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 115 STAT. 1498 PUBLIC LAW 107-llO^JAN. 8, 2002 feasible and necessary as determined by the Secretary, other relevant Federal agencies regarding the major factors that were determined by the State educational agency to have significantly affected student academic achievement. 20 USC 6317. " SEC. 1117. SCHOOL SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION. " (a) SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each State shall establish a statewide system of intensive and sustained support and improvement for local educational agencies and schools receiving funds under this part, in order to increase the opportunity for all students served by those agencies and schools to meet the State's academic content standards and student academic achievement standards. "(2) PRIORITIES.— In carrying out this subsection, a State shall— "(A) first, provide support and assistance to local educational agencies with schools subject to corrective action under section 1116 and assist those schools, in accordance with section 1116(b)(ll), for which a local educational agency has failed to carry out its responsibilities under paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 1116(b); "(B) second, provide support and assistance to other local educational agencies with schools identified as in need of improvement under section 1116(b); and "(C) third, provide support and assistance to other local educational agencies and schools participating under this part that need that support and assistance in order to achieve the purpose of this part. "(3) REGIONAL CENTERS.— Such a statewide system shall, to the extent practicable, work with and receive support and assistance from the comprehensive regional technical assistance centers and the regional educational laboratories under section 941(h) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, or other providers of technical assistance. "(4) STATEWIDE SYSTEM.— "(A) In order to achieve the purpose described in paragraph (1), the statewide system shall include, at a minimum, the following approaches: "(i) Establishing school support teams in accordance with subparagraph (C) for assignment to, and working in, schools in the State that are described in paragraph (2). "(ii) Providing such support as the State educational agency determines necessary and available in order to ensure the effectiveness of such teams, "(iii) Designating and using distinguished teachers and principals who are chosen from schools served under this part that have been especially successful in improving academic achievement. " (iv) Devising additional approaches to providing the assistance described in paragraph (1), such as providing assistance through institutions of higher education and educational service agencies or other local consortia, and private providers of scientifically based technical assistance.

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