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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 473

to improve the performance of children in the basic skills. Such activities may include— (1) the development and dissemination of materials that parents may use in the home to improve their children's performance in those skills; and (2) voluntary training activities for parents to encourage and assist them to help their children in developing basic skills; except that such activities conducted in local areas shall be conducted with the approval of and in conjunction with programs of local educational agencies. SCHOOL LEVEL PROGRAMS

SEC. 573. (a) In planning for the utilization of funds it allocates for 20 USC 3823. this chapter (from its allotment under section 565) a local educational agency shall provide for the participation of children enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools (and of teachers in such schools) in accordance with section 586. Such plans shall be developed in conjunction with and involve continuing consultation with teachers and principals in such district. Such planning shall include a systematic strategy for improving basic skills instruction for all children which provides for planning and implementation at the school building level, involving teachers, administrators, and (to the extent practicable) parents, and utilizing all available resources in a comprehensive program. The programs shall include— (1) diagnostic assessment to identify the needs of all children in the school; (2) the establishment of learning goals and objectives for children and for the school; (3) to the extent practicable, pre-service and in-service training and development programs for teachers, administrators, teacher aides and other support personnel, designed to improve instruction in the basic skills; (4) activities designed to enlist the support and participation of parents to aid in the instruction of their children; and (5) procedures for testing students and for evaluation of the effectiveness of programs for maintaining a continuity of effort for individual children. (b) The programs described in subsection (a) may include such areawide or districtwide activities as learning centers accessible to students and parents, demonstration and training programs for parents, and other activities designed to promote more effective instruction in the basic skills. Subchapter B—Educational Improvement and Support Services STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 576. It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit State and local educational agencies to use Federal funds (directly, and through grants to or contracts with educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions) to carry out selected activities from among the full range of programs and projects formerly authorized under title IV, relating to educational improvement, resources, and support, title V, relating to State leadership, title VI, relating to emergency school aid, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, section 3(a)(1) of the National

20 USC 3831.

20 USC 3081. 20 USC 3141. 20 USC 3i9i.

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