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 115 STAT. 1488 PUBLIC LAW 107-llO^JAN. 8, 2002 Deadline. Deadline. the State may make rewards of the kinds described under section 1117 to the agency. "(3) IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY FOR IMPROVEMENT.— ^A State shall identify for improvement any local educational agency that, for 2 consecutive years, including the period immediately prior to the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, failed to make adequate yearly progress as defined in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2). "(4) TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS. —When reviewing targeted assistance schools served by a local educational agency, a State educational agency may choose to review the progress of only the students in such schools who are served, or are eligible for services, under this part. "(5) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PRESENT EVIDENCE.— "(A) REVIEW.—Before identifying a local educational agency for improvement under paragraph (3) or corrective action under paragraph (10), a State educational agency shall provide the local educational agency with an opportunity to review the data, including academic assessment data, on which the proposed identification is based. "(B) EVIDENCE. —I f the local educational agency believes that the proposed identification is in error for statistical or other substantive reasons, the agency may provide supporting evidence to the State educational agency, which shall consider the evidence before making a final determination not later than 30 days after the State educational agency provides the local educational agency with the opportunity to review such data under subparagraph (A). "(6) NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS.— The State educational agency shall promptly provide to the parents (in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand) of each student enrolled in a school served by a local educational agency identified for improvement, the results of the review under paragraph (1) and, if the agency is identified for improvement, the reasons for that identification and how parents can participate in upgrading the quality of the local educational agency. " (7) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REVISIONS.— "(A) PLAN.— Each local educational agency identified under paragraph (3) shall, not later than 3 months after being so identified, develop or revise a local educational agency plan, in consultation with parents, school staff, and others. Such plan shall— "(i) incorporate scientifically based research strategies that strengthen the core academic program in schools served by the local educational agency; "(ii) identify actions that have the greatest likelihood of improving the achievement of participating children in meeting the State's student academic achievement standards; "(iii) address the professional development needs of the instructional staff serving the agency by committing to spend not less than 10 percent of the funds received by the local educational agency under subpart 2 for each fiscal year in which the agency is identified

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