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(12) carrying out activities to build stronger
partnerships between schools and parents, busi-
nesses, and communities; and
(13) assessing activities carried out under the
grant, including the extent to which the grant is
achieving its objectives.
SEC. 11. FLEXIBILITY.
(a) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
SCHOOLWIDE
PROGRAMS
UNDER ESEA, TITLE I.—Each school operated by a local
educational agency receiving funding under this authority
is selected by the agency to receive funds under section
1113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 shall be considered as meeting the criteria for eli-
gibility to implement a schoolwide program as described
in section 1114 of that Act.
(b) CARRYING OUT SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.—All
schools in the local educational agency that qualify for eli-
gibility for a schoolwide program based solely on the agen-
cy’s receiving funding under this Act and that wish to
carry out a schoolwide program shall—
(1) develop a plan that satisfies the require-
ments of section 1114(b)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
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(2) develop a program that includes the compo-
nents of a schoolwide program described in section
1114(b)(1) of that Act.
SEC. 12. PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
AND TEACHERS.
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—(1)(A) If a local educational
agency uses funds under this Act to provide for training
of teachers or administrators, it shall provide for the par-
ticipation of teachers or administrators from private non-
profit elementary or secondary schools, in proportion to
the number of children enrolled in those schools who reside
in attendance areas served by the local educational agen-
cy’s program under this Act.
(B) A local educational agency may choose to comply
with subparagraph (A) by providing services to teachers
or administrators from private schools at the same time
and location it provides those services to teachers and ad-
ministrators from public schools.
(C) The local educational agency shall carry out sub-
paragraph (A) after timely and meaningful consultation
with appropriate private school officials.
(2) If the local educational agency uses funds under
this Act to develop curricular materials, it shall make in-
formation about those materials available to private
schools.
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(b) WAIVER.—If, by reason of any provision of law,
a local educational agency is prohibited from providing the
training for private school teachers or administrators re-
quired by subsection (a)(1)(A), or if the Secretary deter-
mines that the agency is unable to do so, the Secretary
shall waive the requirement of that subsection and shall
use a portion of the agency’s grant to arrange for the pro-
vision of the training.
SEC. 13. EVALUATION.
The Secretary shall carry out an evaluation of the
program supported under this Act, which shall address
such issues as the extent to which—
(1) student achievement in local educational
agencies receiving support increases;
(2) local educational agencies receiving support
expand the choices for students and parents within
public education; and
(3) local educational agencies receiving support
development and implement systems to hold schools,
teachers, and principals accountable for student
achievement.
SEC. 14. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
The Secretary may reserve up to five percent of the
amount appropriated under section 15 for any fiscal year
for—
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(1) peer review activities;
(2) evaluation of the program under section 13
and measurement of its effectiveness in accordance
with the Government Performance and Results Act
of 1993;
(3) dissemination of research findings, evalua-
tion data, and the experiences of districts imple-
menting comprehensive school reform; and
(4) technical assistance to grantees.
SEC. 15. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are
authorized to be appropriated $200 million for fiscal year
1999, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years.
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