1.This Act may be cited as
the All Students Can Achieve
Act
.
2.
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—GROWTH MODELS, DATA SYSTEMS, AND EFFECTIVE
TEACHERS
Sec. 101. Purpose.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 103. Requiring States to measure teacher effectiveness and
permitting growth models.
Sec. 104. Data systems.
Sec. 105. Highly effective teachers and principals.
Sec. 106. Permitting growth model systems.
Sec. 107. Innovative teacher and school incentive
programs.
TITLE II—CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Sec. 201. Purpose.
Sec. 202. Equitable distribution of highly effective teachers
and non-Federal funding.
Sec. 203. Strengthen and focus State capacity for school
improvement efforts.
TITLE III—ACHIEVING HIGH STANDARDS
Sec. 301. Purposes.
Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations.
Part
A—American Standards and Assessments
Sec. 311. American standards and assessments.
Part B—P–16 Education Stewardship Systems
Sec. 321. P–16 education stewardship commission.
Sec. 322. P–16 education State plans.
Sec. 323. P–16 education stewardship system grants.
Sec. 324. Reports.
TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY
Sec. 401. Purposes.
Sec. 402. Authorizations.
Sec. 403. School intervention plan development.
Sec. 404. Comprehensive and focused intervention.
Sec. 405. Counting all children.
Sec. 406. Including already-required science assessments in
adequate yearly progress.
Sec. 407. Mathematics and science partnerships.
Sec. 408. Children with disabilities and children who are
limited English proficient.
Sec. 409. Early childhood development.
Sec. 410. Adjunct teacher corps.
TITLE V—ENHANCEMENTS
Sec. 501. Purposes.
Sec. 502. Authorizations.
Sec. 503. Public school choice.
Sec. 504. Public charter schools.
Sec. 505. Parental involvement.
Sec. 506. Response to intervention.
Sec. 507. Universal design for learning.
Sec. 508. Doubling scientific-based education research at
Department of Education.
Sec. 509. Supplemental educational services.
Sec. 510. Increasing support for foster children and
youth.
Sec. 511. Graduation rates.
Sec. 512. District wide high schools reform.
<enum>I</enum><header>GROWTH MODELS,
DATA SYSTEMS, AND EFFECTIVE TEACHERS</header>
<section id="HC56B36F2D3DD48D6937E1669CE54E887"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="H0BAD939B131043C6B968504647CCD8A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require States to
measure teacher and principal effectiveness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE987A09242044C1CAB6D85F6D9982145"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop data
systems to measure effectiveness and to permit growth models;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27FD13B09BE945D8B802812BC24DA22F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide States
with the opportunity to opt out of the highly qualified teacher requirements of
section 1119 of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6319) once a State implements a highly effective
teacher system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FAFF0A7536E4D7FB4D5CBF0DDACB25F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide enhanced
funding flexibility for States and local educational agencies with highly
effective teacher and principal systems described in section 1119A of such Act
(as amended by this Act).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1189645D6B3E402CABECDCC8B76FA651"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
purpose of carrying out sections 104, 105, and 106, and the amendments made by
these sections, there are authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $500,000,000 for fiscal year
2010, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.
The Secretary shall allot to each State—</text>
<paragraph id="id6539FFA57A2F4AB1A815F2D10BEAB083"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an amount that
bears the same relation to 50 percent of such funds as the number of students
in kindergarten through grade 12 in the State bears to the number of all such
students in all States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDC4681C276E94DA5976DB9D729A4A282"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an equal share of
the remaining 50 percent of such funds.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFE5856398B0544A9B5526B8FA8DC8C00"><enum>103.</enum><header>Requiring
States to measure teacher effectiveness and permitting growth
models</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2112(b) of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
6612(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H744257BAFCE54D0C8FE968467B502381" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4C19605D8C0D449A9EA085BAF6176524"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Not later than 4
years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>All
Students Can Achieve Act</short-title>, a plan to implement a system of
identifying highly effective teachers and principals as required under section
1119A.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC8869C257B6F442686FED9DC71EA75D"><enum>104.</enum><header>Data
systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part A of
title I of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
1120B the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H696C6762B93D44219399C99CA903A169" style="OLC">
<section id="HD655C33683EA484784B6F102F5ACD78F"><enum>1120C.</enum><header>Data Systems
and Requirements</header>
<subsection id="H42E5F9BEE93A4B13801EDD817EEBAD5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State receiving assistance under this part shall, not
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>All Students Can Achieve
Act</short-title>—</text>
<paragraph id="HDD1DD677B84942EABFA30097D291F6D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a
longitudinal data system for the State or as part of a State consortium that
meets the requirements of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C38722FCDB54F9FAD6392328908F5ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement the data
system after submitting to the Secretary an independently conducted audit
certifying that the data system meets the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H046E12FC01CC4B249C4158D2BB4F36B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data system
elements</header><text>The data system required by subsection (a) shall include
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H773C73C771FE4677807B8851AC474252"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The use of a
unique statewide student identifier for each student enrolled in a school in
the State that remains stable over time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H807FF0FE71EC4C2DA404D7395F303EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The ability to
match the assessment records to each individual student, for each year the
student is enrolled in a school in the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0F53882A78E4FD8A2705045792940C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The collection and
processing of data at the student level, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AAD8E15B19345B9AD290269249BDDA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on
students who have not participated in the State academic assessments described
in section 1111(b)(3) and the reasons those students did not
participate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2607AA8DF5A74E2FA9D0DEED4A28CB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>student enrollment,
demographic, including English language proficiency and native language, and
academic and intervention program participation information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H803657290AC341AD005214972DF3BFFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information
regarding student participation in supplemental educational services under
section 1116(e), including—</text>
<clause id="HE264CF7E6BEF4C54B457006C1DC51DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
type of supplemental educational services provided;</text>
</clause><clause id="H45221808917841198DACEC020921AE98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the dates of such
services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF42730472094328A195553D09904EA2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
identification of the providers of such services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D4B17ACB8F047EB88CB486EF956E217"><enum>(D)</enum><text>student transcript
data; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F910011C562448795A755BC87D6C0F8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the existence of
an individualized educational plan and other evaluations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H17AB9817D9E94B988C147D1460A2CBCC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Data for each
group described in section 1111(b)(2)(c)(v)), regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAAD51DC2FB314967A6D1A6D89152FED6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the graduation
rate, as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi), and an on-time cohort graduation
rate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50332777E62D4D1C9E23BFBD2915F400"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each other
academic indicator used by the State under section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vii) for
public elementary school students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13D61E522CDD4915BBDB75795BA3C2DE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A statewide audit
system to ensure the validity and reliability of data in such system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DA6AD6D223E45C18898DBC9056E4BA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A unique statewide
teacher identifier for each teacher employed in the State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4EC3D99FFA2547B282ED7F6000C90291"><enum>(A)</enum><text>remains stable
over time and matches student records, including assessments, to the
appropriate teacher; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01C02D159A7F4CB8AF358F38EEB49DC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides access to
teacher data elements, including—</text>
<clause id="H0AB715CD09544A18BC9D5732CC006102"><enum>(i)</enum><text>grade levels and
subjects of teaching assignment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9579589D9D414B3E83D0EBC5C786ABE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>preparation
program participation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC6571D7D4C9A4A08BEFC90DE7B3801E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>professional
development program participation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54B94B677134416FBFC47B214DC95F75"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Ability to link
information from the data system to public higher education data systems in the
State, in order to gather information on postsecondary education enrollment,
placement, persistence, and attainment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66BFEAC304AF4892A877DC55F81C08B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data system
requirements</header><text>A State implementing a data system required under
this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CA50C6B829E4525A0F77E437F7524C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop and
implement such system in a manner to ensure—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BEEA9CC4E8D4CC9AF5FF381386EAE78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the privacy of
student records in the data system, in accordance with the <quote><short-title>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974</short-title></quote> commonly known as Section 444 of the
<act-name>General Education Provisions Act</act-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H093E335BD1BD44B6883812B0396D2B2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of
effective data architecture (including standard definitions and formatting) and
warehousing, including the ability to link student records over time and across
databases and to produce standardized or customized reports;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA0A7F246125410883A18D7D8F78EA2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
interoperability among software interfaces used to input, access, and analyze
the data of such system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB43DAB8F81EA4DFAB6AF00A6D1F2BA57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the
interoperability with the system linking migrant student records required under
part C;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD684FC7378F045198D58E0BF90EE78BD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the electronic
portability of data and records in the system; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1A0B44F981A465889946BB3F2F2BC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide training
for the individuals using and operating such system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3F004F9D26834854AE27E3C856BB9F56"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Preexisting data
systems</header><text>A State that has developed and implemented a longitudinal
data system before the date of enactment of the
<short-title>All Students Can Achieve Act</short-title>
may utilize such system for purposes of this section, if the State submits to
the Secretary an independently conducted audit described in subsection
(a)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A6ACF6FE52C45CB8F951FB9328348BD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>Beginning
on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>All Students Can Achieve Act</short-title>,
if the Secretary finds, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that a
State has failed to meet the requirements of this section, the Secretary may,
at the discretion of the Secretary, suspend or limit the State’s eligibility
for assistance under title I of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44947CAA9D3840EF88E8EAA8BD0E044"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regional
consortia data system grant program</header>
<paragraph id="H08CE3E8CB6C5471EA74C7CCA24DC1E71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts authorized under paragraph (5), the
Secretary shall award grants, in accordance with paragraph (3), to regional
consortia of States for the activities described in paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H640D4D511FAA4C2EA0797BD9DF7FA2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
regional consortium desiring to receive a grant under this subsection shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8C1D1C58DA2499C81229DCC06D45E7D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Award basis and
allotments</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve up to $50,000,000 of the
funds authorized under section 102 to award grants, on a competitive basis, to
regional consortia of States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H069D169529F340D99C9811893857E5D6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A regional consortium receiving a grant under this
subsection shall use grant funds to develop data systems for multi-State use
that meet the requirements of this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6C4A645E81DE4AC5BE1F86605574DB36"><enum>105.</enum><header>Highly
effective teachers and principals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part A of title I of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
6311 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1119 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82907A6707E8490A9800E2A791B4FF93" style="OLC">
<section id="H6E84049AC8C44963B534C7358B1694F5"><enum>1119A.</enum><header>Highly
effective teachers and principals</header>
<subsection id="H90FCCA348DC74C76A9DDCCBC6D00CD34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after completing the data system
requirements in section 1120C and not later than 6 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>All Students Can Achieve
Act</short-title>, a State receiving assistance under this title shall
implement a highly effective teacher and principal system by—</text>
<paragraph id="H95C0030EF658485AADB107A4C5D1FF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determining the
requirements necessary to become a highly effective teacher in the State, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF46DFEE3E7F7411BA11BD51701EAFDD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be based primarily
on objective measures of student achievement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2ECEBCAFAE334B43A375BE823FB4884E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at a minimum,
include that the teacher has demonstrated success in—</text>
<clause id="H5D7FD0EEACF04726A36FFCB538DCE2C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>effectively
conveying and explaining academic subject matter, as evidenced by the increased
student academic achievement of the teacher’s students; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC915F5D281644CCC970519274E83ED28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employing
strategies that—</text>
<subclause id="H2A597A26680C42CAAAD2FDECF3FE00C3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are based on
scientifically based research;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8D2CFF63FFC647A9BE007F0023E900BC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are specific to
the academic subject matter being taught; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF394504DEDF54D4FB493532EFA4B65F7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>focus on the
identification of, and tailoring of academic instruction to, students’ specific
learning needs, particularly children with disabilities, students with limited
English proficient, and students who are gifted and talented;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H190EA85673454AE3AEC2703581DBF4A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determining the
requirements necessary to become a highly effective principal in the State,
which shall be based primarily on increased student academic achievement of
each group described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) in the principal’s school, as
compared to the achievement growth of other schools with similar student
populations to the principal’s school, as determined by the State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9AEED3B16FC4CDC8DBD2CB8E740700"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implementing a
system of identifying teachers and principals determined to be highly effective
based on the requirements established by the State under paragraphs (1) and
(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CF85C6D0305452AAC3DDB74EB2341FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Peer review
process</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a peer review process to
annually evaluate and rate each State’s highly effective teacher and principal
requirements, identification system, and resulting data.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BD3A6E22A5D4E24B46D1DBFC7BBBE67"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve not more than 10 percent of the
funds appropriated for this section or $60,000,000, whichever is less—</text>
<paragraph id="HF66DA80F8AF74E06BF00874566B901DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct,
commission, and disseminate research to determine the most effective methods of
determining teacher effectiveness based on objective measures of growth in
student achievement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DE37429002849AE97D93DA0003BE3CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to study the most
effective uses of such data in improving student achievement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB43987C787042A5B5AFB33030F4C825"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver of highly
qualified teacher requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H5516EEE649304CE0B7671917909249C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver
application</header><text>A State establishing a highly effective teacher and
principal system under this section may request a waiver of the highly
qualified teacher requirements under subparagraphs (C) and (E) of section
1114(b)(1) and sections 1115(c)(1)(E) and 1119(a) for the State and the local
educational agencies within the State, by submitting an application for a
waiver to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F36110072744937005BE2902EA07C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Granting of
waiver</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraphs (C) and (E) of section
1114(b)(1) and sections 1115(c)(1)(E) and 1119(a), the Secretary shall waive
the highly qualified teacher requirements under such sections for a State and
the local educational agencies within the State—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A8E617C8F664A80835048D7A8287D77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the State
demonstrates, in the application described in paragraph (1), that the
State—</text>
<clause id="H6C9DF7A2A75C42808F8263B3253222B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has implemented a
highly effective teacher and principal system that meets the requirements of
subsection (a) for not less than 1 year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE0AFAEB7A6BD4AF0836F80C6A6F62C5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has baseline data
regarding student achievement linked to teacher data for the schools in the
State for not less than the 2 years preceding the year that the system is
implemented; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2ADFDAB05A14FA3ABEBEFF170AD0856"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the peer review
panel described in subsection (b) has determined the State’s system to be
meritorious for the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBBFA733B7E024E879CED7BCF10DC6B3F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding
flexibility</header><text>The Secretary shall waive, upon the request of a
State that has a highly effective teacher and principal system that has been
determined to be meritorious by the peer review panel described in subsection
(b), the limitations on transfers under section 6123(a) and 6123(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFE078086F46433F886E3E871D623266"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consequences for
teachers who are not highly effective</header>
<paragraph id="HBD7AC361990040E1BBB9BC3D6D8E5A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Professional
development</header><text>If a local educational agency receiving assistance
under this part evaluates a teacher and finds that the teacher is not highly
effective, the local educational agency shall provide the teacher with
professional development and other support specifically designed to enable such
teacher to produce student learning gains sufficient to become highly
effective. Such professional development and support shall be provided during
not less than the 4 years following the teacher’s identification as not highly
effective or until the teacher is evaluated as effective.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9A069E6C7844F0CB07B6E65DA7917C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Placement of
teachers who do not become highly effective</header><text>A local educational
agency receiving assistance under this part shall not employ in a school
receiving assistance under this part a teacher who has been evaluated as not
highly effective and, 4 years after such evaluation, is still evaluated as not
highly effective, until such time as the teacher is evaluated as highly
effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B91B0415B8E459192CE3542F8B3B0C8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Consequences for
principals who are not highly effective</header>
<paragraph id="H4B450E0864314A34BAE5E6F2CCE00C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Professional
development</header><text>If a local educational agency receiving assistance
under this part evaluates a principal and finds that the principal is not
highly effective, the local educational agency shall provide the principal with
professional development and other support specifically designed to enable such
principal to produce student learning gains sufficient to become highly
effective. Such professional development and support shall be provided during
not less than 2 years following the identification as not highly effective or
until the principal is evaluated as effective.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E4AA6F970334B079748E395E32DF4A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Placement of
principals who do not become highly effective</header><text>A State or local
educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall not employ in a
school receiving assistance under this part a principal who has been evaluated
as not highly effective and, 3 years after such evaluation, is still evaluated
as not highly effective, until such time as the principal is evaluated as
highly effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8090577DA50C4BCB9FB4E1DF44D275E4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Bargaining
agreement exception and restrictions on new agreements</header>
<paragraph id="H0DEFE31034074A2B00B8512C4CE24701"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall not determine that a State or local
educational agency has failed to comply with section 1119A if the reason for
the agency’s non-compliance is a contract or collective bargaining agreement
that was entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52BA33C17DF944039200DD5911DBF4EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>A
local educational agency or State educational agency shall not enter into a new
contract or collective bargaining agreement or renew or extend a contract or
collective bargaining agreement that prevents the local educational agency or
State educational agency from meeting the requirements of section 1119A after
the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H191F227A648C4AD7975632AF3983D6B"><enum>106.</enum><header>Permitting
growth model systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1111b of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA1C09EE98F514D669656271C00907DD7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC506749E70C54533AEC6C3161077D5D7"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Use of growth
model systems</header>
<subparagraph id="HDD3BE6D750E34E2CAD2480380197C676"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of
growth model system</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>growth
model system</term> means a system that—</text>
<clause id="HACE6823091A74030959D17ECB9348267"><enum>(i)</enum><text>calculates the
academic growth of each individual student served by a school in the State over
time;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA13D362698CA47AF9553662FB893D4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establishes growth
targets for each such student, including students who already meet or exceed
the proficient or advanced level of academic achievement on a State assessment
required under section 1111(b)(3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9274B120AB114279BB41681716C30966"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>meets the
minimum standards regarding data systems and data quality that the secretary
establishes pursuant to regulation, which standards shall include requirements
that the system—</text>
<subclause id="HF3625BA3CBC742B2A25B8372002E58E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>matches the
assessment records of a student to the student for each year the student is
enrolled in a public school in the State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE4FA0288CE164154B76BC815C22ED8E7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>measures student
growth at the classroom and school levels.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39E4506A6A6F4722A75B9576703D908F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of growth
model systems</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
purposes of any provision that requires the calculation of a number or
percentage of students who meet or exceed the proficient level of academic
achievement on a State assessment under paragraph (3), a State authorized by
the Secretary to use a growth model system under subparagraph (D) shall
calculate such number or percentage by counting—</text>
<clause id="H3837F587F7B54B00BB5F3EE2F9B419A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the students who
meet or exceed the proficient level of academic achievement on the State
assessment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6E56A02697374BD9A3276C8C84198977"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the students who
are on a 3-year growth trajectory toward meeting or exceeding the proficient
level.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H358E0C8439E5436E927810D785007FFC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
State desiring to develop, enhance, or implement a growth model system shall
submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require. This application
shall include a description of how students with disabilities and English
language learners will be included in growth models.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H495A2A5FDE06483BA9F4B104E05BFDC7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authorization
for a growth model system</header><text>The Secretary shall authorize a State
that has submitted an application to use a growth model system for the purposes
of calculating adequate yearly progress if the Secretary determines
that—</text>
<clause id="H4F48BA77945641DEABC3A7E66C22AEA4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State has the
capacity to track individual academic growth for not less than the 2 school
years preceding the year of application; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H42D0DFC55E7D4410B1E0663148092672"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State has
developed a plan for implementing a highly effective teacher and principal
evaluation system.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H152F1C252D65409987DC59E679BB096"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Rule for existing
growth model pilot programs</header><text>Notwithstanding this section, a State
that, as of the day before the date of enactment of the
<short-title>All Students Can Achieve Act</short-title>,
has been approved by the Secretary to carry out a growth model as a pilot
program, may continue to participate in the pilot program instead of the
requirements of this section, at the Secretary’s
discretion.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC56584C74609434EB4CFA9B44FF2E23F"><enum>107.</enum><header>Innovative
teacher and school incentive programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title II of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (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="HDF5FB68DC8E443FD8ECEC1FB9530F8B8" style="OLC">
<subpart id="H96E14576D14B4C1F95E170007D1F36BC"><enum>6</enum><header>Innovative Teacher
and School Incentive Programs</header>
<section id="HF4F83596EE1E47329944731BD5C472A4"><enum>2371.</enum><header>Innovative
teacher and school incentive programs</header>
<subsection id="H6B94EC894F124971B75DBC625554B7B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant fund for
innovative teacher programs</header>
<paragraph id="H5D47298E3AE74607BEA4F50600854D06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>From amounts appropriated for this subsection, the
Secretary shall award grants to eligible States to enable the eligible
States—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF4A57B365D54C7B95536BAACBA92BAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to implement
programs to improve professional development for public school educators such
as—</text>
<clause id="HFEEBAF7A961A4031AE772438A9765D8D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establishing
professional development committees, which are primarily composed of teachers,
to evaluate the school’s professional development activities and develop a plan
for future activities that better meet the needs of the teachers and the
students the teachers serve; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1EA4B7E5DE84FB8AE2CCE22DE46B8E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing funding
to local education agencies to increase the number of professional development
release days; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA906E7CBED504120A987344F678E0059"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reform teacher
compensation, assignment, and tenure policies, including policies providing
incentives to encourage the best teachers to teach high-need subjects or in
high-need schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1B6264D09A74DCA981B87B63209E487"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible State</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
State</term> means a State that, in evaluating teachers, uses objective
measures of student learning growth as the primary indicators of teacher
performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CEEED74975D49F1B0BA6D89038BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible State desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC391AA18A18240CBA250B600C011A351"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of peer
review panel</header><text>In awarding a grant under this subsection, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1C3AF67A254244C6A18F99E01EC0005"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a peer
review process to provide recommendations to the Secretary regarding awarding
grants under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04B0E4A9D7734DD088BA812806CF279B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that the
participants in the peer review process include experts or researchers with
knowledge regarding appropriate statistical methodology for assessing teacher
effectiveness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H740E8D0B32E641A48075A2349F906C61"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants for
innovative school incentive programs</header>
<paragraph id="H586EA3270173405DB3968DECB1E9819C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>From amounts appropriated for this subsection, the
Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to States to enable the
States to implement school-based reward systems that recognize the teamwork
(for example, among teachers, administrators, counselors, resource staff, media
specialists, and other staff) necessary to improve eligible schools in
low-income areas receiving assistance under title I.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8551174CCF114B4785C031FDDEEB2E1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
State desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B7183D788C34FCF963138445793996D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A State receiving a grant under this subsection shall use
the grant to implement a school-based reward system described in paragraph (4)
for eligible schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H715FB93EBC1D402EB351B7BECFDE3958"><enum>(4)</enum><header>School-based
reward system</header><text>A school-based reward system funded under this
subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E5FC813107F452E00B5790078D4D0B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide award
amounts to eligible schools based on—</text>
<clause id="HEE1ABFEC5C12463BB8F9FB9E8DA8A6E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the degree of
improvement of student performance;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD16C17609126432298E06978BD46A7BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
students in the school; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H88417FBC8832464FB19252498FFF7D56"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of
teachers, administrators, and staff serving the school;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC381F3A1C4C645C9ABE2D58600B5D629"><enum>(B)</enum><text>give the eligible
school the discretion to determine the appropriate uses described in
subparagraph (C), with guidance and oversight provided by the State educational
agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H497AC7621C88420500788CF9ED21EFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require that the
awards be used by the school for any of the following:</text>
<clause id="H68D20B421BB145119FB271EACF25A685"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Non-recurring
bonuses for teachers, administrators, and staff at the school.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA01D0D865516470F8684D592C2B923BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The addition of
temporary personnel to continue the school’s improvement.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0ECDDE3FAE714770B9525B638B310000"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Providing a
limited number of teachers with reduced teaching schedules to permit the
teachers to act as mentors at the school or at other schools receiving
assistance under title I.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H974046A2DCFB41780017AA94CA649602"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible school</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
school</term> means an elementary or secondary school that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0CDB518F7F84235AE46A526B78B2BE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the highest
third of schools in the State in terms of the percentage of students eligible
for free or reduced-price lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF33B1174DBAE44F7B07ECB36B41F4B5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shows significant
improvement in student performance, as compared to similar schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC6E6C42161246BD82CAE3531CA770AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Secretary shall annually report to Congress on the grants awarded under
subsections (a) and (b) and shall evaluate the effectiveness of such
grants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H10CD3E7BF1354F87802E5CEF6C511D94"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>For
the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be
appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and for each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>CLOSING THE
ACHIEVEMENT GAP</header>
<section id="HCE3D95802463432DA3AC0700DE2E1E91"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB16B83C052D040CFA5A6BDB1A32FF1B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require the
equitable distribution of effective teachers and non-Federal funding;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7886DC62D198488988CF9062CEEF8C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increase
authorizations for school-improvement funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF76CCB7E43274E178023FC00F01D002B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide incentives
for States to maintain rigorous assessments by distributing these
school-improvement funds according to the number of schools in need of
improvement.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD5C4521F856F468AB168489DB74F9BE3"><enum>202.</enum><header>Equitable
distribution of highly effective teachers and non-Federal funding</header>
<subsection id="H9A38182187BA4AF1897E82063D2785B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart 1 of part A of title I of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
6311 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D636A3ABF86499F8BD7ACC9CC035474" style="OLC">
<section id="HFE7EAC6A39FC4934AD9D2DC2574EA789"><enum>1120D.</enum><header>Equitable
distribution of highly effective teachers and non-Federal funding</header>
<subsection id="H29E42C64E0D14A249CF27604D9EB1342"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual State
educational agency report</header>
<paragraph id="H260B27C9A98B4C54A729CC43B4004228"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving assistance under
this part shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary, and make
available to the public, a report on the equitable distribution of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41BC205BF68948438BD92D00A1953AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>highly effective
