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 115 STAT. 1914 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 "(7) identify any statutory provisions, regulations, policies, or procedures that the entity believes need to be waived in order to implement the plan; "(8) set forth measures for academic content and student academic achievement goals designed to be met within a specific period of time; and "(9) be approved by a committee formed in accordance with section 7114(c)(4), if such a committee exists. "(e) PLAN REVIEW. —Upon receipt of the plan from an eligible entity, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of each Federal department providing funds to be used to implement the plan, and with the entity submitting the plan. The parties so consulting shall identify any waivers of statutory requirements or of Federal departmental regulations, policies, or procedures necessary to enable the entity to implement the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the affected department shall have the authority to waive any regulation, policy, or procedure promulgated by that department that has been so identified by the entity or department, unless the Secretary of the affected department determines that such a waiver is inconsistent with the objectives of this subpart or those provisions of the statute from which the program involved derives authority that are specifically applicable to Indian students. Deadline. "(f) PLAN APPROVAL.— Within 90 days after the receipt of an entity's plan by the Secretary, the Secretary shall inform the entity, in writing, of the Secretary's approval or disapproval of the plan. If the plan is disapproved, the entity shall be informed, in writing, of the reasons for the disapproval and shall be given an opportunity to amend the plan or to petition the Secretary to reconsider such disapproval. Deadline. "(g) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. —Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of the Interior, and the head of any other Federal department or agency identified by the Secretary of Education, shall enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of agreement providing for the implementation of the demonstration projects authorized under this section. The lead agency head for a demonstration project under this section shall be— "(1) the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of an entity meeting the definition of a contract or grant school under title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978; or "(2) the Secretary of Education, in the case of any other entity. "(h) RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEAD AGENCY.— The responsibilities of the lead agency shall include— "(1) the use of a single report format related to the plan for the individual project, which shall be used by an eligible entity to report on the activities undertaken under the project; "(2) the use of a single report format related to the projected expenditures for the individual project which shall be used by an eligible entity to report on all project expenditures; "(3) the development of a single system of Federal oversight for the project, which shall be implemented by the lead agency; and "(4) the provision of technical assistance to an eligible entity appropriate to the project, except that an eligible entity

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