182431bcb36d75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>described in
section 1601(b);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDebd94eb754224d4f9e03602cd108ceda"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
each of the grades kindergarten through grade 9, and of the schools, that will
be served;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f8b1ec0e08f405d8039e7c72deaed3f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information, on
an aggregate basis, on each school to be served by the project, including such
demographic, socioeconomic, and mathematics achievement data as the State
educational agency may request;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2794cb773a79409b9762e7180c0c8478"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of
the core mathematics instructional program, supplemental instructional
materials, and intervention programs or strategies that will be used for the
project, including an assurance that the programs, materials, or
strategies—</text>
<clause id="id0EA9EC4C4D6E42328FB8A731D05276DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are based on
scientifically valid research;</text>
</clause><clause id="id95028D8A92094E61A088DE6D11A673BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reflect a
demonstrated record of effectiveness; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1E701D087627448C9BECBF3A86EEA436"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are aligned
with State student academic achievement standards;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5ab8ef5e69fa49a9ba9149993870fed4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of
the activities that will be carried out under the subgrant, including—</text>
<clause id="id1725CAA2476D41DF9F31867E1B652465"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the professional development that will be provided to teachers,
and, if appropriate, administrators and other school staff; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id608350C271C7472BB6CD7556965D6DC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of
how the activities will support the achievement of the purposes of this
part;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3339869d6b0f41d38cae17f8bb54bafd"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an assurance that
the eligible local educational agency will report to the State educational
agency all data on student academic achievement that is necessary for the State
educational agency's report under subsection (g); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf4370a4f38ea48118e2497f8bac04251"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any other
information the State educational agency may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID026ffe4244914e7c9f4dea594d083223"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matching
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="ID7240ea8577254e6fbfab60940f8637ec"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
educational agency</header><text>For each fiscal year of a grant under this
section, the State educational agency that receives the grant shall provide,
from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of the
grant, in cash or in-kind, to carry out the activities supported by the
grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID381846e100b943de92c266015a7a345c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive all or a portion of the matching requirement described in
paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa3f285a349044ef2ba3db11e94967c97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the application
of the matching requirement will result in serious hardship for the State
educational agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID834e4f0e2bb04179ba5c6fabc083da83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing a
waiver best serves the purpose of the projects assisted under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id25BDF31C12D94CF98109B5BB9A6691BC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Grant funds provided under this part shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, other Federal and State funds available to carry out
the activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb6e7cd67405d4348a88ec574cc489aeb"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Program
performance and accountability</header>
<paragraph id="IDa49434c74ff445a5ac5f3c3d2a990ce1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information</header><text>Each
State educational agency receiving a grant under this section shall collect and
report to the Secretary annually such information on the results of the grant
as the Secretary may reasonably require, including information on—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd57a1420cb214ae4bfed1e6d1b9cfffa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>mathematics
achievement data that show the progress of students participating in projects
under this section (including, to the extent practicable, comparable data from
students not participating in such projects), based primarily on the results of
State, school district-wide, or classroom-based assessments, including—</text>
<clause id="ID145efb825812478a96b2d09859adceff"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specific
identification of those schools and eligible local educational agencies that
report the largest gains in mathematics achievement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa4c937ec921a42e7bf546ce462a266ed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>evidence of
whether the State educational agency and eligible local educational agencies
within the State have—</text>
<subclause id="ID61662f3b12fe4e089f38a8ea1a1b4851"><enum>(I)</enum><text>significantly
increased the number of such students achieving at or above grade level in
mathematics;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID60d0728cafca4a96b7ff82ffcf76e1be"><enum>(II)</enum><text>significantly
increased the percentages of such students, disaggregated by the subgroups
described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II), who are achieving at or above grade
level in mathematics;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDef174a9346a7404bb50011d660fc160f"><enum>(III)</enum><text>significantly
increased the number of such students making significant progress toward
meeting the State student academic achievement standards in mathematics for the
appropriate grade level; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID485aad32207347f29aa956c36c01c675"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>successfully
implemented this section;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcca7f9c1489c45f29d5bd9ff894e676c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage of
students in the schools served by each eligible local educational agency
receiving a subgrant under this section who enroll in algebra courses and the
percentage of such students who pass algebra courses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDde8cc00b906c423a93f835003a2359ae"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the progress made
in increasing the quality and accessibility of professional development and
leadership activities in mathematics, especially activities resulting in
greater content knowledge and expertise of teachers, administrators, and other
school staff, except that the Secretary shall not require such information
until after the third year of a grant awarded under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ced187d02df4157b7dc8b3a237c9361"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting and
disaggregation</header><text>The information required under paragraph (1) shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID473b5a53f8f64c1a8944fdc1fe541c5e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reported in a
manner that allows for a comparison of aggregated score differentials of
student academic achievement before (to the extent feasible) and after the
implementation of the project assisted under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID07c71b34a6d84508ad4bf8b6ad327e48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disaggregated in
the same manner as information is disaggregated under section
1111(h)(1)(C)(i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID65bc64e5e4f3405584ce5afd41925669"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Privacy
protection</header><text>The data in the report shall be reported in a manner
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID91cff202a31b4203abc7debfe3d59718"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protects the
privacy of individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa6415cd6692b4ecfa493a3d0165d13a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>complies with the
requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20
U.S.C. 1232g).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb6c32c58729c49c4b83cd72afa82f263"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation and
technical assistance</header>
<paragraph id="IDe6b0e3e6a7854f86bc0f00c58c1fe4fd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID77bc82e8ad79495bb68ded93a53e5d53"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts reserved under paragraph (3), the
Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="id57A5A4E8CD0B442B9E6C6DF0CCE28E7E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conduct an annual
independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, of the program assisted under
this section, which shall include an assessment of the impact of the program on
student academic achievement and teacher performance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0cfe15ea62484783928575d24856b317"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall annually
submit to the authorizing committees a report on the results of the
evaluation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID66df3383594a42c1aa7bff1d4e8e1c46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Secretary may use funds made available under
paragraph (3) to provide technical assistance to prospective applicants for
grants or subgrants under this section and to eligible local educational
agencies receiving subgrants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4ad76f5b73dc43cb9bccbaac1741a152"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>The Secretary may reserve not more than 2.5 percent of
funds appropriated under section 1002(f) for a fiscal year to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5b51b2ab504f4033b793c617aea6e1a3"><enum>1603.</enum><header>Prohibitions</header>
<subsection id="ID8459e468dda146c49c82df91bbc0ea79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In implementing this part, the Secretary shall
not—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfb11c5afbb8e4b30ab3b4b73cc6ab410"><enum>(1)</enum><text>endorse, approve,
or sanction any mathematics curriculum designed for use in any school;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID067bb3777f41445ab255818d6fc59ceb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>engage in
oversight, technical assistance, or activities that will require the adoption
of a specific mathematics program or instructional materials by a State, local
educational agency, or school.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7d5bad47d3fc409485bfccee19ca71e3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conflict of
interest</header><text>Any Federal employee, contractor, or subcontractor
involved in the administration, implementation, or provision of oversight or
technical assistance duties or activities under this part shall fully comply
with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, Executive orders, and
Department of Education policies relating to ethical behavior (including
provisions relating to conflicts of interest and to impropriety and the
appearance of impropriety), including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3bb00ba459314b8ab7cc32707b849f29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>titles 5 and 18,
United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a2b7ddbb56743c5962ece432c6dd9a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID2b8071ed0a524b6ab8a184d0240790d0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>part 2635 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (regarding the standards of ethical
conduct for employees of the executive branch), or any corresponding similar
regulation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id31D5EDAA23D743629CB211D7E0E627A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>part 6301 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (regarding the supplemental standards of
conduct for employees of the Department), or any corresponding similar
regulation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2b7e0f910dd498e9d281419cc6dda08"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Executive Order
12731 (55 Fed. Reg. 42547; relating to the principles of ethical conduct for
Federal Government officers and employees), or any corresponding similar
executive order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID24d7b8999a234d06b6176fe0c67d8371"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize
or permit the Secretary, the Department, or a contractor for the Department, to
mandate, direct, control, or suggest the selection of a mathematics curriculum,
supplemental instructional materials, or program of instruction by a State,
local educational agency, or
school.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="id2ABB63ECA5BF4441AF37F54F1EB40378"><enum>G<?LEXA-Enum G?></enum><header>Advanced placement programs</header>
<section id="idDC2029C7CB334606BB76000BCDA609DF"><enum>1701.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1702(3) (20 U.S.C. 6532(3)) is
amended by striking <quote>, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores that are 100
points above the national averages,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id236F6918A78349EF87863DE696CAE1AF"><enum>1702.</enum><header>Advanced
Placement incentive program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1705 (20 U.S.C. 6535) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id60B444B6C18F420490CA604C3D55DF2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id944787E26481475D868AAA641929FE00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6C8A52F086D84921814285358386BF7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFAB0FDCC35E4DCEA9CA8FC157E2C29E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC245D52523DA445BAD744521C34C3002"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="IDf153176f5e3a4ec38088593992b8d0c5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants to
partnerships</header><text>For any fiscal year for which the funds appropriated
under section 1002(g) are less than $100,000,000, the Secretary is authorized
to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to carry out the
authorized activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57adfac1f38041db972f9aefd32c3b4c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants to State
educational agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="ID2f78a19ac83c4d6b8deafc91f5dda3f8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For any fiscal year for which funds appropriated under
section 1002(g) are equal to or more than $100,000,000—</text>
<clause id="ID0f5dab90c76f468996ef57ab23ef08cc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an
eligible entity in the State that was previously awarded a grant under
paragraph (1) whose grant period has not ended, the Secretary shall reserve
funds in a sufficient amount to make payments to the entity in accordance with
the terms of the grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3bfa307fdc1744249948ef070017e4f1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>from the amounts
remaining after the reservation of funds under clause (i), the Secretary shall
make allotments under subparagraph (B) to State educational agencies to enable
such agencies to award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities
to carry out the authorized activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID087ea5837ea84df8bb5b7be84f4e4f7a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allotment</header><text>From
amounts remaining after the reservation of funds under subparagraph (A)(i) for
a fiscal year and subject to subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall make
allotments to each State for a fiscal year in an amount that bears the same
relation to the total of such remaining amounts for the fiscal year as the
number of children eligible to be counted under section 1124(c) in the State
bears to the number of children so counted in all the States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID92797516f51148c2a74b1890f1a48ce9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>The amount of any State educational agency’s allotment
under subparagraph (B) for any fiscal year shall not be less than one-half of 1
percent of the amount made available under this part for such year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idADFFE642AE1942CA8BBE4FDA99908E4E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Subgrant
limitation</header><text>An eligible entity described in paragraph (4)(A) shall
not be eligible for a subgrant under subparagraph
(A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCD655B0FB664F9A9F49BB1C0DE8DC9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (A))—</text>
<clause id="idB4E1C2A5C7D845B0835D743682B11985"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The Secretary shall award a grant under
this section</quote> and inserting <quote>A grant or subgrant awarded under
this section shall be</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id618C4A0750CB4983B38BCA6468E5A6FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>The Secretary shall make grant payments
under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>Grant payments or subgrant
payments under this section shall be made</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id429DD2F1C99041AFB153FBC36069D938"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AF3CDE4F0C643C3A79AAFFF9050D54C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idEF541AFF84BF41EAAD131BF04826CBBC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible
entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id08D1AE28C9FB4A5AB2F1B3586545EB6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State
educational agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3B432C1C64B4CABB311CBA4F3E7A9EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a local
educational agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0A2DA39C3D647439B8D9D369D331F58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a national
nonprofit educational entity with expertise in advanced placement
services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id57F3ABE0FD774A4795A55165895B4F87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>In awarding grants under subsection
(a)(1) or subgrants under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary or State educational
agency, respectively,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id41047228CDDB4EC8A44863BD2AB07DC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5798775C2D5E4DEFAC1D44C37479AC77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>grant funds</quote> and inserting <quote>grant or subgrant
funds</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCC6EB3E123834870B4AC444C6D6ABDEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="id36676227B9714191977C304357B20478"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>that is a State educational agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>described in subsection (a)(4)(A) that receives a grant under subsection
(a)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD0B151B6BDEF4861855C888FAF8AA9D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>local educational agencies to enable the local educational
agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible entities described in
subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(4) to enable the eligible
entities</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6DCB6E909CDD47BD8A1AB41C597DC390"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by striking <quote>awarded a grant</quote> and inserting <quote>awarded a
grant or subgrant</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68FEFE458A234AF4809403073B4E1F4A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id00377B3AE54D4DEE9E170535D4E356C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>awarded a grant</quote> and inserting <quote>awarded a grant or
subgrant</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id248273F5F1BE4B80A02C7E81EF098D87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary or the State
educational agency, as applicable</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id6F510B0171E14135A0ABDE06F72CDB82"><enum>1703.</enum><header>Supplement,
not supplant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1706 (20
U.S.C. 6536) is amended by striking <quote>Grant funds</quote> and inserting
<quote>Grant funds and subgrant funds</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part id="idA626BF07E56F4A95AD53F14227EFB75A"><enum>H<?LEXA-Enum H?></enum><header>Secondary School Graduation</header>
<section id="idCD00F8A716394209903E6D6E857C8FA3"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Secondary
school graduation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part H of
title I (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8A29EFF1C374ADA8F798482941AFC94" style="OLC">
<part id="id0A3B6E4525884956BE37ED9E245AC27E"><enum>H<?LEXA-Enum H?></enum><header>High school graduation</header>
<section id="IDb09f966aec184b85acb72065eb22f983"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Graduate for a Better Future
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDb13700b9dc02418a9626a4ca47fe86e7"><enum>1802.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this part are—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe043391a5fcd4fc299c8f66f56ae65d0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to create models
of excellence for academically rigorous high schools, including early college
high schools, in order to prepare all students for postsecondary education and
work;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5fb2caaf10e24313905bab35595d1078"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to raise high
school graduation rates and college-going rates;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID75b0ec3ba6704f8592f07eb93d856e73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to reduce
remediation rates at institutions of higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2f5d52dcd3049e8a01fe23d8ba8e586"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to create a
seamless curriculum between high school and postsecondary education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57f7deca98904921b0f541405de33b8a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to improve
teaching and curricula to make high school more rigorous and relevant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID21c8f6e4b3fd4e20befcfd69f3c6663a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to improve
instruction and access to supports for struggling high school students;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf76bca50298740f89cc9ba33f267d6fb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to create,
implement, and use early warning systems to help identify students at risk of
dropping out of high school, especially systems that monitor student
absenteeism.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID5d04876b60154713af81cd9b230be52a"><enum>1803.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph id="IDd03ec325666048acafe5d3040f1baed0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced
placement or international baccalaureate course</header><text>The term
<term>Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate course</term> means a
course of college-level instruction provided to middle school or high school
students, terminating in an examination administered by the College Board or
the International Baccalaureate Organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID354b99e3cca049f8b0edb13815dd5a5f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>College-going
rate</header><text>The term <term>college-going rate</term> means the
percentage of high school graduates who enroll at an institution of higher
education in the school year immediately following graduation from high
school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb36afcb9a8da4bd5a486c989543eca9f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dual credit
courses</header><text>The term <term>dual credit course</term> means a college
course that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID60382ab944fb414c805637b96e42049f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be taken at a
high school or at an institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID46cd01b392e3471a973685cdff728268"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is taught by
college faculty; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9e9017fea744721b42fead3d6e2db7f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the successful
completion of which can earn high school academic credit as well as
postsecondary academic credit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc4aa11d04094400ab81c4e1d23046e19"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7373d7c04b5643948a6f237a2256ee0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State
educational agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5aa04d0445d84d32880bdbee989ef6e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a national,
regional, or statewide nonprofit organization with expertise and experience in
working with local educational agencies and high schools to raise high school
academic achievement, high school graduation rates, and college-going rates;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc0028d66c41f46938e4ea83d6c6a9f7c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a partnership
consisting of a State educational agency and an entity described in
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID11bcf577c3054b07868173d4ff0c1433"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>eligible local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency with a high school graduation
rate of 60 percent or less—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdcd6be6c081d4705ace75c0850c3e414"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the aggregate;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3a175c55105a4df781caea7f5902d165"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applicable to 2
or more of the following subgroups of high school students served by the local
educational agency:</text>
<clause id="ID60062f71c7714aa5893d47007ccfd76b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Economically
disadvantaged students.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc865db985e01474babf2492173572f92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Students from
major racial or ethnic groups.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4f85d32b1b4f4352a545e62512c63455"><enum>(6)</enum><header>High
school</header><text>The term <term>high school</term> means a nonprofit
institutional day or residential school, including a public charter high
school, that provides high school education, as determined under State
law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ed01f11924a4ca0b847e5fe9dc73060"><enum>(7)</enum><header>High school
graduation rate</header><text>The term <term>high school graduation rate</term>
means the percentage of students who graduate from high school with a regular
diploma in the standard number of years as measured by a valid and reliable
measure of high school graduation rates, such as the averaged freshman
graduation rate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc03dee79a47344afb7aeabad3620e1d2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Rigorous
secondary school program of study</header><text>The term <term>rigorous
secondary school program of study</term> means a rigorous secondary school
program of study recognized as such by the Secretary for purposes of
subparagraph (A)(i) or (B)(i) of section 401A(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDbc9fa75867bd4a9c82768f83b8a92fc5"><enum>1804.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<subsection id="ID51b95c934c6f4edba8df37e3613683e3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts appropriated under section 1002(h) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible entities to enable eligible entities to award subgrants to
eligible local educational agencies for the authorized activities described in
subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb41cd696b7094ba6a53232bdc165572d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header>
<paragraph id="ID613eaec65549410c91e53f643d718c05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Secretary may award grants under this part for a period of not more than 6
years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDed7b7826a1fe41cc9dd284741d3b5726"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subgrants</header><text>An
eligible entity may award subgrants under this part (other than a planning
grant under subsection (c)(3)) for a period of not more than 6 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1135043f9ede4fcc8718f5f76239be20"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible entity
authorized activities</header>
<paragraph id="ID6801b9558fc645b990e96b652df12a6b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>An
eligible entity that receives a grant under this part—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd014515b9d12457ca11a6d3d273d8828"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall reserve not
more than 15 percent of the grant funds to carry out the activities described
in paragraphs (2) through (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19b34596a9c248a8abbb28a937e5a32b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall use not
less than 85 percent of the grant funds to award subgrants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible local educational agencies to enable the eligible local
educational agencies to carry out the authorized activities described in
subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID20208de516ec49039920d08b5dde795c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State level
planning and administration</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a
grant under this part may use the grant funds reserved under paragraph (1)(A)
for planning and administration, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID15cf5d77b3ed41c7a11cc8c4496494f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluating
applications from eligible local educational agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99007e89f73444fcb7be0c92b2f2faf2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>administering the
distribution of subgrants to eligible local educational agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb0372dbfa89a48609abf216d73fa3667"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assessing and
evaluating, on a regular basis, eligible local educational agency activities
carried out under this part, including regularly evaluating the academic rigor
of courses at high schools in the State that receive funding under this
part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc175aa583917467fb6c53d018765f66f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Local
educational agency planning grants</header>
<subparagraph id="ID4091c67708bd42bf8266e0d2ae31cdeb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts reserved under paragraph (1)(A), an eligible
entity may award a planning grant to an eligible local educational
agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfa85ad15bf194557901418825d569c89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>An
eligible entity shall award each planning grant under this paragraph in an
amount of not more than $10,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDedc88304815d4d69aa41b6adcb463536"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duration and
use of planning grant funds</header><text>Each planning grant shall be—</text>
<clause id="ID5d614f6115654fd0bf3c77b45abe6ca2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>awarded for a
period of 1 year;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6b2c3bba5c824105850a034d2f7a4c87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nonrenewable;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID70dfeb65a10c4e08984fd3545982c2e2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>used to plan
and apply for a subgrant awarded under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf65410c069d2443f93132c49c2dc10c3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical
assistance for local educational agencies</header><text>An eligible entity that
receives a grant under this part may use the grant funds reserved under
paragraph (1)(A) for technical assistance, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID14240abac2b24cdd80253a6fa291848b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assisting
eligible local educational agencies in accomplishing the tasks required to
implement a program under this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6964b17388eb4dc79849431a3ad230f8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implementing a
program of professional development for teachers and administrators, in high
schools that receive funding under this part, that prepares those teachers and
administrators to implement the authorized activities described in subsection
(d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9c83a68cc6da407d8b5ead344c2beaad"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assisting
eligible local educational agencies in designing a program to be assisted under
this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1c6bee48e264c02b2b7098e7750947c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>An
eligible entity that receives a grant under this part may use the grant funds
reserved under paragraph (1)(A) for annually collecting the data and preparing
the report as required under section 1805.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID347bcf7a378a4d9bbd8e0001f87b5d8a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency authorized activities</header><text>Each eligible local
educational agency receiving a subgrant under this part shall use the subgrant
funds to carry out each of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9408da779c5143e1a255dcd504974efd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To implement a
college-preparatory curriculum for all students in a high school served by the
eligible local educational agency under this part (and for students with
disabilities in accordance with the individualized education program of the
student) that is, at a minimum, aligned with a rigorous secondary school
program of study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID005e80b4dec84af183dd09c5b2fdec06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To implement
accelerated academic catch-up programs, for students who enter high school not
meeting proficient levels of academic achievement in mathematics, reading or
language arts, or science, that enable such students to meet the proficient
levels of achievement and remain on track to graduate from high school on time
with a regular high school diploma.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6539bb789a5448adbc1aeb1e021a45e8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To implement an
early warning system to quickly identify students at risk of dropping out of
high school, including systems that track student absenteeism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8202320450f44d9e90e29dd5b0bc527c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To implement a
system of student and classroom progress monitoring, which may include the
adoption and use of diagnostic or formative assessments that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfb66be0839aa4391ae1302d30445e0ae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>measure student
academic progress in the core academic areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb66eb7cdaee64a4882433ad3435068c7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may identify
areas in which students need additional academic assistance and support.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3e090fb3dc5a465c9f6ddad5de54436d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To implement a
comprehensive college guidance program that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf56e1daeafb149409b9b6dc089033e43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will ensure that
all students in a high school served by the eligible local educational agency
under this part, and their parents, are regularly notified throughout the
students' time in high school, of high school graduation requirements and
entrance requirements for institutions of higher education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32fecbec87a346c09b460429efc6cd85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides guidance
and assistance to students in applying to an institution of higher education
and in applying for Federal financial aid assistance and other State, local,
and private financial aid assistance and scholarships.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd08215eb808e495ab5b010425c2f622c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To implement a
program that offers, to students in a high school served by the eligible local
educational agency under this part, opportunities for work-based and
experiential learning experiences, such as job shadowing, internships, and
community service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe23e334087774e13b0c5cc02ade8ce93"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To implement a
program that ensures that all students in a high school served by the eligible
local educational agency under this part, have access to enroll in courses in
which the students may earn postsecondary credit for courses taken while in
high school, such as a dual credit course, or an Advanced Placement or
International Baccalaureate course.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ea246866ea74043b849a24b760b6b2a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>To implement a
program of student advisement in which all students in a high school served by
the eligible local educational agency under this part are assigned and have
regular meetings with an academic teacher advisor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6dd969467a82422db554b7c365b1623d"><enum>(9)</enum><text>To implement a
program of teacher professional development and institutional leadership that
includes use of diagnostic and formative assessments to identify student and
teacher needs, to assess classroom practice, and to improve classroom
instruction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf3f59572512f45a1aadb978d01a73da3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="ID99f189447b3f4fc894771752b1cc639a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this part
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as
the Secretary may require. Each application shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa630bbd742fb48b29279bc9db1056874"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a
description of how subgrants made by the eligible entity under this part will
meet the requirements described in subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID940a819b0af948e49819c0394666c46b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include a
description of the peer review process the eligible entity shall use to
evaluate applications from eligible local educational agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab6c1c79e8ba4f9abc9823a22eee3e30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contain an
assurance that the eligible entity, and any eligible local educational agencies
receiving a subgrant from that eligible entity, will, if requested, participate
in the independent evaluation under section 1806(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0a5628e3a6ad4441a78c759cfc6c5fdd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>describe how the
eligible entity will use grant funds received under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab8ec1f2b0b54c30b568955c6737ef35"><enum>(E)</enum><text>describe how the
eligible entity will assist eligible local educational agencies that receive
planning grant funds or subgrant funds under this part in securing any
necessary waivers from the State educational agency that may be required to
carry out the requirements of this part, such as waivers with respect to
budgeting, school structure, staffing, and flexible use of resources and time;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1ce1a5defc6448ab814568c1bb5c52ca"><enum>(F)</enum><text>describe how the
eligible entity will assess and evaluate, on a regular basis, eligible local
educational agency activities carried out under this part, including regularly
evaluating the academic rigor of courses at high schools in the State that
receive funding under this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e6fddfef4a0495d8540f5cdd9181398"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency
desiring a subgrant under this part shall submit an application to the eligible
entity at such time and in such manner as the eligible entity may require. Each
application shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa4733b5620ee4ae0bcd7d75c579e11d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a
description of each high school that will receive funding from the eligible
local educational agency under this part, including such high school
graduation, academic achievement, demographic, and socioeconomic data as the
eligible entity may request;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcc86118d2fe642048ebd1a129d28c42a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contain an
assurance that academic tests for admission purposes will not be used to
determine student enrollment in each such high school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04141a53db1b4382a48e73159c859918"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contain a
