2000 U.S. Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 70 - STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SUBCHAPTER I - HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
Part F - General Provisions
Sec. 6513 - State administration

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§6513. State administration (a) Rulemaking (1) In general

Each State that receives funds under this subchapter shall—

(A) ensure that any State rules, regulations, and policies relating to this subchapter conform to the purposes of this subchapter and provide any such proposed rules, regulations, and policies to the committee of practitioners under subsection (b) of this section for their review and comment;

(B) minimize such rules, regulations, and policies to which their local educational agencies and schools are subject; and

(C) identify any such rule, regulation, or policy as a State-imposed requirement.

(2) Support and facilitation

State rules, regulations, and policies under this subchapter shall support and facilitate local educational agency and school-level systemic reform designed to enable all children to meet the challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards.

(b) Committee of practitioners (1) In general

Each State educational agency shall create a State committee of practitioners to advise the State in carrying out its responsibilities under this subchapter.

(2) Membership

Each such committee shall include—

(A) as a majority of its members, representatives from local educational agencies;

(B) administrators;

(C) teachers, including vocational educators;

(D) parents;

(E) members of local boards of education;

(F) representatives of private school children; and

(G) pupil services personnel.

(3) Duties

The duties of such committee shall include a review, prior to publication, of any proposed or final State rule or regulation pursuant to this subchapter. In an emergency situation where such rule or regulation must be issued within a very limited time to assist local educational agencies with the operation of the program under this subchapter, the State educational agency may issue a regulation without prior consultation, but shall immediately thereafter convene the State committee of practitioners to review the emergency regulation prior to issuance in final form.

(c) Payment for State administration

Each State may reserve for the proper and efficient performance of its duties under this subchapter the greater of—

(1) 1.00 percent of the funds received under subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 6302 of this title; or

(2) 0,000, or ,000 in the case of the outlying areas.

(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, §1603, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, §101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3611.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 6311, 6318, 8824 of this title.