§ 6303. — School improvement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC6303]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
SCHOOLS
SUBCHAPTER I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED
Sec. 6303. School improvement
(a) State reservations
Each State shall reserve 2 percent of the amount the State receives
under subpart 2 of part A of this subchapter for fiscal years 2002 and
2003, and 4 percent of the amount received under such subpart for fiscal
years 2004 through 2007, to carry out subsection (b) of this section and
to carry out the State's responsibilities under sections 6316 and 6317
of this title, including carrying out the State educational agency's
statewide system of technical assistance and support for local
educational agencies.
(b) Uses
Of the amount reserved under subsection (a) of this section for any
fiscal year, the State educational agency--
(1) shall allocate not less than 95 percent of that amount
directly to local educational agencies for schools identified for
school improvement, corrective action, and restructuring, for
activities under section 6316(b) of this title; or
(2) may, with the approval of the local educational agency,
directly provide for these activities or arrange for their provision
through other entities such as school support teams or educational
service agencies.
(c) Priority
The State educational agency, in allocating funds to local
educational agencies under this section, shall give priority to local
educational agencies that--
(1) serve the lowest-achieving schools;
(2) demonstrate the greatest need for such funds; and
(3) demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such
funds are used to enable the lowest-achieving schools to meet the
progress goals in school improvement plans under section
6316(b)(3)(A)(v) of this title.
(d) Unused funds
If, after consultation with local educational agencies in the State,
the State educational agency determines that the amount of funds
reserved to carry out subsection (b) of this section is greater than the
amount needed to provide the assistance described in that subsection,
the State educational agency shall allocate the excess amount to local
educational agencies in accordance with--
(1) the relative allocations the State educational agency made
to those agencies for that fiscal year under subpart 2 of part A of
this subchapter; or
(2) section 6338(c) of this title.
(e) Special rule
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the amount of
funds reserved by the State educational agency under subsection (a) of
this section in any fiscal year shall not decrease the amount of funds
each local educational agency receives under subpart 2 \1\ below the
amount received by such local educational agency under such subpart for
the preceding fiscal year.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``subpart 2 of part A of this
subchapter''.
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(f) Reporting
The State educational agency shall make publicly available a list of
those schools that have received funds or services pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section and the percentage of students from each
school from families with incomes below the poverty line.
(g) Assistance for local school improvement
(1) Program authorized
The Secretary shall award grants to States to enable the States
to provide subgrants to local educational agencies for the purpose
of providing assistance for school improvement consistent with
section 6316 of this title.
(2) State allotments
Such grants shall be allotted among States, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and the outlying areas, in proportion to the funds received
by the States, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the outlying areas,
respectively, for the fiscal year under parts A, C, and D of this
subchapter. The Secretary shall expeditiously allot a portion of
such funds to States for the purpose of assisting local educational
agencies and schools that were in school improvement status on the
date preceding January 8, 2002.
(3) Reallocations
If a State does not receive funds under this subsection, the
Secretary shall reallocate such funds to other States in the same
proportion funds are allocated under paragraph (2).
(4) State applications
Each State educational agency that desires to receive funds
under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, and containing such information, as the Secretary
shall reasonably require, except that such requirement shall be
waived if a State educational agency submitted such information as
part of its State plan under this part. Each State application shall
describe how the State educational agency will allocate such funds
in order to assist the State educational agency and local
educational agencies in complying with school improvement,
corrective action, and restructuring requirements of section 6316 of
this title.
(5) Local educational agency grants
A grant to a local educational agency under this subsection
shall be--
(A) of sufficient size and scope to support the activities
required under sections 6316 and 6317 of this title, but not
less than $50,000 and not more than $500,000 for each
participating school;
(B) integrated with other funds awarded by the State under
this chapter; and
(C) renewable for two additional 1-year periods if schools
are meeting the goals in their school improvement plans
developed under section 6316 of this title.
(6) Priority
The State, in awarding such grants, shall give priority to local
educational agencies with the lowest-achieving schools that
demonstrate--
(A) the greatest need for such funds; and
(B) the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are
used to provide adequate resources to enable the lowest-
achieving schools to meet the goals under school and local
educational agency improvement, corrective action, and
restructuring plans under section 6316 of this title.
(7) Allocation
A State educational agency that receives a grant under this
subsection shall allocate at least 95 percent of the grant funds
directly to local educational agencies for schools identified for
school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring to carry out
activities under section 6316(b) of this title, or may, with the
approval of the local educational agency, directly provide for these
activities or arrange for their provision through other entities
such as school support teams or educational service agencies.
(8) Administrative costs
A State educational agency that receives a grant award under
this subsection may reserve not more than 5 percent of such grant
funds for administration, evaluation, and technical assistance
expenses.
(9) Local awards
Each local educational agency that applies for assistance under
this subsection shall describe how it will provide the lowest-
achieving schools the resources necessary to meet goals under school
and local educational agency improvement, corrective action, and
restructuring plans under section 6316 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1003, as added Pub. L. 107-110, title I,
Sec. 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1442.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6303, Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1003, as added
Pub. L. 103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3522,
related to reservation and allocation for school improvement, prior to
the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107-110.
A prior section 1003 of Pub. L. 89-10 was renumbered section 9003
and was classified to section 3383 of this title, prior to the general
amendment of Pub. L. 89-10 by Pub. L. 103-382.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 6302, 6317, 7305b of this
title.