teachers and principals in the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA603F51A8994090B91ECC2BBEABF882"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
State that has not yet implemented a highly effective teacher system under
section 1119A or for which highly effective teacher evaluations have not been
completed, highly qualified teachers in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD059B398CFE7488D97AFCA7DDD39A1D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State report
content</header><text>The report described in paragraph (1) shall include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H36C9BC62AB3C4DA99C60D3855BCAE4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The percentage of
public elementary school and secondary school teachers in the State who are not
highly effective or highly qualified, as applicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7439ACB8034D4EDB985EE81D17DA7643"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The specific steps
the State educational agency is taking to address any disproportionate
assignment of teachers who are not highly effective or highly qualified in the
schools and local educational agencies of the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80B5811E1DAF4DA59E81A46FA5C884E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of
progress made regarding the State’s capacity to implement a system for
measuring individual teacher effectiveness.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA69CCF15CEA4074A9529DCECA0032E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A comparison
between the elementary and secondary schools in the State in the highest
quartile in terms of the percentage of students eligible for free and
reduced-price lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act,
and such schools in the lowest quartile, with respect to each of the
following:</text>
<clause id="H30A2BE6FD0144F729522BB7DEFA2A931"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The annual teacher
attrition rate.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3314A5ADB14E4A0F8E04005360B1EC30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The percentage of
classes taught by teachers who are not highly effective or highly qualified, as
applicable.</text>
</clause><clause id="H69C38B63CFAC4F7DBD0063B7F1D12F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The percentage of
such schools with principals who are not highly effective, if the State has
implemented highly effective principal evaluations under section 1119A.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBA929671AE74076A4266D397D23CC9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A comparison
between the public schools in the State in the highest quartile in terms of the
percentage of minority student enrollment, and such schools in the lowest
quartile, with respect to each category described in clauses (i) through (iii)
of subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB43DE86C99D3453DAEF444ED11A88F68"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A compendium of
statewide data and local educational reports described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD2E786008F646C08FC52543E2C3C3A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Such other
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE02053411D1B4ECC8CD5817891A1128C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual local
educational agency report</header>
<paragraph id="H52116D9A0FDB405E80249943C3BB8D59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency receiving assistance under
this part shall annually prepare and submit to the State educational agency,
and make available to the public, a report on the equitable distribution
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7483800F7844100AF550881D630584"><enum>(A)</enum><text>highly effective
teachers and principals in the elementary and secondary schools served by the
local educational agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5736728A78242D89B38CCCD8961B000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
local educational agency in a State that is not implementing a highly effective
teacher system under section 1119A or for which highly effective teacher
evaluations have not been completed, highly qualified teachers in the
elementary and secondary schools served by the local educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC81E784D055343FC947032F54BD38F4C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report
contents</header><text>The report required under this subsection shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H720D4B00859643E39F8412305CAAD48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The percentage of
public elementary school and secondary school teachers employed by the local
educational agency who are not highly effective or highly qualified, as
applicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18EE513507224CEEBEF2DC007F17FCCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The specific steps
the local educational agency is taking to address any disproportionate
assignment of teachers who are not highly effective or highly qualified, as
applicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20224C836DEE4A2FBB538CCA00378375"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A comparison
between the elementary schools and secondary schools served by the local
educational agency in the highest quartile in terms of the percentage of
students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches under the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act, and such schools in the lowest quartile,
with respect to each of the following:</text>
<clause id="HFDDE4E37F8CE4D2F9F0076C8BD7E1500"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The annual teacher
attrition rate.</text>
</clause><clause id="H946FB9D2C0E742B6A0171C303EADF6B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The percentage of
classes taught by teachers who are not highly effective or highly qualified, as
applicable.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6CC80DFD769B4307BCB007A3B311C72E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The percentage
of public schools with principals who are not highly effective, in States that
have implemented highly effective principal evaluations under section
1119A.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAEE7889A9EB49D4A12EFC9F64E84105"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A comparison
between the public schools served by the local educational agency in the
highest quartile in terms of minority student enrollment, and such schools in
the lowest quartile, with respect to each category described in clauses (i)
through (iii) of subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A1772A5D44149EE855F0142D7C64D5C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Specific,
measurable, and quantifiable annual goals for achieving equity in the
distribution of teachers who are highly effective or highly qualified, as
applicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABEFA25A55494ABCAABB6761D3DCEE00"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Such other
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFE59773490A4B0C93409D3790FDE008"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local
educational agency plans</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>All Students Can Achieve
Act</short-title>, each local educational agency receiving assistance under
this part shall submit a plan to the State educational agency that describes
how the local educational agency will achieve equitable assignment of highly
effective teachers (or, in the case of a local educational agency in a State
that has not yet implemented a highly effective teacher system, highly
qualified teachers) to high-poverty and high-minority schools.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDB4327E0D4224D608D9BCFA6169DAE47"><enum>1120E.</enum><header>Equitable
distribution of non-Federal funding</header>
<subsection id="HFE68BF4507B744079827D59E9813B9A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H8B3DD4E50A2E4AB188C6E6C84D5B6858"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>All Students Can Achieve Act</short-title>,
each State educational agency receiving assistance under this title shall
provide evidence to the Secretary that the non-Federal funds used by the State
for public elementary and secondary education, including those funds used for
actual, and not estimated or averaged, teacher salaries, based upon classroom
hours, for each fiscal year, are distributed equitably across the schools
within each local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H752D0949DADF41BBBD517C70C65B3C45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information on
school report cards</header><text>If, for a fiscal year, a school receiving
assistance under this part receives significantly less than the average
non-Federal school funding provided to schools in the local educational agency
for such year, the local educational agency shall include in the school report
card required under section 1111(h)(2)(B)(ii) for such school the amount by
which the school’s non-Federal school funding is significantly below the
average non-Federal school funding for schools served by the local educational
agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BAE6155DFD3405294686CCE65446B28"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>Two
years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>All
Students Can Achieve Act</short-title>, and every year thereafter, the
Inspector General of the Department shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BA4DC88527D4D5600D1703BF14FAF6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate 5 State
educational agencies that receive assistance under this part and 10 local
educational agencies that receive assistance under this part, to determine such
agencies’ progress in meeting the requirements of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E73C7CE9A334BA3B1E4A285914CC483"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepare and
distribute a report regarding the findings of the evaluation to the Secretary
and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate
and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3C51A98D1CFA4D8D8C87D301FAB4A536"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations and
guidelines</header>
<paragraph id="HEB97058143F74441A4E301061308F5CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
educational agency regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of the <short-title>All Students Can
Achieve Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations for State
educational agencies regarding how to review the State educational agency’s
rules and guidelines and work with local educational agencies to establish
plans and timelines for providing equitable non-Federal funding to all schools
in the State who receive assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63AF6938B6204E4181E41076FD507FC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines for
local educational agencies</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the
issuance of the regulations described in paragraph (1), each State educational
agency receiving assistance under this part shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63B05532874B4E5FAD261FF73592D268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop guidelines
for local educational agencies regarding the local educational agencies’
responsibilities under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAE01DD743254FE086954B125D079522"><enum>(B)</enum><text>distribute such
guidelines to the local educational agencies and make such guidelines publicly
available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A07840A17454C39BF885F84138C424D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Local
educational agency plans</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the
receipt of the State educational agency’s guidelines described in paragraph
(2), each local educational agency in the State that receives assistance under
this part shall develop and submit to the State educational agency a plan
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H585D454431434C4500679B2E1BC94B80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes how the
local educational agency will ensure the equitable distribution of non-Federal
funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26491469B60943BEB815C05EB8116A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a timeline
that provides for the implementation of the plan by not later than 3 years
after the local educational agency has received the guidelines under paragraph
(3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8217757BA69142B893D0A59D9367113E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be made
publicly available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF492E554619F4D3B80CE57F706A85DE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of
non-Federal funds</header><text>In this section, the term <term>non-Federal
funds</term> means the amount of State and local funds provided to a school
(including those State and local funds used for teacher salaries but not
including any Federal funding).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H24D2C63A133B4859ADF9A43B6E68C1F9"><enum>1120F.</enum><header>Make whole
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a State has not
achieved an equitable distribution, within local educational agencies, of
effective teachers and non-Federal funds 3 years after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>All Students Can Achieve
Act</short-title>, the Secretary may withhold a portion of the State’s funds
under the <short-title>All Students Can Achieve
Act</short-title>.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H70A54D807DBC4E239CDC1E15CAC46429"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report
card</header><text>Section 1111(h)(2)(B)(ii) of the <act-name>Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(2)(B)(ii)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BCB71535BDD45CD926837B40001315C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5E23B1088EE4B92A5F36CF5B3B334CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (II),
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon and <quote>and </quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA93C5F4AF84F41AAA14526E9776977EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subclause (II), as so amended, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E222A81649F44B9B0193CDC4774618C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id5D828A06BDF14EA3995D2A6E2FE6F91A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the information
required under section 1120E(a)(2), if required for such school;
and</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7D03C0C9B99F42ACA1D1A02D989CD5D"><enum>203.</enum><header>Strengthen and
focus State capacity for school improvement efforts</header>
<subsection id="H61ABDB31A28546AFB0B40BE7FCF88F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>School
improvement grant authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 1002(i)
of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 6302(i)) is amended by striking <quote>appropriated $500,000,000</quote>
and all that follows through the period and inserting “appropriated—</text>
<quoted-block id="H02CE2E98808E4708A8D07800875D6F05" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H87F4E412E0784B3599DFCFDA00263862"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$600,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD743AC559E6C48329334351B7D748287"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$700,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49CD1FED58C449038132C816DB04A87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$800,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF190925AB998474FA27C19F8F189EFCE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$900,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4729BC6DD06D4347B7D1F0AEC134CC7D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for
fiscal year
2012.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H60F15D7B256140A3AD41D079C08C5DA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
administration</header><text>Section 1003 of the <act-name>Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6303) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB216DAADEAF745B58C499FB968A0E6EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(2), by striking <quote>the funds received by the States, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and the outlying areas, respectively, for the fiscal year under
parts A, C, and D of this title.</quote> and inserting <quote>the number of
schools in the States, the Department of Interior, and the outlying areas,
respectively, that are not making adequate yearly progress for the most recent
school year for which information is available.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65D323B9C3484198AFBDEE2FAA3979A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0E84D7EC125A4FBDAE78B729E852119C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8557D03FF85D43F19D06B9AFE28E05DB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional
amounts for administrative costs</header>
<paragraph id="H998E203A94F54D5B87C6F3D7C72C3970"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (g), in
addition to the amounts reserved under subsection (a) but not allocated under
subsection (b)(1) and the amounts of a grant award described in subsection
(g)(7), a State may use an additional percentage of the amounts reserved under
subsection (a) and the grant award under subsection (g), not to exceed 15
percent of the sum of such reserved amounts and grant award, if the State
matches the dollar amount of such additional amount with an equal amount of
State funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4AA1FD079E24E1FBCB3EC74CCFB2100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A State that elects to use an additional percentage
described in paragraph (1) shall use such funds, and the required matching
State funds, to build more capacity at the State level to diagnose, intervene
in, and assist schools—</text>
<subparagraph id="H683033CE4E9949BD8CF269258005D62D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by supporting
State personnel in carrying out the responsibilities under this section;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H674E43EC4B614AEBBC186E8744A9343F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by entering into
contracts with non-profit entities with a record of assisting in the
improvement of persistently low-performing
schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6434FC885A8448338FF1A2C8FA587807"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extending the
four percent school improvement State reservations</header><text>Section 1003
of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 6303) is amended in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="HC53721FC9D2D4007B15944B5B4D23760"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>4 percent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7278E86DFAB4BF0BE4D06F441E4CEA1"><enum>(2)</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>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>ACHIEVING HIGH
STANDARDS</header>
<section id="HDDD8FC1764B146B5AD7CDB00A52702CE"><enum>301.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE0FE7983D5040AAA7A5C3EFA66E617"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enhance the
National Assessment Governing Board and the Board’s responsibilities to develop
21st century performance-based American standards and assessments, including
world-class alternate assessments for students with disabilities and
English-language learners, with incentives for States to adopt voluntarily the
American standards and assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H620F7F0596AB4CED8B579F00F3A7E693"><enum>(2)</enum><text>align State
curricula with college and workplace needs through State P–16 commissions
covering pre-kindergarten through college in the subjects of reading or
language arts, history, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87B49D28AA6141B18E00F118D017CF56"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require the
Department of Education to report annually on the quality and rigor of the
model American and the State standards and assessments.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD9BB9792B57D4F8A86A7248BB2B18919"><enum>302.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
purpose of carrying out this title and the amendments made by this title, in
addition to other amounts already authorized, there are authorized to be
appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and for each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal years.</text>
</section><part id="HAA44A52B3F704E4E92D4847922B4F06"><enum>A</enum><header>American Standards
and Assessments</header>
<section id="H5D3CA233877B4C97B208BCE1FC9B00BB"><enum>311.</enum><header>American
standards and assessments</header>
<subsection id="H1E1872E8D8BD49A39CFA5602B406A976"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National
assessment governing board</header><text>Section 302 of the <act-name>National
Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
9621) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H350489645D3646B68B33718BE41B8182"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81EE3D880F3B42BF817DAAC5D1D1D6B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), by striking <quote>Three classroom teachers representing</quote> and
inserting <quote>Six classroom teachers with 2 each
representing</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31622EF767234C34005F6488040081FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking <quote>One representative of business or industry</quote> and
inserting <quote>Three representatives of business or industry</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3EDE970DCD345C38BC625DA98DB328E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>(O) Two members from higher
education.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3267383087144A89C02CBB269BC618B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD4EC154B6344AAA8DB1DF2FA521E93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="HA1E3F28B69184A98A3A5BDF9C8562D46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCB711304995427ABBA0351035DAC4F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (J), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H45598034E6A642D0BC042E2900CF7F00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC8AC8849A1F44E948B6D00878C38A409" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8E6E02CAF34B4F9488DDD5E72449B5B9"><enum>(K)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H12EDBBE05C7A4F009075AD7C35F2BF2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>create American content
and performance standards and assessments in language arts or reading,
mathematics, and science for grades 3 through 12;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D65B4FF24814AB783EC9171A421A87B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>create high-quality alternative
assessments for students with disabilities and English-language learners for
use by States;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4049A2842D3540600045DCDFE091D455" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide web-based mechanisms for
States to receive timely results from these assessments and alternate
assessments;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB7DB35F2105E4E3C9CA4B331E3E8CE4F" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>extrapolate such standards and
assessments based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
frameworks; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4D38AC943123450388D30020D441EBCA" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>ensure that such standards and
assessments are aligned with college and workplace readiness
skills.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02FD4A90EEF04C11BB08090020DA008D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H462CC2D212914FB2943EC560001F6D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB451F36EAB8A4519862BB102C7C3A4F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Report on
American standards</header><text>The Assessment Board shall issue a report to
the Secretary containing the model standards and describe the assessments
specified in paragraph
(1)(K).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H80F80E9741AC40B1B9E4C75821B2AF87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H860E56E5CB8D4DE6BC9B4D694FC66B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B), by striking <quote>not more than six</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B487267E39E4803ABB5C001974E507"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3E987EC986F242899F00B5868B777B64" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3F924AD1D598473D96E338087BD12081"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text>Any
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Governing Board without
reimbursement from the Board, and such detailee shall retain the rights,
status, and privileges of such employee’s regular employment without
interruption.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H863123FE9265485BB9F8D791129D1512"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to
State plans</header><text>Section 1111 of the <act-name>Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H587ED3DA45324A2F92CF19BABE474E63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB466467C0ACA4A099E9C008BDAC3364E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H38A690DDFA4D461CB232E3159B10B5BE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H423D72500F334DDCBBDE70CAF74D9400"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Use by States of
model American standards and assessments</header>
<paragraph id="HE64F63520ABC4F3EBC15F83FB000BEBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, upon
issuance of the report under section 302(e)(7) of the <act-name>National
Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act</act-name>, each State
desiring to receive funding under this part shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14638F6274EF48C188FFF2F33FA48E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adopt the model
American standards and assessments specified in that report for use in carrying
out this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2B741A575424EBD89F916AB348B3E09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>modify the State’s
existing academic standards and assessments to align with those model American
standards and assessments; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98B34EC1B02C4EB9AE4400A8C8A680B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>continue using the
State’s existing academic standards and academic assessments or those of a
regional consortium.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE3A6B5D42F445849C85BFDFC74689A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary to
evaluate standards and assessments of States not adopting model American
standards and assessments</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCE0C12932AA4D5285F1740007795909"><enum>(A)</enum><text>analyze the
academic standards and assessments of States that do not adopt the model
American standards and assessments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4551F0EA9F064D33BC515E00627DF83B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compare such
academic standards and assessments to the model American standards and
assessments, using a common scale.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H99B386D53973464F940495FC01D75580"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>The Secretary shall annually report to Congress on any
variance in quality and rigor between the model American standards and
assessments adopted by the Assessment Board and the standards and assessments
used by the States. Until development and implementation of the model American
standards and assessments adopted by the Assessment Board, the Secretary shall
report annually to the public on differences between State assessment results
and results from the National Assessment of Educational
Progress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC85F1AD69074C75A36D4E0586C681B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment to
local plans</header><text>Section 1112(b)(1)(F) of the <act-name>Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)(F)) is amended
by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69F18A2023F942E9BA6B384E23BED031"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National
assessment governing board</header><text>Section 303 of the <act-name>National
Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
9621) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28E35A8A9DDE4E8A84C0B05E207C313C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>reading, mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, science</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA034A730F4F54CB3B9C97D2F00120068"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5E910503A7D4AA58DB66818ADFFBEB0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(C), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BBCB63408104332BF9507FB88A00164"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(E), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD828A7E21D043B69B08A0257FD73882"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)(A)(i), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8855FB0889AF439B87ED211906683998"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB944B0BC8EBB4D998D1D19B552CA4800"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)(C)(ii), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting
<quote>reading, mathematics, and science</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part id="HF5F7C0071D0843FE9F7FA69B4422DF7D"><enum>B</enum><header>P–16
Education Stewardship Systems</header>
<section id="HFBECF45D7D60486600639B0050B71480"><enum>321.</enum><header>P–16 education
stewardship commission</header>
<subsection id="H6ABCA232BCEA4A0A88B4405373065CA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>P–16 education
stewardship commission</header>
<paragraph id="H1798242ECAC9446E868F6047C2ED654E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State that receives assistance under part A of title
I of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) shall establish a P–16 education stewardship
commission that has the policymaking ability to meet the requirements of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97D6F4F11D6941A68938D42D18AAB82B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing
commission</header><text>The State may designate an existing coordinating body
or commission as the State P–16 education stewardship commission for purposes
of this title, if the body or commission meets, or is amended to meet, the
basic requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H72CF2FB359354F3ABA16C66E1E7FF3E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H6D6C65DDFDFA495DBCB83253F460C0CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>Each
P–16 education stewardship commission shall be composed of the Governor of the
State, or the designee of the Governor, and the stakeholders of the statewide
education community, as determined by the Governor or the designee of the
Governor, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE85FA0A6DDFC4B148274739D03B400EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the chief State
official responsible for administering prekindergarten through grade 12
education in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2B87E76D46641D4AA63139CC743B71D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the chief State
official of the entity primarily responsible for the supervision of
institutions of higher education in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62DAFCC170094D33902148009EF1B872"><enum>(C)</enum><text>bipartisan
representation from the State legislative committee with jurisdiction over
prekindergarten through grade 12 education and higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4D68BBB5269438EB0341E730384D7E0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>representatives of
2- and 4-year institutions of higher education in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F1BFE47FCC4456ABE4CBB9A92142F3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>public elementary
and secondary school teachers employed in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BBEBF883A784F1180D7D192ABC92221"><enum>(F)</enum><text>representatives of
the business community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC07016A112D4257A5B154EF603CD4FF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the Governor, or the designee of the Governor, representatives from
pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and higher education governing boards and
other organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAFA0F654A1674261808F2399DA153590"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chairperson;
meetings</header><text>The Governor of the State, or the designee of the
Governor, shall serve as chairperson of the P–16 education stewardship
commission and shall convene regular meetings of the commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AE37D13D8104A77917589F9A71BE7ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties of the
commission</header>
<paragraph id="H2AC3A037D83D436885E8D9AE4C15A8DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>Each
State P–16 education stewardship commission shall convene regular
meetings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD11A6115FE14BB5001BC27F2B3DAF10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission
recommendations</header><text>Not later than 18 months after a State receives
funds under section 303, and annually thereafter, the State P–16 education
stewardship commission informed by the higher education institutions in the
State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC02E6792A1674F70A06C14E723C97CD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop
recommendations to better align the content knowledge requirements for
secondary school graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in
postsecondary education and the workforce in the subjects of reading or
language arts, history, mathematics, science, technology, and engineering, and,
at the discretion of the Commission, additional academic content areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49672A7AD1AA4AB78322E031AD8B156F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop
recommendations regarding the prerequisite skills and knowledge, patterns of
coursework, and other academic factors including—</text>
<clause id="HD490B51CCFEA4BBBA4BD42B64716FE68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
prerequisite skills and knowledge expected of incoming freshmen at institutions
of higher education to successfully engage in and complete postsecondary-level
general education coursework without the prior need to enroll in developmental
coursework; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9ADC6A5703A04036AF7331FA009624DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>patterns of
coursework and other academic factors that demonstrate the highest correlation
with success in completing postsecondary-level general education coursework and
degree or certification programs, particularly with respect to science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA72A6F64BE248119FEA487B08866736"><enum>(C)</enum><text>develop
recommendations and enact policies to increase the success rate of students in
the students’ transition from secondary school to postsecondary education,
including policies to increase success rates for—</text>
<clause id="H3A0DC07CB68D4FFAA23593CFE5F1F027"><enum>(i)</enum><text>students of
economic disadvantage;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA6421990FABE4CFF9E0381944E63B498"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>students of
racial and ethnic minorities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5373628179EE431FB500998EA3C60EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>students with
disabilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1E447F5EAA9F4E6000D105162B408344"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>students with
limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF0C06D324380469DA1728779A94607E2"><enum>322.</enum><header>P–16 education
State plans</header>
<subsection id="HD718643094DB4E91B99C8683F3C7CFB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State receiving assistance under part A of title I
of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) shall develop a plan that includes, at a minimum, the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2016DFD11C634061AB12B63B25550025"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A
demonstration that the State will work with the State P–16 education
stewardship commission and others, as necessary, to examine the relationship
among the content of postsecondary education admission and placement exams, the
prerequisite skills and knowledge required to successfully take
postsecondary-level general education coursework, the pre-kindergarten through
grade 12 courses and academic factors associated with academic success at the
postsecondary level, particularly with respect to science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, and existing academic standards and aligned
academic assessments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H323D315F5E8A4A579D7F00154087C05C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
description of how the State will, using the information from the State P–16
education stewardship commission, increase the percentage of students taking
courses that have the highest correlation of academic success at the
postsecondary level, for each of the following groups of students:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D792BAC77744E8F97C0D647CF48A800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Economically
disadvantaged students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AAC9E858EEA4A868C0632E6662D36A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Students from each
major racial and ethnic group within the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2EB7CD87AD74A19A54C6B2FE2E84042"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Students with
disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83B6E37E2FC64D8794A13B39F5B57E5D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Students with
limited English proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H28AAFCC49DD6423C88D2FCD64124EB49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
description of how the State will distribute the information in the P–16
education stewardship commission’s report to the public in the State, including
public secondary schools, local educational agencies, school counselors, P–16
educators, institutions of higher education, students, and parents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07328054EB7240589EC2D16C53B8AF39"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assurance that
the State will continue to pursue effective P–16 education alignment
strategies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23B663A261D94ED1BE1387437F4895D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Each
State shall submit the State plan described in subsection (a) to the Secretary
not later than 1 year of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H55FDA4D88A8A4BB7AFEC1E64754581BE"><enum>323.</enum><header>P–16 education
stewardship system grants</header>
<subsection id="H0E5F1D97735346CA9624D879149D2C1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>From amounts appropriated under this section, the
Secretary shall award grants, from allotments under subsection (b), to States
to enable the States—</text>
<paragraph id="HBAAC4022644A4FB48B68EA5001EEA0ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish P–16
education stewardship commissions in accordance with section 321; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2932E1AB86B545BE87D5ABB9006CCA58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to carry out the
activities and programs described in the State plan submitted under section
322.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB8254CCC2854D12A7CF80C00074FECA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>The
Secretary shall allot the amounts available for grants under this section
equally among the States that have submitted plans described in section 322.
Each such plan shall include a demonstration that the State, not later than 5
months after receiving grant funds under this section, will establish a P–16
education stewardship commission described in section 321.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC69A2664A5E74BB4AF56483C23FB00E4"><enum>324.</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="H4D0AA312D44443ABAD92008F668C33F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after a State receives funds
under this section, and annually thereafter, the State P–16 education
stewardship commission shall prepare and submit to the Governor, and make
easily accessible and available to the public, a clear and concise report that
shall include the recommendations described in section 321(c)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H167F25BC03544022A6DB5F16A06B00D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution to
the public</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the submission of a
report under subsection (a), each State P–16 education stewardship commission
shall publish and widely distribute the information in the report in various
concise and understandable formats to targeted audiences such as—</text>
<paragraph id="HF11F1F2D02184504B04729C98CF15F4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all public
secondary schools and local educational agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2DCBA9C474D4410B61E5C281E702729"><enum>(2)</enum><text>school
counselors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40BF46FCC2B04602B246A21C45C01E14"><enum>(3)</enum><text>P–16
educators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD42C1E05EE549FDBF4727A72CC278B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>institutions of
higher education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF662185016914469A82678916758E2E0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>students and
parents, especially students and parents of students listed in subparagraphs
(A) through (D) of section 322(a)(2) and those entering grade 9 in the next
academic year, to assist students and parents in making informed and strategic
course enrollment decisions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><enum>IV</enum><header>STRENGTHENING
ACCOUNTABILITY</header>
<section id="H0D50E79C92504127BE4089C711CBDBB7"><enum>401.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="H78E8EF0825D04FBF947438FB2E8C6E88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to divide the
accountability structure for schools under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6ECF0E6520064118A497BDEB3672CCF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comprehensive
intervention for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress because
groups comprising collectively 50 percent or more of the students in the school
have not achieve the State objectives under section 1111(b)(2)(G) of such Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8CC0F8E07B34F6D9C50A8DC9E4F00D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>focused
intervention for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress because
groups comprising collectively less than 50 percent of the students in the
school that have not achieved such objectives;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H55B566B1C0314FCC998C8D779D0019B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to strengthen the
program of providing supplemental educational services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB15A4855C864660A2373E418263AC47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to count all
children and increase rigor by ensuring that the State calculations of adequate
yearly progress have limits on student thresholds and also on statistical
confidence intervals that do not exceed 95 percent confidence;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2574E38F3D241EA8EDEB863A993F474"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to add science to
the subjects included in the adequate yearly progress calculations in the
academic assessments under section 1111(b)(3) of such Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FF0C554EA2A419AA5CDA9E93BC196E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to
support research and development for mathematics and science
partnerships;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6A073264FD64B50A4B0582650CB705E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to amend the
provisions regarding the accountability for students with disabilities and
English-language learners;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C9A1A7947C34F27BBB9009DEC3FB0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to
screen children entering schools identified as in need of comprehensive
intervention under section 1116(b)(1) of such Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D823F36BAE241C8BF001EC41FCA0036"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to develop the
Adjunct Teacher Corps to meet the country’s needs for teachers in critical
foreign languages and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC46CB1E7F75B43A5B04518A6E5184ECA"><enum>402.</enum><header>Authorizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purpose of carrying out this title
and the amendments made by this title, there are authorized to be appropriated
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section><section id="H0C3558FF71CC4262B65DFDDF0641472"><enum>403.</enum><header>School
intervention plan development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title I of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> is further
amended by inserting before section 1116 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H579D2AA0E42444F5B4D3CD7AB90D4B8" style="OLC">
<section id="H47712F4261C142C192795F50BBE364C"><enum>1115A.</enum><header>School
intervention plan development</header>
<subsection id="H23466DE0816B43DB00FC2DEC3803518D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A school that does not make adequate yearly progress but
has not been so identified for the immediate preceding year shall, not later
than the end of the first year following such identification—</text>
<paragraph id="H1A6F96873F6B40F1BA394046271EC945"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop, in
conjunction with the local educational agency and in consultation with parents,
teachers, administrators, students, and school-intervention specialists from
the local educational agency or the State educational agency, a
school-intervention plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2045AB400A5740A0AE496FBAEDBA3097"><enum>(2)</enum><text>obtain approval of
the plan from the local educational agency and certification from the
superintendent that the plan meets the requirements of this subparagraph and is
reasonably designed to ensure that the school will meet adequate yearly
progress targets for the following year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB86CED631CD44F2BAB3ED1E91F4BF640"><enum>(3)</enum><text>after approval,
make the school-intervention plan publicly available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FF8F00588934901B47234FBAAF70078"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
plan</header><text>A school plan under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H881F6FB1E15C4B3ABE50DDA0C7796859"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyze and
address systemic causes for the school’s inability to make adequate yearly
progress;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5262124ED424419BF2503455FD800E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify the
specific reasons why the school did not make adequate yearly progress;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB17812A9225343DE8D93A44E001978F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>articulate a plan
to improve instruction and achievement that addresses how the school
will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB8D15541E7343B28F74A80047C9BBCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement
curriculum and benchmark assessments that are aligned with the State academic
content standards and student academic achievement standards, if collectively
more than 50 percent of students are contained within groups that did not meet
adequate yearly progress;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC8FD83FBCDF42FFB52742E7B81EDF6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand
instructional time for students who have not met the proficient level or are
not making sufficient progress toward reaching such level on the State academic
assessments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DA72E92F24F49D9B6F2508FDC2D2C00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that
first-year teachers are not disproportionately assigned to students described
in subparagraph (B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26E15344C7174C25B19B5D08C0530000"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that all
teachers in the school receive assistance and support in implementing the
curriculum, evidence-based intervention models, benchmark assessments, and
additional instructional time;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF4D38A4F2EF4E8FAE9EEF36845E143"><enum>(E)</enum><text>if the subgroup of
limited English proficient students does not make adequate yearly progress,
articulate how the school will work with the local educational agency to
redeploy, as permitted, funds made available to the local educational agency
under title III;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4627A6573D704A14BFE3A74E7FE674E7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>if the subgroup of
students with disabilities did not make adequate yearly progress, articulate
how the school will work with the local educational agency to redeploy, as
permitted, funds made available to the local educational agency under the
Individuals with <act-name>Disabilities Education Act</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
1411 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06A7F7A746864881A741FCBB61B36083"><enum>(G)</enum><text>include data on
the school, relevant to the factors identified in the plan, from the local
educational agency’s report under section 1120D; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE29524511AF94CEDBDB46B38AFD0DF5C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>identify specific
actions that the local educational agency will take to make supplemental
educational services and public school transfer
available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H243FB5337EAC492B959C406192D8FC7"><enum>404.</enum><header>Comprehensive
and focused intervention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116 of the <act-name>Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8813C84FEA6F48F3B199EA0085514068"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC60B2931BFEC4829A929350058B1D53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subject to school improvement</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof
<quote>subject to comprehensive intervention or focused intervention</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE556DC2CEC9A493AB2E5E7993F634FFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for school improvement</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>for
comprehensive intervention or focused intervention</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC70C34450DA34FA1A2BA91809E94BF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5DF53791E66B493986B6EC293C483DFE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HFBCEAA75AE2740AC82E9A3D045B45DD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>School
intervention</header>
<paragraph id="HBB2E3D45DA834786BB4654912464A385"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comprehensive
interventions</header>
<subparagraph id="H35035BCFA348418D9DDBDA7C2BCBE3D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header>
<clause id="HF20A9A1016FC4DB4BDB3E75DF58C7900"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency shall identify, as in need of
comprehensive intervention, any elementary school or secondary school served
under this part that does not make, for 2 or more consecutive years, adequate
yearly progress as defined in the State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2)
because—</text>
<subclause id="HE1048F9DBEF4406BAFD099ACC6B3EEF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the group of all
students at the school did not meet the objectives set by the State under
section 1111(b)(2)(G); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H52EC5D81EA8544B6B9601CE36B60EA93"><enum>(II)</enum><text>one or more
groups of students specified in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that collectively
represents 50 percent or more of the students in the school’s enrollment did
not meet such objectives.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H10570F802C8A48D7A4FF02E18CC48E7D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Transfer to
focused intervention</header><text>In the case of a school that has been
identified as in need of comprehensive intervention under clause (i), the
school shall be transferred to the year under the focused intervention
timeline, as defined in paragraph (2)(A)(i), where the school would have fallen
if the school had never needed comprehensive intervention, if the
school—</text>
<subclause id="H6D89147414254D2599A2D97C5F5036DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>makes adequate
yearly progress for 2 consecutive years for groups that collectively contain
more than 50 percent of the students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC799A8A75E324E499543D5A4F91798AD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not make
adequate yearly progress for one or more subgroups for 2 or more consecutive
years for the same subgroups.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H067A921981D34EFA82AC42A70074ED3B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exiting
comprehensive intervention</header><text>In the case of a school that has been
identified as in need of comprehensive intervention under clause (i), the
school shall continue to be identified as in need of comprehensive intervention
and subject to the requirements of this section until—</text>
<subclause id="H23FA5EF9FE814C338B82EDA0899686FA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the school makes
adequate yearly progress for 2 consecutive years for groups that collectively
contain more than 50 percent of the students; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC4EE9848E8F54FA595D174E709519EDA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the school year
following the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring plan under
subparagraph (E).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55FFE1B9D87546528CCEF4EF64EC91A2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hiring,
transferring, and professional development requirements for identified
schools</header>
<clause id="H66AE950E5F144C58A059C55986230F2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), a local educational agency or
State educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall—</text>
<subclause id="HB512D7DDD6314E06AC00EA004C2689D8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>permit a school
identified as being in need of comprehensive intervention under subparagraph
(A) to deny transfer requests from teachers;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6E598F8FC4BC42F79382AA8F91FA98CF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide such
school with priority in the hiring timeline for the local educational agency or
State educational agency; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H580BF530252C471C98E39260EF3271A6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of a
school that has been identified as being in need of comprehensive intervention
for 2 or more years, allow the school to add additional professional
development hours for teachers if the professional development is included as
part of the approved intervention plan defined in this subsection for the
school.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9266EB06FABE4DE485282EC05BBA6793"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination
by secretary</header><text>Each local educational agency or State educational
agency receiving assistance under this part shall demonstrate to the Secretary
that the agency can meet the requirements of clause (i) by not later than 3
years after the date of enactment of this Act. If the Secretary determines that
the local educational agency or State educational agency has failed to meet
this requirement, the Secretary may withhold a portion of funds to the State
educational agency under this title.</text>
</clause><clause id="H736E4C603CFB4BC79F6BF0AC4217C1BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Bargaining
agreement exception and restrictions on new agreements</header>
<subclause id="H878D9951662C492DA9916F25B2750387"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall not determine that a State
educational agency has failed to comply with clause (i) if the reason for the
agency’s non-compliance is a contract or collective bargaining agreement that
was entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H30D5E2FCDACC4A44BE39E4B8DFA661C6"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>A
local educational agency or State educational agency shall not enter into a new
contract or collective bargaining agreement, or renew or extend a contract or
collective bargaining agreement, that prevents the local educational agency or
State educational agency from meeting the requirements of clause (i) after the
date of enactment of the <short-title>All Students Can
Achieve Act</short-title>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D99AF1A0F334A7FA22E86657F4457CE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Plan
implementation in years 1, 2, 3, and 4</header>
<clause id="H4749159F17174D548539F7C25E004B34"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a school that has been identified as in
need of comprehensive intervention for less than 5 consecutive years—</text>
<subclause id="H916D4E833DAA48CCB2EB176FC3DF1774"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the school shall
implement the approved school intervention plan developed under section 1115A;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE601E71EA4774457A28B66AF3EBAA484"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not later than
the beginning of the first school year of intervention plan implementation, and
for each of the succeeding years if the school remains in need of comprehensive
or focused intervention, the local educational agency shall arrange for the
provision of supplemental educational services; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB634EB71E51D44B89884C673FAB46377"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by not later
than 6 weeks before the start of the first school year of intervention plan
implementation, the local educational agency serving the school shall notify
the parents of the students attending the school of the parents’ right to
transfer their child to another public school that is not identified as in need
of comprehensive intervention including the out of district transfer program in
section 503.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFEFF52474CF44277B968C49B3007F2D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Plan and
progress review</header><text>In the case of a school that is required to carry
out a comprehensive school improvement plan under this subparagraph, the local
educational agency and the State educational agency shall annually review the
school’s implementation of the plan and progress for each year that the school
is designated as in need of comprehensive intervention.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EAFDD695AC54BDE8EC158EB0012F07B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restructuring
plan development in year 4</header>
<clause id="HDA4DF984C59D46BA87619C8EC1F1A212"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a school identified as in need of
comprehensive intervention for 4 consecutive years, the local educational
agency, in consultation with the school and in addition to plan implementation
as defined in subparagraph (C), shall, by not later than the end of the
year—</text>
<subclause id="H1C91D51362FC465FA35B10D203A7D492"><enum>(I)</enum><text>develop a
comprehensive restructuring plan, in consultation with school intervention
specialists, where available, from the State educational agency, parent and
community representatives, and local government officials;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2B5E3BB9C31A4451959FBFD9346ECBA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>obtain—</text>
<item id="H9AE6B61EC14F4A77B4CA6BF4C560CF6B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>approval of the
plan from a peer review panel selected by the chief State school officer;
and</text>
</item><item id="H9167CA3283B345F0B54556A3FFD91EA3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>certification by
the chief State school officer that the plan meets the requirements of this
subparagraph and is designed to ensure that the school will make adequate
yearly progress in the succeeding years; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H3943B04F9B6C4AF0958959C4A5FFA18F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>make the
comprehensive restructuring plan public.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7E13677FE3754E29AE032C83D586B625"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Restructuring
options</header><text>A comprehensive restructuring plan for a school subject
to this subparagraph shall include details sufficient to carry out one of the
following as consistent with State law:</text>
<subclause id="HAF3054A11FCD459200184549262FC0E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Closing and
reopening the school as a charter school even if the addition of such school
would exceed the State’s limit on the number of charter schools that may
operate in the State, city, county, or region.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H555A8CA542574CF7B145860310EE49D0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Closing and
reopening the school under the management of a private or non-profit
organization with a proven record of improving schools.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H072E48783A514223B65800064189774F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Closing and
reopening the school under the direct administration of the State educational
agency or the chief executive officer of a State or local government entity,
such as a governor or mayor.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB035AEF4E92E4D76ABE2B674FE58FD7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Reassigning the
majority of the staff at the school, and ensuring that in the subsequent year
the staff serving the school does not have a greater percentage of teachers who
are not highly effective than the average percentage of such teachers in the
schools served by the local educational agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H150E30C2A38A43DCBF89D9002D734038"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Multiple
restructuring exception</header>
<subclause id="H51EDF0B6B47B45CB9115D0C4C36049C2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A) or clause (i), if 10 percent or more of the schools served by
a local educational agency are required to develop a comprehensive
restructuring plan, the local educational agency, with the approval and
cooperation of the State educational agency, may carry out the requirements of
this subparagraph for a limited number of the lowest performing of such
schools, as described in subclause (II).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAA9CAF449663449384B60063835D6040"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Limited number
of schools</header><text>The number of schools described in this subclause
shall be not less than the greater of—</text>
<item id="H0241A7BAD15A4CAF87CAA649FC80BCC4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>10
percent of the number of the schools served by the local educational agency;
or</text>
</item><item id="H06817C9B6EBD4AA9A4B4BAF13221C900"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>1.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H68834F00A1B54262B2AA2D5FB1B300A0"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Rule for
nonselected schools</header><text>A school identified for comprehensive
restructuring that is not one of the limited number of lowest performing
schools under this clause shall be subject to comprehensive restructuring in
subsequent years and comparable expenditures under subparagraph (F) unless the
school exits comprehensive intervention.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DD2E8B289504632B1B99086788C4B21"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Year
5—Comprehensive restructuring plan implementation</header><text>A school that
has been identified as in need of comprehensive intervention for 5 consecutive
years, shall, subject to the exemption in subparagraph (D)(iii), fully
implement the comprehensive restructuring plan by not later than the end of the
year following such identification.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE21EFF7EF8394570BC2985924BADDD60"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
preclude a local educational agency from implementing a policy of carrying out
a comprehensive restructuring of a school more quickly than is required by this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD86FEA02DE0D470D81C9DEEFEB8EE721"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Focused
intervention</header>
<subparagraph id="H737DBCC09F6F40D6A7F383C00B769CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header>
<clause id="H873DE2322867449DB04B944BDC2C85A1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If any elementary school or secondary school served under
this part does not, for 2 or more consecutive years, make adequate yearly
progress as defined in the State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2) but is not
identified as in need of comprehensive intervention, the local educational
agency shall identify the school as in need of focused intervention with
respect to each group of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that
did not meet the objectives set by the State under section 1111(b)(2)(G) in the
same subject area for both years.</text>
</clause><clause id="H605B503822E04D10A43FD687B009E2AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Transfer to
comprehensive intervention</header><text>In the case of a school that has been
identified as in need of focused intervention under clause (i), the school will
no longer be under focused intervention if the school does not make adequate
yearly progress for 2 consecutive years for groups that collectively contain
more than 50 percent of the students.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE9F4B00B29524106B0DF22F76C00A632"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exiting
focused intervention</header><text>In the case of a school that has been
identified as in need of focused intervention with respect to a focused group
and focused subject under clause (i), the school shall continue to be
identified as in need of focused intervention and subject to the requirements
of this section until the focused group meets or exceeds the objectives set by
the State under section 1111(b)(2)(G) for the focused subject for 2 consecutive
years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6601B216A5746D3936CD8F1B54300AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this paragraph—</text>
<clause id="H9310A16641BA49B8AFF6AFD4F768A500"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term
<term>focused group</term> means the group of students described in
subparagraph (A)(i); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC74314D263F74BD59B6E35F3D3E2AF73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term
<term>focused subject</term> means each subject area for which the focused
group did not meet the objectives set by the State under section 1111(b)(2)(G)
for both years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91078F0305174D52A4009D5EF78D8EE3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Multiple
groups</header><text>A school may be identified for focused improvement under
this paragraph for more than 1 focused group of students and with respect to
more than 1 focused subject, and shall carry out the requirements of this
paragraph for each such group and subject.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6F3AC45D3784126AEB07FCE703595BC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Plan
implementation in years 1, 2, 3, and 4</header><text>In the case of a school
identified as in need of focused intervention for the same focused group and 1
or more of the same focused subjects for 2 consecutive years—</text>
<clause id="H628ED6A2AFA242D881E47249BFD2ABD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the school shall
implement the school intervention plan under section 1115A and issue an annual
progress report regarding the implementation to the public by not later than
the following academic year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H697AF13A37F543DDA6F98BFC161B1C2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the local
educational agency shall target supplemental educational services to students
in the focused group while allowing other students to participate in accordance
with subsection (E) by not later than the following academic year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BC1732E35334D7F8DD6DFB5B47D5597"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Public school
transfer in year 1</header><text>In the case of a school identified as in need
of focused intervention for the same focused group and 1 or more of the same
focused subjects for 2 consecutive years—</text>
<clause id="H4E202C091DA145749CAFB4981051377F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the school shall
continue to implement the intervention plan and provide annual progress
reports, as required under subparagraph (D)(i);</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AE97BA17573435B947BA100B256A282"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the local
educational agency shall continue to provide supplemental educational services
under subparagraph (D)(ii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCFE9ED7F168A4CAA8B958975616B6470"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by not later
than 6 weeks before the start of the first school year of intervention plan
implementation, the local educational agency serving the school shall notify
the parents of the students attending the school of the parents’ right to
transfer the students to another public school that is not identified as in
need of comprehensive intervention and shall provide such right.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4CE10DC11464020A4D30148D6EFBB7"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Focused
restructuring plan development in year 4</header><text>In the case of a school
identified as in need of focused intervention for the same focused group and 1
or more of the same focused subjects for 4 consecutive years, the local
educational agency, in consultation with the school and in addition to plan
implementation as defined in subparagraph (D), shall carry out clauses (i) and
(ii).</text>
<clause id="H7098B2821EAE49DD87345D2FC2F3AD5B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The local educational agency, in consultation with school
intervention specialists from the local educational agency and the State
educational agency, and parent and community representatives, shall—</text>
<subclause id="H9AD50B0FB26B48D1B8E1409993373BB1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>develop a focused
restructuring plan that may utilize additional school improvement funding
provided to the State educational agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H98965F14C6A94615B29FC9A5F1271DF4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>obtain
certification of the plan from the chief school officer of the local
educational agency and the chief State school officer attesting that the plan
meets the requirements of this subparagraph and is reasonably designed to
ensure that the school will make adequate yearly progress in the succeeding
years; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9EA770B407FC45C1B77EF4FD90CDD4C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>after
certification, make the focused restructuring plan publicly available.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4226C4C140804B03A8F42D07AE04F98F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
focused restructuring plan for a school subject to this subparagraph shall
include a plan to carry out 1 or more of the following as consistent with State
law:</text>
<subclause id="H767BD0D37FFA4942B2491FEDE78CE5D7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Reassigning the
majority of the staff at the school associated with the subgroups that did not
meet adequate yearly progress, and ensuring that, in the subsequent year, the
staff serving the students in these subgroups do not have a greater percentage
of teachers who are not highly effective than the average percentage of such
teachers in the schools served by the local educational agency.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCB53FA2E4C124061A6E00900E4105E17"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Entering into an
agreement with a private or non-profit organization with a proven record of
improving schools and school instruction to manage and staff the instructional
areas not meeting adequate yearly progress.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DE0BC318CE042DF889FB100062E8907"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Focused
restructuring plan implementation in year 5</header><text>In the case of a
school identified as in need of focused intervention for the same focused group
and 1 or more of the same focused subjects for 5 consecutive years, the local
educational agency shall implement the certified focused restructuring plan in
the following school year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01A6CA1CD8434C170063C09DD64DFF3"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Continued plan
implementation in year 6 and beyond</header><text>In the case of a school
identified as in need of focused intervention for the same focused group and 1
or more of the same focused subjects for 6 or more consecutive years, the local
educational agency shall continue refining the intervention plan and the local
educational agency shall use sufficient funds available under this title to
carry out extended time instructional programs for students in the focused
group.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H53FB24A4398848DBA2A089319FCBF851"><enum>(3)</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<subparagraph id="H36D58105E1514B7CA782B88F296B2621"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
identification of a school as in need of comprehensive intervention under
paragraph (1) or focused intervention under paragraph (2) shall take place
before the beginning of the school year following the failure to make adequate
yearly progress.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1EBB42BCA6441B892CC30FD6C76E75F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Focused
assistance schools</header><text>To determine if an elementary school or a
secondary school that is conducting a targeted assistance program under section
1115 should be identified as in need of comprehensive intervention or focused
intervention under this section, a local educational agency may choose to
review the progress of only the students in the school who are served, or are
eligible for services, under this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9CFCBBE5AD941638B0009642E615EB7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Opportunity to
review and present evidence; time limit</header>
<subparagraph id="HB29BF3909F424672983866BAECC89D63"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Before
identifying an elementary school or a secondary school as in need of
comprehensive intervention or focused intervention under paragraphs (1) or (2),
the local educational agency shall provide the school with an opportunity to
review the school-level data, including academic assessment data, on which the
proposed identification is based.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF259456C10CC4CB49D35FCD38346B9D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evidence</header><text>If
the principal of a school proposed for identification as in need of
comprehensive intervention or focused attention under paragraphs (1) or (2)
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 State
educational agency, which shall consider that evidence before making a final
determination within 30 days.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AD7D14F80E5469786BEC72521005861"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H17D0BEEAE76241799FF603BE3372CAB7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each school identified as in need of comprehensive
intervention or focused intervention under paragraph (1) or (2), the local
educational agency serving the school shall ensure the provision of technical
assistance as the school develops and implements the school plan under either
such paragraph throughout the plan’s duration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE36D027128E74479A03E2739BDBF79E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specific
