State educational agency shall take not less
than 1 of the following corrective actions:
‘‘(i) Withhold funds from the local
educational agency.
‘‘(ii) Reconstitute the relevant local
educational agency personnel.
‘‘(iii) Remove particular schools from
the area served by the local educational
agency, and establish alternative arrange-
ments for public governance and super-
vision of such schools.
‘‘(iv) Appoint, through the State edu-
cational agency, a receiver or trustee to ad-
minister the affairs of the local educational
agency in place of the local educational
agency’s superintendent and school board.
‘‘(v) Abolish or restructure the local
educational agency.
‘‘(vi)(I) Authorize students to transfer
from a school operated by the local edu-
cational agency to a higher performing
public school, including a public charter or
magnet school, operated by another local
educational agency.
‘‘(II) Provide students described in
subclause (I) transportation services, or
the costs of transportation, not to exceed
10 percent of the funds allocated to a local
educational agency under this part, to such
higher performing schools or public charter
schools.
‘‘(III) Take not less than 1 additional
action described under this subparagraph.
‘‘(D) Prior to implementing any corrective
action, the State educational agency shall pro-
vide notice and a opportunity for a hearing to
the affected local educational agency, if State
law provides for such notice and opportunity.
‘‘(E) Not later than 45 days after the
State educational agency makes its initial deter-
mination that a local educational agency in the
State and receiving assistance under this part is
eligible for improvement, the State educational
agency shall make public a final determination
on the status of the local educational agency.
‘‘(F) The State educational agency shall
publish and disseminate to parents described in
paragraph (7) and the public information re-
garding any corrective action the State edu-
cational agency takes under this paragraph
through such means as the Internet, the media,
and public agencies.
‘‘(G) The State educational agency may
delay, for a period not to exceed 1 year, imple-
mentation of corrective action if the local edu-
cational agency’s failure to make adequate year-
ly progress was justified due to exceptional or
uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural
disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen decline
in the financial resources of the local edu-
cational agency or schools served by the local
educational agency.’’.
SEC. 110. STATE ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT AND
IMPROVEMENT.
Section 1117 (20 U.S.C. 6318) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 1117. STATE ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT AND
IMPROVEMENT.
‘‘(a) SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT.—Using funds allocated
under section 1003(a)(1), each State educational agency
shall establish a statewide system of intensive and sus-
tained support and improvement for local educational
agencies, elementary schools, and secondary schools re-
ceiving funds under this part, in order to ensure that all
groups of students specified in section 1111 and attending
such schools meet or exceed the proficient standard level
performance on the assessments required by section
1111(b)(4) within 10 years of the date of enactment of
the Public Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Re-
sponsibility Act.
‘‘(b) PRIORITIES.—In carrying out this section, a
State educational agency shall—
‘‘(1) first, provide support and assistance to
local educational agencies and schools identified as
in need of improvement under section 1116;
‘‘(2) second, provide support and assistance to
local educational agencies subject to corrective action
under section 1116, and assist elementary schools
and secondary schools, in accordance with section
1116(c)(11), for which a local educational agency
has failed to carry out its responsibilities under sec-
tion 1116(c) (9) and (10); and
‘‘(3) third, provide support and assistance to
local educational agencies and schools that are at
risk of being identified as being in need of improve-
ment within the next academic year, participating
under this part.
‘‘(c) APPROACHES.—In order to achieve the purpose
described in subsection (a), each statewide system shall
provide technical assistance and support through ap-
proaches such as—
‘‘(1) school support teams, composed of individ-
uals who are knowledgeable about scientifically
based research, teaching and learning practices, and
particularly about strategies for improving edu-
cational results for low-achieving children; and
‘‘(2) designating and using Distinguished Edu-
cators, who are chosen from schools served under
this part that have been especially successful in im-
proving academic achievement.
‘‘(d) FUNDS.—Each State educational agency—
‘‘(1) shall use funds reserved under section
1003(a)(1), but not used under section 1003(a)(2),
to carry out this section; and
‘‘(2) may use State administrative funds au-
thorized under section 1703(c) to carry out this sec-
tion.
‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVES.—The State educational agency
may—
‘‘(1) devise additional approaches to providing
the technical assistance and support described in
subsection (c), such as providing assistance through
institutions of higher education, educational service
agencies, or other local consortia; and
‘‘(2) seek approval from the Secretary to use
funds under section 1003(a)(2) for such approaches
as part of the State plan.’’.
SEC. 111. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT CHANGES.
(a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY POLICY.—Section
1118(a) (20 U.S.C. 6319(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘programs,
activities, and procedures’’ and inserting ‘‘activities
and procedures’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs
(E) and (F) and inserting the following:
‘‘(E) conduct, with the involvement of par-
ents, an annual evaluation of the content and
effectiveness of the parental involvement policy
in improving the academic quality of the schools
served under this part;
‘‘(F) involve parents in the activities of the
schools served under this part; and
‘‘(G) promote consumer friendly environ-
ments within the local educational agency and
schools served under this part.’’;
(3) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph: