1.This Act may be cited as the
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments Act of
2011
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 5. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 6. School improvement and State
administration.
TITLE I—Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational
Agencies
Sec. 101. Basic program requirements.
TITLE II—Academic Assessments
Sec. 201. Academic assessments.
TITLE III—National Assessment of Title I
Sec. 301. Evaluations.
Sec. 302. Demonstrations of innovative practices.
TITLE IV—General Provisions
Sec. 401. General provisions.
TITLE V—Transferability of funds
Sec. 501. Transferability of funds.
TITLE VI—National assessment of educational progress
Sec. 601. Authorizations of appropriations.
3.Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
4.Section 1001 (20
U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read as follows:
1001.The purpose of this
title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant
opportunity to receive a high-quality education that prepares them for college
and a career, without the need for academic remediation, and to close the
achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially the
achievement gaps between minority and nonminority students, and between
disadvantaged children and their more advantaged
peers.
.
5.Authorization of
appropriationsSection 1002
(20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read as follows:
1002.Authorization
of appropriations
(a)Local
educational agency grantsFor the purpose of carrying out part A,
there are authorized to be appropriated $14,463,416,198 for each of fiscal
years 2012 through 2016.
(b)School
turnaround and public school choiceFor the purpose of carrying
out section 1114(c), there are authorized to be appropriated $534,561,734 for
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.
(c)For the purpose of carrying out part B, there are
authorized to be appropriated $389,950,536 for each of fiscal years 2012
through 2016.
(d)Education of
migratory childrenFor the purpose of carrying out part C, there
are authorized to be appropriated $393,981,458 for each of fiscal years 2012
through 2016.
(e)Prevention and
intervention programs for youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at
riskFor the purpose of carrying out part D, there are authorized
to be appropriated $50,326,146 for each of fiscal years 2012 through
2016.
(f)For the purpose of carrying out section 1501, there
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2012 through
2016.
.
6.School
improvement and State administrationThe Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is
amended—
(1)by striking section 1003; and
(2)by redesignating section 1004 as section
1003.
<enum>I</enum><header>Improving Basic
Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies</header>
<section id="idEC7D5F912E934085811F82A7F3C3DBC1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Basic program
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part
A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id763E770689AD4141A5418798D52AFD73"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking sections 1111 through 1117 and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF028F65907C34BE8BCF9B708D978118F" style="OLC">
<section id="IDbdc317153a0148daae5f1be38672e083"><enum>1111.</enum><header>State
plans</header>
<subsection id="IDe21e5c1d0f464d7fa11df13106a23eb4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plans
required</header>
<paragraph id="IDf08b12bf908f4d9384002c7353e066fa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For any State desiring to receive a grant under this
part, the State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan,
developed by the State educational agency in consultation with local
educational agencies, teachers, principals, pupil services personnel,
administrators, other staff, and parents, that satisfies the requirements of
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd3cb4a974a14b058aae70ed92ef49df"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consolidated
plan</header><text>A State plan submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted
as part of a consolidated plan under section 9302.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID355f5d517ed448c88418e299194f7df1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Peer review and
secretarial approval</header>
<subparagraph id="IDba9cde4473374b639ce0854a1be3757a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="IDe104e7bfe7614629baed2d46b94a6085"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish a
peer-review process to assist in the review of State plans;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdd476dea74b243b490a5a0c0aae1ec85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish
multidisciplinary peer review teams and appoint their members, including
persons with State educational agency, local educational agency, and broader
education reform experience, and those who are familiar with academic
standards, assessments, accountability, the needs of low-performing schools,
and other educational needs of students; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDabde8610f5ed4741832db12b2b4ea540"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>approve a State
plan within 45 days of its submission unless the Secretary demonstrates that
the plan does not meet the requirements of this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8464ca14cdf240769df250c156667564"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose of peer
review</header><text>The peer review process shall be designed to—</text>
<clause id="id79155ECD65304FBDB82EFC599DECFEB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promote effective
implementation of college and career ready standards through State and local
innovation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE2FE084EB69F470F934F391967199EF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide
transparent feedback to States designed to strengthen the State's plans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa6cf68c6dc4e46bfb60dc29e8fd83638"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Standard and
nature of review</header><text>Peer reviewers shall conduct a good faith review
of State plans in their totality and in deference to State and local judgments,
with the goal of promoting State- and local-led innovation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4b118b3d2cca4a11a5410bbb046f72a3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State plan
determination, demonstration, and revision</header><text>If the Secretary
determines that the State plan does not meet the requirements of this
subsection or subsection (b) or (c), the Secretary shall, prior to declining to
approve a State plan—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa2370b99469f4682bea6b7da466166f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>immediately
notify the State of such determination;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c3a72c96adc49e289295bf351df2b6c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a
detailed description of the specific requirements of this subsection or
subsection (b) or (c) of the State plan that the Secretary determines fails to
meet such requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7983d5306f3941b7a190e0be0dc3ed01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>offer the State
an opportunity to revise and resubmit its plan within 60 days of such
determination;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3b7dbb4c957f4dffa15b379ea9dc143e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance, upon request of the State, in order to assist the State to meet the
requirements of this subsection or subsection (b) or (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID17c696ab75aa4c859038c680edc1ec52"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conduct a public
hearing within 30 days of such resubmission, with public notice provided not
less than 15 days before such hearing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe05c526b39f5499ea32d6415d83de840"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State plan
disapproval</header><text>The Secretary shall have the authority to disapprove
a State plan if the State has been notified and offered an opportunity to
revise and submit with technical assistance under paragraph (4), and—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa1dd357fb7604d5aa3d13177904fb60f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State does
not revise and resubmit its plan; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID74450ba85d42437191718f1b7b3ca358"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State revises
and resubmits a plan that the Secretary determines does not meet the
requirements of this part after a hearing conducted under paragraph
(4)(E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfe19447cef964e22a7fef41719fa95cb"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
Secretary shall not have the authority to require a State, as a condition of
approval of the State plan, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDef8ab65d92044c34a15db34962cc0b5e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include in, or
delete from, such plan 1 or more specific elements of the State's academic
content standards or academic achievement standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6490a634c2dc4f2582994abefc2b2b94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use specific
academic assessment instruments or items; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99b838c61cb94c60b3bc1f1b8856ee30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include in, or
delete from, such a plan any criterion that specifies, defines, or prescribes
the standards or measures that State or local educational agencies use to
establish, implement, or improve—</text>
<clause id="IDce016ccbf5544d6ca503ec69079e2fc9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State
standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID57f9cdbb292c41c796843b837f9a7fe9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assessments;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9526c454de0d45f2b7b6fae374719c6b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>State
accountability systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc3288c2245be4bce801aa745458afa54"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>systems that
measure student growth;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe1a105bd27ed4d08b036f82a6e0bab22"><enum>(v)</enum><text>measures of other
academic indicators; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDba0c4adca6da4233a1805b9ee1128112"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>teacher and
principal evaluation systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID25ffb6c8dd96441982e72827baa9c788"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Public
review</header><text>All written communications, feedback, and notifications
under this subsection shall be conducted in a manner that is transparent and
immediately made available to the public through the Department website,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7c3e74b45aff42d5abc041d458e9d6eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plans submitted
or resubmitted by a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID46f47e8ddaf543109ff0801654118205"><enum>(B)</enum><text>peer review
comments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID60c94c4a7ae04eaaa05e6a477d86703c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>State plan
determinations by the Secretary, including approvals or disapprovals;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf8d4e9c5cc842b8818cd5219cb9f06b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>public hearings
under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID91890a8fc9e94377966efddad2479f03"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Duration of the
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0c19c624d03b4a61b8d1bac284d5f76d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State plan shall—</text>
<clause id="ID26eeaababdd94b56b0a28e4b939e173b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remain in effect
for the duration of the State's participation under this part; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb5ebda64625847d1baac26d6767bef10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be periodically
reviewed and revised as necessary by the State educational agency to reflect
changes in the State's strategies and programs under this part.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1423000fa92244d8997aca986c5e85f9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>A State shall notify the Secretary if a State makes
significant changes to its plan, such as the adoption of new State academic
content standards, State academic achievement standards, new academic
assessments, or changes to its accountability system under subsection
(b)(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID667d3847766e4db793a20f34d032f1da"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Failure to meet
requirements</header><text>If a State fails to meet any of the requirements of
this section, then the Secretary may withhold funds for State administration
under this part until the Secretary determines that the State has fulfilled
those requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4ae2bc6f0dfa43b2b4048853b2fd38dc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Academic
standards, academic assessments, and State accountability systems</header>
<paragraph id="IDf1cc169629d2422c81b80ff9916fe46f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>College and
career ready academic standards</header>
<subparagraph id="IDc8ccc47d0ad3412083b00da2d37f291a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall provide an assurance that the State has
adopted college and career ready academic content standards and student
academic achievement standards that will be used by the State, its local
educational agencies, and its schools to carry out this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9c094e6b178d4bb2a038a6ef76d54b06"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Same
standards</header><text>The standards required by subparagraph (A) shall be the
same standards that the State applies to all public schools and public school
children in the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID237c865233384c32bba60c6f7c538821"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Subjects</header><text>The
State shall have such standards in mathematics, reading or language arts, and
science, and any other subjects as determined by the State, which shall include
the same knowledge, skills, and levels of achievement expected of all children
in the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID064a8648f821446085b27281adccfccd"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Alignment</header><text>Each
State shall provide an assurance to the Secretary that the State’s college and
career ready standards for academic content and student academic achievement
are aligned with—</text>
<clause id="ID7d54db300daf417d93b5dab234ab8172"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entrance
requirements, without the need for academic remediation, for an institution of
higher education in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID00fc1e006da04682bd73265d3ab0e042"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>State
performance measures identified in the State plan under section 113(b) of the
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID39c0c44abb3c4f26b7e5cbbaa4bfcda8"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Alternate
academic achievement standards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, a State may, through a documented and validated
standards-setting process, adopt alternate academic achievement standards for
students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who take an alternate
assessment, provided those standards—</text>
<clause id="ID8df7d6d998ff4ae193885cd6b1f06272"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are aligned with
the State’s college and career ready academic content standards under
subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4ddac8a246754076a1be0194599901bd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promote access
to the general curriculum; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6baf6d74b1414ffaa2636af5e19d2636"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reflect
professional judgment of the highest achievement standards attainable by those
students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22eb1c5f11e9466bb4de14018efe6e6a"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Modified
academic achievement standards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, a State may, through a documented and validated
standards-setting process, adopt modified academic achievement standards for
students who have disabilities that preclude them from meeting State student
achievement standards within the academic year covered by a student’s
individualized education program under section 614(d) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, provided those standards—</text>
<clause id="ID8276f16773a34239a39e3472e1c96819"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are aligned with
the State’s college and career ready academic content standards under
subparagraph (A) for the grade in which the student is enrolled; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID37c6c83e22034f4695455970aa5b4e2b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are challenging
for such eligible students, but may be less difficult than the grade-level
academic achievement standards under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f294156182d4fd1a14e58a30e28b847"><enum>(G)</enum><header>English
language proficiency standards</header><text>Each State plan shall provide an
assurance that the State has adopted English language proficiency standards
that are aligned with the State’s academic content standards under subparagraph
(A). Such standards shall—</text>
<clause id="ID79aefc9f75654694b42ebfa51c85da43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure
proficiency in each of the domains of speaking, listening, reading, and
writing;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd13d0477d12d4f6895867d6622bc335f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>address the
different proficiency levels of English language learners; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1cc758983f57484dbe05137eae9eebe5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be aligned with
the State’s academic content standards in reading or language arts so that
achieving proficiency against the State’s English language proficiency
standards indicates a sufficient knowledge of English to measure validly and
reliably the student’s achievement on the State’s reading or language arts
standards.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID11b85f6348ba4ac6b8c6090c247c52d2"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>A
State shall not be required to submit any standards developed under this
subsection for academic content or student academic achievement to the
Secretary for review or approval.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8557cc12956d4ba29e1ff2658e22971c"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Existing
standards</header><text>Nothing in this part shall prohibit a State from
revising, consistent with this section, any standard adopted under this part
before or after the date of enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Amendments Act of 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc4836cf0959a4ec29bd13ba561c152c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Academic
assessments</header>
<subparagraph id="IDfef774a7833546468664a9a9e5604b07"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State plan shall provide an assurance that the State
educational agency, in consultation with local educational agencies, has
implemented a set of high-quality, yearly student academic assessments that
include, at a minimum, academic assessments in mathematics and reading or
language arts that will be used as the primary means of determining the yearly
performance of each school in the State in enabling all children to meet the
State’s challenging student academic achievement standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbe4e36b063884a22abd49a17d1314207"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each
State plan shall provide an assurance that such assessments—</text>
<clause id="ID590b455a2b1c41cbab0e09027133fbba"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are the same
academic assessments used to measure the achievement of all students;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4b92bdd41b61475cbb3dd22f979718b9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are aligned with
the State’s academic content and student academic achievement standards, and
provide coherent information about student attainment of such standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd58895467ba64c69bada88822df5f888"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are used for
