I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1494
To provide dollars to the classroom.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 20, 1999
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. DELAY, Mr.
ARMEY, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SMITH
of New Jersey, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.
HILLEARY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. SUNUNU, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. COOKSEY,
Mr. TALENT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. BARTLETT
of Maryland, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. HORN,
Mr. CHABOT, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BASS,
Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr.
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. STUMP, Mr. MANZULLO, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr.
HANSEN, Mr. DREIER, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. GIBBONS,
Mr. METCALF, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr.
FORBES, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr.
MCCRERY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr.
SENSENBRENNER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. COBURN, Mr.
SHIMKUS, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. EWING, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. KASICH, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. COLLINS,
Mr. CANNON, Mr. WICKER, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr.
BURR of North Carolina, Mr. HERGER, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr.
TANCREDO, Mr. MICA, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr.
LARGENT, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. POMBO, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. DEMINT,
Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. GARY MILLER of California, Mr. LOBIONDO,
Mr. BRYANT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. HAYES, Mr.
SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. RYUN of
Kansas, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. REG-
ULA, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FOLEY, Mrs. ROUKEMA,
Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. TERRY, Mr. COMBEST,
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GREEN
of Wisconsin, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr.
KUYKENDALL, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. TAYLOR of North
Carolina, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. GRAHAM, Mrs.
BONO, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. BUYER, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr.
DICKEY, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce
A BILL
To provide dollars to the classroom.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dollars to the Class-
room Act’’.
TITLE 
I—IMPROVEMENT 
OF
CLASSROOM SERVICES AND
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. GRANTS TO STATES.
The Secretary is authorized to award grants in ac-
cordance with this title to States for use by States and
local educational agencies to improve classroom services
and activities for students.
SEC. 102. GRANT AWARD.
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount ap-
propriated to carry out this title for any fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reserve—
(1) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying areas, to be
distributed among the outlying areas on the basis of
their relative need, as determined by the Secretary
in accordance with the purposes of this section; and
(2) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the Secretary of the In-
terior for programs under this title in schools oper-
ated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(b) STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Funds appropriated to
carry out this title for any fiscal year, which are not re-
served under subsection (a), shall be allocated among the
States as follows:
(1) HOLD HARMLESS.—If the amount of funds
appropriated to carry out this title in any fiscal year
equals or exceeds the aggregate amount all States
received in fiscal year 1999 under the following pro-
visions, as such provisions were in effect on the day
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act—
(A) title III of the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act (20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.);
(B) section 1002(g)(2) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6302(g));
(C) section 1502 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6492);
(D) part B of title II of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6641 et seq.);
(E) section 3132 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6842 et seq.);
(F) title VI of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7311
et seq.) (excluding amounts appropriated under
section 307 of the Department of Education
Appropriations Act of 1999); and
(G) part B of title VII of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11421 et seq.),
the Secretary shall allocate to each State the aggre-
gate amount such State received for fiscal year 1999
under such provisions.
(2) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount of
appropriations to carry out this title for any fiscal
year is insufficient to pay the full amounts that all
States are eligible to receive under paragraph (1) for
such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce such
amounts for such year.
(3) REMAINING FUNDS.—If funds remain after
meeting the requirements of paragraph (1), such re-
maining funds shall be allocated among the States
in the following manner:
(A) 50 percent of such remaining funds
shall be allocated to States in proportion to
their grants under part A of title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
for the preceding fiscal year; and
(B) 50 percent of such remaining funds
shall be allocated to States in proportion to the
number of children ages 5 through 17, inclu-
sive, according to the most recent available data
that are satisfactory to the Secretary.
(c) DEFINITION OF STATE.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘State’’ includes the 50 States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) DEFINITION OF OUTLYING AREA.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘outlying area’’ includes Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(e) PAYMENTS.—Funds awarded to a State under
this section shall be paid to the individual or entity in the
State that is responsible for the State administration of
Federal education funds pursuant to State law.
(f) USE OF STATE AWARDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the amount made
available to a State under subsection (b) for a fiscal
year, the State—
(A) shall use not more than 5 percent of
the total amount to support programs or activi-
ties, for children ages 5 through 17, that the
State determines appropriate, of which the
State shall distribute 20 percent of the 5 per-
cent to local educational agencies in the State
to pay the administrative expenses of the local
educational agencies that are associated with
the activities and services assisted under this
section; and
(B) shall distribute, pursuant to section
103(a), not less than 95 percent of the amount
to local educational agencies in the State for
the fiscal year to enable the local educational
agencies to pay the costs of activities or services
provided in the classroom, for children ages 5
through 17, that the local educational agencies
determine appropriate subject to the require-
ments of section 103(b).
