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 102 STAT. 164

Public information.

Handicapped persons.

20 USC 2730.

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

"(3) determine whether improved performance under paragraph (1) is sustained over a period of more than one program year. "(b) STATE EVALUATIONS.—In accordance with national standards, each State educational agency shall— "(1) conduct an evaluation (based on local evaluation data collected under subsection (a) and sections 1107(b), 1202(a)(6), and 1242(d)) of the programs assisted under this chapter at least every 2 years, submit that evaluation to the Secretary and make public the results of that evaluation; "(2) inform local educational agencies, in advance, of the specific evaluation data that will be needed and how it may be collected; and "(3) collect data on the race, age, gender, and number of children with handicapping conditions served by the programs assisted under this chapter and on the number of children served by grade-level under the programs assisted under this chapter and annually submit such data to the Secretary. "(c) SPECIAL CONDITION.—Projects funded under this part that serve only preschool, kindergarten, or first grade students or students in such grade levels who are included in projects serving children above such grade levels shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (a). "SEC. 1020. STATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLAN. "(a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—A State educational agency which

receives funds under part A, part C, and part E of this chapter shall develop, in consultation with a committee of practitioners constituted pursuant to section 1451(b) of this chapter, a plan to ensure implementation of the provisions of this section and section 1021. Each such plan shall contain, but shall not be limited to— "(1) the objective measures and standards the State educational agency and other agencies receiving funds under part A, part C, and part E of this chapter will use to assess aggregate performance pursuant to section 1021, and may include implementation of section 1019; "(2) the means the State educational agency will use to develop joint plans with local educational agencies which have identified, pursuant to section 1021(b), schools in need of program improvement to attain satisfactory student progress, the timetable for developing and implementing such plans (within parameters defined pursuant to section 1431) and the program improvement assistance that will be provided to such schools pursuant to section 1021. Such program improvement assistance may include, but shall not be limited to, training and retraining of personnel, development of curricula that has shown promise in similar schools, replication of promising practices in effective schools models, improving coordination between programs assisted under this chapter and the regular school program, and the development of innovative strategies to enhance parental involvement. "(b) DISSEMINATION AND AVAILABILITY OF PLAN.—(1) The State educational agency shall disseminate the plan developed under this subsection to all local educational agencies and other State agencies receiving funds under this chapter. "(2) The State educational program improvement plan shall be available at the State educational agency for inspection by the

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