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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 171 (i) focus on helping all students reach State content standards and State student performance standards; and (ii) address relevant elements of the local improvement plan of the local educational agency identified in subparagraph (B); (F) describe how the local educational agency will implement specific programs aimed at ensuring improvements in school readiness and the ability of students to learn effectively at all grade levels by identifying the most pressing needs facing students and their families with regard to social services, health care, nutrition, and child care, and entering into partnerships with public and private nonprofit agencies to increase the access of students and families to coordinated nonsectarian services in a school setting or at a nearby site; (G) describe how the subgrant funds will be used by the local educational agency, and the procedures to be - used to make funds available to schools in accordance with paragraph (6)(A); (H) identify, with an explanation, any State or Federal requirements that the local educational agency believes impede educational improvement and that such agency requests be waived in accordance with section 311, which requests shall promptly be transmitted to the Secretary by the State educational agency; and (I) contain such other information as the State educational agency may reasonably require. (4) SUBMISSION.—A local educational agency which has approved a local improvement plan shall submit such plan to the State educational agency for approval together with a description of modifications to such plan and any comments from the local panel regarding such plan. (5) MONITORING.—The panel described in paragraph (3)(A), after approval of the local educational agency's application by the State educational agency, shall be informed of progress on such plan by the local educational agency, and the local educational agency shall monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the local improvement plan in close consultation with teachers, related services personnel, principals, administrators, community members, and parents from schools receiving funds under this title, as well as assure that implementation of the local improvement plan does not result in a significant increase in paperwork for teachers. The panel shall review such plan and based on the progress described in the preceding sentence, determine if revisions to the local improvement plan should be recommended to the local educational agency. The panel shall periodically report such determination to the public. (6) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. —(A) A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under this subsection— (i) in the first year such agency receives the subgrant shall use— (I) not more than 25 percent of the subgrant funds to develop a local improvement plan or for any local educational agency activities approved by the State educational agency that are reasonably related to carrying out the State or local improvement plans,

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