child learn English and meet age-appropriate
standards for grade promotion and graduation;
‘‘(D) the specific exit requirements of the
English language assistance educational pro-
gram;
‘‘(E) the expected rate of graduation from
the English language assistance educational
program into mainstream classes; and
‘‘(F) the expected rate of graduation from
secondary school if funds under this part are
used for children in secondary schools.
‘‘(2) CONSENT; PARENTAL RIGHTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A parent or the par-
ents of a child participating in an English lan-
guage assistance educational program under
this part shall—
‘‘(i) have the option of selecting
among methods of instruction, if more
than one method is offered in the program;
and
‘‘(ii) have the right to have their child
immediately removed from the program
upon their request.
‘‘(B) RECEIPT OF INFORMATION.—A par-
ent or the parents of a child identified for par-
ticipation in an English language assistance
educational program under this part shall re-
ceive, in a manner and form understandable to
the parent or parents, the information required
by this subsection. At a minimum, the parent
or parents shall receive—
‘‘(i) timely information about English
language assistance educational programs
for limited English proficient children as-
sisted under this part; and
‘‘(ii) if a parent of a participating
child so desires, notice of opportunities for
regular meetings of parents of limited
English proficient children participating in
English language assistance educational
programs under this part for the purpose
of formulating and responding to rec-
ommendations from such parents.
‘‘(3) BASIS FOR ADMISSION OR EXCLUSION.—
No student shall be admitted to or excluded from
any federally assisted education program solely on
the basis of a surname or language minority sta-
tus.’’.
SEC. 107. SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.
(a) USE OF FUNDS FOR SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.—
Section 1114(a) (20 U.S.C. 6314(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘school de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘such families.’’ the second place it appears
and inserting ‘‘school that serves an eligible school
attendance area in which—
‘‘(A) not less than 40 percent of the chil-
dren are from low-income families; or
‘‘(B) not less than 40 percent of the chil-
dren enrolled in the school are from such fami-
lies.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (c)(1) and (e) of’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (c)(1) and (e) of’’.
(b) COMPONENTS OF A SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAM.—
Section 1114(b) (20 U.S.C. 6314(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
1111(b)(1)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section
1111(b)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section
1111(b)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘1111(b)’’;
(ii) in clause (iii)(II), by inserting
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(iii) in clause (iv)(II), by striking ‘‘;
and’’ and inserting a period; and
(iv) by striking clause (vii); and
(C) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1112(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1112’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Improving America’s
Schools Act of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘Pub-
lic Education Reinvestment, Reinvention,
and Responsibility Act’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsections (c)(1)
and (e) of’’; and
(iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘section
1111(b)(3)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section
1111(b)(4)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1111(b)’’
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (4) of sec-
tion 1111(b)’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i)—
(i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (c) and (e) of’’; and
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘Im-
proving America’s Schools Act of 1994’’
and inserting ‘‘Public Education Reinvest-
ment, 
Reinvention, 
and 
Responsibility
Act’’.
SEC. 108. SCHOOL CHOICE.
Section 1115A (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 1115A. SCHOOL CHOICE.
‘‘(a) CHOICE PROGRAMS.—A local educational agen-
cy may use funds under this part, in combination with
State, local, and private funds, to develop and implement
public school choice programs, for children eligible for as-
sistance under this part, that permit parents to select the
public school that their child will attend and are consistent
with State and local law, policy, and practice related to
public school choice and local pupil transfer.