purposes for which such assessments are valid and reliable, be of adequate
technical quality for each purpose required under this Act, and be consistent
with relevant, nationally recognized professional and technical
standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4a493b8c360b409882b6a53518126e87"><enum>(iv)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id560A90392BF94412AC7A18977D924ADD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>measure the annual
academic achievement of all students against the State’s academic achievement
standards in mathematics and reading or language arts, and be
administered—</text>
<item id="idC1675A6DCB3A423FA9B413A31FC6C2D9" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in each of grades 3 through 8;
and</text>
</item><item id="id4A15FA4981DD41BD9AD478D47FA38955" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>at least once in grades 9 through 12;
and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idB6D955F7F4164140A1AE1EC2E218F047" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>measure the academic achievement of all
students against the State’s academic achievement standards in science, and be
administered not less than one time, during—</text>
<item id="id979E798455814F11B880998116C41253"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>grades 3 through 5;</text>
</item><item id="idD2274D8CCB1D4860A13E1A99190D110D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>grades 6 through 8; and</text>
</item><item id="idC7F8069DB3C6487F8B02C2F26C5CF431"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>grades 9 through 12;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDbf8bb7da160e4dd9866cfbcf08e549d3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>involve multiple
up-to-date measures of student academic achievement, including measures that
assess higher-order thinking skills and understanding and measure growth in
student academic achievement;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID15fb6ba2104940f5a09b765511c4dcb7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>provide
for—</text>
<subclause id="IDc618ec02f55845e686a85539ca0df623"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the participation
in such assessments of all students;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID05006eea39694c45903f3d0e20de6efe"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the reasonable
adaptations and accommodations for children with disabilities (as defined in
section 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) necessary to
measure the academic achievement of such children relative to State academic
content and student academic achievement standards; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf95eae390c7a4a4189d0cfa66ecab709"><enum>(III)</enum><text>alternate
assessments aligned with grade-level academic content and academic achievement
standards, unless the State develops alternate assessments aligned with—</text>
<item id="ID3d8824a0fa294368b039c64d2d9754cc"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>alternate
academic achievement standards, consistent with subparagraph (C), for students
with the most significant cognitive disabilities; or</text>
</item><item id="ID60e797355a614a7281f080f7044543b5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>modified
academic achievement standards consistent with subparagraph (C); and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID60513cd5db4e45efb5a93340c4b75128"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the inclusion of
English language learners, who shall be assessed in a valid and reliable manner
and provided reasonable accommodations on assessments administered to such
students under this paragraph, including, to the extent practicable,
assessments in the language and form most likely to yield accurate data on what
such students know and can do in academic content areas, until such students
have achieved English language proficiency, as determined under paragraph
(1)(G);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id80CD68D21F00415CA7F3D68AB0EA7EA5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>produce
individual student interpretive, descriptive, and diagnostic reports,
consistent with clause (iii), that allow parents, teachers, and principals to
understand and address the specific academic needs of students, and include
information regarding achievement on academic assessments, and that are
provided to parents, teachers, and principals in a timely manner after the
assessment is given, in an understandable and uniform format; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc4fa891531d24e38b38b5aa0dd907ff5"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>enable results
to be disaggregated within each State, local educational agency, and school,
by—</text>
<subclause id="IDd1bbade76e07404986a748723884d007"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each major racial
and ethnic group;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID928ca29264344f03a1ae4b059cc07b1e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>economically
disadvantaged students as compared to students who are not economically
disadvantaged;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd5f0381c2494439686ac5e55e28eff39"><enum>(III)</enum><text>students with
disabilities as compared to nondisabled students;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID17d8101dc1d74b56b2b7569438affc00"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>English
proficiency status;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe318e26e1f994a2fb7414b30e1490071"><enum>(V)</enum><text>gender;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc76bc8d993074c10a3acf466aedba9fb"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>migrant
status.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf96e1cc7777f4228b78786f46574aeef"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Students with
disabilities</header>
<clause id="ID57c3d784413048db955f0f291084a92a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Alternate
standards</header><text>A State may provide for alternate assessments aligned
with alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most
significant cognitive disabilities, if the State—</text>
<subclause id="IDa05259405e1140c89488df92e1c1943a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establishes and
monitors implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for individualized
education program teams (as defined in section 614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act) (referred to in this section as <quote>IEP
Teams</quote>) to apply in determining when a child’s significant cognitive
disability justifies assessment based on alternate academic achievement
standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID22612c815dae4632aab38478bdb1da1e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensures that the
parents of those students are informed that their child’s academic achievement
will be based on alternate academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDafc85d5aeb3b40a7bf1e92d392c0a4f4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>documents that
students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are, to the extent
practicable, included in the general curriculum, and in assessments aligned
with that curriculum;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID12b0fc3ec0b04c58a14a2fe092ef18c0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>develops,
disseminates information on, and promotes the use of appropriate accommodations
to increase the number of students with disabilities who are tested against
academic achievement standards for the grade in which a student is enrolled;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDaf50f00c60794482a19f4333a816dbde"><enum>(V)</enum><text>ensures that
regular and special education teachers and other appropriate staff know how to
administer assessments, including making appropriate use of accommodations, for
students with disabilities.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID9be973f935e841e9bcb189ea69b924ff"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Modified
standards</header><text>A State may assess students with disabilities based on
modified academic achievement standards, if the State—</text>
<subclause id="ID355a7c103d58441cabf5c8fc2af577f1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establishes and
ensures implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to
apply in determining which students with disabilities are eligible to be
assessed based on modified academic achievement standards, which criteria, at a
minimum, shall include—</text>
<item id="ID4f4ee41c16fb49169b38f528dc138e98"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>whether the
student’s disability has precluded the student from achieving grade-level
proficiency, as demonstrated by objective evidence, such as the student’s
performance on the State's regular assessments or on other assessments that can
validly demonstrate academic achievement; and</text>
</item><item id="IDec89eee5c9d64f06bc6723fd377cde20"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>whether the
student’s progress in response to appropriate instruction, including special
education and related services designed to address the student’s individual
needs, is such that, even if significant growth occurs, the IEP Team is
reasonably certain that the student will not achieve to grade-level within the
year covered by the IEP, which progress shall be based on multiple
measurements, over a period of time, that are valid for the subjects being
assessed;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID486ae7c3dd8f41b7ac65a8c8142ee50c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensures that, if
a student’s IEP includes goals for a subject assessed based on modified
academic achievement standards, those goals are based on academic content
standards for the grade in which the student is enrolled;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID73b8a5125c674656af9215f1f54a1af9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensures that
parents of students with disabilities who are assessed against modified
academic achievement standards are informed that their child’s achievement will
be measured based on modified academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID75c9789bd9144475b694452e4e746f60"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>ensures that the
alternate assessment yields results that measure the achievement of those
students separately in reading or language arts, mathematics, and science
relative to the modified academic achievement standards;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDaa6a0783543d451895b360037c6de89b"><enum>(V)</enum><text>ensures that
students who are assessed based on modified academic achievement standards have
access to the curriculum, including instruction, for the grade in which the
students are enrolled; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc31a87eb011f46139e268bae1c285aa7"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>establishes and
monitors implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to
apply in developing and implementing IEPs for students who are assessed based
on modified academic achievement standards.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5f750dc8780b4b78b9a8967f70513b2c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Language
assessments</header><text>Each State plan shall identify the languages other
than English that are present to a significant extent in the participating
student population and indicate the languages for which yearly student academic
assessments are not available and are needed, and such State shall make every
effort to develop such assessments as are necessary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf781681b49e14e7e8aef21d5b0eee3c8"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Assessments of
English language proficiency</header><text>Each State plan shall provide an
assurance that local educational agencies in the State will provide for an
annual assessment of English proficiency (measuring students’ speaking,
listening, reading, and writing skills in English) of all English language
learners in the schools served by the State educational agency, except that
each local educational agency shall have discretion to exempt any student who
has been assessed as proficient in listening, speaking, reading, or writing
English from the corresponding portion of the assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf0e4041f8f4542c3b7dc6773a5086d0f"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Deferral</header><text>A
State may defer the commencement, or suspend the administration, but not cease
the development, of the assessments described in this paragraph, for 1 year for
each year for which the amount appropriated for grants under part B is less
than $389,950,536.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbdf3493d7d414be8bda0d27cf32537f0"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to prescribe the use of the academic
assessments described in this part for student promotion or graduation
purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID08730dfd2ada4d64a72c1725b09666f8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
accountability system</header>
<subparagraph id="ID622afedc990a4159a28889e6c1b0e195"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State plan shall provide an assurance that the State
has developed and is implementing a single, statewide State accountability
system that will be based on the academic content standards and student
academic achievement standards adopted by the State, and other academic
indicators related to student achievement identified by the State, to ensure
that all students graduate from high school college and career ready without
the need for academic remediation and that takes into account the academic
achievement of all public elementary school and secondary school students that,
at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="ID18d6621b7bdf4583a83d6e0dcb671a10"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measures annual
academic achievement of all public elementary school and secondary school
students in the State towards meeting the student academic achievement
standards established by the State in mathematics and reading or language arts,
which may include measures of student growth to such standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6caa9b268d704e76a982e161b6e5d528"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensures that any
systems to measure student growth or other academic indicators related to
student achievement are valid and reliable, and are consistent with relevant,
nationally recognized professional and technical standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID52a6ed0281d143dc8af10fbc227bd0a4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establishes a
system of identifying and differentiating among all public elementary schools
and secondary schools in the State based on student academic achievement and
any other factors determined appropriate by the State and also takes into
account—</text>
<subclause id="IDd72caaa657db4010a283527d1581ae7a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>achievement gaps
between each category of students described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of
paragraph (2)(B)(viii); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID792fe1c5157249798eb9577fe1764e45"><enum>(II)</enum><text>overall
performance of all students and of each category of students described in
subclauses (I) through (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(viii);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDa6df1d8a0b714e9e8eb833a3ff050716"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for public
elementary schools and secondary schools participating under this part,
identifies the lowest performing 5 percent of such schools;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9f6acac691de4452a15f9de2871e588c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provides
assistance to local educational agencies to identify and implement appropriate
school turnaround models for identified schools;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcd391aff8d8f42c0963fa9c53a4d6811"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>provides a clear
and understandable explanation of the method of identifying schools under
clause (iv);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID93d1c7ce0ed24e99b7e86ed9527762f4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>measures the
annual progress of not less than 95 percent of each category of students
described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(viii) who are
enrolled in the school and are required to take the assessments under paragraph
(2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8047760e0a27480292f9962e33714c70"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>measures the
high school graduation rate for each category of students described in
subclauses (I) through (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(viii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf7e45bb462a843f38bbe8d8a8a4ad7c1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition on
regulation</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
permit the Secretary to establish any criterion that specifies, defines, or
prescribes the standards or measures that State or local educational agencies
use to establish, implement, or improve—</text>
<clause id="ID51b9b1af43a54fe1a2bcc80757883b75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State
standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5f4318b28cb64e69b83ded7a6c05f0df"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assessments;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7a7218e6ccda498db7b397b8d04b5669"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>State
accountability systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6069221a56c8409aa2c636372f769446"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>systems that
measure student growth;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcba3f454a9a54a229b304cedf6194ffc"><enum>(v)</enum><text>measures of other
academic indicators; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9104a1515ca8454e812dbf2609f6bf09"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>teacher and
principal evaluation systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDddad0ed7aa3b4496ad2a0f5400e175c9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provisions To
support teaching and learning</header><text>Each State plan shall provide an
assurance that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6da99f99a1eb4ee7a5a73a07b6be29fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State will
notify local educational agencies, schools, teachers, parents, and the public
of the academic content standards, student academic achievement standards,
academic assessments, and State accountability system, developed under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c183e9ea1334dedb29855f043470ed0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will assist each local educational agency and school
affected by the State plan to meet the requirements of this part; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b49b02f096c47c3ad4804a784a09d56"><enum>(3)</enum><text>low-income and
minority children, enrolled in schools assisted under this part, are served by
effective teachers and principals and have access to a high-quality
instructional program in the core academic subjects, and the State shall adopt
measures to evaluate and publicly report the progress of the State educational
agency with respect to such steps.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0889a2c422314d529c25e035a032a9a3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
assurances</header><text>Each State plan shall contain an assurance
that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDcef4ace4fd1d4f52a1e743a8b2bd0647"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State will
participate in biennial State academic assessments of 4th and 8th grade reading
and mathematics under the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried
out under section 303(b)(3) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Authorization Act if the Secretary pays the costs of administering such
assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7eecfd42371d4c3ab2a34235aa403ef7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will modify or eliminate State fiscal and accounting
barriers so that schools can easily consolidate funds from other Federal,
State, and local sources in order to improve educational opportunities and
reduce unnecessary fiscal and accounting requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfd39ad93243c48749a045cef73c3660c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will support the collection and dissemination to local
educational agencies and schools of effective parental involvement practices;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0d76f936471a4f0c90ee1f3c00edb63c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will provide the least restrictive and burdensome
