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(b) REPORTING.-Each local educational agency which receives funds under this title shall make an annual report and such other reports to the State educational agency, in such form and containing such information (which in the case of reports relating to performance is in accordance with specific performance criteria related to program objectives), as may be reasonably necessary to enable the State educational agency to perform its duties under this title, including information relating to the educational achievement of students participating in programs and projects assisted under this title.

(c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.-Each local educational agency which applies for or receives funds under this title shall make the application and all pertinent documents related thereto available to parents, teachers, and other members of the general public.

(20 U.S.C. 2737) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 101(a), 92 Stat. 2170, 2171.

COMPLAINT RESOLUTION

SEC. 128. Each local educational agency which receives funds under this title shall develop and implement, in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Commissioner, written procedures for the resolution of complaints made to that agency by parent advisory councils, parents, teachers, or other concerned organizations or individuals concerning violations of this title, or of applicable provisions of the General Education Provisions Act in connection with programs under this title. Such procedures shall

(1) provide specific time limits for investigation and resolution of complaints, which shall not exceed thirty days unless a longer period of time is provided by the State educational agency due to exceptional circumstances in accordance with regulations established by the Commissioner;

(2) provide an opportunity for the complainant or the complainant's representative, or both, to present evidence, including an opportunity to question parties involved;

(3) provide the right to appeal the final resolution of the local educational agency to the State educational agency within thirty days after receipt of the written decision; and

(4) provide for the dissemination of information concerning these procedures to interested parties, including all district and school parent advisory councils.

(20 U.S.C. 2738) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 101(a), 92 Stat. 2171.

INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS

SEC. 129. It is the intent of the Congress to encourage, whenever feasible, the development for each educationally deprived child participating in a program under this title of an individualized educational plan (maintained and periodically evaluated), agreed upon jointly by the local educational agency, the teacher, a parent or guardian of the child, and, when appropriate, the child.

(20 U.S.C. 2739) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 101(a), 92 Stat. 2171.

PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

SEC. 130. (a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.-To the extent consistent with the number of educationally deprived children in the school district of the local educational agency who are enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools, such agency shall make provision for including special educational services and arrangements (such as dual enrollment, educational radio and television, and mobile educational services and equipment) in which such children can participate and meeting the requirements of sections 122 and 123, and subsections (a), (b), (d), and (m) of section 124, and subsection (c) of section 126. Expenditures for educational services and arrangements pursuant to this section for educationally deprived children in private schools shall be equal (taking into account the number of children to be served and the special educational needs of such children) to expenditures for children enrolled in the public schools of the local educational agency.

(b) BY-PASS PROVISION.-(1) If a local educational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participation in special programs for educationally deprived children enrolled in private ele mentary and secondary schools as required by subsection (a), the Commissioner shall waive such requirement, and shall arrange for the provision of services to such children through arrangements which shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (a).

(2) If the Commissioner determines that a local educational agency has substantially failed to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of educationally deprived children enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools as required by subsection (a), he shall arrange for the provision of services to such children through arrangements which shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (a), upon which determination the provisions of subsection (a) shall be waived.

(3)(A) When the Commissioner arranges for services pursuant to this subsection, he shall, after consultation with the appropriate public and private school officials, pay to the provider the cost of such services, including the administrative cost of arranging for such services, from the appropriate allocation or allocations under this title.

(B) Pending final resolution of any investigation or complaint that could result in a determination under this subsection, the Commissioner may withhold from the allocation of the affected State or local educational agency the amount he estimates would be necessary to pay the cost of such services.

(C) Any determination by the Commissioner under this section shall continue in effect until the Commissioner determines that there will no longer be any failure or inability on the part of the local educational agency to meet the requirements of subsection (a). (4)(A) The Commissioner shall not take any final action under this subsection until the State educational agency and local educational agency affected by such action have had an opportunity, for at least forty-five days after receiving written notice thereof, to submit written objections and to appear before the Commissioner or his designee to show cause why such action should not be taken.

(B) If a State or local educational agency is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action after a proceeding under subparagraph

(A) of this paragraph, it may within sixty days after notice of such action, file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for review of that action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Commissioner. The Commissioner thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based his action, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code.

(C) The findings of fact by the Commissioner, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case to the Commissioner to take further evidence, and the Commissioner may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify his previous action, and shall file in the court the record of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence.

(D) Upon the filing of a petition under subparagraph (B), the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Commissioner or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.

(20 U.S.C. 2740) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 101, 88 Stat. 497, 498; redesignated and amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 101(a), 92 Stat. 2171-2173; amended Aug. 6, 1979, P.L. 96-46, sec. 1(6), 93 Stat. 338.

Subpart 4-Exemptions From Certain Program Requirements

EXCLUSIONS FROM EXCESS COSTS AND COMPARABILITY PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 131. (a) IN GENERAL.-For the purpose of determining compliance with the requirement of section 126(b) (relating to use of funds only for excess costs of programs and projects) and of section 126(e) (relating to comparability of services), a local educational agency may, at its option, exclude State and local funds expended for carrying out a special program or a State phase-in program.