‘‘(b) CHOICE PLAN.—A local educational agency that
chooses to implement a public school choice program
under this section shall first develop a plan that—
‘‘(1) contains an assurance that all eligible stu-
dents across grade levels served under this part will
have equal access to the program;
‘‘(2) contains an assurance that the program
does not include elementary schools or secondary
schools that follow a racially discriminatory policy;
‘‘(3) describes how elementary schools or sec-
ondary schools will use resources under this part,
and from other sources, to implement the plan;
‘‘(4) contains an assurance that the plan will be
developed with the involvement of parents and others
in the community to be served, and individuals who
will carry out the plan, including administrators,
teachers, principals, and other staff;
‘‘(5) contains an assurance that parents of eli-
gible students served by the local educational agency
will be given prompt notice of the existence of the
public school choice program, the program’s avail-
ability to such parents, and a clear explanation of
how the program will operate;
‘‘(6) contains an assurance that the public
school choice program—
‘‘(A) shall include charter schools and any
other public elementary school and secondary
school; and
‘‘(B) shall not include as a ‘receiving
school’ an elementary school or a secondary
school that—
‘‘(i) is or has been identified as a
school in, or eligible for, school improve-
ment or corrective action;
‘‘(ii) has been in school improvement
or corrective action within the last 2 con-
secutive academic years; or
‘‘(iii) is at risk of being eligible for
school improvement within the next school
year;
‘‘(7) contains an assurance that transportation
services or the costs of transportation to and from
the public school choice program—
‘‘(A) may be provided by the local edu-
cational agency with funds under this part and
from other sources; and
‘‘(B) shall not be provided from funds
made available under this part to the local edu-
cational agency that exceed 10 percent of such
funds; and
‘‘(8) contains an assurance that such local edu-
cational agency will comply with the other require-
ments of this part.’’.
SEC. 109. ASSESSMENT AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY
AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
(a) LOCAL REVIEW.—Section 1116(a) (20 U.S.C.
6317(a)) is amended—
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking
‘‘1111(b)(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘1111(b)(2)(B)’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘individual school perform-
ance profiles’’ and inserting ‘‘school report
cards’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘1111(b)(3)(I)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1111(b)(4)(I)’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) review the effectiveness of the actions and
activities the schools are carrying out under this
part with respect to parental involvement assisted
under this Act.’’.
(b) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—Section 1116(c) (20
U.S.C. 6317(c)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency
shall identify for school improvement any elementary
school or secondary school served under this part
that—
‘‘(A) for 2 consecutive years failed to make
adequate yearly progress as defined in the
State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2); or
‘‘(B) was in, or was eligible for, school im-
provement status under this section on the day
preceding the date of the enactment of the Pub-
lic Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and
Responsibility Act.
‘‘(2) TRANSITION.—The 2-year period described
in paragraph (1)(A) shall include any continuous pe-
riod of time immediately preceding the date of the
enactment of the Public Education Reinvestment,
Reinvention, and Responsibility Act during which an
elementary school or a secondary school did not
make adequate yearly progress as defined in the
State’s plan, as such plan was in effect on the day
preceding the date of enactment of the Public Edu-
cation Reinvestment, Reinvention and Responsibility
Act.
‘‘(3) TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS.—To de-
termine if an elementary school or a secondary
school that is conducting a targeted assistance pro-
gram under section 1115 should be identified as in
need of improvement under this subsection, a local
educational agency may choose to review the
progress of only those students in such school who
are served, or are eligible for services, under this
part.
‘‘(4) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PRESENT
EVIDENCE.—(A) Before identifying an elementary
school or a secondary school for school improvement
under paragraph (1), the local educational agency
shall provide the school with an opportunity to re-
view the school level data, including assessment
data, on which the proposed identification is based.
‘‘(B) If the principal of a school proposed for
identification as in need of school improvement be-
lieves that the proposed identification is in error for
statistical or other substantive reasons, the principal
may provide supporting evidence to the local edu-
cational agency, which the agency shall consider be-
fore making a final determination.
‘‘(5) TIME
LIMITS.—Not later than 30 days
after a local educational agency makes its initial de-
termination that a school served by the agency and
receiving assistance under this part is eligible for
school improvement, the local educational agency
shall make public a final determination on the status
of the school.
‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS.—A local edu-
cational agency shall, in an easily understandable
format, and in the 3 languages, other than English,
spoken by the greatest number of individuals in the
area served by the local educational agency, provide
in writing to parents of each student in an elemen-
tary school or a secondary school identified for
school improvement—
‘‘(A) an explanation of what the school im-
provement identification means, and how the
school identified for improvement compares in
terms of academic performance to other elemen-
tary schools or secondary schools served by the
local educational agency and the State edu-
cational agency;
‘‘(B) the reasons for such identification;
‘‘(C) the data on which such identification
was based;
‘‘(D) an explanation of what the school
identified for improvement is doing to address
the problem of low achievement;
‘‘(E) an explanation of what the local edu-
cational agency or State educational agency is
doing to help the school address its achievement
problems, including the amounts and types of
professional development being provided to the
instructional staff in such school, the amount of
any financial assistance being provided by the
State educational agency under section 1003,
and the activities that are being provided with
such financial assistance;
‘‘(F) an explanation of how parents de-
scribed in this paragraph can become involved
in addressing the academic issues that caused
the school to be identified as in need of im-
provement; and
‘‘(G) an explanation of the right of par-
ents, pursuant to paragraph (7), to transfer
their child to a higher performing public school,
including a public charter school or magnet
school, that is not in school improvement, and
how such transfer shall operate.
‘‘(7) PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION.—
‘‘(A) SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED.—
‘‘(i) SCHOOLS
IN
SCHOOL
IMPROVE-
MENT ON OR BEFORE DATE OF ENACT-
MENT.—In the case of a school identified
for school improvement on or before the
date of enactment of the Public Education
Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Responsi-
bility Act, a local educational agency shall
not later than 18 months after such date
of enactment provide all students enrolled
in the school an option to transfer (con-
sistent with State and local law, policy,
and practices related to public school
choice and local pupil transfer) to any
other higher performing public school, in-
cluding a public charter or magnet school,
that—
‘‘(I) has not been identified for
school improvement or corrective ac-
tion;
‘‘(II) is not at risk of being iden-
tified for school improvement or cor-
rective action within the succeeding
academic year; and
‘‘(III) has not been in corrective
action at any time during the 2 pre-
ceding academic years.
‘‘(ii) SCHOOLS
IDENTIFIED
AFTER
DATE OF ENACTMENT.—In the case of a
school identified for school improvement
after the date of enactment of the Public
Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and
Responsibility Act, a local educational
agency shall not later than 12 months
after the date on which a local educational
agency identifies the school for school im-
provement provide all students enrolled in
the school with the transfer option de-
scribed in clause (i).
‘‘(B) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—If all
public schools served by the local educational
agency to which a child may transfer under
clause (i) are identified for school improvement,
the local educational agency shall, to the extent
practicable, establish a cooperative agreement
with other local educational agencies that serve
geographic areas in proximity to the geographic
area served by the local educational agency, to
enable a child to transfer (consistent with State
and local law, policy, and practices related to
public school choice and local pupil transfer) to
a school served by such other local educational
agencies that meets the requirements described
in subparagraph (A)(i).
‘‘(C) TRANSPORTATION.—A local edu-
cational agency that serves a school that has
been identified for school improvement shall
provide transportation services or the costs of
such services for children of parents who choose
to transfer their children pursuant to this para-
graph to a different school. Not more than 10
percent of the funds allocated to a local edu-
cational agency under this part may be used to
provide such transportation services or costs of
such services.
‘‘(D) CONTINUATION
OPTION.—Once a
school is no longer identified for or in school
improvement, the local educational agency shall
continue to provide public school choice as an
option to students in such schools for a period
of not less than 2 years.
