[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR200.12]

[Page 454]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 200_TITLE I_IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A_Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies
 
Sec. 200.12  Single State accountability system.

    (a)(1) Each State must demonstrate in its State plan that the State 
has developed and is implementing, beginning with the 2002-2003 school 
year, a single, statewide accountability system.
    (2) The State's accountability system must be effective in ensuring 
that all public elementary and secondary schools and LEAs in the State 
make adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined in Sec. Sec. 200.13 
through 200.20.
    (b) The State's accountability system must--
    (1) Be based on the State's academic standards under Sec. 200.1, 
academic assessments under Sec. 200.2, and other academic indicators 
under Sec. 200.19;
    (2) Take into account the achievement of all public elementary and 
secondary school students;
    (3) Be the same accountability system the State uses for all public 
elementary and secondary schools and all LEAs in the State; and
    (4) Include sanctions and rewards that the State will use to hold 
public elementary and secondary schools and LEAs accountable for student 
achievement and for making AYP, except that the State is not required to 
subject schools and LEAs not participating under subpart A of this part 
to the requirements of section 1116 of the ESEA. (Approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget under control number 1810-0576)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(A))

[67 FR 71715, Dec. 2, 2002]

                     Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)