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Title I — Improving basic program requirements

S. 512 · 113th Congress · Mar 11, 2013 · Lineage

I Improving basic program requirements

Sec. 101 State plans

(a)
Accountability— Section 1111(b)(2)(A) (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (ii), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(2)
in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(iv) include a recognition program for local educational agencies in the State that, for each category of students described in subparagraph (C)(v), significantly increase the proportion of students scoring at or above the advanced level of achievement on the State academic assessments under paragraph (3).”

(b)
State assessments— Section 1111(b)(3)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (xiv), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(2)
in clause (xv), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(xvi) measure individual academic achievement, including measuring above grade level achievement.”

(c)
Accountability system— Section 1111(b)(8) (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(8)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (D), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(2)
by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and
(3)
by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:

“(E) the specific steps the State educational agency will take to assist each local educational agency and school affected by the State plan to provide additional educational assistance to individual students who—

“(i) perform at the advanced level of achievement on the State academic assessments described in paragraph (3); and

“(ii) are gifted and talented (including high-ability students who have not been formally identified for gifted education services); and”

Sec. 102 Annual State report cards

Section 1111(h)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (vii), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(2)
by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix); and
(3)
by inserting after clause (vii) the following:

“(viii) a comparison of the performance of students between different local educational agencies across the State at each level of achievement described in subsection (b)(1)(D)(ii), disaggregated by the subgroups described in subsection (b)(2)(C)(v); and”

Sec. 103 Local educational agency plans

(a)
Plan provisions— Section 1112(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (P), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(2)
in subparagraph (Q), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(R) a description of how the local educational agency will identify gifted and talented students, including high-ability students who have not previously been formally identified for gifted education services, and implement educational approaches at the elementary and secondary levels to support the learning needs of gifted and talented students to ensure that such students make appropriate learning gains, such as early entrance to kindergarten, enrichment, acceleration, curriculum compacting, and dual enrollment in secondary school and postsecondary education.”

(b)
Schoolwide programs— Section 1114(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6314(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(K) A description of how the school will identify gifted and talented students, including high-ability students who have not previously been formally identified for gifted education services, and provide services to support the learning needs of such students to ensure that such students make appropriate learning gains.”

(c)
Targeted assistance schools— Section 1115(c)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6315(c)(1)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (G), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(2)
in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(I) identify gifted and talented students, including high-ability students who have not previously been formally identified for gifted education services, and provide services to support the learning needs of such students to ensure that gifted and talented and high-ability students make appropriate learning gains.”

Sec. 104 National Assessment of title I

Section 1501(a)(2)(E) (20 U.S.C. 6491(a)(2)(E)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (iv), by striking “and”;
(2)
in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(vi) made public an analysis of excellence gaps and a description of activities to close any such gaps.”