108 STAT. 170 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 an urban local educational agency and not less than 1 subgrant in each fiscal year to a rural local educational agency, where appropriate, except that this provision shall not apply to the District of Columbia. An education service agency may serve as a fiscal agent for a rural local educational agency. (C) Each such subgrant shall be for a project of sufficient duration and of sufficient size, scope, and quality to carry out the purpose of this title effectively. (2) APPLICATION REQUIRED. —(A) A local educational agency desiring to receive a subgrant under this subsection for the development of a local improvement plan shall submit an application to the State educational agency. Such application shall contain assurances that the local educational agency intends to develop a local improvement plan that meets the requirements of this section. (B) A local educational agency only shall be eligible to receive a subgrant under this subsection to develop a local improvement plan for one fiscal year. (3) PLAN REQUIRED.— Each local educational agency desiring to receive a subgrant under this subsection to implement a local improvement plan shall submit a local improvement plan to the State educational agency. Each such plan shall— (A) be developed by a broad-based panel that— (i) is appointed by the local educational agency and is representative of the diversity of students and community with regard to race, language, ethnicity, gender, disability, and socioeconomic characteristics and includes teachers, parents, advocacy groups, school administrators, business representatives, and others, as appropriate; and (ii) shall, following the selection of its members, establish the procedures regarding the operation of the panel, including the designation of the chairperson; (B) address districtwide education improvement, directed at enabling all students to meet the State content standards and State student performance standards, including specific goals and benchmarks, reflect the priorities of the State improvement plan (either approved or under development) and include a strategy for— (i) ensuring that all students have a fair opportunity to learn; (ii) improving teaching and learning; (iii) improving governance and management; (iv) generating, maintaining, and strengthening parental and community involvement; and (v) expanding improvements throughout the local educational agency; (C) promote the flexibility of local schools in developing plans which address the particular needs of their school and community and are consistent with the local improvement plan; (D) describe a process of broad-based community participation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the local improvement plan; (E) describe how the local educational agency will encourage and assist schools to develop and implement comprehensive school improvement plans that—
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