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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 129 serve as a cornerstone of the national strategy to enhance workforce skills; and (8) assisting every elementary and secondary school that receives funds under this Act to actively involve parents and families in supporting the academic work of their children at home and in providing parents with skills to advocate for their children at school. SEC. 3. DEFINrnONS. 20 USC 5802. (a) TITLES I, II, III, AND X. —As used in titles I, II, III, and X of this Act— (1) the terms "all students" and "all children" mean students or children from a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, including disadvantaged students and children, students or children with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, students or children with disabilities, students or children with limited-English proficiency, school-aged students or children who have dropped out of school, migratory students or children, and academically talented students and children; (2) the term "Bureau", unless otherwise provided, means the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (3) the terms "community", "public", and "advocacy group" include representatives of organizations advocating for the education of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children and Indian tribes; (4) the term "content standards" means broad descriptions of the knowledge and skills students should acquire in a particular subject area; (5) the term "Governor" means the chief executive of the State; (6) the terms "local educational agency" and "State educational agency" have the meaning given such terms in section 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (7) the term "opportunity-to-learn standards" means the criteria for, and the basis of, assessing the sufficiency or quality of the resources, practices, and conditions necessary at each level of the education system (schools, local educational agencies, and States) to provide all students with an opportunity to learn the material in voluntary national content standards or State content standards; (8) the term "outlying areas" means Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau (until the effective date of the Compact of Free Association with the Government of Palau), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia; (9) the term "performance standards" means concrete examples and explicit definitions of what students have to know and be able to do to demonstrate that such students are proficient in the skills and knowledge framed by content standards; (10) the term "related services" has the same meaning given such term under section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; (11) the term "State assessment" means measures of student performance which include at least 1 instrument of evaluation, and may include other measures of student performance, for a specific purpose and use which are intended to evaluate

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