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20 U.S.C. 2323: Accountability

Created in 2006 by Public Law 88-210. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

9 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 20 U.S.C. 2302, 20 U.S.C. 2322, 20 U.S.C. 2324, 20 U.S.C. 2342, 20 U.S.C. 2343.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(A), inserted "determined" after "State" in heading. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(B)(i), inserted "State determined" before "performance" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(B)(ii)–(iv), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B), substituted "a State determined level of performance" for "a State adjusted level of performance" and struck out ", and State levels of performance described in paragraph (3)(B) for each additional indica… Law text · (b), (C)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(C), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which described various indicators of performance. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(D)(i), inserted "determined" after "State" in heading. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(D)(ii), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) related to State adjusted levels of performance for core indicators of performance. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(D)(iii), added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Each eligible agency shall identify in the State plan State levels of performance for each of the additional indicators of performance described in pa… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(D)(iv), added subpars. (C) to (E). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(I), struck out "adjusted" before "levels of performance" in heading. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(III)(aa), in introductory provisions, substituted "State determined levels of performance for each year of the plan" for "State adjusted levels of performance" and substituted "local levels" for "local adjusted levels" in two places. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(III)(bb), substituted "consistent with the form expressed in the State determined levels, so as" for "consistent with the State levels of performance established under paragraph (3), so as" and struck out "and" at end. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(III)(cc), substituted "continually make meaningful progress toward improving the performance of all CTE concentrators, including subgroups of students described in section 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii) of this title and special populations, as described … Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(III)(dd), added subcls. (III) to (V). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(IV)(aa), (cc), substituted "application" for "plan" in heading and "each of the" for "the first 2" in text. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(IV)(bb), which directed substitution of "application" for "plan", was executed by making the substitution both places it appeared to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(V), amended cl. (iii) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Prior to the third and fifth program years covered by the local plan, the eligible agency and each eligible recipient shall reach agreement on the local adjusted levels… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(II), redesignated cl. (iv) as (iii) and struck out former cl. (iii). Prior to amendment, text of cl. (iii) read as follows: "The eligible agency and each eligible recipient shall reach agreement, as described in clause (i), on the eligible recipient's levels of perfor… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(II), redesignated cl. (iv) as (iii). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(i)(II), (VI), redesignated cl. (vi) as (v), substituted "If unanticipated circumstances arise, or changes occur related to improvements in data or measurement approaches, the eligible recipient may request that the local levels of performance … Law text · (b), (vi)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(ii), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, text of subpar. (B) read as follows: "Each eligible recipient may identify, in the local plan, local levels of performance for any additional indicators of perf… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(I), substituted "the data on the actual performance levels described in clause (ii), including the progress of such recipient in achieving the local levels of performance" for "the data described in clause (ii)(I), regarding the progress of suc… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(II)(aa), substituted "section 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)" for "section 6311(h)(1)(C)(i)" and "section 2302(48)" for "section 2302(29)" and struck out "and" at end. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(II)(bb)(AA)–(CC), inserted ", as described in paragraph 3(C)(ii)(II)," after "gaps in performance" and "as described in subclause (I) (including special populations)" after "category of students" and substituted "all CTE concentrators" for… Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(II)(bb)(DD), added subcls. (III) and (IV). Law text · (b), (IV)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(III), substituted "paragraph (3)(C)(iii)" for "subsection (c)(3)". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(IV), substituted "this paragraph" for "clause (ii)". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(iii)(V), added cl. (v) and struck out former cl. (v). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The report described in clause (i) shall be made available to the public through a variety of formats, including electronically through the Internet." Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(1)(E)(ii), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–224, §112(2), struck out subsec. (c) which related to annual reports from eligible agencies receiving allotments. Law text · (c)

    2015

    • Pub. L. 114–95, §9215(n)(3)(A)(i), added cl. (i) and struck out former cl. (i) which read as follows: "Student attainment of challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, as adopted by a State in accordance with section 6311(b)(1) of this t… (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 114–95, §9215(n)(3)(A)(ii), substituted "(as described in section 6311(c)(4)(A)(i)(I)(bb) of this title)" for "(as described in section 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi) of this title)". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 114–95, §9215(n)(3)(B), substituted "subgroups" for "categories". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.