description of specific outreach and recruitment efforts for students to enroll
at each such high school that will be undertaken for student populations
historically underrepresented at institutions of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc2d7546ad5904a3ca88a78832d46c065"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contain an
assurance that a college-preparatory curriculum will be offered to all students
at each such high school (and to students with disabilities in accordance with
the individualized education program of the student), that is, at a minimum,
aligned with a rigorous secondary school program of study;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19ca0d1fa3fb4ea193de2b8ceffbd0e4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include a
comprehensive description of how the curriculum at each such high school will
be developed, structured, and delivered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbdf8d2f002bd40cb90a5911f5e5b02d8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include clearly
delineated benchmarks for improved student academic achievement, high school
graduation rates, and college-going rates at each such high school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3dd1032666b74f8abf0bf006d1ccad31"><enum>(G)</enum><text>include a
description of assessments that will be used at each such high school,
including assessments for school accountability purposes and student progress
monitoring purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf8c455be460a48c29b80d7cdd853d43f"><enum>(H)</enum><text>contain a
comprehensive plan for professional development at each such high school that
includes intended changes in teaching practices that will result in improved
student academic achievement, high school graduation rates, and college-going
rates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc09049832a8d43a58578e9316dc73a4d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>include a
detailed description of work-based and experiential learning experiences that
will be offered to students at each such high school, such as job shadowing,
internships, and community service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd88b95193454647894930447a30e2b7"><enum>(J)</enum><text>contain an
assurance that all students at each such high school will be assigned and have
regular access to an academic teacher advisor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91d16271b99c4d609f797faf5e4df6ff"><enum>(K)</enum><text>contain an
assurance that the eligible local educational agency will grant each such high
school any necessary waivers from local educational agency policies and rules
that may be required to carry out the requirements of this part, such as
waivers with respect to budgeting, school structure, staffing, and flexible use
of resources and time;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6ee4d83181874659b3330c401dfdae66"><enum>(L)</enum><text>include a plan
that details how programs assisted under this part will be sustained after the
end of subgrant funding under this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9b6a2ec22b3a41679c330b4280da5fe5"><enum>(M)</enum><text>in the case of
dual credit courses and early college high schools, contain formal agreements
between the eligible local educational agency and institutions of higher
education that detail shared responsibility for each such high school and
students at the high school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID997f44109a90491eb8737cf455cd65bc"><enum>(N)</enum><text>include a
description of how teachers will be selected for each such high school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e4b25351e964a468abc34d49c53cbb2"><enum>(O)</enum><text>include a
detailed plan of the college awareness program at each such high school that
addresses applying for admission to an institution of higher education and
applying for financial aid; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3db1d343200a4f7ba23e0368661623ad"><enum>(P)</enum><text>contain an
assurance that the eligible local educational agency will report to the
eligible entity all data necessary for the eligible entity's report under
section 1805.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8266203d5c65470e98ff693eebc0fd1c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="ID7b38f02f0bf046cbbdbec86fecf3ad47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), each eligible entity that
receives a grant under this part shall provide, toward the cost of the
activities assisted under the grant and from non-Federal sources, an amount
equal to 100 percent of the amount of the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8eacc0d2ae74639a795ea462a28b627"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive all or part of the matching requirement described in
paragraph (1) for any fiscal year for an eligible entity if the Secretary
determines that applying the matching requirement to such eligible entity would
result in serious hardship or an inability to carry out the authorized
activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbb3e8344dc8a44988e8c50f12185d01b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Grant funds provided under this part shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, other Federal and State funds available to carry out
the activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5943f7c8da5d48dc9a0bf8272a852158"><enum>1805.</enum><header>Reporting and
accountability</header>
<subsection id="IDc8c6f6c4f58f425081b7e2f7a459a8ff"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Collection of
data</header><text>Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this part shall
collect and report annually to the Secretary such information on the results of
the activities assisted under the grant as the Secretary may reasonably
require, including information on—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7a0d83e0cb464a6f808c7ef75ff97713"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and
graduate from high school on time with a regular high school diploma;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b0584d8c935474aa247816280efe609"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students, at each grade level, in the State who are assisted
under this part and meet or exceed State reading or language arts, mathematics,
or science standards, as measured by State academic assessments required under
section 1111(b)(3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfede362f3d264a77add495e1d7d639e2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students, at each grade level, in the State who are assisted
under this part and are on track to graduate from high school on time and with
a regular high school diploma;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID00626f8df4de4181afb4ca7382ba810e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and
participate in work-based and experiential learning experiences, such as job
shadowing, internships, community service, and descriptive information on the
types of experiences in which such students participated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID20c142cc190f4b3dbf9d8b1997c19b52"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students, in grades 11 and 12, in the State who are assisted
under this part and enrolled in not less than 2 courses that are dual credit
courses or Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c2954b20dc94890b4aa2b80a7fd0b89"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and
receive a passing grade or higher for a dual credit course, or an Advanced
Placement or International Baccalaureate course;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID89841e3604964ca2925a9d82ab3aae5f"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and apply
to an institution of higher education while still in high school;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5b8fed428f32440095b59b88184007b9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and are
accepted to an institution of higher education while still in high
school;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID170c6c99b2814035aa00c8d84db46fbd"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and enroll
in an institution of higher education in the school year immediately following
the students' high school graduation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53d5497aa4bf44b787106358ddd8042e"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students in the State who are assisted under this part and
enrolled in remedial mathematics or English courses during their freshman year
at an institution of higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3136321b872d406dbdacdfe92922c4f0"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students, in grade 10, in the State who are assisted under this
part and take the PSAT; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID544401bf09cf4071b71b1b14ca7353a1"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of students, in grades 11 and 12, in the State who are assisted
under this part and take the SAT or ACT, and the students' mean scores on such
assessments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID01f99e1c2b3f4ccd96674896fb5c20ad"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting of
data</header><text>Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section
shall report the information required under subsection (a) disaggregated in the
same manner as information is disaggregated under section
1111(h)(1)(C)(i).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDd051bcf165fa4001ae8a47a14067b259"><enum>1806.</enum><header>Evaluation
and report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">From the amount
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 1002(h), the Secretary may
reserve not more than a total of 1 percent—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbc852002743940e1bc943faf7064d3a3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct an
independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, of the program carried out
under this part, which shall include an assessment of the impact of the program
on high school graduation rates, college-going rates, and student academic
achievement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a8789a97b824d728cd3b494db9d8942"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prepare and
submit a report on the results of the evaluation described in paragraph (1) to
the authorizing
committees.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="id4D613A0E6B02417C9B8C7F90C5667553"><enum>I<?LEXA-Enum I?></enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="id217F26913E034BF98039C2D26D20DB03"><enum>1901.</enum><header>Local
educational agency spending audits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1904(b) (20 U.S.C.6574(b)) is
amended by striking <quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting
<quote>Labor</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idDC51C4A109314E65B55C1A31DF20EBA4"><enum>1902.</enum><header>State report
on dropout data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1907
(20 U.S.C. 6577) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 1 year after
a</quote> and inserting <quote>Each year that a</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id48161D737C424AE0A62AD2A2391DBB05"><enum>1903.</enum><header>Regulations
for sections 1111 and 1116</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1908 (20 U.S.C. 6578) is amended by
striking <quote>No Child Left Behind Act of 2001</quote> and inserting
<quote>No Child Left Behind Act of 2007</quote>.</text>
</section></part><enum>II</enum><header>Preparing,
training, and recruiting high quality teachers and principals</header>
<part id="id0EC5C712E88F481E8F54978171FA724A"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>Teacher and principal training and recruiting
fund</header>
<section id="id5EA9E8C2774148E589F013CFD905A791"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2101 (20 U.S.C. 6601) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD128D2799AA749E4B167692FCDD5C34D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD12B1641065149BEA8AAFA5D84707F30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>through strategies such as</quote> and inserting <quote>by</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD30D54D1AAFB45BA8726DFF7B80AA63D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE23EE37E245F4CF2902DDB5132A09738"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD91E8DF220A848CBADB6DC2C185792C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C7E9C9D94F546FF894135477EE514CC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID71098b0535df4d6db1feb2d26cc36d56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that
low-income and minority children are not taught by unqualified teachers at
higher rates than such children's more advantaged peers;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id15646344F25446B2906DCA32BF0B1D9A"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Authorizations
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2103
(20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idDFE7244E7A4042D78D0E82067CA9C6C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2DA0BCC9999C4954BA7F0E88FDC9BDF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id5054B34254664467886671F816A2DF05"><enum>2103.</enum><header>State
applications and needs assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2112 (20 U.S.C. 6612) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD28CEC189F4D49C3A555692809CDC92C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBFF701B9C764C769F48AB42B7070462" style="OLC">
<section id="idA3EF6FF6230D40C9B8EDF1FF01DEA2F4"><enum>2112.</enum><header>State
applications and needs
assessment</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBCE954BE0018445A8E28D703D15CA052"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (d) through (h),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id69513818246D4F089B7D9F2FE2603C4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking paragraphs (1) through (12) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4456061733ED4EFE915A37B915BB7B64" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID84428f4d2c3249af96950b0636bb324e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of
how the activities to be carried out by the State educational agency under this
subpart will respond to the State’s teacher quality needs assessment conducted
under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaec1a71a5a9643ac887be784cf246b06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
how the State educational agency will use funds under this part to improve the
quality of the State's teachers and principals to ensure that low-income and
minority students are not taught by unqualified teachers at higher rates than
such children's more affluent peers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID80aa3b2e187448f696ad2666e2a43ff4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE746E9F079EF46BD887BFDDC3637E898"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State
educational agency's annual measurable objectives under section
1119(a)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68C1C8AD978E40758917F6B8D9DB41C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will use funds under this part to meet the teacher and
paraprofessional requirements of section 1119;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9E59599F4924ECC84C2AC9DD01EA7E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will hold local educational agencies accountable for meeting
the annual measurable objectives described in section 1119(a)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B9528C8FCED485CB2E6E207D91891FE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>how the State
educational agency will assist local educational agencies in meeting such
objectives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc84635d2884841888ce390a5cf401a20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of
how the State educational agency will ensure that the professional development
needs of teachers (including teacher mentoring) will be met using funds under
this subpart and subpart 2.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1011fd08093422ba890098cce4bc91b"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5B6808B3D75946D789A13BA0F68194AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of how
the State educational agency will coordinate professional development
activities authorized under this part with professional development activities
provided under other Federal, State, and local programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1195D5D1DE9342E9B1087A996A62E2D5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the comprehensive
strategy that the State educational agency will use, as part of such
coordination effort, to ensure that teachers are trained in the use of
technology so that technology and applications of technology are effectively
used in the classroom to improve teaching and learning in all curricula and
academic subjects, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID58e4a6820ce7490f849706b43bbb9a60"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of
how the State educational agency will encourage the development of proven,
innovative strategies to deliver intensive professional development programs
that are both cost-effective and easily accessible (especially for teachers in
rural areas), such as strategies that involve delivery through the use of
technology, peer networks, and distance learning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a6c0952440945f8885965cfbf2df8ee"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id24AD5FFDD1D94928A916875EF529DBE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of how
the State educational agency will ensure compliance with the requirements for
professional development activities described in section 9101 and how the
activities to be carried out under the grant will be developed collaboratively
and based on the input of teachers, principals, parents, administrators,
paraprofessionals, and other school personnel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF1248753745B4C9A9AF64995C57C9E24" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a State in which the
State educational agency is not the entity responsible for teacher professional
standards, certification, and licensing, an assurance that the State activities
carried out under this subpart are carried out in conjunction with the entity
responsible for such standards, certification, and licensing under State
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID21522055e6d042bf94f98947d4980a68"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A description of
how the activities to be carried out by the State educational agency under this
subpart will be based on a review of scientifically based research and an
explanation of why the activities are expected to improve the quality of the
teachers and to raise student academic achievement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb78accd9ba2c4d28af73aad58d8b5cef"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A description of
how the State educational agency will ensure that activities assisted under
this subpart are aligned with challenging State academic content and student
academic achievement standards, State assessments, and State and local
curricula.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a03582f56b140cfa5f1f0bffcb9f0ef"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A description of
how the State educational agency will ensure that a local educational agency
receiving a subgrant to carry out subpart 2 will comply with the requirements
of such subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID225c4cb9885b4e57be475b5dbd95e660"><enum>(11)</enum><text>In the case of a
State that has a charter school law that exempts teachers from State
certification and licensing requirements, the specific portion of the State law
that provides for the exemption.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0b7f0f8ab294f68b2af1c718044ecfa"><enum>(12)</enum><text>An assurance
that the State educational agency will comply with section 9501 (regarding
participation by private school children and
teachers).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id05BD6630B0EB4ABBA87BBA49D8D0633B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D8859E8C3AD4E13834C959D97104239" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id149D8943495F4112BF8D8A33F1A9778B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Needs
assessment</header>
<paragraph id="id2FFEFA246328467382E92A6B05806B3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For a State to be eligible to receive a grant under this
part, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2007, the State educational agency shall conduct and make public
a statewide needs assessment to determine which local educational agencies
within the State have the most acute teacher quality and staffing needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB1ACD0A3089346A4ACDD971C89AEFC4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment
elements</header><text>In conducting the needs assessment described in
paragraph (1), a State educational agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA3C4E9F5A3834BFA93171FCEC5D6AB01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>analyze and
report on local educational agencies within the State with the highest
percentages of—</text>
<clause id="idF681B7A3F65C47A5835803601A851E25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>first-year
teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9A229219E0B448A0859564ED070E9656"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>first and
second-year teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB57ED58786AB4395A054CDD273C4C866"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>teacher
attrition rates averaged over the most recent 3 years for which data are
available;</text>
</clause><clause id="id07BDD23260314B959EDBCCAC6D9944B0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>teachers
teaching with emergency credentials or under waivers of State certification or
licensure requirements; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id367946F8E7A54C3FB945FCD7A4DBFCB8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>classes taught by
teachers who are not highly qualified; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4806213989774DDD96BBFB70098FCCAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>analyze and
report on, for schools within the State identified for school improvement or
restructuring under section 1116(b), the data elements described in clauses (i)
through (v) of subparagraph (A), including a comparison of such elements
between schools identified for improvement or restructuring as compared to
schools not so identified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id42CC5144C3D7432A98DFCCA10E4DF4BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application
update and report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id38F3781D3DB3457FA9FA7A627295CD93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
update</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2007, a State educational agency shall update the
application the agency submitted pursuant to subsection (a)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idFC33E75165E043538A03BF3464078EBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to describe how
the State will use State funds under section 2113 to address the needs of local
educational agencies identified by the needs assessment conducted under
paragraph (1), including specific programs and assistance the State will
provide to such local educational agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id75A3882A21BC41599D3BFA760C9A34C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to include
specific, measurable goals for improving the distribution of highly qualified
teachers, novice teachers, teachers with emergency credentials, and teacher
retention rates among high and low-poverty schools and high and low-poverty
local educational agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1FA2F676EDD941CF88AD8A04B3AC9E10"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after a State
educational agency updates the agency's application as required by subparagraph
(A), and each year thereafter for the period of the grant, the agency shall
submit to the Secretary a report on the progress made in meeting the goals
established under subparagraph
(A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDCBE13B6324A4729A8FA6BBB3B0C0003"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id48189D26050C4FA687B6CF49808254BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(e)(2)</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>(f)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80C847CD4D0F469C9C379C40D52434A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id71828F3DE30B41268DE7A529809FCDB8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking <quote>(e)(2)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(f)(2)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id997B0F8BB1DD4095A7CCF4B4F27725A7"><enum>2104.</enum><header>State use of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2113(c) (20
U.S.C. 6613(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7C88888551D8491091556682BA5B53B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (5) through (18);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9DEC2367B6FF4A3CBF95ABC37840D360"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6BC9E6AC0A3B4AFDB7E8F4E7ABDC8F84"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)(i) of paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(including
recertification) or licensing requirements</quote> and inserting <quote>and
recertification, licensing requirements, or tenure systems</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4BF826F7BFCB41B79B40A83B762F998C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id017509EE4C2945619AF9D5DF3770E52F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id43478FCC94C94A95AC9486C35E71AD80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Funding projects
to promote reciprocity of teacher and principal certification or licensing
between or among States, except that no reciprocity agreement developed under
this paragraph or developed using funds provided under this part may lead to
the weakening of any State teaching certification or licensing
requirement.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id060F46E324E345D3985E8A3A13BA98EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the areas of mathematics
and science</quote> and inserting <quote>high need subjects and areas such as
mathematics, science, special education, and language instruction for limited
English proficient students</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id07014664816C4EC8BC0D5B1B2B1676EE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BD5FC43A0894E21824401AFCB789A73" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id5A19D7E354C442369BC1AB017253C65B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Developing, or
assisting local educational agencies in developing—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD4B3CF79A64344E18CB72CEFC328D033"><enum>(A)</enum><text>merit or
performance-based pay systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7F4E7607B504C91910F11B21C5A4F6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strategies that
provide differential, incentive, and bonus pay for teachers in high-need
academic subjects, such as reading, mathematics, science, and special education
and teachers in high-poverty schools and districts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB33BE983EBDD4CD19E1168DC6BA36358"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Developing, or
assisting local educational agencies in developing, teacher advancement
initiatives that promote professional growth and emphasize multiple career
paths (such as paths to becoming a career teacher, mentor teacher, or exemplary
teacher) and pay differentiation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7879DB9C036B49CCB97B4743537D9DBA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Providing
professional development for teachers and principals and, in cases in which a
State educational agency determines support to be appropriate, supporting the
participation of pupil services personnel in the same type of professional
development activities as are made available to teachers and principals, to
ensure that teachers and principals are able to use challenging State academic
content standards and student academic achievement standards, and State
assessments, to improve instructional practices and improve student academic
achievement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFD7B42EF69C044D8B1218BCBF185BD1E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Developing—</text>
<subparagraph id="id535B119BEEA14854B10A77FDB9427206"><enum>(A)</enum><text>systems to
measure the effectiveness of specific professional development programs;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF061B5FB18924F83908801F81ED8121D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strategies to
document gains in student academic achievement or increases in teacher mastery
of the academic subjects the teachers teach.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id04C932F65CA141B8B48150C880DC9748"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Providing
assistance to teachers to enable them to meet certification, licensing, or
other requirements needed to be highly qualified.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6EAFA9477D634F57B3E882ED6EE37448"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Providing
technical assistance to local educational agencies to improve the programs
funded under this part by such agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0022D38C6DE64DD4BBA6A3D842FE8082"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Encouraging and
supporting the training of teachers and administrators to effectively integrate
technology into curricula and instruction, including training to improve the
ability to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching,
decisionmaking, school improvement efforts, and
accountability.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id8F617BBDDEB24BBB8E40CE47EDE0BB51"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Local
applications and needs assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2122 (20 U.S.C. 6622) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAED0A46162AD401DB1FD84DC25856704"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF589C5693FEE4CDD8D501A9E84785104"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>, measurable, and positive impact on student academic
achievement</quote> and inserting <quote>impact on student achievement that is
measurable by student academic growth</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id012FA25EA99D41B0B68CCECB190A3D53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="id033E3D780EFE4E9F93193720382F166A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="id106B87BE92714F3F912BF57A2A6BA76C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="idE7CCBD3030BE41F285111CAD6D7DF447"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id31559D7B6F19429FA2770EEABD27DAD6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), as redesignated by clause (iii)—</text>
<subclause id="id00367B3524F14F78AFAD269316FBC6B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>academic alert,</quote> after <quote>are identified for</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1ECADAC5C92841E1A6CB88C4915E4FB5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or restructuring</quote> after <quote>school
improvement</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3EE6D87468954886AC6A26D6C82159F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id27A46F42160B4576A3D3F84932B6143F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD19BAAA51246481E83498A9C66BDA07E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA50A42B2BDDE4EBB89B4453081557A60" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id57A350CFC3BE4102BA269CF3E1EF065A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a subgrant under this subpart,
a local educational agency shall, not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2007, conduct an assessment of
local needs for professional development and hiring to determine which schools
served by the local educational agency have the most acute teacher quality and
staffing needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id517F06C0A4514FB9BD99AAA544D51E4A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment
elements</header><text>In conducting the needs assessment described in
paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDab0ae7e53e2e46c2be341284cce45b78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>analyze and
report on schools served by the local educational agency with the highest
percentages of—</text>
<clause id="id6FD81CB6E6C443AFB5C46C5E0941859F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>first-year
teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="idA17F9520578940098311A20DFE54CBF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>first and
second-year teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="id24937BCB80E74EE197C1427CFBDE5BA3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>teacher
attrition rates averaged over the most recent 3 years for which data are
available;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF51EC552D9AE4C59A738C668DD622769"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>teachers
teaching with emergency credentials or under waivers of State certification or
licensure requirements; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8239BAB20D9541DEAC02418E88509EAA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>classes taught by
teachers who are not highly qualified; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56a956a9123849d98e17633533a58b72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>analyze and
report on, for schools identified for school improvement or restructuring under
section 1116(b), the data elements described in clauses (i) through (v) of
subparagraph (A), including a comparison of such elements between schools
identified for improvement and restructuring as compared to schools not so
identified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9F5D535AED4F4C7DADCE996D49A329FE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application
update and report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id1442DB1377CE42229DD0EEC41E52C600"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
update</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2007, a local educational agency shall update the
application the agency submitted pursuant to subsection (a)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id798D6DA32DA544B3A3C8AAC1717BB553"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to describe how
the local educational agency will use funds provided under section 2121 to
address the needs of schools served by the local educational agency identified
by the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), including specific programs
and assistance the local educational agency will provide to schools; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id7769203AA9CA4D0D9A3D150FC98CF18E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to include
specific, measurable goals for improving the distribution of highly qualified
teachers, novice teachers, teachers with emergency credentials, and teacher
retention rates among high and low-poverty schools.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idAD0EB59F3C7E4603B3BD30B769092CCD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after a local
educational agency updates the agency's application as required by subparagraph
(A), and each year thereafter for the period of the grant, the local
educational agency shall submit to the State educational agency a report on the
progress made in meeting the goals established under subparagraph
(A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id5F20E0BA2C694BBA84D55FAFFE8CB874"><enum>2106.</enum><header>Local use of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2123(a) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id032024EEB8FD43B396CD251CB9A70216"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEE8614B57304061B194C0E6796CB43D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDfdf2ad3cb9c440b989cfc9c3b5ebd504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Developing and
implementing initiatives to assist in recruiting, hiring, and retaining highly
qualified teachers and principals, particularly in low-income schools with high
percentages of unqualified teachers and high percentages of students not
meeting the proficient level of academic achievement on the State academic
assessments described in 1111(b)(3), including initiatives that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5DE8D94AD3CA45CE88E2012E9E08A4EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide
scholarships, signing bonuses, or other financial incentives, such as
differential, bonus, and incentive pay, for teachers to teach—</text>
<clause id="idEECA2DC0017B43D7AEA26CA571991EFA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in high-need
academic subjects and instructional areas, such as mathematics, science,
critical foreign languages, special education, and instruction for limited
English proficient students, in which there exists a shortage of highly
qualified teachers within a school or within the local educational agency;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF737ACF5FB8F468DA5DA55FC30F18B3C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in schools in
which there exists a shortage of highly qualified teachers;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3C915EEEFA844129B487CDA44C3FF86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
incentives, including merit or performance-based pay systems, to teachers and
principals who have a record of success in improving the academic achievement
of all students and assisting all students meet or exceed the proficient level
on State academic assessments, but particularly students from economically
disadvantaged families, students from racial and ethnic minority groups,
students with disabilities, and limited English proficient students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DDD4F590C014C82A82BD2862E332B48"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish
programs that—</text>
<clause id="idFFD05DBB4B8B4F5F8682F6071B08B777"><enum>(i)</enum><text>train and hire
highly qualified regular and special education teachers (which may include
hiring special education teachers to team-teach in classrooms that contain both
children with disabilities and nondisabled children);</text>
</clause><clause id="id1A03F1788B1A4AD79465EE11A0913BCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>train and hire
highly qualified teachers of special needs children, such as limited English
proficient students, as well as teaching specialists in core academic subjects,
who will provide increased individualized instruction to students;</text>
</clause><clause id="id23C02C2A8D99436C9A16EA5914D4888D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recruit
qualified professionals from other fields, including highly qualified
paraprofessionals, and provide such professionals with alternative routes to
teacher certification or licensure, including—</text>
<subclause id="idCF0475111A3045D0B1D7087CD6147300"><enum>(I)</enum><text>developing and
implementing hiring policies that ensure comprehensive recruitment efforts as a
way to expand the applicant pool, such as through identifying teachers
certified or licensed through alternative routes; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idDA3FA048B10A497B98994F3CCE182C7D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>using a system
of intensive screening designed to hire the most qualified applicants;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id0C6776DAFD52452D948C3F2F800C3182"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide
increased opportunities for minorities, individuals with disabilities, and
other groups underrepresented in the teaching profession;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69661EA3A9234650B4BE8FBDAE1B8348"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide teacher
mentoring from exemplary teachers, principals, or superintendents; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7299B0FD05C14BC7B7109481518A4A8F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide induction
and support for teachers and principals during their first 3 years of
employment as teachers or principals,
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3E283A4028F84F9DB27978997611D3A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(B)(v), by inserting <quote>instruction and</quote> after
<quote>classroom</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id891BA4208998431E9BC3AF5CE7121AF4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (4) and (10);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id15B69E512CFF4675AD6D2E19DDC78BCC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF59D26A8D47A45B3AA4F25F0CAF93D70"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
as redesignated by paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4FF64EDBEF064B41B39BA16D032368FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB39F3EB5CE23442AB4891737E761539C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB75CF1613444A8A893C94940607CBA1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id6EB40552525C4FE2B3574B0A988A6EA1"><enum>2107.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2131(1)(B) (20 U.S.C. 6631(1)(B)) is
amended by striking <quote>a teacher organization, a principal
organization,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idA7B3CF46D0D646BEA728C907235E5093"><enum>2108.</enum><header>National
activities of demonstrated effectiveness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2151 (20 U.S.C. 6651) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7A5B451515DD475BAFC084EFC87174F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id16A7EE2115AF460ABFFED63C726AA914"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DD1E7CD8F214CA193C7670EA17F7091"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="id40091881549E4A178A06CD44F1C39C12"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header>Mathematics and science partnerships </header>
<section id="idBB3D6BE75F2649DFACC823A0E4E01110"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2202 (20 U.S.C.
