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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 257 administrators to assure that such teachers develop the subject matter and pedagogical expertise needed to prepare all students to reach challenging standards; (iii) training and other activities to increase the ability of prospective, novice, and experienced teachers to teach effectively at-risk students, students with disabilities, students with limited-English proficiency, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds; and (iv) programs to enhance teaching and classroom management skills, including school-based management skills, of novice, prospective, and experienced teachers; (C) promoting the development of an integrated system of service delivery to children from birth through age 18 and their families by facilitating linkages and cooperation among— (i) local educational agencies; (ii) health and social services agencies and providers; (iii) juvenile justice and criminal justice agencies; (iv) providers of employment training; and (v) child care. Head Start, and other early childhood agencies; and (D) mobilizing the resources of the community in support of student learning and high achievement by facilitating effective partnerships and collaboration among— (i) local educational agencies; (ii) postsecondary educational institutions; (iii) public libraries; (iv) parents; (v) community-based organizations, neighborhood associations, and other civic and community organizations; (vi) child care. Head Start, and other early childhood agencies; (vii) churches, Sjmagogues and other religious institutions; (viii) labor organizations; and (ix) l9usiness and industry. (7) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. — In carrying out its responsibilities under this subsection, each partnership receiving assistance under this subsection shall— (A) appoint a District Education Agent who shall be responsible, on a full-time basis, for directing the implementation of the community-wide plan, who shall have significant experience and expertise in the field of education in— (i) addressing the needs of at-risk students; and (ii) conducting educational research and promoting the application of the results of such research to educational practice; (B) provide for such other professional and support personnel as may be necessary to implement the community-wide plan under the direction of the District Education Agent; and (C) coordinate the partnership's activities and work cooperatively with the National Diffusion Network State

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