(1) In general A schoolwide program shall include the following components:
(A) A comprehensive needs assessment of the entire
school (including taking into account the needs of migratory children as defined in section
6399 (2) of this title) that is based on information which includes the achievement of children in relation to the State academic content standards and the State
student academic achievement standards described in section
6311 (b)(1) of this title.
(B) Schoolwide reform strategies that
(i) provide opportunities for all children to meet the States proficient and advanced levels of
student academic achievement described in section
6311 (b)(1)(D) of this title;
(ii) use effective methods and instructional strategies that are based on scientifically based research that
(I) strengthen the core academic program in the
school;
(II) increase the amount and quality of learning time, such as providing an extended
school year and before- and after-
school and summer programs and opportunities, and help provide an enriched and accelerated curriculum; and
(III) include strategies for meeting the educational needs of historically underserved populations;
(iii)
(I) include strategies to address the needs of all children in the
school, but particularly the needs of low-achieving children and those at risk of not meeting the State
student academic achievement standards who are members of the target population of any program that is included in the schoolwide program, which may include
(aa) counseling, pupil services, and mentoring services;
(bb) college and career awareness and preparation, such as college and career guidance, personal finance education, and innovative teaching methods, which may include applied learning and team-teaching strategies; and
(cc) the integration of vocational and technical education programs; and
(II) address how the
school will determine if such needs have been met; and
(iv) are consistent with, and are designed to implement, the State and local improvement plans, if any.
(C) Instruction by highly qualified teachers.
(D) In accordance with section
6319 of this title and subsection (a)(4) of this section, high-quality and ongoing professional development for teachers, principals, and paraprofessionals and, if appropriate, pupil services personnel, parents, and other staff to enable all children in the
school to meet the States
student academic achievement standards.
(E) Strategies to attract high-quality highly qualified teachers to high-need schools.
(F) Strategies to increase parental involvement in accordance with section
6318 of this title, such as family literary services.
(G) Plans for assisting preschool children in the transition from early childhood programs, such as Head Start, Even Start, Early Reading First, or a State-run preschool program, to local elementary
school programs.
(H) Measures to include teachers in the decisions regarding the use of academic assessments described in section
6311 (b)(3) of this title in order to provide information on, and to improve, the achievement of individual students and the overall instructional program.
(I) Activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty mastering the proficient or advanced levels of academic achievement standards required by section
6311 (b)(1) of this title shall be provided with effective, timely additional assistance which shall include measures to ensure that students difficulties are identified on a timely basis and to provide sufficient information on which to base effective assistance.
(J) Coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs, including programs supported under this chapter, violence prevention programs, nutrition programs, housing programs, Head Start, adult education, vocational and technical education, and job training.
(2) Plan
(A) In general Any eligible
school that desires to operate a schoolwide program shall first develop (or amend a plan for such a program that was in existence on the day before January 8, 2002), in consultation with the local educational agency and its
school support team or other technical assistance provider under section
6317 of this title, a comprehensive plan for reforming the total instructional program in the
school that
(i) describes how the
school will implement the components described in paragraph (1);
(ii) describes how the
school will use resources under this part and from other sources to implement those components;
(iii) includes a list of State educational agency and local educational agency programs and other Federal programs under subsection (a)(3) of this section that will be consolidated in the schoolwide program; and
(iv) describes how the
school will provide individual
student academic assessment results in a language the parents can understand, including an interpretation of those results, to the parents of a child who participates in the academic assessments required by section
6311 (b)(3) of this title.
(B) Plan development The comprehensive plan shall be
(i) developed during a one-year period, unless
(I) the local educational agency, after considering the recommendation of the technical assistance providers under section
6317 of this title, determines that less time is needed to develop and implement the schoolwide program; or
(II) the
school is operating a schoolwide program on the day preceding January 8, 2002, in which case such
school may continue to operate such program, but shall develop amendments to its existing plan during the first year of assistance after that date to reflect the provisions of this section;
(ii) developed with the involvement of parents and other members of the community to be served and individuals who will carry out such plan, including teachers, principals, and administrators (including administrators of programs described in other parts of this subchapter), and, if appropriate, pupil services personnel, technical assistance providers,
school staff, and, if the plan relates to a secondary
school, students from such
school;
(iii) in effect for the duration of the schools participation under this part and reviewed and revised, as necessary, by the
school;
(iv) available to the local educational agency, parents, and the public, and the information contained in such plan shall be in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that the parents can understand; and
(v) if appropriate, developed in coordination with programs under Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 [
20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.], and the Head Start Act [
42 U.S.C.
9831 et seq.].