6662) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id48A6FD603C994C299395D498D0B22837"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(C), by inserting <quote>on mathematics and science education programs
that are effective in improving student academic achievement</quote> after
<quote>research</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8F9F97B9D5204C52BA41FC9FF2C461D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC7D239355ABD4426B465F88F3C8980E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">National
science foundation</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">consultation</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8D08A72B3D2245608698F64763327BA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>with respect to the appropriate roles for the Department and the
Foundation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2B9DAD56808246CD9F56AEB8FD18C583"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6FABB8D04BB843C5B42DDB43169A2D9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idCD923B98C00D410EA163758D3A793207"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="id457FF75F3A5D47E3A693D16493A0C735"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE128308D326B4757953A95A1E9C11B38"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4199E41486D4E6CBD7E074EDA49104C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idD707223A0DCE40C1B15953AE9C6A3561"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall describe
how the activities supported under this part will be coordinated with other
programs to improve mathematics and science achievement being implemented by
the local educational agency that is a member of the
partnership.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCCF2473DE0BF49BA824FFC6047E88DB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A7CEC642E59454FA18BDEECDDEF8D2B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDc9a14d56934241e5bf741100e68c2e6b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each
eligible partnership receiving a grant or subgrant under this part shall report
annually to the Secretary regarding the eligible partnership’s progress in
meeting the objectives described in the accountability plan of the partnership
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID694a8c6ae8ce4f14bf640a9f6f7eb425"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Revocation of
grant</header><text>If the Secretary determines than an eligible partnership is
not making substantial progress in meeting the objectives described in the
eligible partnership’s accountability plan under paragraph (1) by the end of
the second year of the grant under this part, the Secretary shall not make a
grant payment to the eligible partnership for the third year of the
grant.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id656D05AE41134CBDA6BC69FA531E8A33"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0C475A7A71742D594FB86AEC75886BA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id0A261C916D714A8391D236140CD47452"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>The Secretary shall annually report to the appropriate
committees of Congress on the effectiveness of programs supported under this
part in improving student academic achievement in mathematics and
science.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id70B62F2CCEC94C77AC10ADF53D0CC418"><enum>2202.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2203
(20 U.S.C. 6663) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year 2002</quote> and
inserting <quote>fiscal year 2008</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part id="id3D865E48BEC24B58B29B2B4F88DAC269"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header>Innovation for teacher quality </header>
<section id="idCB094C2355F8450F9C38DDDBEE4C8055"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2301 (20 U.S.C. 6671) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id79FC4D8D898F4E7FA60A6BAFAC601842"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id072A7843F98044E4A21BA7AFBDA8FE1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE87D2E56B64444838CB7BC0350609720" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id0C42544E562E448A9AA0BB41D19559AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High-need local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>high-need local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd56a6d5e92be478687031a28f5353331"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that serves not
fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty
line;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcab976066f1841dfa17fc6cf965095ea"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in which not less
than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are children from families
with incomes below the poverty line; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID51e948badbf745809e88d2f339d2deca"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in which not less
than 10 percent of the children served by the agency are children from families
with incomes below the poverty line and that assigns all teachers funded under
this chapter to a high-need school as defined in section 2304(d)(3) for the
duration of such teachers' service commitment under this chapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD7723A8ACAA64B58988DD72EA6EB3BDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Children from
families with incomes below the poverty line</header><text>The term
<term>children from families below the poverty line</term> means children ages
5 through 17 from families with incomes below the poverty
line.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6B9850CCAC04AA1B96B9B7533447917"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)(B), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1ACB7421EE524399913ECE7D5B8FAC11"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Authorization
of troops-to-teachers program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2302(b) (20 U.S.C. 6672) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAC7C51EB403E4F2FA035799D619193BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting <quote>career
and technical education</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id88DD796276DD41E1BF1DCF34AC96E084"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9BDE95265C4244EB85183981C34BE04A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="idC534CBBA12B845CCA9AB6F7BEA2F6A93"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>public</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF982CED6998F4AFAA82856306EA776FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id32DB0E4533C942F4A0BD8C7BC0941CB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id80A9ACA20AD84ADD96BB11564B1418D6"><enum>2303.</enum><header>Recruitment
and selection or program participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2303 (20 U.S.C. 6673) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id75092438241648398628B2407B88DC7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA801970A91A343F1935CC72D0A481006"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b)(2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF89ABE4B8DF4148894FD5BA3FD67E27" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF49A1942407545A5A1B045CF25A2D51E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time for
submission</header><text>An application shall be considered to be submitted on
a timely basis under paragraph (1) if, in the case of a member described in
paragraphs (1)(A), (2), or (3) of subsection (a), the application is submitted
not later than 4 years after the date on which the member is retired or
separated or released from active duty, whichever applies to the
member.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB39E4F1B5E8B4606849183D2A4EEAA5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c)(2)(B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36A838FF49244A7FB4FC75B70800D937" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3BE42346E084447DB40E7EF79F55CC33"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Career and technical education
teacher</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a member of the
Armed Forces described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) is
applying for assistance for placement as a career and technical education
teacher, the Secretary shall require the member—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id768CA66DC46E4DE6AB4A93C90471C502"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to have the equivalent of 1 year of college
from an accredited institution of higher education and have 6 or more years of
military experience in a career and technical field; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71A8EE29849B4CA2A6ACF7AA0E834309"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to otherwise
meet the certification or licensing requirements for a career and technical
education teacher in the State in which the member seeks assistance for
placement under the Program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id00FC08066E19420CB10618115A771730"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id9B5B040A581C443C955C38E50CE3D839"><enum>2304.</enum><header>Participation
agreement and financial assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2304 (20 U.S.C. 6674) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFFE6B2C02A2D452E8FA62DBEF4166B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEA3EBD1E93E14B90A062DA73C60C3CE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id5971A00D0BB54055A97B0A7809EF19EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id954A0AE1C4184E20A2480D6F8521901F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(if otherwise required by this Act to be highly
qualified)</quote> after <quote>highly qualified teacher</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5474146E15DA42A988A69685A3A46EEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="id698AFFA8A8AC4377B883E30E764064B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3FC21EC0B9724EDCABB9A64FA9A84F83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>public</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id347D66BF060C4CE8B2D2A10167A1A8F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, as such terms are defined in section 2101,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8A858F0565640939273F7EBDAB0F813"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7D1F652DF8EF4C8EA92472E7ED27D438"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0164B239F08D4C0D82C3A395D7CE9047"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="idA00B7995A42A4B18981193A55D759C9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idDF1AAC9BDEAB4CB3903DE54FF702E21E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(if otherwise required by this Act to be highly
qualified)</quote> after <quote>highly qualified teacher</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id099A74EDA60C45C78CEDF9EF84E2D4C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3)(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9D46545B1B04EDBB8C8B4CC1E7E6E54" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id16CA6F3583664769BD2C9D9DCB214417"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Students from
low-income families</header><text>In the case of—</text>
<clause id="id59DA27873A0B44879DDED0DDF460E5D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an elementary
school, not less than 50 percent of the students enrolled in the school were
from low-income families (as described in section 2302(b)(2)(A)(i)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC02AB3C618814D8D9AAE9392E0C09B72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a secondary
school, not less than 30 percent of the students enrolled in the school were
from low-income families (as described in section
2302(b)(2)(A)(i)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEC1270A0397D4A60932F5A5902A3ADDD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id61FFFB2A419142C8804BCFBB59590F62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id471E3F6A095E468FAC8AD6E77F4E7481"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id9384ACACCA6A49208A6C916F7309CDA3"><enum>2305.</enum><header>Participation
by States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2305(b)(1)
(20 U.S.C. 6675(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>vocational or
technical</quote> and inserting <quote>career and technical
education</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idFF00059298324DCF9C0D634F8FF547A5"><enum>2306.</enum><header>Support of
innovative preretirement teacher certification programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2306 (20 U.S.C. 6676) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC3A71983F1ED4CC7A20DC0DDBD1786B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEAD5466A47D5460390F568713BA73672"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3), by striking <quote>vocational or technical</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical education</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id36C78AF066214331AA99D9430F7CE24C"><enum>2307.</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act (20
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by striking section 2307.</text>
</section><section id="id04EDF71D2A024A46A176435F6B3CB57E"><enum>2308.</enum><header>Transition to
teaching grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2313 (20 U.S.C. 6683) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2378742E66484F02B4B5C1CD83264306"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id42B2E5E5BC7442439002629D7373CE2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), as subsections (c),
(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id924DB0EAEBE446CB9EAF7AA5CA4E484A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2)(A), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6BCF69C17E8E4460983DA24DB238F55E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>recruiting and</quote> after <quote>effective in</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEBDEB55CE82B4C2BA10FBBC138753A55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7EC739F951448259F4C282CFCEBD092"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking <quote>3</quote> and
inserting <quote>2</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6ECB69F3BC214489873F97F6F38D86D8"><enum>2309.</enum><header>General
provisions authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2321 (20 U.S.C. 6691) is amended by
striking <quote>2002</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id1BAAE5D83DCA40ACB5D6995C6F9C3E85"><enum>2310.</enum><header>National
writing project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2332(h) (20 U.S.C. 6702(h)) is amended by striking <quote>2002</quote> and
inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id9B20D03C5AE04E69A7DA3B3256F0CE95"><enum>2311.</enum><header>Civic
education general authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2343(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 6713(a)(3)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id949DC97B41F44682A0634940F8C9EB51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8E5748C032864440826093295798DB39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>education and</quote> and inserting <quote>education or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6889B4F68C274CA489192073805C9DB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or economic education</quote> after <quote>civic education</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7CAD3EB0A0AD420794F1B5BA796F1C7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>2346</quote> and inserting
<quote>2347</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1BEE7B613A064D00AF777470C2ED1A70"><enum>2312.</enum><header>We the people
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2344 (20
U.S.C. 6714) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id021C1D9E17C34F3DA8CBA41EF2F81F42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id876944D67AD44F27B2628437CF358F27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D4753758AD54920AF1020B9D3784348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61B2B3BFCA584C348B68A6755BA06541" style="OLC">
<clause id="id8B5C590E1D3F4DEAB7ED53EB69B42FD2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to implement a
comprehensive program to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support
of American democratic institutions;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0961FA1B38404FFDB8824249259E8D76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(A)(iii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4CAE49E55D2047D8B4B36EEC47B05C8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and high</quote> after <quote>middle</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3CB9231989CA47089F3DA0868AE3CA35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>level</quote> and inserting <quote>levels</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idF8CDCAF5D59C48418C719C2C64A825CA"><enum>2313.</enum><header>Close Up
fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act (20
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB38150CEC43C49A0A3CA55D446317A55"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 2346 as section
2347;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5DC81AA851DD41A5BA7B550F9E208A31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 2345 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80366764563D4690AF991F5C5988A210" style="OLC">
<section id="id986F95D664104C259DC899A060ADF3ED"><enum>2346.</enum><header>Close up
fellowship program</header>
<subsection id="id1EF7EB787FD84200B2D98939B3156F8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program for
middle school and secondary school students</header>
<paragraph id="IDa852657d605c4cc28476d5841ef8ac7b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="ID07331a023aec482fbb01760b3531bff5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary may
make grants to the Close Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a
nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of increasing civic responsibility and
understanding of the Federal Government among middle school and secondary
school students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDae6d27bd77d5450bb262db4fa25dcbd1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Grants under this subsection shall be used only to provide
financial assistance to economically disadvantaged students who participate in
the programs described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDefe2965cf41a45698f252d9195ae4222"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Name of
fellowships</header><text>Financial assistance received by students pursuant to
this subsection shall be known as Close Up fellowships.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd64e9a8a7f7542adae0d532f83d28605"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1a88f709ace54fc192c2b397bfcad344"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
required</header><text>No grant under this subsection may be made except upon
an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8b58ae1d8b7e41d281c1dc489b052f98"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of
application</header><text>Each application submitted under this paragraph shall
contain assurances that—</text>
<clause id="IDa42257daa90d492394f4b0d1f51316f1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Close Up
fellowships provided under this subsection shall be made to economically
disadvantaged middle school and secondary school students;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDaba70402d98743e3ac899d353c5a68a6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>every effort
shall be made to ensure the participation of students from rural, small town,
and urban areas;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDda1bdd0c82fd48deb9be304a094d380b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in awarding the
fellowships to economically disadvantaged students, special consideration shall
be given to the participation of those students with special educational needs,
including students with disabilities, ethnic minority students, and students
with migrant parents; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID25fc9445120641a3b19271a08071508b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the funds
received under this subsection shall be properly disbursed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0C6847BAFC6D42FB8336BBE82A0EF6BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program for
middle school and secondary school teachers</header>
<paragraph id="IDd1e50f15944e46cabfe36274bba7343b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="ID2b01f97cb6c2473398df8fcf5d3bee34"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary may
make grants to the Close Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a
nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of professional development for middle
school and secondary school teachers and its programs to increase civic
responsibility and understanding of the Federal Government among the teachers'
students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID207be2428d93466bb20ba26c80ed3d9d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Grants under this subsection shall be used only to provide
financial assistance to teachers who participate in the programs described in
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3133ab3701404bc58467eeb5feb07904"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Name of
fellowships</header><text>Financial assistance received by teachers pursuant to
this subsection shall be known as Close Up fellowships.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f3e8f8eda574c94a3484b2ad4e625fc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0a371b064eb54e09b84ee92cd0b1e64d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
required</header><text>No grant under this subsection may be made except upon
an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe3868697b4fe4b62b914dbf9de6faef8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of
application</header><text>Each application submitted under this paragraph shall
contain assurances that—</text>
<clause id="ID4efbb5c88aa6485091a38d0fef4d5372"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Close Up
fellowships provided under this subsection shall be made only to a teacher who
has worked with at least one student from such teacher's school who
participates in a program described in subsection (a)(1)(A);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0468422694f347d2b4a04faeb115a120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>no teacher shall
receive more than one such fellowship in any fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID53115afbe4a944cca99ca9cdaa0a2c38"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the funds
received under this subsection shall be properly disbursed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID470d0a4b63a542238c07dfe14270d102"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Programs for
new americans</header>
<paragraph id="ID6bb5d0b97daa47d4856f836492d1c13a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6c9a786b5c9c467b87d5a07df999b8e4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary may
make grants to the Close Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a
nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of increasing civic responsibility and
understanding of the Federal Government among economically disadvantaged middle
school and secondary school recent immigrant students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5c4f0e9b75634f3c954db2f48c4e52fd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>recent immigrant student</term> means a student
who is a member of a family that immigrated to the United States within 5 years
of the student's participation in such a program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4573a3b79f4e4338a9f95ffc9d65b8c3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Grants under this subsection shall be used only to provide
financial assistance to economically disadvantaged recent immigrant students
and their teachers who participate in the programs described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd3eee94bd9664e3ebc93270fc0587719"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Name of
fellowships</header><text>Financial assistance received by students and
teachers pursuant to this subsection shall be known as Close Up Fellowships for
New Americans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID44ddd43b3be5473dacc06d7d898b7888"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="IDbb186ca2d53f47e8bfd95208c027880e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
required</header><text>No grant under this subsection may be made except upon
an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID191a61d2a60b41748050c4f200f67a90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of
application</header><text>Each application submitted under this paragraph shall
contain assurances that—</text>
<clause id="ID44c813dd97454d188e762fdebed52149"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Close Up
Fellowships for New Americans shall be made to economically disadvantaged
middle school and secondary school recent immigrant students;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa37287c8c99c4ec19cea2e1c545c24c2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>every effort
shall be made to ensure the participation of recent immigrant students from
rural, small town, and urban areas;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDabc50d9c2ac94ccbb2641e1e1b740708"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in awarding the
fellowships to economically disadvantaged recent immigrant students, special
consideration shall be given to the participation of those students with
special educational needs, including students with disabilities, students with
migrant parents, and ethnic minority students;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDaa7be03917544104b90773c4c8f5ccfc"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>fully describe
the activities to be carried out with the proceeds of the grant made under
paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf559c58136834f18af9b7e2193956c69"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the funds
received under this subsection shall be properly disbursed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdef2b10c18f941de8f9f4ba5ac8219c5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>General
administrative provisions</header>
<paragraph id="ID121201848e0d4c8eb6227cde77fcce41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text>In
consultation with the Secretary, the Close Up Foundation shall devise and
implement procedures to measure the efficacy of the programs authorized in
subsections (a), (b), and (c) in attaining objectives that include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfe54d66d4c3b4c5e9bcf295ec5d5e004"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Providing young
people with an increased understanding of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5b4af563cbd54147a4ad9ebe7bb63128"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Heightening a
sense of civic responsibility among young people.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcacc34d5d84c47e0ae409e1cecb00db0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Enhancing the
skills of educators in teaching young people about civic responsibility, the
Federal Government, and attaining citizenship competencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b180f0fd33b49919b5481e9d9bc16a2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>Payments under this section may be made in installments, in
advance, or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of
underpayments or overpayments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb359116985134392a04c71b43f872875"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Audit
rule</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States or any of the
Comptroller General's duly authorized representatives shall have access for the
purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records
that are pertinent to any grant under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8043C0A665DF4697BC47961A2A18C64B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
section 2347, as redesignated by paragraph (1), and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51EFDB7F65EC48D6AC87F3114FBC89EA" style="OLC">
<section id="idE02ADE4063A842F280881DF2346D8232"><enum>2347.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID242511f736774c22966b1d7cb1b5fad2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sections 2344
and 2345</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out sections 2344 and 2345,
there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa1f47f58d3c9408e900ee7435390a673"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Section
2346</header>
<paragraph id="ID0bf880affe5f4d299abd026d1a8c0532"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out section 2346, there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ba9b310598a4307bcdf13c447823442"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>Of the funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), not
more than 30 percent may be used for teachers associated with students
participating in the programs described in subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and
(c)(1) of section
2346.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id99504593F4524081991F246384140F1E"><enum>2314.</enum><header>Teaching of
traditional American history</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2351 (20 U.S.C. 6721) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC977557C1EC743649E5E544F9BCACAA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, State
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit
organizations</quote> after <quote>local educational agencies</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id987A812FB57C4F488366E82379CEA8D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC5BE0B4D86174E2CB66F5AFBB801EAEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCF3C05CF11FB4853B1E44CA98CEE784F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Partnership</header-in-text>.—A local</quote> and inserting the
following: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Partnership</header-in-text>.—</quote></text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC57E1D8DC429462AA3B32485306ED478" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idAECCF96240334FD181871C1B2C20E930"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Local
educational agency</header><text>A
local</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81D38787E7124DE49B0B1CE1DD976E1E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC13730EB04942DBB96D9A06E4975C00" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id612C9045D2F2477CA446DDD1E65C186C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations</header><text>A State educational agency, institution of higher
education, or nonprofit organization that receives a grant under subsection (a)
shall carry out activities under the grant in partnership with 1 or more local
educational agencies.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFEF3E2DD9E5A429E91659FC86C6148C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id233EE17B40B34193B77E6C48D25E7A53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>eligible to receive an</quote> and inserting <quote>considered for
a</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCE55BB0FC414BD1B4F8D7C5295DBB7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, State educational agency, institution of higher education, or
nonprofit organization,</quote> after <quote>local educational
agency</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id2726F41A802F40359222F9DC3C4B76CE"><enum>2315.</enum><header>Appropriations
for teaching of traditional American history</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2352 (20 U.S.C. 6722) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A52F6E3E744423DB20D7B54A1502588" style="OLC">
<section id="id4AC9344BEB4A43B5834E4D72A5D465DB"><enum>2352.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="IDe1c78e90dad14893b77b58f0940c8685"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subpart such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID45801f61fc3a461b8df301313601a7d4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>The
Secretary may reserve not more than 3 percent of the funds appropriated for any
fiscal year under this subpart for national research, development,
dissemination, technical assistance, and
evaluation.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idDDC92BDBC8A94CBAA3E6D843D3022A1C"><enum>2316.</enum><header>Teacher
incentive fund program; adjunct teacher corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 6671 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F34F246B13141B8A044731F90D091B5" style="OLC">
<subpart id="idDEC5FF25AF754F68AD6FDAE0506B50A8"><enum>6<?LEXA-Enum 6?></enum><header>Teacher incentive fund program</header>
<section id="id1618E26DC098416FA4914E7BCB138722"><enum>2371.</enum><header>Purposes;
definitions</header>
<subsection id="id69DD35C87A96498AA1EB293593DBA664"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this subpart are—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9016574556b8434492d2b0d334ab8785"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assist States,
local educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations to develop, implement,
improve, or expand comprehensive performance-based compensation systems for
teachers and principals, especially for teachers and principals in high-need
schools, who raise student academic achievement and close the achievement gap;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID416d629a4dbb4e6d9a5f4288805a1d3e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to study and
review performance-based compensation systems for teachers and principals to
evaluate their effectiveness, fairness, quality, consistency, and
reliability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF77F2276AD4C4BB4907BDBFD461C4C38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="IDd965049d611f488cb670818f38f79272"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc15893a324af4abe81b53aaab24a167e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local
educational agency (including a charter school that is a local educational
agency) or a consortium of such agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e4788791b3946af8fec4dde553c01e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State
educational agency, or other State agency designated by the chief executive of
the State to participate under this subpart; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa810c7e6a09b4171b90247a85ce0be4a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a partnership
of—</text>
<clause id="ID7888c7149752402c99090c9134c8befc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one or more
agencies described in subparagraph (A) or (B), or both; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7fb4c0b8d41448b98e88a2c2df1e389f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than 1
nonprofit or for-profit organization.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8aa7f3fed5804698a07ee17eb6d234bd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High-need local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>high-need local educational
agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2102.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0a0eac2922c4ea3b2fcba040ef7a869"><enum>(3)</enum><header>High-need
school</header><text>The term <term>high-need school</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 2312.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd37a588c6fcb404fb4206f72cf3de959"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Performance-based
compensation system</header><text>The term <term>performance-based compensation
system</term> means a system of compensation for teachers and principals
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8242b96c715c4a2bae6830cf64348e8a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>differentiates
levels of compensation primarily on the basis of measurable increases in
student academic achievement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc3bddf2ae5824b05a4d756f35f8a6485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may
include—</text>
<clause id="ID1049a7245393442c88ae0268efb9d066"><enum>(i)</enum><text>differentiated
levels of compensation on the basis of high-quality teachers' and principals'
employment and success in hard-to-staff schools or high-need subject areas;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7c152f2fa39d4110b3701e09076cf4df"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recognition of
the skills and knowledge of teachers and principals as demonstrated
through—</text>
<subclause id="IDc60c5842fd8546978bca5f221834723f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>successful
fulfillment of additional responsibilities or job functions; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDacdaa3d77fbc453a9fad557b27cfcb68"><enum>(II)</enum><text>evidence of high
achievement, mastery of content knowledge, and superior teaching skills.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idCDB0FFA7D0C44A59AD7ACB86F577A8C6"><enum>2372.</enum><header>Teacher
incentive fund grants</header>
<subsection id="IDc868e73d1e00456dbd97bb567e5993db"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated to carry out this subpart,
the Secretary is authorized to make grants on a competitive basis to eligible
entities to develop, implement, improve, or expand performance-based
compensation systems in participating schools.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID04f27a483b454599bd9eb474a0bb820e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to an
eligible entity that concentrates its proposed activities on teachers and
principals serving in high-need schools.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID683ef9dab9fb440b8916885e51c9a6c7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this subpart, an eligible entity shall
submit an application to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the
Secretary may reasonably require, that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdd7d55e6d4a44adc8313c7914e14fd84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the performance-based compensation system that the applicant proposes to
develop and implement, improve, or expand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f2ff58558234a7fbeeb284964e585b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description and
evidence of the support and commitment from teachers and principals in the
targeted schools, the community, and local educational agency for the
performance-based compensation system, including demonstration of consultation
with teachers and principals on the development and implementation of the
performance-based compensation system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e3b671b905c4a1e8369b2c7b4fe8102"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
how the eligible entity will develop and implement a fair, rigorous, and
objective process to evaluate teacher, principal, and student performance,
including the baseline performance against which evaluations of improved
performance will be made;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0a62023d8d6f4ba6947254f4052db3b3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of
the local educational agency and the schools to be served by the project,
including such student academic achievement, demographic, and socioeconomic
data as the Secretary may request;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55816c6d32844ab491eced476ae63aaf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of
the quality of current teachers and principals in the local educational agency
and the schools to be served by the project and how the project will increase
the quality of teachers and principals in high-need schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDff16e64cc72b4116b3a76385fa391c96"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of
how the applicant will use grant funds under this subpart in each year of the
grant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4a995b025ab49f1b670e19e69dd4861"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description, if
applicable, of how the applicant will define the term <term>high-quality</term>
for the purposes of section 2371(b)(4)(B)(i), through the use of measurable
indicators; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd06941cb971b4418a39cb258d6050c5a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a description of
the State, local, or other public or private funds that will be used to
supplement the grant and sustain the applicant’s performance-based compensation
system at the end of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id86AF95456DED4795BFEFEEA85ABC0AA8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="ID67a6b24805d148b8991e87326c651412"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this
section shall use grant funds provided under this subpart to develop,
implement, or improve, in collaboration with teachers, principals, other school
administrators, and members of the public, a performance-based compensation
system consistent with the requirements of this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71ff88cddf1e4abcb1d08bec2fa5479e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>Authorized activities under this subpart include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd18abee3de7d4ea5aee5a5a967e0a18a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Developing
appraisal systems that reflect clear and fair measures of teacher and principal
performance based on demonstrated improvements in student academic
achievement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf346b2dd5a814f1d9c3fda6880bd83f9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Conducting
outreach within the local educational agency or the State to gain input on how
to construct the appraisal system and to develop support for it.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDda8fda74b7ae4d4b83244f38d7776226"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Paying, as part
of a comprehensive performance-based compensation system, bonuses and increased
salaries, so long as the grantee uses an increasing share of non-Federal funds
to pay these monetary awards each year of the grant, to—</text>
<clause id="ID066a890fa35c4c65b6def127d78f338c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>teachers and
principals who raise student academic achievement;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc324bf25c78f4c27af9d967aab532488"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>teachers who
raise student academic achievement and either teach in high-need schools or
teach subjects that are difficult to staff, or both; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf7e43a734e0c4508bdbe59681dd12fea"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>principals who
both raise student academic achievement and serve in high-need schools.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa97aa7cfa20d49a09dee53daccd279e5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header>
<paragraph id="ID70fabe8a3fca4aeab27d89e83a3f23dd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may make grants under this section for
periods of not more than 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb6a5bff0cf58403eb9760655ad99e178"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An
agency described in section 2371(b)(1)(A) may receive (whether individually or
as part of a consortium or partnership) a grant under this subpart only once.
