1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the School Accountability Improvement Act of
2010
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Measuring Adequate Yearly Progress
Sec. 101. Measuring adequate yearly progress of
groups.
Sec. 102. Intermediate goals need not increase in equal
increments for all groups.
Sec. 103. Alternative approaches to measuring adequate yearly
progress.
Sec. 104. Graduation rates.
Sec. 105. Participation of students in assessments.
Sec. 106. Students with disabilities requiring alternate
assessments.
Sec. 107. Assessments.
Sec. 108. Regulations.
Sec. 109. Research and standards.
Title II—State Flexibility
Sec. 201. State flexibility.
Title III—Implementation of Sanctions
Sec. 301. School improvement and public school
choice.
Sec. 302. School district improvement.
Sec. 303. Supplemental services.
Sec. 304. Full implementation.
Title IV—Nonpublic Schools
Sec. 401. Participation of children enrolled in private
schools.
Title V—Effective Date and Regulations
Sec. 501. Effective date.
Sec. 502. Regulations.
<enum>I</enum><header>Measuring Adequate
Yearly Progress</header>
<section id="H7DE49E9197014CDD840F2D4DB4D07A29"><enum>101.</enum><header>Measuring
adequate yearly progress of groups</header>
<subsection id="H0BCC8DD3E9474C339B2FBC1F8628CD84"><enum>(a)</enum><header><quote>N</quote>
Size May Vary by Size of School or LEA</header><text>The following provisions
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are each amended by
inserting after <quote>reliable information</quote> the following: <quote>(the
number required to be insufficient being greater, at the option of the State,
for a local educational agency than for a school, and varying, at the option of
the State, from agency to agency and school to school in proportion to total
enrollment)</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H5F5FBE524A9644D58B412E770DFE3CEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In section 1111
(20 U.S.C. 6311)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D62B444231D4211862210703EE8AFD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subsection
(b)(2)(C)(v), in the matter after subclause (II)(dd);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA2E178F19894F3CA51A70CDBFF65C37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subsection
(b)(2)(I)(ii);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0B082EC1CF043878E308D7A121B0161"><enum>(C)</enum><text>subsection
(b)(3)(C)(xiii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99F8A92DCB6A4997B968AE24B42FF6A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>subsection
(h)(C)(i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0713C30131E047E6B760F55B12AB8CE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1431(b)
(20 U.S.C. 6471(b)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84A0F3D29A3F4271A96F8E100D11FE2A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permitting Fewer
Students in Group To Demonstrate Progress To Meet AYP Safe
Harbor</header><text>Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in
subsection (b)(2)(I)(i) by striking <quote>10 percent</quote> and inserting
<quote>5 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5DF54B9E5A4B47608A5ED8D2C10089CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Counting
Students Who Are in More Than One Group</header><text>Section 1111 (20 U.S.C.
6311) is further amended in subsection (b)(2) by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8E09CB73ED524590BE693DEECC20024A" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H4932DD3CC61D4B0AA995AE1D6563BBE0"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Counting
students who are in more than one group</header><text>For the purpose of
determining adequate yearly progress, the State may establish a uniform
procedure for counting students under which a student who belongs to more than
one of the groups described in subparagraph (C)(v) is counted toward each such
group to which the student belongs as a fraction of 1 student, the numerator of
the fraction being 1 and the denominator being the number of such groups to
which the student
belongs.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB13F458B97854A68ABF00FB34451DDEE"><enum>102.</enum><header>Intermediate
goals need not increase in equal increments for all groups</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection
(b)(2)(H)(i)—</text>
<paragraph id="H30672D2FEDC1484D81F6DD063F913FFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>in equal increments</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H934BC4DCF1214080AC6C6C15195116D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the semicolon at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H47FE40F34B9C4A77B84083FDE69B69BE" style="OLC">
<text>in—</text><item id="HB16910BAA9CC4BED8FC93B4B16BB4037"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increments defined by the State as
appropriate for the group, for each of the groups of students described in
subparagraph (C)(v); and</text>
</item><item id="HDDA1FFF48FA34C9786FCCA03D4ADE42F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>equal increments,
for all other
students.</text>
</item><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2730EB11E3B548A7834B673AC3D5BB85"><enum>103.</enum><header>Alternative
approaches to measuring adequate yearly progress</header>
<subsection id="H2A372E38B838479AAF8EA45B530558FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of AYP
To include gain scores and partial credit for meeting basic
targets</header><text>Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection (b)(2)(C)(vii) by
inserting after <quote>such as</quote> the following: <quote>achievement under
a <quote>gain score</quote> approach (such as a value-added system), progress
toward meeting basic proficiency targets,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BFB7FB775B04DA0BEEAECEB59D6574D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternatives to
AYP</header><text>Such section is further amended in subsection (b)(2) by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDFB57BBEF5944B379B3B32CB14E4082B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCB7FF5118BE34A0DB3BFE99996D31A99"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Alternate
methods of defining adequate yearly progress</header><text>In lieu of defining
adequate yearly progress under subparagraph (C), the State may define adequate
yearly progress in any manner that—</text>
<clause id="H497B6D9380014179B85264AD0F7A02CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>uses the measures
of performance and progress described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D156026EB10470981843DC6424459C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>complies with the
time line required by subparagraph (F); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H927FB02987D14A9EA6E3AFE9865A083C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes
intermediate goals, as required by subparagraph (H).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABBFB037C7D14D4DB80AE878BAE62A55"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Additional