regulations for local educational agencies and individual schools participating
in a program assisted under this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5942e5fe662145cf9751330b1213276d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="ID64f240340034444e9dfe1cd54a6e220b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual State
report card</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0241d8de762b43ac914d58f150d78b20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State that receives assistance under this part shall
prepare and disseminate widely to the public an annual State report
card.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID57278de1642745d6a3dd37b4a0dc60d0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
State report card shall be—</text>
<clause id="ID0d54dcc5360b40e087261fb8a13a1b84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>concise;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID81c2ec162a214d449a37aca7e2f32807"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>presented in an
understandable and uniform format.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5deaf3302ffc4165b6b5f6f0716b4989"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Required
information</header><text>The State shall include in its annual State report
card—</text>
<clause id="ID5f036f1b731a4d128b2aadd0fe9c2a20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information, in
the aggregate, on student achievement on the State academic assessments
described in subsection (b)(2) (disaggregated by each category of students
described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii));</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6e027b7fd4f348ccad991b695f8f055f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage
of students tested (disaggregated by each category of students described in
subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii));</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcefbe3e8d2ca4e269688091eca6b9a80"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information on
any other indicator used by the State to determine student achievement under
subsection (b)(3) (disaggregated by each category of students described in
subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii));</text>
</clause><clause id="ID48a934b020cf4b4c889b1d6e0d3dda49"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>graduation rates
for secondary school students consistent with subsection
(b)(3)(A)(viii);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0332e14b73684d83b22e74acf680c32f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the professional
qualifications of teachers in the State and the percentage of such teachers
teaching with emergency or provisional credentials, in the aggregate and
disaggregated by high-poverty compared to low-poverty schools which, for the
purpose of this clause, means schools in the top quartile of poverty and the
bottom quartile of poverty in the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9b33be17b0344c7c99e3a1749e4b60c3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>information on
the performance of local educational agencies and schools in the State,
including the number and names of each school identified under section
1114(a)(1)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbc8cb74628734ff2a5ddab0780eb85e6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>for a State
that implements a teacher and principal effectiveness evaluation system
consistent with title II, the evaluation results of teachers and principals,
except that such information shall not provide individually identifiable
information on individual teachers or principals.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID601d5fe1446a465581209b2d4c398df8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Financial
information</header><text>The State shall include in its annual State report
card the per-pupil expenditures of Federal, State, and local funds for each
local educational agency in the State for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdeb48bf68bea461ab35c9ba5bd937c93"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Optional
information</header><text>The State may include in its annual State report card
such other information as the State believes will best provide parents,
students, and other members of the public with information regarding the
progress of each of the State’s public elementary schools and secondary
schools.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID105dcc7763974249abe9d379b211c8f7"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Presentation of
data</header><text>A State educational agency shall only include in its annual
report card data that are sufficient to yield statistically reliable
information, as determined by the State, and that do not reveal personally
identifiable information about an individual student, teacher, or
principal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfac76c1b8c5644b3b6159ba3daaa0056"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual local
educational agency report cards</header>
<subparagraph id="IDcc364bad1e914ca4b68f7560e28f3449"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Report
cards</header><text>A local educational agency that receives assistance under
this part shall prepare and disseminate, in accordance with subparagraph (F),
an annual local educational agency report card.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID59921321c1fc4096b4415202db8d84fd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>The local educational agency shall include in its
report card the information described in paragraph (1)(C) as applied to the
local educational agency and each school served by the local educational
agency, and—</text>
<clause id="ID93006b51dac44512b204350b3967ce5c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a
local educational agency—</text>
<subclause id="ID8d09509ace5540e5ae287e4e5ed743d1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of schools identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B) and how long the
schools have been so identified; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID18f313a7bb3f40c4b63d2335243e272f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>information that
shows how students served by the local educational agency achieved on the
statewide academic assessment compared to students in the State as a whole;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDc1f75b7c5109484580c85276584c60d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a
school—</text>
<subclause id="ID17e8f5f7658d4f82a3fc6a1bb8f93b41"><enum>(I)</enum><text>whether the
school has been identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B) and how long the school
has been so identified; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe12eaa9290cf43988cd78ec4bc69b083"><enum>(II)</enum><text>information that
shows how the school’s students' achievement on the statewide academic
assessments compared to students in the local educational agency and the State
as a whole.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0280e8b8113641e1a5c5b7ba0aa534c3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Financial
information</header><text>The local educational agency shall include in its
annual local educational agency report card the per-pupil expenditures of
Federal, State, and local funds for each school served by the agency for the
preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85a35554dc274b1cafb207943cd76103"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Other
information</header><text>A local educational agency may include in its annual
local educational agency report card any other appropriate information, whether
or not such information is included in the annual State report card.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID23ba2a5b783546ddbde5d6dae5953f31"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Presentation of
data</header><text>A local educational agency or school shall only include in
its annual local educational agency report card data that are sufficient to
yield statistically reliable information, as determined by the State, and that
do not reveal personally identifiable information about an individual
student.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDccd025ce65ce43228b4243ce7ff4edd2"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Public
dissemination</header>
<clause id="id5F71279845354AB0AD458A3E8EAEBB35"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), a local educational
agency shall—</text>
<subclause id="idB1A26CCD9B5D450F98ABB761F62C9D33"><enum>(I)</enum><text>publicly
disseminate the information described in this paragraph to all schools in the
school district served by the local educational agency and to all parents of
students attending such schools in an understandable and uniform format;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idB7A26BB21D914EC3B9651FD147D85983"><enum>(II)</enum><text>make the
information widely available through public means, such as posting on the
Internet, distribution to the media, and distribution through public
agencies.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id72DF085B4DC74D119A8B665CCC23C2A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
a local educational agency issues a report card for all students, the local
educational agency may include the information described in this paragraph as
part of such report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdaf1ab09a01645ccb319e087185ad592"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preexisting
report cards</header><text>A State educational agency or local educational
agency that was providing public report cards on the performance of students,
schools, local educational agencies, or the State prior to the date of
enactment of the may use such report cards for the purpose of disseminating
information under this subsection if the report card is modified, as may be
needed, to contain the information required by this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b6a1ef6528c4eaa8e7780bf6d84333a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual State
report to the Secretary</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving
assistance under this part shall report annually to the Secretary, and make
widely available within the State—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdbc5c5d119974382bdb49ed5e87856b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on
the achievement of students on the academic assessments required under
subsection (b)(2), including the disaggregated results for each category of
students described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb3bf41b7bdb34979bc0ce2dfd97b9226"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on
the acquisition of English proficiency by children who are English language
learners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID713e43a405e2431897c267a670eff07d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number and
names of the schools identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B), and the school
turnaround strategy identified under section 1114(c) taken to address the
achievement problems of each such school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5bba1283511940c0a88e01520de58c14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number of
students and schools that participated in public school choice under this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9a25471a94641229099affb90c15efb"><enum>(E)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDE7FA8C054EE4F4CB8EF02399BE09182"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information on the
quality and effectiveness of teachers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8908C877C0B74E389634951CA1F31B23" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage of classes being
taught by teachers who are licensed or certified to teach in their field of
study, for the State and for each local educational agency and public
elementary or secondary school in the State; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0f1295b4b2634e3fa56f2debe68c6d90"><enum>(F)</enum><text>information on
the results of the teacher and principal evaluation system, as
applicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1565070040d64ba08a32cffdaf624231"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit annually to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report that
provides national and State level data on the information collected under
paragraph (4). Such report shall be submitted through electronic means
only.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf79b723d7c5f45729747bb07b79f4f54"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary’s
report card</header>
<subparagraph id="idD528E1EF92484A78AD4A5AB301D80ADA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives a national report card on the status of elementary and
secondary education in the United States. Such report shall—</text>
<clause id="ID491b68537ead49fe90feb07adbe438ca"><enum>(i)</enum><text>analyze existing
data from State reports required under this Act, the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006, and summarize major findings from such reports;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8b440eeb62934888bc7551e947506892"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>analyze data
from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and comparable
international assessments;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8bc219a0678846e7b61b78049515eabc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify trends
in student achievement, student performance, and secondary school graduation
rates, by analyzing and reporting on the status and performance of students,
disaggregated by each category of students described in subsection
(b)(2)(B)(viii);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID33dd6030d1e94a33ba96fed04b82d919"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>analyze data on
Federal, State, and local expenditures on education, including per-pupil
spending, teacher salaries and pension obligations, school level spending, and
other financial data publicly available, and report on current trends and major
findings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID83a014afd7054a31b4211d87fb6cfaa8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>analyze
information on the teaching and principal profession, including education and
training, retention and mobility, and effectiveness in improving student
achievement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7c983ce2a78d41a8aabdbc18217e5f52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>The information used to prepare the report described in
subparagraph (A) shall be derived from existing State and local reporting
requirements and data sources. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as
authorizing, requiring, or allowing any additional reporting requirements, data
elements, or information to be reported to the Secretary not otherwise
explicitly authorized by any other Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID47f49a2e5abe4f84acb4f53c1c3e0e64"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Voluntary
partnerships</header><text>A State may enter into a voluntary partnership with
another State to develop and implement the academic assessments, State academic
content standards, and accountability systems required under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0503291dd0fa4aa0ab46431f1164ca51"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special rule
with respect to bureau-Funded schools</header><text>In determining the
assessments to be used by each school operated or funded by the Bureau of
Indian Education of the Department of the Interior that receives funds under
this part, the following shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="IDb7911356ad3d480b955f88fd921b7c3a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each such school
that is accredited by the State in which it is operating shall use the
assessments the State has developed and implemented to meet the requirements of
this section, or such other appropriate assessment as approved by the Secretary
of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb2dd97be2764c57aa823c165f650d3f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each such school
that is accredited by a regional accrediting organization shall adopt an
appropriate assessment in consultation with, and with the approval of, the
Secretary of the Interior and consistent with assessments adopted by other
schools in the same State or region, that meets the requirements of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0d9b5d75bf9d47feae6ddd7324931da1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each such school
that is accredited by a tribal accrediting agency or tribal division of
education shall use an assessment developed by such agency or division, except
that the Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that such assessment meets the
requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDaf16ecaf7c6949c4a938a46e1b2a9129"><enum>1112.</enum><header>Local
educational agency plans</header>
<subsection id="ID63db6feaf0814f86903263aa874e64a3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plans
required</header>
<paragraph id="ID784aea182c7345be866b0b813cb42b71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subgrants</header><text>A
local educational agency may receive a subgrant under this part for any fiscal
year only if such agency has on file with the State educational agency a plan,
approved by the State educational agency, that is developed in consultation
with teachers, principals, administrators (including administrators of programs
described in other parts of this title), other appropriate school personnel,
and with parents of children in schools served under this part, that satisfies
the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6bb36e0242cd4584bbbecb4345744767"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consolidated
application</header><text>The plan may be submitted as part of a consolidated
application under section 9305.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID710499d55501478db07643c57fed2bdf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State review
and approval</header>
<subparagraph id="ID4eb5c38360554ba48703e35820583793"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency plan shall be filed
according to a schedule established by the State educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5f872e1f44a04d9a83730375985df1dc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
State educational agency shall approve a local educational agency's plan only
if the State educational agency determines that the local educational agency's
plan satisfies the requirements of this part and enables children served under
this part to meet the college and career ready standards expected of all
children described in section 1111(b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf4ab7c1efbe146a5957ec3888619fe3b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Each
local educational agency plan shall be submitted for the first year for which
this part is in effect following the date of enactment of the and shall remain
in effect for the duration of the agency's participation under this
part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe7af74d9b26d458bae3ef692ed6cec87"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Each
local educational agency shall periodically review and, as necessary, revise
its plan to reflect changes in the local educational agency’s strategies and
programs under this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3b50f036caca435ca60ff737015f0a04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan
provisions</header><text>To ensure that all children receive a high-quality
education that prepares them to be college and career ready without the need
for academic remediation, and to close the achievement gap between high- and
low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and
nonminority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more
advantaged peers, each local educational agency plan shall describe—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf841eeaac83c4325abb575bee0f561bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how the local
educational agency will work with each of the schools served by the agency so
that students meet the State’s college and career ready academic standards
by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID53059ecc16884ab0aa51d3a3bbd76764"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and
implementing a comprehensive program of instruction to meet the academic needs
of all students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8bd37e963fdb4753a8dedcaf984c8665"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying
quickly and effectively students who may be at risk for academic
failure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID217f9bd4f9a94595985c6c42661aaa70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing
additional educational assistance to individual students determined as needing
