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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3149 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for a Federal partnership to ensure educational equity and quality. · Sec. 501

Sec. 501. State oversight boards

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In order to be eligible to receive a grant under title I, II, III, or IV, a State shall establish a State Oversight Board that is independent of the State educational agency, ensures educational equity in the State, and holds the State educational agency and local educational agencies in the State accountable for failure to meet such educational equity. A State Oversight Board established pursuant to this section shall— determine implementation plans and guidelines for the State educational agency and local educational agencies in the State to meet the educational equity goals determined by the State under subsection (c); determine whether the State and local educational agencies in the State have met the educational equity goals determined by the State; hold the State and local educational agencies in the State accountable for a failure to meet the educational equity goals, pursuant to the accountability consequences described under subsection (c); and provide to the Secretary, on an annual basis, the progress of the State and local educational agencies in the State towards meeting the educational equity goals.
A State that establishes a State Oversight Board under this section shall determine— the educational equity goals of the State, that includes a requirement that the State and local educational agencies in the State maintain a level of financial support for elementary and secondary education that is not less than the level of such support for fiscal year 2019; and the accountability consequences for the State and local educational agencies in the State if the State Oversight Board determines that the State or a local educational agency fails to meet the educational equity goals of the State, including the potential withholding of funds.
The Secretary and the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education shall provide technical assistance— to States in implementing the educational equity goals of the State; and to State Oversight Boards in carrying out subsection (b), including in determining whether the State and local educational agencies in the State have met the educational equity goals determined by the State. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.
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