assistance</header><text>Such technical assistance—</text>
<clause id="HB6AC067E28FF47B000FF336BF41E008C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include
assistance in gathering and analyzing data from assessments and other examples
of student work, to identify and address—</text>
<subclause id="H9B1A61116FD84094B3A20079F3E4F4DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>problems in
instruction; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDF6F93F423EC480397B1C437B2A939EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>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</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H99E6FC93F75C442DA69C568FC7D43D00"><enum>(III)</enum><text>solutions to
such problems;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H86D47F5626084AAC9F6311E111B5F6A8"><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
school-improvement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8127D68540E04A37A220DB626F141684"><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="H2C7C5C3A8194468CA6C5F3013458900"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>may be
provided—</text>
<subclause id="H9E93AE14E9534D10904403047EB09431"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by the local
educational agency, through mechanisms authorized under section 1117; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H864B473F9DEC4535A9C54045DEACEBF4"><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
<act-name>Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>), 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="H1A8A6728B9FB4635A7B332AFE1DBB34B"><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="H3A8C81D96C73476BB8A91B30D95B034D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Independent
audit of space availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H6746BCDBC10A452CB8E9288761D75D00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency serving any school
identified as in need of comprehensive intervention under paragraph (1) shall
annually document (through an independent audit that may be conducted by the
State educational agency) the space in public schools served by such agency
that are making adequate yearly progress that is available for transfers under
paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C32F21D6D2147B1982D24B2B590276C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule if
inadequate space</header><text>The Secretary shall deem a local educational
agency to have met its obligations under paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E) if—</text>
<clause id="HB0003AD74ADE43168E7953D607BFCF43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
audit under subparagraph (A) determines that the requirements of paragraph
(1)(C) or (2)(E) cannot be met because of—</text>
<subclause id="H1B493E0FF2294E83BF24F5529BD9607"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the lack of
physical space, and the inability to reasonably acquire additional physical
space (such as the lack of land to place portable classrooms);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF5817432B4AB4754882DD1615F52D066"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the inability to
acquire new classroom space; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE20DD77742C3402E8C5E00DD2FDA4FB0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>State and local
health or safety laws and regulations; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H1768C22D9FE849B8941B00002C5112CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the local
educational agency makes available for transfers under such paragraph all the
space determined by the audit to be practically available.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C6449EC36A148809F698390B3A88B5E"><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 comprehensive intervention or each student in a
focused group in an elementary school or secondary school identified for
focused intervention (in an understandable and uniform format and, to the
extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B5421E5BE314558BA6C2BA0F17F084C"><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="HB3644AF3E0D545D8890922AF3F1EBAD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons for
the identification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB59721C863834D78A1000046B5411188"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation of
what the school identified is doing to address the problem of low
achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C02FB314A994D85A9AE00849CD5BF90"><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="HE89A57C594A6402D89AC34DD7FFE00"><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="H603138F30F964AE2B646BF43DEFA291"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an explanation of
the parents’ option to transfer their child to another public school under
paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E), (with transportation provided by the agency when
required by paragraph (9)) or to obtain supplemental educational services for
the child, under paragraph (1) or (2) and in accordance with subsection
(e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC5DCADAD93C4032A489147BB0BFED11"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of this paragraph, the local educational agency may delay,
for a period not to exceed 1 year, implementation of restructuring if the
school makes adequate yearly progress for 1 year or if its failure to make
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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF12ACBF0783400E95F85E397517683C"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Transportation</header><text>In
the case of any school identified as in need of comprehensive intervention or
focused intervention that is required to provide public school transfer under
paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E), 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="H7BEB846B946743230040DDCDC1A21BDD"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Funds for
transportation and supplemental educational services</header>
<subparagraph id="HD45DD57F98404321BAF6DAE064B97F74"><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 (e), a local educational agency shall spend an amount equal to 20
percent of its allocation under subpart 2, from which the agency shall
spend—</text>
<clause id="HE35CC0FF49C54E359D1B7B1C71ADC489"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
amount equal to 5 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 to provide, or pay
for, transportation under paragraph (8);</text>
</clause><clause id="H351C654BBBB649A689F01036D0C6BE14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal
to 5 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 to provide supplemental
educational services under subsection (e); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H30263CB1B7BB48D391C1E71FC544E63"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an amount equal
to the remaining 10 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 for
transportation under paragraph (8), supplemental educational services under
subsection (e), or both, as the agency determines.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0ACD98AF30894E4FBC345CCC5EF1FCA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total
amount</header><text>The total 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
(e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1B2B7ECE8AC45C98EC23977B0565BCF"><enum>(C)</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="HF52682DC80EC40B7BC7B00AE86480425"><enum>(D)</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 (7)(C) or (8)(A) of
subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H81FB4A85FBCA42FCB4A72DC563C57B2C"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Special rules
regarding school transfer</header>
<subparagraph id="HFC4AF92CBFC5420983E81036CF8340CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Continuation of
schooling</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 as in need of comprehensive intervention or focused
intervention.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86F58FD4BCA047E88EA825A9DC100063"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
voluntary school choice programs</header><text>A local educational agency
receiving assistance under this part that offers a voluntary school choice
program, other than the program specified in section 1116(i), for students
served by the local educational agency, shall not offer such program before
first making the voluntary program available to all students in schools served
by the local educational agency that are identified as in need of comprehensive
intervention or focused intervention, with priority to students in schools
identified as in need of comprehensive intervention.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7470CC307BBA4CC6B5B874AEE2FC0398"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreement</header><text>In any case where a local educational agency is
required to provide public school transfer under paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E) and
all public schools served by the local educational agency to which a child may
transfer are identified as in need of comprehensive intervention, the agency
shall, to the extent practicable, establish a cooperative agreement with other
local educational agencies in the area for a transfer.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF30ECDFDBBCB4323BCB846BEDB96B08F"><enum>(12)</enum><header>State
educational agency responsibilities</header><text>The State educational agency
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4027F94E112847D593F9FD17F17EAAD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make technical
assistance under section 1117 available to schools identified as in need of
comprehensive intervention or focused intervention under this subsection
consistent with section 1117(a)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD47A1DA9F06D404F802D689653C790F5"><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="H52C77449B41F4E3491C53D01C1009BCB"><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="HD13ABF6C321B435983376090D32DC513"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for local
educational agencies or schools identified for comprehensive intervention or in
need of focused intervention under this subsection, notify the Secretary of
major factors that were brought to the attention of the State educational
agency under section 1111(b)(9) that have significantly affected student
academic
achievement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97BCFF5DAA5C4D50B707001981DC873D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) of subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1AE5C9075F624918B593FA9AE4404F4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0E1CADF820774B288BD5BC4DF5002FA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Supplemental
educational services</header><text>The local educational agency serving any
school required under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) to provide
supplemental educational services shall, subject to this subsection, arrange
for the provision of supplemental educational services to eligible children in
the school from a provider with a demonstrated record of effectiveness, that is
selected by the parents and approved for that purpose by the State educational
agency in accordance with reasonable criteria, consistent with paragraph (5),
that the State educational agency shall
adopt.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCE3022224614ACD8303C3EAE82807"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in
subsection (g), by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1963A3593B7C440F8BFBFE2F86007510" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H38A2C844B4794E06888136335B2FE363"><enum>(3)</enum><header>School-improvement
for department of interior schools</header>
<subparagraph id="H6DEBA0A2AEBF45CDAC72A08374B39738"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contract and
grant schools</header><text>For a school funded by the Department of Interior
which is operated under a contract issued by the Secretary of the Interior
pursuant to the <act-name>Indian Self-Determination Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.) or under a grant issued by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant
to the <act-name>Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988</act-name> (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 development and implementation
of any comprehensive intervention plan or comprehensive restructuring plan as
described in subsection (b)(1) or focused intervention plan or focused
restructuring plan as described in subsection (b)(2), except for the
requirements to provide public school transfer under paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E)
of subsection (b). The Department of Interior shall be responsible for meeting
the requirements of subsection (b)(5) relating to technical assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H286D2E41179440D482E7CF16922C9259"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Department
operated schools</header><text>For schools operated by the Department of the
Interior, the Department shall be responsible for meeting the requirements of
subsection (b) relating to development and implementation of any comprehensive
intervention plan or comprehensive restructuring plan as described in
subsection (b)(1), or focused intervention plan or focused restructuring plan
as described in subsection (b)(2), except for the requirements to provide
public school transfer under paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E) of subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC27286DDC07E4DD2B946960065D9C1D3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Corrective
action and restructuring for bureau-funded schools</header>
<subparagraph id="H73EF8D9519D3489A93D3EB7600B8DF44"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contract and
grant schools</header><text>For a school funded by the Department of Interior
which is operated under a contract issued by the Secretary of the Interior
pursuant to the <act-name>Indian Self-Determination Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.) or under a grant issued by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant
to the <act-name>Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988</act-name> (25 U.S.C.
2501 et seq.), the school board of such school shall be responsible for meeting
the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b). Any action taken by
such school board under subsection (b)(1)(D) shall take into account the unique
circumstances and structure of the Department of Interior-funded school system
and the laws governing that system.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC25B1BEDBFE4E95A8DDC3E0DEC38DB8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bureau operated
schools</header><text>For schools operated by the Department of Interior, the
Department shall be responsible for meeting the requirements of paragraph (1)
or (2) of subsection (b). Any action taken by the Department under subsection
(b)(1)(D) shall take into account the unique circumstances and structure of the
Department of Interior-funded school system and the laws governing that
system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H006D39737BA4406E87AF1CDC36D16941"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>On an annual basis, the Secretary of the Interior shall
report to the Secretary of Education and to the appropriate committees of
Congress regarding any schools funded by the Department of Interior which have
been identified for comprehensive intervention or focused intervention. Such
report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F5B371B55DE417E8EE3CA5F00A2896"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the identity of
each school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42D9FB671F2F49F188BA59BC77228D10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a statement from
each affected school board regarding the factors that lead to such
identification; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD925F8D136C54B84AF668C1EB44666B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis by the
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary if the Secretary
of Interior requests the consultation, as to whether sufficient resources were
available to enable such school to achieve adequate yearly
progress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0215D509F97492CA7FF1F2C3453D2D0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (h),
by striking <quote>(b)(14)(D)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(b)(12)(D)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2D3A1BBE710140709EEC5B7FAE70E4AF"><enum>405.</enum><header>Counting all
children</header>
<subsection id="H5A62C1EF2DA04AC2BD62B547EECC24A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Confidence
intervals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (G) of
section 1111(b)(2) of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(G)) is amended by adding at the end the
following flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block id="H317BBECB9CE342118B8E8F6FDD492891" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Confidence intervals of not
greater than 95 percent may be used for purposes of this subparagraph, except
that a school that has implemented a growth model system under section 1120D
may not use confidence
intervals.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H682AC3C004E54C1CAE4B38FC20A9B051"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Number of
students necessary for statistically reliable information</header><text>Section
1111 of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C65E0A1A4D644578EF7B6373FF673BE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF8B5C0A9AB5F4B59851211CF9200FD56"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Insufficient
number To yield reliable information</header><text>For purposes of this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6483BB9437D4FE8AAA668AC093FD3F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any group of 20
students or more shall be deemed to be sufficient to yield statistically
reliable information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7ABCB80811B4F3091F200E2837B7E23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary may,
upon the request of a State educational agency, deem a group of students too
small if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7154F6B709C2418EA8E154C7D000D7E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the group consists
of more than 20 but less than 31 students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H192EBA9D74814A52A30906BB2EB63E7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that the State educational agency has justified, through documented
evidence, the need for such an
interpretation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFA6F052796E0411D99FF81D4F0F77735"><enum>406.</enum><header>Including
already-required science assessments in adequate yearly progress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111(b)(2) of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA513040775D440888000347384523BEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by inserting <quote>Each State, using data for the 2001–2002 school year
for mathematics and reading or language arts and data for the 2007–2008 school
year for science,</quote> after <quote>Starting Point.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H255AF87FE4AA43CABCD517A8546FEED5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (F) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC9E7F9974E0C41988BABF43762629414" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9DD0701EB13F42F09C2EFDA445E1A7EC"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text>Each
State shall establish a timeline for adequate yearly progress, which shall
ensure that, by the end of—</text>
<clause id="H37B84C7E7685497096E1F98C2BCF302B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the 2013–2014
school year, all students in each group described in subparagraph (C)(v) will
meet or exceed the State’s proficient level of academic achievement on the
State assessments of mathematics and reading or language arts under paragraph
(3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3E42AF7077044E4AF6239AC72CE6794"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the 2019–2020
school year, all students in each group described in subparagraph (C)(v) will
meet or exceed the State’s proficient level of academic achievement on the
State assessments of science under paragraph
(3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1EA1FD2351D4CE28965DEDDCFBECF75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(G)(i), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (3) and, beginning in the 2008–2009 school year,
science;</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2440B081C12E4853B96228A54DF8E41"><enum>407.</enum><header>Mathematics and
science partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2202 (20 U.S.C. 6662) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD0D389839D3A4E56B62BBAE52CC83B5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDBE482CA11AA49D0A3AA65FA16892C20" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC6A07C7611CA486CBC8D77CD00EB5ECE"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1E081D9DDC7D493AA7DCC351004768CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of how the
activities to be carried out by the eligible partnership will be based on a
review of scientifically based research on mathematics and science education
programs that are effective in improving student academic achievement, which
may include programs identified by the Director of the National Science
Foundation for replication on a more expansive basis; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCDE2AF5088974B9AB422AA6B95BABE4D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation of how the
activities are expected to improve student academic achievement and strengthen
the quality of mathematics and science
instruction;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D5EC7451C8E4F64B72C1582528392AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7E1AFF8826C40199D9D1D2C36B2E201"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF611B4D80C50405290CA47F8DDE80116" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB634729000EF4FA8847C7DB1AC97B031"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
consideration</header><text>In awarding grants pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or
awarding subgrants pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the Secretary or the State
educational agency, respectively, shall give special consideration to eligible
partnerships that carry out activities modeled after programs identified by the
Director of the National Science Foundation for replication on a more expansive
basis.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75F22E9D541F4A79894BE5CE65202EC2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) of subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF071DC3397664DDE84DB8BBE4B277CC6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAA3655A440EA461B9FCF9FFF17ED65C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National science
foundation</header><text>In carrying out the activities authorized by this
part, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EDAFB718A37492AAA1B154E10A8DC51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consult with the
Director of the National Science Foundation, particularly in the conduct of
summer workshops, institutes, or partnerships to improve mathematics and
science teaching in elementary schools and secondary schools; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7CA16C7F060403A8C11273B6F153430"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult with the
Director of the National Science Foundation regarding the dissemination of
model programs identified by the Director of the National Science Foundation to
be replicated on a more expansive
basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F8D4C97F9644F9681FB3BE400ACF69"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in
subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98F6CCFC401A41CF0041DC17C4A26100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HCDF5BFEACEBD489D904756001C0520DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7FDBD555BEAA4569BF5BEE5900C89DCF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FC09EB9F4BD458697D5DDF02900113B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE651CC83A82F45A58B59E45B312C51ED" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H50DFCCE830A342A3B5E5F5C736009724"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall describe how
the activities assisted under this section will be coordinated with other
programs to improve mathematics and science academic achievement that are 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="H795DD6027B574CA38639A690071A23E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1ED981EFFA014B59B21800F92B007002" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE8FE90CBD18940F68C04C727AB1DDC5F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H1D157466D1C642C09F383EAE88D21437"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership 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 (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2426FAF1F7B48B89310FA887C001C3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secretary
reports</header><text>The Secretary shall annually report to the appropriate
committees of Congress on the effectiveness of programs assisted under this
part in improving student mathematics and science academic achievement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03D462C0B8374284BC3DAFBCAADFC800"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text>If
the Secretary or State educational agency, as applicable, determines that an
eligible partnership is not making substantial progress in meeting the
objectives described in the accountability plan of the partnership under
paragraph (2) by the end of the second year of the grant or subgrant under this
part, then the Secretary or State educational agency shall not make a grant or
subgrant payment under this part to the eligible partnership for the third year
of the grant or
subgrant.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H5B866D87E5AD49FBB886C7B63DB0FDA7"><enum>408.</enum><header>Children with
disabilities and children who are limited English proficient</header>
<subsection id="HC46E98CA4DBC462F9945E6578DAD9648"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Students with
disabilities</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 1111(b) (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (L) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H260C7DE52FC643EB9505A8B0F16B8600" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC5A719A06A57435E98F249F74EAFE6F0"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Students with
disabilities</header>
<clause id="HDA60BE29198847B394CC17FAB0AE3400"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), in determining whether students
with disabilities meet or exceed the objectives set by the State under
subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subclause id="H1A6B0448F0F54BE50042C375F93458C7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>students with
significant cognitive disabilities may be assessed against alternative
standards using alternative assessments; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDB689F1F78DC4AE9A1B127BE15E95B28"><enum>(II)</enum><text>students
described in clause (iii) may be assessed against modified achievement
standards that measure the same academic content as the regular student
academic achievement standards under paragraph (1)(D).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H13E00509AA2B43A0B3E0942B6E010027"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Numerical
limits</header>
<subclause id="H5DAB7659CF884F9D9D9BE2110038E370"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Students with
significant cognitive disabilities</header><text>A local educational agency may
not claim the exception under clause (i)(I) for more than 1 percent of the
students attending schools served by the local educational agency for each
school year.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H36168469CBB3445796A636052654918F"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Total
limit</header><text>A local educational agency may not claim the exceptions
under subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) for more than 2 percent of the
students attending schools served by the local educational agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEAF0264AB9814F86B31E40EA517690BF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Students
assessed with modified standards</header><text>A student is described in this
clause if—</text>
<subclause id="H3EFC62462D0F4C81AA8D12001693BDA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the student has a
disability other than a significant cognitive disability; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H42B8D096502A4F7DB0891B5EDAA23575"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines by regulations that the type and level of such disability warrants
the use of modified achievement standards.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5E918034233F46A48B1FF6381DBD9F2E"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Separate
standards</header><text>The determination of whether subclause (I) or (II) of
clause (i) applies to a student shall be made separately from other
categorizations of disabilities.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F84EFA4DE604C9EB846A1D29249A516"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<subclause id="H24FC76CACD7E4E1E8B00CF2E7708C307"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Each State
educational agency shall provide for necessary exceptions to permit increased
limits in this subparagraph where a larger limit is justified, such as a
specialized facility in the local educational agency that results in a larger
percentage of students than average requiring alternative assessments with
alternative or modified standards.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H06A9F4CD46AF417F82894411CE7B51D4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The State
educational agency must provide notification to the Secretary when providing
exceptions to a local educational agency and provide an annual report to the
Secretary and to the public on all the local educational agencies receiving
exemptions under this paragraph. The report shall include the resulting
assessment percentages associated with the approved exemptions and such
additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6E6ECF33F9C64F2B87F3117E5C8E53A2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Exceptions
should not be granted on the basis of poor or inaccurate identification or the
inappropriate use of alternate achievement standards.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8E375D7577334369B4F71FAC076BF809"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Exception
requests are appropriate where a local educational agency addresses issues such
as high rates of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities;
circumstances in the local education agency that would explain the higher rates
such as specialized health programs or facilities; and documentation that the
local educational agency has implemented safeguards that limit the
inappropriate use of alternative achievement standards. These safeguards may
include implementing State guidelines through the Individualized Educational
Plan process; informing parents about the actual achievement of students;
reporting, to the extent possible, on test-taking patterns; including these
students in the general curriculum; providing information about the use of
appropriate accommodations; and ensuring that teachers and other educators
participate in appropriate professional development about alternate
assessments.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8B526A51A5784729AE0082E5FCAADF80"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>State
plan</header><text>Each State plan shall demonstrate how the provisions of this
section are to be communicated to all public school principals and special
education teachers in the State. The State plan shall also demonstrate that
each local educational agency within the State monitors the implementation of
this subparagraph to ensure that the subparagraph is uniformly applied to all
schools served by such
agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFD35543B94E241EABBBDD5EDC7904299"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Students who are
limited English proficient</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 1111(b) of
such Act is amended by inserting after subparagraph (M) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFC20455E34B44752B2224F66E170D53B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA45694C573BB467000A6297CC2DD33E6"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Students who are
limited English proficient</header>
<clause id="HF5AD4B63A82147F893C401BCC64400BA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding this section, a State may—</text>
<subclause id="H5DE0FF9806EB4A8CA31F46FAA9CE9373"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exempt a recently
arrived limited English proficient student from taking the assessments during
the first year that the student is enrolled in a school in the United States,
and not include such student in determining the percentage of students enrolled
in a school that are required to take the assessments under subparagraph (I);
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H741EA05E9DE64D83BD26C265EBE700B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>choose to not
include the assessment results of all recently arrived limited English
proficient students in the State for the first year in which the students are
enrolled in a school in the United States for the purposes of determining if a
group described in subparagraph (C)(v) has met or exceeded the objectives set
by the State under subparagraph (G) for a school year.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H1D1E875D17AE4F198018FFACB12D6ECF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Retention in
limited english proficient student group</header>
<subclause id="H36883ED6BFBF48C3912CDAB87B7877B6"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding this subparagraph, in determining whether
the subgroup of limited English proficient students met or exceeded the
objectives for a school or local educational agency, a State may include in
such subgroup the assessment results of students who—</text>
<item id="HA630AFEA1B2340059430534F762BD7E4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>were limited
English proficient, as determined by the State; and</text>
</item><item id="HD54639F084194A82913CB730F2FEE943"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>whose English
proficiency has improved so that the students are no longer limited English
proficient, as determined by the State.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H2609B7E0A7B9440B8702F080E44044D"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Time
period</header><text>A State may include a student described in subclause (I)
in the subgroup of limited English proficient students only during the 3 school
years following the determination that the student is no longer limited English
proficient.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEBAAF9222ED24E10B5CD10A3CA75648E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to
relieve a State or local educational agency from its responsibility under
applicable law to provide recently arrived limited English proficient students
and students who were limited English proficient but who are no longer limited
English proficient, as determined by the State, with appropriate instruction to
assist such students in gaining English-language proficiency as well as meeting
or exceeding the proficient levels of achievement in mathematics, reading or
language arts, and
science.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3EF8864B3A58476C98F433FD35364872"><enum>409.</enum><header>Early childhood
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of
section 1116(b) (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4480E342072B4FD494D16FAA4E44F99" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF00EC24BFA394D0CAF40EFE49E58B4E"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Early childhood
education improvement</header>
<clause id="H3CAA26B729A34B8A929134C7CEB30038"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of an elementary school identified as in need
of comprehensive or focused intervention, the local educational agency shall
administer developmental screens and assessments to preschool and kindergarten
students who are enrolled in the school or as provided for in clause (iv), for
purposes of—</text>
<subclause id="H65D2D00ECB3D481C92565D931B4E66A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identifying areas
for which instructional intervention is necessary in the areas of pre-literacy
and pre-numeracy for each cohort of preschool or kindergarten students;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3D552FE37270444DBB1F669E07F4381B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>improving