methods of defining adequate yearly progress</header>
<clause id="H279FADDFF3384638A57440E72B5A2CFF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purpose of meeting the requirements of this
section, the State educational agency may identify a school or local
educational agency as having made adequate yearly progress pursuant to
subparagraph (I) in any year in which one or more groups described in clause
(v) of subparagraph (C) in that school or local educational agency do not meet
or exceed the proficient level established under subparagraph (G) in a subject
to which the accountability provisions of this subsection applies or do not
meet the requirement for any other indicator established under subparagraph (D)
if—</text>
<subclause id="HAC2CA2BB420A425B94F2454C71907F34"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the same group or
groups did not fail to meet the requirements for adequate yearly progress for
that same subject or the other indicator in the previous year as determined
without using the provisions of this subparagraph; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFB6F5B5447044256840BC8A03081C551"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
students who did not meet or exceed the proficient level in such group or
groups is not greater in the aggregate than a percentage determined by the
State educational agency but not in excess of 10 percent of the students
enrolled in the school or local educational agency, as the case may be, in
grades that were assessed in that subject or indicator for adequate yearly
progress.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H420E192929774233A196BCCF28FA08DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Greater
percentage</header><text>The Secretary may, on an individual State basis,
approve a greater percentage than the amount set forth in clause (i)(II) for
determining whether a school or local educational agency has met the
requirements for adequate yearly progress if—</text>
<subclause id="H47B049493DA0470680AA845E446B2AEC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the percentage
over that amount is consistent with the accountability system of the State and
is proposed as an amendment to the State plan required by this section;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H25F2AC544574460AB54FD3F5F5A3F576"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the State
educational agency applies a lower status designation of adequate yearly
progress to any school or local educational agency that utilizes the percentage
approved under this clause for determining that adequate yearly progress was
met.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C1538025E4C4FEFB9B985C1AEEF289C"><enum>(O)</enum><header>Multiple
assessments for determining adequate yearly progress</header>
<clause id="H4913C25CCCB441AF825C93ECD1849A19"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subject to
approval by the Secretary, State plans submitted pursuant to subsection (a) may
use a combination of assessments aligned with the academic standards of the
State and other indicators to determine whether adequate yearly progress is
made. The State plan may provide for the following:</text>
<subclause id="H9241E14F3DD2438087FE93A5E07DDC51"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The assignment of
specific weights or points to the assessments or other indicators that are used
in order to calculate a composite score to determine whether adequate yearly
progress is made.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3430E738F7E24FA4810B693DC1F82388"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The use of
portfolios, projects, and performance-based assessments consistent with
criteria established by the State.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H00BE5A6D541E4040A978CBF0F83A3DA5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The use of
teacher observations that meet State criteria to assess—</text>
<item id="HFE8BF2E960844B6D8BB93219EE78B8C1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
performance of students for whom such method of assessment would be
appropriate, including students identified in subclauses (II)(cc) and (dd) of
subparagraph (C)(v); and</text>
</item><item id="H7C8EE251A8EA47F6A4439FD9024E274D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
performance of students on skills or uses of information that are not
adequately provided for in the State assessment instrument.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H3DA4844F8384479A906DC59588DBF2E6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>The use of high
school graduation rates, the number or portion of advanced placement and
international baccalaureate courses taken by students in specific subjects,
postsecondary education admissions, and other factors that are appropriate for
the grade level of the students involved in addition to the academic assessment
of those
students.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB31321677C064CE185DDEFDD1F81BAC7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Graduation
rates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111(b)(2) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B2194F42DC94CBD93EF1E8B3EFA18FD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1E9C6605C29A48FCA0510203C7880A5A"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Graduation and
drop-out rates</header><text>In determining the graduation and drop-out rates
required by this Act, the State plan may provide alternatives, in lieu of
counting students in the year of the on-time, 4-year high school graduation
cohort of such students, in order to address the following
circumstances:</text>
<clause id="HF59F8B1748BC4575951D2F7011FB6A64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Students who do
not graduate on time and who are enrolled in school for the summer or semester
(and where applicable are continuously enrolled in a subsequent semester) after
their fourth year of high school, except that such students shall be counted in
the calculation of the graduation and dropout rates for the school year in
which such graduation (or noncompletion) occurs.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C615F71079C43ADAAC30EEA1D910EBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Students who
leave school prior to earning a high school diploma and who are enrolled for
the semester after their fourth year of high school in an accredited
postsecondary institution in a program leading to a two-year or a four-year
degree or in a job training program that is approved by the State and prepares
students for employment and to advance beyond the entry level, except
that—</text>
<subclause id="H73D6051BA367459F9456F67E462AB525"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such students
shall be counted in the school year in which such graduation (or noncompletion)
occurs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF58B4C6B31D4438F90176AE13DF4B9C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such
determination may be made on the basis of whether such students leave school or
