 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
 Part A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
 
                  subpart 1--basic program requirements
 
Sec. 6315. Targeted assistance schools


(a) In general

    In all schools selected to receive funds under section 6313(c) of 
this title that are ineligible for a schoolwide program under section 
6314 of this title, or that choose not to operate such a schoolwide 
program, a local educational agency may use funds received under this 
part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under 
subsection (b) of this section identified as having the greatest need 
for special assistance.

(b) Eligible children

                       (1) Eligible population

        (A) The eligible population for services under this part is--
            (i) children not older than age 21 who are entitled to a 
        free public education through grade 12; and
            (ii) children who are not yet at a grade level where the 
        local educational agency provides a free public education, yet 
        are of an age at which such children can benefit from an 
        organized instructional program provided in a school or other 
        educational setting.

        (B) From the population described in subparagraph (A), eligible 
    children are children identified by the school as failing, or most 
    at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student 
    performance standards on the basis of multiple, educationally 
    related, objective criteria established by the local educational 
    agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from 
    preschool through grade two shall be selected solely on the basis of 
    such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and 
    developmentally appropriate measures.

                        (2) Children included

        (A)(i) Children who are economically disadvantaged, children 
    with disabilities, migrant children or limited English proficient 
    children, are eligible for services under this part on the same 
    basis as other children selected to receive services under this 
    part.
        (ii) Funds received under this part may not be used to provide 
    services that are otherwise required by law to be made available to 
    such children but may be used to coordinate or supplement such 
    services.
        (B) A child who, at any time in the two years preceding the year 
    for which the determination is made, participated in a Head Start or 
    Even Start program, is eligible for services under this part.
        (C)(i) A child who, at any time in the two years preceding the 
    year for which the determination is made, received services under 
    the program for youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at risk of 
    dropping out under part D of this subchapter (or its predecessor 
    authority) may be eligible for services under this part.
        (ii) A child in a local institution for neglected or delinquent 
    children or attending a community day program for such children may 
    be eligible for services under this part.
        (D) A child who is homeless and attending any school in the 
    local educational agency may be eligible for services under this 
    part.

(c) Components of targeted assistance school program

                           (1) In general

        To assist targeted assistance schools and local educational 
    agencies to meet their responsibility to provide for all their 
    students served under this part the opportunity to meet the State's 
    student performance standards in subjects as determined by the 
    State, each targeted assistance program under this section shall--
            (A) use such program's resources under this part to help 
        participating children meet such State student performance 
        standards expected for all children;
            (B) be based on effective means for improving achievement of 
        children;
            (C) ensure that planning for students served under this part 
        is incorporated into existing school planning;
            (D) use effective instructional strategies that--
                (i) give primary consideration to providing extended 
            learning time such as an extended school year, before- and 
            after-school, and summer, programs and opportunities;
                (ii) help provide an accelerated, high-quality 
            curriculum, including applied learning; and
                (iii) minimize removing children from the regular 
            classroom during regular school hours for instruction 
            provided under this part;

            (E) coordinate with and support the regular education 
        program, which may include--
                (i) counseling, mentoring, and other pupil services;
                (ii) college and career awareness and preparation, such 
            as college and career guidance, comprehensive career 
            development, occupational information, enhancement of 
            employability skills and occupational skills, personal 
            finance education, job placement services, and innovative 
            teaching methods which may include applied learning and team 
            teaching strategies;
                (iii) services to prepare students for the transition 
            from school to work, including the formation of partnerships 
            between elementary, middle, and secondary schools and local 
            businesses, and the integration of school-based and work-
            based learning; and
                (iv) services to assist preschool children in the 
            transition from early childhood programs to elementary 
            school programs;

            (F) provide instruction by highly qualified staff;
            (G) in accordance with subsection (e)(3) of this section and 
        section 6320 of this title, provide opportunities for 
        professional development with resources provided under this 
        part, and from other sources to the extent feasible, for 
        administrators and for teachers and other school staff who work 
        with participating children in programs under this section or in 
        the regular education program; and
            (H) provide strategies to increase parental involvement, 
        such as family literary services.

                          (2) Requirements

        Each school conducting a program under this section shall assist 
    participating children selected in accordance with subsection (b) of 
    this section to meet the State's proficient and advanced levels of 
    performance by--
            (A) the coordination of resources provided under this part 
        with other resources to enable the children served to meet the 
        State content standards and State student performance standards; 
        and
            (B) reviewing, on an ongoing basis, the progress of 
        participating children and revising the targeted assistance 
        program, if necessary, to provide additional assistance to 
        enable such children to meet the State's challenging student 
        performance standards, such as an extended school year, before- 
        and after-school, and summer, programs and opportunities, 
        training for teachers regarding how to identify students that 
        require additional assistance, and training for teachers 
        regarding how to implement student performance standards in the 
        classroom.

(d) Assignment of personnel

    To promote the integration of staff supported with funds under this 
part and children served under this part into the regular school program 
and overall school planning and improvement efforts, public school 
personnel who are paid with funds received under this part may--
        (1) assume limited duties that are assigned to similar personnel 
    who are not so paid, including duties beyond classroom instruction 
    or that do not benefit participating children, so long as the amount 
    of time spent on such duties is the same proportion of total work 
    time as prevails with respect to similar personnel at the same 
    school;
        (2) participate in general professional development and school 
    planning activities; and
        (3) collaboratively teach with regular classroom teachers, if 
    such collaborative teaching directly benefits participating 
    children.

(e) Special rules

                      (1) Simultaneous service

        Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a school 
    from serving students served under this section simultaneously with 
    students with similar educational needs, in the same educational 
    settings where appropriate.

                     (2) Comprehensive services

        If health, nutrition, and other social services are not 
    otherwise available to eligible children in a targeted assistance 
    school and such school, if appropriate, has engaged in a 
    comprehensive needs assessment and established a collaborative 
    partnership with local service providers, and if funds are not 
    reasonably available from other public or private sources to provide 
    services under this part, then a portion of the funds provided under 
    this part may be used as a last resort to provide such services, 
    including--
            (A) the provision of basic medical equipment, such as 
        eyeglasses and hearing aids;
            (B) compensation of a coordinator; and
            (C) professional development necessary to assist teachers, 
        pupil services personnel, other staff, and parents in 
        identifying and meeting the comprehensive needs of eligible 
        children.

                    (3) Professional development

        Each school receiving funds under this part for any fiscal year 
    shall devote sufficient resources to effectively carry out the 
    professional development activities described in subparagraph (G) of 
    subsection (c)(1) of this section in accordance with section 6320 of 
    this title, for such fiscal year, except that a school may enter 
    into a consortium with another school to carry out such activities.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1115, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3539.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6311, 6312, 6313, 6321, 6394 
of this title.