help in meeting the State's student academic achievement standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1d459f1cb1f741cc8c545f1d3136a028"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifying
significant gaps in student academic achievement between each category of
students described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of section
1111(b)(2)(B)(viii) and develop strategies to reduce such gaps in achievement;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb7b1ea8f7df14718919c25ac7cbd639d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identifying and
implementing effective methods and instructional strategies that are based on
scientifically valid research intended to strengthen the core academic program
of the school;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID959be0f7cfb644a2b830cc03300567e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how the local
educational agency will monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of school
programs in improving student academic achievement, especially for students not
meeting State student academic achievement standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8fe3a15136554b46a00f4375da798f14"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE5DB362C0AAF479EA0BF1633EC550231"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the local
educational agency will meet the requirements of section 1119 regarding the
qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id569F744E0A2F4757BEAF7C637CABC6A2" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the local educational agency,
through incentives for voluntary transfers, recruitment programs, incentive
pay, performance- or merit-based pay systems, or other effective strategies,
will identify and address any disparities that result in low-income students
and minority students being taught at higher rates than other students by
ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb2accad8afb64abba4fbb45cf58a30b7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the actions the
local educational agency will take to assist schools identified under section
1114(a)(1)(B) and other schools also identified by the local educational agency
as in need of assistance to improve student academic achievement, and the funds
used to conduct such actions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb5ffcbb2f17f45818061f4eb2767bb36"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the programs to
be conducted by such agency's schools under section 1113, and where
appropriate, educational services outside such schools for children living in
local institutions for neglected or delinquent children, and for neglected and
delinquent children in community day school programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0157e57f4ba4efbb4dc389f54f87329"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the services the
local educational agency will provide homeless children, including services
provided with funds reserved under section 1113(a)(3)(C)(i);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID68d9cb3667a64fb2a68c91c2dbefcf69"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the strategy the
local educational agency will use to implement effective parental involvement
under section 1118;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID12f376772975403696248fb0f87a5568"><enum>(8)</enum><text>how the local
educational agency will coordinate and integrate services provided under this
part with preschool educational services at the local educational agency or
individual school level, including plans for the transition of participants in
such programs to local elementary school programs, and, if appropriate, a
description of how the local educational agency will use funds under this part
to support preschool programs for children, particularly children participating
in a Head Start program, which may be provided directly by the local
educational agency or through a subcontract with the local Head Start agency
designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 641 of
the Head Start Act, or another comparable public early childhood development
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID03fd02dd6176465ba1f681e7069fa510"><enum>(9)</enum><text>how the local
educational agency will coordinate programs and integrate services under this
part with other Federal, State, and local services and programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID181251a78f184826a5b995cbbe33dacb"><enum>(10)</enum><text>how teachers, in
consultation with parents, administrators, and pupil services personnel, in
targeted assistance schools under section 1113, will identify the eligible
children most in need of services under this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3c5659ce1dc4408da0b8b033bcc1c1a2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assurances</header><text>Each
local educational agency plan shall provide assurances that the local
educational agency will—</text>
<paragraph id="ID54c977c1fe274fb0ae45bebe0395ee95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that the
results from the academic assessments required under section 1111(b)(2) will be
provided to parents and teachers as soon as is practicably possible after the
test is taken;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f04b6e152874126afd3bee93b12efad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that
migratory children and formerly migratory children who are eligible to receive
services under this part are selected to receive such services on the same
basis as other children who are selected to receive services under this
part;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID29fc1edc92e340ee88bf798f74b9beaa"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide services
to eligible children attending private elementary schools and secondary schools
in accordance with section 1120, and timely and meaningful consultation with
private school officials regarding such services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a00892248304d5e9843c3f9d460607f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>participate, if
selected, in the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 4th and 8th
grade reading and mathematics carried out under section 303(b)(2) of the
National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe5d172be06b34bacbcbb76fa111b8e7b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Schoolwide
program plans</header><text>In addition to the plan requirements described in
subsection (c), for schools operating a schoolwide program under section
1113(b)(2), the plan shall also include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID90f8105bc2d248fbae4d527c046aca7d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
schoolwide reform strategies that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3d0221fcca4d48a3b5bd1ead69e1daea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide
opportunities for all children to meet the State’s academic achievement
standards under section 1111(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f38092d9c534dd6b3020464c5beced5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use effective
methods and instructional strategies that are based on scientifically valid
research that—</text>
<clause id="ID7ba06ac2dd204b878a8b95e3b7d6ecde"><enum>(i)</enum><text>strengthen the
core academic program in the school; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf8eaeaa8be104d0bb93c317e98cfce2d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increase the
amount and quality of learning time and help provide an enriched and
accelerated curriculum; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf087543c4f714c50a3d02ebc424625b9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>address the
academic and other support needs of all children in the school;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa5d045994d6c43ae85a9bb9240983070"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a list of State
educational agency and local educational agency programs and other Federal
programs that will be consolidated in the schoolwide program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID67437567b51d4247ac8fb0306eee85bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if appropriate, a
description of how funds will be used to establish or enhance prekindergarten
programs for children below the age of 6.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd598118323804c4da3b84e06dd3121b2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Targeted
assistance school plans</header><text>In addition to the plan requirements
described in subsection (c), for schools operating a targeted assistance
program under section 1113(b)(3), the plan shall also include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7daaffdd9331436494c1d5d3d2020382"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2d11ee5cff204e7786f06fcee09c40e2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the process for
determining which students will be served and the students to be served;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb0020ae907b9485bb7e7080507bf94c3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assistance
that will be provided to such students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf774a4032bba4e74a7ef34242cb7725a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the
activities supported under this part will be coordinated with and incorporated
into the regular education program of the school;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID15de4d3cca6b43d89197fb55cf4b136b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assurances that
the school will—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8024be160f2b41eda9d7b4af1d61fb6e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>help provide an
accelerated, high-quality curriculum;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32521e80faf04e07832ae1c4e0385005"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize removing
children from the regular classroom during regular school hours for instruction
provided under this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0050c00cd0c94cfe812efac44cff96b0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on an ongoing
basis, review the progress of participating children and revise the plan under
this section, if necessary, to provide additional assistance to enable such
children to meet the State’s college and career ready academic achievement
standards.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDce00393e0fb34b34b30bd728e97889a1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Parents
right-To-Know</header>
<paragraph id="IDad9e5eb38e0f4cafa7221d10acea7e76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Teacher
qualifications</header>
<subparagraph id="IDec7ca8910ce946169ffb44a234220604"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the beginning of each school year, a local educational
agency that receives funds under this part shall notify the parents of each
student attending any school receiving funds under this part that the parents
may request, and the agency will provide the parents on request (and in a
timely manner), information regarding the professional qualifications of the
student's classroom teachers, including, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<clause id="IDc68f76a230774612acbccbe46a9e73d2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Whether the
teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels
and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1568be1f2741494fb22628754a1f5300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Whether the
teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which
State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc129a6a0a857409fa67cd7cd36af0332"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Whether the
child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, whether each such
paraprofessional meets the qualifications required under section 1119.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID469302b767464f45b7cdda203fda5b76"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>In addition to the information that parents may
request under subparagraph (A), a school that receives funds under this part
shall provide to each individual parent—</text>
<clause id="IDaf790645892e458391c4ec5dcb8612c7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information on
the level of achievement of the parent's child in each of the State academic
assessments as required under this part; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0a5a9c21765442fa82e3245adf912ae8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>timely notice
that the parent's child has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more
consecutive weeks by, a teacher who does not meet applicable State
certification or licensure requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID80bcfc605e094a619f84ab1bd1708708"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Language
instruction</header>
<subparagraph id="IDb22b581ea786482ca0bb1a14d4ab116b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Each
local educational agency using funds under this part to provide a language
instruction educational program as determined under title III shall, not later
than 30 days after the beginning of the school year, inform a parent or parents
of an English language learner identified for participation or participating in
such a program of—</text>
<clause id="IDdb8c579d3bb54b578e13c86ea11efea3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the reasons for
the identification of their child as an English language learner and in need of
placement in a language instruction educational program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9b99c2e0cca945d08765c9a8600c7fd4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the child’s
level of English proficiency, how such level was assessed, and the status of
the child’s academic achievement;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7dcfea10e9294fee9422e6cb1b84086f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the methods of
instruction used in the program in which their child is, or will be
participating, and the methods of instruction used in other available programs,
including how such programs differ in content, instructional goals, and the use
of English and a native language in instruction;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID10c97697421f47598c7b39630b1d1b75"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>how the program
in which their child is, or will be participating, will meet the educational
strengths and needs of their child;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0e3bb207047f4d7c8f2ed70453987856"><enum>(v)</enum><text>how such program
will specifically help their child learn English and meet age-appropriate
academic achievement standards for grade promotion and graduation;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfe66597093d7400486371cf8c9a5ca9f"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the specific
exit requirements for the program, including the expected rate of transition
from such program into classrooms that are not tailored for English language
learners, and the expected rate of graduation from secondary school for such
program if funds under this part are used for children in secondary
schools;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID412f11ebd6a6405a9988b6cf98818b68"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in the case of
a child with a disability, how such program meets the objectives of the
individualized education program of the child, as described in section
614(a)(1)(D) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0bc72b5d8c0c4fdfa095275cb7230b92"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>information
pertaining to parental rights that includes written guidance—</text>
<subclause id="IDab9a48d658034efbb1bb33aeeb491bab"><enum>(I)</enum><text>detailing—</text>
<item id="ID5b22e188fff2481ba3c76a618c7ec403"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the right that
parents have to have their child immediately removed from such program upon
their request; and</text>
</item><item id="ID8f78fb6b52e44e95bbf264033558f1bb"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the options that
parents have to decline to enroll their child in such program or to choose
another program or method of instruction, if available; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID7089688e23e94443bec8b0cda3ecc855"><enum>(II)</enum><text>assisting
parents in selecting among various programs and methods of instruction, if more
than 1 program or method is offered by the eligible entity.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9afa0afcbe5b4529920c8c9350deb71b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule
applicable during the school year</header><text>For those children who have not
been identified as English language learners prior to the beginning of the
school year but are identified as English language learners during such school
year, the local educational agency shall notify the children's parents during
the first 2 weeks of the child being placed in a language instruction
educational program consistent with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe61d1a13cf964f36a76267f55a5bc2b9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Parental
participation</header><text>Each local educational agency receiving funds under
this part shall implement an effective means of outreach to parents of English
language learners to inform the parents regarding how the parents can be
involved in the education of their children, and be active participants in
assisting their children to attain English proficiency, achieve at high levels
in core academic subjects, and meet challenging State academic achievement
standards and State academic content standards expected of all students,
including holding, and sending notice of opportunities for, regular meetings
for the purpose of formulating and responding to recommendations from parents
of students assisted under this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf3aefe5b7b3c44aeacff2b500de71c0e"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Basis for
admission or exclusion</header><text>A student shall not be admitted to, or
excluded from, any federally assisted education program on the basis of a
surname or language-minority status.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDde366178fa0b46d8ba6151980df20120"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The
notice and information provided to parents under this subsection shall be in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a
language that the parents can understand.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID66a4a512002344c69c489d14f4f5bc42"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Eligible
school attendance areas; schoolwide programs; targeted assistance
programs</header>
<subsection id="ID98bb262dc0fc465a9530250841ae3968"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible school
attendance areas</header>
<paragraph id="IDb3106c6922c34c2ba6016cb4f50efb2c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header>
<subparagraph id="ID21806d4724104113bbca047fa33e1006"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency shall use funds received under
this part only in eligible school attendance areas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc9c721bd9aea4097910d7c2b3b8f3c6d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible school
attendance areas</header><text>In this part—</text>
<clause id="IDb62abc1fbfeb4c4489603e3f26413f61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term
<term>school attendance area</term> means, in relation to a particular school,
the geographical area in which the children who are normally served by that
school reside; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2ed9abb92e2d4cf3ad63427e67c4c71d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term
<term>eligible school attendance area</term> means a school attendance area in
which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least as high
as the percentage of children from low-income families served by the local
educational agency as a whole.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5a16a6ec585d46f2853a9bdd1d95b544"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ranking
order</header><text>If funds allocated in accordance with paragraph (3) are
insufficient to serve all eligible school attendance areas, a local educational
agency shall—</text>
<clause id="IDbbabec89e1a74ccc9d152885b45fe8d7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>annually rank,
without regard to grade spans, such agency’s eligible school attendance areas
in which the concentration of children from low-income families exceeds 75
percent from highest to lowest according to the percentage of children from
low-income families; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa9af6238b5e54cb7ba1f6ea0d5134df6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serve such
eligible school attendance areas in rank order.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb2d971484e004786b809f86c3f9e139b"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Remaining
funds</header><text>If funds remain after serving all eligible school
attendance areas under subparagraph (C), a local educational agency
