Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/201

 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 163

"(vi) schools participating in a program describe, in a school level plan, program strategies for meeting the special educational needs of educationally deprived children; "(vii) at all times during such phase-in period at least 50 percent of the schools participating in the program are the schools serving project areas which have the greatest number or concentrations of educationally deprived children or children from low-income families; "(viii) State funds made available for the phase-in program will supplement, and not supplant, State and local funds which would, in the absence of the phase-in program, have been provided for schools participating in such program; "(ix) the local educational agency is separately accountable, for purposes of compliance with the clauses of this subparagraph, to the State educational agency for any funds expended for such program; and "(x) the local educational agencies carrying out the program are complying with the clauses of this subparagraph and the State educational agency is complying with applicable provisions of this paragraph. "(3) The Secretary shall make an advance determination of whether or not a State program meets the requirements of this subsection. The Secretary shall require each State educational agency to submit the provisions of State law together with implementing rules, regulations, orders, guidelines, and interpretations which are necessary for an advance determination. The Secretary's determination shall be in writing and shall include the reasons for the determination. Whenever there is any material change in pertinent State law affecting the program, the State educational agency shall submit such changes to the Secretary. "(4) The State educational agency shall make an advance determination of whether or not a local program meets the requirements of this subsection. The State educational agency shall require each local educational agency to submit the provisions of local law, together with implementing rules, regulations, guidelines, and interpretations which are necessary to make such an advance determination. The State educational agency's determination shall be in writing and shall include the reasons for the determination. Whenever there is any material change in pertinent local law affecting the program, the local educational agency shall submit such changes to the State educational agency. 'SEC. 1019. EVALUATIONS.

"(a) LOCAL EVALUATION.—Each local educational agency shall— "(1) evaluate the effectiveness of programs assisted under this part, in accordance with national standards developed according to section 1435, at least once every 3 years (using objective measurement of individual student achievement in basic skills and more advanced skills, aggregated for the local educational agency as a whole) as an indicator of the impact of the program; "(2) submit such evaluation results to the State educational agency at least once during each 3-year application cycle;

20 USC 2729.

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