113 STAT. 42 PUBLIC LAW 106-25—APR. 29, 1999 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program), and maintaining such fundamental requirements as those relating to civil rights, educational equity, and accountability. (7) To achieve the State goals for the education of children in the State, the focus must be on results in raising the achievement of all students, not process. 20 USC 5891a. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY; STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY; OUTLYING AREA.—The terms "local educational agency", "State educational agency", and "outlying area" have the meanings given the terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (2) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA; SCHOOL ATTEND- ANCE AREA. — The terms "eligible school attendance area" and "school attendance area" have the meanings given the terms in section 1113(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (3) SECRETARY. —The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education. (4) STATE. —The term "State" means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each outlying area. 20 USC 5891b. SEC. 4. EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY PARTNERSHIP. (a) EDUCATIONAL FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM.— (1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. — (A) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may carry out an educational flexibility program under which the Secretary authorizes a State educational agency that serves an eligible State to waive statutory or regulatory requirements applicable to one or more programs described in subsection (b), other than requirements described in subsection (c), for any local educational agency or school within the State. (B) DESIGNATION.—Each eligible State participating in the program described in subparagraph (A) shall be known as an "Ed-Flex Partnership State". (2) ELIGIBLE STATE.— For the purpose of this section the term "eligible State" means a State that— (A) has— (i) developed and implemented the challenging State content standards, challenging State student performance standards, and aligned assessments described in section 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for which local educational agencies in the State are producing the individual school performance profiles required by section 1116(a)(3) of such Act; or (ii)(I) developed and implemented the content standards described in clause (i); (II) developed and implemented interim assessments; and (III) made substantial progress (as determined by the Secretary) toward developing and implementing the performance standards and final aligned assessments described in clause (i), and toward having local
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