Sec. 5. Reservation of funds for school improvement
399 words·~2 min read·
/bill/114/s/672/is/section-5A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7131 ) is amended— in subsection
(a)by inserting , and not reserved under subsection
(c)after carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), ; in subsection (b), by striking this section and inserting subsection (a); and by adding at the end the following: No less than 7.5 percent of the funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) shall be reserved for the Secretary to make grants to the 50 local educational agencies with an approved application that have the highest rates of suspension and expulsion and the greatest disparity between the rates of suspension and expulsion for students who are members of the categories described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)(III)(dd), and all students at the school, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall allocate the funds described in paragraph
(1)among such local educational agencies in a manner determined by the Secretary. In order to receive funds under this subsection, a local educational agency shall submit a plan to the Secretary in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require and shall include a description of how the local educational agency will use the funds awarded under this subsection for the professional development of principals, administrators, teachers, specialized instructional support personnel, para-educators, school resource officers, and school police to reduce suspensions and expulsions. A local educational agency receiving funds under this subsection may use such funds to carry out one or more of the following activities: training on developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate prevention and deescalation strategies; implementing positive behavioral intervention systems; implementing tiered disciplinary systems; carrying out training on conflict resolution and restorative justice; hiring additional school-based mental health services providers; and carrying out other evidence-based approaches to reducing school suspensions and expulsions. At the conclusion of each grant period, each local educational agency that receives a grant under this subsection shall prepare and submit a report to the Secretary on the uses for the funding received as well as the techniques used by the local educational agency to reduce suspensions and expulsions. The Secretary shall publish and make publicly available an annual report on the best practices for State educational agencies and local educational agencies to reduce the use of suspensions and expulsions, and may include information from the reports described in subparagraph (A). .
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
U.S. Code
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 5
Reservation of funds for school improvement
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources