Section 5894 · National leadership

(1) provide technical assistance to States, local educational agencies, and tribal agencies developing or implementing school improvement plans, in a manner that ensures that such assistance is broadly available;

(2) gather data on, conduct research on, and evaluate systemic education improvement and how such improvement affects student learning, including the programs assisted under this subchapter;

(3) disseminate research findings and other information on outstanding examples of systemic education improvement in States and local communities through existing dissemination systems within the Department of Education, including through publications, electronic and telecommunications mediums, conferences, and other means;

(4) provide grants to tribal divisions of education for coordination efforts between school reform plans developed for schools funded by the Bureau and public schools described in section 5886(g)(2) of this title, including tribal activities in support of such plans;

(5) support national demonstration projects that unite local and State educational agencies, institutions of higher education, government, business, and labor in collaborative arrangements in order to make educational improvements systemwide; and

(6) support model projects to integrate multiple content standards, if—

The Secretary shall use at least 50 percent of the funds reserved each year under section 5884(a)(2)(A) of this title to make grants, in accordance with the provisions of section 5889(a) of this title that the Secretary determines appropriate, and provide technical and other assistance to urban and rural local educational agencies with large numbers or concentrations of students who are economically disadvantaged or who have limited English proficiency, to assist such agencies in developing and implementing local school improvement plans, except that any school that received funds under section 5889(a) of this title shall not receive assistance pursuant to this paragraph other than technical assistance.

The Secretary shall use not less than $1,000,000 of the funds reserved for fiscal year 1994 under section 5884(a)(2)(A) of this title to replicate coordinated services programs that have been found to be successful in helping students and families and improving student outcomes, and shall disseminate information about such programs to schools that plan to develop coordinated services programs.