‘‘(8) SCHOOL PLAN.—(A) Each school identified
under paragraph (1) for school improvement shall,
after being so identified, develop or revise a school
plan, in consultation with parents, school staff, the
local educational agency serving the school, the local
school board, and other outside experts, for approval
by such local educational agency. The school plan
shall—
‘‘(i) incorporate scientifically based re-
search strategies that strengthen the core aca-
demic programs in the school and address the
specific academic issues that caused the school
to be identified for school improvement;
‘‘(ii) adopt policies and practices in the
school’s core academic program that have the
greatest likelihood of ensuring that all groups
of 
students 
specified 
in 
section
1111(b)(2)(B)(iv) enrolled in the school will
meet or exceed the State’s proficient level of
performance on the assessment required in sec-
tion 1111(b)(4) within 10 years of the date of
enactment of the Public Education Reinvest-
ment, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act;
‘‘(iii) assure that the school will reserve
not less than 10 percent of the funds made
available to it under this part for each fiscal
year that the school is in school improvement
for the purpose of providing the school’s teach-
ers and principal high quality professional de-
velopment that—
‘‘(I) directly addresses the academic
achievement problem that caused the
school to be identified for school improve-
ment; and
‘‘(II) meets the requirements for pro-
fessional development activities under sec-
tion 1119;
‘‘(iv) specify how the funds described in
clause (iii) will be used to remove the school
from school improvement status;
‘‘(v) establish specific annual, numerical
progress goals for each group of students speci-
fied in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(iv) enrolled in the
school that will ensure that all such groups of
students meet or exceed the State’s proficient
standard level of performance within 10 years
of the date of enactment of the Public Edu-
cation Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Respon-
sibility Act;
‘‘(vi) identify how the school will provide
written notification to parents of each child en-
rolled in such school, in a format and, to the
extent practicable, in a language such parents
can understand; and
‘‘(vii) specify the responsibilities of the
school, the local educational agency, and the
State educational agency serving such school
under the plan.
‘‘(B) The local educational agency described in
subparagraph (A)(vi) may condition approval of a
school plan on inclusion of 1 or more of the correc-
tive actions specified in paragraph (10)(C).
‘‘(C) A school shall implement the school plan
or revised plan expeditiously, but not later than the
beginning of the school year following the school
year in which the school was identified for improve-
ment.
‘‘(D) The local educational agency described in
subparagraph (A)(vi) shall establish a peer review
process to assist with review of a school improve-
ment plan prepared by the school served by the local
educational agency, promptly review the school plan,
work with the school as necessary, and approve the
school plan if the school plan meets the require-
ments of this paragraph.
‘‘(9) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—(A) For each
school identified for school improvement under para-
graph (1), the local educational agency serving the
school shall provide technical assistance as the
school develops and implements its school plan.
‘‘(B) Such technical assistance—
‘‘(i) shall include assistance in analyzing
data from the assessments required under sec-
tion 1111(b)(4), and other samples of student
work, to identify and address instructional
problems and solutions;
‘‘(ii) shall include assistance in identifying
and implementing scientifically based instruc-
tional strategies and methods that have proven
effective in addressing the specific instructional
issues that caused the school to be identified for
school improvement;
‘‘(iii) shall include assistance in analyzing
and revising the school’s budget such that the
school resources are more effectively focused on
those activities most likely to increase student
achievement and to remove the school from
school improvement status;
‘‘(iv) may be provided directly by the local
educational agency, through mechanisms au-
thorized under section 1117, or with the local
educational agency’s approval, by the State edu-
cational agency, an institution of higher edu-
cation in full compliance with all the reporting
provisions of title II of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, a private not-for-profit organiza-
tion or for-profit organization, an educational
service agency, the recipient of a Federal con-
tract or cooperative agreement as described
under section 7005, or other entity with experi-
ence in helping schools improve achievement.
‘‘(C) Technical assistance provided under this
section by a local educational agency or an entity
authorized by such agency shall be based upon sci-
entifically based research.
‘‘(10) CORRECTIVE ACTION.—In order to help
students served under this part meet challenging
State standards, each local educational agency shall
implement a system of corrective action in accord-
ance with the following:
‘‘(A) After providing technical assistance
under paragraph (9) and subject to subpara-
graph (F), the local educational agency—
‘‘(i) may take corrective action at any
time with respect to a school served by the
local educational agency that has been
identified under paragraph (1);
‘‘(ii) shall take corrective action with
respect to any school served by the local
educational agency that fails to make ade-
quate yearly progress, as defined by the
State under section 1111(b)(2)(B), after
the end of the second year following the
school year in which the school was identi-
fied under paragraph (1); and
‘‘(iii) shall continue to provide tech-
nical assistance while instituting any cor-
rective action under clause (i) or (ii).