Such an agency may continue to receive such grant for the period of such grant,
but shall not receive (whether individually or as part of a consortium or
partnership) any other grant under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdd53fc6cc47a419c9f2527cbcd59716d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Equitable
distribution</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall
ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grants under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe24c1121901a4eb0ad086ef665cedfa0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="ID9ea92a8c67f44d4dabad8d39af3c3715"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
section shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount (which may be
provided in cash or in kind) to carry out the activities supported by the grant
equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc6b1e0f42a694994a0fbc508bb51cc38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the first
year of the grant, 25 percent of the amount received for that year under the
grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe1758e3f62b74ae8a989ceb419660f48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the second
year, 30 percent of such amount;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf43f5741455c4071a5e05894cf812398"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the third
year, 35 percent of such amount;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID73d1ba07c68b44a9b7fa0635aa74e159"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for the fourth
year, 40 percent of such amount; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9138416c75f49a9a44e926d04096422"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for the fifth
year, 50 percent of such amount.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID02ae19d65b9b4863ab044a805e16f7b6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive all or part of the matching requirement described in
paragraph (1) for any fiscal year for an eligible entity described in section
2371(b)(1)(A) if that eligible entity is a high-need local educational agency,
a consortium of high-need local educational agencies, or a charter school that
is a high-need local educational agency and the Secretary determines that
applying the matching requirement to such eligible entity would result in
serious hardship or an inability to carry out the activities described in
subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1e56876e3aca419da985631739729b18"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Supplement, not
supplant</header><text>Grant funds provided under this section shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, other Federal or State funds.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idA888FD737A9746639BACBD1F261C040E"><enum>2373.</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subsection id="id6F014DDD649248EA8B70ACF75696EC65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall, through grant or contract, carry out
an independent evaluation of the program under this subpart.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0d5649091299460395cec595a0caa6e6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
evaluation shall measure—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe7412d0cc14a4635883a5b9c258d7f8a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effectiveness
of the program in improving student academic achievement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7c263f83f631412c800ea0d8ac966cdc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the satisfaction
of the participating teachers or principals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID571ef53dd3c945e58722360b191c850b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to
which the program assisted the eligible entities in recruiting and retaining
high-quality teachers and principals, especially in hard-to-staff subject
areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID4430f6966e5a4da7ac81b6b48801069b"><enum>2374.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="id84AD924E6FD542E09A210FB5145288BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subpart $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the succeeding 5 fiscal years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID15452ed404e94a6bb0e849975fc5e994"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>The
Secretary may reserve not more than 3 percent of the funds appropriated to
carry out this subpart for any 1 fiscal year for the cost of the evaluation
under section 2373 and for technical assistance and program outreach.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><subpart id="idD5B04E4EF9CD41398F115868BAF694B3"><enum>7<?LEXA-Enum 7?></enum><header>Adjunct teacher corps</header>
<section id="id324C1C6DA9E24E2C85066311204C9D58"><enum>2381.</enum><header>Purpose;
definitions</header>
<subsection id="ID14a2f7c204784fb0aae79347ebce84d2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this subpart is to create opportunities for professionals and other
individuals with subject-matter expertise to teach secondary-school courses in
the core academic subjects, particularly mathematics, science, and critical
foreign languages, on an adjunct basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0eac00ba4602451294431da58d63edbb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="ID730bc81490604996b2cd5938ba300cb5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjunct
teacher</header><text>The term <term>adjunct teacher</term> means a teacher
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6b84600981b0476398a7755af898c93b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>possesses, at a
minimum, a bachelor’s degree; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa260642bde654931bbf729a3d5290916"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has demonstrated
expertise in the subject matter the teacher teaches by having met the
requirements of section 9101(23)(B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe365f2caeee4403f8a12aef88048aaa1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Critical
foreign language</header><text>The term <term>critical foreign language</term>
means a foreign language considered most critical to ensure future United
States national security and economic prosperity, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9c3cc1d6d14e40d8ba1615ae008b8fea"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc59775cc3f0e4632a2a5a8dd30400212"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local
educational agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4e27fc510578406fb42899fcdd5275f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit or
for-profit organization; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f561bfc50654cd5934c2a03cd4ec9d0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a partnership
consisting of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6aa1a5dcb791443cb1d9539cc369637a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secondary
school course</header><text>The term <term>secondary school course</term> means
a course in 1 of the core academic subjects (as that term is defined in section
9101(11)) provided to students in grades 6 through 12.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID86a221264a6c44b48d3ed9d9892779d4"><enum>2382.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<subsection id="ID173150b7742a4f0ab20046106aae5c07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible entities to recruit, train, and place well-qualified
individuals to serve as adjunct teachers in secondary-school courses in the
core academic subjects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id34989CB1674049AC9E9AAA42DE22EFD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Highly
qualified</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
purposes of this subpart, an adjunct teacher serving pursuant to this subpart
shall be considered a highly qualified teacher.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd844426742de4d10a3443c5aa9e01dfe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>The Secretary may award grants under this subpart for a
period of not more than 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID873b1335991d46f6922e4f30b53cc8d9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In
awarding grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall give priority to
eligible entities that propose to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID71cfd3f13cf54b95aac1123bd0576820"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serve local
educational agencies that have a large number or percentage of students
performing below grade level, including local educational agencies that are not
making adequate yearly progress under section 1111(b)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID303718b038744dbdaae10506de591860"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recruit, train,
and provide schools adjunct teachers of mathematics, science, or critical
foreign languages; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID877fe4e1e3d44498858e9976eba9e5ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recruit adjunct
teachers to serve in schools that have an insufficient number of teachers with
demonstrated expertise in the subjects the adjunct teachers will teach.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcf65706bd8fc4936ac81c22a6cacb234"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be considered for a grant under this subpart, an eligible entity shall submit
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including—</text>
<paragraph id="IDee74e5b3284f458988965c839044b496"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the need for using adjunct teachers in the participating schools, which may
include information on the difficulty participating schools face in recruiting
qualified faculty and the achievement levels of students in those
schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5f90e24a03f547e8a718ed27e8a8c79c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the goals and
objectives for the project, including the number of adjunct teachers the
eligible entity intends to place in classrooms;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID134bd8fb0a134150ab30c670779f09bc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will recruit qualified individuals and appropriate public and private
institutions to participate in the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDba428cd711d44d559d2c27b7d2510363"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the participating
schools and grade levels at which, and the subjects in which, the eligible
entity proposes to have the adjunct teachers teach;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbf90c781edef44ee960de19b475e8550"><enum>(5)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will use funds received under this subpart, including how the eligible
entity will evaluate the success of its program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaa9bbfd3c08246518e4a4220d507f8d5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will ensure that low-income students in participating schools and local
educational agencies will, during the period of the grant, receive instruction
in the core academic subjects from a teacher with demonstrated subject-matter
expertise in the subject taught.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID36469d3de75c4721944056f687c47a99"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
section shall use the grant funds only for 1 or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDb63b1305c8fa455f86cd99da3c9735d5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To develop the
capacity of the local educational agency or the State educational agency, or
both, to identify, recruit, and train qualified individuals outside of the
elementary and secondary education system (including individuals in business
and government, and individuals who would participate through distance-learning
arrangements) to become adjunct teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f82c9ef19c64ebc8ecb6974f69f7975"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide
financial incentives to adjunct teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6d355db46d4d4d429853467b1ae796f7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To reimburse
outside entities for the costs associated with allowing an employee to serve as
an adjunct teacher, except that these costs shall not exceed the total cost of
salary and benefits for teachers with comparable experience or expertise in the
local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a37cd62253f4f7f8d76673561d4c345"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To collect and
report such performance information as the Secretary may require, including
information needed for the national evaluation conducted under subsection
(h).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc45940dd05d24460906ced857c5e855c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
section shall provide matching funds, from non-Federal sources, in cash or in
kind in an amount equal to 100 of the amount of the grant awarded under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID253d3cdaa8f94c1b8db7aae03299f487"><enum>(h)</enum><header>National
evaluation</header><text>From the amount made available for any fiscal year
under section 2383, the Secretary may reserve not more than 3 percent for the
cost to conduct an independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, of the
adjunct teacher corps program carried out under this section, which shall
include an assessment of the impact of the program on student academic
achievement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID38d572d1d20544738ce6425f85758599"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Program
performance</header>
<paragraph id="idCEF4D51C331B4856B45B992C95001A85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section
shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a final report on the results of the
project that contains such information as the Secretary may require. At a
minimum, the report shall include information on the academic achievement of
students receiving instruction from an adjunct teacher.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb2ad4ac4f9e947fb9009e9c9a659e68a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Comparison and
disaggregation</header><text>The information required under this subsection
shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID85492ae8255f4f628cabb8b78b1ce29c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reported in a
manner that provides for a comparison of student achievement data prior to,
during, and after implementation of the adjunct teacher corps program;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f841707d8f0401bb9364f077710b2b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disaggregated by
race, ethnicity, disability status, English proficiency, and status as
economically disadvantaged, except that such disaggregation shall not be
required in a case in which the number of students in a category is
insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the result would
reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9A6EFEF8E2F4FD7AB5F6962FA7059B2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2383.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart $25,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="idA08F06EE885D4BC3A15CDAB7F2CE7D44"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header>Enhancing education through technology</header>
<section id="id8863DAB6C0AB4A9491BB57DBB3BFA8FA"><enum>2401.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2404
(20 U.S.C. 6754) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0C48B75AAC0B4C4FAA2B5CECC00FC14A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008;</quote></text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5CE8292C0C7B41198A1CC24E7F48585D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB031B6917A014BEF81FEE899C7C043B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>98</quote> and inserting <quote>99</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE06EB898FFFC4431BB95CB73E7FB9106"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>2</quote> and inserting <quote>1</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC9B7EB6B3A24A979730F6042BFAE4DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id90B625D11CE746F79038D0DE7A9517AB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id5EBA983454D94E1FBCC2592B87FD5C82"><enum>2402.</enum><header>Allotment and
reallotment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2411 (20
U.S.C. 6761) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD307BA198FCE4C6BB1F8A8006330A5BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id76D396DD48E74D2A9193A59DD250D2E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs;</quote> and inserting
<quote>Department of the Interior; and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA06728CCE984D0CBAF99ED978112766"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id350706F99B1C4C19BD0377189A4B44F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id07FA0C5207634291910C878E57D47638"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs</quote> and inserting
<quote>Department of the Interior</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF96C9E8230614427B873B6C4D55DDE4F"><enum>2403.</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2413(b)(13) (20 U.S.C. 6763(b)(13))
is amended by striking <quote>by December 31, 2006</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idD3414760D861404284C122F356AF9E20"><enum>2404.</enum><header>Local
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2416 (20
U.S.C. 6766) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE4855630E8054530AA6134C7FFE2D359"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id69EF9E5686154131AB98E17E8D3AB215"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF6F4B3477D3A4F3C8F904ADE236671E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Other<linebreak></linebreak>
activities</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the
following:</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0706FF35A924F90837AB8E3BCABB29D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id7A9D97530E74476C8176A088A2880EA6"><enum></enum><text>A recipient
of funds made available by a State educational agency under section 2412(a)(2)
shall use such funds to carry out activities consistent with this subpart,
which may include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1f619f6b21bf41c882c9a7eb72c8f061"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Providing
professional development in the integration of advanced technologies, including
emerging technologies, into curricula and instruction and in using those
technologies to create new learning environments, such as professional
development in the use of technology—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID444e90e9851844f9b7469bba84a2fea9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to access data
and resources to develop curricula and instructional materials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE10B31AD7E6349C49E9C6A2048813B4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enable
teachers—</text>
<clause id="ID6f423a50c6fb460e9d6f84e9638ca82a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to use the
Internet and other technology to communicate with parents, other teachers,
principals, and administrators; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID28faa59729714af1960c18d0ff8e50a6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to retrieve
Internet-based learning resources; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfe8653b761a147a5ad2c224ce59fe719"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to lead to
improvements in classroom instruction in the core academic subjects, that
effectively prepare students to meet challenging State academic content
standards, including increasing student technology literacy, and student
academic achievement standards.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9534967BB889486F84A27A0E5AD533DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (10), as paragraphs (2) through (11),
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id67C751B3E3FC4319AF981CD59DD0A581"><enum>2405.</enum><header>National
technology activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2421 (20 U.S.C. 6771) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4BB4FC1A91D243EC9FE9CA14C599A44F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (a) and (b);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id90C32C1D502D488AADDF7E7FB432D4CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Technical assistance</header-in-text>.—</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id02207F86A45D464A904BB6806ED79B69"><enum>2406.</enum><header>National
education technology plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2422(a) (20 U.S.C. 6772(a)) is
amended by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id2F21578E93904F8DBDD0253A331F99A1"><enum>2407.</enum><header>Ready-to-learn
television</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2431 (20
U.S.C. 6775) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB215BBED72C14186B23E1D7F26B676CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E186E4B78F94AB080A57FFFD82DBBA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(E)(ii), by striking <quote>Even Start providers,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD114A6733DE94D80B8DCF325A34536ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>Even Start providers,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C92E81D0A6844D7AF8AE86C8DE7EAE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(B), by striking <quote>and Even Start,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27C0733EA1A74AD79838B3592B810CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><enum>III</enum><header>Language
instruction for limited English proficient and immigrant children</header>
<section id="idAB54A046D155485A8BA98FBA8BB4C10E"><enum>3101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3001
(20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id567B652F49FA40869C38160471C1DC95" style="OLC">
<section id="id5CF0D528FD924AF49B610F7A79CE8D7F"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $750,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><part id="id56BF79E79D814330BC3722283381897B"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>English language acquisition, language enhancement,
and academic achievement act</header>
<section id="id86EFE9E3E6654A9FB38512005F162064"><enum>3111.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3102 (20 U.S.C. 6812) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id30432AFDF4414B5DB09221107D5C5516"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8EE9BC1EFA6D4F2995FCFDF280B8F891"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><subpart id="idAD571B2D6D3B456091D4DB7452264DC6"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header>Grants and subgrants for english language
acquisition and language enhancement</header>
<section id="idF263E3C0F6414014957346AAB75269CA"><enum>3115.</enum><header>Formula
grants to States</header>
<subsection id="idBBE1F578296E40A4B6E78DB6648C9D2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3111 (20
U.S.C. 6821) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id09CE0EEDA4114A528D7CC37C3D910110"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(A), by inserting <quote>teachers and other</quote> after <quote>that
assist</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id21FF9FEDF0DE46DA9D54D11FC8114ABE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E561D05E5334680B19681DD4110B5F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id9387CF1C805C4C17AB3689AB7EC9663C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>3001(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>3001</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB5D6D7DEE23B45E884C5E4F234C6F725"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the
end;</text>
</clause><clause id="idBD228CE3BE5F4114922146346B154D1A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<subclause id="id411CC5F0B32E487386AECC77009C05DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>3303</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>3203</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id438C7E5701304BAAB230867BE391D81B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id79B1C2B6A8384F918F1AB0F95D405859"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (D);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3E6BF4565594A26B02F3D2BB7C5835F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A9849E487E84D72A337192360F6D97D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC1C87F69401499290D17782A0658A23"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>3001(a)</quote>
and inserting <quote>3001</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D9ACD90DDC14D6A9A7D6A62558DE29C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA41F2136BFA4C85911CF6EACB8D9591" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7A1A8157CF654D9D9126636684398200"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of data for
determinations</header><text>In making State allotments under paragraph (2),
for the purpose of determining the number of limited English proficient
children in a State and in all States, and the number of immigrant children and
youth in a State and in all States, for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
use the data available from the American Community Survey available from the
Department of
Commerce.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2D15D271533D4686B078840E7744BEE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 3114 (20 U.S.C. 6824) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id42D138B463DB454DA0493D7D8016ED94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>3111(c)(3)</quote> and inserting
<quote>3111(c)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7B771513AB904F1A93B7A721C39599EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1), by striking <quote>3111(c)(3)</quote> and inserting
<quote>3111(c)(2)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFADF26C94A2C405F84F510B6AAE07AF2"><enum>3116.</enum><header>Subgrants to
eligible entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
3115(e)(1)(B) (20 U.S.C. 6825(e)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting <quote>teachers
and other</quote> after <quote>support for</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idC820E1F711ED4AD88B616B6E7532EB8A"><enum>3117.</enum><header>Local
plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3116(d)(1) (20
U.S.C. 6826(d)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>3302</quote> and inserting
<quote>3202</quote>.</text>
</section></subpart><subpart id="idECF50F5E3C094A238CFC5141978005F4"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header>Accountability and administration</header>
<section id="id4FA17CC212614DD0BBCD65435540AB70"><enum>3121.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3121(c)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6841(c)(1)) is
amended by inserting <quote>number and</quote> after <quote>(including
the</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id2BEFE31256C942FE9BFCE8401667D4B1"><enum>3122.</enum><header>Achievement
objectives and accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3122(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 6842(a)(3)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id86727C1F032C42DBB44E9B673EA699F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id746051E0B2A948DC8A1064138744CC79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>or</quote> and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id178221EFBEA74685B667232520E1B7B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>or</quote> and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD35B8E5996441089F2AE7EF74584B0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>number or</quote> and inserting <quote>number
and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id09B443C01AA841B3A050301F10178E07"><enum>3123.</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3123(b)
(20 U.S.C. 6843(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id27110D5AD2884A1E8966F3A96A511012"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting
<quote>Labor</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id01A69917CA6D472485207D9E552F21D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>, and an estimate of the number of such teachers that will
be needed for the succeeding 5 fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subpart></part><part id="idAFCD36EDF568494E893A09CFC2F1E434"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section id="id11A5A28CE0CC447E857A60F9AB303995"><enum>3201.</enum><header>Improving
language instruction educational programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title III (20 U.S.C. 6891 et seq.)
is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="id4ADA6009D97F44A4A4B20C4ACD1E16BB"><enum>3202.</enum><header>General
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III (20
U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id795A3454652744938C150AB1EAC8589E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
part C as part B;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id968E222BEC974BABA6CC494FD8B1A2C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 3301, 3302, 3303, and 3304 as sections 3201, 3202, 3203, and 3204,
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id96EF1449F59E462E8438C554E50C7281"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 3201,
as redesignated by paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id43F31CEB68764FAAACFD0DA68D0B0BC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (7); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA982D568ED31402E83C5C85C04901052"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), and (15), as paragraphs
(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></part><enum>IV</enum><header>21ST CENTURY
SCHOOLS</header>
<part id="idDE129C56D85F4335A84C986FE80D27DB"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>Safe and drug-free schools and communities</header>
<section id="id5B0FCB560CBE4ED0A5C2334AF5E39763"><enum>4101.</enum><header>Safe and
drug-free schools and communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA18DEF7227A24414A1E0431AD00E7058"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 4002 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id949E27F3F4CC4D3DAB7D58F85867AD66" style="OLC">
<section id="ID50c3d350718a4b71aa329a2c6457218d"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this part is to provide
financial and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local
educational agencies, and communities for programs that emphasize scientific
research and best practices and—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0d7b8a3362bd456aa1272e6098bdeb01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevent violence
and illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9d4fe2b19a054efd8163765c994528fd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>foster a safe,
secure, healthy, and drug-free learning environment that supports student
achievement to high academic standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa81d9906c9744b1c8930ba70ba79de2c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>strengthen
emergency-management
planning.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8A7F9B0098CC403EAF7F49640C639604"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 4003,
by striking <quote>2002</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id18680625553D41D8A6B1A206E2E5EA9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
section 4111(a)(2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4189C4B9E594719BF14BDEBD7C37FC5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf70f73b293c34b77b4e5782384b57956"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
reservations</header><text>From the amount made available under section 4003(2)
to carry out subpart 2 for each fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more
than $2,000,000 for the national impact evaluation required by section
4122(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6197AC968F234373A29CBE3607A52445"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
4112—</text>
<subparagraph id="id303B4229ABF649D5B43B2EE697B5B4C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b)(2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B23B493531D4BB893C224F708D985B8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID04b5cf222b4d49e3aaf643c8ec02417f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
administration costs</header><text>A State educational agency may use not more
than 3 percent of the amount made available to the State under section 4111(b)
for each fiscal year less the amount reserved under subsection (a) of this
section, for State educational agency administrative costs, including the
implementation of the uniform management information and reporting system as
provided for under subsection (c)(3).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3143B97D63454D098A60E73C5ABD341C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<clause id="id186C13696B0A46818F832A1AB099445F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2)(D)—</text>
<subclause id="id001A6CA189BC4BF18164A2D865E6DF8A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4D45297A546F41EA8106D7CDAB98D224"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2CCA5B20A46E42BF833DAA44E35CBACF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A426704B1EF48C5A9BDCB5895BBDFA6" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDf0b8a448b47e4cfda23efbe96920ce4c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>training,
technical assistance, and financial assistance to prepare for, prevent,
mitigate, respond to, and recover from violent or traumatic events or natural
disasters and to restore the learning environment in the event of a crisis or
emergency.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id54C684A9DF3441088EA79ED8A2929A4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3)(B)—</text>
<subclause id="id8481E212B3DF4C2EB5DA36819669B0D4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id20763548F9944D828F6C213A67B7D6B4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id95BB5768637949B8ABD629A6E2BBD82D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id297945D6FAF24A2BA7818E686BE0F0C7" style="OLC">
<clause id="idB5D4E19CC53E414DB2D6A4011A0962F1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the state of
preparedness of schools to respond appropriately in the event of an
emergency.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5F2DBDE67DBC473AB1E84B7881339520"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section
4113—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5497F7D1CF114BC4A0DC4C6168D99832"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="idE4483D9313974B958279243A6154D261"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>the head of the State agency for homeland
security, the head of the State emergency-management agency,</quote> after
<quote>designees,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id314E29B6EDCF4837A91741A026FCAB7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (9)—</text>
<subclause id="id52B36CC39F43473599C59F5208BB21E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>comprehensive</quote> after <quote>results of a</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7A94B41405F54B2AA6D6F19CD55298C4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and school safety and security programs</quote> after <quote>violence
prevention programs</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE6F99A72766743DB9B8CF6AEFC37FC26"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>ongoing State evaluation activities, including data on</quote> and
inserting <quote>objective data, which may include</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0B72765C8A164ABA83F4617D574EF39D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC225951DAF074B198CA65ED600F60457" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID1a24d3c78cfb4e2993f71a8518202ad0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an inventory of
the presence of threats to school safety and security from a variety of
potential hazards;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0057736B1A014F4EA4A6B73148E3CB27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>2002</quote> both places such term appears and
inserting <quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7460FB3D0E9E40BA98F0EF6869C32EE7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section
4114—</text>
<subparagraph id="id060188B9E64A411C8A15DD6CBC37C644"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)(A), by inserting <quote>and emergency management planning</quote> after
<quote>professionals)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23355C4C2C93445CBCBAB3A752743DEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<clause id="id38A3AC6E27564B219D437D5879D301F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
<quote>and school safety and security programs</quote> after <quote>violence
prevention</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idEBACF6C94E6543CEA62DD99A22282B87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (7)(D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86E6523749FA4E8F8A0F0BFC90EC3CE1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idF0EB9D92E1504A3EA3E5C036C7C164D8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a crisis and
emergency management plan for responding and recovering from crises arising
from violent or traumatic events or natural disasters and for restoring the
learning environment in the event of a crisis or emergency;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC4CB910BA3F24FB89952FAD3D9CEF446"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section
4115—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF5240DC7EF364AD8B8DD4F7D5C16DB87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<clause id="id6AA9F84D861148249D9A4FE471A1ACB4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), as subparagraphs (D), (E), and
(F), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="id0BAA59673AC74780BEA894DF2EFD4A88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D2F34D21EFE4408B0702AD53812D1A1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID05f82b221ff94454b46b22b2fef3846c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be based on
assessment of objective data regarding the state of preparedness of schools and
communities to be served by the program to respond appropriately in the event
of an emergency and an inventory of the presence of threats to school safety
and security from potential hazards;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id7995EDFCFB9840448CEEA3F7EF80D351"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by clause (i)) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CC3F7156F05483B9130D0720EF512F0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID9ad046ee317a46eb8f2396cfa910a55e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reflect, to the
extent practicable, scientifically based research, or in the absence of a
strong research base, reflect best practices in the
field;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72F4C0606B40473599D0DD0A1D4D7E1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<clause id="idC46F589F6438429192127658EC902677"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<subclause id="id8ADF5206A494406ABA07C5ACCAB00C09"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idBC23CC86DDB1429CAAC5AB170C593638"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD23E2FBB2BE84674AC266B38AF789B5C" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID608dd29e1143440fa1f2ebd66ba68e34"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>prepare for,
prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from crises arising from violent or
traumatic events and natural disasters and to restore the learning environment
in the event of a crisis or emergency;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idE0E7BEACCD65464182ACDE04F78CA4E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="id75348DCCBE774535BE75B380F04B9902"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE99878D07E744A029238D1DD49818795"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52F9F34703D8460B9FD6AB67DB1FDD01" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID3488a12a6578439599c1218d87e3b82d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Activities for
emergency management
planning.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82134D577A034E37BDC0220014FB027E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section
4116(a)(1), by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>2009</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id61903D1695E44B73A3A2334471FDAA9E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section
4121(a)(5), by inserting <quote>and emergency management planning
activities</quote> after <quote>violence prevention programs</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3B4BC26AAE024CE8912FE69F5FAE32EF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in section
4122(c), by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting
<quote>2009</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id927D09F43FD74A1296C8AB86CCDFD552"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by striking
section 4130 ; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC59E466D42C4443EA5E3864B43E8EEC6"><enum>(12)</enum><text>by striking
section 4155.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="id0633B3F466184E288B6819744550D5E9"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>21st century community learning centers and
mentoring programs</header>
<section id="id5E07BDFAFDD44D9EB45730A9902310A5"><enum>4201.</enum><header>21st century
community learning centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id997DF5156AED4311A920F5A223D58EB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the part
heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">and
mentoring programs</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">centers</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id97EFC40F302A4341ACDF708198218F2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before section 4201 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id865933EEE24A46138433552CD0E0310B" style="OLC">
<subpart id="idF5339024F47545EEB19BE3449F41EA22"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header>21st Century Community Learning
Centers</header>
</subpart><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB4C3B3B6957A4E67B5B744C2204C0565"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
4201—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02B80A7362F547C7A50C778C9952A151"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="id08C2C0611CE04F109962813B13E0FD7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idAC0EE7B033D645E2A2C54F610FD7D30F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>or language arts, mathematics, and science</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C93732D31F3467D84A2CC39DB0BBD9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<clause id="idFCE2AF280D234B6493B2C5DB6B1C4A3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id77444AC0D11345A990E70784715BA93D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>or language arts, mathematics, and science</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC2A796C1D6874904B8D2CA7B08F64036"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id53BE9D0C4D51466B8284A2A396403CF1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3),
