115 STAT. 1442 PUBLIC LAW 107-llO^JAN. 8, 2002 20 USC 6303. Public information. Records. "(i) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—For the purpose of carrying out section 1003(g), there are authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. "SEC. 1003. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. "(a) STATE RESERVATIONS.— Each State shall reserve 2 percent of the amount the State receives under subpart 2 of part A for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and 4 percent of the amount received under such subpart for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, to carry out subsection (b) and to carry out the State's responsibilities under sections 1116 and 1117, including carrying out the State educational agency's statewide system of technical assistance and support for local educational agencies. "(b) USES. —Of the amount reserved under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the State educational agency— "(1) shall allocate not less than 95 percent of that amount directly to local educational agencies for schools identified for school improvement, corrective action, and restructuring, for activities under section 1116(b); or "(2) may, with the approval of the local educational agency, directly provide for these activities or arrange for their provision through other entities such as school support teams or educational service agencies. "(c) PRIORITY. —The State educational agency, in allocating funds to local educational agencies under this section, shall give priority to local educational agencies that— "(1) serve the lowest-achieving schools; "(2) demonstrate the greatest need for such funds; and "(3) demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are used to enable the lowest-achieving schools to meet the progress goals in school improvement plans under section 1116(b)(3)(A)(v). "(d) UNUSED FUNDS. —If, after consultation with local educational agencies in the State, the State educational agency determines that the amount of funds reserved to carry out subsection (b) is greater than the amount needed to provide the assistance described in that subsection, the State educational agency shall allocate the excess amount to local educational agencies in accordance with— "(1) the relative allocations the State educational agency made to those agencies for that fiscal year under subpart 2 of part A; or "(2) section 1126(c). "(e) SPECIAL RULE. —Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the amount of funds reserved by the State educational agency under subsection (a) in any fiscal year shall not decrease the amount of funds each local educational agency receives under subpart 2 below the amount received by such local educational agency under such subpart for the preceding fiscal year. "(f) REPORTING.— The State educational agency shall make publicly available a list of those schools that have received funds or services pursuant to subsection (b) and the percentage of students from each school from families with incomes below the poverty line. "(g) ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. —
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