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115 STAT. 1512 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 local funds to provide services that, taken as a whole, are substantially comparable in each school. "(C) BASIS.— ^A local educational agency may meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) on a gradespan by grade-span basis or a school-by-school basis. "(2) WRITTEN ASSURANCE. — "(A) EQUIVALENCE. —^A local educational agency shall be considered to have met the requirements of paragraph (1) if such agency has filed with the State educational agency a written assurance that such agency has established and implemented— "(i) a local educational agency-wide salary schedule; "(ii) a policy to ensure equivalence among schools in teachers, administrators, and other staff; and "(iii) a policy to ensure equivalence among schools in the provision of curriculum materials and instructional supplies. "(B) DETERMINATIONS.— For the purpose of this subsection, in the determination of expenditures per pupil from State and local funds, or instructional salaries per pupil from State and local funds, staff salary differentials for years of employment shall not be included in such determinations. "(C) EXCLUSIONS. —^A local educational agency need not include unpredictable changes in student enrollment or personnel assignments that occur after the beginning of a school year in determining comparability of services under this subsection. "(3) PROCEDURES AND RECORDS.— Each local educational agency assisted under this part shall— "(A) develop procedures for compliance with this subsection; and "(B) maintain records that are updated biennially documenting such agency's compliance with this subsection. "(4) INAPPLICABILITY.—Th is subsection shall not apply to a local educational agency that does not have more than one building for each grade span. "(5) COMPLIANCE.— For the purpose of determining compliance with paragraph (1), a local educational agency may exclude State and local funds expended for— "(A) language instruction educational programs; and "(B) the excess costs of providing services to children with disabilities as determined by the local educational agency. "(d) EXCLUSION OF FUNDS. —For the purpose of complying with subsections (b) and (c), a State educational agency or local educational agency may exclude supplemental State or local funds expended in any school attendance area or school for programs that meet the intent and purposes of this part. 20 USC 6322. "SEC. 1120B. COORDBSfATION REQUIREMENTS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— Each local educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall carry out the activities described in subsection (b) with Head Start agencies and, if feasible, other entities carrying out early childhood development programs such as the Early Reading First program.