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For the pur-
pose of paragraph (1)(B), the costs of activities and
services provided in the classroom exclude the ad-
ministrative expenses associated with the activities
and services.
(g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A State or local
educational agency shall use funds received under this title
only to supplement the amount of funds that would, in
the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from
non-Federal sources for the education of pupils partici-
pating in programs assisted under this title, and not to
supplant such funds.
(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State receiving assist-
ance under this part shall issue a report on an an-
nual basis, not later than April 1 of each year begin-
ning the year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, to the Secretary, the Committee on Education
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives,
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and the House of Representatives that
describes how funds under this title have been used
to improve student performance in that State.
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The report must also in-
clude a certification by the State that 95 percent of
funding provided under this title during the pre-
ceding fiscal year has been expended by local edu-
cational agencies within that State for classroom ac-
of funds described in section 102, to local edu-
cational agencies, taking into consideration—
(A) poverty rates within each local edu-
cational agency;
(B) children living in sparsely populated
areas;
(C) an equitable distribution of funds
among urban, rural, and suburban areas;
(D) children whose education imposes a
higher than average cost per child; and
(E) such other factors as considered appro-
priate.
(2) HOLD
HARMLESS.—No local educational
agency shall receive an award under this subsection
for any fiscal year in an amount that is less than
the amount the local educational agency received to
carry out programs or activities for fiscal year 1999
for title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act
(20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.), part B of title II of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6641 et seq.), section 3132 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6842 et seq.), title VI of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7311
et seq.) (excluding amounts appropriated under sec-
tion 307 of the Department of Education Appropria-
tions Act of 1999), and part B of title VII of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11421 et seq.) as in effect on the day pre-
ceding the date of the enactment of this Act plus
amounts the local educational agency is eligible to
receive during fiscal years 1999 through 2003 pur-
suant to all multiyear awards made prior to the date
of enactment of this Act under any program that is
repealed by section 107 that is not listed in this sen-
tence.
(3) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount allo-
cated to a State to carry out this title for any fiscal
year is insufficient to pay the full amounts that all
local educational agencies in such State are eligible
to receive under paragraph (2) for such year, the
State shall ratably reduce such amounts for such
year.
(b) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available
under this section to a local educational agency shall be
used for the following classroom services and activities:
(1) Programs for the acquisition and use of in-
structional and educational materials, including li-
brary services and materials (including media mate-
rials), assessments, reference materials, and other
curricular materials which are tied to high academic
standards and which will be used to improve student
achievement and which are part of an overall edu-
cation reform program.
(2) Professional development for instructional
staff.
(3) Programs to improve the higher order
thinking skills of disadvantaged elementary and sec-
ondary school students and to prevent students from
dropping out of school.
(4) Efforts to lengthen the school day or the
school year.
(5) Programs to combat illiteracy in the student
population.
(6) Programs to provide for the educational
needs of gifted and talented children.
(7) Promising education reform projects that
are tied to State student content and performance
standards.
(8) Carrying out comprehensive school reform
programs that are based on reliable research.
(9) Programs for homeless children and youth.
(10) Programs that are built upon partnerships
between local educational agencies and institutions
of higher education, educational service agencies, li-
braries, businesses, regional educational laboratories,
or other educational entities, for the purpose of pro-
viding educational services consistent with this sec-
tion.
(11) The acquisition of books, materials and
equipment, payment of compensation of instructional
staff, and instructional activities that are necessary
for the conduct of programs in magnet schools.
(12) Programs to promote academic achieve-
ment among women and girls.
(13) Programs to provide for the educational
needs of children with limited English proficiency or
who are American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native
Hawaiian.
(14) Activities to provide the academic support,
enrichment, and motivation to enable all students to
reach high State standards.
(15) Efforts to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio.
(16) Projects and programs which assure the
participation in mainstream settings in arts and
education programs of individuals with disabilities.
(17) Projects and programs to integrate arts
education into the regular elementary and secondary
school curriculum.
(18) Programs designed to educate students
about the history and principles of the Constitution
of the United States, including the Bill of Rights,
and to foster civic competence and responsibility.
(19) Mathematics and science education in-
structional materials.
