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Public Law 107-110
107th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and 
 choice, so that no child is left behind. <<NOTE: Jan. 8, 2002 -  [H.R. 
                                  1]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: No Child Left 
Behind Act of 2001. Education. Inter-governmental relations.>> 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <<NOTE: 20 USC 6301 note.>> 

    This title may be cited as the ``No Child Left Behind Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Transition.
Sec. 5. Effective date.
Sec. 6. Table of contents of Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
           1965.

    TITLE I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

Sec. 101. Improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged.

TITLE II--PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND 
                               PRINCIPALS

Sec. 201. Teacher and principal training and recruiting fund.
Sec. 202. Continuation of awards.

   TITLE III--LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT AND 
                           IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

Sec. 301. Language instruction for limited English proficient children 
           and immigrant children and youth.

                     TITLE IV--21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS

Sec. 401. 21st Century schools.

   TITLE V--PROMOTING INFORMED PARENTAL CHOICE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

Sec. 501. Innovative programs and parental choice provisions.
Sec. 502. Continuation of awards.

                TITLE VI--FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Sec. 601. Flexibility and accountability.
Sec. 602. Amendment to the National Education Statistics Act of 1994.

     TITLE VII--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

Sec. 701. Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives.
Sec. 702. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 703. Savings provisions.

                     TITLE VIII--IMPACT AID PROGRAM

Sec. 801. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.

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Sec. 802. Payments for eligible federally connected children.
Sec. 803. Construction.
Sec. 804. State consideration of payments in providing State aid.
Sec. 805. Authorization of appropriations.

                      TITLE IX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 901. General provisions.

   TITLE X--REPEALS, REDESIGNATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS TO OTHER STATUTES

                             Part A--Repeals

Sec. 1011. Repeals.
Sec. 1012. Conforming clerical and technical amendments.

                         Part B--Redesignations

Sec. 1021. Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers.
Sec. 1022. National Diffusion Network.
Sec. 1023. Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education 
           Consortia.
Sec. 1024. Technology-based technical assistance.
Sec. 1025. Conforming amendments.

                       Part C--Homeless Education

Sec. 1031. Short title.
Sec. 1032. Education for homeless children and youths.
Sec. 1033. Conforming amendment.
Sec. 1034. Technical amendment.

              Part D--Native American Education Improvement

Sec. 1041. Short title.
Sec. 1042. Amendments to the Education Amendments of 1978.
Sec. 1043. Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988.
Sec. 1044. Lease payments by the Ojibwa Indian School.
Sec. 1045. Enrollment and general assistance payments.

                  Part E--Higher Education Act of 1965

Sec. 1051. Preparing tomorrow's teachers to use technology.
Sec. 1052. Continuation of awards.

                Part F--General Education Provisions Act

Sec. 1061. Student privacy, parental access to information, and 
           administration of certain physical examinations to minors.
Sec. 1062. Technical corrections.

                  Part G--Miscellaneous Other Statutes

Sec. 1071. Title 5 of the United States Code.
Sec. 1072. Department of Education Organization Act.
Sec. 1073. Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999.
Sec. 1074. Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
           Improvement Act of 1994.
Sec. 1075. National Child Protection Act of 1993.
Sec. 1076. Technical and conforming amendments.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).

SEC. 4. TRANSITION. <<NOTE: 20 USC 6301 note.>> 

    (a) Multi-Year Awards.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
the recipient of a multi-year award under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act, shall continue to receive funds in accordance 
with the terms of that award, except that no additional funds may be 
awarded after September 30, 2002.