a job training program having successfully completed the courses or job
training program that the State would deem as having satisfied the requirements
for a high school
diploma.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF7D600959CAC4EEB99C2833541F3D720"><enum>105.</enum><header>Participation
of students in assessments</header>
<subsection id="H80A8E932BB47412B81629752C26352F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Percentage of
Students Required To Take Assessments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1111 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in
subsection (b)(2)(I)(ii)—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CF5BF89893C488C9CE2942F31238108"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>95 percent</quote> the first place such term appears and inserting
<quote>a percentage (from 90 to 95 percent, based on criteria established in
the State plan)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD01B86F6DE2C46D8806B4A6E95878BFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>95 percent</quote> the second place such term appears and inserting
<quote>percentage</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00D8017BD9B04C31BE593DA5ED306B92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determining
Participation Rates</header><text>Section 1111 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311) is
further amended in subsection (b)(2) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA5EF98A62DAA4DA88E0C16CCC55BE335" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HAC541346E1B84933A7256747BD701960"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Students exempt
from participating in assessments</header><text>For the purpose of determining
compliance with the percentage required by subparagraph (I)(ii), the State may
provide for a student to be excluded from the determination with respect to an
assessment if any of the following apply:</text>
<clause id="HB009B9E31EF2436D9BFBB870ED932941"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Excused
absence</header><text>The student did not take that assessment by reason
of—</text>
<subclause id="H5F928949912441C890959DC561E3FB4A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a medical
condition;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB961950DF7914062A92D1C091A1B8550"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a parental
decision to exempt the student, if such a decision is available under, and
exercised pursuant to, State law; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF1E6623AFDEE425D9BCEA27938B3EC4F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a circumstance
out of the control of the student, school, or local educational agency, such as
a natural disaster.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD6F143181738498A8AE7ABDD7649C56E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Chronic
nonattendance</header><text>Each of the following is true:</text>
<subclause id="H615DED97B99F45C99AC5D77A7B465D11"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The student did
not take the assessment and has demonstrated an unusual and chronic pattern of
non-attendance, as defined by the State.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4D4C98CF327C4FD783C625829415200D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The local
educational agency in which the student is enrolled is implementing a plan to
increase participation in the assessments by students demonstrating such a
pattern of nonattendance.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H856324BCDEEE4265AAB60271BB722A51"><enum>(O)</enum><header>Students
assigned <quote>below basic</quote> score by default</header><text>For the
purpose of determining adequate yearly progress, and for the purpose of
determining compliance with the percentage required by subparagraph (I)(ii), a
student who does not take an assessment and who is not excluded under
subparagraph (N) may, if the State plan so provides, be treated as having taken
the assessment and having achieved a score below the level described in
paragraph (1)(D)(ii)(III) (below
basic).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H64C3D1B4BDF74AB3B1DAEB527FF604C0"><enum>106.</enum><header>Students with
disabilities requiring alternate assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended in subsection (b)(2)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H41DD2AE3C44342CEA38B3FE1F6B7714C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H658494B3330F4934AEE06CD0F7E2E3A3"><enum>(P)</enum><header>Students with
disabilities requiring alternate assessments</header><text>Consistent with
paragraph (3), a State may implement the amendments made to part 200 of title
34, Code of Federal Regulations, on December 9, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 68698)
(related to achievement of students with significant cognitive disabilities) as
if such amendments—</text>
<clause id="HE4103205071442D1AEB374DC46208EA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>permitted 3
percent of such students to be counted for the purposes of determining adequate
yearly progress, except that—</text>
<subclause id="HB4D7FE00E36444D49CD6DDF3AF4DDFF0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any assessment
given to any such student for the purposes of determining such adequate yearly
progress must be required by the individualized education plan of such
student;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H67FD60734CBF48FDBC604DA3BB6FB632"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the
individualized education plan must reflect the need for any such alternate
assessment based on the evaluation of such student and the services provided
such student under section 614 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (42 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDFE2E9885CFF4B7BAAA2DB32D0254810"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the
individualized education plan must include written consent from the parent of
such student prior to such alternate assessment being administered;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF2D16406F7D64D79B470CBEB44F2BD7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>used the term
<quote>students requiring alternate assessments</quote> in lieu of the term
<quote>students with the most significant cognitive disabilities</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H434575BF1A574092B2F3899BB87931F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>permitted the
eligibility of such students to be determined by the State educational agency,
except that such eligibility shall, at a minimum, include—</text>
<subclause id="H979171DA5BF142F1B92ED412E5CD116A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>students who are
receiving services pursuant to a plan required under section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and part 104 of title 34, Code of Federal
Regulations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H212415C31A19426088356C35DCC00E04"><enum>(II)</enum><text>students who are
assessed at a grade level below the grade level in which they are enrolled (out
