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 PUBLIC LAW 105-17-JUNE 4, 1997 111 STAT. 77 "(ii) be carried out only by that educational service agency. "(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, an educational service agency shall provide for the education of children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment, as required by section 612(a)(5). "(f) COORDINATED SERVICES SYSTEM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—^A local educational agency may not use more than 5 percent of the amount such agency receives under this part for any fiscal year, in combination with other amounts (which shall include amounts other than education funds), to develop and implement a coordinated services system designed to improve results for children and families, including children with disabilities and their families. "(2) ACTIVITIES.—In implementing a coordinated services system under this subsection, a local educational agency may carry out activities that include— "(A) improving the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery, including developing strategies that promote accountability for results; "(B) service coordination and case management that facilitates the linkage of individualized education programs under this part and individualized family service plans under part C with individualized service plans under multiple Federal and State programs, such as title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (vocational rehabilitation), title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), and title XVI of the Social Security Act (supplemental security income); "(C) developing and implementing interagency financing strategies for the provision of education, health, mental health, and social services, including transition services and related services under this Act; and "(D) interagency personnel development for individuals working on coordinated services. " (3) COORDINATION WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS UNDER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— I f a local educational agency is carrying out a coordinated services project under title XI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and a coordinated services project under this part in the same schools, such agency shall use amounts under this subsection in accordance with the requirements of that title. "(g) SCHOOL-BASED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each local educational agency may, in accordance with paragraph (2), use funds made available under this part to permit a public school within the jurisdiction of the local educational agency to design, implement, and evaluate a school-based improvement plan that is consistent with the purposes described in section 651(b) and that is designed to improve educational and transitional results for all children with disabilities and, as appropriate, for other children consistent with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(4) in that public school. " (2) AUTHORITY.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—^A State educational agency may grant authority to a local educational agency to permit

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