instruction and services being offered to preschool and kindergarten students;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA93A9FECE0BF4342B628D9700E65DF6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>determining
whether diagnostic assessments are necessary to identify needed interventions,
including in the areas of literacy and mathematics.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H0924D251701149ADB5D8D777ECD4FBB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Development
screens and assessments</header><text>The developmental screens and assessments
described in clause (i) shall be screens and assessments scientifically
determined to be valid, reliable, and appropriate for the population for whom
the screens and assessments are being used.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7B513165252C4F889619A57B5095252C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Restrictions
on use</header><text>The results of the screens and assessments described in
clause (i) shall be used for improving instruction and services, and shall not
be used for accountability-based decisions regarding students, schools, or
local educational agencies.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB82F0DD42304200B2518FA100EBD699"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Earliest
grade</header><text>An elementary school that does not have preschool or
kindergarten shall administer such screens and assessments before or during
entrance into the earliest grade offered by the
school.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H840565BDC788406A9318001B754D99F"><enum>410.</enum><header>Adjunct teacher
corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 3 of part C of
title II of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6711 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD39C43EE11AD42E9B52B47949D2D9B26" style="OLC">
<subpart id="H44E26CDC1D71469B9D326EB720EBA344"><enum>3</enum><header>Adjunct Teacher
Corps</header>
<section id="H314AE3A933D04F53A49CFEFF095FEA56"><enum>2341.</enum><header>Declaration of
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of
this subpart 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>
</section><section id="H5FF8E0A86B1E4FB395214E6D09ADBFCC"><enum>2342.</enum><header>Adjunct
teacher program</header>
<subsection id="HE3623D1A83214C0FAF3134C663F9D0CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to recruit and
train well-qualified individuals to serve as adjunct teachers in secondary
school courses in the core academic subjects, and to place such individuals as
adjunct teachers in secondary schools.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB866A120C6B40A9BDE24FBD43FCF119"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>For the purpose of this subpart, an eligible entity
is—</text>
<paragraph id="HD82E62ED89F14CD3AF114C24F25B6463"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a local
educational agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10865941FC15430BBB8CD598A79BA210"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a public or
private entity (which may be a State educational agency); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H434C3F00E3494886928751C22294D22B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a partnership
consisting of a local educational agency and a public or private entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21BC9131026D4807825900AE1900DEC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>The Secretary shall award each grant under this subpart
for a period of not more than 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2EED4DFB4489421ABD5B304205A0F8F0"><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="H4C722F60C76D4C69BE9FB85814F4B83F"><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 as defined in the State plan under section
1111(b)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74F25E399A13495BBBE4C0CC03258CFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recruit and train
adjunct teachers in mathematics, science, or critical foreign languages, and
provide schools with the adjunct teachers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84337F8EF06549DC96A3E26825B42D3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recruit adjunct
teachers to serve in schools that have an insufficient number of teachers with
expertise in the subjects the adjunct teachers will teach.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H17B4455142754203BC4E5CC0C72C57AC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H3B91EAD9FF964FCBACF6B553AC85AA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible entity desiring a grant under this subpart
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44805D14DFFE4AAD84EBA58E1573F200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
application shall, at a minimum, include a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDDC51AF0140C411CB7DB56E72BD771EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the need for, and
expected benefits of using, adjunct teachers in the participating schools,
which may include information on the difficulty participating schools face in
recruiting effective faculty and the achievement levels of students in those
schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1718268743C44106A8CFA18924CDEF42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the goals and
objectives for the project, including the number of adjunct teachers the
eligible entity intends to place in classrooms and the specific gains in
academic achievement intended to be achieved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88CF8D1566EA4CFB98AAAE575E65559F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will recruit experienced individuals and appropriate public and private
entities to participate in the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4B9316F1DBE46CC83D7E008F4263A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the participating
schools at which, and the grade levels and subjects in which, the eligible
entity proposes to have the adjunct faculty teach;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H192D5673B3854014AEE463158F008BBC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will use funds received under this subpart, including how the eligible
entity will use funds to evaluate the success of the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3872D97DCB04ADABB87A0FCE1782171"><enum>(F)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will ensure that low-income students, defined through their eligibility
for free and reduced-price lunches under the <act-name>Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act</act-name>, 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 expertise in the subject
taught;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H353A8DED72454771BE08FEAF55A7E9FB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the eligible
entity’s commitment, after the project period ends, to continue to hire and
employ adjunct teachers, as needed, to teach secondary school courses,
particularly mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E2750EE44B04CD89FB565038CE5FE00"><enum>(H)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will overcome legal, contractual, or administrative barriers to the
employment of adjunct faculty in each participating State educational agency or
local educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62E9FAA422C546B1BB239DD8D53547B9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
subpart shall use the grant funds only to carry out 1 or more of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCCDE228C904E43FB896EAE970D5A01C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To develop the
capacity of the local educational agency or the State educational agency
participating in the eligible entity 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="H03BFD55BE6444599AB06030037ECE4D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide
financial incentives to adjunct teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71CB85AF5E0A4D4793F97EA9B36EA7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To reimburse
outside entities for the costs associated with allowing an employee to serve as
an adjunct teacher, except that the costs shall not exceed the corresponding
total costs of salary and benefits for teachers with comparable experience or
expertise in the local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66994A4DB1904CD4BAF291EA08E886BB"><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="HC7CCBC68A2D74D788CD39867BB64E0A8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text>Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
section shall match the grant funds with non-Federal funds, in cash or in
kind.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCD15D03F91F24F128F4FAA96212A039"><enum>(h)</enum><header>National
evaluation</header><text>From the amount made available for any fiscal year
under subsection (k), the Secretary shall reserve such sums as may be necessary
to conduct an independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, of the adjunct
teacher corps program carried out under this subpart, which shall include an
assessment of the impact of the program on student academic achievement. The
Secretary shall report the results of this evaluation to the appropriate
committees of Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7278E60A15684C5381D1816DF71F19C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Program
performance</header>
<paragraph id="HE3121C95F18E4F26A3AA58309C166B43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Final
report</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
grant that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1097A8B3B5364AC68FB24E7C004E9B26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on the
academic achievement of students receiving instruction from an adjunct teacher;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43B6AA53122B460F91BB2C11F7E48D37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AD299614A0B41EA9CEFF969247F05C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
information required for the report under this subsection shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54DCC24A4CF5418FB2EEDE781617473B"><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 under
this subpart; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3523A947ED240BAB8C346C86600AD5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disaggregated by
race, ethnicity, disability status, limited english proficient status, and
status as economically disadvantaged, except that such disaggregation shall not
be required in a case in which—</text>
<clause id="H16F1E20FC7854E128DCFF5FF711907B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
number of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically
reliable information; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF79EF70F05D941878B72C9224F27414D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the result would
reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53D02E475D154868AEAFF672DC7FC5AB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="HE43135DC91704A41A623BCAA3C1EC633"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjunct
teacher</header><text>The term <term>adjunct teacher</term> means a teacher
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6F73D4C2D0DA4DBCA090DCCD316D7CFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>possesses, at a
minimum, a baccalaureate degree;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C5E36DA621D4BE7A2108E3B8145F6D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has demonstrated
expertise in the subject matter the teacher teaches;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D12FC3010284B278566A3F7DEB21071"><enum>(C)</enum><text>during the first
year assists the teacher of record or shall receive other mentoring
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10DAA6D53C634912A537339CB6A6B1D2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is subject to the
same teacher effectiveness provisions as other teachers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8150556085B4149AC27D500FAD40002"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is not required to
meet the other requirements of section 9101(23).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H551089D79A054AAE810096D187A88663"><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="HD7B60B17B2174983A366D505D935FD2E"><enum>(3)</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) provided to students in grades 6 through 12.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC2974A9DB7AB41A58C79B35D95686CA7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>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 4 succeeding
years.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>ENHANCEMENTS</header>
<section id="H1589EB3092AA494E005968F29C0957B2"><enum>501.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE14FE31D735541CA993E7F4E8651AF15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>permit low-income
students in schools not making adequate yearly progress with the option to go
to another public school outside of their own district and have Federal funds
follow the child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D760F609272445A903F66DDD12486FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide incentives
for the equitable distribution of funds to public charter schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H385FAD6265B34E7FA0D50054D19D9C05"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improve programs
for parental involvement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3A54C80653440E48C2B4BFCECC6B47F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide
evidence-based intervention models to improve access to early intervention,
early identification, and improved academic outcomes for all students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H423ED673C96447918DCC0421FBD25900"><enum>(5)</enum><text>incorporate
universal design for learning properties to provide a research-based framework
for designing curricula including goals, teaching methods, instructional
materials, and assessments, that enables all individuals to gain knowledge,
skills, and enthusiasm for learning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7574EDE912654DA0BC6EA8EE8531216C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>double over 3
years the research and development investment to develop innovative education
models and strengthen the scientifically based information necessary under the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44BF08330D26496EAAD2672BDC760030"><enum>(7)</enum><text>expand access to
supplemental educational services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7265DE9747B2465A0031B26604D006A7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>increase support
for foster children and youth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87190E1F451A4A72B36000BB4DA1CDEB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>disaggregate
graduation rates and hold schools accountable for closing the achievement gap
in graduation rates; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE35B1AE5EABB4BAF96CF4E91906F4E76"><enum>(10)</enum><text>develop high
school improvement plans.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5987DEDF51FC4B7BB4C300F89428BABC"><enum>502.</enum><header>Authorizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purpose of carrying out this title,
in addition to other amounts already authorized, there are to be appropriated
$750,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of
the 4 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</section><section id="H1044ACF3CBFD411DB49ED7918D229CD2"><enum>503.</enum><header>Public school
choice</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116 (20 U.S.C.
6316) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H09DF1D690F004E01A7FC623FCF26CBC7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H509CE816FA074D1083D7E853F4FD9482"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Out-of-district
transfer program to another public school</header>
<paragraph id="H5AE7DC1F345A41DA8BE4280000A71827"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>From amounts authorized under paragraph (5), the
Secretary is authorized to make payments to local education agencies on behalf
of eligible students attending schools that are in need of comprehensive
intervention, to enable such students to transfer to elementary or secondary
schools served by other local educational agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE4BCB70624749FEBABCE5228E13CA52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC429DBD9562249FEA360C1AA64E70047"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible
student</header><text>The term <term>eligible student</term> means an
elementary or secondary school student who—</text>
<clause id="HE452DED74C2E44D30025595836000717"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
from a low-income family as determined by eligibility for free and
reduced-price lunches under the <act-name>Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act</act-name>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C0AC950D10D42840045D6D71F997962"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the time of
application, is enrolled in a school that is in need of comprehensive
intervention; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H45863B73BF2847F3BD1300C3C3D306E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is unable to take
advantage of public school choice under subsection (b)(1)(D) because—</text>
<subclause id="H2E93750B94A144C9A2D7CAF201402F77"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all public schools
in the local educational agency for the student’s grade are identified as in
need of comprehensive intervention; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7B6FC28168484940A3906682661EC0D8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>all public
schools that are not so identified do not have availability to take additional
students.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H354E189E14D24589BD2E06687DDBB39E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Receiving
school</header><text>The term <term>receiving school</term> means a public
elementary or secondary school that—</text>
<clause id="H50DDA09A60084A6A951F731758809D9C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
served by a local educational agency and is located nearby the student’s home
school;</text>
</clause><clause id="H646D2096379044D487A875A660BD5F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
not identified as being in need of comprehensive intervention for the school
year preceding the year the student participates in the program under this
subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D2836CA647E47F7AF294829BD7C1FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees to accept
students participating in the program under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A14D28FEB3749BF8CE1C00396620256"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Award
basis</header><text>If the amounts appropriated under paragraph (5) for a
fiscal year are not sufficient to award payments, the Secretary shall give a
priority to students in States or localities that offer matching grants or cost
sharing with the Federal funding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A4DDE1AEDC745F3A6CF7716704CD008"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payments</header>
<subparagraph id="H68E7D04866904A7891887552C65DD43B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each student that participates in the program under
this section, the Secretary shall make a payment to the local educational
agency that serves the receiving school that accepts such student, to be used
toward the costs of providing a quality public education to the eligible
students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FE704D21C15476AA21B63C78EF72C60"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The
amount of a payment provided on behalf of a student under this section shall be
up to $5,000 a year, of which—</text>
<clause id="H8B5A550498C041CCA4EBDE00CCBD5E38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not more than the
average amount of Federal funds per student from title I and title V of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> in the
originating local educational agency shall be transferred from the originating
local educational agency of the school in need of comprehensive intervention to
the receiving local educational agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5762F4D6E7D848698F530482BB3B7DAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than
$4,000 shall be used by the receiving local educational agency for tuition,
fees, and transportation related to providing public education to eligible
students; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H79ED4283393A4AA5A3796BD9FAD66B7F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not more than
$1,000 shall be used to provide mentoring for eligible students transferring to
the new school and to offer parental involvement programs for the eligible
student.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74B7FF2F1CA84B1DAFBD2C9C646B54B7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>From the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under section 502 of the <short-title>All Students Can
Achieve Act</short-title>, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and for the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H35885807156042C094F6C4A0541DCFC3"><enum>504.</enum><header>Public charter
schools</header>
<subsection id="HDE97EFD0113D40C2B302A196F971DB7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>IDEA and charter
schools</header><text>Section 5205(a) (20 U.S.C. 7221(d)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4306986AE890406F8D41FF2BEF73E7F9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H587956D4D4C247A6A0B0A6681348AAA8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To provide
technical assistance to public charter schools on how to meet the requirements
of part B of the <act-name>Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 1411 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H388DE258B7174E17B23F51D52CEDC6AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Charter school
equitable funding</header><text>Section 5202(e)(3) (20 U.S.C. 7221e(e)(3)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H694B70BCAFF545249CA4AFB59B588E5B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HBCAEAB628F4D47CAA570A39181F30822"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The State—</text>
<clause id="HF4BFBA34E7094785AC8071AA8870A383"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides public
charter schools with funding commensurate with that provided to other public
schools, including provision for school facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H77E9BC55386549EEA0830583C7957492"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensures that each
local educational agency sends to the charter schools the Federal, State and
local dollars to which the charter schools are entitled in a timely
manner.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E3CA20C4C6F429C81306FE7F1811044"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for public charter school programs</header><text>Section 5211
(20 U.S.C. 7221j) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F09DDE52FBF493EB563CA05D8681F38" style="OLC">
<section id="H7DAD1C81D00A4D878CE2CF6CF269007E"><enum>5211.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="HD645CF9EA4794398B71800349C7000A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out this
subpart (except for section 5205(b)), $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H830294D7AA0E4016B0ABC96EE030115C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to carry out
section 5205(b), $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HCCA1E2A79316470F8FFB083619BC574E"><enum>505.</enum><header>Parental
involvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1118 (20
U.S.C. 6318) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF4A0C16CEE144D483A6D40041F888E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3677D08F95034F569DF136A779BB1971"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC80E353D6774A01823F05E902448734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FE0DAF377FC448E9D686982073CE879"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H752383B5CAE74C669BB3ED007D004CC6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H11F5557634D5467BADB0883F06BAF48C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in the case of a
State where a parental information and resource center is established,
integrate the center in the policy and utilize the center to—</text>
<clause id="H23573804191D432186081B77BB715D86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disseminate
information and materials to parents; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HACBE24AB200249FE8E2EAD77BD02858E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide valuable
assistance to schools that have not achieved adequate yearly
progress.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE453EF4044544D2DB1C61945389E5B19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8F09FBAD747C487482A7BAEF618E8FD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4CEE75F18ABB418698DF32C3C14EA1E2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>State
educational agency responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H6D486918CB75451F0000D12B3DEEC78F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Each
State educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall review the
local educational agency’s parental involvement policies and practices to
determine if the policies and practices meet the requirements of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEA49FAE44004F9A83ED9F1338ECE7FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>Each
State educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall designate
an office or position within the State educational agency that shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22D7364FEF8A468E8335B8487862003F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>oversee the proper
implementation of the requirements pertaining to parental involvement of this
part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC0D45F689A74776827D37B4BD751339"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintain records
of all comments made to or about any local educational agency in the State with
respect to the local educational agency’s development and implementation of the
parental involvement policy under subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H942A2274716A4E25AC0893A3C5446476"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a
State that has a parental information and resource center, annually prepare and
submit a report to the center that includes, for each local educational agency
and public school in the State, that—</text>
<clause id="HDDD1CD8A3F7F486CA92B30073644FE1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lists the scores
for each local educational agency and public school in the State on the State
academic assessments for each group described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v);</text>
</clause><clause id="HE81991DE2A134EEAAEA53399F98EB76B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>lists each agency
or school’s result for each indicator of adequate yearly progress, as defined
under section 1111(b)(3)(C), for each such group; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H17D40DB39BBD488CBB6F007F771D4BC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides
information on each agency or school’s compliance with the requirements
pertaining to parental involvement under this
part.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H78078D0ED0C04E9B87598F00863CE099"><enum>506.</enum><header>Response to
intervention</header>
<subsection id="HAEDFF3288C09413BAC989700421E26EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion in
local educational agency plans under section 1112</header><text>Subparagraph
(C) of section 1112(b)(1) of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965</act-name> is amended by inserting before the semicolon <quote>,
such as through an evidence-based intervention model described in section
1114(b)(1)(B)(v)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1492B618D92340D68F38A93000072B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in
schoolwide reform strategies of schools under section
1114</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 1114(b)(1) of such Act is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H990F8921EAC345D9ACECFDA2FE8C1CC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iii);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00E95A8CF9514F4286D6E51F4B0004E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA12DDA6F205B4B14959D128FA507B311"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block id="H677369C691B74DD0A2E7CC01188420CB" style="OLC">
<clause id="H3ED37F152F0B478683C73F8845EDA1D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>coordinate with
early intervening services under section 613(f) of the <act-name>Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act</act-name>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H83B1EED7574E4AF4896D32F629E8D491"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide
evidence-based intervention models that include high-quality instruction,
universal screening, progress monitoring, research-based interventions matched
to student needs, and educational decision-making using learning rate over time
and level of
performance.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H719266AFD9CE46F8A48E01512E7BE28D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion in
reading first strategies</header><text>Clause (ii) of section 1202(c)(7)(A) of
such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6166E5B9661D48B2AFD612887CA712BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (I);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDDF63CC969F4397885922048CB5A969"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subclause (II) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DB363375EEC436D9C8BF502DF739496"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF7B2FC2525A7483ABC52F73EC24FE5B4" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HF1BA5E5D58EE4EE7928952DFB057DD8D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>includes an
evidence-based intervention model described in section 1114(b)(1)(B)(v) to
support the activities required or permitted under this
paragraph.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEBA06C12B0447E89CC983BAC6F83F07"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inclusion in
professional development funding</header>
<paragraph id="HF7B56BD772E64870976128688CCE7E3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>2113(c)(2)</enum-in-header></header><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 2113(c) of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8E9D43ED8B1451892F454CBB4EBF3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C8D44E2D03C4E39A941A36D8360CC70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89741EB82B3749049424BEE050BA42C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE9CAF747A82D4B6287921320CE6F7E69" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H838B2C178C414BFE81DCD14C8B44755"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enable teachers to
provide services under an evidence-based intervention model described in
section
1114(b)(1)(B)(v).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H515D8F58880C48C7BB5C7881EB01838E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>2123(a)(3)(B)</enum-in-header></header><text>Subparagraph (B)
of section 2123(a)(3) of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA382F66E18240AD98B72318DC566D60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE648DB7F77A14663B3E929CF82A0E497"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
clause (iii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1ED65D1F218A4EA9BC6C594598A845C2" style="OLC">
<clause id="H51F026E0FDA24CF68100FB1F5C6CF4FC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide training
to enable teachers to provide services under an evidence-based intervention
model described in section
1114(b)(1)(B)(v).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H331C363A27A949C0A3A07A542F06FFD"><enum>507.</enum><header>Universal design
for learning</header>
<subsection id="H0F52F3AAC040466FA917F695942DD69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1111(b)(1)(D)(i)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section
1111(b)(1)(D)(i) of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6F8268E1A55648DBB6689C4674CAAF14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (II); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35059F8B29D3414CBB47F6AF2F8F1678"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB32BE363B32443CBBF2E61094379B3F8" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H8A071DB84C97451A9BA394F3EE48ED9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>may incorporate
the principals of universal design for
learning;</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8E7C2D5205244289AF005607DB3314B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1111(b)(3)(C)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section
1111(b)(3)(C) of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H467EC4692B7E47AFA15120AC6E552E3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (xiv);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67DD39481F594EA0926F2D14F5BF4240"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period and adding <quote>; and</quote> to the end of clause (xv); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3668A37090F4AF8B25C7E379C04D25"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end a new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC5D81975A179479097C67FD903BAA929" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE5EBA258D1CB41390010075398C554C2"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>to the extent
feasible, be universally designed assessments that are designed from the outset
to enable all students, including those with disabilities, to demonstrate their
knowledge, skills, and abilities in accordance with intended learning standards
and instructional goals.</text>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause" indent="clause">Based on the principles of universal design for learning,
such assessments—</continuation-text><subclause id="HC057AF84A5824B7FAF521BCAF18DD544"><enum>(I)</enum><text>minimize the
effect of construct-irrelevant factors, such as physical, sensory, cultural,
learning, or cognitive disabilities, or language barriers, that may interfere
with the accuracy of the assessment; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5CC5FB7918E44A8AB8DBDEC7005DCDB4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide
appropriate supports for students to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and
abilities according to the intended learning
standards.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1FC57FA6D2CF4993952C78FC79358DF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1111(c)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 1111(c) of such
Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB752CBEA33E344D58CA4BE879ECB0531"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (13);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF88F62BE6C554C68BBFF5D9201B120AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period and adding <quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (14); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF31002F6776D4A95BD7F75B4DC348CBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end a new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA26DC86DCEB9403AA5FFBD3022906787" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD3E9DA63417D45BA8D254FD8A9F22043"><enum>(15)</enum><text>the State
educational agency, to the extent that it is involved in selecting and
recommending textbooks and other instructional materials, will encourage the
purchase of textbooks and materials that are consistent with the principles of
universal design for
learning.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12079EC8BA354A8E9EA7C53C5055FE1E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1111(h)(5)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 1111(h)(5) of
such Act is amended by striking the period and inserting the following:
<quote>a comprehensive plan developed in consultation with the experts in the
field and stakeholders to address the implementation of universal design for
learning. The plan must be sufficiently detailed to provide substantial
guidance for activities that include research, model demonstrations, technical
assistance and dissemination, technology innovations, personnel preparation,
staff development and other means to develop and apply universal design for
learning to standards, curriculum, teaching methods, instructional materials
and assessments. The plan shall include proposed funding levels and timelines
for implementing the various research, development and dissemination
activities, and other components of the plan.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H98C5F3E1AD4F42AABF00F50778851370"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1112(c)(1)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 1112(c)(1) of