of level assessments); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5FABD6FD53064647A229ED911EF67D63"><enum>(III)</enum><text>students
considered students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, as
defined by the State educational agency, prior to the enactment of the No Child
Left Behind Improvements Act of
2007.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC02996B67C3B41DAA387205EDD64B4FF"><enum>107.</enum><header>Assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111(b)(3)(C) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA7EECC7CC9764F7B9CD5693494096BF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (ix) by
striking subclause (III) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4B2B78898BD3481C8D93FDFAFB4918E4" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HC1F50A899DC44EA0AA3963B4955127F7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the inclusion of
limited-English-proficient students, who—</text>
<item id="H170D739F70FF4D80898EB3EA830823C8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>may, consistent
with paragraph (2)(P), be assessed, as determined by the local educational
agency, through the use of an assessment which requires achievement of specific
gains for up to three school years from the first year any such student is
assessed for the purposes of this subsection;</text>
</item><item id="HEB44397B2CFA427489812F3798DE0D0D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>may, at the
option of the State educational agency, be assessed in the first year any such
student attended school in the United States (not including Puerto
Rico);</text>
</item><item id="HC93B6C8F2DCC45B0B43DC8C430F1B5C5"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>shall not be
included in any calculation of adequate yearly progress when such students are
in the first year of attending school in the United States (not including
Puerto Rico); and</text>
</item><item id="HCADC1AF6AE0541199C2F301A6EC7CC6C"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>shall be assessed
in a valid and reliable manner and provided reasonable accommodations on
assessments administered to such students under this paragraph, including, to
the extent practicable, assessments in the language and form most likely to
yield accurate data on what such students know and can do in academic content
areas, until such students have achieved English language proficiency as
determined under paragraph
(7);</text>
</item></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E3B36777A4C4D26BB3B1B57C565B022"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (xiv) by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4FC8697A8A84E2898D2A6F5BF02EC99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (xv) as clause (xvii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCA996C1B31C4DCE8DBA74D1BC6476AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
clause (xiv) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBD658D9F0C9E47BA802BAA2A97476D90" style="OLC">
<clause id="HFB96838B679D4D87AF84B3A8726990B0"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>at the option of
the local educational agency, be administered multiple times to any such
student during the school year, or (at the option of the State) a subsequent
date prior to the beginning of the next school year, provided that the local
educational agency shall determine which score of any such administration be
used for determining adequate yearly progress;</text>
</clause><clause id="H86BD88AAE24448F683219033ABD47231"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>at the option of
the school district, measure the achievement of a student as if such student
were in the grade level proceeding the grade level of such student, provided
that—</text>
<subclause id="HB495C1988F31425D88D04A84538B8937"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if such student
meets the proficient level of achievement for such proceeding grade level, such
score shall be used to determine adequate yearly progress for such proceeding
grade level; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H59D6991624444FF3B429E0E732299FAF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if such student
does not meet the proficient level of achievement for such proceeding grade
level, such score is not used for the purposes of determining adequate yearly
progress;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEBBF7333BE744D4681E597DC707AC0E5"><enum>108.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5B7262770BCD4C78B6BCC5530AFBACDE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H098B66A2FDA44D19875B524CB058F93F"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H7E44ADD743F3476B962F6529D620AEB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Codification of
regulations affecting limited English proficient children</header><text>This
part shall be implemented consistent with amendments proposed to part 200 of
title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, on June 24, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 35462)
(relating to the assessment of limited English proficient children and the
inclusion of limited-English-proficient children in subgroups) as if such
amendments permitted students who were previously identified as
limited-English-proficient to be included in the group described in subsection
(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd) for three additional years, as determined by a local
educational agency (based on the individual needs of a child) for the purposes
of determining adequate yearly progress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DD22B46CD6C4194A42E1FCC0EB7F849"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Issuance of
regulations affecting children with disabilities</header><text>The Secretary
shall issue regulations not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of the No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006 regarding the
participation of children with disabilities under this part. Such regulations
shall permit a State to include, for up to three years, students who were
children with disabilities as part of the group described under section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(cc) but who are no longer identified as children with
disabilities. Students with disabilities may be provided an alternate
assessment, including an out of level assessment, if deemed appropriate by the
individual education plan team for that student and included within the written
individual education plan for that
student.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE67ED4CF12424C7CAD5D1D6834FA82F1"><enum>109.</enum><header>Research and
standards</header>
<subsection id="HEAECF5EF629F4849B666CE569B936A88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds
appropriated under subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized to conduct
research and to make grants to States and groups of States for the purpose of
developing and implementing standards and assessments in academic subjects for
