abilities Education Act, to expand the definition 
of a child with a disability under that Act, or 
to otherwise affect any provision of that Act. 
‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘individualized edu-
cation program’ has the meaning given to 
that term in section 602 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘qualified child with a 
disability’ means a child who receives serv-
ices under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act and has been certified by a 
licensed health care professional or a mul-
tidisciplinary team (established in accord-
ance with State guidelines and including a 
licensed health care professional) as a child 
with severe or significant cognitive impair-
ment that prevents learning consistent 
with the child’s age group.’’. 
(d) LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.—Para-
graph (3) of section 1111(b) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT
OF
ASSESS-
MENTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (C)(i), a State edu-
cational agency may authorize a local edu-
cational agency, or school, in the State to 
develop and implement the student aca-
demic assessments required by this para-
graph with respect to the students served 
by the local educational agency or school, 
respectively. 
‘‘(ii) SAME ASSESSMENT.—Subject to 
paragraph (11), any assessment developed 
and implemented by a local educational 
agency or school pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall be the same academic assess-
ment used to measure the achievement of 
all children served by the local educational 
agency or school, respectively. 
‘‘(iii) STATE RESPONSIBILITY.— If a 
State educational agency chooses to au-
thorize a local educational agency, or 
school, in the State to develop and imple-
ment assessments pursuant to this sub-
paragraph, the State educational agency 
shall be responsible for demonstrating in 
the State plan that each such assessment
complies with the requirements of this 
paragraph.’’. 
(e) MULTIPLE ASSESSMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 
1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)) (as 
amended by subsection (d)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(F) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), this paragraph 
shall not be construed to prohibit the develop-
ment and implementation of the student aca-
demic assessments required by this section 
through the use of multiple assessments of high 
technical quality integrated into a school’s cur-
riculum and distributed throughout the course 
of the school year.’’. 
(2) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.—Clause (ii) 
of section 1111(b)(2)(I) (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(I)) 
(as amended by subsection (a)(2)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, and shall be a 75 percent annual average 
requirement in a case in which the school imple-
ments academic assessments for purposes of para-
graph (3) through the use of multiple assessments 
integrated into a school’s curriculum and distributed
throughout the course of the school year’’ before the 
close parenthesis at the end. 
(f) HIGHLY QUALIFIED SPECIAL EDUCATION AND 
RURAL TEACHERS.—Clause (I) of section 9101(23)(B)(ii) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801(23)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(ex-
cept that, at the discretion of the State, a special edu-
cation teacher or a teacher in a rural school may satisfy 
the requirements of this subclause by passing such a rig-
orous State academic subject test in any 1 subject in 
which the teacher teaches if, with respect to each other 
academic subject in which the teacher teaches, the teacher 
works in close consultation, either in-person or through 
high-quality distance education or consultation, with an-
other teacher who is highly qualified in such other aca-
demic subject)’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON THE ADEQUACY OF ESEA FUNDING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Comptroller 
General’’) shall conduct a study to determine for each of 
school years 2001–2002, 2002–2003, and 2003–2004, the 
following: 
(1) The amount of costs incurred by local edu-
cational agencies and schools as a result of efforts 
to comply with the provisions of part A of title I of