‘‘(B) As used in this paragraph, the term
‘corrective action’ means action, consistent with
State and local law, that—
‘‘(i) substantially and directly re-
sponds to—
‘‘(I) the consistent academic fail-
ure of a school that caused the local
educational agency to take such ac-
tion; and
‘‘(II) any underlying staffing,
curricula, or other problem in the
school; and
‘‘(ii) is designed to increase substan-
tially the likelihood that students enrolled
in the school subject to corrective action
will perform at the proficient and advanced
performance levels.
fessional development for all relevant staff,
that is based upon scientifically based re-
search and offers substantial promise of
improving educational achievement for low-
performing students.
‘‘(D) A local educational agency may delay,
for a period not to exceed 1 year, implementa-
tion of corrective action only if the failure to
make adequate yearly progress was justified
due to exceptional or uncontrollable cir-
cumstances, such as a natural disaster or a pre-
cipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial
resources of the local educational agency or
school.
‘‘(E) The local educational agency shall
publish and disseminate to the public and to
the parents of each student enrolled in a school
subject to corrective action, in a format and, to
the extent practicable, in a language that the
parents can understand, information regarding
any corrective action the local educational agen-
cy takes under this paragraph through such
means as the Internet, the media, and public
agencies.
‘‘(F)(i) Before taking corrective action
with respect to any school under this para-
graph, a local educational agency shall provide
the school an opportunity to review the school
level data, including assessment data, on which
the proposed determination is made.
‘‘(ii) If the school believes that the pro-
posed determination is in error for statistical or
other substantive reasons, the school principal
may provide supporting evidence to the local
educational agency, which shall consider such
evidence before making a final determination.
‘‘(G) TIME
LIMITS.—Not later than 30
days after the local educational agency makes
its initial determination that a school served by
the local educational agency and receiving as-
sistance under this part is eligible for corrective
action, the local educational agency shall make
a final and public determination on the status
of the school.
‘‘(11) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPON-
SIBILITIES.—If a State educational agency deter-
mines that a local educational agency failed to carry
out its responsibilities under this section, or deter-
mines that, after 1 year of implementation of the
corrective action, such action has not resulted in suf-
ficient progress in increased student performance,
the State educational agency shall take such action
as the agency finds necessary, including designating
a course of corrective action described in paragraph
(10)(C), consistent with this section, to improve the
affected schools and to ensure that the local edu-
cational agency carries out the local educational
agency’s responsibilities under this section.
‘‘(12) SPECIAL
RULES.—Schools that, for at
least 2 of the 3 years following identification under
paragraph (1), make adequate yearly progress to-
ward meeting the State’s proficient and advanced
levels of performance shall no longer be identified
for school improvement.’’.
(c) STATE REVIEW AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CY IMPROVEMENT.—Section 1116(d) (20 U.S.C. 6317(d))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) STATE REVIEW
AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY IMPROVEMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
shall annually review the progress of each local edu-
cational agency within the State receiving funds
under this part to determine whether schools served
by such agencies and receiving assistance under this
part are making adequate yearly progress, as de-
fined in section 1111(b)(2), toward meeting the
State’s student performance standards and to deter-
mine whether each local educational agency is car-
rying out its responsibilities under sections 1116 and
1117.
‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY FOR IMPROVEMENT.—A State educational
agency shall identify for improvement any local edu-
cational agency that—
‘‘(A) for 2 consecutive years fails to make
adequate yearly progress as defined in the
State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2); or
‘‘(B) had been identified for, or was eligi-
ble for, improvement under this section as this
section was in effect on the day preceding the
date of enactment of the Public Education Re-
investment, Reinvention, and Responsibility
Act.
‘‘(3) TRANSITION.—The 2-year period described
in paragraph (2)(A) shall include any continuous pe-
riod of time immediately preceding the date of the
enactment of the Public Education Reinvestment,
Reinvention, and Responsibility Act during which a
local educational agency did not make adequate
yearly progress as defined in the State’s plan, as
such plan was in effect on the day preceding the
date of the enactment of the Public Education Rein-
vestment, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act.
‘‘(4) TARGETED
ASSISTANCE
SCHOOLS.—For
purposes of targeted assistance schools within a local
educational agency, a State educational agency may
choose to review the progress of only the students in
such schools who are served under this part.