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    (b) Planning and Transition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a recipient of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act, may use funds available to the recipient under that 
predecessor authority to carry out necessary and reasonable planning and 
transition activities in order to ensure an orderly implementation of 
programs authorized by this Act, and the amendments made by this Act.
    (c) Orderly Transition.--The Secretary shall take such steps as are 
necessary to provide for the orderly transition to, and implementation 
of, programs authorized by this Act, and by the amendments made by this 
Act, from programs authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. <<NOTE: 20 USC 6301 note.>> 

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act, 
and the amendments made by this Act, shall be effective upon the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Noncompetitive Programs.--With respect to noncompetitive 
programs under which any funds are allotted by the Secretary of 
Education to recipients on the basis of a formula, this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on July 1, 2002.
    (c) Competitive Programs.--With respect to programs that are 
conducted by the Secretary on a competitive basis, this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect with respect to 
appropriations for use under those programs for fiscal year 2002.
    (d) Impact Aid.--With respect to title VIII (Impact Aid), this Act, 
and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect with respect to 
appropriations for use under that title for fiscal year 2002.

SEC. 6. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 
            1965.

    The Act is amended--
            (1) in the heading of section 1, <<NOTE: 20 USC 6301 
        note.>>  by striking ``table of contents'' and inserting ``short 
        title''; and
            (2) by adding after section 1 the following new section:

``SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    ``The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

``Sec. 1. Short title.
``Sec. 2. Table of contents.

   ``TITLE I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

``Sec. 1001. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 1002. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 1003. School improvement.
``Sec. 1004. State administration.

    ``Part A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies

                 ``Subpart 1--Basic Program Requirements

``Sec. 1111. State plans.
``Sec. 1112. Local educational agency plans.
``Sec. 1113. Eligible school attendance areas.
``Sec. 1114. Schoolwide programs.

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``Sec. 1115. Targeted assistance schools.
``Sec. 1116. Academic assessment and local educational agency and school 
           improvement.
``Sec. 1117. School support and recognition.
``Sec. 1118. Parental involvement.
``Sec. 1119. Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals.
``Sec. 1120. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
``Sec. 1120A. Fiscal requirements.
``Sec. 1120B. Coordination requirements.

                        ``Subpart 2--Allocations

``Sec. 1121. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the 
           Interior.
``Sec. 1122. Allocations to States.
``Sec. 1124. Basic grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1124A. Concentration grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1125. Targeted grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1125AA. Adequacy of funding of targeted grants to local 
           educational agencies in fiscal years after fiscal year 2001.
``Sec. 1125A. Education finance incentive grant program.
``Sec. 1126. Special allocation procedures.
``Sec. 1127. Carryover and waiver.

           ``Part B--Student Reading Skills Improvement Grants

                       ``Subpart 1--Reading First

``Sec. 1201. Purposes.
``Sec. 1202. Formula grants to State educational agencies.
``Sec. 1203. State formula grant applications.
``Sec. 1204. Targeted assistance grants.
``Sec. 1205. External evaluation.
``Sec. 1206. National activities.
``Sec. 1207. Information dissemination.
``Sec. 1208. Definitions.

                    ``Subpart 2--Early Reading First

``Sec. 1221. Purposes; definitions.
``Sec. 1222. Local Early Reading First grants.
``Sec. 1223. Federal administration.
``Sec. 1224. Information dissemination.
``Sec. 1225. Reporting requirements.
``Sec. 1226. Evaluation.

  ``Subpart 3--William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs

``Sec. 1231. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 1232. Program authorized.
``Sec. 1233. State educational agency programs.
``Sec. 1234. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 1235. Program elements.
``Sec. 1236. Eligible participants.
``Sec. 1237. Applications.
``Sec. 1238. Award of subgrants.
``Sec. 1239. Evaluation.
``Sec. 1240. Indicators of program quality.
``Sec. 1241. Research.
``Sec. 1242. Construction.

        ``Subpart 4--Improving Literacy Through School Libraries

``Sec. 1251. Improving literacy through school libraries.

                ``Part C--Education of Migratory Children

``Sec. 1301. Program purpose.
``Sec. 1302. Program authorized.
``Sec. 1303. State allocations.
``Sec. 1304. State applications; services.
``Sec. 1305. Secretarial approval; peer review.
``Sec. 1306. Comprehensive needs assessment and service-delivery plan; 
           authorized activities.
``Sec. 1307. Bypass.

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