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 PUBLIC LAW 103-239—MAY 4, 1994 108 STAT. 599 (ii) provides, to the extent feasible, to students, parents, advocacy and civil rights groups, and labor and business organizations an opportunity to comment on the proposal of the State to seek a waiver; and (iii) has submitted the comments of the local partnerships and local educational agencies to the Secretary of Education. (2) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. —The Secretary of Education shall promptly approve or disapprove any request submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) and shall issue a decision that shall— (A) include the reasons for approving or disapproving the request, including a response to comments on the proposal; and (B) in the case of a decision to approve the request, be disseminated by the State seeking the waiver to interested parties, including educators, parents, students, advocacy and civil rights organizations, labor and business organizations, and the public. (3) APPROVAL CRITERL^.. — In approving a request under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Education shall consider the amount of State resources that will be used to implement the approved State plan. (4) TERM. —Each waiver approved pursuant to this subsection shall be for a period not to exceed 5 years, except that the Secretary of Education may extend such period if the Secretary of Education determines that the waiver has been effective in enabling the State or local partnership to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) INCLUDED PROGRAMS. —The provisions subject to the waiver authority of this section are— (1) chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), including the Even Start programs carried out under part B of such chapter (20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.); (2) part A of chapter 2 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.); (3) part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2981 et seq.); (4) part D of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.); (5) title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3171 et seq.); and (6) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). (c) WAIVERS NOT AUTHORIZED.— The Secretary of Education may not waive any requirement of any provision referred to in subsection (b), or of any regulation issued under such provision, relating to— (1) the basic purposes or goals of such provision; (2) maintenance of effort; (3) comparability of services; (4) the equitable participation of students attending private schools; (5) student and parental participation and involvement; (6) the distribution of funds to State or local educational agencies;

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