Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Part 2.djvu/501

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PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1485 "(E) PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The local educational agency shall publish and disseminate information regarding any corrective action the local educational agency takes under this paragraph at a school— "(i) to the public and to the parents of each student enrolled in the school subject to corrective action; "(ii) in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that the parents can understand; and "(iii) through such means as the Internet, the media, and public agencies. "(8) RESTRUCTURING. — " (A) FAILURE TO MAKE ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS.— If, after 1 full school year of corrective action under paragraph (7), a school subject to such corrective action continues to fail to make adequate yearly progress, then the local educational agency shall— "(i) continue to provide all students enrolled in the school with the option to transfer to another public school served by the local educational agency, in accordance with paragraph (1)(E) and (F); "(ii) continue to make supplemental educational services available, in accordance with subsection (e), to children who remain in the school; and "(iii) prepare a plan and make necessary arrangements to carry out subparagraph (B). "(B) ALTERNATIVE GOVERNANCE. —Not later than the Deadline, beginning of the school year following the year in which the local educational agency implements subparagraph (A), the local educational agency shall implement one of the following alternative governance arrangements for the school consistent with State law: "(i) Reopening the school as a public charter school. "(ii) Replacing all or most of the school staff (which may include the principal) who are relevant to the failure to make adequate yearly progress. "(iii) Entering into a contract with an entity, such as a private management company, with a demonstrated record of effectiveness, to operate the public school. "(iv) Turning the operation of the school over to the State educational agency, if permitted under State law and agreed to by the State. "(v) Any other major restructuring of the school's governance arrangement that makes fundamental reforms, such as significant changes in the school's staffing and governance, to improve student academic achievement in the school and that has substantial promise of enabling the school to make adequate yearly progress as defined in the State plan under section 1111(b)(2). In the case of a rural local educational agency with a total of less than 600 students in average daily attendance at the schools that are served by the agency and all of whose schools have a School Locale Code of 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall, at such agency's request, provide