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 108 STAT. 3542 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 "(C) professional development necessary to assist teachers, pupil services personnel, other staff, and parents in identifying and meeting the comprehensive needs of eligible children. "(3) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— Each school receiving funds under this part for any fiscal year shall devote sufficient resources to effectively carry out the professional development activities described in subparagraph (G) of subsection (c)(1) in accordance with section 1119, for such fiscal year, except that a school may enter into a consortium with another school to carry out such activities. 20 USC 6316. "SEC. 1115A. SCHOOL CHOICE. "(a) CHOICE PROGRAMS.—^A local educational agency may use funds under this part, in combination with State, local, and private funds, to develop and implement choice programs, for children eligible for assistance under this part, which permit parents to select the public school that their children will attend. "(b) CHOICE PLAN.— ^A local educational agency that chooses to implement a school choice plan shall first develop a comprehensive plan that includes assurances that— "(1) all eligible students across grade levels will have equal access to the program; "(2) the program does not include schools which follow a racially discriminatory policy; "(3) describe how the school will use resources under this part and from other sources to implement the plan; "(4) describe how the school will provide individual student assessment results, including an interpretation of such results, to the parents of a child who participates in the assessment required by section 1111(b)(3); "(5) the plan will be developed with the involvement of the community to be served and individuals who will carry out the plan, including teachers, principals, and other staff, parents, and, if the plan relates to a secondary school, students from the school; "(6) the plan will be made available to parents and the public; "(7) the program will not include schools that do not receive funds under this part; "(8) the program will not use funds under this part to pay for transportation costs; "(9) both the sending and receiving schools agree to the student transfer; and "(10) such local educational agency will comply with the other requirements of this part. "SEC. 1116. ASSESSMENT AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. "(a) LOCAL REVIEW. —Each local educational agency receiving funds under this part shall— "(1) use the State assessments described in the State plan; "(2) use any additional measures or indicators described in the local educational agency's plan to review annually the progress of each school served under this part to determine whether the school is meeting, or making adequate progress as defined in section llll(b)(2)(A)(i) toward enabling its stu-

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