 
 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. 6316. School choice


(a) Choice programs

    A local educational agency may use funds under this part, in 
combination with State, local, and private funds, to develop and 
implement choice programs, for children eligible for assistance under 
this part, which permit parents to select the public school that their 
children will attend.

(b) Choice plan

    A local educational agency that chooses to implement a school choice 
plan shall first develop a comprehensive plan that includes assurances 
that--
        (1) all eligible students across grade levels will have equal 
    access to the program;
        (2) the program does not include schools which follow a racially 
    discriminatory policy;
        (3) describe how the school will use resources under this part 
    and from other sources to implement the plan;
        (4) describe how the school will provide individual student 
    assessment results, including an interpretation of such results, to 
    the parents of a child who participates in the assessment required 
    by section 6311(b)(3) of this title;
        (5) the plan will be developed with the involvement of the 
    community to be served and individuals who will carry out the plan, 
    including teachers, principals, and other staff, parents, and, if 
    the plan relates to a secondary school, students from the school;
        (6) the plan will be made available to parents and the public;
        (7) the program will not include schools that do not receive 
    funds under this part;
        (8) the program will not use funds under this part to pay for 
    transportation costs;
        (9) both the sending and receiving schools agree to the student 
    transfer; and
        (10) such local educational agency will comply with the other 
    requirements of this part.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1115A, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3542.)
