John Kline

“ Rule for administrative costs– A State educational agency or a local educational agency shall only use applicable funding (as defined in subsection (a) (3) or (b) (3) , respectively) for administrative costs incurred in carrying out a provision listed in subsection (a) (1) or (b) (1) , respectively, to the extent that the agency, in the absence of this section, could have used funds for administrative costs with respect to a program listed in subsection (a) (3) or (b) (3) , respectively. ”

“ Professional development– The term professional development —
(A) includes evidence-based, job-embedded, continuous activities that— (i) improve and increase teachers’ knowledge of the academic subjects the teachers teach, and enable teachers to become effective educators; (ii) are an integral part of broad schoolwide and districtwide educational improvement plans; (iii) give teachers, school leaders, other staff, and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet State academic standards; (iv) improve classroom management skills ”

“ English learner– The term English learner , when used with respect to an individual, means an individual—
(A) who is aged 3 through 21; (B) who is enrolled or preparing to enroll in an elementary school or secondary school; (C) (i) who was not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English; (ii) (I) who is a Native American or Alaska Native, or a native resident of the outlying areas; and (II) who comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual’s level of English language proficiency ”

“ A private school official shall have the right to file a complaint with the State educational agency that the local educational agency did not engage in consultation that was meaningful and timely, did not give due consideration to the views of the private school official, or did not treat the private school or its students equitably as required by this section. ”

“ Each State plan shall demonstrate that the State has developed and is implementing a single, statewide accountability system to ensure that all public school students graduate from high school prepared for postsecondary education or the workforce without the need for remediation. ”

“ Direct student services– The term direct student services means public school choice or high-quality academic tutoring that are designed to help increase academic achievement for students.
(17) Distance education– The term distance education means the use of one or more technologies to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and the instructor synchronously or nonsynchronously. ”

“ Limitation on planning funds– A local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, may expend for planning (professional development shall not be considered to be planning for purposes of this subsection) not more than 50 percent of the grant funds received under this subpart for the first year of the program and not more than 15 percent of such funds for each of the second and third such years. ”

“ High-quality charter school– The term high-quality charter school means a charter school that—
(A) shows evidence of strong academic results, which may include strong academic growth as determined by a State; (B) has no significant issues in the areas of student safety, financial management, or statutory or regulatory compliance; (C) has demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement and attainment for all students served by the charter school ”

“ Each such school that is accredited by a regional accrediting organization shall adopt an appropriate assessment and other academic indicators, in consultation with and with the approval of, the Secretary of the Interior and consistent with assessments and academic indicators adopted by other schools in the same State or region, that meet the requirements of this section. ”

“ Parental involvement– The term parental involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring—
(A) that parents play an integral role in assisting in their child’s learning; (B) that parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school; (C) that parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as appropriate, in decisionmaking and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child ”

“ Academic achievement– The school selected in accordance with this paragraph shall ensure that homeless children and youth have opportunities to meet the same State academic standards to which other students are held. ”

“ To assist State educational agencies, local educational agencies, community-based organizations, schools, and educators in strengthening partnerships among parents, teachers, school leaders, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children and fostering greater parental engagement. ”

“ Indian tribe– = The term Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Native village or Regional Corporation or Village Corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. ”

“ This purpose can be accomplished by—
(1) meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children in our Nation’s highest-poverty schools, English learners, migratory children, children with disabilities, Indian children, and neglected or delinquent children; (2) closing the achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and nonminority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers; (3) affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children ”

“ The Federal Government will continue to work with local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary institutions, and other entities toward the goal of ensuring that programs that serve Indian children are of the highest quality and provide for not only the basic elementary and secondary educational needs, but also the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of these children. ”

“ Alternate academic achievement standards– Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a State may, through a documented and validated standards-setting process, adopt alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, if—
(i) the determination about whether the achievement of an individual student should be measured against such standards is made separately for each student; and (ii) such standards— (I) are aligned with the State academic standards required under subparagraph (A) ; (II) promote access to the general curriculum ”

“ To provide financial support to organizations to provide technical assistance and training to State and local educational agencies in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement. ”

“ In general– = The term local educational agency means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or of or for a combination of school districts or counties that is recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools. ”

“ Reforming teacher and school leader certification, recertification, licensing, and tenure systems to ensure that such systems are rigorous and that— (I) each teacher has the subject matter knowledge and teaching skills necessary to help students meet the State’s academic standards; and (II) school leaders have the instructional leadership skills to help teachers instruct and students learn. ”