Section 1-126 - Every Student Succeeds Act State Plan Review.(a) State plan submissions shall be developed by the department under section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( Public Law 89-110, 20 U.S.C. § 6311 ), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act ( Public Law 114-95, 129 Stat. 1802), and submitted to the General Assembly as follows:(1) The department shall develop State plan submissions with timely and meaningful consultation with the chair and minority chair of the Education Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the Education Committee of the House of Representatives, with opportunity for input into the State plan submission's formation. Consultation shall occur with regard to the initiatives that are newly created or that retain or modify existing law or regulation with regard to the following: (i) The use and format of student academic assessments, adjustments or alternatives to existing student academic assessments.(ii) Ongoing parental involvement in assessment and accountability measures.(iii) Teacher evaluation and accountability.(iv) Low-performing school assessment and improvement.(v) Career and technical education academic assessments, pathways and standards.(vi) Comparability and fairness in assessments of school districts, intermediate units, area career and technical schools, charter schools and cyber charter schools.(vii) School district or school building performance measures.(viii) Contracting standards with regard to a third-party provision of the assessments or evaluations provided for in the State plan.(2) The department shall not make a State plan submission to the United States Secretary of Education until the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives have been provided at least fifteen (15) days, prior to the date of submission, to review and comment on the State plan submission. The department shall present the State plan submission at a joint hearing of the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives, if requested. (3) Any State plan submission by the department shall include the comments submitted by the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives.(4) The department shall report on a quarterly basis to the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives regarding the progress toward implementation of the State plan and its components. (b) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Department." The Department of Education of the Commonwealth.
"State plan." The State plan prepared by the department for the Commonwealth to implement, and submitted to the United States Secretary of Education for approval as provided in, section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The term includes:
(1) A provision within the State plan that is an election by the department to retain and modify an existing law or regulation and a provision that will necessitate the enactment of laws or the promulgation of regulations.(2) A revision of the State plan which is: (i) required by the United States Secretary of Education based on Federal law or its regulations; (ii) pursued under a waiver process authorized under Federal law; or(iii) required by a Federal reauthorization. Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 76, § 3, eff. 12/30/2019.Added by P.L. TBD 2017 No. 55, § 2, eff. 11/6/2017.