shall—</text>
<clause id="ID04cadb69695e4bf0898e124a0fdc33ac"><enum>(i)</enum><text>annually rank
such agency’s remaining eligible school attendance areas from highest to lowest
either by grade span or for the entire local educational agency according to
the percentage of children from low-income families; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID61a066e135394410a84d490f7ca43783"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serve such
eligible school attendance areas in rank order either within each grade-span
grouping or within the local educational agency as a whole.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe3b9dd8661c04c0c8b86043227da371f"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Measures</header><text>The
local educational agency shall use the same measure of poverty, which measure
shall be the number of children ages 5 through 17 in poverty counted in the
most recent census data approved by the Secretary, the number of children
eligible for free and reduced priced lunches under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act, the number of children in families receiving
assistance under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act, or the number of children eligible to receive medical
assistance under the Medicaid program, or a composite of such indicators, with
respect to all school attendance areas in the local educational agency—</text>
<clause id="ID9d6c7a4a62be4f95ad5e1548df2dbc5e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to identify
eligible school attendance areas;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe9b1ad6804a642208e6273d9c7f900be"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to determine the
ranking of each area; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb624bddae56c4bf7a5b0e1f35a5a6fe1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to determine
allocations under paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2a45b6588e4c4709b0bfdbc92d3df7c1"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>This
subsection shall not apply to a local educational agency with a total
enrollment of less than 1,000 children.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfc87de22d6394b81976e214463d1e82b"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Waiver for
desegregation plans</header><text>The Secretary may approve a local educational
agency’s written request for a waiver of the requirements of this paragraph and
paragraph (3) and permit such agency to treat as eligible, and serve, any
school that children attend with a State-ordered, court-ordered school
desegregation plan or a plan that continues to be implemented in accordance
with a State-ordered or court-ordered desegregation plan, if—</text>
<clause id="ID1b419dac99294d44ac430e1520dd7f53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
economically disadvantaged children enrolled in the school is at least 25
percent of the school’s total enrollment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID145ebd3e36ac47caa0c8052fa7d9ff11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines on the basis of a written request from such agency and in accordance
with such criteria as the Secretary establishes, that approval of that request
would further the purposes of this part.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2694c8fb46d14e6d9e315be8c11dd9fb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Local
educational agency discretion</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd56a211250cd41129c90381839bc746a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), a local educational
agency may—</text>
<clause id="ID62e6c6dfd1194d828852189c79af4ca8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>designate as
eligible any school attendance area or school in which at least 35 percent of
the children are from low-income families;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID40413e644fe24f24bdb49087ee66a712"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use funds
received under this part in a school that is not in an eligible school
attendance area, if the percentage of children from low-income families
enrolled in the school is equal to or greater than the percentage of such
children in a participating school attendance area of such agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID03886d161b054c87aec678cce1497d16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>designate and
serve a school attendance area or school that is not eligible under this
section, but that was eligible and that was served in the preceding fiscal
year, but only for 1 additional fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0fdb0e59ca284576989b53c2f517f548"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>elect not to
serve an eligible school attendance area or eligible school that has a higher
percentage of children from low-income families if—</text>
<subclause id="IDeb3f9b83ec314bbbb13677155fdfa597"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the school meets
the comparability requirements of section 1120A(c);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID34d4611f4d564bf1a7f8e34246c2f05b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the school is
receiving supplemental funds from other State or local sources that are spent
according to the requirements of this section; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0c52263a7bf24d179d2214c759571553"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the funds
expended from such other sources equal or exceed the amount that would be
provided under this part.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID62abc178c14a45769bd046c02e48dcea"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(iv), the number of children
attending private elementary schools and secondary schools who are to receive
services, and the assistance such children are to receive under this part,
shall be determined without regard to whether the public school attendance area
in which such children reside is assisted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID28715847dace4ffdaba42780cd71115d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID80e70804e70c48ee8b43acabe4bdec6c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency shall allocate funds received
under this part to eligible school attendance areas or eligible schools,
identified under paragraphs (1) and (2) in rank order, on the basis of the
total number of children from low-income families in each area or
school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb051424d553c42a18dd7112de1114502"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header>
<clause id="IDf92297af0e00452ba5df1640a2f7fd9b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the per-pupil amount
of funds allocated to each school attendance area or school under subparagraph
(A) shall be at least 125 percent of the per-pupil amount of funds a local
educational agency received for that year under the poverty criteria described
by the local educational agency in the plan submitted under section 1112,
except that this clause shall not apply to a local educational agency that only
serves schools in which the percentage of such children is 35 percent or
greater.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6de8cbe49da249d8ac878dccb42fb705"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A
local educational agency may reduce the amount of funds allocated under clause
(i) for a school attendance area or school by the amount of any supplemental
State and local funds expended in that school attendance area or school for
programs that meet the requirements of this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93ac6f7bacd047d1b497de0c7ad9db86"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>A
local educational agency shall reserve such funds as are necessary under this
part to provide services comparable to those provided to children in schools
funded under this part to serve—</text>
<clause id="ID1ed99218852746c98769b16b1d98468d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>homeless children
who do not attend participating schools, including providing educationally
related support services to children in shelters and other locations where
children may live;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDca4a9cfdfce64e23bf085880cb272bfb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>children in
local institutions for neglected children; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID94a96a0c57bb42d0b5fd252c512eca40"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if appropriate,
children in local institutions for delinquent children, and neglected or
delinquent children in community day school programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9c814f3206cf4cc5808153984363f097"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schoolwide
programs and targeted assistance schools</header>
<paragraph id="ID66874a551bef4e9eadb06583220f9bf7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each school that will receive funds under this part,
the local educational agency shall determine whether the school operates as a
schoolwide program consistent with paragraph (2) or a targeted assistance
school consistent with paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3bf719c500224e039451ea0560c02fe7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schoolwide
programs</header>
<subparagraph id="id4175590E9D4347D9B4BF0591CFC13618"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency may consolidate and use funds
under this part, together with other Federal, State, and local funds, in order
to upgrade the entire educational program of a school that serves an eligible
school attendance area in which not less than 40 percent of the children are
from low-income families, or not less than 40 percent of the children enrolled
in the school are from such families.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6cd610a99e9948409758c81297f1fec9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Identification
of students not required</header>
<clause id="ID653e9df65eb047de8ee31f8c399d3c02"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No school participating in a schoolwide program shall be
required—</text>
<subclause id="ID5309ec2ab8274dc498c6214563f42052"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to identify
particular children under this part as eligible to participate in a schoolwide
program; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2fa846be434e472da2c7957eaa73aa69"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to provide
services to such children that are supplementary, as otherwise required by
section 1120A(b).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID3cb0c5279f5b469dbf84193065fe71d8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Supplemental
funds</header><text>A school participating in a schoolwide program shall use
funds available to carry out this paragraph only to supplement the amount of
funds that would, in the absence of funds under this part, be made available
from non-Federal sources for the school, including funds needed to provide
services that are required by law for children with disabilities and children
who are English language learners.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe5677d384cf14d4da1e0ba24c0c5738e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exemption from
statutory and regulatory requirements</header>
<clause id="ID67718f5e4a38458ab4385530631d9089"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The
Secretary may, through publication of a notice in the Federal Register, exempt
schoolwide programs under this section from statutory or regulatory provisions
of any other noncompetitive formula grant program administered by the Secretary
(other than formula or discretionary grant programs under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, except as provided in section 613(a)(2)(D) of such
Act), or any discretionary grant program administered by the Secretary, to
support schoolwide programs if the intent and purposes of such other programs
are met.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID57b0f974818c49bb82cb05d6cb3d61a5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A
school that chooses to use funds from such other programs shall not be relieved
of the requirements relating to health, safety, civil rights, student and
parental participation and involvement, services to private school children,
maintenance of effort, comparability of services, uses of Federal funds to
supplement, not supplant non-Federal funds, or the distribution of funds to
State educational agencies or local educational agencies that apply to the
receipt of funds from such programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID78b2e50622f243e29220c25c48c3abd5"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Records</header><text>A
school that consolidates and uses funds from different Federal programs under
this paragraph shall not be required to maintain separate fiscal accounting
records, by program, that identify the specific activities supported by those
particular funds as long as the school maintains records that demonstrate that
the schoolwide program, considered as a whole, addresses the intent and
purposes of each of the Federal programs that were consolidated to support the
schoolwide program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19a1d42500f947859d58f3bc91f71a52"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Prekindergarten
program</header><text>A school that is eligible for a schoolwide program under
this paragraph may use funds made available under this part to establish or
enhance prekindergarten programs for children below the age of 6.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf276e301c4ca4af3bafca9e53902b60d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Targeted
assistance schools</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7ead22b6b63f4951aef0d47257b50335"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In all schools selected to receive funds under subsection
(a)(3) that are ineligible for a schoolwide program under paragraph (2), or
that choose not to operate such a schoolwide program, a local educational
agency serving such school may use funds received under this part only for
programs that provide services to eligible children under subparagraph (B)
identified as having the greatest need for special assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb0585a776659443a815b9121c0d3b716"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
children</header>
<clause id="IDa1649369da2e485ca1328c97e5515f85"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Eligible
population</header>
<subclause id="ID7e326aa9a63e43f9a96c981ea3bad937"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The eligible population for services under this section
is—</text>
<item id="IDa1e7fbcd49be491eb3ca90ab4507c4c1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>children not
older than age 21 who are entitled to a free public education through grade 12;
and</text>
</item><item id="IDc65a627700c04fc7880836c65c2acf81"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>children who are
not yet at a grade level at which the local educational agency provides a free
public education.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="IDc53abdb7740047a6a138ec9d5dd7a0a4"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Eligible
children from eligible population</header><text>From the population described
in subclause (I), eligible children are children identified by the school as
failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State’s student academic
achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related,
objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented
by the school.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID43d12732929a42dbbb3a86bbd6618936"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Children
included</header>
<subclause id="ID934e36f80ece4ee1825c26ed5d57dcc5"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Children who are economically disadvantaged, children
with disabilities, migrant children, or children who are English language
learners, are eligible for services under this part on the same basis as other
children selected to receive services under this part.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf3d35c00ff0f475994afeacc38eec320"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Head Start and
preschool children</header><text>A child who, at any time in the 2 years
preceding the year for which the determination is made, participated in a Head
Start program, or in preschool services under this title, is eligible for
services under this part.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf6d6b13303964e6ab125c427027acc2c"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Migrant
children</header><text>A child who, at any time in the 2 years preceding the
year for which the determination is made, received services under part C is
eligible for services under this part.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0f5a6657961e429188ca349e8b60dacb"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Neglected or
delinquent children</header><text>A child in a local institution for neglected
or delinquent children and youth or attending a community day program for such
children is eligible for services under this part.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd99962b153c946a0884c59eaf343ef2b"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Homeless
children</header><text>A child who is homeless and attending any school served
by the local educational agency is eligible for services under this
part.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID24cccc69a3614bd6b5a71fc768843846"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>Funds received under this part may not be used to provide
services that are otherwise required by law to be made available to children
described in clause (ii) but may be used to coordinate or supplement such
services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0d8faf3896fc467191f164421bd90a43"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Integration of
professional development</header><text>To promote the integration of staff
supported with funds under this part into the regular school program and
overall school planning and improvement efforts, public school personnel who
are paid with funds received under this part may—</text>
<clause id="IDf3167293240f433880a99f9d3cb169da"><enum>(i)</enum><text>participate in
general professional development and school planning activities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID626e56318e5b4026b95760a916f48b42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assume limited
duties that are assigned to similar personnel who are not so paid, including
duties beyond classroom instruction or that do not benefit participating
children, so long as the amount of time spent on such duties is the same
proportion of total work time as prevails with respect to similar personnel at
the same school.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID57feb073a14c46e6ba05f9168e00e2c9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<clause id="ID352bb55fb5504693b68d592e53be2a76"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Simultaneous
service</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit
a school from serving students under this paragraph simultaneously with
students with similar educational needs, in the same educational settings where
appropriate.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9c8603d1ea0b4ca8a212fb76da5a9638"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Comprehensive
services</header><text>If health, nutrition, and other social services are not
otherwise available to eligible children in a targeted assistance school and
such school, if appropriate, has engaged in a comprehensive needs assessment
and established a collaborative partnership with local service providers and
funds are not reasonably available from other public or private sources to
provide such services, then a portion of the funds provided under this part may
be used as a last resort to provide such services, including—</text>
<subclause id="IDb90012cf50e944beac642f1fac4d66d9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the provision of
basic medical equipment, such as eyeglasses and hearing aids;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd54dfa7cea2f45eeb7abd738f4e7e558"><enum>(II)</enum><text>compensation of
a coordinator; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe6aa9c17e8f044bf8188606f8c821d80"><enum>(III)</enum><text>professional
development necessary to assist teachers, pupil services personnel, other
staff, and parents in identifying and meeting the comprehensive needs of
eligible children.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID274f630165744a4a8100ec9bbad05a90"><enum>1114.</enum><header>School
identification and turnaround</header>
<subsection id="ID3d18852b926a46148ab81e32a835d235"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State review
and responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="IDd25302503ddd48aba52331e58c674286"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2012, each State educational
