Ill STAT. 78 PUBLIC LAW 105-17-JUNE 4, 1997 a public school described in paragraph (1) (through a schoolbased standing panel established under paragraph (4)(B)) to design, implement, and evaluate a school-based improvement plan described in paragraph (1) for a period not to exceed 3 years. " (B) RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY. — If a State educational agency grants the authority described in subparagraph (A), a local educational agency that is granted such authority shall have the sole responsibility of oversight of all activities relating to the design, implementation, and evaluation of any school-based improvement plan that a public school is permitted to design under this subsection. "(3) PLAN REQUIREMENTS. —A school-based improvement plan described in paragraph (1) shall— "(A) be designed to be consistent with the purposes described in section 651(b) and to improve educational and transitional results for all children with disabilities and, as appropriate, for other children consistent with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(4), who attend the school for which the plan is designed and implemented; "(B) be designed, evaluated, and, a:s appropriate, implemented by a school-based standing panel established in accordance with paragraph (4)(B); "(C) include goals and measurable indicators to assess the progress of the public school in meeting such goals; and "(D) ensure that all children with disabilities receive the services described in the individualized education programs of such children. "(4) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY. — A local educational agency that is granted authority under paragraph (2) to permit a public school to design, implement, and evaluate a school-based improvement plan shall— "(A) select each school under the jurisdiction of such agency that is eligible to design, implement, and evaluate such a plan; "(B) require each school selected under subparagraph (A), in accordance with criteria established by such local educational agency under subparagraph (C), to establish a school-based standing panel to carry out the duties described in paragraph (3)(B); "(C) estabhsh— "(i) criteria that shall be used by such local educational agency in the selection of an eligible school under subparagraph (A); "(ii) criteria that shall be used by a public school selected under subparagraph (A) in the establishment of a school-based standing panel to carry out the duties described in paragraph (3)(B) and that shall ensure that the membership of such panel reflects the diversity of the community in which the public school is located and includes, at a minimum— "(I) parents of children with disabilities who attend such public school, including parents of
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