which States are held accountable for making adequate yearly progress under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.),
subject to the following conditions:</text>
<paragraph id="HC10F98D9BF77458F80141F779D74FB48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>High quality
standards</header><text>The standards that are developed pursuant to this
subsection will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74DD9F25A6734839ADD1EA02D6601208"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be designed with
the expectation that students will graduate from high school prepared to enter
postsecondary education or the workplace; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9E62B5B904E450492439EDE81169896"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be clear, concise,
and consistent with the rigor of standards in nations that research validates
as being high caliber.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5782D1B7C0074299BD84E524774D8FEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The
Federal Government and any entity under its control is prohibited from—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDBBAEB4056147209342E5B68C3B8E30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing
academic standards or requiring any State to adopt specific standards or
assessments as a condition for receiving funds under any program administered
by the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C4247B563DD4162B2472F74358B8FCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing any
assessment or requiring any State to adopt a specific assessment for
determining adequate yearly progress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF2F1A91E62540EF988720E5636301D6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Incentive</header><text>A
State that adopts standards in an academic system pursuant to paragraph (1)
may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BE8E00AF7F54EF68BE8A42A72CB4AB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revise the
measurable objectives required by section 1111(b)(2)(G) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (8 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(G));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94D19F7319824915A2F4D1B046F8DAE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>extend the time
line set forth in section 1111(b)(2)(F) of such Act to a subsequent year but
not beyond the 2017–18 school year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D6D92E5645A408981E49146ABE0F2E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>exclude assessment
results from the determination of whether a school or local educational agency
is in need of improvement under section 1116(b)(1)(A) of such Act for the
school year in which such standards are implemented by local educational
agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H527EC5E78C6242D3AC0BD688276BA9CF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>defer the
implementation of the requirements of paragraph (5), (7), and (8) of section
11116(b) of such Act for the school year following the first school year in
which such standards are implemented by local educational agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1886EF3419F4889BB5ADA5E02403F05"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State
Plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State plan under
section 1111 of such Act of any State that adopts standards pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall indicate how the State will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF43DD79A02B44BC887025E333F83ADA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist local
educational agencies to—</text>
<clause id="H306E4EB94AC346ACB0E44AAEDA530A44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide for the
professional development of teachers and administrators to effectively teach to
such standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBEA1E19341324E94A8B28D51C6D76A4A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>align curriculum
with such standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H506948CA53C9476DBCDB203F9432B866"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>acquire and
align, as the case may be, course materials, technology data systems and other
resources necessary to effectively teach to such standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8663648033CB485E8B8F8F4A8C419DC2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ensure that the
State will give a high priority in providing assistance under this subsection
to schools and local educational agencies wherein 35 percent or more of the
students in the group identified under subclause (I) of section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of such Act did not make adequate yearly progress targets in
the year prior to the implementation of such standards; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H43CADDC129EB4563ABC0A9B159F598D3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>ensure that
representatives of teachers, administrators, school board members, parents, and
other stakeholders are provided timely involvement in the development,
adoption, implementation, and evaluation of standards and assessments funded by
this section; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BA062C69AD74F2E89DB3BD6A1985E9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use State funds
and the funds provided under such Act to support the activities described in
subparagraph (A) as a top priority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9FC1FFCBA5494428802171DD54380C08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $600,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>State
Flexibility</header>
<section id="HB398A08764EE4BBDA4A5C0BA0E294D5A"><enum>201.</enum><header>State
flexibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H083A9841F0F74B36AD1F7ECB63078DC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) through (m) as subsections (g) through (n); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CE966939D7C4F05B2265EDDAC18B1F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H58EC2DDF9F554E5EBC866DBB4FC15AB2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDAD6333DEC9248AEB14133F57CC3FBC7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State
Flexibility</header>
<paragraph id="H0D57013EF1764CBC85388B9885DF0C09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>In
approving plans under subsection (e), the Secretary shall accord a State
maximum flexibility to make such plans and any revisions compatible with the
accountability system of such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A498837B0724469A95DE69B5B226448"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>Through
the authority provided under part D of title IX, the Secretary may grant a
waiver of any statutory or regulatory requirement of this part requested by a
State educational agency or local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6DB32774A6B4C28B7ECE3C0A2E00FA6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after the approval of any revisions to the plan of a State,