‘‘(5) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PRESENT
EVIDENCE.—(A) Before identifying a local edu-
cational agency for improvement under paragraph
(2), a State educational agency shall provide the
local educational agency with an opportunity to re-
view the local educational agency data, including as-
sessment data, on which the proposed identification
is based.
‘‘(B) If the local educational agency believes
that the proposed identification is in error for statis-
tical or other substantive reasons, the local edu-
cational agency may provide supporting evidence to
the State educational agency, which the State edu-
cational agency shall consider before making a final
determination.
‘‘(6) TIME
LIMITS.—Not later than 45 days
after the State educational agency makes its initial
determination that a local educational agency within
the State and receiving assistance under this part is
eligible for improvement, the State educational agen-
cy shall make public a final determination on the
status of the local educational agency.
‘‘(7) NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS.—The State
educational agency shall promptly notify parents of
each student enrolled in a school served by a local
educational agency identified for improvement, in a
format, and to the extent practicable, in a language
the parents can understand, of the reasons for such
agency’s identification and how parents can partici-
pate in upgrading the quality of the local edu-
cational agency.
‘‘(8) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
REVI-
SIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational
agency identified under paragraph (2) shall,
after being so identified, develop or revise a
local educational agency plan, in consultation
with the local school board, parents, teachers,
school staff, and others, for approval by the
State educational agency. Such plan shall—
‘‘(i) incorporate scientifically based re-
search strategies that strengthen the core
academic program in the local educational
agency;
‘‘(ii) identify specific annual numerical
academic achievement objectives in at least
the areas of mathematics and English lan-
guage arts that the local educational agen-
cy will meet, with such objectives being cal-
culated in a manner such that their
achievement will ensure that each group of
students enrolled in each school served by
the local educational agency will meet or
exceed the proficient standard level of per-
formance in assessments required under
section 1111(b)(4) within 10 years of the
date of enactment of the Public Education
Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Responsi-
bility Act; and
‘‘(iii) assure that the local educational
agency will—
‘‘(I) reserve not less than 10 per-
cent of the funds made available to
the local educational agency under
this part for each fiscal year that the
agency is in improvement for the pur-
pose of providing high quality profes-
sional development to teachers and
principals at schools served by the
agency and receiving funds under this
part that directly address the aca-
demic 
achievement 
problem 
that
caused the local educational agency to
be identified for improvement and
shall be in keeping with the definition
of professional development provided
in section 1119; and
‘‘(II) the improvement plan shall
specify how these funds will be used
to remove the local educational agency
from improvement status;
‘‘(iv) identify how the local edu-
cational agency will provide written notifi-
cation to parents described in paragraph
(7) in a format, and to the extent prac-
ticable in a language, that the parents can
understand, pursuant to paragraph (7);
‘‘(v) specify the responsibilities of the
State educational agency and the local edu-
cational agency under the plan; and
‘‘(vi) include a review of the local edu-
cational agency budget to ensure that re-
sources are focused on those activities that
are most likely to improve student achieve-
ment and to remove the agency from im-
provement status.
‘‘(B) PEER
REVIEW.—The State edu-
cational agency shall establish a peer review
process to assist with the review of the local
educational agency improvement plan, promptly
review the plan, work with the local educational
agency as necessary, and approve the plan if
the plan meets the requirements of this para-
graph.
‘‘(C) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—
The local educational agency shall implement
the local educational agency plan or revised
plan expeditiously, but not later than the begin-
ning of the school year following the school year
in which the agency was identified for improve-
ment.
‘‘(D) RESOURCES REALLOCATION.—If the
local educational agency budget fails to allocate
resources, 
consistent 
with, 
subparagraph
(A)(iv), the State educational agency may direct
the local educational agency to reallocate re-
sources to more effective activities.
‘‘(9) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPONSI-
BILITY.—For each local educational agency identi-
fied under paragraph (2), the State educational
agency shall provide technical or other assistance, if
requested, as authorized under section 1117, to bet-
ter enable the local educational agency—
‘‘(A) to develop and implement the local
educational agency plan or revised plan as ap-
proved by the State educational agency con-
sistent with the requirements of this section;
and
‘‘(B) to work with schools served by the
local educational agency that are identified for
improvement.