such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H219010E813E24740813BA2EFD7C7C4D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (N);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D5E5294C1804CE49CF3992974F244A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period and adding <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subclause (O); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EC33212E34B44FAB9114BC9F6FFFB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H52318F1B53254A7BA626D5D64248212D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H338817AFA0EC4DB7A349F6F33C5DAFF9"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Encourage the use
of curriculum, teaching methods, instructional materials and assessments that
are consistent with the principles of universal design for
learning.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDED9009EA72A44E38100DA913320F313"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>2112(b)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 2112(b) of such
Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5B9875A89EE04B808F7397E1C4B331EB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H041C6C47835447EDAF09A39D9E00F200"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A description of
how the State educational agency will use funds under this part to provide
training in the use of teaching methods consistent with the principles of
universal design for
learning.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA177363A7244B51007E39137EDEEECA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>2112(c)(2)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 2112(c)(2) of
such Act is amended by inserting <quote>general and special education</quote>
after <quote>involvement of</quote>, and inserting <quote>consistent with the
principals of universal learning</quote> after <quote>teaching
skills</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC437EF85F1C4B82859B1B00571C59D4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>2402(a)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 2402(a) of such
Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD0FDD8A574AB45269DBBE57BC3FCBEF2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H54D3EA078E924D92B4D63BD1F2430051"><enum>(9)</enum><text>To permit the
purchase and implementation of universally designed technology, including staff
development and technical support; to ensure that all students, including those
with disabilities, will have an opportunity to benefit from the integration of
technology into the general education curriculum; to provide frequent
experiences in the use of universally designed technologies that may be applied
to large scale assessments; and to measure the impact of universally designed
technologies on the learning and achievement of all
learners.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1AE954412F9F4837AAD56EFFDC3DCB95"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>6111(1)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 6111(1) of such
Act is amended by inserting <quote>and universally designed assessments under
section 1111 (b)(3)(C)(xvi)</quote> after <quote>required by section
1111(b)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H81A9477381B248199B48A0336EB98C94"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>9101</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 9101 of such Act is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD92DD33924CD433AAE3145D95B008835" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFE6B6A6A308F4261B0A2EB5D9D91009F"><enum>(44)</enum><header>Universal
design</header><text>The term <term>universal design</term>, as defined in
section 3 of the <act-name>Assistive Technology Act of 1998</act-name> (29
U.S.C. 3002), means a concept or philosophy for designing and delivering
products and services that are usable by people with the widest range of
possible functional capabilities, which include products and services that are
directly usable (without requiring assistive technologies) and products and
services that are made usable with assistive technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1782BFBDD724433080D19DF7EB638EA8"><enum>(45)</enum><header>Universal
design for learning</header><text>The term <term>universal design for
learning</term> extends the concept of universal design to the field of
education. It is a research-based framework for designing curriculum, including
goals, methods, materials, and assessments, that enables all individuals to
gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. Universal design for
learning provides curricular flexibility (in activities, in the ways
information is presented, in the ways students respond or demonstrate
knowledge, and in the ways students are engaged) to reduce barriers, provide
appropriate supports and challenges, and maintain high achievement standards
for all students, including students with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F7420844C4D42769C0200EDD3C39054"><enum>(46)</enum><header>Universally
designed technology</header><text>The term <term>universally designed
technology</term> means hardware and software that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34C2C8F0DD4044B49717C228C1DFEF93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the
features necessary for use by all learners or supports integration with the
necessary assistive hardware and software technologies to ensure that the
hardware and software are accessible and optimized for all learners; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H059CA5A3B40A442A8D59A8D6FB0000DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
flexibility in the ways that information is presented, in the ways that
students respond or demonstrate knowledge, and in the ways in which students
are engaged in order to provide appropriate support and challenge and enhance
the performance for a typically diverse spectrum of
learners.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H088E69DDF6144EDAAAD16400751D2747"><enum>508.</enum><header>Doubling
scientific-based education research at Department of Education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for
research, development, and dissemination activities for the Institute of
Education Sciences of the Department of Education—</text>
<paragraph id="HDCCE8F152A934BAE80044357DE8F17D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$163,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB211AB10747E456281C0B2A8BD4F900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$218,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE9021BA581747459DFFDB21E57667D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$272,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFF97CF124F7412E841416DF362BD73D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$326,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14BD04AAFC0D4685AA93D2B805C17854"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$380,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">To enhance
research and development on primary and secondary education reform through
scientifically based research and innovative models for education and
learning.</continuation-text></section><section id="HEBF8EF739B5649BAA4534624B0BC6D00"><enum>509.</enum><header>Supplemental
educational services</header>
<subsection id="HC62C96BF524943C385181710338B44FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of school
facilities in providing supplemental educational
services</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 1116(e) of such Act is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H62165BF2FA4642BE924D39746B582169"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC89E35F52B64B6585F99BAFA892C5D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DD711E5E43E4FB8B579A42221D86E10"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCBFD4FA442D347968712EFA7CCD4A377" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB56607FFE1B7447D88F4667CD38618F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish a process
(which may include, after consultation with parents receiving such services,
reasonable limits) for approved providers to provide such services at schools
which otherwise permit nonschool-affiliated groups to use school
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEABA949E8F25478A861D6F51E350BED0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
multi-district consortiums To satisfy SES requirements</header><text>Subsection
(e) of section 1116 of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C7DD8D2F80448C3AC53C2F8E0CD3F2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7F298EB7E8542ACA5997823E8A9662D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (11) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0F70B5C9B9674F4B989C82DD04B08137" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFAAAD9D1E5EF4DDF9763D4DDFA50B027"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Consortiums</header>
<subparagraph id="HA8BEF685BB164B05BC3DFFD4C032F03"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Use of
multi-district consortiums to satisfy SES requirements</header><text>Local
educational agencies may form consortiums to carry out the functions of such
agencies under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60AB1DD23CF7437F81EB769D746DDFD0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Pooling of
eligible students</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit students eligible for supplemental educational services from pooling
together to attract additional provider
options.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7A38C39C23764B04807FD61B71ABEF1E"><enum>510.</enum><header>Increasing
support for foster children and youth</header>
<subsection id="H37B1E2C461D946F781DBF354CBCC800"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</header>
<paragraph id="HE89EA3D6BE4A478496A114941DC600CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1112(b)(1)(E)(ii)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section
1112(b)(1)(E)(ii) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended by inserting <quote>foster children and youth,</quote> after
<quote>homeless children,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H164E42BB73D34D82AA8876E2FE57D704"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1112(b)(1)(O)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section
1112(b)(1)(O) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended
by inserting <quote>and foster children and youth</quote> after <quote>homeless
children,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAE92056CBFF49CAA67C15B7213427F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1113(b)(3)(A)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section
1113(b)(3)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended
by inserting <quote>and foster children and youth</quote> after <quote>homeless
children</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09136B013C644407887F9105CE2CB266"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>1115(b)(2)</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 1115(b)(2) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is amended by inserting at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD802DCCE980F4126B3D0187C277895F4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB89C389C74C5422899FAC1DDBF9670A3"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Foster children
and youth</header><text>A child or youth who is in the foster care system and
attending any school served by the local educational agency is eligible for
services under this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subtitle id="H02C63ED6F8DC45899CC727F299582E86"><enum>B</enum><header>Education for
Eligible Children and Youths</header>
<section id="HD68F4EC872F74066AF51F0BF05C3F196"><enum>721.</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following is the
policy of the Congress:</text>
<paragraph id="H3E46F79D7C92485EBB00CA2DE03B66E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each State
educational agency shall ensure that each child of a homeless individual and
each eligible child or youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate
public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other
children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H367B73E86CB44EA9B69D21C1561FD9C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In any State that
has a compulsory residency requirement as a component of the State’s compulsory
school attendance laws or other laws, regulations, practices, or policies that
may act as a barrier to the enrollment, attendance, or success in school of
eligible children and youths, the State will review and undertake steps to
revise such laws, regulations, practices, or policies to ensure that eligible
children and youths are afforded the same free, appropriate public education as
provided to other children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H496D586BE75F452093CFF0DB9BF100AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Homelessness alone
is not sufficient reason to separate students from the mainstream school
environment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADABDEBDB9D94AB48EF429813C730236"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Eligible children
and youths should have access to the education and other services that such
children and youths need to ensure that such children and youths have an
opportunity to meet the same challenging State student academic achievement
standards to which all students are held.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H11EAD62223324F098B18C2DFF83527AC"><enum>722.</enum><header>Grants for
State and local activities for the education of eligible children and
youths</header>
<subsection id="HA4EE00AF4A604F8EB8D638BE98E2081"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States in
accordance with the provisions of this section to enable such States to carry
out the activities described in subsections (d) through (g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9EF972B6C3694535943EF4A146AD4895"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>No
State may receive a grant under this section unless the State educational
agency submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F916BFFF3CC47A9B58DE412E1C558B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation and
reservations</header>
<paragraph id="H11C1BEFCFCFE47F2B18DA9FE3742D10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocation</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7D67E8CBA9A34122B4001982644CDDA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to subparagraph
(B), the Secretary is authorized to allot to each State an amount that bears
the same ratio to the amount appropriated for such year under section 726 that
remains after the Secretary reserves funds under paragraph (2) and uses funds
to carry out section 724(d) and (h), as the amount allocated under section 1122
of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> to
the State for that year bears to the total amount allocated under section 1122
of such Act to all States for that year, except that no State shall receive
less than the greater of—</text>
<clause id="H998822735AD34EAB8FBC692992F57900" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$150,000;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE79E2B7953DA4CC38D26DA00737DEEEE" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>one-fourth of 1 percent of the
amount appropriated under section 726 for that year; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF583720B14034999ACAF75A77DE47587" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount such State received
under this section for fiscal year 2001.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1ADF8F958EE48DEAD06D00585C6E21E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If there are insufficient funds in a
fiscal year to allot to each State the minimum amount under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments to all States based on the
proportionate share that each State received under this subsection for the
preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF634798F477F496C871C40014D5CAF54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservations</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF2B2D9DA46DF42B4B8CF2085E1D12465"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary is
authorized to reserve 0.1 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal
year under section 726 to be allocated by the Secretary among the United States
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, according to their respective need for assistance under this
subtitle, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD95B497094CD48B4975747498F569518" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBD05906C26E4486B96657D6BF22341DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
transfer 1 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal year under
section 726 to the Department of the Interior for programs for Indian students
served by schools funded by the Secretary of the Interior, as determined under
the <act-name>Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name>
(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), that are consistent with the purposes of the programs
described in this subtitle.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5987B086E605432E9D94F23BA21012D4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of
the Interior shall enter into an agreement, consistent with the requirements of
this subtitle, for the distribution and use of the funds described in clause
(i) under terms that the Secretary determines best meet the purposes of the
programs described in this subtitle. Such agreement shall set forth the plans
of the Secretary of the Interior for the use of the amounts transferred,
including appropriate goals, objectives, and milestones.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB509A136D2A74D42AA22912B5646CEBE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
defined</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>State</term> does not include the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H836DC67F3DF845489EC7C85CD00026A6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Grants
under this section shall be used for the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF92F5E078E8F42B0B3937CDF50BA4D8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To carry out the
policies set forth in section 721 in the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H785782DD2FB94565BEFD55928BAE1620"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide
activities for, and services to, eligible children and youths (including
eligible children and youths of preschool age) that enable children and youths
described in this paragraph to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school, or, if
appropriate, in preschool programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1872B62045FF496F9FF359885632DCD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To establish or
designate an Office of Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and
Youths in the State educational agency in accordance with subsection
(f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60F92AC441B94A2E872BC0F61E311685"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To prepare and
carry out the State plan described in subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3A65FF165934F7CA0EBCB8ECA3D6928"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To develop and
implement professional development programs for school personnel to heighten
their awareness of, and capacity to respond to, specific problems in the
education of eligible children and youths.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFBBFD8B0EB8F476DABCCACA84949D44F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State and local
subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="HFCCF1B0C665745E4B84D84D506978923"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
disbursements by States</header><text>From the sums made available each year to
carry out this subtitle, the State educational agency shall distribute not less
than 75 percent in subgrants to local educational agencies for the purposes of
carrying out section 723, except that States funded at the minimum level set
forth in subsection (c)(1) shall distribute not less than 50 percent in
subgrants to local educational agencies for the purposes of carrying out
section 723.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0C87CCEA5444BD100B844D6536DAC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use by State
educational agency</header><text>A State educational agency may use funds made
available for State use under this subtitle to conduct activities under
subsection (f) directly or through grants or contracts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17470BAB39E44A5EA97283BECF649E11"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on
segregating eligible children and youths</header>
<subparagraph id="H0269D71EA0194656BA912F24FD229580"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and section
723(a)(2)(B)(ii), in providing a free public education to an eligible child or
youth, no State receiving funds under this subtitle shall segregate such child
or youth in a separate school, or in a separate program within a school, based
on such child’s or youth’s status as an eligible child or youth.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD3B549A75AE48A1AC4E34A671CC77EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A), paragraphs (1)(J)(i) and (3) of subsection (g), section
723(a)(2), and any other provision of this subtitle relating to the placement
of eligible children or youths in schools, a State that has a separate school
for eligible children or youths that was operated in fiscal year 2000 in a
covered county shall be eligible to receive funds under this subtitle for
programs carried out in such school if—</text>
<clause id="H546B41EC47444ABA9800219FA18CD958"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the school meets
the requirements of subparagraph (C);</text>
</clause><clause id="H4C1062DA4DF64F49AB97219920F0CA2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any local
educational agency serving a school that the eligible children and youths
enrolled in the separate school are eligible to attend meets the requirements
of subparagraph (E); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6BE78502B3DC420D9681B90079BCBDE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the State is
otherwise eligible to receive funds under this subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3D66153D8FB4044925BBB8F61710088"><enum>(C)</enum><header>School
requirements</header><text>For the State to be eligible under subparagraph (B)
to receive funds under this subtitle, the school described in such subparagraph
shall—</text>
<clause id="H8664450E53904663BB1ED3131DD9BC08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide written
notice, at the time any child or youth seeks enrollment in such school, and at
least twice annually while the child or youth is enrolled in such school, to
the parent or guardian of the child or youth (or, in the case of an
unaccompanied youth, the youth) that—</text>
<subclause id="HCA3A0EECE6FC4AE9A4E127F386851EE5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall be signed by
the parent or guardian (or, in the case of an unaccompanied youth, the
youth);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H88B2B7F7D8254A428C76334B604C093B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>sets forth the
general rights provided under this subtitle;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8651BE56A111461EA994DC78530064AF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>specifically
states—</text>
<item id="H2C1B4E68B2C04D5D8021E4C3B18F18C0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
choice of schools eligible children and youths are eligible to attend, as
provided in subsection (g)(3)(A);</text>
</item><item id="HD8622258E290481385B4BA1B0648899"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>that
no eligible child or youth is required to attend a separate school for eligible
children or youths;</text>
</item><item id="HD2D2132F63004816AEF0FDD2BF195383"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>that eligible
children and youths shall be provided comparable services described in
subsection (g)(4), including transportation services, educational services, and
meals through school meals programs; and</text>
</item><item id="H94619A4D1F504F4DB6BF52016152088F"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>that eligible
children and youths should not be stigmatized by school personnel; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H9BD2BE35075143E3994331307F50B6DF"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provides contact
information for the local liaison for eligible children and youths and the
State Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H86DE80B8DADA46059DEB76C71B031843"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H377F4C07D56C4BD196E74C775C18E513"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide assistance to
the parent or guardian of each eligible child or youth (or, in the case of an
unaccompanied youth, the youth) to exercise the right to attend the parent’s or
guardian’s (or youth’s) choice of schools, as provided in subsection (g)(3)(A);
and</text>
</subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45051E727220413A93F9B5572800BC22" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>coordinate with the local educational
agency with jurisdiction for the school selected by the parent or guardian (or
youth), to provide transportation and other necessary services;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H06A97EE547254BA8992FD29E1BB49238"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensure that the
parent or guardian (or, in the case of an unaccompanied youth, the youth) shall
receive the information required by this subparagraph in a manner and form
understandable to such parent or guardian (or youth), including, if necessary
and to the extent feasible, in the native language of such parent or guardian
(or youth); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1FE1D1C972854D15B2BDD6E9942E27CA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>demonstrate in
the school’s application for funds under this subtitle that such school—</text>
<subclause id="HF0CE14A93556473599552183D2BE8857"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is complying with
clauses (i) and (ii); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H72478CEE225D493B8D6294C4E7537400"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is meeting (as of
the date of submission of the application) the same Federal and State
standards, regulations, and mandates as other public schools in the State (such
as complying with sections 1111 and 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and providing a full range of education and related
services, including services applicable to students with disabilities).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE974A32EA22B4A97A0BFEF6CAB084E1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>School
ineligibility</header><text>A separate school described in subparagraph (B)
that fails to meet the standards, regulations, and mandates described in
subparagraph (C)(iv)(II) shall not be eligible to receive funds under this
subtitle for programs carried out in such school after the first date of such
failure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7826C3CEA084361B96795A8314145B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Local educational
agency requirements</header><text>For the State to be eligible to receive the
funds described in subparagraph (B), the local educational agency described in
subparagraph (B)(ii) shall—</text>
<clause id="H5A669EAAE1A74F00AF6E328754DBAEA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>implement a
coordinated system for ensuring that eligible children and youths—</text>
<subclause id="HA59F3D99B4754981874547207657FDF9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are advised of the
choice of schools provided in subsection (g)(3)(A);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0CEA2D7BEC394922BED70052322761C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are immediately
enrolled, in accordance with subsection (g)(3)(C), in the school selected under
subsection (g)(3)(A); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB5147D98D8374DCA879FDA04707D1CEE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>are promptly
provided necessary services described in subsection (g)(4), including
transportation, to allow eligible children and youths to exercise their choices
of schools under subsection (g)(3)(A);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H733011F8FB3C425D82F3A304F3AC4419"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>document that
written notice has been provided—</text>
<subclause id="H5464772637FC43A687009C0472A0A716"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in accordance with
subparagraph (C)(i) for each child or youth enrolled in a separate school under
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1D666E32687143BC90F8ADB7FDBFF5DE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in accordance
with subsection (g)(6)(A)(v);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H72EB679BA9E548AD8D630213C179D509"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>prohibit schools
within the agency’s jurisdiction from referring eligible children or youths to,
or requiring eligible children and youths to enroll in or attend, a separate
school described in subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="HF5974FA503614C2AB122A5CF09B727DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identify and
remove any barriers that exist in schools within the agency’s jurisdiction that
may have contributed to the creation or existence of separate schools described
in subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E7C78AB0CEC47278FCF52B05C28827D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>not use funds
received under this subtitle to establish—</text>
<subclause id="H9C685E71F2C147588369AAC788E1A601"><enum>(I)</enum><text>new or additional
separate schools for eligible children or youths; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H54436BFB601840CDA556F87457BFC967"><enum>(II)</enum><text>new or additional
sites for separate schools for eligible children or youths, other than the
sites occupied by the schools described in subparagraph (B) in fiscal year
2000.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3CD35E583E242A8BBD0AFF6F120BFB0"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Report</header>
<clause id="HF6559498021B4E3096DCFE1827E603D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Preparation</header><text>The
Secretary shall prepare a report on the separate schools and local educational
agencies described in subparagraph (B) that receive funds under this subtitle
in accordance with this paragraph. The report shall contain, at a minimum,
information on—</text>
<subclause id="H36513FB7FCAA4E2A88C4F01F8140E392"><enum>(I)</enum><text>compliance with
all requirements of this paragraph;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF6D32D8EF19D42C0949CB0CAA756DB9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>barriers to school
access in the school districts served by the local educational agencies;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2CEA004507BC4B3986B2156EF4F7A45F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the progress the
separate schools are making in integrating eligible children and youths into
the mainstream school environment, including the average length of student
enrollment in such schools.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA674CBD868D74BE300AB543E2E160090"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Compliance with
information requests</header><text>For purposes of enabling the Secretary to
prepare the report, the separate schools and local educational agencies shall
cooperate with the Secretary and the State Coordinator for Education of
Homeless Children and Youths established in the State under subsection (d)(3),
and shall comply with any requests for information by the Secretary and State
Coordinator for such State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6D9729FFFF244AB490F2D107DDA63DCA"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001, the Secretary shall submit the
report described in clause (i) to—</text>
<subclause id="HBE43176998E64DF7A0335FAE8069ED8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the
President;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H872A31A801FA4B8293E3EF67A2A64B7E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H88A12654C8124BF4A4234B44409896A9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB84911C947B84048A7100419B4712497"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>covered county</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HE63A8FD008DD47A5A6ABE96566C6588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>San
Joaquin County, California;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBEC36224C53E43339B9C11CC33335CA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Orange County,
California;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6FCCE4835E5D44D591AF9B69D3DD66F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>San Diego
County, California; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E602F7B7D7B49D78D07C0F3C9B48700"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Maricopa County,
Arizona.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE7E5BB3B70D1416AB486C3E0FD5D00CD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Functions of the
office of coordinator</header><text>The Coordinator for Education of Homeless
Children and Youths established in each State shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H53593FB4C2814982856806DDA427B2E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>gather reliable,
valid, and comprehensive information on the nature and extent of the problems
eligible children and youths have in gaining access to public preschool
programs and to public elementary schools and secondary schools, the
difficulties in identifying the special needs of such children and youths, any
progress made by the State educational agency and local educational agencies in
the State in addressing such problems and difficulties, and the success of the
programs under this subtitle in allowing eligible children and youths to enroll
in, attend, and succeed in, school;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13A3DBC5E4C34C65ABFC13F48B29119C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and carry
out the State plan described in subsection (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD70E69E9F250479BBC2F4B62DF949CD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>collect and
transmit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may
require, a report containing such information as the Secretary determines is
necessary to assess the educational needs of eligible children and youths
within the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8492A34DA284F51B176EFE60FAEA3B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facilitate
coordination between the State educational agency, the State social services
agency, and other agencies (including agencies providing mental health
services) to provide services to eligible children and youths (including
eligible children and youths of preschool age), and to families of children and
youths described in this paragraph;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H246226976FC24E938CF5EC1AFEDBA5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in order to improve
the provision of comprehensive education and related services to eligible
children and youths and their families, coordinate and collaborate with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF59CA493EB304BFE96008E4284DBF446"><enum>(A)</enum><text>educators,
including child development and preschool program personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C4DE1BD7DAC476780EC1C2F6D359439"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providers of
services to foster, runaway, and eligible children and youths, and homeless
families (including domestic violence agencies, shelter operators, transitional
housing facilities, runaway and homeless youth centers, and transitional living
programs for eligible children and youth);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F93AE9A122044358F64C9BD58C9DAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>local educational
agency liaisons designated under subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) for eligible children
and youths; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23C1B975B1234393A500C6AB00BAC7A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>community
organizations and groups representing eligible children and youths and their
families; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF93F8BEC0FC34359BADD17A9E790AEE7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to local educational agencies in coordination with local educational
agency liaisons designated under subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii), to ensure that local
educational agencies comply with the requirements of section 722(e)(3) and
paragraphs (3) through (7) of subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9EF101A7C2245DA83B13157A554DB8B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>State
plan</header>
<paragraph id="H61456857717542128F4501C46BEF265D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall submit to the Secretary a plan to
provide for the education of eligible children and youths within the State.