or the granting of any waivers described under paragraph (2), the Secretary
shall notify each State educational agency of such revision or waiver and,
through the Website of the Department of Education and the Federal Register,
the public. The notification described in the preceding sentence shall be in
writing and include a clear and complete explanation of such revision or
wavier.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H478C3FD7882C4AAE987DA847C30A5576"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicability of
plan revisions and waivers to other agencies</header><text>A revision to a plan
approved under this part or a waiver issued under this subsection or under part
D of title IX may be applied in any other State or local educational agency,
provided the State or agency meets any requirements issued by the Secretary
applicable to such revision or waiver as implemented by such State or
agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Implementation
of Sanctions</header>
<section id="H45D6BBDE60DB403987121676F12E7DAE"><enum>301.</enum><header>School
improvement and public school choice</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116(b) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6B665E0E6D74BD5989B797892DD120B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A) by inserting after <quote>2 consecutive years</quote> the following:
<quote>(in the same subject for the same group of students, as described in
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v))</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H016A2DA7140A4622BA046800872BB17E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(E)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD039A512B4054F64A5F5465EF20BD718"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In the case</quote> and inserting <quote>Consistent with subparagraph
(G), in the case</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23A824F51B5A4C9E81D4A283391118B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>all students enrolled in the school</quote> and inserting
<quote>students who failed to meet the proficient level of achievement on the
assessments described under section 1111(b)(3) and are in the group whose
academic performance caused the identification under this paragraph</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E662D574EFE4AA29FC1E0DB757857FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>another public school</quote> and inserting <quote>one other public
school identified, and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CDBF7B080294390BB2DB3E18FDA1EC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(E) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE0F752208B394BD2A3AC0A3A3E9CE6D1" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE1637F98A187479890C6C1F5D4FA49A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Special
conditions</header><text>A local educational agency shall not be required to
implement the transfer of a student to a school under this subparagraph if
doing so would—</text>
<subclause id="H44FA5071B3DD44A7B307ED87C343CECA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>violate a State or
local law or policy relating to health, safety, or class size;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9CA0E8C43C1E4490900C5098554A7F1F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>result in
overcrowding, the installation of mobile classrooms, construction of
classrooms, or other significant capital improvements in that school; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H34630B8E3A694FDE828F92855AE3020E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>be impractical
due to distance, geographical barriers or hazards, time of travel, or unusually
high cost of
travel.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A1E90A016EF48489251DA20CA5E9C7E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC9D1B146ADE84E50BC9FA2A65E76EEFD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDA6B50331DF94DEE96F07CBC3BD49849"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Options</header><text>A
local educational agency may offer supplemental services as described in
subsection (e) in place of the option to transfer to one or more public schools
described in subparagraph (E) for the purposes of meeting the requirements of
paragraphs (5)(A), (7)(C)(i), or
(8)(A)(i).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACA1A96B35264BFFBF65C021FB38DE9E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
by inserting after <quote>adequate yearly progress</quote> the following:
<quote>(in the same subject for the same group of students)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96ED4ABBF45E4A7BAA81DF54A37C148A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)(C) by inserting after <quote>adequate yearly progress</quote> the
following: <quote>(in the same subject for the same group of
students)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A4F08DA3BA54010BFCE5F873039B982"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)(C)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC3973382C7E54C02A68B86A224FA996A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>all</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7BD356219B8400FA45046383DDBAE0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>another</quote> and inserting <quote>an other</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0707C4548DE4E58A15A3CA1D56008A3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)
by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEF8B12DFD6074B1593186C6527F1F871" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9450AE6502DD4145A2C4CD08F6CCC39C"><enum>(D)</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 the requirements under
paragraph (5), corrective action under this paragraph, or restructuring under
paragraph (8) if the school makes adequate yearly progress for 1 year or if its
failure to make adequate yearly progress is due to—</text>
<clause id="H2871C295CFB84419BDF4BC989235014A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exceptional or
uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D8116E96CF04BB38C226448AFF50C3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the local
educational agency or school; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9461AD59F1134DFB89A6E6C10D97D05C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a sudden or
significant increase in the number of percentage of students represented by a
group described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v).</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">No such
period shall be taken into account in determining the number of consecutive
years of failure to make adequate yearly
progress.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81BA3AD935154B8B95D4F65CB9D6AB50"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in paragraph
(8)(A) by inserting after <quote>adequate yearly progress</quote> the
following: <quote>in the same subject for the same group of students and the
total number of students who did not meet or exceed the proficient level of
