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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1967 "(F) State-level activities designed to carry out this title; "(G) training personnel engaged in audit and other monitoring activities; and "(H) implementation of the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative of the Department. "(c) RECORDS.— ^A State educational agency that consolidates administrative funds under this section shall not be required to keep separate records, by individual program, to account for costs reb.oing to the administration of programs included in the consolidation under subsection (a). "(d) REVIEW.—To determine the effectiveness of State administration under this section, the Secretary may periodically review the performance of State educational agencies in using consolidated administrative funds under this section and take such steps as the Secretary finds appropriate to ensure the effectiveness of that administration. "(e) UNUSED ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.— I f a State educational agency does not use all ">f the funds available to the agency under this section for administration, the agency may use those funds during the applicable period of availability as funds available under one or more programs included in the consolidation under subsection (a). "(f) CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT. —In order to develop challenging State academic standards and assessments, a State educational agency may consolidate the amounts described in subsection (a) for those purposes under title I. "SEC. 9202. SINGLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY STATES. 20 USC 7822. "A State educational agency that also serves as a local educational agency shall, in its applications or plans under this Act, describe how the agency will eliminate duplication in conducting administrative functions. "SEC. 9203. CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION. 20 USC 7823. "(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—In accordance with regulations of the Secretary and for any fiscal year, a local educational agency, with the approval of its State educational agency, may consolidate and use for the administration of one or more programs under this Act (or such other programs as the Secretary shall designate) not more than the percentage, established in each program, of the total available for the local educational agency under those programs. "(b) STATE PROCEDURES. — Within 1 year after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a State educational agency shall, in collaboration with local educational agencies in the State, establish procedures for responding to requests from local educational agencies to consolidate administrative funds under subsection (a) and for establishing limitations on the amount of funds under those programs that may be used for administration on a consolidated basis. "(c) CONDITIONS. —^A local educational agency that consolidates administrative funds under this section for any fiscal year shall not use any other funds under the programs included in the consolidation for administration for that fiscal year. "(d) USES OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.— ^A local educational agency that consolidates administrative funds under thlj section

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