Such plan shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H264AD4DCECE6473C9F9600774372F1AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of
how such children and youths are (or will be) given the opportunity to meet the
same challenging State academic achievement standards all students are expected
to meet.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B5A7C35CF2947D884EDBEBE00111CFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of
the procedures the State educational agency will use to identify such children
and youths in the State and to assess their special needs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79C59D3C226947618091FECEDC82FA47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of
procedures for the prompt resolution of disputes regarding the educational
placement of eligible children and youths.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC586CE48A48444A0A2D9A66F7F19354B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of
programs for school personnel (including principals, attendance officers,
teachers, enrollment personnel, and pupil services personnel) to heighten the
awareness of such personnel of the specific needs of foster, runaway, and
eligible children and youths.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H330F119ECC544DA2A56E71A72F07C5FA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A description of
procedures that ensure that eligible children and youths who meet the relevant
eligibility criteria are able to participate in Federal, State, or local food
programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02DA4D40E42743E90030582C008D003E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A description of
procedures that ensure that—</text>
<clause id="HCB2F2380F3D9452EA11EF9E0C2A359C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible children
and youths of preschool age have equal access to the same public preschool
programs, administered by the State agency, as provided to other children in
the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCBFD78A034B4C47BE962CF9D71DCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible children
and youths of secondary school age and youths separated from the public schools
are identified and accorded equal access to appropriate secondary education and
support services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC97710D868E442E4BB72426D94AD51D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>eligible children
and youths who meet the relevant eligibility criteria are able to participate
in Federal, State, or local before- and after-school care programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92C4E40CE767474F90DACB76641004F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Strategies to
address problems identified in the report provided to the Secretary under
subsection (f)(3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF99E5C11B98844A9009803F92E98CE7C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Strategies to
address other problems with respect to the education of eligible children and
youths, including problems resulting from enrollment delays that are caused
by—</text>
<clause id="H21C77B362705470193D100388FF5558"><enum>(i)</enum><text>immunization and
medical records requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB42F36CF0237438D83392CE2BCF1619E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>residency
requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA4C60FD3EE554FC59E6172FA1C134D08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>lack of birth
certificates, school records, or other documentation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4D9C81404DB040EB8ED1FBD76805AEC7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>guardianship
issues; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H1605DA6AD1354340B447A9CD1FBA99B2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>uniform or dress
code requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D0D85911E3D4204AC7DF82EAE7701E2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A demonstration
that the State educational agency and local educational agencies in the State
have developed, and shall review and revise, policies to remove barriers to the
enrollment and retention of eligible children and youths in schools in the
State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BEBCA2851284245ADC8512D1025EBA1"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Assurances
that—</text>
<clause id="HE99B47AA5C2A442FB6D11772E0BF87CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State
educational agency and local educational agencies in the State will adopt
policies and practices to ensure that eligible children and youths are not
stigmatized or segregated on the basis of their status as eligible children and
youths;</text>
</clause><clause id="H08C14245F7DB4CE4810661345D7156AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local educational
agencies will designate an appropriate staff person, who may also be a
coordinator for other Federal programs, as a local educational agency liaison
for eligible children and youths, to carry out the duties described in
paragraph (6)(A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE8C007309B33492FA114A665FFE102D6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the State and
its local educational agencies will adopt policies and practices to ensure that
transportation is provided, at the request of the parent or guardian (or in the
case of an unaccompanied youth, the liaison), to and from the school of origin,
as determined in paragraph (3)(A), in accordance with the following, as
applicable:</text>
<subclause id="H3F0B6DF78B8E44EB8C24C82D944BF54"><enum>(I)</enum><text>If the eligible
child or youth continues to live in the area served by the local educational
agency in which the school of origin is located, the child’s or youth’s
transportation to and from the school of origin shall be provided or arranged
by the local educational agency in which the school of origin is
located.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H19E1EED4C7CB40068D54BFB5932E258"><enum>(II)</enum><text>If the eligible
child’s or youth’s living arrangements in the area served by the local
educational agency of origin terminate and the child or youth, though
continuing his or her education in the school of origin, begins living in an
area served by another local educational agency, the local educational agency
of origin and the local educational agency in which the eligible child or youth
is living shall agree upon a method to apportion the responsibility and costs
for providing the child with transportation to and from the school of origin.
If the local educational agencies are unable to agree upon such method, the
responsibility and costs for transportation shall be shared equally.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECA59335B6CB4188B2CA66AA555C415B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance</header>
<subparagraph id="H8CF87CFD6CF04A12000792EC8006396"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each plan adopted under this subsection shall also
describe how the State will ensure that local educational agencies in the State
will comply with the requirements of paragraphs (3) through (7).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBEDE05248624B72BFAB087538663577"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Such
plan shall indicate what technical assistance the State will furnish to local
educational agencies and how compliance efforts will be coordinated with the
local educational agency liaisons designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA99BB02A48474DD786E7ACCCC66253EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Local
educational agency requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H5DCCDBBB84D24EF382DB54AC08623440"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The local educational agency serving each child or youth
to be assisted under this subtitle shall, according to the child’s or youth’s
best interest—</text>
<clause id="H043169817DE541E796525573BFF6FAA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>continue the
child’s or youth’s education in the school of origin for the duration of
homelessness, or jurisdiction of the public child welfare agency, as the case
may be—</text>
<subclause id="H7D7A77563AB94194A94B1148B1CB7000"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in any case in
which a family becomes homeless between academic years or during an academic
year; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H287F5FA7EA4C401398EFCC4BE4B45719"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in any case in
which a child or youth is placed in the jurisdiction of the public child
welfare agency between academic years or during an academic year; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4E72F93B7C5F4F1FAD5F00C3D3815EE3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>for the
remainder of the academic year, if the child or youth becomes permanently
housed during an academic year; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC187E1D59946438786832314D6EF7F03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enroll the child
or youth in any public school that students who are not eligible children and
youths and who live in the attendance area in which the child or youth is
actually living are eligible to attend.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD89F1762E59B42E4A54954E2DCF054EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Best
interest</header><text>In determining the best interest of the child or youth
under subparagraph (A), the local educational agency shall—</text>
<clause id="H0314887EDEEC49F4B10759C03C180497"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
the extent feasible, keep an eligible child or youth in the school of origin,
except when doing so is contrary to the wishes of the child’s or youth’s parent
or guardian;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB835559A38234AA0987D002DF3318BEF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide a written
explanation, including a statement regarding the right to appeal under
subparagraph (E), to the eligible child’s or youth’s parent or guardian, if the
local educational agency sends such child or youth to a school other than the
school of origin or a school requested by the parent or guardian; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D8C2312F08246FCBAE5DB73F6A4761F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of
an unaccompanied youth, ensure that the liaison designated under paragraph
(1)(J)(ii) assists in placement or enrollment decisions under this
subparagraph, considers the views of such unaccompanied youth, and provides
notice to such youth of the right to appeal under subparagraph (E).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FFD05D1856C45B7BB50ACA1EA7DAAD4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H33F519CAA24041AA88A19954A1BCA9EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The school selected in
accordance with this paragraph shall immediately enroll the eligible child or
youth, even if the child or youth is unable to produce records normally
required for enrollment, such as previous academic records, medical records,
proof of residency, or other documentation.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD2B2B4C50D404AE900C0708357DCE0CA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The enrolling school shall
immediately contact the school last attended by the child or youth to obtain
relevant academic and other records.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8D93A07C2F6D451286473B25A8E5B34" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If the child or youth needs to
obtain immunizations, or immunization or medical records, the enrolling school
shall immediately refer the parent or guardian of the child or youth to the
local educational agency liaison designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), who
shall assist in obtaining necessary immunizations, or immunization or medical
records, in accordance with subparagraph (D).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79493481D93E40888CA06E1B30929943"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Records</header><text>Any
record ordinarily kept by the school, including immunization or medical
records, academic records, birth certificates, guardianship records, and
evaluations for special services or programs, regarding each eligible child or
youth shall be maintained—</text>
<clause id="H1FDC3143781640F285825D53103C3C60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>so
that the records are available, in a timely fashion, when a child or youth
enters a new school or school district; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA8943D1C1624209A5D1851201E2B76C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a manner
consistent with section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C.
1232g).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABDED8A8D96D46C9991F506D8BA21BA6"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Enrollment
disputes</header><text>If a dispute arises over eligibility for school
services, school selection, enrollment in a school, or any other issue under
this subtitle—</text>
<clause id="H70455E57A5704D0C8694596C16DAB18D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the child or youth
shall be immediately enrolled in the school in which enrollment is sought,
pending final resolution of the dispute, including all available
appeals;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB2110BE45FC406CA8C22BB753382D31"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAF2E1A7542A94653BAECEC7E6C88D332"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the unaccompanied youth
or the parent or guardian of the child or youth shall be provided with written
explanations of any related decisions made by the school, the local educational
agency, or the State educational agency, which shall include information about
the right to appeal the decisions; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H44030908BFEB41A8835B9FF0B511686C" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the child or youth is in out-of-home
care, the responsible local child welfare agency and the court involved shall
also be provided with such written explanation and shall, in turn, provide such
written explanations to individuals involved in the child’s or youth’s care, as
appropriate;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD20A693167B74E95B8831D247609A938"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the child,
youth, parent, or guardian shall be referred to the local educational agency
liaison designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), who shall carry out the dispute
resolution process as described in paragraph (1)(C) as expeditiously as
possible after receiving notice of the dispute; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H19D9F22A372B4BC88F22CCC473E929A1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of an
unaccompanied youth, the liaison shall ensure that the youth is immediately
enrolled in school pending resolution of the dispute, including all available
appeals.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC23FB46EE5C14AD8984F1B6EFA007E00"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Placement
choice</header><text>The choice regarding placement shall be made regardless of
whether the child or youth lives with the homeless parents or has been
temporarily placed elsewhere.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D7D4E928DEC43D490889F7FC4AA5532"><enum>(G)</enum><header>School of origin
defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>school of origin</term>
means the school that the child or youth attended when permanently housed or
the school in which the child or youth was last enrolled.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00334182C8B4461495CAE6A6A94FB1F"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Contact
information</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall prohibit a local
educational agency from requiring a parent or guardian of an eligible child to
submit contact information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB575E788D99947B6A79615F05D46CD43"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Comparable
services</header><text>Each eligible child or youth to be assisted under this
subtitle shall be provided services comparable to services offered to other
students in the school selected under paragraph (3), including the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BF888DD438F4746B64BA44BC5979C8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Transportation
services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BE1A0035B85483EA0022841C36F4462"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Educational
services for which the child or youth meets the eligibility criteria, such as
services provided under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 or similar State or local programs, educational programs for children
with disabilities, and educational programs for students with limited English
proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B599CC92ADD4947B549C5363E8F7C10"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Programs in
vocational and technical education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5855F68FCBEC4A00A8C000832077F13E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Programs for
gifted and talented students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E0B6491A6184CD09B5B433618F376F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>School nutrition
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF411882F3454D6BA6C114F372BF92FC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D7678E0340D4B2FB4625E7E00BB579B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency serving eligible children
and youths that receives assistance under this subtitle shall
coordinate—</text>
<clause id="HAC8353A42BA84FE59D65BA52C3CE1F75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the provision of
services under this subtitle with local social services agencies and other
agencies or programs providing services to eligible children and youths and
their families, including services and programs funded under the
<act-name>Runaway and Homeless Youth Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4921290A62DB40E98CBBA9E5B1B38939"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with other local
educational agencies on interdistrict issues, such as transportation or
transfer of school records.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F2E8D8D34DF4BD381F8ECC4EA00CF1F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Housing
assistance</header><text>If applicable, each State educational agency and local
educational agency that receives assistance under this subtitle shall
coordinate with State and local housing agencies responsible for developing the
comprehensive housing affordability strategy described in section 105 of the
<act-name>Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 12705) to minimize educational disruption for children and youths who
become homeless.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B499B7F207F4861B654859CC2AFDF73"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Coordination
purpose</header><text>The coordination required under subparagraphs (A) and (B)
shall be designed to—</text>
<clause id="H95AE7C15369D4C09BB13E1A9CDA0A09D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that
eligible children and youths have access and reasonable proximity to available
education and related support services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H657EAA32461A47AEBCB31FFDA36467DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>raise the
awareness of school personnel and service providers of the effects of
short-term stays in a shelter and other challenges associated with homelessness
and being in the foster care system.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H52F9DE11FE73457D88001F966C1C40FD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Local
educational agency liaison</header>
<subparagraph id="H3596A401996F44BDAC1385DD05F961DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Each
local educational agency liaison for eligible children and youths, designated
under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), shall ensure that—</text>
<clause id="HA25DD8FA1EF9464BB758D886037FD093"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible children
and youths are identified by school personnel and through coordination
activities with other entities and agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H66BD71908CE7443399847574C0C619F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible children
and youths enroll in, and have a full and equal opportunity to succeed in,
schools of that local educational agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDFC78F32926B4FF7A1F73F974A306DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>eligible children
and youths and homeless families receive educational services for which such
children and youths and families are eligible, including Head Start and Even
Start programs and preschool programs administered by the local educational
agency, and referrals to health care services, dental services, mental health
services, and other appropriate services;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F3F43191CE84D1C8515314C3D400000"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the parents or
guardians of eligible children and youths are informed of the educational and
related opportunities available to their children and are provided with
meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their
children;</text>
</clause><clause id="H34F38D5392D0457196DDF25EAF150805"><enum>(v)</enum><text>public notice of
the educational rights of eligible children and youths is disseminated where
such children and youths receive services under this Act, such as schools,
family shelters, and soup kitchens;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD46CAA5C426F45528950A3C4C8F14ECC"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>enrollment
disputes are mediated in accordance with paragraph (3)(E); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3264E687B83D457E85820065A8BD92"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the parent or
guardian of an eligible child or youth, and any unaccompanied youth, is fully
informed of all transportation services, including transportation to the school
of origin, as described in paragraph (1)(J)(iii), and is assisted in accessing
transportation to the school that is selected under paragraph (3)(A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA410604E91604F3C8DF28398C1AA986"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>State
coordinators established under subsection (d)(3) and local educational agencies
shall inform school personnel, service providers, and advocates working with
homeless families of the duties of the local educational agency
liaisons.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85E8BD489B8040F193A5222274648065"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Local and State
coordination</header><text>Local educational agency liaisons for eligible
children and youths shall, as a part of their duties, coordinate and
collaborate with State coordinators and community and school personnel
responsible for the provision of education and related services to eligible
children and youths.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46EDD5FE501545558BFDEE6FD6843B65"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review and
revisions</header>
<subparagraph id="H35C435D8AE9149C39863A3E2626A993"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State educational agency and local educational
agency that receives assistance under this subtitle shall review and revise any
policies that may act as barriers to the enrollment of eligible children and
youths in schools that are selected under paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H205ABF4BABA944EAA3670041F004E01E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>In
reviewing and revising such policies, consideration shall be given to issues
concerning transportation, immunization, residency, birth certificates, school
records and other documentation, and guardianship.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1602395C38314555B4B86043826D33B1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special
attention</header><text>Special attention shall be given to ensuring the
enrollment and attendance of eligible children and youths who are not currently
attending school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H68893CCD55C14957BC3F026865A2005E"><enum>723.</enum><header>Local
educational agency subgrants for the education of eligible children and
youths</header>
<subsection id="HFA36DD981F2643E6A57F89F3139C7FBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
authority</header>
<paragraph id="HD5199C8B25064E5B0030D9BE9B2267FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State educational agency shall, in accordance with
section 722(e), and from amounts made available to such agency under section
726, make subgrants to local educational agencies for the purpose of
facilitating the enrollment, attendance, and success in school of eligible
children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD17E8549DC20434EADCD083602744EA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Services</header>
<subparagraph id="HEDEDA609CCFA4D4EA883DDD4DA07DD14"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Services under paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HA24FF5BB2F2E47908FC8C4B60722F642"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may be provided
through programs on school grounds or at other facilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8C3D2F6F5F4C4F2DBEEF9267A99C143E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, be provided through existing programs and
mechanisms that integrate eligible children and youths with noneligible
children and youths; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H71F546F11BD2459DA5274D9CFA53CAE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall be
designed to expand or improve services provided as part of a school’s regular
academic program, but not to replace such services provided under such
program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCBD2ADB71254FA68B16CF2786164C0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Services on
school grounds</header><text>If services under paragraph (1) are provided on
school grounds, schools—</text>
<clause id="HE3DCD0A4EB9E4F71B8497116BDF37EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may
use funds under this subtitle to provide the same services to other children
and youths who are determined by the local educational agency to be at risk of
failing in, or dropping out of, school, subject to the requirements of clause
(ii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC121B028EF2040B680F77335798B3B54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as
otherwise provided in section 722(e)(3)(b), shall not provide services in
settings within a school that segregate eligible children and youths from other
children and youths, except as necessary for short periods of time—</text>
<subclause id="H9047F586BDD74DEEBE009EDE3D6B7F61"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for health and
safety emergencies; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD414DF6EDFFC48059C4100FE5700CB79"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to provide
temporary, special, and supplementary services to meet the unique needs of
eligible children and youths.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF94DB8B610AC4CC99B3D5BF06B9089F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Services
provided under this section shall not replace the regular academic program and
shall be designed to expand upon or improve services provided as part of the
school’s regular academic program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA26086DCCEFD443F8301BAC51C09A0F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
local educational agency that desires to receive a subgrant under this section
shall submit an application to the State educational agency at such time, in
such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State
educational agency may reasonably require. Such application shall include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HBFC6A6E3B3D54CB6B805C96F38352D39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
the educational and related needs of eligible children and youths in the area
served by such agency (which may be undertaken as part of needs assessments for
other disadvantaged groups).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H145A783676394980BA2BBA3B8CDA568F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
the services and programs for which assistance is sought to address the needs
identified in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BEC7A08B2994D3A9F74FF0940581F09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assurance that
the local educational agency’s combined fiscal effort per student, or the
aggregate expenditures of that agency and the State with respect to the
provision of free public education by such agency for the fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which the determination is made, was not less than 90
percent of such combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is
made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D2F5CF5266B4910BC28E4764F6E9936"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assurance that
the applicant complies with, or will use requested funds to comply with,
paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 722(g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE03A9B98DE6F4E3795A5D7736F427E19"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of
policies and procedures, consistent with section 722(e)(3), that the agency
will implement to ensure that activities carried out by the agency will not
isolate or stigmatize eligible children and youths.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1C9259F957594C608438EBC77B7973A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Awards</header>
<paragraph id="HC131D72D139D4BE08D54783D038E34B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State educational agency shall, in accordance with
the requirements of this subtitle and from amounts made available to it under
section 726, make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies that
submit applications under subsection (b). Such subgrants shall be awarded on
the basis of the need of such agencies for assistance under this subtitle and
the quality of the applications submitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBA002758297415789EEFE95F00237CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Need</header><text>In
determining need under paragraph (1), the State educational agency may consider
the number of eligible children and youths enrolled in preschool, elementary,
and secondary schools within the area served by the local educational agency,
and shall consider the needs of such children and youths and the ability of the
local educational agency to meet such needs. The State educational agency may
also consider the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF12A419269E84294BBDE81ADA6981928"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The extent to
which the proposed use of funds will facilitate the enrollment, retention, and
educational success of eligible children and youths.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB66DB732097B45D28843094FB160B7D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The extent to
which the application—</text>
<clause id="H74D9E9C924E54C72B8808589C57CCAA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reflects
coordination with other local and State agencies that serve eligible children
and youths; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H82E65B2CBFFB41F1BF45E140B96B46D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes how the
applicant will meet the requirements of section 722(g)(3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D66D2D192F84A25A1DC7538BAD48EEE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The extent to
which the applicant exhibits in the application and in current practice a
commitment to education for all eligible children and youths.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65654FB52F074FC69C1878DECED00F7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Such other criteria
as the State agency determines appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AA5C05CBE48464CB65E038700241C6F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quality</header><text>In
determining the quality of applications under paragraph (1), the State
educational agency shall consider the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6FF7924C380F457AAAFEF952980018D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The applicant’s
needs assessment under subsection (b)(1) and the likelihood that the program
presented in the application will meet such needs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB826F391571F41F7AF36C7792883E5AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The types,
intensity, and coordination of the services to be provided under the
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F431BD4012F4372A5AB2C938F786EB8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The involvement of
parents or guardians of eligible children or youths in the education of their
children.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6749E2E3FA1B46798BE6E584B04CA83F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The extent to
which eligible children and youths will be integrated within the regular