academic achievement (who are members of a group described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)) that did not make adequate yearly progress exceed 35 percent
of all students enrolled in such school who took the assessment in such
subject</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H163DB71831AE432ABB1B7AD115C57F4F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in paragraph
(8)(A)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B3FF344DB064416A39F667C694CFEDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>all</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB880915F584B4D3E86575BE3A923E4DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>another</quote> and inserting <quote>an other</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3788F608BBED4F0486BA2859CAF5DE9C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H932E0E7B450543F29FEE065E412E5CB1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEE9551E5CAA944CBA4F5DB4B8D4B9552"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Determination
that lesser amount is needed</header>
<clause id="HB04BB80D3F5549AE9111B754DAD2678F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a local educational agency determines under
subparagraph (A) that a lesser amount is needed to comply with paragraph (9)
and to satisfy all requests for supplemental educational services under
subsection (e), the agency shall be required by this paragraph to spend only
that lesser amount. The remaining amount (equal to the difference between that
lesser amount and the amount otherwise required to be spent by subparagraph
(A)) shall be merged back with the agency’s allocation under subpart 2 and
shall be available accordingly.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A9E942E6C2B4067906F3359C62C3F2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>A
determination described in clause (i) may not be made—</text>
<subclause id="H170A8DE11F914FE2BC038ACA44D2AEC1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>until a reasonable
time after notice to parents is made under paragraph (6) and a reasonable time
after the deadline for making requests for such transportation or services has
passed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H913A5B9E1D7C45CD884BB1D361DEC02D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>after December
15, or after the date specified in the State plan, if the State plan specifies
an earlier date.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H30A557CEDFFB4C51A8AF8775FCC1A41F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Assurances</header><text>The
remaining amount may not be merged back with the agency’s allocation, as
described in clause (i), until after the agency notifies the State of the
determination made under clause (i) and provides assurances to the State that
the determination was made in compliance with this
paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F3C69A98817497182DEB7837960CF9C"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in paragraph (13)
by striking <quote>is no longer identified</quote> and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>has made adequate
yearly progress for the group in which the child is a member in the same
subject for which a failure to meet adequate yearly progress triggered the
transfer.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H73EF35CB4CED46FC951AC95C2FE62054"><enum>302.</enum><header>School district
improvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1116(c)(10) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6316(c)(10)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFDB26ACE62A74D62A7BDAC5E0F2F7E35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C3C7082D5E14699B939B796E13579E1" style="OLC">
<clause id="H4BA60040AC584E4CAABE523F0FDEA9A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall take
corrective action with respect to a local educational agency—</text>
<subclause id="HD10B559CF9EE4CB29EFC1B9630DAEBE5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that fails to make
adequate yearly progress, as defined by the State, in the same subject, in
either (at the option of the State) each grade span (as determined by the
State) or averaged across all grades, for a group described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v) by the end of the second full school year after the
identification of such agency under paragraph (3); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFA37ECCC92C9422B95FC009009E326E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whose total
number of students (who are members of a group described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)) that did not meet or exceed the proficient level of academic
achievement exceed 35 percent of all students enrolled in a school in such
agency who took the assessment in such subject and averaged across all grades;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C8AB2D1B0214E10A9C993CEBC675A0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (F) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5696423355174FA0832CE7A9E5E7765E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HFE6190BD77F6411CA63E83DF4E59A9D9"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>Notwithstanding
subparagraph (B)(ii), a State educational agency may delay, for a period not to
exceed 1 year, implementation of corrective action under this paragraph if the
local educational agency makes adequate yearly progress for 1 year or its
failure to make adequate yearly progress is due to—</text>
<clause id="HDF61E884E54A46E5897880F59005AAFA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exceptional or
uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster;</text>
</clause><clause id="H59AE5FA4C5924C549A255C771EA9F06F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the local
educational agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H484E88B23C414C28B6A64822EEE63280"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a sudden or
significant increase in the number or percentage of students represented by any
group described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HAD9A8F4D63944C9690DFACCBDAD78BBF"><enum>303.</enum><header>Supplemental
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116(e) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(e)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E765893E94E4C6ABA6EF4ADED90EF27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA8AB642CCB54E6EBD7358270D36D692"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by inserting after <quote>objective criteria</quote> the following:
<quote>(developed through continuous consultation with local educational
agencies in the State)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H726F27580A2E4354BE6C84B339B6B585"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1031EC260DF64B9D918DBEBE949FCC3A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C290723308444D8B00D6BF70B1711AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H61AD8D68EBCC4A87835E5DB9CFE2B3C9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H025529634E3F4CCB840B696FC1D11F2E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Develop procedures