(20) Programs designed to improve the quality
of student writing and learning and the teaching of
writing as a learning process.
(21) Technology related to the implementation
of school-based reform programs, including profes-
sional development to assist teachers and other
school officials regarding how to effectively use such
equipment and software.
(22) Computer software and hardware for in-
structional use.
(23) Developing, adapting, or expanding exist-
ing and new applications of technology.
(24) Acquiring connectivity linkages, resources,
and services, including the acquisition of hardware
and software, for use by teachers, students, and
school library media personnel in the classroom or in
school library media centers, in order to improve
student learning.
(25) After-school programs designed to engage
children in a constructive manner and to promote
their academic, developmental, and personal growth;
(26) Developing, constructing, acquiring, main-
taining, operating, and obtaining technical assist-
ance in the use of telecommunications audio and vis-
ual facilities and equipment for use in the classroom.
(27) Developing, acquiring, and obtaining tech-
nical assistance in the use of educational and in-
structional video programming for use in the class-
room.
(c) PARENT INVOLVEMENT.—Each local educational
agency receiving assistance under this section shall involve
parents and members of the public in planning for the use
of funds provided under this section.
SEC. 104. PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRI-
VATE SCHOOLS.
Each local educational agency that receives funds
under this title shall provide for the participation of chil-
dren enrolled in private schools, and their teachers or
other educational personnel, in the activities and services
assisted under such section in the same manner as private
school children, and their teachers or other educational
personnel, participate in activities and services under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) pursuant to sections 14503, 14504,
14505, and 14506 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 8893, 8894,
8895, and 8896).
SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS.
In this title—
(1) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 14101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8801);
(2) the term ‘‘educational service agency’’ has
the meaning given the term in section 14101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 8801);
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Education; and
(4) except as otherwise provided, the term
‘‘State’’ means each of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
SEC. 106. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this title
shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of
the Federal Government to require, direct, or control a
State, local educational agency or school’s specific instruc-
tional content of pupil performance standards and assess-
ments, curriculum, or program of instruction as a condi-
tion of eligibility to receive funds under this title.
(b) STATE AND LOCAL DETERMINATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not
issue any regulation regarding the type of classroom
activities or services that may be assisted under this
title.
(2) INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD AND SETTING.—
No local educational agency shall be required to pro-
vide services under this title through a particular in-
structional method or in a particular instructional
setting in order to receive funding under this title.
SEC. 107. REPEALS.
The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Title III of the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act (20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.).
(2) Title IV of the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act (20 U.S.C. 5911 et seq.).
(3) Title VI of the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act (20 U.S.C. 5951).
(4) Titles II, III, and IV of the School-to-Work
Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6121 et seq.,
6171 et seq., and 6191 et seq.).
(5) section 1502 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6492).
(6) section 1503 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6493).
(7) section 1002(g)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(8) Part A of title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6621
et seq.).
(9) Part B of title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6641
et seq.).
(10) Title III of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.).
(11) Part A of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7201
et seq.).
(12) Part B of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7231
et seq.).
(13) Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7311 et seq.).
(14) Part B of title IX of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901
et seq.).
(15) Part C of title IX of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7931
et seq.).
(16) Part A of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8001
et seq.).
(17) Part B of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8031
et seq.).
(18) Part D of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8091
et seq.).
(19) Part F of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8141
et seq.).
(20) Part G of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8161
et seq.).
(21) Part I of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8241
et seq.).
(22) Part J of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8271
et seq.).
(23) Part K of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8331
et seq.).
(24) Part L of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8351
et seq.).
(25) Part A of title XIII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8621
et seq.).
(26) Part C of title XIII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8671
et seq.).
(27) Subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11421 et seq.).
SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this 
title, 
$2,870,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2000,
$2,940,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $3,001,000,000 for
fiscal year 2002, $3,074,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
$3,149,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. EXPANSION OF ED-FLEX DEMONSTRATIONS.
(a) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the Secretary may waive any statutory
or regulatory requirement applicable to any program
or Act described in subsection (b) for a State edu-
cational agency, local educational agency, or school
if—
(A) and only to the extent that, the Sec-
retary determines that such requirement im-
pedes the ability of the State, or of a local edu-
cational agency or school in the State, to carry
out the State or local improvement plan;
(B) the State educational agency has
waived, or agrees to waive, similar requirements
of State law;
(C) in the case of a statewide waiver, the
State educational agency—
(i) provides all local educational agen-
cies and parent organizations in the State
with notice and an opportunity to comment
on the State educational agency’s proposal
to seek a waiver; and
(ii) submits the local educational
agencies’ comments to the Secretary; and
(D) in the case of a local educational agen-
cy waiver, the local educational agency provides
parents, community groups, and advocacy or
civil rights groups with the opportunity to com-
ment on the proposed waiver.
