‘‘(D) titles II and III of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act; 
‘‘(E) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; 
‘‘(F) regulations promulgated under the 
authority of the laws listed in subparagraphs 
(A) through (E); or 
‘‘(G) other Federal civil rights laws.’’. 
SEC. 403. QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND PARA-
PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) HIGH OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STATE STANDARD 
OF EVALUATION.—Section 1119 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-
tively, and indenting as appropriate; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(2) STATE
PLAN.—As 
part’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) STATE PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
STATE
STAND-
ARDS.—Each State educational agency shall 
make available to teachers in the State the high
objective uniform State standard of evaluation, 
as described in section 9101(23)(C)(ii), for the 
purpose of meeting the teacher qualification re-
quirements established under this section.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 
(h), (i), (j), (k), and (l) as subsections (f), (g), (h), 
(i), (j), (k), (l), and (m), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each State edu-
cational agency shall ensure that local educational agen-
cies in the State make available all options described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (c)(1) to 
each new or existing paraprofessional for the purpose of 
demonstrating the qualifications of the paraprofessional, 
consistent with the requirements of this section.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (l) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (l)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (m)’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACH-
ERS.—Section 9101(23)(B)(ii) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) in the case of a middle 
school teacher, passing a State-ap-
proved middle school generalist exam 
when the teacher receives a license to 
teach middle school in the State; 
‘‘(IV) obtaining a State middle 
school or secondary school social stud-
ies certificate that qualifies the teach-
er to teach history, geography, eco-
nomics, civics, and government in 
middle 
schools 
or 
in 
secondary 
schools, respectively, in the State; or 
‘‘(V) obtaining a State middle 
school or secondary school science cer-
tificate that qualifies the teacher to 
teach earth science, biology, chem-
istry, and physics in middle schools or 
secondary schools, respectively, in the 
State; and’’. 
(c) ENSURING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall improve coordination among the teacher 
quality programs authorized under the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6301 et seq.), the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), 
and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), to 
provide a unified effort in strengthening the Amer-
ican teaching workforce and ensuring highly quali-
fied teachers. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Education shall submit a report to the relevant com-
mittees of Congress, that shall be made available on 
the website of the Department of Education, on ef-
forts to coordinate programs pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
Subtitle B—Adequate Yearly 
Progress Determinations 
SEC. 421. REVIEW OF ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS DE-
TERMINATIONS FOR SCHOOLS FOR THE 2002– 
2003 SCHOOL YEAR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require each 
local educational agency to provide each school served by 
the agency with an opportunity to request a review of a 
determination by the agency that the school did not make 
adequate yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year.
(b) FINAL DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after receipt of a request by a school for a review under 
this section, a local educational agency shall issue and 
make publicly available a final determination on whether 
the school made adequate yearly progress for the 2002– 
2003 school year. 
(c) EVIDENCE.—In conducting a review under this 
section, a local educational agency shall— 
(1) allow the principal of the school involved to 
submit evidence on whether the school made ade-
quate yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school 
year; and 
(2) consider that evidence before making a final 
determination under subsection (b). 
(d) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—In conducting a review 
under this section, a local educational agency shall revise, 
consistent with the applicable State plan under section 
1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311), the local educational agency’s 
original determination that a school did not make ade-
quate yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year if 
the agency finds that the school made such progress, tak-
ing into consideration— 
(1) the amendments made to part 200 of title 
34, Code of Federal Regulations (68 Fed. Reg.
68698) (relating to accountability for the academic 
achievement of students with the most significant 
cognitive disabilities); or 
(2) any regulation or guidance that, subsequent 
to the date of such original determination, was 
issued by the Secretary relating to— 
(A) the assessment of limited English pro-
ficient children; 
(B) the inclusion of limited English pro-
ficient children as part of the subgroup de-
scribed in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd)) 
after such children have obtained English pro-
ficiency; or 
(C) 
any 
requirement 
under 
section 
1111(b)(2)(I)(ii) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(I)(ii)). 
(e) EFFECT OF REVISED DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If pursuant to a review 
under this section a local educational agency deter-
mines that a school made adequate yearly progress 
for the 2002–2003 school year, upon such deter-
mination—