by which a local educational agency may—</text>
<clause id="H720BA48005B148BC97F3B88A24F25D4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>present complaints
and documentation of such complaints to the State educational agency regarding
the qualifications, operation, and evaluation of approved providers and
potential providers seeking such approval; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E9A35BC752A484A8455F32D6FF13F07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>demonstrate to
the State educational agency that any provider should not be authorized to
provide supplemental services, as described in this subsection to any school or
schools under the jurisdiction of that local education
agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C0ADFAC37C24E7595B48C593E6B36D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H402833F1075441E19F84455B35DA3BD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (11) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H21E4436E1BDE42AFB60D7EAEB3893497" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2777D038673A4624B63DCF06D1AA297B"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Local
educational agencies as providers</header><text>Nothing in this section
prohibits a local educational agency that has failed to make adequate yearly
progress or is in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring status
pursuant to subsection (c) from providing supplemental services, solely due to
such failure. In developing and applying objective criteria under paragraph
(4)(B) and withdrawing approval for providers under paragraph (4)(D), a State
educational agency may not consider whether a local educational agency made
adequate yearly progress or its status under subsection
(c).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA352E3C20C7B47FB816E5DD75C94F447"><enum>304.</enum><header>Full
implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1843D34D9AF14988886272F67986FD76" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5EB49F26F8E34F01AA625A938EB0AB1D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Conditional
Implementation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, a State educational agency, local educational agency, or school, as
applicable, may defer the requirements of subsections (b)(7) and (8) and
subsections (c)(7) and (10) in any fiscal year for which both of the following
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H01443DFA03124030AC96B603CB2CEC2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amount
appropriated under section 1002(a) for that fiscal year fails to exceed, by at
least $2,500,000,000, the amount appropriated under that section for the
preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66FFBFFC8AA2464DA20255F0CDB7C3B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount
appropriated under section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (42 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) for that fiscal year fails to exceed, by
at least $2,000,000,000, the amount appropriated under that section for the
preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Nonpublic
Schools</header>
<section id="H58289D2A4516460DA878F7D689B0A9B2"><enum>401.</enum><header>Participation
of children enrolled in private schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1120 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H539312330A814E9A8F7C3BA81BCA60AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(D) by inserting after <quote>academically assessed</quote> the
following: <quote>(consistent with subsection (f))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5F77D460B2E4B62A670501A76B6189F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFF167DD7660A43A28868FE58C1390448" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDE733F2821854A1FBBD08AAF0B96CE38"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Accountability
for Children Enrolled in Private Schools</header>
<paragraph id="HD3CF202A5908426DB4B0160835EDBCC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 9506(a), as specifically provided
for in this subsection, children enrolled in private elementary schools and
secondary schools that receive educational services or other benefits under
this part shall participate in the assessments described under section
1111(b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB968156DFD0417F9EA6A4367B8761EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<subparagraph id="H0B8AD0A8AC03456E8B2E8A6903B1DB0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The State
educational agency shall report the results of the assessments taken by
students in private elementary and secondary schools by grade and subject
to—</text>
<clause id="H8047F0C9F31C4E4EA289C2B9B9A49FEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the private
elementary or secondary school that such students attend; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H16BA40B40120468AB3CF4C9F5D04875E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the local
educational agency in which the private school is geographically located in a
manner and extent that is consistent with the provisions of section 1111(i) and
the function of the local educational agency under section 1120(b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBACC9DC95F1A4760B9A0B595508B6C3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A private
elementary or secondary school shall report the assessment results received
from the State educational agency under subparagraph (A) to the parents of
students enrolled in such school who receive services under this part in
writing and in the native language of the parent in a manner and extent
consistent with the provisions of subsection 1111(i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72A53D375E10409FA0AF427D9C360833"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effectiveness of
services</header><text>Based on the results of the assessments described under
paragraph (1), a State educational agency may determine that such services
received by children under this section be ceased in schools when such results,
compared to a comparable cohort of children enrolled in a public school in the
school district of the local educational agency, are significantly lower and
such schools do not meet the definition of adequate yearly progress established
by the State in which the private school is located for 3 or more consecutive
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Effective Date and
Regulations</header>
<section id="HE68AFA1B76534AA79BF5D5267170691A"><enum>501.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as specifically
provided in this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the
first July 1 that occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="HD258A252CEEE40D6B98D45D62EB901C9"><enum>502.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Education shall issue
regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this Act not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>