FEDERAL LEGISLATION - TITLE I - PART I ESEA 1965 - Sec. 1603 State Administration

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Federal legislation text presenting ESEA of 1965 as amended under Title I, Part I, focusing on Section 1603: State Administration. The provisions define rulemaking responsibilities for states receiving funds, requiring conformity of state rules with the title’s purposes, review and comment by the committee of practitioners, minimization for local educational agencies and schools, and removal or modification of state and local fiscal accounting requirements to support schoolwide program consolidation. It also establishes a state committee of practitioners, specifies membership categories from local agencies and school communities, and outlines duties including pre-publication review and emergency issuance procedures with prompt subsequent review.

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FEDERAL LEGISLATION

TITLE I

PART I GENERAL PROVISION OF ESEA of 1965 as Amended

COMMITTEE OF PRACTITIONERS

Sec. 1603. State Administration

Rulemaking

Committee of Practitioners

FEDERAL LEGISLATION TITLE I PART I GENERAL PROVISION OF ESEA of 1965 as Amended COMMITTEE OF PRACTITIONERS SEC. 1603. STATE ADMINISTRATION. 􀁸 RULEMAKING o IN GENERAL-Each State that receives funds under this title shall— 􀂃 ensure that any State rules, regulations, and policies relating to this title conform to the purposes of this title and provide any such proposed rules, regulations, and policies to the committee of practitioners created under subsection (b) for review and comment; 􀂃 minimize such rules, regulations, and policies to which the State's local educational agencies and schools are subject; 􀂃 eliminate or modify State and local fiscal accounting requirements in order to facilitate the ability of schools to consolidate funds under schoolwide programs; 􀂃 identify any such rule, regulation, or policy as a State-imposed requirement. o SUPPORT AND FACILITATION-State rules, regulations, and policies under this title shall support and facilitate local educational agency and school-level systemic reform designed to enable all children to meet the challenging State student academic achievement standards. 􀁸 COMMITTEE OF PRACTITIONERS o IN GENERAL-Each State educational agency that receives funds under this title shall create a State committee of practitioners to advise the State in carrying out its responsibilities under this title. o MEMBERSHIP-Each such committee shall include— 􀂃 as a majority of its members, representatives from local educational agencies; 􀂃 administrators, including the administrators of programs described in other parts of this title; 􀂃 teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools (if there are charter schools in the State) and career and technical educators; 􀂃 principals and other school leaders; 􀂃 parents; 􀂃 members of local school boards; 􀂃 specialized instructional support personnel and paraprofessionals; 􀂃 representatives of authorized public chartering agencies (if there are charter schools in the State); and 􀂃 charter school leaders (if there are charter schools in the State) . o DUTIES-The duties of such committee shall include a review, before publication, of any proposed or final State rule or regulation pursuant to this title. In an emergency situation where such rule or regulation must be issued within a very limited time to assist local educational agencies with the operation of the program under this title, the State educational agency may issue a regulation without prior consultation, but shall immediately thereafter convene the State committee of practitioners to review the emergency

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What is the committee of practitioners responsible for, and who must be on it?

Each state educational agency must create a state committee of practitioners to advise it. The committee’s duties include reviewing proposed or final state rules or regulations before publication, and membership must include representatives from local educational agencies plus various school, parent, board, and instructional support stakeholders.

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