respectively;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2D7C9C18311C4FC7871DB773ECDD9263"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
4202—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDF58A1C5550B48C59CA08B13CFAE8537"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="id0FE26FE50DC64D17AFE42D2D40AB9775"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>part</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id158A5B53AFAF4E4AA835ECA7758255B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (1);</text>
</clause><clause id="id3B9E7EC8DE5245C1A055B7C1897E2898"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD90932E34CB646E2B2C759A0B307BC15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2) (as redesignated by clause (iii)), by striking <quote>Bureau of
Indian Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of the
Interior</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF285A7A3B4D646C887EC269BB06B7CD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC514A5E8C1F42F2B8E4D6DB35092D3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<clause id="id1CC837809D1A4AC6A7974B3EC07CEAF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>part</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id811F2818D66F49D7995A81E671A82C91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(C)</quote> before
<quote>supervising</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3184DBBA6CD0466EAB2C62F414F7D156"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section
4203—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7BE4B2C42EE24F37A773E35978A0D9F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>part</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id682C384174544D7BB7B29EAAC12FE4B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id772FD5ED7EE94C93A7987EE5F5B2A59F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>this part</quote> and inserting <quote>this
subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBE3CF4C204264A3FBCB598967DCDEF44"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section
4204—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3DA8C74F3CF34C1D8219DD15D3A0F432"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>part</quote> both places the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4CD4046EA9C84222B682970C6BAD47D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>part</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2EDDBBDF0FB943C29BDEC836B134756C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A5F93CBD9E94447B8D2FAEF5A13B4F7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>part</quote> both places the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCDAC045D825451992E64C211CF91DD7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4AA4E7074C14A4AA8119D6CDD027592"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBF64B67C48794C41B356E9B0B540D2C2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), by striking <quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id005D8EA257B140C2B2692E6F12FB0C27"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text>
<clause id="idFBE28458FDF840A0B6D7D70355942B9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>this part</quote> and inserting <quote>this
subpart</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id724AF2CCAB0C4325AEF5DB4B2658ACF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>as in need of improvement</quote> and
inserting <quote>for school improvement or restructuring</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1C7C0404DB0E43898156B4DF0F70A9D3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1)(B)(ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D30BF93455C4DAC88AC992D21DE25E6" style="OLC">
<clause id="idFE3A37C8D40E4CC3BDF901CDD301FAF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>community-based
organization or other public or private entity, including a provider of
supplemental educational
services.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD65745D5069F49CAB3CF61E8BB2FB190"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section
4205—</text>
<subparagraph id="id69104860AAD84B208DFCE61663BEEB92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>part</quote> both places the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5B7161E7DCAD498A8265A8C7A81955CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a)(2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DB37A06445A4319916AF4474903E9E0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB2051A019101410FB7CB63B9A76CF2FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>mathematics,
science, and reading or language arts
activities;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E53F1201CFB423CA2B8ED0280D94AB4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section 4206,
by striking <quote>to be</quote> and all that follows through the period and
inserting the following: <quote>to be appropriated to carry out this subpart,
$2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id81618CE2239C422FB793EDB737303E9E"><enum>4202.</enum><header>Mentoring
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title IV
(20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.), as amended by section 4201, is further amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD80CCC9C19B4485F9B961EA367B14B21" style="OLC">
<subpart id="idD59F7FED43AB4E8E894BAE78C0DA208A"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header>Mentoring Programs</header>
<section id="IDdbe18ca8240f4c7893d2eedb2c1e113c"><enum>4221.</enum><header>Purpose;
definitions</header>
<subsection id="IDccd4c3b8f73e4d679e0ceeb234d8bd8b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this subpart is to make assistance available to promote mentoring
programs for children with greatest need—</text>
<paragraph id="ID042e0d4174d545789a0aab7e3e57807a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assist such
children in receiving support and guidance from a mentor;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcd4e33ac6c6741499fbd20191805a313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve the
academic outcomes of such children by improving student academic performance
and decreasing student absenteeism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID948f8f81f83b47f69cd433d8106b76a3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to improve
interpersonal relationships between such children and their peers, teachers,
other adults, and family members;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcabbafd22c6b433283bcd99d682442e4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to reduce the
dropout rate and raise the high school graduation rate of such children;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa94c72cdc87e492ca5c371d7140772a6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to reduce
juvenile delinquency and involvement in gangs by such children; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID904b9ddd05c344b9815d000f907b5cf3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to foster
character education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0fd9373dc2ce4b41a7cedf9b34cad756"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5d2b7a9c662a412497141924ca5cb19a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child with
greatest need</header><text>The term <term>child with greatest need</term>
means a child who is at risk of educational failure, dropping out of school, or
involvement in criminal or delinquent activities, or who lacks strong positive
role models.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b98257498574c0ea64a2a24a13ff1e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means —</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb0bbc05d995d45a38b5370346a43aa47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local
educational agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3433a57168454537a9d660a1e93537ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit,
community-based organization; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8eb68f1d37604f6a9ae699b1f61ce019"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a partnership
between 1 or more local educational agencies and nonprofit, community-based
organizations, and other partners such as businesses and institutions of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf232759fc2dc4e4cb54d12c6d11956f9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mentor</header><text>The
term <term>mentor</term> means a responsible adult, a postsecondary school
student, or a secondary school student, who works with a child—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7bdd1534d497424cb8ffe740a200608a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide a
positive role model for the child;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb7987b781f9346ce846ef90f8c5b20ef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to establish a
supportive relationship with the child; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa6b7641388644aeeb3444e57a8c9159f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide the
child with academic assistance and exposure to new experiences and examples of
opportunity that enhance the ability of the child to become a responsible and
successful adult.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1dd073f54d2f4c3dba30bb9f24e110e2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID49a4152a9a4c471a9f2befbebd5e6ac4"><enum>4222.</enum><header>Grants to
eligible entities</header>
<subsection id="ID9d69517835604b7db1ba7cc17a96d51c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated to carry out this subpart,
the Secretary is authorized to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
entities to assist such entities in establishing and supporting mentoring
programs and activities for children with greatest need that meet the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0163bb7901b5432e9bd72c90dc47b7c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Such programs and
activities are designed to link such children (particularly children living in
rural areas, areas with high rates of gang involvement, areas with high rates
of drug use, areas with low high school graduation rates, high-crime areas, or
troubled home environments, or children experiencing educational failure) with
mentors who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2612cbefd5df4a16b554a1ab531c7585"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have received
training and support in mentoring;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2bc43851db6b4c74b0659b96513ec1e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have been
screened using appropriate reference checks, child and domestic abuse record
checks, and criminal background checks; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaec761bc8bf044d2bcd554f49412254b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are interested in
working with children with greatest need.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f336cc68bc74c9a8f37b51a4e0317b6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such programs and
activities are intended to achieve 1 or more of the following goals with
respect to children with greatest need:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDefee645f5dc146418248dc4810df6ee7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Promote personal
and social responsibility and encourage participation in community service and
community activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbafe8329b4654f8ab089001721cbd35d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Increase school
attendance, and enhance the ability to benefit from, elementary and secondary
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6e4cc30ed6d846bebfa49dc1662565a7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Discourage
illegal use of drugs and alcohol, violence, use of dangerous weapons,
promiscuous behavior, and other criminal, harmful, or potentially harmful
activity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeb76ae554c3c4ab18268b6d3bb41967e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Encourage setting
goals and planning for the future, including encouragement of graduation from
secondary school and planning for postsecondary education or training.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5ba861a536914e758395d4a7d0db2d49"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Discourage
involvement in gangs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcd9442873c5849f5a20d8d54ebcb87ba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this subpart, an eligible entity shall
submit an application to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the
Secretary may reasonably require, that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID251d89be9d064815a567bf1c02ccfb21"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the plan for the mentoring program the eligible entity proposes to carry out
with such grant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID24243ff39c954e249ac9ad2b307daa81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information on
the children expected to be served by the mentoring program for which such
grant is sought;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf05c383a81d348b9adc31ccf1dccb6ed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the mechanism the eligible entity will use to match children with mentors based
on the needs of the children;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID368d83aaf93e4403b86e616697e6d772"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assurance that
each mentor will be assigned to no more than 3 children, and that when assigned
more than 1 child an assurance that such assignment will not undermine a
mentor’s ability to be an effective mentor or to establish a close relationship
with each mentored child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c46e34603dc45af98eeb7e0d4428bf6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assurance that
the mentoring program will provide children with a variety of experiences and
support, including emotional support and academic assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID150579a8d21a468a8b687488d852bb30"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assurance that
the mentoring program will be monitored to ensure that each child assigned a
mentor benefits from that assignment and that the child will be assigned a new
mentor if the relationship between the original mentor and the child is not
beneficial to the child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID307c89f3ef084efe8e89c822fc1df1be"><enum>(7)</enum><text>information
regarding how mentors and children will be recruited to the mentoring
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0507fd909c124e2781e2947b961ac6f2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>information
regarding how prospective mentors will be screened;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf325998aaf574330a3f0af6b204085f8"><enum>(9)</enum><text>information on
the training that will be provided to mentors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb0d29ba3f27946f8b37b1519b01ebbf9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>information on
the system that the eligible entity will use to manage and monitor information
relating to the mentoring program's—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdcf11a916e2043ceb27792eedac3aadb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reference
checks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcc3a6e9a8cba436db89dde3a13dc8b91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>child and
domestic abuse record checks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4769aa2f0638410aa9051b6827d5a277"><enum>(C)</enum><text>criminal
background checks; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06782d9612f948929663d8c8f3947a6e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>procedure for
matching children with mentors;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID72b924254f6e4acf94865f78cfd08766"><enum>(11)</enum><text>information
regarding the staffing plan and levels the eligible entity will use to monitor
the mentor and mentee match during the duration of such match; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID677327a1cd9041078b0c059f58d59473"><enum>(12)</enum><text>information
regarding the eligible entity’s plan for program sustainability and
specifically information regarding how the eligible entity will meet the
matching requirement for non-Federal funds under subsection (i).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0f31fe34300f4057ac59baa6b2e1d198"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall give priority to an
eligible entity that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc9eaa8ca7f644c24bbb92a65de253191"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serves children
with greatest need living in rural areas, high-crime areas, or troubled home
environments, or who attend schools with violence problems; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1804a66da9eb407dbeaf68a06f86a181"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides
high-quality background screening of mentors, training of mentors, and
technical assistance in carrying out mentoring programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID53626c77e0ad4495a717e705c1f4b7c5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding
grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall also consider—</text>
<paragraph id="ID51f7115d76ac4b7f98b0c5dc02530d8e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the degree to
which the location of the mentoring program proposed by each eligible entity
contributes to a fair distribution of mentoring programs with respect to urban
and rural locations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4fa2ad4eb3a478fac1e6727a8bec921"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quality of
the mentoring program proposed by each eligible entity, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe677eb16fb124ffb926a283fee22877f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the resources, if
any, the eligible entity will dedicate to providing children with opportunities
for job training or postsecondary education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99d66ff03bfc40239becb49e073b8136"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to
which parents, teachers, community-based organizations, and the local community
have participated, or will participate, in the design and implementation of the
proposed mentoring program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7fbe94ecfa944415913617db8098bc8e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the degree to
which the eligible entity can ensure that mentors will develop longstanding
relationships with the children they mentor; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc397b9a43b2f4d718d4ea4ec03002e09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the degree to
which the mentoring program will serve children with the greatest need in the
4th through 8th grades and continue to serve children through graduation from
secondary school, as needed; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c773fc6989b46a9afb5f091c224df1a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the capability of
each eligible entity to effectively implement its mentoring program and sustain
such program for the duration of the grant period and beyond.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc71f982d8ec04b1a85d7874a4dd0a469"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant to each
State</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, in
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall select not less than 1
grant recipient from each State for which there is an eligible entity that
submits an application of sufficient quality pursuant to subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDede6c72ce91f43f9b53d009ff89a629b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Subsequent
grants</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall
consider eligible entities that have received a grant under this section in a
prior grant cycle for a new grant only if the eligible entity meets the
following criteria:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4c8d644a656d413d819b4ec5f2df95e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary
determines that performance of the eligible entity during the initial grant
period was satisfactory in terms of program design, implementation of the
program, and the number of children served.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID615f7a545f354decbbc86f8963d479f7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The proposed
subsequent grant will exclusively support expanded services to a new geographic
area or target population.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c8b65c0b5a64680beeaa63ea7714d48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The eligible
entity demonstrates that it will provide from non-Federal sources an amount to
carry out the activities supported by the grant equal to not less than 50
percent of the amount received under the grant for each of the 3 years of the
grant period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID55fb8224c25d432c8717c4bfbbaa3f80"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="ID343f6a5d314a4fcfb20eb3df48474d32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
subpart shall use the grant funds for activities that establish or implement a
mentoring program, that shall include 1 or more of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa71ee425053e4a2a9862109805d2d321"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Hiring of
mentoring coordinators and support staff.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID627ed44973c84b11bcafea18c9a6a7ad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Providing for the
professional development of mentoring coordinators and support staff.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID92d059194a094b96b4f9b36d31eba147"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Recruitment,
screening, and training of mentors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe57316a981554d368ca08b16dde85608"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Reimbursement to
schools, if appropriate, for the use of school materials or supplies in
carrying out the mentoring program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7fec8dba162b42e4bcf4d95d2ee0efc4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Dissemination of
outreach materials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7e6d068e95ae4714b2d67e037327c699"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Evaluation of the
mentoring program using scientifically based methods.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID113ddee6d76d44c486afe4d5313a836b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Such other
activities as the Secretary may reasonably prescribe by rule.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb9f63392656e467181d394368128cf7a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibited
uses</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an eligible entity awarded a
grant under this subpart may not use the grant funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID79bb9d70be49483d83b22ba80a521150"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to directly
compensate mentors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9e0df73bca5456682d5d1cb6ab5c1ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to obtain
educational or other materials or equipment that would otherwise be used in the
ordinary course of the eligible entity's operations; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfa83cbdd7387449bb64a97215dedc76b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support
litigation of any kind.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd28fe1384f844b0c8a9a4fb4b11b1f93"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>Funds made available through a grant under this section
shall be available for obligation for a period not to exceed 3 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4a9faa9657f24013a86fdc117d9ff6e9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="ID53dd4a7caacb43028fa5e0739b2ca2e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
section shall provide from non-Federal sources an amount to carry out the
activities supported by the grant equal to or greater than—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb143c33cc810443d879849c7ad5830e7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>10 percent of the
amount received under the grant for the first year of the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2123eecca9c04a17be74595baa70e8bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25 percent of the
amount received under the grant for the second year of the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8eb895d8759e4c399fc33f42964c92b0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>50 percent of the
amount received under the grant for the third year of the grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ec57ab34c5a445ba0789b233e5734cb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
grants</header><text>An eligible entity that has received a grant under this
section in a prior grant cycle shall for any subsequent grant awarded under
this section provide from non-Federal sources an amount to carry out the
activities supported by the grant equal to not less than 50 percent of the
amount received under the grant for each of the 3 years of the grant
period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID96d218e5b9694e38aec45054e6d8b7ab"><enum>4223.</enum><header>Ensuring
quality grants</header>
<subsection id="ID8927f0987bee4dffb42ac1b2587a01ed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Model screening
guidelines</header>
<paragraph id="ID08e6b12adc6e41e9bc3944368724838a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Based on model screening guidelines developed by the
Office of Juvenile Programs of the Department of Justice, the Secretary shall
develop and distribute to each eligible entity awarded a grant under this
subpart specific model guidelines for the screening of mentors who seek to
participate in mentoring programs assisted under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0d0f935dc1ba40d499587ed22d4137c4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Background
checks</header><text>The guidelines developed under this subsection shall
include, at a minimum, a requirement that potential mentors be subject to
reference checks, child and domestic abuse record checks, and criminal
background checks.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDda6a5a8a4b2941cdb2e5d2e03e78bef7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support for
grantees</header><text>In order to ensure the strongest possible outcomes for
children mentored under this subpart, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDddfe09e78db745f8b70fc4bcca9b8fcd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to grant recipients, beginning in year 1 and continuing throughout
the duration of the grant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDffc0729cf0234b06a49413d1ee2d5d12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>track the
mentoring practices and outcomes of all grant recipients throughout the 3-year
duration of the grant; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdac2dea14d784679bdb5f80ebab46dc3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide an annual
report on the implementation of the program assisted under this subpart to
Congress detailing the number of children served by grant recipients and the
outcomes achieved for those children.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID33cb189c4e1f428db034ebb2029dceed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research on
school-based mentoring</header><text>In order to ensure that grant recipients
assisted under this subpart have access to the most current research-based
information about building and carrying out strong and effective mentoring
programs, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc9144cce210f40c2972d9ebb25552a3d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with
leading mentoring organizations and researchers, including the Federal
Mentoring Council and the National Mentoring Working Group, to determine
priorities for research on school-based mentoring and appropriate research
design, with consideration for—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID621f21b731844fdbbc7b0c84e38ff592"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determining the
ideal school environments in which school-based mentoring succeeds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6d6fb85b4d3c4cc289e3175d7f79f17c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying
techniques for matching children with specific characteristics (for example,
age, academic achievement, and student risk factors) with the most appropriate
mentoring models;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5cd78ad343e0400682b394112fca0200"><enum>(C)</enum><text>determining the
infrastructure needed to foster the expansion of school-based mentoring in a
sustainable way; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe4a8b43c4e0c495cb01d03572e0b3b57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>refining best
practices, match activities, and a range of mentoring models to lead to the
best possible outcomes for children; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa55c62f20bc341f0bb17256d9690333f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>through grant or
contract with high-quality, independent research entities conduct research on
the priorities identified in paragraph (1), and ensure that all research
results and findings are widely disseminated to grantees assisted under this
subpart and to the larger mentoring community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDc8268444ad374cfe90723acd06c7b24a"><enum>4224.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID14c0db21d53346c496cee1085ac4a839"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subpart such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2013.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51d12899c2d9436bbef808d2c3f08f0e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may reserve not more than 8
percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart for each fiscal
year for the costs of technical assistance and research under subsections (b)
and (c) of section
4223.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><enum>V</enum><header>PROMOTING
INFORMED PARENTAL CHOICE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS</header>
<part id="idA9C0C90844144E5D95FEFAA8EC20B5FC"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>Innovative programs </header>
<section id="id9FC4D388C6D14524AF0AA3851BAAC154"><enum>5101.</enum><header>State uses of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5121 (20 U.S.C.
7213) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2C481EBD55664184A6F8EC6AD067245E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6AA12059FB0E426FB46498001A4B8A86"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph
(7).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id8DDDDFE3AF5242C9B8A6734F40A9C07F"><enum>5102.</enum><header>State
applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
5122(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 7213a(a)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>Provision
of</quote> and inserting <quote>An assurance that the State educational agency
will provide for</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idAEF1A5C50EC24847AC2C853AD08CAD82"><enum>5103.</enum><header>Local uses of
funds</header>
<subsection id="id140A653120874AD08801BC4F2EFBF6C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Local uses of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5131 (20 U.S.C.
7215) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE313809F90524E779F2086E43DD43083"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD40A8F6EA1B145D7AAF5D2FBDB8DF46A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>to reduce class size, especially in the early
grades,</quote> and inserting <quote>, including to reduce class size,
especially in the early grades, performance- or merit-based pay systems and
strategies that provide differential and bonus pay for teachers in high-need
academic subjects such as reading, mathematics, and science and teachers in
high-poverty schools and local educational agencies,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCF52DD930B0745BCAEB376A3666D7345"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (19) and (26);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id470AA6E769F74317847A8B947685D4E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), and (27), as paragraphs (19),
(20), (21), (22), (23), (24), and (25), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id758BB410EF6B4FFD9CBF27BC49208E6A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(25), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>1116(e)</quote>
and inserting <quote>1116(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB9F164C6585943C0829754199D6B2DFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id693C8490BF1A4DDCA59C00E6F31F0C9C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local
applications</header><text>Section 5133(b) (20 U.S.C. 7215b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7BCB941E7A8D4EA886EA83924693B8D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2356725849AA4B0584DE5210EE234CFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEED3B90B34D147EFBAE0CACB1C274196"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Provision</quote> and inserting <quote>An assurance that</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB3B20E11F8764FB3B5B6596CEB0F8A9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for systematic</quote> and inserting <quote>systematic</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id456FB3907ACB49A4A98D055E2A74B2F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>will occur</quote> before <quote>with parents</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id94186220DE6243ACAF53DC74CFD454C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>5131(a)(23)</quote> and inserting
<quote>5131(a)(22)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idDC15E11D0B524D3CAB4F16FF677A2ACF"><enum>5104.</enum><header>Participation
of children enrolled in private schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5142(i) (20 U.S.C. 7217a(i)) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17FD9C98703246E5B50F1A09776423E1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idA7800E7D6BD7461D9786CBA6B06CC14D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prior
determination</header><text>Any bypass determination in effect under this part
on the day preceding the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of
2007 shall, to the extent consistent with the purposes of this part, apply to
programs under this
part.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id1A979748F50345B7852B1640DD47C6EF"><enum>5105.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5145 (20 U.S.C. 7217d) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFB06A5F6B2A245D49E175DDFB913FDC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id85E5C624D34142E18F99A1B775B66533"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id24F895F30E744CC980619A813667337A"><enum>5106.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5146
(20 U.S.C. 7217e) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EDEAC61604B4592AE5BCF6911307CAE" style="OLC">
<section id="id27B07940EEFA4EE798EB62BC401CEB2F"><enum>5146.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $450,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="id1C3934DF167944EFA37FD7D659076088"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Public Charter Schools </header>
<section id="idBD0C07F8E3104B88AA7F9DB781D6D02D"><enum>5201.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5202(e)(1)
(20 U.S.C. 7221a(e)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2002 or
any succeeding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idAD6526F1EFE44FE7B11B7EA1D00D54B3"><enum>5202.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for charter school programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5211(a) (20 U.S.C. 7221j(a)) is
amended by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id9D53C97D0B8C482CA95B5B3AD41FAD6C"><enum>5203.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for credit enhancement initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5231 (20 U.S.C. 7223j) is amended by
striking <quote>2002</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting <quote>2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idD32AE0297EA141359E3D3568CFE4ABCF"><enum>5204.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for voluntary public school choice programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5248 (20 U.S.C. 7225g) is amended by
striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part id="id99DD5F657FB347CF866EEEF7FBC0D061"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Magnet Schools Assistance </header>
<section id="id0BC45DB68032419783E99A1D247DC3C6"><enum>5301.</enum><header>Findings and
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5301 (20
U.S.C. 7231) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAB1D6250D5EA43EF88D748BD56C58B67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(4)(B), by inserting <quote>, including greater participation of minority
students and young women in mathematics and science and greater participation
of all students in critical foreign languages</quote> after
<quote>backgrounds</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe949ca6ba2664b66a343f57cf429dff4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3F34C73C06AD4981B6B28F67F417A4C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>, while ensuring that all students enrolled in magnet
school programs have equitable access to a high quality education</quote> after
<quote>achievement standards</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A97E58F048749578E0C77588A0DD35C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<clause id="id8C0F77C4B7C94BD495FE8F9543EDAA58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5A1E41083D214950B22A86BB6C06516A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>that will enable students to succeed academically and make a
successful transition into postsecondary education or productive employment in
a global economy</quote> after <quote>such schools</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EEC2E130B744CDB97F03F5505FC3808"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B69A0E9212B426788A3C04DB5F64BFA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id3D2ABE94EB274524A080B7AC32437211"><enum>5302.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5302 (20 U.S.C.7231a) is amended by
inserting <quote>and ethnic</quote> after <quote>racial</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idBEC04954A5764A26B065E80EAE2795C2"><enum>5303.</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5309(c) (20 U.S.C.7231h(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Secretary shall give
full consideration to any application that requests not more than $4,000,000
for each year of the 3-year grant period.</quote></text>
</section><section id="idF495DB5408FC49CD80761E282818A6E5"><enum>5304.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5311
(20 U.S.C. 7231j) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id87F2060D9B524BFDA87E2EF931BAFC16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6B0E46494EE642078488D31670A26BA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id860E53A9EF794E6291F0860D77622423" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id894F322A99FE468AA63D6D5DDBAE4E06"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
mathematics and science magnet school programs</header><text>In any fiscal year
for which the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) exceeds the amount
appropriated for fiscal year 2007, the Secretary shall expend not less than 50
percent of such excess amount as grants only to local educational agencies or
consortia of such agencies proposing new or expanded magnet school programs in
mathematics and science, including such programs in computer sciences, medical
sciences, and
pre-engineering.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="idC9E9CA696DCF4F8483E0E4C89E11F432"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Fund for the improvement of education</header>
<section id="id65FCA4BE2EAC4D7DB2A4863C30EB3A59"><enum>5401.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5401
(20 U.S.C. 7241) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC63B37C1C6154F8E8514AE3F857BDB07" style="OLC">
<section id="id5F4A4F5ECF1546939EBA61F49F9B2B54"><enum>5401.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $675,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idC068FCE7CA3241CA8C481670A0C043FE"><enum>5402.</enum><header>Programs
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5411(b) (20
U.S.C. 7243(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id06CAA148CCFF4BE9AA47657685BD3697"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and (7);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEAB8E6328B824CB695624711610BC4FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idB5D3DEE30914470F89E7A4991C287876"><enum>5403.</enum><header>Studies of
national significance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart
1 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7243 et seq.) is amended by striking section
5414.</text>
</section><section id="id4CA516E8AA2C427D91522DFF74351512"><enum>5404.</enum><header>Counseling
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5421 (20
U.S.C. 7245) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB7D1B0E730484EB3BEA0E8E8DD64E2F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c)(K) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98F7424675C04BD8809572E167C8E32F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idA289A4F0C7774F6CAD9517EBD87BF150"><enum>(K)</enum><text>ensure a team
approach to school counseling in the schools served by the local educational
agency by working toward a ratio recommended by the American Counseling
Association of 1 school counselor to 250 students, and ratios recommended by
the American School Health Association of 1 school social worker to 800
students, and 1 school psychologist to 1,000 students;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id14AF72B5BC074ECAA51E59D314894893"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id23686B72D3AE4A87ADD6357479D24EA3"><enum>5405.</enum><header>Partnerships
in character education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