‘‘(10) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Technical as-
sistance provided by the State educational agency—
‘‘(A) shall include assistance in analyzing
data from the assessments required under sec-
tion 1111(b)(4) to identify and address instruc-
tional problems and solutions;
‘‘(B) shall include assistance in identifying
and implementing scientifically based instruc-
tional strategies and methods that have proven
effective in addressing the specific instructional
issues that caused the local educational agency
to be identified for improvement;
‘‘(C) shall include assistance in analyzing
and revising the local educational agency’s
budget such that the agency’s resources are
more effectively focused on those activities most
likely to increase student achievement and to
remove the agency from improvement status;
and
‘‘(D) may be provided by—
‘‘(i) the State educational agency; or
‘‘(ii) with the local educational agen-
cy’s approval, by an institution of higher
education (in full compliance with all the
reporting provisions of title II of the High-
er Education Act of 1965), a private not-
for-profit or for-profit organization, an
educational service agency, the recipient of
a Federal contract or cooperative agree-
ment as described under section 7005, or
any other entity with experience in helping
schools improve achievement.
‘‘(11) RESOURCES REALLOCATION.—The State
educational agency may, as a condition of providing
the local educational agency with technical assist-
ance and financial support in developing and car-
rying out an improvement plan, require that the
local educational agency reallocate resources away
from ineffective or inefficient activities to activities
that, through scientific research, have proven to
have the greatest impact on increasing student
achievement and closing the achievement gap be-
tween groups of students.
‘‘(12) CORRECTIVE ACTION.—In order to help
students served under this part meet challenging
State standards, each State educational agency shall
implement a system of corrective action in accord-
ance with the following:
‘‘(A) After providing technical assistance
under paragraph (10), and subject to subpara-
graph (D), the State educational agency—
‘‘(i) shall take corrective action with
respect to any local educational agency
that 
fails 
to 
make 
adequate 
yearly
progress, as defined by the State, after the
end of the second year following its identi-
fication under paragraph (2); and
‘‘(ii) shall continue to provide tech-
nical assistance while instituting any cor-
rective action under clause (i) or (ii).
‘‘(B) As used in this paragraph, the term
‘corrective action’ means action, consistent with
State law, that—
‘‘(i) substantially and directly re-
sponds to—
‘‘(I) the consistent academic fail-
ure of schools served by a local edu-
cational agency that caused the State
educational agency to take such action
with respect to the local educational
agency; and
‘‘(II) any underlying staffing,
curricular, or other problem in the
schools served by the local educational
agency; and
‘‘(ii) is designed to meet the goal of
having all students served under this part
perform at the proficient and advanced
performance levels.
‘‘(C) In the case of a local educational
agency described in subparagraph (A)(ii), the
‘‘(C) Not less than 90 percent of the funds re-
served under subparagraph (A) shall be distributed
to schools served under this part.’’.
(b) 
NOTICE.—Section 
1118(b)(1) 
(20 
U.S.C.
6319(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence ‘‘Parents shall be notified of the policy in a format,
and to the extent practicable in a language, that the par-
ents can understand.’’.
(c) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—Section 1118(c)(4)
(20 U.S.C. 6319(c)(4)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘school
performance 
profiles 
required 
under 
section
1116(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘school reports described
under section 4401’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and
(E) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(D) notice of the school’s designation as
a school in need of improvement under section
1116(b), if applicable, and a clear explanation
of what such designation means;
‘‘(E) notice of corrective action taken
against the school under section 1116(c)(9) and
1116(d)(12), if applicable, and a clear expla-
nation of what such action means;’’; and
(4) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’.
(d) BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INVOLVEMENT.—Sec-
tion 1118(e) (20 U.S.C 6319(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘National
Educational Goals,’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (14) and (15)
as paragraphs (16) and (17), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(14) may establish a district wide parent advi-
sory council to advise on all matters related to pa-
rental involvement in programs supported under this
part;’’; and
(4) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (15) and transferring such paragraph to fol-
low paragraph 14 (as redesignated by paragraph
(3));
(5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) shall expand the use of electronic commu-
nications among teachers, students, and parents,