Sec. 113. State-established standards for opportunity to learn
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In carrying out section 112(a), each State educational agency, in consultation with local educational agencies, teachers, principals, pupil services personnel, administrators, other staff, and parents, shall develop standards to describe and measure the extent to which the State provides to the students in each public school and local educational agency in the State each of the opportunity to learn indicators described in section 112(a) in terms of ideal, adequate, and basic levels of such access.
In defining the levels of access required under subsection (a), the State shall consider, in addition to the factors described in section 112(a)— the access available to students in schools in the highest achieving decile of public elementary schools and secondary schools in the State, as determined on the basis of student performance on statewide student academic assessments, including— student academic assessments in reading or language arts, mathematics, and science under section 1111(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3) ); national student academic assessments of reading and mathematics under the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out under section 303(a) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 9622(a) ); and State student academic assessments of reading and mathematics under the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out under section 303(b)(3) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)); the unique needs of low-income, urban and rural, and minority students; and other educationally appropriate factors.
The levels of access required under subsection
(a)shall be aligned with the challenging State academic content and achievement standards, and the high-quality academic assessments, required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ). A State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary— a description of each of the levels of access required under subsection (a); a description of the level of access of each local educational agency, elementary school, and secondary school in the State to each of the opportunity to learn indicators described in section 112(a), including identification of any such schools that do not provide ideal or adequate levels of access (as defined under subsection (a)); an estimate of the additional cost, if any, of ensuring that the public school system meets the requirements of section 112; and the information required under subparagraphs
(B)and
(C)of paragraph
(1)and paragraph (2)(B) of section 131(b). The State annually shall publish the information submitted under subsection
(d)and shall disseminate the information to the public and the parents of children attending (or who may attend) public schools in the State, in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language that the parents can understand, through such means as the Internet, the media, and public agencies.
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