5431(i) (20 U.S.C. 7247(i)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6AC4879766F142CFABC3AA082DB433E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Permissive</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9589345921F0433AA7BB882487987AA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>may require</quote> and inserting <quote>shall
require</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB0A6AF871814421FA9605137790C7CA0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id3A2590FB7E18489DAF1B19166C842D28"><enum>5406.</enum><header>Programs to
be struck</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title V
(20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBC09D5844D504E9593C4D2A08E10A961"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subparts 4, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id773E60EE2E5B4843B9311A76B1E83477"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparts 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 16, as subparts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, and 13, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id101B59E5641C43F8810423DE6C0B084A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 5451, 5461, 5462, 5463, 5464, 5465, 5466, 5471, 5472, 5473, 5474,
5475, 5476, 5477, 5481, 5482, 5483, 5484, 5485, 5491, 5492, 5493, 5494, 5501,
5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5506, 5507, 5531, 5532, 5533, 5534, 5535, 5536, 5537,
5541, 5542, 5551, 5561, 5562, 5563, 5564, 5565, 5566, as sections 5441, 5451,
5452, 5453, 5454, 5455, 5456, 5461, 5462, 5463, 5464, 5465, 5466, 5467, 5471,
5472, 5473, 5474, 5475, 5481, 5482, 5483, 5484, 5491, 5492, 5493, 5494, 5495,
5496, 5497, 5501, 5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5506, 5507, 5511, 5512, 5521, 5531,
5532, 5533, 5534, 5535, and 5536, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id3F40248A2C114F46BFB5396EA086578B"><enum>5407.</enum><header>Gifted and
talented students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 5 of
part D of title V (as redesignated by section 5406) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8C6AAB4CC0F54BC99935291C712A0985"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 5451
(as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBFB39CEB914342EA8821B10D80BFE039"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 5454
(as redesignated by section 5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3555E593FD5748BE80F3DA5578683F23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3118BBEA52AD4B58B96469830CA5883A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC5494C88D6E54BCA9F6FD27986B06BB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (B))—</text>
<clause id="idB5CD5F01439B41DDBD0D0F2D488FD77B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Office of Educational Research and Improvement</quote> and
inserting <quote>Institute of Education Sciences</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD83DE348FA3E4F00A2B648E1440DC9A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>such Office</quote> both places such terms appear and inserting
<quote>such Institute</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD712BAF6AABC4167935E9D8B67D4270E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 5455
(as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>5464(a)(2)</quote> and
inserting <quote>5454(a)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC5FBC3F853664A849D51C72111AE8DE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 5456
(as redesignated by section 5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4953972E6D524935BF4EF2747B3D0114"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3), by striking <quote>No Child Left Behind Act of 2001</quote> and
inserting <quote>No Child Left Behind Act of 2007</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02045FA249B1408EA31985BD918B5AAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<clause id="idEBDC2054C089481E894E981A620B8711"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5C2574B931F548D7BB32D1011BC17910"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause id="idFD5E3F84DD27446486E4EAA35604462E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement</quote> and
inserting <quote>Director of the Institute of Education Sciences</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF8CDBEA0B1784EA5AC023C9173EB6D47"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idF64E1B3116C14ABBA8F40734110E4CDF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id7E1103E03B0447668139243E91221AC4"><enum>5408.</enum><header>Star schools
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 6 of part D of
title V (as redesignated by section 5406) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF109EED1B5A84D8F866C1954A20250F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
5462(1) (as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>vocational</quote>
and inserting <quote>career and technical</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id754ADB4D16084E2483948A68FDB5AB51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
5463(c)(2) (as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>5474</quote>
and inserting <quote>5464</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id33EB0124330149E3929A1F1962380E21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 5464
(as redesignated by section 5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5A536B1D6BB84F25B14131EEE36776DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>5473</quote> and inserting <quote>5463</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DCF9494493040F58D4C06BB95ED3B07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(12)(G), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career
and technical</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC776CC4FD9F042C9B024FA43796CD113"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>5473</quote> and inserting <quote>5463</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD21998E300C4485A862360431663E993"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
5463(a) (as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>, in conjunction
with the Office of Educational Technology,</quote> after <quote>The
Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB998EC80CFEF49BD964C1C5B706057A8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section
5465(a)(1) (as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>, in
conjunction with the Office of Educational Technology,</quote> after <quote>The
Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idC062D50454434EAA85EB9CA1BFE8B384"><enum>5409.</enum><header>Ready to
teach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 7 of part D of
title V (as redesignated by section 5406) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9DFF5B7F07A44153B63AD4A175804BD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 5471(b) (as redesignated by
section 5406) by striking <quote>section 5484</quote> and inserting
<quote>5474</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id87BE904D9291494481ECB7E074D225F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 5472 (as redesignated by section
5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC471109D51154F36A683926928AD8789"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="id4D71726968284105854EDFA338E8D257"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>5481(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>5471(a)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id66FACC67D310456FBAF7E5889C81BC9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>5481(a)</quote> and inserting
<quote>5471(a)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF4BFA5BE18547B292F84AFDC0647821"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>5481(b)</quote> and inserting
<quote>5471(b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4AB4C3DCA5B145229FCAE74363A263AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 5473
(as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>5481(a)</quote> and
inserting <quote>5471(a)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id15806324C16D4AFEAC666F1F7ED130B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 5474
(as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>5481(b)</quote> each place
such term appears and inserting <quote>5471(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id8781FA835666490BAF866FF18BDB50A4"><enum>5410.</enum><header>Foreign
language assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5484 (as redesignated by section
5406) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="id167189070240439A87F3031DA35CBD6A"><enum>5411.</enum><header>Physical
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5496(c) (as
redesignated by section 5406) is amended by striking <quote>2003</quote> and
inserting <quote>2009</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id5EF13CDD98FB4998A7417736DE6BEE1C"><enum>5412.</enum><header>Excellence in
economic education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 10
of part D of title V (as redesignated by section 5406) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idEB35AAF3758E4C5DBA240464CEAA0621"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
5505(b) (as redesignated by section 5406) by striking
<quote>5533(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>5503(b)(2)(A)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2C03F5A44EEA460FB482EE08828A22E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 5506
(as redesignated by section 5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6A95B03EDD744CDA8A3A50B9CCC06BF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>5533(b)(2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>5503(b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2FBE12A1570D4A899F2680B99FC45608"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>Not later</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>thereafter,</quote> and inserting <quote>Every 2 years</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8AADFAF53A5C4E299D159B35EB9D012A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 5507
(as redesignated by section 5406) by striking <quote>5532(a)</quote> and
inserting <quote>5502(a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1849A841D7FC4DB88120014FA795B2E7"><enum>5413.</enum><header>Arts in
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5521(d)(8)
(as redesignated by section 5406) is amended by striking <quote>Very Special
Arts</quote> and inserting <quote>VSA arts (formerly Very Special
Arts)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id7B7CA2EA24B1409C94ADB91322F4611F"><enum>5414.</enum><header>Parental
assistance and local family information centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 13 of part D of title V (as
redesignated by section 5406) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6202926B743244E492BD81BA119FF8AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subpart heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subpart" style="OLC">Parental Assistance and
Local Family Information Centers</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subpart" style="OLC">Parental Information and
Resource Centers</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id11B21DD7831840F398700FEA9ED99ED3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 5533(b) (as redesignated by
section 5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4D23364FEAF5441B8968E7D940ED799F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (14);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD70ED81ECB5749BC9FAF96A7B6F4B25E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (12) and (13) as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9FE5E93365D34F5A8B522891A53EF68C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(14), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote>
after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF90BF7BB8E674578B473670C92C9DED6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(15), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and
inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E41B1E69C5248159C11AD7CFF39A619"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (11) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE8036F4128C465D8087E30D0B9770D8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id47747646434F43A18BD98C471851B35D"><enum>(12)</enum><text>provide
information and assistance to parents regarding State and local high school
graduation requirements, college entrance requirements, and Federal and State
financial assistance for postsecondary education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC8784986173E4F9CA986B77FB9F0DFAF"><enum>(13)</enum><text>provide
information and assistance to parents regarding options for public school
choice and supplemental educational services for students enrolled in schools
identified for school improvement and restructuring under section
1116;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5F260946482C41EF8601287FF93F4A95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
5534(b) (as redesignated by section 5406)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA586C8E5EECC478191033A621DF3C1C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCBBC66A788CC424C834BA34738283E20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB39C1D5E54E749EAB7245B0644B09074" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id414677F862614979A0FA501FF92F5B13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing
information about State and local high school graduation requirements, college
entrance requirements, and Federal and State financial assistance for
postsecondary education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3F11C82A4B174229A464D273E7FAD964"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Providing
information about options for public school choice and supplemental educational
services for students enrolled in schools identified for school improvement and
restructuring under section 1116;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA246FCCEA8934EECA6092B5A78982C20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
section 5535(f) (as redesignated by section 5406); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FEAFAAE6C9B434E8F967729F1C98DA5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
section 5536 (as redesignated by section 5406).</text>
</paragraph></section></part><enum>VI</enum><header>Flexibility and
accountability</header>
<part id="id273E8359889A4A19BF88AABC7CA9985B"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>Improving academic achievement</header>
<section id="id5FF132F4C24945A8965F828216340C0B"><enum>6101.</enum><header>Grants for
State assessments and related activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6111 (20 U.S.C. 7301) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB84A152CC7E42C09B5CB082D1F30992" style="OLC">
<section id="id8AC01925B3C54E9598ECD08075E36009"><enum>6111.</enum><header>Grants for
State assessments and related activities</header>
<subsection id="ID9d3b6b643d644cdab1e95559cfc8db0c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants to States to enable
the States—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd9f1776c2bff47e8b0aa279781d1c065"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop and
improve State assessments and standards required under section 1111(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID591cc2a4c85c48d6a39b9f0d5c468715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to develop and
improve State alternate assessments and alternate and modified academic
achievement standards for students with disabilities required by or allowed
under section 1111(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID416ce38f4ed64961aed7db527ec128ec"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to expand the
range of assessment accommodations available to students with limited English
proficiency and students with disabilities to improve the rates of inclusion of
such students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0e7297d40f484beab2546db943b8a1a4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to develop and
improve State standards and assessments of English language proficiency as
required under section 1111(b)(7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID832c1d444583473a8859b242bb1714c9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if a State has
developed the assessments and standards required under section 1111(b),
including assessments of English language proficiency as required under section
1111(b)(7), to administer such assessments or to carry out other activities
described in this subpart to ensure that the State's schools and local
educational agencies are held accountable for improved student academic
achievement, such as the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbbb2c37c5b1f4657951acb14621877e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Developing
challenging academic content standards and challenging student academic
achievement standards and aligned assessments in academic subjects for which
standards and assessments are not required under section 1111(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94d2d011e29246dba0c50331c1caf4a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Ensuring the
continued validity and reliability of State assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd32fc30c19954f938c471b125cc3aa80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Refining State
assessments to ensure their continued alignment with the State's academic
content standards and to improve the alignment of curricula and instructional
materials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDafa153bc2b3a41bd8f9318f1c9703397"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Developing
multiple measures to increase the reliability and validity of State assessment
systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4845770e48ba467bbbe6f9b0bdea6137"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Developing
diagnostic and formative assessments aligned to State standards to provide
teachers and administrators with timely and accurate student and
classroom-level information that may be used to inform and improve classroom
instruction and to target academic assistance to students in need.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30903fb85947464aa100b4f3d3697f30"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Carrying out
professional development activities for IEP teams, special education teachers,
and regular classroom teachers on the appropriate use of accommodations,
alternate assessments, and alternate or modified academic achievement standards
for students with disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID15a1e178dac7410fb88e7af53e516b6b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Carrying out
professional development activities for teachers of limited English proficient
students and for regular classroom teachers and administrators on the
appropriate use of accommodations for limited English proficient
students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa02ed1cfd1a9419b8e5b9ba96b60172d"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Carrying out
professional development activities for teachers and administrators concerning
the interpretation and analysis of assessment results in order to use such
results to improve classroom instruction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e2a42b0d561438a9a41f418c5647702"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Developing and
improving State longitudinal data systems that incorporate and link student
records of achievement, high school graduation data, and teacher and classroom
level data.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc20fd89b4c0d46cbb9eb944e4fcca6d2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Improving the
dissemination of information on student achievement and school performance to
parents and the community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID13d4fa3b3c94491ba4c8553bbdc980d6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voluntary State
partnerships</header><text>In carrying out the activities under subsection (a),
a State may use funds authorized under subsection (a) to work in a voluntary
partnership or consortium with another State, at the sole discretion of each
such State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8586b193e29542ac81c30491d7c85920"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate or direct
any federally sponsored national academic standards or academic assessments,
unless specifically and explicitly authorized by
law.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID012e906e9ab34f638958857ae90b73e7"><enum>6102.</enum><header>Grants for
enhanced assessments for students with disabilities and limited English
proficient students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
6112 (20 U.S.C. 7301a) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00F2585D887744F3AB1968DE68504F95" style="OLC">
<section id="id50CC43B04B9E4026817A17FBD5AF9C4E"><enum>6112.</enum><header>Grants for
enhanced assessments for students with disabilities and limited english
proficient students</header>
<subsection id="ID5fcb175f80a74e078f0cc192d2d34a99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant program
authorized</header><text>From funds made available to carry out this subpart,
the Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, grants to State educational
agencies that have submitted an application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb6fb36e28fe54e56a8c8e157055524fc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enable States
(or consortia of States) to collaborate with institutions of higher education,
other research institutions, or other organizations to improve the quality,
validity, and reliability of State academic assessments for students with
disabilities, including alternate assessments based on alternate student
academic achievement standards, alternate assessments aligned with modified
student academic achievement standards, and testing accommodations for students
with disabilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID11aad12337334807b04cccab43201e81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enable States
(or consortia of States) to collaborate with institutions of higher education,
other research institutions, or other organizations to improve the quality,
validity, and reliability of State academic assessments for students with
limited English proficiency, including alternative assessments aligned with
State student academic achievement standards, testing accommodations for
students with limited English proficiency, and assessments of English language
proficiency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3f41150400f84b6a92cbacf6cf4e69b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
State wishing to apply for funds under this section shall submit an application
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8b70a1af2f9f41b4a9c2ae81a4d8a53e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this
section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary describing its
activities, and the result of those activities, under the
grant.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDf2f0e00a452a41a88d0ec384cb2ac271"><enum>6103.</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6113 (20 U.S.C. 7301b) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E2349C2667544FBA8D5FD3ED69D93F8" style="OLC">
<section id="id9AD3EDFA48D349E0B140A02455597B52"><enum>6113.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="ID265be76b91d84140ab05ac0a9c36c38a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID298987c5d6c043ce97dbfb9bf3474c50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
assessments</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out section 6111, there
are authorized to be appropriated $460,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID09a3747c235c4f49a17868140e9f99bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enhanced
assessments</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out section 6112, there
are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8b3b2564857a4c6aa94b53744b2b5300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment of
appropriated funds</header><text>From amounts made available for each fiscal
year under subsection (a)(1) that are equal to or less than the amount
described in section 1111(b)(3)(F), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID920ed54aa89e446787afe5035e615f7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reserve
<fraction>1/2</fraction> of 1 percent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc9b0c2756a9b45b89a1296f3dcd768c8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reserve
<fraction>1/2</fraction> of 1 percent for the outlying areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3470cfe771514d839392d41c796a2f19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>from the
remainder, allocate to each State an amount equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4c2ba83fc4504216a653cbd41bc6929c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$3,000,000;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa61fee0aa65e430eb837483167b0ff8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
any amounts remaining after the allocation is made under subparagraph (A), an
amount that bears the same relationship to such total remaining amounts as the
number of students ages 5 through 17 in the State (as determined by the
Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data) bears to the total
number of such students in all States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDed87e3eb7deb4c2083510750dc568677"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>State</term> means each
of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idEDDDE472679448BE9FFD7A5D1AD7E670"><enum>6104.</enum><header>Performance
review and penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
6143(a) (20 U.S.C. 7315b(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD56D7456C564E369EFAACECA5B4F444" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID2fc6564369ec47969a6f807c44ffdb15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Progress
report</header><text>After the end of the second year of the grant of
flexibility authority, a State educational agency receiving a grant of
flexibility authority under this chapter shall submit a progress report to the
Secretary, including evidence of increased academic achievement of all
students, especially disadvantaged students, and evidence of narrowing of
achievement gaps between the lowest and highest achieving groups of
students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID19cd1f67ecb1437284628a75cc588443"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Peer
review</header><text>The progress report described in paragraph (1) shall be
reviewed by the peer review panel convened under section 6141(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd149434ed3db4409931688d579932321"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consequences of
insufficient progress</header><text>After submission of the progress report
described in paragraph (1), if the Secretary determines that the State
educational agency is not making significant progress in meeting the purposes
of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate a grant of flexibility authority
for a State if there is evidence that the State educational agency involved has
failed to comply with the terms of the grant of
authority.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idC0BFF8ACD12A441DB76A06671486927C"><enum>6105.</enum><header>Local
flexibility demonstration agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6151 (20 U.S.C. 7321) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA0A459C4968455A8B2498C4D1247FA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id19310E7974824EF9A96C798255D7B4DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD9C75C30032F4DAFA7617F02C1336DB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>that does not have a grant of flexibility authority
under chapter A</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7AF9F0C1F3E44F199E082761A0101A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idE16609A4A6474350BBE45857E84A364A"><enum>6106.</enum><header>Performance
review and penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
6154(a) (20 U.S.C. 7321c(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id708F94A49B134FA780484463936214CB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE5CE763D331942C4BD5EAEE742ED1952"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Progress
report</header><text>After the end of the second year of the term of a local
flexibility demonstration agreement, a local educational agency receiving an
agreement under this chapter shall submit a progress report to the Secretary,
including evidence of increased academic achievement of all students,
especially disadvantaged students, and evidence of narrowing of achievement
gaps between the lowest and highest achieving groups of students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4fb3008e71b41dc85df9f594bbed9e1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Peer
review</header><text>The progress report described in paragraph (1) shall be
reviewed by the peer review panel convened under section 6151(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0d0e527661e449aca2440367f4ac2d30"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consequences of
insufficient progress</header><text>After submission of the progress report
described in paragraph (1), if the Secretary determines that the local
educational agency is not making significant progress in meeting the purposes
of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate the local flexibility
demonstration agreement for a local educational agency if there is evidence
that the local educational agency involved has failed to comply with the terms
of the
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idA70EC16C0CDE4665BD1BEACF6AEDE405"><enum>6107.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6156(a) (20 U.S.C. 7321e(a)) is
amended by striking <quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting
<quote>Labor</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id08E268471FAC46CA85012140D14E270C"><enum>6108.</enum><header>Education
flexibility partnership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 4 of part A of title VI (20 U.S.C.
7325 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB08E457314B64717903EF2A0BA7D1C28" style="OLC">
<subpart id="idB12D9E9B8B55428AA6CDF3BFBAA94A29"><enum>4<?LEXA-Enum 4?></enum><header>Education flexibility partnership</header>
<section id="id7B76460BDC2040299BBB83EF0AE3E118"><enum>6161.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subpart may be
cited as the <quote>Education Flexibility Partnership Act of
1999</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idF397B36D5CB843D39AC81BAE0D138512"><enum>6162.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subpart is to ensure
that all students meet State proficient levels of academic achievement by
focusing on results in raising student achievement, not process, by granting
waivers of certain statutory and regulatory requirements to remove impediments
for local educational agencies in implementing educational reforms and raising
the achievement levels of all children.</text>
</section><section id="id5751E17299EE4FA3A17410BC75A32DC3"><enum>6163.</enum><header>Education
flexibility partnership</header>
<subsection id="idD2CBA06133EA4E888EC5190177CC39EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Educational
flexibility program</header>
<paragraph id="id6818522F01F7414998FF50FF75E4F645"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<subparagraph id="id88B193836DB2425EBE803D8F01E349AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out an educational flexibility
program under which the Secretary authorizes a State educational agency that
serves an eligible State to waive statutory or regulatory requirements
applicable to 1 or more programs described in subsection (b), other than
requirements described in subsection (c), for any local educational agency or
school within the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID50997e8e19274c20a39679d666d45279"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Each
eligible State participating in the program described in subparagraph (A) shall
be known as an <quote>Ed-Flex Partnership State</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd95edc78cf645fa9c50c1a81a85d693"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
state</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible State</term> means
a State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6601b54e33b34a0cb803a357858de096"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has met the
requirements for developing and implementing a State system of challenging
academic standards and assessments and a single, statewide State accountability
system for ensuring that all local educational agencies, public elementary
schools, and public secondary schools make adequate yearly progress as required
under section 1111;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5f05731a6f84993b3a6622c407d14b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>holds local
educational agencies and schools accountable for meeting the educational goals
described in the local applications submitted under paragraph (4) and for
engaging in technical assistance, school and local educational agency
improvement consistent with section 1116, for the local educational agencies
and schools that do not make adequate yearly progress as described in section
1111(b)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99ddcac9025b452b87e056f283380c91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>waives State
statutory or regulatory requirements relating to education while holding local
educational agencies or schools within the State that are affected by such
waivers accountable for the academic achievement of the students who are
affected by such waivers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5aece6a62389435fa1dad5af681c44bc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
application</header>
<subparagraph id="IDc68c928f967a450eb1f99a5f18ed4e1b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State educational agency desiring to participate in
the educational flexibility program under this section shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application
shall demonstrate that the eligible State has adopted an educational
flexibility plan for the State that includes—</text>
<clause id="IDe2ca6b6696eb417faa230b43681da052"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the process the State educational agency will use to evaluate
applications from local educational agencies or schools requesting waivers
of—</text>
<subclause id="ID93621b787abb45f98c63a8833ffc728a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Federal statutory
or regulatory requirements as described in paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb230cb814c7f483a9b2236bd2197ee70"><enum>(II)</enum><text>State statutory
or regulatory requirements relating to education;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDf20d1265c9214e0bb6d27c3d8b8a2eff"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a detailed
description of the State statutory and regulatory requirements relating to
education that the State educational agency will waive;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd11a33c2a3274b029da3147af722f532"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description
of clear educational objectives the State intends to meet under the educational
flexibility plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID74b484a9b9504598b60d90ebdfb9642d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a description of
how the educational flexibility plan is consistent with and will assist in
implementing the State system of challenging academic standards and assessments
and a single, statewide State accountability system for ensuring that all local
educational agencies, public elementary schools, and public secondary schools
make adequate yearly progress as required under section 1111;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa1067eb411384d85aab5124d40915a9a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a
description of how the State educational agency will evaluate (consistent with
the requirements of title I) the performance of students in the schools and
local educational agencies affected by the waivers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd1ed8831a2094387b50fbac071b2bb7a"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a description of
how the State educational agency will meet the requirements of paragraph
(8).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID01bbfb69638c48caa9a43d28786c2561"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval and
considerations</header><text>The Secretary may approve an application described
in subparagraph (A) only if the Secretary determines that such application
demonstrates substantial promise of assisting the State educational agency and
affected local educational agencies and schools within the State in carrying
out comprehensive educational reform, after considering—</text>
<clause id="ID9ca1fcf5ec1443e3a22c4046bd9c57f3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the eligibility
of the State as described in paragraph (2);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID32fc16db422149ad9f4328312697f5f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
comprehensiveness and quality of the educational flexibility plan described in
subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID931068950260495e8fde2b6157db8c3c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ability of
the educational flexibility plan to ensure accountability for the activities
and goals described in such plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcd2fcbaa6fdf4003938ecbfe9fd6f419"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the degree to
which the State's objectives described in subparagraph (A)(iii)—</text>
<subclause id="IDd92aa2bf9207449da29f85a2a1cb34e9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are clear and
have the ability to be assessed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID88b287b26b9e481a9ee94d0fc78b67f0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>take into
account the performance of local educational agencies or schools, and students,
particularly those affected by waivers;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDcaf7393f489645769a77a090f357290f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the significance
of the State statutory or regulatory requirements relating to education that
will be waived; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd02de4e14049440cb483edc023ce8888"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the quality of
the State educational agency's process for approving applications for waivers
of Federal statutory or regulatory requirements as described in paragraph
(1)(A) and for monitoring and evaluating the results of such waivers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID61b9b4cfa04f477da89bb2517d5282a3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Local
applications</header>
<subparagraph id="ID34c58d63717442e88f13eb42cedaa17d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency or school requesting a
waiver of a Federal statutory or regulatory requirement as described in
paragraph (1)(A) and any relevant State statutory or regulatory requirement
from a State educational agency shall submit an application to the State
educational agency at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the State educational agency may reasonably require. Each such
application shall—</text>
<clause id="IDbd70b7468deb48f98822f03f601ac709"><enum>(i)</enum><text>indicate each
Federal program affected and each statutory or regulatory requirement that will
be waived;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6673c49b48d94c119aca2058ab5b9af7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe the
purposes and overall expected results of waiving each such requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID326d2434c6aa4fdf85325a291f5cd33d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describe, for
each school year, specific, measurable, educational goals for each local
educational agency or school affected by the proposed waiver, and for the
students served by the local educational agency or school who are affected by
the waiver;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID33968be9653448ef914f719b46dcf946"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>explain why the
waiver will assist the local educational agency or school in reaching such
goals; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2e9870ef81a8434ca63a616db97f2ba0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in the case of an
application from a local educational agency, describe how the local educational
agency will meet the requirements of paragraph (8).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDee56f6b774bf4cc78bedf9c313327502"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation of
applications</header><text>A State educational agency shall evaluate an
application submitted under subparagraph (A) in accordance with the State's
educational flexibility plan described in paragraph (3)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID358058edb5124579a4a7501567452b75"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>A
State educational agency shall not approve an application for a waiver under
this paragraph unless—</text>
<clause id="IDd7fe745020704d288dad303f0beea2b2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the local
educational agency or school requesting such waiver has developed a local
reform plan that is applicable to such agency or school, respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa7b193e8a876469a9457bbf5a94d0e2d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the waiver of
Federal statutory or regulatory requirements as described in paragraph (1)(A)
will assist the local educational agency or school in reaching its educational
goals, particularly goals with respect to school and student performance;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa50f0f3d9cab4959a59f66ada4f5c800"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the State
educational agency is satisfied that the underlying purposes of the statutory
requirements of each program for which a waiver is granted will continue to be
met.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbdda572b54274bffbb26d83bfd874beb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
State educational agency shall annually review the performance of any local
educational agency or school granted a waiver of Federal statutory or
regulatory requirements as described in paragraph (1)(A) in accordance with the
evaluation requirement described in paragraph (3)(A)(v), and shall terminate
any waiver granted to the local educational agency or school if the State
educational agency determines, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing,
that the local educational agency or school's performance with respect to
meeting the accountability requirement described in paragraph (2)(C) and the
goals described in paragraph (4)(A)(iii)—</text>
<clause id="ID9f9f6793b22740e99435ec9380411b17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has been
inadequate to justify continuation of such waiver; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID521aa059deca4589aa60631ceacc92de"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has decreased
