PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 161 (B) the chairperson of the State board of education and the chairpersons of the appropriate authorizing committees of the State legislature, or their designees; (C) teachers, principals, and administrators who have successfully improved student performance, and deans or senior administrators of a college, school, or department of education; (D) representatives of teacher's organizations, parents, secondary school students, institutions of higher education, business and labor leaders, community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, organizations serving young children, local boards of education. State and local omcials responsible for health, social, and other related services, private schools in which students or teachers participate in Federal education programs, and, as appropriate, Indian tribes and others; (E) representatives from rural and urban local educational agencies in the State, as appropriate; and (F) experts in educational measurement and assessment. (2) APPOINTMENT. —The Governor and the chief State school officer shall each appoint half the members of the panel and shall jointly select the Chairperson of the panel and the representative of private schools described in paragraph (I)(D). (3) REPRESENTATION.—(A) To the extent feasible, the membership of the panel shall be geographically representative of the State and reflect the diversity of the population of the State with regard to race, ethnicity, gender, and disability characteristics. (B) The membership of the panel shall be composed so that the minimum total number of members of the panel with expertise or background in the educational needs or assessments of children from low-income families, children with minority backgrounds, children with limited-English proficiency, or children with disabilities, serving on the panel— (i) bears the same relation to the total number of members serving on the panel as the total number of all such children in the State bears to the total number of all children in the State; or (ii) is at least one-third of the number of members of the panel, whichever is less. (4) CONSULTATION.— The panel shall consult the Governor, the chief State school officer, the State board of education, and relevant committees of the State legislature in developing the State improvement plan. (5) OUTREACH.— The panel shall be responsible for conducting a statewide, grassroots outreach process, including conducting public hearings, to involve educators, related services personnel, parents, local ofllcials, tribal government officials as appropriate, individuals representing private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, community and business leaders, citizens, children's advocates, secondary school students, and others with a stake in the success of students and their education system, and who are representative of the diversity of the State and the State's student population, including, students of limited-English proficiency, students with
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