education program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C4E35F9D1754ED2B7378F4EECD0F663"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The quality of the
applicant’s evaluation plan for the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C5FE84912084ABCACBEC7E24D7EDEF4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The extent to
which services provided under this subtitle will be coordinated with other
services available to eligible children and youths and their families.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AA85CD376894BDF9CFD5000101508C9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Such other
measures as the State educational agency considers indicative of a high-quality
program, such as the extent to which the local educational agency will provide
case management or related services to unaccompanied youths.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA8240832D8040159BBBCED07DD2F685"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of
grants</header><text>Grants awarded under this section shall be for terms not
to exceed 3 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75201A576AEB4280A7171B8BBFBAB35"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>A local educational agency may use funds awarded under
this section for activities that carry out the purpose of this subtitle,
including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H880AA286E43844E2B95715C1F46D75F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The provision of
tutoring, supplemental instruction, and enriched educational services that are
linked to the achievement of the same challenging State academic content
standards and challenging State student academic achievement standards the
State establishes for other children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF28FCEC579B34D96AEC9E62FCC76A1F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provision of
expedited evaluations of the strengths and needs of eligible children and
youths, including needs and eligibility for programs and services (such as
educational programs for gifted and talented students, children with
disabilities, and students with limited English proficiency, services provided
under title I of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> or similar State or local programs, programs in vocational and
technical education, and school nutrition programs).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4B8BD5F3E5E423D87F6A1755FCF739E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Professional
development and other activities for educators and pupil services personnel
that are designed to heighten the understanding and sensitivity of such
personnel to the needs of eligible children and youths, the rights of such
children and youths under this subtitle, and the specific educational needs of
foster, runaway, and eligible children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7FB8FA0861D42D186421FE1FF37BE42"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The provision of
referral services to eligible children and youths for medical, dental, mental,
and other health services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2C250A8106546E8A0499817F895E76D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The provision of
assistance to defray the excess cost of transportation for students under
section 722(g)(4)(A), not otherwise provided through Federal, State, or local
funding, where necessary to enable students to attend the school selected under
section 722(g)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB69DEEE22E1747F488252B5087148F9D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The provision of
developmentally appropriate early childhood education programs, not otherwise
provided through Federal, State, or local funding, for eligible children and
youths of preschool age.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92E5A2F4BA6044A2A4AD1C40BA90EB33"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The provision of
services and assistance to attract, engage, and retain eligible children and
youths, and unaccompanied youths, in public school programs and services
provided to noneligible children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27F6A9B1A8E54E89BD9F9479652F56D8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The provision for
eligible children and youths of before- and after-school, mentoring, and summer
programs in which a teacher or other qualified individual provides tutoring,
homework assistance, and supervision of educational activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A83ACE6FE2A47C884007C3E61A7AEC"><enum>(9)</enum><text>If necessary, the
payment of fees and other costs associated with tracking, obtaining, and
transferring records necessary to enroll eligible children and youths in
school, including birth certificates, immunization or medical records, academic
records, guardianship records, and evaluations for special programs or
services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H081910218CEC4CB9A6ED02D96E134160"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The provision of
education and training to the parents of eligible children and youths about the
rights of, and resources available to, such children and youths.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E0348DBB63344D4ACE85F7FE4829BBA"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The development
of coordination between schools and agencies providing services to eligible
children and youths, as described in section 722(g)(5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H369F6197D5294EC4A300261B4E12D900"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The provision of
pupil services (including violence prevention counseling) and referrals for
such services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF75B565CCBFD492EBEF2865FA2B730EF"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Activities to
address the particular needs of eligible children and youths that may arise
from domestic violence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B925B2F94504708B16537AB6988133D"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The adaptation of
space and purchase of supplies for any nonschool facilities made available
under subsection (a)(2) to provide services under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20451E30CC4840A3AF7968CED1700579"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The provision of
school supplies, including those supplies to be distributed at shelters or
temporary housing facilities, or other appropriate locations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H643727762B8F4325B37548324EE385F"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The provision of
other extraordinary or emergency assistance needed to enable eligible children
and youths to attend school.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAAA5BF19F3F24FAE8700A91406784732"><enum>724.</enum><header>Secretarial
responsibilities</header>
<subsection id="HA6CC7E30AACE43FDB4120797857FE6AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review of State
plans</header><text>In reviewing the State plan submitted by a State
educational agency under section 722(g), the Secretary shall use a peer review
process and shall evaluate whether State laws, policies, and practices
described in such plan adequately address the problems of eligible children and
youths relating to access to education and placement as described in such
plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H28B32B73D39742C488EAA016F25EDC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide support and technical
assistance to a State educational agency to assist such agency in carrying out
its responsibilities under this subtitle, if requested by the State educational
agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB9A3ED754E2A44CEB299FEA571614116"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The
Secretary shall, before the next school year that begins after the date of
enactment of the <act-name>McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance
Improvements Act of 2001</act-name>, create and disseminate nationwide a public
notice of the educational rights of eligible children and youths and
disseminate such notice to other Federal agencies, programs, and grantees,
including Head Start grantees, Health Care for the Homeless grantees, Emergency
Food and Shelter grantees, and homeless assistance programs administered by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F6C8EE6FA2A46A68CA69877DA7D9733"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation and
dissemination</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct evaluation and
dissemination activities of programs designed to meet the educational needs of
eligible children and youths who are elementary and secondary school students,
and may use funds appropriated under section 726 to conduct such
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H304B38736CEA4A92963E709C0089B150"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Submission and
distribution</header><text>The Secretary shall require applications for grants
under this subtitle to be submitted to the Secretary not later than the
expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date that funds are available
for purposes of making such grants and shall make such grants not later than
the expiration of the 120-day period beginning on such date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H920C6D11662E49808801463F61EEDD47"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Determination by
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary, based on the information received from
the States and information gathered by the Secretary under subsection (h),
shall determine the extent to which State educational agencies are ensuring
that each eligible child or youth has access to a free appropriate public
education, as described in section 721(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H533B399814934C3DBC1B55902B5EAE5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The
Secretary shall develop, issue, and publish in the Federal Register, not later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of the <act-name>McKinney-Vento
Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001</act-name>, school
enrollment guidelines for States with respect to eligible children and youths.
The guidelines shall describe—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE06B7EC042A4CC59D360074011C1EFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>successful ways in
which a State may assist local educational agencies to immediately enroll
eligible children and youths in school; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H534B717ACE42469EA790BFC21EC8875F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how a State can
review the State’s requirements regarding immunization and medical or school
records and make such revisions to the requirements as are appropriate and
necessary in order to enroll eligible children and youths in school
immediately.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A7AD7BB7EF240C7824F59687E9830BC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Information</header>
<paragraph id="HB3885C5048914C5AA23230A85206B5FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated under section 726, the Secretary
shall, directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements,
periodically collect and disseminate data and information regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="H293C7B40CA934B02A4A16F764E07A224"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and
location of eligible children and youths;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52ABD553F0624756ACF6DF5D7E535CFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the education and
related services such children and youths receive;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25BD6359C05F4952B1921E479257A501"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to
which the needs of eligible children and youths are being met; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE953B596B521405CBB92D4AF941B47BE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other data
and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary and relevant to
carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E037E7AF4D5456DBAD050D9BBAFEE29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary shall coordinate such collection and dissemination with other
agencies and entities that receive assistance and administer programs under
this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D16E0046B0D4C8094306DCF70477F09"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the <act-name>McKinney-Vento
Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001</act-name>, the
Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the status
of education of eligible children and youths, which shall include information
on—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5CF0E9A029D428F8C7E20187B9EF2AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the education of
eligible children and youths; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B70E2E528D043CFB85500C5BD74F346"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actions of the
Secretary and the effectiveness of the programs supported under this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFC1F25036AD04D9588191B2EB76DD601"><enum>725.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H260269D45A154E909DE6C240B6C4F757"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>eligible children and youths</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5550BEAFDEAF4C3989009FF03EE6F1EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals who
lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of
section 103(a)(1));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85913BA2E652427CA5B44A459B6B614"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H60422511F03844EB8FD02CAE265873C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>children and youths
who—</text>
<subclause id="H063E16F9B79C4A59B601F1F6B9B4C040" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are sharing the housing of other persons
due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF3B66C3F899742F7AF41F16D14C5C10" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are living in motels, hotels, trailer
parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate
accommodations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF0F44329D67D4DFF867BD153C85D2D48" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>are living in emergency or transitional
shelters;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB0598F4602C64BE1B170B14915952CC6" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>are abandoned in hospitals; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1EB9D57F201B4B4A95DACFA7A2D0C6" indent="up1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>are awaiting foster care
placement;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H10484D37958D44E48EBB21FBB7B08AD" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>children and youths who have a
primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for
or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (within
the meaning of section 103(a)(2)(C));</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8D7D4BE8020461E80F0779D4DFA94D" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>children and youths who are
living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing,
bus or train stations, or similar settings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB0E39F36791E439E93C48CADD5004C5E" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>migratory children (as such term
is defined in section 1309 of the <act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965</act-name>) who are considered eligible for the purposes of this
subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses
(i) through (iii); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BC4AE0D0A99426F94232606C57569E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>children and
youths in out-of-home care under the jurisdiction of the responsible public
child welfare agency, including foster care, kinship care, care in a group
home, and care in a child care institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F217226F52B47769C296EBE04CCBE94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The terms
<term>enroll</term> and <term>enrollment</term> include attending classes and
participating fully in school activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC21C48060544A0287C40032A330B7F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The terms
<term>local educational agency</term> and <term>State educational agency</term>
have the meanings given such terms in section 9101 of the <act-name>Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A1E48A590F04CAEAC405EA7A4C4E36E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>parent or guardian</term>, used with respect to a child or youth in
out-of-home care, means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86645112314F49FD93D71D678CD07FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person who is
the birth or adoptive parent or legal guardian of the child or youth,
unless—</text>
<clause id="H38F51627243640639BE451CDFE62784E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such person’s
right to make educational decisions for the child or youth has been terminated
or suspended by a court; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6731CD2124A44F6EB0144DFF98A147B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the person cannot
be indentified or located after reasonable efforts, is not available with
reasonable promptness to assist in enrollment or placement decisions, or is not
acting in the best educational interests of the child in enrollment or
placement decisions; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA05AD9DD417E4213A77804E8A4EB238B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a situation
described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A), a person appointed by a
court to make educational decisions for the child or youth under this Act,
after considering (in the case of a child or youth who is eligible for services
under the <act-name>Individuals with Disabilities Education Act</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)) whether the person considered to be the parent of the
child or youth for purposes of that Act should serve as the person to make
those educational decisions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H733FD37F797D4C4FB1EA61EF3C094F93"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E99CED0D8949958D8C8FAA20585734"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term
<term>State</term> means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E045FE0E6474D63B24B1B31CE068053"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term
<term>unaccompanied youth</term> includes a youth not in the physical custody
of a parent or guardian.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA0608155A3334652A8E22E8D07D17999"><enum>726.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there are authorized to be appropriated
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of
the 4 succeeding
years.</text>
</section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAB498524909C4BB091D56C4098AB365E"><enum>511.</enum><header>Graduation
rates</header>
<subsection id="HDE11B8676E6F45E8BF7E9822CC3756EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disaggregation
of graduation rates and elementary school indicator in determining adequate
yearly progress</header><text>Subparagraph (D) of section 1111(b)(2) of such
Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC7759469818F49B89E52EFD6E70285D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF07EEBD56074915A7E89156003DD8F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (ii) as clause (iii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC447265C457540E290345D0830AA200"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3B66680CA17D4FD598023E9600ECC6E3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE379859D81984C169CA2C1205F5FBE3E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall determine
adequate yearly progress using graduation rates of public secondary school
students (measured separately for each group described in subparagraph (C)(v));
and</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF57654315E9F4BDEBBB1DA774899DDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goals for
increasing graduation rates for groups of students</header>
<paragraph id="H86024B2E26CB4881B43620DBB6008571"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (G) of section 1111(b)(2) of such Act is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59625CC00D9D49DBB0B92F184DCB15EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iv);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFB6B40464A9477B939216EFC3B2C700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of clause (v) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C6D8E43816A4CAA8FF31F3CE7EAA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H802988A5CF9C49B982429571F817E720" style="OLC">
<clause id="H72B3FC82655C40CEABBED915C860FEA9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>shall ensure each
group of students described in subparagraph (C)(v) meets the graduation rate
for public secondary school
students.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A9F8678E14443CE8B074882D15742DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Safe
harbor</header><text>Clause (i) of section 1111(b)(2)(I) of such Act is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF7F25F4606AE4DE3A54508CD61BEA35B" style="OLC">
<clause id="H45975E05F6234E4BA81EA3C4AADC00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each
group of students described in subparagraph (C)(v) must meet or exceed the
objectives set by the State under subparagraph (G), except that if any group
described in subparagraph (C)(v) does not meet those objectives in any
particular year, the school shall be considered to have made adequate yearly
progress if—</text>
<subclause id="HBBD6731F380148E6A687BD1BDFB688B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>except in the case
of the objectives described in subparagraph (G)(vi), the percentage of students
in that group who did not meet or exceed the proficient level of academic
achievement on the State assessments under paragraph (3) for that year
decreased by 10 percent of that percentage from the preceding school year and
that group made progress on one or more of the academic indicators described in
subparagraph (C)(vi) or (vii); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF96385554E8A410B8FB7B64549DBCDCB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of
the objectives described in subparagraph (G)(vi)—</text>
<item id="H8FAD1E81C1DD4EF6968EADA998EDDEF3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
school meets the objectives described in subparagraph (G)(vi), or for any
school year prior to the school year which is at the end of the timeline
described in subparagraph (F), meets the intermediate goals for such objectives
described in subparagraph (H); or</text>
</item><item id="HFB6B367FE6F24837AB266B4B055FA6E5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>there is less
than a 5 percentage point difference between the group described in
subparagraph (C)(v) having the highest rate and the group so described having
the lowest rate (except that students with disabilities who are not assessed
against grade level content standards shall not be taken into account in
determining adequate yearly progress for public secondary school students and
public elementary school students);
and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11ACF5DD56D648B5B6AA9273CB5FA3E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Graduation rates
determined using 4-year adjusted cohort rate</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of
section 1111(b)(2) of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE0B818C70114EFFBD4B3065E2E8B800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(defined as the percentage of students who graduate from secondary
school with a regular diploma in the standard number of years)</quote> in
clause (vi); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9005B3B4855444A3ABD8B321BDC69E3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2EB8A7D35F8A485FB14069231649A469" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">Graduation rates under clause (vi)
shall be determined using a 4-year adjusted cohort rate, which compares the
number of students enrolling in the 9th grade to the number of students who
graduate from the 12th grade 4 years later, controlling for students
transferring to other schools and allowing for children with disabilities and
limited-English proficient children to have additional time to graduate. The
period of additional time described in the preceding sentence shall be defined
in regulation by the Secretary. A similar 3-year such cohort rate shall be used
for secondary schools with only 3
grades.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H17FAAA443501486FBFA4F8ECA866759"><enum>512.</enum><header>District wide
high schools reform</header>
<subsection id="HD7ACBADE8C9443AC9764002E18E02109"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 1112(b) of the
<act-name>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CC87F3259A54401948EAF3E6BDE2181"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (P);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F57E436ACB84CCE98DBCFE5E09657B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (Q) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DFFF2C1107E4B3EBEB870179041CD80"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H139475C3F79A48FCB3775CB43E186D08" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4C4876FB742547440076C9EF80E03D54"><enum>(R)</enum><text>a description of
the districtwide school improvement plan (meeting the requirements of paragraph
(3)(B)) that the local educational agency will implement if such agency is
required by paragraph (3)(A) to implement such a plan as of the beginning of
any
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FCC465BD1364B6C927158CF96FC0F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Subsection
(b) of section 1112 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1D40297EAA794F40A19294E2C6B08BEF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2D967FE2AF664238B813BCC00FF71A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Districtwide
school improvement plans</header>
<subparagraph id="H5941574F811241ECBCAEA5F99F2E5561"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency shall implement its
districtwide school improvement plan as of the beginning of any year if—</text>
<clause id="HCAF885C3005549B99D6F0545AFD11547"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD4750DE6A2B14F1C8671083F4C3BA106"><enum>(I)</enum><text>at least 50 percent of
the students served by such agency are enrolled in secondary schools which did
not make adequate yearly progress (as set out in the State’s plan under section
1111(b)(2)) for the preceding year; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAD3E20A2B68748AA8EEBC19F084EAB3C" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>at least 50 percent of the secondary
schools served by such agency did not make such progress for such preceding
year; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H20AA25BA265B446DA960390300A9C883"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>attendance rates
at the secondary schools served by such agency that did not make such progress
for such preceding year, and the attendance rates of 8th grade students (or the
highest grade before entering secondary school) who would otherwise enter such
schools for such preceding year, are in the bottom quartile compared to all
schools served by such agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD1BB70062AA47B0B1009D34B1FE8807"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Districtwide
plan requirements</header><text>A districtwide school improvement program meets
the requirements of this subparagraph if—</text>
<clause id="HB0C54C88CAA64A25AE5F5DBA5E797BF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the plan requires
the local educational agency, in determining the interventions necessary to
improve achievement at secondary schools served by the agency, to
consider—</text>
<subclause id="HDEE507C29FB54BF0AF8622A0E5E179CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the status of
schools in making adequate yearly progress (as set out in the State’s plan
under section 1111(b)(2));</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4735D6E9D87D4792B2004625B181E8F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>graduation rates
(within the meaning of section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)) for each group described in
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9B4EF52392404669AECD53CD00DACD3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>assessment
results and attendance rates for the highest grade at elementary schools whose
students attend such agency’s secondary schools; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6E21787B456D4429BFA44002F706466"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the level of
credit accumulation by students as of the end of the lowest grade in secondary
school; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H85D3AAE2235E4AF20029F240754FE0A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such plan
requires the local educational agency—</text>
<subclause id="HF6543D0D81094BF49E3467F4D62408E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to focus on the
secondary schools which resulted in meeting the requirement of subparagraph
(A)(i) in order to reduce the number of students at those schools who do not
meet a proficient level of academic performance;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H485101DAED414F0898F5E8BA3DFDC09C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to do a resource
allocation analysis of the needs of the secondary schools served by such agency
with respect to staffing, professional development, instruction, and student
attendance and behavior;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H45C2E5A10F944FC09E84D5027FC5464E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to develop a
research-based plan which meets the requirements of subparagraph (C) to
address—</text>
<item id="H71813D65A685491A81FAD6130023F833"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
instructional, curriculum, and capacity needs of the local educational agency’s
ability to assist secondary schools in increasing achievement; and</text>
</item><item id="H501169D2DF8D44A1972D87DE00F96DB4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
instructional needs of its schools;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H7ACFC41FF3E24C5089B3F037A49B2772"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>increase
attendance and earned, on-time grade promotion; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE027A36A9C5247CFA6017CDD1BF83B"><enum>(V)</enum><text>take steps designed
to ensure students graduate from secondary school ready for college and the
workplace.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D2305FAA783438CB40000634C42CE57"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Plan to meet
instructional needs</header><text>A plan meets the requirements of this
subparagraph if the plan requires the local educational agency to
consider—</text>
<clause id="H09ABA3E28275446899D12345AA1F65A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensuring alignment
between the curriculum used by the school district and State standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6F15C9543A784E00B7D386848CC7F430"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of
formative assessments;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9034A000191C46B5817DA2EBDE4D0012"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the use of data
to improve instruction;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6AA0115EC6EB4827B6CF63F05D692552"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the incorporation
of staff-focused professional development;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE2A312DE813F45909367C300DFD5EB3C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the hiring,
placement, and distribution of highly effective principals;</text>
</clause><clause id="H878D3B8881FE4C4497B39BADBFC4F3D7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the hiring and
distribution of highly effective teachers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E4B2E0B7BFF42EEBCEF142260FAC6E4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the use of an
extended school day and school year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62664F76507C408D99E883D74BEE386B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Peer review
before State approval</header><text>The State educational agency may approve a
local educational agency’s plan under this section only after—</text>
<clause id="H111F97A088834F7CB9B35C006DAB63DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>considering the
results of a peer review of the districtwide school improvement plan referred
to in paragraph (1)(R); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A9A0190430F4021BCD26EE86D006FB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consulting with
State officials responsible for juvenile justice and alternative education
placements.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The
State educational agency shall provide technical assistance to local
educational agencies in the development of such districtwide school improvement
plans.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section>