for 2 consecutive years, unless the State educational agency determines that
the decrease in performance was justified due to exceptional or uncontrollable
circumstances.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0998e7e5aa44946a93701045ab785d0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Oversight and
reporting</header>
<subparagraph id="ID14b5e6bb00994f8a80b1aab92aec5c80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>Each
State educational agency participating in the educational flexibility program
under this section shall annually monitor the activities of local educational
agencies and schools receiving waivers under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID242ff24585204789b91d659d342a71c3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
reports</header>
<clause id="ID4acf9e88756242f2beb99371ca1f201d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The State educational agency shall submit to the
Secretary an annual report on the results of such oversight and the impact of
the waivers on school and student performance.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9e5a4fb914624a83a1a6f865ef3ee6f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Performance
data</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date a State is designated
an Ed-Flex Partnership State, each such State shall include, as part of the
State's annual report submitted under clause (i), data demonstrating the degree
to which progress has been made toward meeting the State's educational
objectives. The data, when applicable, shall include—</text>
<subclause id="IDd96c79f431504f7d8fa8f0b70cd3abce"><enum>(I)</enum><text>information on
the total number of waivers granted for Federal and State statutory and
regulatory requirements under this section, including the number of waivers
granted for each type of waiver;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID68626e53ed2f4c5bb8b0da41c0fe15cd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>information
describing the effect of the waivers on the implementation of State and local
educational reforms pertaining to school and student performance; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1f4ad86c85f649488d8112a2bb09c80f"><enum>(III)</enum><text>information
describing the relationship of the waivers to the performance of schools and
students affected by the waivers.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa0930bdd9a7043e29467ed7e903728a0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Secretary's
reports</header><text>The Secretary, not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2007 and annually thereafter,
shall—</text>
<clause id="ID7269fee7b0e04ff986307fc0424a1c12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make each State
report submitted under subparagraph (B) available to Congress and the public;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1bd6e18cec15419a99be7cf5005e0bc4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit to
Congress a report that summarizes the State reports and describes the effects
that the educational flexibility program under this section had on the
implementation of State and local educational reforms and on the performance of
students affected by the waivers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID45fdde9ef4574ffa92fe673ac7dc2024"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Duration of
federal waivers</header>
<subparagraph id="ID61b70dd22cec4a8e8d0720ef54d8d198"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall not approve the application of a
State educational agency under paragraph (3) for a period exceeding 5 years,
except that the Secretary may extend such period if the Secretary determines
that such agency's authority to grant waivers—</text>
<clause id="ID947d8f739453411da9ffb9f37f60b39c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has been
effective in enabling such State or affected local educational agencies or
schools to carry out their State or local reform plans and to continue to meet
the accountability requirement described in paragraph (2)(C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDda042217b5ed4f039c784b2cb42255d9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has improved
student performance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd30f9105ac804f48b25dd888e332da8a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Performance
review</header><text>Three years after the date a State is designated an
Ed-Flex Partnership State, the Secretary shall review the performance of the
State educational agency in granting waivers of Federal statutory or regulatory
requirements as described in paragraph (1)(A) and shall terminate such agency's
authority to grant such waivers if the Secretary determines, after notice and
an opportunity for a hearing, that such agency's performance (including
performance with respect to meeting the objectives described in paragraph
(3)(A)(iii)) has been inadequate to justify continuation of such
authority.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdb61c13004c64e48a0ce95fed1845b2f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>In
deciding whether to extend a request for a State educational agency's authority
to issue waivers under this section, the Secretary shall review the progress of
the State educational agency to determine if the State educational
agency—</text>
<clause id="ID3e8cae4c9f8a49a0854e0aba7e9a9d07"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has made progress
toward achieving the objectives described in the application submitted pursuant
to paragraph (3)(A)(iii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID432f7c403baa49be88404d758ceec2b9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>demonstrates in
the request that local educational agencies or schools affected by the waiver
authority or waivers have made progress toward achieving the desired results
described in the application submitted pursuant to paragraph
(4)(A)(iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID97313b32caf14909ab5e23529c398a86"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Public notice
and comment</header><text>Each State educational agency seeking waiver
authority under this section and each local educational agency seeking a waiver
under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6f5c5f0d750d4870bcbd3b1152d1544e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide the
public with adequate and efficient notice of the proposed waiver authority or
waiver, consisting of a description of the agency's application for the
proposed waiver authority or waiver in a widely read or distributed medium,
including a description of any improved student performance that is expected to
result from the waiver authority or waiver;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa6924e91c699489086607bb66902766f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall provide the
opportunity for parents, educators, and all other interested members of the
community to comment regarding the proposed waiver authority or waiver;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2811d047b14c452ba0dadb489737c8e6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall provide the
opportunity described in subparagraph (B) in accordance with any applicable
State law specifying how the comments may be received, and how the comments may
be reviewed by any member of the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1e398dce6fdc48ff948bfa7b168f1627"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall submit the
comments received with the agency's application to the Secretary or the State
educational agency, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6631d9f4a9a3478686db35e08667d35b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Included
programs</header><text>The statutory or regulatory requirements referred to in
subsection (a)(1)(A) are any such requirements for programs carried out under
the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1c5def8f1fa640fab845a31b3f953727"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The following
provisions of this Act:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3b2773b8f2f24790a4c06f196f5e4b66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Part A of title I
(other than sections 1111 and 1116), and parts C and D of title I.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDee35f0ccf6204da6b578f743c46f46fb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subparts 2 and 3
of part A of title II.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3b602e5741ec42f2b4ac5c0a18c8112b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Subpart 1 of part
D of title II.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe29c7915afb54d16b0bdee2355b505cd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Subpart 1 of part
A of title III.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8996969b97414d96baaaecc4dea2df08"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Subpart 1 of part
A of title IV.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID68a73a13d17745be84558e78680b88ac"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Subpart 1 of part
B of title IV.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID11dda912041e464793fd35c9fabc6636"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Part A of title
V.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf4668b7865aa448f9d4ffd68d396ee92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID22d3356fd85749abaeeffc6ff3d1823f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waivers not
authorized</header><text>The Secretary and the State educational agency may not
waive under subsection (a)(1)(A) any statutory or regulatory
requirement—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0ba8753fd792440eadd269aab9166268"><enum>(1)</enum><text>relating
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8ed7b9fe2e644d4eb8af44ff75ba6775"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintenance of
effort;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e4a2969031c43fc930e8556f81ef304"><enum>(B)</enum><text>comparability of
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2886c0aab7744f99ae8640b12aac45cb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>equitable
participation of students and professional staff in private schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDebba13a2fa8e4c17b3244dd96743cd12"><enum>(D)</enum><text>parental
participation and involvement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05ac1a8fb87a45ac9b10551888df447a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>distribution of
funds to States or to local educational agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8188607d67c74eb2b9df43a6cf0e5cb8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>serving eligible
school attendance areas in rank order under section 1113(a)(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcaef8185b90640ab8f20b7cffc7c5243"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the selection of
a school attendance area or school under subsections (a) and (b) of section
1113, except that a State educational agency may grant a waiver to allow a
school attendance area or school to participate in activities under part A of
title I if the percentage of children from low-income families in the school
attendance area of such school or who attend such school is not less than 10
percentage points below the lowest percentage of such children for any school
attendance area or school of the local educational agency that meets the
requirements of such subsections (a) and (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID15354ae5e0ca49c5bcc1182249d8f5eb"><enum>(H)</enum><text>use of Federal
funds to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID456affaec56d4934b7510a4f549776e4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>applicable civil
rights requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbe37841336aa4f79b13145170287d569"><enum>(2)</enum><text>unless the
underlying purposes of the statutory requirements of the program for which a
waiver is granted continue to be met to the satisfaction of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfc52c1a188614440ba46e6819c177c76"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>A
notice of the Secretary's decision to authorize State educational agencies to
issue waivers under this section, including a description of the rationale the
Secretary used to approve applications under subsection (a)(3)(B), shall be
published in the Federal Register and the Secretary shall provide for the
dissemination of such notice to State educational agencies, interested parties
(including educators, parents, students, and advocacy and civil rights
organizations), and the
public.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id10A32884BEE546CC972311239D2AC033"><enum>6109.</enum><header>Child-centered
programming</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title VI
(20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id062248FEC8D944AEA2731007417F3D31" style="OLC">
<subpart id="id0873E141EE624A21A6D111F814AEF3A1"><enum>5<?LEXA-Enum 5?></enum><header>Child-centered programming</header>
<section id="ID14813620523d41a9a01417bd390efa1f"><enum>6171.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subpart is to create a
<quote>child-centered</quote> program in which—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf641c3c3b79f4342b5194afac45b8ffe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>title I funds
would relocate with eligible students rather than schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63221aa7eaa943318f49c10139f0fe1e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incentive grants
would be available to States and local educational agencies operating
child-centered programs that allow for State and local funds to relocate with
the child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfe744f25e9204d46ae29a6ca14acc3b0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>parents would be
better empowered to effectively address the needs of their children by
expanding public school choice options; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID853bb52f23da4bd5a1e120f78dbb214a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>achievement gaps
between the lowest and highest achieving groups would be narrowed so that no
child is left behind.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID71f95dcf9801433cae78b468cbf7a60a"><enum>6172.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4926dfcb03e745e0a95c20415cb4ba45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
child</header><text>The term <term>eligible child</term> means a child
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1f6d50d79fcc42788934a173ca555f67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is eligible to be
counted under section 1124(c); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95196e60ef9b4e4e918b66ef2b3c8006"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2F6554194257456A85C0BEEE079AA2D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State or
participating local educational agency elects to serve under this subpart;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id25604BD3711B4E95A6F357C7A497A628" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a child eligible to be served
under this part pursuant to section 1115(b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf15a2daff5a24abebb34ab226a33284f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participating
local educational agency</header><text>The term <term>participating local
educational agency</term> means a local educational agency that elects under
section 6173(b) to carry out a child-centered program under this
subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID81d3a5fa83474a92b9e5a204c897d100"><enum>(3)</enum><header>School</header><text>The
term <term>school</term> means a public school, including a public charter
school, that provides elementary or secondary education, as determined under
State law, except that such term does not include any school that provides
education beyond grade 12.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf7656e5a31004d70a1c2e0a3acf71964"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Supplemental
education services</header><text>The term <term>supplemental education
services</term> means educational services intended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID042de813203141b69336c815de8d6a18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to meet the
individual educational needs of eligible children; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab2766691d98451fb1f95a802c2cfb20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enable
eligible children to meet challenging State student academic achievement
standards as described in section 1111(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID55008012dcf944ecbfd606ac63531731"><enum>6173.</enum><header>Child-centered
program funding</header>
<subsection id="ID0cb79ef7749041df9af625dd8cbcae7f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, each State or participating local educational
agency may use the funds made available under subparts 1 and 2 of part A of
title I, and shall use the funds made available under subsection (c), to carry
out a child-centered program under this subpart.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID81acffbea69c46be98a2b57691bd5198"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participating
local educational agency election</header>
<paragraph id="IDecb3122509a14928bfc03298db69e2a5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a State does not carry out a child-centered program
under this subpart or does not have an application approved under section 6175
for a fiscal year, a local educational agency in the State may elect to carry
out a child-centered program under this subpart, and the Secretary shall
provide the funds that the local educational agency (with an application
approved under section 6175) is eligible to receive under subparts 1 and 2 of
part A of title I, and subsection (c), directly to the local educational agency
to enable the local educational agency to carry out the child-centered
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9b2c44b37c944ac0b32536a08e4dc779"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission
approval</header><text>In order to be eligible to carry out a child-centered
program under this subpart, a participating local educational agency shall
obtain from the State approval of the submission, but not the contents, of the
application submitted under section 6175.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID05e46a2146bf49b69e714da144ce5b23"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incentive
grants</header>
<paragraph id="IDc3df0081a6854c8684b8d97f3492ac8f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts appropriated under paragraph (3) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to each State, or participating
local educational agency described in subsection (b), that elects to carry out
a child-centered program under this subpart and has an application approved
under section 6175, to enable the State or participating local educational
agency to carry out the child-centered program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID89a491843ff34376bad50281397bcc52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Each
State or participating local educational agency that elects to carry out a
child-centered program under this subpart and has an application approved under
section 6175 for a fiscal year shall receive a grant in an amount that bears
the same relation to the amount appropriated under paragraph (3) for the fiscal
year as the amount the State or participating local educational agency received
under subparts 1 and 2 of part A of title I for the fiscal year bears to the
amount all States and participating local educational agencies carrying out a
child-centered program under this subpart received under subparts 1 and 2 of
part A of title I for the fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa927e870781a42fda8ff03d68e393a06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subpart $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID021c36f158254356abd294d2dd06a717"><enum>6174.</enum><header>Child-centered
program requirements</header>
<subsection id="ID7708061edb294bf2a4f1b8f767e06924"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>Each
State or participating local educational agency with an application approved
under section 6175 shall use funds made available under subparts 1 and 2 of
part A of title I and subsection (c), to carry out a child-centered program
under which—</text>
<paragraph id="ID32a48f3a51274302bc4e0e008ac10c12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State or
participating local educational agency establishes a per pupil amount based on
the number of eligible children in the State or the school district served by
the participating local educational agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID116f2c8082914874ada9a6925578fdee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State or
participating local educational agency may vary the per pupil amount to take
into account factors that may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9cf75553a39145bd8c7ce3da2289e692"><enum>(A)</enum><text>variations in the
cost of providing supplemental education services in different parts of the
State or the school district served by the participating local educational
agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab55470ad5434c13ad59a00b19c5d3b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of
providing services to pupils with different educational needs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID35e5fa0c0e5a43698712d0ad0fee979b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the desirability
of placing priority on selected grades; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f5b3319928841e09ce391b23341014f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State or the
participating local educational agency makes available, not later than 3 months
after the beginning of the school year, the per pupil amount determined under
paragraphs (1) and (2) to the school in which an eligible child is enrolled,
which per pupil amount shall be used for supplemental education services for
the eligible child that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID174a17b33826489eb43bc7ebbe3072f8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to
subparagraph (B), provided by the school directly or through a contract for the
provision of supplemental education services with any governmental or
nongovernmental agency, school, postsecondary educational institution, or other
entity, including a private organization or business; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7dccc1b805ac411c9eed83148182b9f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if requested by
the parent or legal guardian of an eligible child, purchased from a tutorial
assistance provider or another public school selected by the parent or
guardian.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc59bde3db475487da5e3b9ce7a75e6b9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schoolwide
programs</header>
<paragraph id="ID4961449fab424138a349a27dc2022a8f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a public school in which 50 percent of the
students enrolled in the school are eligible children, the public school may
use funds provided under this subpart, in combination with other Federal,
State, and local funds, to carry out a schoolwide program to upgrade the entire
educational program in the school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd38046cbff3f460490b8306a489352b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>If
a public school elects to use funds provided under this subpart in accordance
with paragraph (1), and does not have a plan approved by the Secretary under
section 1114(b)(2), the public school shall develop and adopt a comprehensive
plan for reforming the entire educational program of the public school
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf69a548f79f849648204d3853ff77b06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporates—</text>
<clause id="ID5eb2719cc76a4398a1e16103e72fb4d9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>strategies for
improving achievement for all children to meet challenging State student
academic achievement standards as described in section 1111(b);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID118b573802ea41eebd7228913cf1af18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>instruction by
highly qualified staff;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID12a4c0099f594701b094b7c4afef1f0e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>professional
development for teachers in content areas in which the teachers provide
instruction and, where appropriate, professional development for pupil services
personnel, parents, and principals, and other staff to enable all children in
the school to meet the challenging State student academic achievement standards
as described in section 1111(b); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID709d93b330f8478186042784778e93d6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>activities to
ensure that eligible children who experience difficulty mastering any of the
standards described in section 1111(b) during the course of the school year
shall be provided with effective, timely additional assistance;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID620f441bdfcb42a5b8d579149f1b642e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
school's use of funds provided under this subpart and from other sources to
implement the activities described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4122507a61264d19a831a7ad578d1a14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes a list
of State and local educational agency programs and other Federal programs that
will be included in the schoolwide program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb20400afeaed4118874fc48e6c089388"><enum>(D)</enum><text>describes how the
school will provide individual student assessment results, including an
interpretation of those results, to the parents of an eligible child who
participates in the assessment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDccee9fe45ebb47cfbe4e9059584ee73a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>describes how and
where the school will obtain technical assistance services and a description of
such services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5c9899a5635947f795a186ef47916e06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>In the case of a public school operating a schoolwide
program under this subsection, the Secretary may, through publication of a
notice in the Federal Register, exempt child-centered programs under this
section from statutory or regulatory requirements of any other noncompetitive
formula grant program administered by the Secretary, or any discretionary grant
program administered by the Secretary (other than formula or discretionary
grant programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), to
support the schoolwide program, if the intent and purposes of such other
noncompetitive or discretionary programs are met.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa930078f58134178b91d5f78446bae2d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Open
enrollment</header>
<paragraph id="ID618d69a433884d0c8e4d54e924b07b20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to be eligible to carry out a child-centered
program under this subpart, a State or participating local educational agency
shall operate a statewide or school district wide, respectively, open
enrollment program that permits parents to enroll their child in any public
school in the State or school district, respectively, if space is available in
the public school and the child meets the qualifications for attendance at the
public school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf02956a849e946d791e0359bfcd626a2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive paragraph (1) for a State or participating local
educational agency if the State or agency, respectively, demonstrates that
parents served by the State or agency, respectively—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3407f429408c4b5fb8005e1ca004ae9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have sufficient
options to enroll their child in multiple public schools; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4f92a48c04de4a62a4b164417fef640e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will have
sufficient options to use the per pupil amount made available under this
subpart to purchase supplemental education services from multiple tutorial
assistance providers or schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID83775b102c3b45f08f541c262ef631ce"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Parent
involvement</header>
<paragraph id="ID81e8ed3b54ea49c996dcbbb6e5f37462"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any public school receiving funds under this subpart
shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time. All parents of eligible
children shall be invited and encouraged to attend the meeting, in order to
explain to the parents the activities assisted under this subpart and the
requirements of this subpart. At the meeting, the public school shall explain
to parents how the school will use funds provided under this subpart to enable
eligible children enrolled at the school to meet challenging State student
academic achievement standards as described in section 1111(b). In addition,
the public school shall inform parents of their right to choose to use the per
pupil amount described in subsection (a) to purchase supplemental education
services from a tutorial assistance provider or another public school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3bbf4c96b0d64c8daf8b388335218de0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information</header><text>Any
public school receiving funds under this subpart shall provide to parents a
description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms
of assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels
students are expected to meet.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6ca1f834ea2d4465b14cba7f1c528a0d"><enum>6175.</enum><header>Application</header>
<subsection id="IDf460c07e708648c8a299e65088ee4172"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State or participating local educational agency
desiring to carry out a child-centered program under this subpart shall submit
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied
by such information as the Secretary may require. Each such application shall
contain—</text>
<paragraph id="ID592af92a9fd940d3b479dab402d03d08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>documentation
that the State is in compliance with subsections (a) and (b) of section
1111;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9dfc8cca7d3e4df0bd7b0718dd566ede"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed
description of the program to be assisted, including an assurance that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID31d1f9708b424cb38e770a7f91e627cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the per pupil
amount established under section 6174(a) will follow each eligible child
described in that section to the public school or tutorial assistance provider
of the parent or guardian's choice;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0720d11e5b424a7a80bc41710fa7c6e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funds made
available under this subpart will be spent in accordance with the requirements
of this subpart; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3aa058a18a0e40918666d6a5d4032c50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>parents have the
option to use the per pupil amount to purchase supplemental education services
for their children from a wide variety of tutorial assistance providers and
schools;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1445d91ad11441d886e338069c683d26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assurance that
the State or participating local educational agency will publish in a widely
read or distributed medium an annual report card that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3e4bb8fd95e34dd99293de802dd87389"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information
regarding the academic progress of all students served by the State or
participating local educational agency in meeting challenging State student
academic achievement standards as described in section 1111(b), including
students assisted under this subpart, with results disaggregated as described
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcfdc5f14c0624a48a64150447618beab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
information as the State or participating local educational agency may
require;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a2e6633a4f44c3bb8521ac07416dc23"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of
how the State or participating local educational agency will make available, to
parents of children participating in the child-centered program, annual school
report cards, with results disaggregated as described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) for schools in the State or in the school district of the
participating local educational agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbc2f62e33af64fcd9609166e224f23f8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the case of an
application from a participating local educational agency, an assurance that
the participating local educational agency has notified the State regarding the
submission of the application;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb4fae799b48445c3a8e9a5f3cfc7c0bf"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of
specific measurable objectives for improving the student achievement on
challenging State student academic achievement standards as defined in section
1111(b) of students served under this subpart; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf5ae0b3f50984197bd623a6bab48c4fb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of
the process by which the State or participating local educational agency will
measure progress in meeting the objectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID0715e1b422b649a18edc5a4e17944058"><enum>6176.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
<subsection id="ID73d01cbf73604d89aac34e27c5fc700f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
duration</header><text>A State or participating local educational agency shall
carry out a child-centered program under this subpart for a period of 5
years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2869e9cc94f147949705914b7d951609"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>A State may reserve 2 percent of the funds made available
to the State under this subpart, and a participating local educational agency
may reserve 5 percent of the funds made available to the participating local
educational agency under this subpart, to pay the costs of administrative
expenses of the child-centered program. The costs may include costs of
providing technical assistance to schools receiving funds under this subpart,
in order to increase the opportunity for all students in the schools to meet
the challenging State student academic achievement standards as described in
section 1111(b). The technical assistance may be provided directly by the State
educational agency, local educational agency, or, with a local educational
agency's approval, by an institution of higher education, by a private
nonprofit organization, by an educational service agency, or by another entity
with experience in helping schools improve student achievement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb4093c9fe9b7487983d0a61657988084"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="IDa8ede6b28e18429ea80ec4ed5cb85da1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header>
<subparagraph id="ID25045998902d406aaf7868aa5c9c432a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State educational agency serving each State, and each
participating local educational agency, carrying out a child-centered program
under this subpart shall submit to the Secretary an annual report, that is
consistent with data provided under section 6175(a)(2)(A), regarding the
performance of eligible children receiving supplemental education services
under this subpart.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4796df6e3286433d916f2b6f51a9f0d5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after establishing a child-centered program under this
subpart and each year thereafter, each State or participating local educational
agency shall include in the annual report data on student achievement for
eligible children served under this subpart with results disaggregated as
described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II), demonstrating the degree to which
measurable progress has been made toward meeting the objectives described in
section 6175(a)(6).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaa61faa743374300bc6c162e5e164d11"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Data
assurances</header><text>Each annual report shall include—</text>
<clause id="ID756af8e783f04c3c81f4fb3c119e1a0b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an assurance from
the managers of the child-centered program that data used to measure student
achievement under subparagraph (B) is reliable, complete, and accurate, as
determined by the State or participating local educational agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID114984bee23a446f8c584489e82653fc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of
a plan for improving the reliability, completeness, and accuracy of such data
as determined by the State or participating local educational agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9dc5c9c1501c46829b4ebf397601425b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary's
report</header><text>The Secretary shall make each annual report available to
Congress and the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd4e3e2cb4d134bd69a8376dc94c3afa3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Three
years after the date a State or participating local educational agency
establishes a child-centered program under this subpart the Secretary shall
review the performance of the State or participating local educational agency
in meeting the objectives described in section 6175(a)(6). The Secretary, after
providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may terminate the authority
of the State or participating local educational agency to operate a
child-centered program under this subpart if the State or participating local
educational agency submitted data that indicated the State or participating
local educational agency has not made any progress in meeting the
objectives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID550d0a3434e149ebb0ba75a352c0d103"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Treatment of
amounts received</header><text>The per pupil amount provided under this subpart
for an eligible child shall not be treated as income of the eligible child or
the parent of the eligible child for purposes of Federal tax laws, or for
determining the eligibility for or amount of any other Federal
assistance.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID037360f21347435689e37959a990ac46"><enum>6177.</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subsection id="ID6a19f14e68014a239cde5da4cd4f78bf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="IDe375abc3de534f29b4e210ddbf8e1702"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>The
Inspector General of the Department shall enter into a contract, with an
evaluating entity that has demonstrated experience in conducting evaluations,
for the conduct of an ongoing rigorous evaluation of child-centered programs
under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57b360a3c10e4f3688fbadbfd6944e86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual
evaluation requirement</header><text>The contract described in paragraph (1)
shall require the evaluating entity entering into such contract to annually
evaluate each child-centered program under this subpart in accordance with the
evaluation criteria described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb83f9c07a3684af8a70092b452c1a823"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmission</header><text>The
contract described in paragraph (1) shall require the evaluating entity
entering into such contract to transmit to the Inspector General of the
Department the findings of each annual evaluation under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID03fb962eab6f405b98703efa0cdabf0a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Evaluation
criteria</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department, in consultation
with the Secretary, shall establish minimum criteria for evaluating the
child-centered programs under this subpart. Such criteria shall provide for a
description of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf07960496662436bba888857e08a92cc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
implementation of each child-centered program under this subpart;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID99e05891064b4011a26906d0a3daeaa7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effects of
the programs on the level of parental participation and satisfaction with the
programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb74dc95150b401cabfa95995000a9d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the effects of
the programs on the educational achievement of eligible children participating
in the programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID463f5943c62f4b59a824b9e05c4f57d2"><enum>6178.</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="ID036360e274f7422d971b3e46e55b9824"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports by
inspector general</header>
<paragraph id="ID7d462a8fd83f434abc067d8a32a0ff94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim
reports</header><text>Three years after the date of enactment of the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2007 the Inspector General of the Department shall submit an
interim report to Congress on the findings of the annual evaluations under
section 6177(a) for each child-centered program assisted under this subpart.
The report shall contain a copy of the annual evaluation under section 6177(a)
of each child-centered program under this subpart.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd5c775e3f8c04dc3a66dd9e0007d950b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department shall submit a
final report to Congress, not later than March 1, 2013, that summarizes the
findings of the annual evaluations under section
6177(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="idF815BDB92AE44535A7669E7544CAE82B"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Rural Education Initiative</header>
<subpart id="idCF43F16582904895A36EF44954B74693"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header>Small, Rural School Achievement Program</header>
<section id="idBED2492FA950407EA58E9723C1074653"><enum>6211.</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part B of title VI (20 U.S.C.