(b) SPECIAL PROGRAM AND STATE PHASE-IN PROGRAM DEFINED.-— For purposes of this section

(1) a special program is limited to

(A) a State compensatory education program which the Commissioner has determined in advance under subsection (e) meets the requirements of subsection (c) and which the State educational agency determines is being implemented by the local educational agency in accordance with subsection (c);

(B) a State compensatory education program which the Commissioner has determined in advance under subsection (e) does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (c), but which he has determined permits the local educational agency, at its option, to use such special State funds in accordance with subsection (c), provided that the local educational agency designs a program which the State educational agency determines in advance under subsection (f) meets the requirements of subsection (c) and which the State educational agency determines will be implemented

by the local educational agencies in accordance with subsection (c); or

(C) a local compensatory education program which the State educational agency has determined in advance under subsection (f) meets the requirements of subsection (c) and which the State educational agency determines is being implemented in accordance with subsection (c); and

(D) a bilingual program for children of limited English proficiency or special educational program for handicapped children or children with specific learning disabilities; and

(2) a State phase-in program is a program which the Commissioner has determined in advance under subsection (e) meets the requirements of subsection (d) and which the State educational agency determines will be implemented by local educational agencies in accordance with subsection (d).

(c) STATE AND LOCAL COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS SimiLAR TO TITLE I PROGRAMS.-A State or local program meets the requirements of this subsection if it is similar to programs assisted under this part. The Commissioner shall consider a State or local program to be similar to programs assisted under this part if—

(1) all children participating in the program are educationally deprived,

(2) the program is based on performance objectives related to educational achievement and is evaluated in a manner consistent with those performance objectives,

(3) the program provides supplementary services designed to meet the special educational needs of the children who are participating,

(4) the local educational agency keeps such records and affords such access thereto as are necessary to assure the correctness and verification of the requirements of clauses (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection, and

(5) the State educational agency monitors performance under the program to assure that the requirements of clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection are met.

(d) CERTAIN STATE PHASE-IN PROGRAMS.-A State education program which is being phased into full operation meets the requirements of this subsection if the Commissioner is satisfied that

(1) the program is authorized and governed specifically by the provisions of State law;

(2) the purpose of the program is to provide for the comprehensive and systematic restructuring of the total educational environment at the level of the individual school;

(3) the program is based on objectives, including but not limited to, performance objectives related to educational achievement and is evaluated in a manner consistent with those objectives;

(4) parents and school staff are involved in comprehensive planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program;

(5) the program will benefit all children in a particular school or grade-span within a school;

(6) schools participating in a program describe, in a school level plan, program strategies for meeting the special educational needs of educationally deprived children;

(7) the phase-in period of the program is not more than six school years, except that the phase-in period for a program commenced prior to the date of enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978 shall be deemed to begin on the date of enactment of such Amendments;

(8) at all times during such phase-in period at least 50 per centum of the schools participating in the program are the schools serving project areas which have the greatest number or concentrations of educationally deprived children or children from low-income families;

(9) State funds made available for the phase-in program will supplement, and not supplant, State and local funds which would, in the absence of the phase-in program, have been provided for schools participating in such program;

(10) the local educational agency is separately accountable, for purposes of compliance with paragraphs (1) through (6), (8), and (9) of this subsection, to the State educational agency for any funds expended for such program; and

(11) the local educational agencies carrying out the program are complying with paragraphs (1) through (6), (8), and (9) and the State educational agency is complying with paragraph (10). (e) ADVANCE DETERMINATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER.-The Commissioner shall make an advance determination of whether or not a State Program described in subsection (b)(1) (A) or (B) or (b)(2) meets the requirements of subsection (c) or meets the requirements of subsection (d). The Commissioner shall require each State educational agency to submit to him the provisions of State law together with implementing rules, regulations, orders, guidelines, and interpretations which are necessary for him to make such an advance determination. The Commissioner's determination shall be in writing and shall include the reasons for his determination. Whenever there is any material change in pertinent State law affecting the program, the State educational agency shall submit such changes to the Commissioner.

(f) ADVANCE DETERMINATION BY THE STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.-The State educational agency shall make an advance determination of whether or not a program described in subsection (b)(1)(C) meets the requirements of subsection (c). The State educational agency shall require each local educational agency to submit the provisions of local law, together with implementing rules, regulations, guidelines, and interpretations which are necessary to make such an advance determination. The State educational agency's determination shall be in writing and shall include the reasons for the determination. Whenever there is any material change in pertinent local law affecting the program, the local educational agency shall submit such changes to the State educational agency. (20 U.S.C. 2751) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 101(a), 92 Stat. 2173-2175.

LIMITED EXEMPTION TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, REQUIREMENT WHERE CERTAIN SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN ARE FULLY FUNDED

SEC. 132. Whenever for a fiscal year

(1) a local educational agency provides special State and local funds for programs for educationally deprived children which

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