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New Flexibility Provisions under NCLB

Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference
October 2002

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At least half of the LEAs that enter into performance agreements ...

At least half of the LEAs that enter into performance agreements must be high poverty LEAs on the basis of free and reduced price lunch.

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Poverty must be based on Census poverty data; high-poverty is defined as 20% or higher.