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 115 STAT. 1506 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-JAN. 8, 2002 Deadline. Deadlines. academic subjects in each public elementary school and secondary school are highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year; "(B) shall include an annual increase in the percentage of teachers who are receiving high-quality professional development to enable such teachers to become highly qualified and successful classroom teachers; and "(C) may include such other measures as the State educational agency determines to be appropriate to increase teacher qualifications. "(3) LOCAL PLAN.—As part of the plan described in section 1112, each local educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall develop a plan to ensure that all teachers teaching within the school district served by the local educational agency are highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year. "(b) REPORTS. — "(1) ANNUAL STATE AND LOCAL REPORTS.— "(A) LOCAL REPORTS. — Each State educational agency described in subsection (a)(2) shall require each local educational agency receiving funds under this part to publicly report, each year, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the annual progress of the local educational agency as a whole and of each of the schools served by the agency, in meeting the measurable objectives described in subsection (a)(2). "(B) STATE REPORTS.— Each State educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall prepare and submit each year, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, a report to the Secretary, describing the State educational agency's progress in meeting the measurable objectives described in subsection (a)(2). "(C) INFORMATION FROM OTHER REPORTS.—^A State educational agency or local educational agency may submit information from the reports described in section 1111(h) for the purposes of this subsection, if such report is modified, as may be necessary, to contain the information required by this subsection, and may submit such information as a part of the reports required under section 1111(h). "(2) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY. —Each year, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the Secretary shall publicly report the annual progress of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools, in meeting the measurable objectives described in subsection (a)(2). " (c) NEW PARAPROFESSIONALS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each local educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall ensure that all paraprofessionals hired after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and working in a program supported with funds under this part shall have— "(A) completed at least 2 years of study at an institution of higher education; "(B) obtained an associate's (or higher) degree; or "(C) met a rigorous standard of quality and can demonstrate, through a formal State or. local academic assessment—

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