agency receiving funds under this part shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb04d4bb462be4e9d8ec9faf854262af0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the
performance of each public school in the State to measure the progress of each
public school served under this part, by using—</text>
<clause id="id469DF47C3D254C1186888BE75F4EA1DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State
academic assessments described in section 1111(b)(2);</text>
</clause><clause id="idE6C1BE618B3749B682CCB3F6C39DD643"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>secondary school
graduation rates, as appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5C282EE3BAE443C0A6D52E3339C2E191"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other
indicators determined by the State;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb884945e2fc34c0da297dc9962fa1087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on the
review under subparagraph (A), use a State-established system to identify the
lowest performing 5 percent of public elementary schools and secondary schools
that receive funds under this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7cde3e6d9db640a2b48dbf78ad37cf6f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>inform local
educational agencies of schools identified under subparagraph (B) in a timely
manner that is before the beginning of the school year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe96c1427166a4b6cac1240f0746a313d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Opportunity for
review</header>
<subparagraph id="IDb3330082ffb74ffea77e63152c41f935"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Before
identifying a school under paragraph (1)(B), the State educational agency shall
provide the local educational agency and proposed identified school with an
opportunity to review all school-level data on which the proposed
identification is based.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID682ac721ba0a44c2b34fa24a4aa3bafd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evidence</header><text>If
the local educational agency or the principal of a school proposed for
identification under paragraph (1)(B) believes that the proposed identification
is in error for statistical or other substantive reasons, the local educational
agency or principal may provide supporting evidence to the State educational
agency, which shall consider that evidence before making a final
determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32b8c568f4cc492ba0d0ee63dcb78f88"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Final
determination</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the State educational
agency provides the local educational agency and school with the opportunity to
review such school-level data under subparagraph (A), the State educational
agency shall make a final determination on the status of the school with
respect to the identification.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID092a3199178e4cb89e60f3473cba3902"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determinations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID740f7af389f249d2a2405684fd077890"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A school's identification under paragraph (1)(B) shall be
for a period of not more than 5 school years, as determined by the
State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd23a70de1d794cf8803f3fcbc26aad8d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
determinations</header><text>At the sole discretion of the State educational
agency, the agency may include additional schools as schools identified under
paragraph (1)(B), based on an annual review of the performance of each public
school in the State, using the same criteria established to identify schools
under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID060e5a1a6a7d4f998d00c61074652827"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Removal of
determination</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a State
educational agency may end the identification of a school under paragraph
(1)(B) if the State determines, based on an annual review of the performance of
each public school in the State using the same criteria established to identify
schools under paragraph (1)(A), that such identification is no longer necessary
due to improved student academic achievement at the school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc138090f3ecb494b96432a1bb314776d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State
educational agency responsibilities</header><text>The State educational agency
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID14e03a3a6a554e0ab841dc461b851240"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make technical
assistance available to local educational agencies that serve schools
identified under paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1838011bee614213adbc12c35c8e5f0a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the State
educational agency determines that a local educational agency failed to carry
out its responsibilities under this section, take such actions as the State
educational agency determines to be appropriate and in compliance with State
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5d63cd6708f241658498b816aee1ab00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local
educational agency review and plan</header>
<paragraph id="IDd91e497412324b51be4a9556d7ab2bc8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>After
the resolution of the review under subsection (a)(2), each local educational
agency with a school identified under subsection (a)(1)(B), not later than 3
months after being so identified, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID70bab3a2f0af49ff80c465b8cf660e61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a review
of such school and student achievement data, including data from the State
assessments described in section 1111(b)(2), to determine the factors that led
to such identification; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID375d9f082a5f4d27a6571d2a6af1a765"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct a review
of the policies, procedures, personnel decisions, and budgetary decisions of
the local educational agency and the school that impact the school and could
have contributed to the identification of the school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID654cd4a82c6c4641a20eb5b389e5d48a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Based
on the results of the review under paragraph (1), the local educational agency,
in consultation with school personnel, parents, and the local community,
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID35928de882b244d59d62d48a591f7d9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine the
appropriate school turnaround strategy from subsection (c) for the identified
school; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf5cafa1b5a244b699a610513789b2b3c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop a
comprehensive plan for the successful implementation of the identified school
turnaround strategy, including a description of—</text>
<clause id="IDee14f6bfb19a4e7491f2bfb19df1c962"><enum>(i)</enum><text>technical
assistance that will be provided to the school;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID159a215040a9423b8208efaf77e919d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improved
delivery of services to be provided by the local educational agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID24a1ae78f12848449c2cc90d65207615"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>curriculum,
program of instruction, or other services provided to students in the school;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5eed2ff56c734043884d4835c24bcdbb"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any changes to
personnel necessary to improve educational opportunities for children in the
school.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID778d4b6675074ca9af8e11cacea827fa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan
implementation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4), a school
shall implement the school plan (including a revised plan), as described in
paragraph (2)(B), immediately upon approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0070de6d9d514619a20a65ba5cd9a42a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Delayed plan
implementation</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (3), a local educational
agency may allow a school to begin implementation of the plan not later than
the beginning of the next full school year following the identification under
subsection (a)(1)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0a380302d7648dca6d68d29a99be8a3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notice to
parents</header><text>A local educational agency shall promptly provide to a
parent or parents of each student enrolled in a school identified under
subsection (a)(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID05ef6cef0bdd4af38dbd7f6945e584af"><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="IDd0f5f25d131f47dcb0892880b557c1fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons for
the identification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85fd8239c3084ee0945e09013389b119"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation of
what the local educational agency or State educational agency is doing to help
the school address the student academic achievement problem, including a
description of the school turnaround strategy identified in subsection (c)(1)
that will be used in the school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID02b0b51f0d174ecb8b719fb78b5e6a92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of
how the parents can become involved in addressing the academic achievement
issues that caused the school to be identified; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2813d19456bd42d9a35096fbec21dbc7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an explanation of
the parents’ option to transfer their child to another public school under
subsection (c)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbe4bf334d8144456adacbb50b08be8c9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>School
turnaround and public school choice</header>
<paragraph id="ID5570b8686e10412b8428ddd09613caef"><enum>(1)</enum><header>School
turnaround strategies</header><text>Consistent with subsections (a)(1) and
(b)(1), a local educational agency shall identify a school turnaround strategy
from among the following for an identified school:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID927807896c63451e99c1816616ea920a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transformation
strategy</header><text>A transformation strategy is where a local educational
agency—</text>
<clause id="ID0c445d6917ad49c59aa9d489db38d532"><enum>(i)</enum><text>replaces the
principal who led the school before implementation of the strategy;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2815bcad693b4a1594dfa29eb51f7328"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides
ongoing, high-quality professional development to instructional staff that is
aligned with the school’s instructional program, facilitates effective teaching
and learning, and supports the implementation of school turnaround
model;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3410566a45d843099d4d6d9379cc4e7d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>implements
strategies, such as financial incentives, increased opportunities for promotion
and career growth, and more flexible work conditions, that are designed to
recruit, place, and retain staff with the skills that are necessary to meet the
needs of the students in the school;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb68cd7943a734f87bb9ff3012f5dfaaf"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>uses data to
identify and implement a research-based instructional program that is aligned
with State academic standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID26fbb0284f9c41cf81e7f60d94d73bfb"><enum>(v)</enum><text>promotes the
continuous use of student data to provide instruction that meets the academic
needs of individual students;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcd59ac3ecfd245db88755e818ba0f2e7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>establishes
schedules and strategies that provide increased quality learning time;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID453ae46be656463cbc29db4750a4ab64"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>provides for
ongoing parent and community engagement;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc30ebc909c4f46b18f41f2ba70f370b2"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>gives the
school sufficient operational flexibility in programming, staffing, budgeting,
and scheduling to fully implement a comprehensive strategy that is designed to
substantially improve student achievement and, if applicable, increase the
graduation rate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc1be980d1fba4550bf1cb5740063bf53"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>ensures that the
school receives ongoing, intensive technical assistance and related support
from the local educational agency, the State educational agency, or an outside
partner.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4eb822fdad4148c784d9782841d59db6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restart
strategy</header><text>A restart strategy is where a local educational
agency—</text>
<clause id="IDf164113540454b8f876cb46841f46b43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>converts a school
or closes and reopens the school—</text>
<subclause id="IDad5ebf32125b4f76ac4af205621e11b1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>under a charter
school operator;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6c4e62c507654aa096eec946888b0cf3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a charter
management organization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID422126d130f940b384565db7b007fc31"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an education
management organization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID64273c3568f949b6983fd2d4da728ad6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>as a magnet
school; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa3417571d76444769bbfa1d2b0eb85b5"><enum>(V)</enum><text>as an innovative
school as defined under State law;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID429e884f9db64ec2bc1aba7be3c4e8a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implements a
rigorous review process to select such school; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf073ba5f031b4c6787cb35ed3658e335"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enrolls in the
school, within the grades it serves, any former student from the identified
school who wishes to attend the school.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd1e5571b3163439d9dc6e1f0157d1947"><enum>(C)</enum><header>School closure
strategy</header><text>A school closure strategy is where a local educational
agency—</text>
<clause id="ID7d711d88ccab4742b9d81e30061b92d1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>closes a school
and enrolls the students who attended that school in other schools of the local
educational agency that are higher performing; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID34bca0f192cf46f5b5bd9e45ff531c65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides
information to children who attended that school and their parents about
high-quality educational options and transition and support services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94e5590d4a4244768bcaf77a15d6bb6d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Turnaround
strategy</header><text>A turnaround strategy is where a local educational
agency—</text>
<clause id="IDede0e7e4c4bc4a559535799a904fbe00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>replaces the
principal and gives the new principal sufficient operational flexibility
(including over staffing, the school day and school calendar, and budgeting) to
fully implement a comprehensive approach to improve student outcomes;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID31086ff09b14455c9df4f9ab6678a8e0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>screens all
existing teachers and retains not more than 50 percent of such teachers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4c75107248284f199d31a9b4ead84c27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides
instructional staff with ongoing, high-quality professional development that is
aligned with the school’s instructional program, facilitates effective teaching
and learning, and supports the implementation of school turnaround
models;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDac640acd4a00490f882d71970ea1119d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>adopts a new
governance structure for the school;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID459700abb9794849a92fec64f7200570"><enum>(v)</enum><text>uses data to
identify and implement a research-based instructional program and to inform and
differentiate instruction in order to meet the academic needs of individual
students;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0fb063dae3f9418cb3107f3e8baad2fe"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>establishes
schedules and implements strategies that provide increased quality learning
time; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfc3c69801eaf4e0780c219877a03ae68"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>includes
strategies and activities that address the needs of students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f460435b9d14187bcb23cab3f187971"><enum>(E)</enum><header>State
determined strategy</header><text>A State educational agency may, with the
approval of the Secretary, establish an alternative State determined school
turnaround strategy that can be used by local educational agencies in addition
to the strategies identified in subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdcd1820b0c744ffbaa89e22cfc77c000"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<clause id="id88C10DCAC9D44EE1B442DAB09C32F31C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A local educational agency that is determined to be
eligible for services under subpart 1 or 2 of title VI may seek a waiver from
the State educational agency to modify any 1 element of the strategies
identified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) to better meet the needs of rural
areas.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7b8285efbdd14a17b943e33224587b3b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Prohibition on
regulation</header><text>The Secretary shall not promulgate any regulation, or
issue any guidance that specifies, defines, or prescribes the criteria that a
State educational agency uses to provide waivers to local educational agencies
under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID907c7d11ce3d452584f5d2eb8864ab0c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public school
choice</header>
<subparagraph id="ID38af94971c4d45f08182aa48bb5c60f6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to the school turnaround strategy determined
under paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall, not later than 3 months
before the first day of the school year following identification under
subsection (a)(1)(B), provide all students enrolled in the identified school
with the option to transfer to another public school served by the local
educational agency that has not been identified under subsection (a)(1)(B),
unless such an option is prohibited by State law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0b98ae7d52b04e97b92b849aa61e9031"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
providing students the option to transfer to another public school, the local
educational agency shall give priority to the lowest achieving children from
low-income families, as determined by the local educational agency for the
purposes of allocating funds to schools under section 1113(a)(3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID55d52a3fcc80499188d7cdc48fa7c9bd"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Students
who use the option to transfer to another public school shall be enrolled in
classes and other activities in the public school to which the students
transfer in the same manner as all other children at the public school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91896f80d967447f95e7a0b66f5d407d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>A local educational agency shall permit a child who
transfers to another public school under this paragraph to remain in that
school until the child has completed the highest grade in that school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ddf6ae1087c42f4bdd95133c3a3e7e4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Provision of
transportation</header>
<clause id="id9A6E8E6C50904CCEB1720D219B858DCB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), a local educational
agency shall provide, or shall pay for the provision of, transportation for a
student who transfers under this paragraph to the public school to which the
student transfers.</text>
</clause><clause id="idDB0392E04BAD4636B5BEF5BFF38A3D2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
obligation of a local educational agency to provide, or pay for the provision
of, transportation for a student who transfers under this paragraph ends at the
end of a school year if the local educational agency determines that the school
from which the student transferred is no longer identified under subsection
(a)(1)(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8765534f363e4d809171a1a3fc068cfc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funds for
school turnaround grants</header>
<subparagraph id="IDf2a4c066698f44b1aa320ee46cd3dc0d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<clause id="idE1356A6D7A2F4A36B78FEFBC9EFB0456"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to States, the Bureau
of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior, and outlying areas from
allotments made under clause (ii) to carry out activities consistent with this
paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="id07E506C3E26E41DBA23C7638A225D38A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>From
the total amount appropriated under section 1002(b) for a fiscal year, the
Secretary shall allot to each State, the Bureau of Indian Education of the
Department of the Interior, and each outlying area for such fiscal year, an
amount that bears the same relationship to such total amount as the amount such
State, the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior, or
such outlying area received under this part for the most recent preceding year
for which the data are available bears to the amount received by all such
States, the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior, and
all such outlying areas under this part for such most recent preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID60657c19a3fc48ca897809efa0648b8a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header>
<clause id="IDcc6d7703a384483fa5243ad887860f78"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>A
State educational agency that receives a grant under subparagraph (A) shall use
not less than 95 percent of the grant funds to make competitive subgrants to
local educational agencies under subparagraph (C) to carry out the purpose of
this paragraph, except that a State educational agency may reserve from this
amount such additional funds as are necessary to implement a school turnaround
strategy in a school that has been taken over by the State educational agency
as long as such funds are similar to the amounts awarded through competitive
grants under this paragraph to other local educational agencies.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfdf34fc0b39f4ea3a439a7403fc3f9fc"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>A
State educational agency shall use any portion of its grant funds that it does
not use under clause (i) to carry out activities to support school and local
educational agency improvements. These activities may include—</text>
<subclause id="ID0cfb9aff218e40d2a2ef9309835f4c4d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance and other support to local educational agencies;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4e0cc516abae40b48dffd4943e124e4b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>evaluating State
and local implementation of school turnaround strategies and other improvement
activities, and using the results to improve strategies for supporting and
providing flexibility for identified schools.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb4967d7ac51c49c8b9b3ab097be2ce24"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Subgrants to
local educational agencies</header>
<clause id="ID3b608f96de174724ae00d423c6afe2f3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the funds available under subparagraph (B)(i), a
State educational agency shall make subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local
educational agencies that serve a school identified under subsection
(a)(1)(B).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID28a2322f81a546ffad1e773993ff62e1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The
State educational agency shall award subgrants under this paragraph for a
period of not more than 5 years.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc2cff128a0bd40eebf0d4d6909e46d7d"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Subgrants
awarded under this paragraph shall be of sufficient size to enable a local
educational agency to effectively implement the selected intervention
strategy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbc69035295ed4fd9b2648c062d828019"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application</header><text>In
order to receive a subgrant under this paragraph, a local educational agency
shall submit an application to a State educational agency at such time, in such
form, and including such information as the State educational agency may
require. Each application shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="ID8aacc7229e774eed91984dfc7001c65d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the process the local educational agency has used for selecting
an appropriate school turnaround strategy for each school to be served,
including how the local educational agency has analyzed the needs of each such
school;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe738a020162e46a18944688785509774"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the school
turnaround strategy to be used in each school to be served and the timeline for
implementing the selected school turnaround strategy in each school to be
served;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbf9db7b246bb4a7eaa30489246be800a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a detailed
budget covering the grant period, including planned expenditures at the school
level for activities supporting full and effective implementation of the
selected school turnaround strategy;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe58c9bd636bc4b3eb3a67541cd5b6fcc"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a description of
how the local educational agency will—</text>
<subclause id="ID6db7ac351f4741d9844b5dee13a799e0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>design and
implement a school turnaround strategy consistent with the requirements of the
strategy selected under paragraph (1), including the use of appropriate
measures to monitor the effectiveness of implementation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID92eaf5b4c3504247bed051d47223a50f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>align other
Federal, State, and local resources with the turnaround strategy;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc69c5bb452fb4d3a99a8405686fe3f3b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>modify
practices and policies, if necessary, to provide operational flexibility that
enables full and effective implementation of the selected school turnaround
strategy;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1d18fc4148e34e0aadb30f1ba8cb9bdd"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>collect and use
data on an ongoing basis to adjust implementation of the school turnaround
strategy during implementation in order to improve student academic
achievement;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd0c9f305a6fd497bae9f8bbbedda0bef"><enum>(V)</enum><text>ensure that the
implementation of the school turnaround strategy meets the needs of each
category of students described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of section
1111(b)(2)(B)(viii); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID30cc1aab6ec1477085a763d28d7c966c"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>sustain
successful reforms and practices after the funding period ends;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID1b9b0d64cd044e119377ba592d0c3e9b"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a
description of the technical assistance and other support that the local
educational agency will provide to ensure effective implementation of school
turnaround strategies in identified schools; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6641d0c0bef644e7a08741a9ee484f79"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>an assurance
that each school the local educational agency proposes to serve will receive
all of the State and local funds it would have received in the absence of funds
received under this paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID740032f3d7534626b89393c415fd6f6b"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Local
activities</header><text>A local educational agency that receives a subgrant
under this section—</text>
<clause id="IDd3a2661420b74f1bbd8078ab22387ec3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall use the
subgrant funds to implement a school turnaround strategy in schools identified
under subsection (a)(1)(B) that consists of 1 or more of the strategy models
described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2561a8aa0b474986aa3fd936dd015f47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may use the
subgrant funds to carry out local educational agency-level activities that
directly support the implementation of the school turnaround strategy selected
for implementation, such as—</text>
<subclause id="ID169d11af479447a48660cd63f6276fdd"><enum>(I)</enum><text>carrying out
pre-implementation activities at the school or local educational agency level
during the school year prior to school year in which the agency will fully
implement the school turnaround strategy;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3e1bd9c951ea41e8bcce592d17973275"><enum>(II)</enum><text>recruiting
effective teachers and principals for such schools;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5db7e0a422f240618b5a3bd0a75798a8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>developing
teacher and principal evaluation systems consistent with the requirements of
part A of title II; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="IDd6ce799914124a13a433af51f26b1aea"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>providing
supplemental educational services to eligible children identified as being most
at risk of academic failure.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID43ae407e558542f0a46b21fddc753a42"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funds for
transportation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID179f39cb14194e29b9affb7196165482"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Unless a lesser amount is needed to comply with paragraph
(2)(E), a local educational agency shall spend an amount equal to 5 percent of
its allocation under subpart 2 to carry out the transportation requirements
under such paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfd1a6cf946fc48f5b3b3389cba6c39db"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total
amount</header><text>The total amount described in subparagraph (A) is the
maximum amount the local educational agency shall be required to spend under
this part on the transportation requirements under paragraph (2)(E).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2d956ca438f440389763c1375070115a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Insufficient
funds</header><text>If the amount of funds available under subparagraph (A) to
provide transportation services under paragraph (2)(E) is insufficient to
provide 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></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID70cc7668824d4cab9c97c5ed29bd7b09"><enum>1115.</enum><header>School
support and recognition</header>
<subsection id="ID89bd9c8b3b114c0b8e67fb4d91a5cc8a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>System for
support</header>
<paragraph id="IDaaf68a07c8704263b75f460aff134a90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State may establish a statewide system to identify
schools and local educational agencies that receive funds under this title and
that deserve recognition for improving student achievement or need assistance
to improve student achievement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf347857558854bada04ccf95a523e01b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statewide
system for recognition</header><text>In order to achieve the purpose described
in paragraph (1), the statewide system for recognition may include the
following approaches:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3a0eaa5bc04942efb883a71721e5a601"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Establishing a
program for making academic achievement awards to recognize schools that make
significant progress in improving student academic achievement, as determined
by the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4bd013e1dc99457997af3b8455998296"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sharing best
practices from schools identified under this section with schools that have low
student achievement or significant gaps in achievement among categories of
students described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of section
1111(b)(2)(B)(viii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4e0bf99bff21420a84f89616b5f34db9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Identifying the
practices described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC2C2A8D28BC74A438C91DD2F5A9318B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Other strategies
identified by the State as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC9E6B7BC182B491FAD8B568E899005EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statewide
system of support</header><text>In order to achieve the purpose described in
paragraph (1), the statewide system of support may include the following
approaches:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID119233b29ac640d3a62b656e17ac0509"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Providing
technical assistance and financial support to improve the capacity of local
educational agencies to improve student achievement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd95fa4a1090d4614b9813b36aa54df18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Establishing a
program for identifying schools and local educational agencies with significant
challenges in improving student achievement and providing assistance on
developing strategies to address such challenges.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3a5f8367590b44fb8956b1c6a2231a59"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Other strategies
identified by the State as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe6f2a6745cf84b4ca88434a870fce6ed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Each
State may use State administrative funds authorized under section 1003(a) for
the purposes of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id4D6DC603B8A847259878D7F2508A2346"><enum>1117.</enum><header>Reserved</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB622536D2F4D41A5B0AF9C0E7C780CFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
section 1119 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id567B0A6A88E8429EA5319BB44B5FAA67" style="OLC">
<section id="IDa314950ae1f04d9eabc815f820580910"><enum>1119.</enum><header>Qualifications
for teachers and paraprofessionals</header>
<subsection id="ID591940e8768744b5998fb754a35ef7df"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Teachers</header><text>Each
local educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall ensure that
all teachers working in a program supported with funds under this part meet
applicable State certification and licensure requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9ef3311cc15b4a3784f38bed4c3109ef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Paraprofessionals</header>
<paragraph id="ID0c03e1262a4349958eab83f5baece7ef"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency receiving assistance under
this part shall ensure that all paraprofessionals hired after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>No Child Left Behind Act of
2001</short-title> (Public Law 107–110) and working in a program supported with
funds under this part have—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2cd6b80c994244eaa9e87dbfdcfb6327"><enum>(A)</enum><text>completed not
less than 2 years of study at an institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3458d8bb3d734c2ebb8acbda5c5bc278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtained an
associate’s (or higher) degree; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID39b95fcbccbe4d8fbf0552879aa114f7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>met a rigorous
standard of quality and can demonstrate, through a formal State or local
academic assessment—</text>
<clause id="IDfd75519db12c4e07a295cc34597fb542"><enum>(i)</enum><text>knowledge of, and
the ability to assist in, instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8e5d0cd149b647f0be8fd67859e675c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>knowledge of,
and the ability to assist in, reading readiness, writing readiness, and
mathematics readiness, as appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8d2678bfecfd4d379ca048d7821f77cb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>The
receipt of a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) shall be
necessary but not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of paragraph
(1)(C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7c2d4775df95413da5a688bcd55fbccb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions for
translation and parental involvement activities</header><text>Subsection (b)
shall not apply to a paraprofessional—</text>
<paragraph id="IDec73fbb8070b47cf85a9ce52a9cc3d91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>who is proficient
in English and a language other than English and who provides services
primarily to enhance the participation of children in programs under this part
by acting as a translator; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID64adbda2de9a48319f0e9b8a481f2446"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whose duties
consist solely of conducting parental involvement activities consistent with
section 1118.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID223d7fa92d3a4dfe820d47fff2f3d557"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of
paraprofessionals</header>
<paragraph id="ID29fac555861d42deb00c6ad96df1dcf7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each local educational agency receiving assistance under
this part shall ensure that a paraprofessional working in a program supported
with funds under this part is not assigned a duty inconsistent with this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa691965d22c44cebb9c738d1dfeaa543"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A
paraprofessional described in paragraph (1) may only provide instructional
service to a student under the direct supervision of a teacher or
principal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB92831F88F7C4B7595F2BE275F9F7CAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities
paraprofessionals may be assigned</header><text>A paraprofessional described in
paragraph (1) may be assigned—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd8c2b4a7dc964f07b4e873e51515d409"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide
one-on-one tutoring for eligible students, if the tutoring is scheduled at a
time when a student would not otherwise receive instruction from a
teacher;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4a2220db93a1433b9ae438f204625e11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assist with
classroom management, such as organizing instructional and other
materials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcb42ab36258d4eccb867b2871a88cbc5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide
assistance in a computer laboratory;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5d41994ac6294604a571a813637b15df"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to conduct
parental involvement activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID592c3ea672f440d5b5381c9c965de47e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to provide
support in a library or media center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf3b4e8a13c894aab8519c20d7a8ccbf8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to act as a
translator; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc7c8136dce4243f19cda0760f6d070f4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to provide
instructional services to students in accordance with paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Academic
Assessments</header>
<section id="id7E85DAD2F0D145B3AA1ED2CFAA61C344"><enum>201.</enum><header>Academic
assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title I
(20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90B69F0659B84354B8B7873F70AA5A28" style="OLC">
<part id="idB776FD93BE3441D2B842D9941BF50A37"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Academic Assessments</header>
<section id="idCD2B9F4FDB6846A8B845081598778516"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Grants for