7345 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB982305B77AC46B9B122F7059ABABCBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
section 6211; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id22B494AEB44D478AA9B482AA434D6A78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 6212 and 6213 as sections 6211 and 6212, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF1B01B73317940E3BEEB8DDA6ED6DCB6"><enum>6212.</enum><header>Grant
programs authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
6211 (as redesignated by section 6211(2)) (20 U.S.C. 7345a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0C0618C9CCA3492988FC936431A8D544"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCA2119EFF13F4F41BF32EC4DAD829421"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>to eligible</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>carry out</quote> and inserting <quote>to State educational agencies to
enable the State educational agencies to award grants to eligible local
educational agencies in the State for carrying out</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id036A5A2BCD4C4941AB389244E667173A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBECF38D1F6A471EA1A38667D84DE1A2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id9C3882493D7440CB8AA7995050CF14C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation</header>
<paragraph id="id61CDB104FCF04495A0B631219D1A38B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants under this subpart to
State educational agencies with approved applications, in order to enable the
State educational agencies to award grants to eligible local educational
agencies in the State for the activities described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6D46D440AAD4403EBDD9AC56858BC7EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
Educational Agency Allocation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID324ed0ddf0334eaa831773f3d2f3c90f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocation by
the Secretary</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary
shall allot to each State educational agency with an approved application for a
fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount available
as the number of students in average daily attendance during that fiscal year
who are served by eligible local educational agencies in the State bears to the
number of all such students in all States during that fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDce0fbe3f980e4dd8b31d1a55788d6e25"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation by
the State Educational Agency</header><text>Each State educational agency
receiving funds under subparagraph (A) shall allocate to the eligible local
educational agencies in that State the amount determined under paragraph
(4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4A356D691A82486FAC305E7D196539D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specially
Qualified Agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="ID86c58acc9e394f64be8eef8e168ebecd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligibility and
application</header><text>If a State educational agency elects not to
participate in the program under this subpart, or does not have its application
submitted under this subsection approved for a fiscal year, a specially
qualified agency in the State desiring a grant under this subpart may submit an
application for an award under this subpart directly to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID68ce7c537d034d77a70d780eae1ca096"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Direct
awards</header><text>The Secretary may award, on a competitive basis or by
formula, a grant in the amount the State educational agency is eligible to
receive under paragraph (2) directly to a specially qualified agency in the
State that has submitted an application in accordance with subparagraph (A) and
obtained approval of that application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91db8200e5fa45b1bb2d55ec7cdcadb4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Specially
qualified agency defined</header><text>In this subpart, the term
<term>specially qualified agency</term> means an eligible local educational
agency served by a State educational agency that does not participate in a
program under this subpart in a fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id54F0AA076A834856A308F5A54482EFDA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Local
Educational Agency Allocation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID8c7a15f1c9d5489ca0adb57df9cd5cb0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), a State
educational agency that receives a grant under this subpart for a fiscal year
shall allocate to an eligible local educational agency in the State for such
fiscal year an amount equal to the initial amount determined under subparagraph
(B) for that fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id493FBB7813D045C0B84C92D3A36730DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination
of Initial Amount</header><text>The initial amount referred to in subparagraph
(A) is equal to $100 multiplied by the total number of students in excess of 50
students who are in average daily attendance at the schools served by the local
educational agency, plus $5,000, except that the initial amount may not exceed
$60,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID72c1b1f6ca85473c842b2a0cce529cfa"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustments</header>
<clause id="IDd17efbfb34614766bcca51246ada4623"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Ratable
Adjustments</header><text>If the amount made available to carry out this
section for any fiscal year is not sufficient to pay in full the amounts that
local educational agencies are eligible to receive under subparagraph (B) for
such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce those amounts for that
year.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7b55ec2e14824e76ace634b3a3c40d4a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjustments
for Additional Amounts</header><text>If additional funds become available for
making payments under subparagraph (B) for that fiscal year, payments that were
reduced under clause (i) shall be increased on the same basis as such payments
were reduced.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7BEA9BDD1B0B4409AEDB9BEFB43BDE42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="idB15B6B7C877B4F65881F3081FE7A3FC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>A State educational agency that desires to receive a
grant under this subpart shall submit an application at such time, in such
form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID864fe0dea91948aa8a974a9b85f4820e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Average Daily
Attendance</header><text>An application submitted by a State educational agency
under this subpart shall include the total number of students in average daily
attendance at all of the schools served by each eligible local educational
agency in the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6c6748374c04e26a63cd7ba72c89e09"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Combined
Application</header><text>A State educational agency that desires to
participate in the programs under this subpart and subpart 2 may submit a
combined application for grants under both subparts that includes such terms
and conditions as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9d6596958efb41e38ee88da7ed5a59ae"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative
Costs and Technical Assistance</header><text>A State educational agency that
receives a grant under this subpart may use not more than 3 percent of the
amount of the grant—</text>
<paragraph id="id94DD54A85D2D4CAD85DEE32B611E1E79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for State
administrative costs for the program under this subpart; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8C6F54D61F1A4B9D968229C726219A24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide
technical assistance to eligible local educational agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD68CA2B3C2224F758FB58914440284F3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Local
Educational Agency Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="IDc0ad3aef30294e6a924f76ae32eeaa8b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>A local educational agency shall be eligible to receive
an allocation from a State educational agency under this subpart if—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBB631972AE6B49B4BB9E9A2932C38F8F"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE6B6220168644E2180264EAF20480FD1"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0C36B23993C04AAAB48668FF42035BAF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the total number of
students in average daily attendance at each school served by the local
educational agency is fewer than 600; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb494cf11f3954f869a091e1ee93ce9e2" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>each county or locale in which a
school served by the local educational agency is located has a total population
density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id4E202F1B542E4330BFB965E007148B8C" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each of the schools served by the
local educational agency is designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or
43, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID81e40528815a45559e57124c99b86034"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the agency meets
either of the criteria established in subclause (I) or (II) of subparagraph
(A)(i) and the Secretary, in accordance with paragraph (2), grants the State
educational agency's request to waive the criteria described in subparagraph
(A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID149d2e6f774c417680f0df09074d573c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The
Secretary shall determine whether to waive the criteria described in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) based on a demonstration by the State educational agency that the
local educational agency is located in an area defined as rural by a
governmental agency of the
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idBD8D8C157234477A955C20FBC381D767"><enum>6213.</enum><header>Accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6212(b) (as redesignated by section
6211(2)) (20 U.S.C. 7345b(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking <quote>the provisions of law described in section 6211(c)</quote>
and inserting <quote>this subpart</quote>.</text>
</section></subpart><subpart id="id446D8556B2D147D59B1A18947D2B3B02"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header>Rural and Low-Income School Program</header>
<section id="id99DDC8B4496A487C9D3B72264902DAF9"><enum>6221.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6221 (20
U.S.C. 7351) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA281D26AEF6948EBAE7A1A750EE5AAB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>section 6234</quote> and inserting <quote>section
6244</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B4301F9C2F94AA38EA14F3710A57BA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(B), by striking <quote>6, 7, or 8</quote> and inserting <quote>41, 42,
or 43</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCD5D1104A87546A8AFDA08B9ECBF6DFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>section 6234</quote> and inserting <quote>section
6244</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idE17CD542606B498CB08B8CAFC6EB9A5E"><enum>6222.</enum><header>Accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6224(c) (20 U.S.C. 7351c(c)) is
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>the
Workforce</quote> and inserting <quote>Labor</quote>.</text>
</section></subpart><subpart id="id7FFF100D8D5E4962BBE0F2551240B1A4"><enum>3<?LEXA-Enum 3?></enum><header>Alternate Uses of Funds</header>
<section id="id3864EF94E9794700AD99BBD44F7CAF3C"><enum>6231.</enum><header>Use of
applicable funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of
title VI (as amended by this part) (20 U.S.C. 7341 et seq.) is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id51B1429EA9244A68B1638E37F37E7A66"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subpart 3 as subpart
4;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5340D44636204267AF9DFB23FF7AC9DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 6231 through 6234 as sections 6241 through 6244, respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4BB34870120C434984BE08515A837CC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 6224 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA82374B45281477BB1BF7486FBB197CC" style="OLC">
<subpart id="id09718E1371964D1B8AAE53216887980F"><enum>3<?LEXA-Enum 3?></enum><header>Alternate uses of funds</header>
<section id="idB8D9E68CBB6E43DD8A036D3E96B07104"><enum>6231.</enum><header>Use of
applicable funding</header>
<subsection id="IDf2aeabb323a642709a68139290f33b88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Alternative
uses</header>
<paragraph id="ID731f3989c0884343b5965f323881df31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible
local educational agency may use the applicable funding, as defined in
subsection (c), that the agency is eligible to receive from the State
educational agency for a fiscal year to carry out local activities authorized
under any of the following provisions:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID608b3ebe220d49d893063716b571542e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Part A of title
I.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa584157907aa42cea74f59be07cc9589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Part A or D of
title II.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8b2623a5d87d497689c41f110a5f476b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Title III.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6d53445b33db4b1b8e9e74ef60c671a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Part A or B of
title IV.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe43fdf19b9dc449687eab89e4bcc299d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Part A of title
V.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID574340fcc5c04b168debc73e31165a75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>An
eligible local educational agency shall notify the State educational agency of
the local educational agency's intention to use the applicable funding in
accordance with paragraph (1), by a date that is established by the State
educational agency for the notification.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID18f96b003e274d8da20e6e8e34bbc40f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A
local educational agency that is eligible to receive funds under subpart 1 or 2
may use the applicable funding in accordance with subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8fa6e619b70e4a5a85c81007bc827e49"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable
funding defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>applicable
funding</term> means funds provided under any of the following
provisions:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9f8a398fbb0b4697b54ca2ee2487ddef"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subpart 2 and
section 2412(a)(2)(A) of title II.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6df54042dfa64626bb3d06b8668ee48b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
4114.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID405b0e7b1fdf43e2a5a2ce89d9c1e4d6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Part A of title
V.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2b9bd01aa8254095b312f9443fe219d9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Disbursement</header><text>Each
State educational agency that receives applicable funding for a fiscal year
shall disburse the applicable funding to local educational agencies for
alternative uses under this section for the fiscal year at the same time as the
State educational agency disburses the applicable funding to local educational
agencies that do not intend to use the applicable funding for such alternative
uses for the fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe3e4b002effe470c9c3c8ba04c4554f4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicable
rules</header><text>Applicable funding under this section shall be available to
carry out local activities authorized under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subpart><subpart id="id59033089A1A84E66B18359B31B1332FB"><enum>4<?LEXA-Enum 4?></enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section id="id96CC822D047D4639AD881A68415080E2"><enum>6241.</enum><header>Annual
average daily attendance determination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6241(b) (20 U.S.C. 7355(b)) (as
redesignated by section 6231(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7032A24C93994FEA90D2BF402E187640"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>additional funds under section 6212 or subpart 2</quote> and inserting
<quote>additional funds under this part</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id45DD18D3666D4D7F87999D7848C5FCB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>received under section 6212 or subpart 2</quote> and inserting
<quote>received under this part</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id60A835C53AD8449A987D85B3F082092F"><enum>6242.</enum><header>Supplement,
not supplant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6242 (20
U.S.C. 7355a) (as redesignated by section 6231(2)) is amended by striking
<quote>subpart 1 or subpart 2</quote> and inserting <quote>this
part</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49E1C2519100473797142E749F996437" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6243.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6244
(20 U.S.C. 7355c) (as redesignated by section 6201(2)) is amended by striking
<quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</section></subpart></part><enum>VII</enum><header>Indian, Native Hawaiian, and
Alaska Native education </header>
<part id="id3D1B3704743A4E8BAEC4938CAEC9D1AA"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum AI?></enum><header>Indian education</header>
<section id="idB886D6D861E949A59CAA7802955CB0EA"><enum>7101.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7102(b)(3) (20 U.S.C. 7402(b)(3)) is
amended by striking <quote>, and in other professions serving Indian
people</quote>.</text>
</section><subpart id="idF19DA063769C45168F89BEA059BF4C7E"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header>Formula grants to local educational
agencies</header>
<section id="id78D9797855C1464BA1A6573D48B4C943"><enum>7111.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7111(2) (20 U.S.C. 7421(2)) is
amended by striking <quote>those standards</quote> and inserting <quote>the
same challenging State student academic achievement standards as all children
are expected to meet, consistent with section 1111</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id77B7551FC36B48EAA024515D442505D2"><enum>7112.</enum><header>Grants to
local educational agencies and tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 7112 (20 U.S.C.
7422(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF62684C805264AE6A02DF70124D6F378" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id7D52738BA62C44EAAA6DAFD0D3827A51"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enrollment
requirement for local educational agencies</header>
<paragraph id="ID7ce9bbac7d6a403385acff840b16cc8e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>Beginning with grants awarded under this subpart for fiscal
year 2009 and all succeeding fiscal years, a local educational agency shall be
eligible for such grant for the fiscal year if the number of Indian children
eligible under section 7117 who were enrolled in the schools of the agency, and
to whom the agency provided free public education during the preceding fiscal
year, was not less than 20.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD72E182C02C847088C67453B4CB1652D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule for fiscal
year 2008</header><text>For grants awarded under this subpart for fiscal year
2008, a local educational agency’s enrollment requirements shall be determined
pursuant to this subsection, as this subsection was in effect on the day before
the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of
2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id192E07B441EC4C1A87C17F9AB42ED43E"><enum>7113.</enum><header>Amount of
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7113 (20 U.S.C.
7423) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id32087C945645432A9A864403D9119448"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2), by striking
<quote>subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(d)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id170ECFC1DEA6405EBACAA27AE9A1FE05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (e)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (d)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCAD115CC19B747EBB5DBD34C1DD1BBFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5017CBAFC5EF461C902346CC23F935EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2DCD2CE6502848729F5A3FAD5C93A7AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection (c)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph
(4)), by striking <quote>subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5B9F11E4FCBD44A78C4D8616FEFA6FC6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
(as redesignated by paragraph (4)), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote>
and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id4E4468F5D57941BDA93A28F4FC3230FB"><enum>7114.</enum><header>Report on
obstacles to program integration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (o) of section 7116 (20 U.S.C.
7426(o)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41E6B5163A4F4FE98EA2E5476787DBC4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idB6E3F26F357B44FF92EF22DAD4B1F985"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Report on
statutory obstacles to program integration</header><text>Not later than 5 years
after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2007, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Education and Labor and the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Indian Affairs of
the Senate on the results of the implementation of the demonstration projects
authorized under this section. Such report shall identify statutory barriers to
the ability of participants to integrate more effectively their education and
related services to Indian students in a manner consistent with the objectives
of this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idDDA17A91B5D34745A665EE744A1410DD"><enum>7115.</enum><header>Student
eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7117 (20
U.S.C. 7427) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2240BE7652094EEEAF7F7583A498A6F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB05BEF25E401495C8349CC2EE05295B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>enrollment number establishing the membership of
the child (if readily available)</quote> and inserting <quote>enrollment or
membership number establishing the membership of the child</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0BB6F9D77F849D797D099E2B259A5CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>enrollment number (if readily available)</quote> and
inserting <quote>enrollment or membership number</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3343A20F811F40AABF78E9C5A7DB0D79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id42BDD217E336458E9A70D1F7B8009569"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e) through (h) as subsections (d) through (g),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id613B166378244881B50F4F878AE72F05"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
(as redesignated by paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id21D457F188A446B683CB5C27A0CC0BA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
second sentence;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7351330E104C4AFCB028440C66CE6CA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Documentation</header-in-text>—For purposes</quote> and
inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB99144F8391347ECA539F101227C78D0" style="OLC">
<text><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Documentation</header-in-text>—</text><paragraph id="id85D83E690F564B1C97E857B73CBDE8FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Type of
proof</header><text>For purposes;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82E4C47B23BF49BCBAB43CB046FA144F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC445E5B168447968D13108C6DDEAFE8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id6B1B642C2ED34B838A3CB8753CD8E032"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Previously
filed forms</header><text>All Indian student eligibility forms that were on
file as required by this section before the date of enactment of the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2007 and that met the requirements of this section, as this
section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of such Act,
shall remain valid for such Indian
students.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB02CDE142D4E41C6825F0FC5FBB8D730"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD7B5D7C11DA54C9F805E1765194610A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id345AC9407709467BA9F18DC9DA976C05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In
general</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>For
each</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—For each</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7C5FCB5AF9B9406DBBB3E8E84AC689FC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (g) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)),
by striking <quote>subsection (g)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(f)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subpart><subpart id="id5A75694C62A64113AEDBF1196E2D1F7E"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 3?></enum><header>Definitions; authorization of
appropriations</header>
<section id="id60286F5999B145DFACE38076A85C5D7D"><enum>7121.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7151 (20 U.S.C. 7451) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF8EE4007AB2D49D4B7B7E6779277A276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id303738D6CF594491A79D03C1404CBDC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC50CC1F271224AF9A5A9DF326A53E567"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id314BF172865E48509E99DBDD6E334A58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by inserting <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0F39ADEBED6748F492EF89BC5DBFE4EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E7586DF0E824A5793F4B7CEA416A73C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id94946D8A6F4845E192C47659B47211E6"><enum>7122.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7152
(20 U.S.C. 7452) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5B8676C2ECA84AD48879AAFD6815DC2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF2A18D46AB3A41D793FA0E16C1DF5670"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subpart><subpart id="id77F6411687E74F4480118734C5949E11"><enum>3</enum><header>Additional
amendments</header>
<section id="id3E768FC049704FEC8DF25789C7177602"><enum>7131.</enum><header>Department of
Interior schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of
title VII (as amended by this part) (20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8F6CE60F3F944EFDBE790592386E93A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 7113
(20 U.S.C. 7423)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id364052EC6D1145DAACEF29B333BE4576"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading of subsection (c) (as redesignated by section 7113(4)), by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Bureau of Indian
Affairs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Department of the
Interior</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7E5F24AECB244A9959A804AFDF0D7D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs</quote> each place the term appears and
inserting <quote>Department of the Interior</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id607D98488B0046EB97EDE38BE6C221C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
7117(f) (as redesignated by section 7115(3)) (20 U.S.C. 7427(f))—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE11F1980591E41349601F02CA8E566B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs</quote>
and inserting <quote>Department of the Interior</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCCCA1E2E826047E583BDC3E42BE56787"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>Bureau.</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of the
Interior.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE0BE5CB7BADA4290A4ACCA5C4CD20D9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
7122(b)(4) (20 U.S.C. 7442(b)(4)), by striking <quote>section 1146</quote> and
inserting <quote>1141</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id79D0C96DD00F4FF49056EF96629184EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section
7132(a)(2)(C) (20 U.S.C. 7452(a)(2)(C)), by striking <quote>Bureau of Indian
Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of the Interior</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id43AF1B0B7F2847BBA4455B7899C6398F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section
7134(d) (20 U.S.C. 7454(d))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id817475C704254B8681CE0368423A878A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs</quote> and inserting
<quote>Department of the Interior</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC6BA987D1C794926B7FD4A3124E6902D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)(A), by striking <quote>Bureau schools</quote> and inserting
<quote>Department of the Interior schools</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9334BC934BF1434482330254FAB1863C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Bureau school</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>Department of the Interior school</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subpart></part><part id="idAB4B78B0A14D451CAFD6E0890E8DC53B"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Native Hawaiian Education</header>
<section id="id99ECBCD4E0C143A182313C6152025B83"><enum>7201.</enum><header>Report date
for Native Hawaiian Education Council and Island Councils</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7204(i) (20 U.S.C. 7514(i)) is
amended by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id517C63315B71497081A576B6E8C5FD67"><enum>7202.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7205 (20
U.S.C. 7515) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4B9C2511B69B4E31A9F441BD6C1533A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)(H)(iii), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting
<quote>career and technical</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B7F5326D0854AA2931D010F3C8646DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1587D5A0CB504C63B3BEB5141B494AEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A2F5AE506694B12A2B5C7A3DABBD64C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></part><part id="id837D1BCE479B4B51974D498F8D4790FB"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header>Alaska Native Education</header>
<section id="id905EC7B647864C378475B7C9B3E983DD"><enum>7301.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7304 (20
U.S.C. 7544) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id37C9C42CA5AF46029323716553C1E770"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9188CBE999F34A36BE4467775AE713CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(N), by striking <quote>Even Start programs carried out under subpart 3 of part
B of title I and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E98CA84667D46A5B24E7013EC74DE94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(S), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career and
technical education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id245D8DBC267248F8BB41A87DD7BAE333"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting
<quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><enum>VIII</enum><header>Impact Aid
program</header>
<section id="id9622488B0F67474687662C487CB40776"><enum>8101.</enum><header>Impact
aid</header>
<subsection id="idEAD6E19572834C77BE40EEB43D2F45FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8014 (20 U.S.C. 7714) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFCECC972556B4DDBA29B6E8F7317C4F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id477B59545621438F961930197ED212C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$32,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$64,500,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE9ECF9EA3B14495F9830AA71392E3FB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2000</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id368D2948E3C54568887EF9B3C4BAF23C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>seven</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5BC4B4BC43134A4AADF49D8C43AA8283"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1EAA81C3EB044ABBAB7AC0D358242F81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$809,400,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,100,000,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED26A1F1CE934129928596876B9F2888"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2000</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id057B1E5AE2D9467CBA7CE6839A5A88C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>seven</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF612C0746ADF40C6B1C89ABA68B07C4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAA37CC4B7CAD42F2BD4AA5BF6A5A47AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2000</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBEED5F6E79C84D86851831BAA10E659A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>seven</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id952F70D44FD143019EFC1231F59E91BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F47C1D581334B42A842783D327FF279" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idE666BFF81A7B4B95A3F1D6B8A1008CD4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>For
the purpose of carrying out section 8007, there are authorized to be
appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCAE49868BFB94F2088D035094567E0D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1E58AAB5259849C8ADF3461D50785095"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e)
(as redesignated by paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC52D423527214509B533711F1D67227A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2000</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA8367466BEB048A9BE1969774E9843FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>seven</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCFCBE666278648D5B15EC0CD92D47039"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id3302D97635CD48B78E60D3C38BE12EF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Section
8007 (20 U.S.C. 7707) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD3B2CF329A8E4E418DAA5252926E91C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>8014(e)</quote> and inserting
<quote>8014(d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id759FE36877D742B3BB131F67C01C505E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(A)(i)—</text>
<clause id="id8949DE61F3FA42DFA4A99E3B997CF3D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(i)(II) 20 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>(i)(I) 20
percent</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id77265BE71838469ABF0F9A078FB85F9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>8014(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>8014(d)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8200A7B92FC443F94985E17E4C30295"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(B)(i)(I), by striking <quote>8014(e)</quote> and inserting
<quote>8014(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA854928AA823449BB6976B88E83F80A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1), by striking
<quote>8014(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>8014(d)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599C67A01AC340738224C6769B772185"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Facilities</header><text>Section
8008(a) (20 U.S.C. 7008(a)) is amended by striking <quote>8014(f)</quote> and
inserting <quote>8014(e)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<section id="id373620383FBB4194950C568FB25E83C5"><enum>9101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9101 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFE1633AADD7B45FC972081680B849D30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(13)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC7805E65BDFD4B4F82FFBEFA9716224B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (B) and (E);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1D052B6A50C4B87BC9D340DEAC9FC5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (C), (D), and (F) through (L) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)
through (J), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00067379F2F9470E947267B76B3FC93F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(J) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>subpart 2
of</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E35AB071537493B93E3D5D2FF8770A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(25)(D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1D6D05B7D8FE4B709DC9521FDD6A59B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
inserting <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E9C194B3ABF4F37A699DBAEA20DCFD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0542230678204FAD85B0C0C6A5DF2A31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
clause (iii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idC49F444951C14923BA62DC7197236BF7"><enum>9102.</enum><header>Consolidation
of funding for local administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9203(b) (20 U.S.C. 7823(b)) is
amended by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id37E0CCA7E7E143189CC7BE83C1FBFFAE"><enum>9103.</enum><header>Waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9401(e)(4) (20 U.S.C. 7861(e)(4)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7F1D111577F845358C3BF58EB2D61D77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and for each subsequent year,</quote> and
inserting <quote>For each fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA7E8CCAA1F814A2DA64011C3DF27C091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting <quote>Labor</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idA680947EA5F34A1C8EF1FC9ED8623498"><enum>9104.</enum><header>Disasters and
emergencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title IX
(20 U.S.C. 7861) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9064F9594E934C3280A46D98BF2B5E4C" style="OLC">
<section id="id6282D631F38E45139B31B152FC40196C"><enum>9402.</enum><header>Emergencies
and disasters</header>
<subsection id="IDf31825ba34684c9abb75b9b762c1582f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may
waive or modify, on a case-by-case basis, any statutory or regulatory
requirement of this Act for a State educational agency, a local educational
agency, or an Indian tribe, or through a local educational agency, for a school
that is directly or indirectly affected by a major disaster or emergency
declared by the President under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, or such other emergency situation
as the Secretary may determine impedes the efficient and expeditious provision
of assistance to such entities and the students served by such entities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf37595eb4380448a8f554c0e147949e9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
Secretary shall not use the authority provided in subsection (a) to waive any
statutory or regulatory requirement relating to applicable civil rights
requirements, the prohibition regarding the use of funds for religious worship
or instruction described in section 9505, or the prohibitions against the
activities described in section
9526.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id1D63D40D37924CD9BAC1E39BF163FBE3"><enum>9105.</enum><header>Participation
by private school children and teachers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9501(b)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C.
7881(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>subparts 1 and 3</quote> and
inserting <quote>subpart 1</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21CFEE07417142D39C0EF18C3E101B45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9106.</enum><header>By-pass
determination process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
9504(d) (20 U.S.C. 7884(d)) is amended by striking <quote>2001</quote> and
inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act</header>
<section id="id19B52E98B54949948F79C1897B945CF8"><enum>10001.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of
2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idA42BCFDB3A1347A08E6183587819FF74"><enum>10002.</enum><header>Grants for
State and local activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 722(e) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5A77F7A5E04648B69001EA3BEC45623D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89D8F7B521EA48EEAF3C2123F6ECCEFA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID8200a6a404c2456e9304f6590ebbd3b5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
disbursements by States</header><text>From the sums made available each year to
carry out this subtitle, a State educational agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd00319f53a47414db4a36e9a335072e8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may use not more
than 25 percent of the State's allocation under subsection (c)(1) of such sums
or $85,000, whichever is greater, for State-level activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa560d8af300e426986f7ee5fc525ebdd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall distribute
the remainder of the allocation such sums in subgrants to local educational
agencies for the purposes of carrying out section
723.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2BDC7C0193BE47D7B368A2B1E6CCC7DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9B5B3707D865456AA97323EC29740317"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (F); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id812F8A02ED064338B4B3B185D9DC611B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (F).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idF059EEC56D5B416BA1A58D59893B6DD3"><enum>10003.</enum><header>Waivers by
the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 724 of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idED5907E487504A478FAA3408A29A797E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BACE234FB264741BCF966A63D4BBDFA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID4235df11dc1d4909970ed0f31829d7c3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive or modify, on a case-by-case basis, any statutory or
regulatory requirement of this subtitle in response to a major disaster or
emergency designated by the President under the authority of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8A65D81836D94253A68DF07D2B9D99C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id88B33F66AC4146F6A07AE376DB143228"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6A018AF49452458288BAEFCC13A21797"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (h)
(as redesignated by paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id616048FFA3BD4734BFCD5EE69BC1DDB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB949F880F4284ADF9C35ACF2C42DEA5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Workforce</quote> and inserting <quote>Labor</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70F6B2C47801486DA8DDA641370B969F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10004.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 726 of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11435) is amended by
striking <quote>$70,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting <quote>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the succeeding 5 fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section>