(2) APPLICATION.—(A)(i) To request a waiver
under paragraph (1), a local educational agency or
school that receives funds under this title, or a local
educational agency or school shall transmit an appli-
cation for such a waiver to the State educational
agency. The State educational agency then shall sub-
mit approved applications for waivers under para-
graph (1) to the Secretary.
(ii) A State educational agency may request a
waiver under paragraph (1) by submitting an appli-
cation for such waiver to the Secretary.
(B) Each application submitted to the Sec-
retary under subparagraph (A) shall—
(i) identify the statutory or regulatory re-
quirements that are requested to be waived and
the goals that the State educational agency or
local educational agency or school intends to
achieve;
(ii) describe the action that the State edu-
cational agency has undertaken to remove State
statutory or regulatory barriers identified in the
application of local educational agencies;
(iii) describe the goals of the waiver and
the expected programmatic outcomes if the re-
quest is granted;
(iv) describe the numbers and types of stu-
dents to be impacted by such waiver;
(v) describe a timetable for implementing a
waiver; and
(vi) describe the process the State edu-
cational agency will use to monitor, on a bian-
nual basis, the progress in implementing a
waiver.
(3) TIMELINESS.—The Secretary shall act
promptly on a request for a waiver under paragraph
(1) and shall provide a written statement of the rea-
sons for granting or denying such request.
(4) DURATION.—Each waiver under paragraph
(1) shall be for a period not to exceed 4 years. The
Secretary may extend such period if the Secretary
determines that the waiver has been effective in ena-
bling the State or affected local educational agencies
to carry out reform plans.
(b) INCLUDED PROGRAMS.—The statutory or regu-
latory requirements subject to the waiver authority of this
section are any such requirements under the following pro-
grams or Acts:
(1) Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
(2) Part A of title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(3) Part A of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(4) Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
(5) Part B of title IX of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(6) The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act.
(c) WAIVERS NOT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary
may not waive any statutory or regulatory requirement of
the programs or Acts described in subsection (b)—
(1) relating to—
(A) maintenance of effort;
(B) comparability of services;
(C) the equitable participation of students
and professional staff in private schools;
(D) parental participation and involve-
ment; and
(E) the distribution of funds to States or
to local educational agencies; and
(2) unless the underlying purposes of the statu-
tory requirements of each program or Act for which
a waiver is granted continue to be met to the satis-
faction of the Secretary.
(d) TERMINATION
OF
WAIVERS.—The Secretary
shall periodically review the performance of any State,
local educational agency, or school for which the Secretary
has granted a waiver under subsection (a)(1) and shall
terminate the waiver if the Secretary determines that the
performance of the State, the local educational agency, or
the school in the area affected by the waiver has been in-
adequate to justify a continuation of the waiver.
(e) FLEXIBILITY DEMONSTRATION.—
(1) SHORT
TITLE.—This subsection may be
cited as the ‘‘Education Flexibility Partnership
Demonstration Act’’.
(2) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may
carry out an education flexibility demonstration
program under which the Secretary authorizes
not more than 50 State educational agencies
serving eligible States to waive statutory or reg-
ulatory requirements applicable to 1 or more
programs or Acts described in subsection (b),
other than requirements described in subsection
(c), for the State educational agency or any
local educational agency or school within the
State.
(B) AWARD RULE.—In carrying out sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall select for
participation in the demonstration program de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) three State edu-
cational agencies serving eligible States that
each have a population of 3,500,000 or greater
and three State educational agencies serving eli-
gible States that each have a population of less
than 3,500,000, determined in accordance with
the most recent decennial census of the popu-
lation performed by the Bureau of the Census.
(C) DESIGNATION.—Each eligible State
participating in the demonstration program de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be known as
an ‘‘Ed-Flex Partnership State’’.
(3) ELIGIBLE STATE.—For the purpose of this
subsection the term ‘‘eligible State’’ means a State
that waives State statutory or regulatory require-
ments relating to education while holding local edu-
cational agencies or schools within the State that are
affected by such waivers accountable for the per-