State assessments and related activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall make grants to States to
enable the States to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID320d528df158421d9f28eac79526247a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To pay the costs
of the development of the additional State assessments and standards required
by section 1111(b), which may include the costs of working in voluntary
partnerships with other States, at the sole discretion of each such
State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb0019f052dff4f3db2f52590d24d3101"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If a State has
developed the assessments required by section 1111(b), to administer those
assessments or to carry out other activities described in this part and other
activities related to ensuring that the State's schools and local educational
agencies are held accountable for results, such as the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID81a164599d344fc4845af8a94041bd29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Expanding the
range of appropriate accommodations available to English language learners and
students with disabilities to improve the rates of inclusion in regular
assessments of such students, including professional development activities to
improve the implementation of such accommodations in instructional
practice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1ead294a70a54025bedd477b48fdfccb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Developing or
improving assessments for students with disabilities, including the development
of assessments—</text>
<clause id="ID4a08889ef0e845b49b7d1970693cf7f7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for all students,
including students with disabilities, using the principles of universal
design;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDed98b9ad25604c2591a9087d085d9dab"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>aligned to
modified State content standards; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc3ed38901db14e94b85e705b39832736"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>aligned to
alternate State content standards for students with the most significant
cognitive disabilities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID964dc52b2cb04f3c965e726f7c885c9f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Developing
college and career ready State academic content and student academic
achievement standards and aligned assessments in academic subjects for which
standards and assessments are not required by section 1111(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID62aec39e979942848bcbd2ddc8aced81"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Developing or
improving assessments of English language proficiency necessary to comply with
section 1111(b)(2)(B)(vi)(IV).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66c24344e90640e0918dbc63d07827de"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Ensuring the
continued validity and reliability of State assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6da3adabf8e749ad8c181c289dd9267c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Refining State
assessments to ensure their continued alignment with the State's academic
content standards and to improve the alignment of curricula and instructional
materials.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDd92234d889ce4bee989faf307c5f9e51"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Grants for
enhanced assessment instruments</header>
<subsection id="IDd2d35afa51414458b882beeb1aa759ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant program
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="idEDC5B1A7310E4C79A2ACB540DABA5EE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds made available to carry out this part, the
Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, grants to State educational
agencies to enable the agencies to carry out the activities described in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFF8D2EA707CC44AA9E8A3EDEC2679466"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
State educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this section
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA421D9A98D9F48E696356EF748796E50"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Award of
grants</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to State educational
agencies whose applications demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary,
that the following requirements of this section will be met:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9fd096d3c39b492e862f2b1baf435253"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Developing or
improving assessments for students with disabilities, including the development
of assessments—</text>
<clause id="ID97fb0a655dfb4e71a2623a878a21fe57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for all students,
including students with disabilities, using the principles of universal
design;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDeaf127d4820f44db9d234982b77bb319"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>aligned to
modified State content standards; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0f2b07944e524ac7ab08369b51a09307"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>aligned to
alternate State content standards for students with the most significant
cognitive disabilities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd2fa6c9f0a84257a19ab0bd99490f5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Collaborating
with institutions of higher education, other research institutions, or other
organizations to improve the quality, validity, and reliability of State
academic assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb7505056d6934ea3947797d754ff0f73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Measuring student
academic achievement using multiple measures of student academic achievement
from multiple sources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfdee83f88e90474d9faa46b1e897d672"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Measuring student
progress or academic growth over time.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID726691815da449eba3cf262d7ba86700"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Evaluating
student academic achievement through the development of comprehensive academic
assessment instruments, such as performance and technology-based academic
assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30cdd72a7c954b8f86e79cdce67b2ff4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Developing or
improving the quality, validity, and reliability of assessments for English
language learners, including alternative assessments aligned with State content
standards, testing accommodations for English language learners, and
assessments of English language proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe730ec12c807404a91c73192ba5a298f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this
section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary describing its
activities, and the result of those activities, under the grant.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID91429770ab0a4b6ba280051fada1c089"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="ID0fc4ce9d2d894d9da975c4368dd7ecb6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allotment of
appropriated funds</header>
<paragraph id="ID956bf4ab8c5f4b90ae760801fb8c7ffb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts made available for each fiscal year under
subsection 1002(c) that are equal to or less than the amount described in
section 1111(b)(2)(F) (referred to in this subsection as the ‘trigger amount'),
the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe43f2518d5d34a798cbb264e176c34cf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reserve one-half
of 1 percent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3879cbe17f8d4515bba7f15fe70cca35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reserve one-half
of 1 percent for the outlying areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2ca5aff5047d4692b032f9153b551771"><enum>(C)</enum><text>from the
remainder, allocate to each State an amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="IDf6db4696bb4947708f95121849856277"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$3,000,000;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf97ebc908e81435d9fa5178433c8d93a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to
any amounts remaining after the allocation is made under clause (i), an amount
that bears the same relationship to such total remaining amounts as the number
of students ages 5 through 17 in the State (as determined by the Secretary on
the basis of the most recent satisfactory data) bears to the total number of
such students in all States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDde907bb486da4af38c998a337d57a26f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remainder</header><text>Any
amounts remaining for a fiscal year after the Secretary carries out paragraph
(1) shall be made available as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID02e3290d5e934e1eb0a109bc9b85bae1"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2D6324B024DB466DADBA26D084D22F6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>To award funds under
section 1202 to States according to the quality, needs, and scope of the State
application under that section.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID169482b51d814029818c70492d037d23" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In determining the grant amount
under clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that a State's grant shall include
an amount that bears the same relationship to the total funds available under
this paragraph for the fiscal year as the number of students ages 5 through 17
in the State (as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent
satisfactory data) bears to the total number of such students in all
States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID81e9e8bd4ab9407ab89ea6232773d615"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any amounts
remaining after the Secretary awards funds under subparagraph (A) shall be
allocated to each State that did not receive a grant under such subparagraph,
in an amount that bears the same relationship to the total funds available
under this subparagraph as the number of students ages 5 through 17 in the
State (as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent
satisfactory data) bears to the total number of such students in all
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a86a3b7244141bbab367733225db0ed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Secretary shall give priority to States that propose to conduct activities
consistent with section 1202(a)(3)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfd429fabc855450596643ca2b62367f2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>State</term> means each
of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>National
Assessment of Title I</header>
<section id="id1A138C761C8C4D738B796C1276465F7F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1501 (20 U.S.C. 6491) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA746066F86AB418BA66555CAC189B263"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBC4B7FE355E64C128060BAD753C2181A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="id16E40CEC0D084725B4297B7DDCE197D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>relative to the goal of all students
reaching the proficient level of achievement based on State academic
assessments, challenging State academic content standards, and challenging
State student academic achievement standards under section 1111.</quote> and
inserting <quote>so that all students are prepared to graduate from high school
ready to enter college or a career without the need for academic
remediation</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE52034F3402A4782969C76C5EDC2E14D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (D), (F), and (G);</text>
</clause><clause id="idC6231C323A994CB08C4F960FB965D1C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (E), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), (M), (N), and (O), as
subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (L),
respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6255F108AEEE4BAC972EB04DDA015DCE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D), as redesignated by clause (iii)—</text>
<subclause id="idD13CF7F60C614302B4766FDFC0F6E8F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9129A047FE4B42DA891C11E45612F8A8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2C3BBC6643924143A3B2D3659A93D89E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
clause (v);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id3465F15FB1AE4542B790848361F98371"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (F), as redesignated by clause (iii), and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id875F52A721724234975A29E53F9BCDC6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idE23C21BC70CA416380C9075D0FA4EBF0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The extent to
which actions authorized under section 1114(c) are implemented by State
educational agencies and local educational agencies to improve the academic
achievement of students in low-performing schools, and the effectiveness of
such actions, including the following:</text>
<clause id="ID44281c39cf1048a9826cc3fbceef9caa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The number of
schools identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B) and how many years schools
remain so identified.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4c148953aad9468d80a9a4f18f5a8187"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The school
turnaround models implemented by the State educational agency and the local
educational agency and the impact of such models on improving student academic
achievement and improving school performance.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8901d9c1827948358b17ce164b0cfe17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The number of
parents who take advantage of the public school choice provisions of this
title, the costs (including transportation costs) associated with implementing
these provisions, the implementation of these provisions, and the impact of
these provisions (including the impact of attending another school) on student
achievement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id48CC7FCFA7A54F9380A1DE3501AA6DBD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (K), as redesignated by clause (iii), by striking <quote>section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>subclauses (I) through (IV)
of section 1111(b)(2)(B)(viii)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id145CE8F95CE04E0FA83F8BC10A569974"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<clause id="idDA0530418A564919908F2D48760A9F02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001</quote> and inserting <quote>Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments
Act of 2011</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id972AEFBF362A4342BDB9B113631567DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001</quote> and inserting <quote>Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments
Act of 2011</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A968E44A83A4B8AA5ABF91F344142ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(E), by striking <quote>section 1116</quote> and inserting <quote>section
1114(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idD38DA03102334D3A8DFB58E87263AAE8"><enum>302.</enum><header>Demonstrations
of innovative practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E
of title I (20 U.S.C. 6491 et seq.) is amended by striking sections 1502
through 1504.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="id37D1DD7D875E49969965880A674E5D32"><enum>401.</enum><header>General
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I (20 U.S.C.
6301 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6E0D7787FD064932859FC163BB0E5E91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking parts
F, G, and H;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAA7701506CCC4DAF8B944A5082C1EA4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
section 1908;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id862CB3F2B0E5485CACA990E64592E306"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
part I as part F;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E163FDC0D5A45FA918EB6F86466F33B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 1901 through 1907 as sections 1601 through 1607; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D699F17DC6249638C6DF9B49709BDCF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 1604,
as redesignated by paragraph (4), by striking <quote>6 local educational
agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>25 local educational agencies</quote>
both places the term appears.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Transferability
of funds</header>
<section id="ID6359c3a37f474c1e8ddefd7156c54bc2"><enum>501.</enum><header>Transferability
of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6123 (20
U.S.C. 7305b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe3558b2a8c3e49a78501578ef4b10be7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEF4EC7D991F04BC38FEA1B87664D1A0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="idF76FE30C0D254A38B390F525C20711F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>not more than 50
percent of the nonadministrative State funds</quote> and inserting <quote>all,
or any lesser amount, of State funds</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc4495f21a5964b0f82541b46cc35403f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (A) through (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id106FE532350341D694B39D9D5854D7D1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID9f78f441709e41c8b4d472132edb2cf0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any provision of
title II.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbb755a7c61c34523812a86b8c9ac2fed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any provision of
title IV.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4371c3dbc62040b794b8c66b28b77faa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and subject to the 50 percent limitation described in
paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDab61a1df74234e0e957575e685e8e244"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2E3901B3D0854745B32580DE5762D87F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id6A8EA26FF1234BE09B71F585D0B49EE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(except </quote> and all that follows
through <quote>subparagraph (C))</quote> and inserting <quote>may transfer all,
or any lesser amount, of the funds allocated to it</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id019FE14AADF64F659AD59E788E39707A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="id9A7C602B329C46B0B5F35B4222C4F194"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe07e75d496da4203a0596daa2a57d288"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), as redesignated by clause (iii), by striking <quote>and
subject to the percentage limitation described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as
applicable</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa102e0ca059241fabb1cd74244defd46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idF3828BB6D0884A218F76B4C9711E8C00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subparagraph (A) or (B)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa88d062ccb424d49b7e1734d17cdae8e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (A) through (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2C20AEB07E94FC4AC2E3DC259496742" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDc3ce71cfb7224dad9b9fd60dd488d31d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any provision of
title II.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c262d512d9b43d7aff94f9cf96bd607"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any provision of
title
IV.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>National
assessment of educational progress</header>
<section id="IDead86e2f73664d27bdebe96e537ab663"><enum>601.</enum><header>Authorizations
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305
of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C.
9624) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1D2DF0610C36429A86F9643377E87E6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (b) as
subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id43A95ED9337C47A69916B759572A3978"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id409D03E9E0A9474DB5AEE72D1EEDD0D7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID6f09f11794d142b3801262ed39206f10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
assessments</header><text>For the purpose of administering the State
assessments under this title, there are authorized to be appropriated
$72,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through
2016.</text>
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