text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Make Education 
  Local Act of 2018''.
      (b) Purpose.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
              (1) To give States and local communities added flexibility 
          and control to determine how to improve academic achievement 
          and implement education policy.
              (2) To reduce the administrative costs and compliance 
          burden of Federal education programs in order to focus Federal 
          resources on improving academic achievement.
              (3) To ensure that States and communities are accountable 
          to the public and to parents for advancing the academic 
          achievement of all students, especially disadvantaged children.
      (c) Definitions.--
              (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms 
          used in this Act have the meanings given the terms in section 
          9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
          U.S.C. 7801 et seq.).
              (2) Other terms.--In this Act:
                      (A) Accountability.--The term ``accountability'' 
                  means that public schools are answerable to parents and 
                  other taxpayers for the use of public funds and shall 
                  report student academic progress to parents and 
                  taxpayers regularly.
                      (B) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning 
                  given such term in section 1122(e) of the Elementary 
                  and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                  6332(e)).
                      (C) State management decision.--The term ``State 
                  management decision'' means a decision by a State, as 
                  determined by State Authorizing Officials or by 
                  referendum, to assume full management responsibility 
                  for the expenditure of Federal funds for certain 
                  eligible programs for the purpose of advancing, on a 
                  more comprehensive and effective basis, the educational 
                  policy of such State.
                      (D) State authorizing officials.--The term ``State 
                  Authorizing Officials'' means the State officials who 
                  shall authorize the submission of a State management 
                  decision, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the 
                  State. Such officials shall include not less than 2 of 
                  the following:
                              (i) The governor of the State.
                              (ii) The highest elected education official 
                          of the State, if any.
                              (iii) The legislature of the State.
                      (E) State designated officer.--The term ``State 
                  Designated Officer'' means the person designated by the 
                  State Authorizing Officials to submit to the Secretary, 
                  on behalf of the State, a State management decision, 
                  and any amendments thereto, and to function as the 
                  point-of-contact for the State for the Secretary and 
                  others relating to any responsibilities arising under 
                  this Act.
  
  SEC. 2. STATE MANAGEMENT DECISION.
  
      (a) In General.--Each State is authorized to submit to the 
  Secretary a State management decision permitting the State to receive 
  Federal funds on a consolidated basis to manage the expenditure of such 
  funds to advance the educational policy of the State.
      (b) Programs Eligible for Consolidation and Permissible Use of 
  Funds.--
              (1) Scope.--A State may choose to include within the scope 
          of the State management decision of the State any program for 
          which Congress makes funds available to the State if the 
          program is for a purpose described in the Elementary and 
          Education Secondary Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301). A State may 
          not include any program funded pursuant to the Individuals with 
          Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).
              (2) Uses of funds.--Funds made available to a State 
          pursuant to a State management decision under this Act shall be 
          used for any educational purpose permitted by State law of the 
          State submitting a State management decision.
              (3) Removal of fiscal and accounting barriers.--Each State 
          educational agency that operates under a State management 
          decision under this Act may modify or eliminate State fiscal 
          and accounting barriers that prevent local educational agencies 
          and schools from easily consolidating funds from other eligible 
          Federal, State, and local sources in order to improve 
          educational opportunities and reduce unnecessary fiscal and 
          accounting requirements.
      (c) Contents of Decision.--Each State management decision shall 
  contain--
              (1) a list of eligible programs that are subject to the 
          State management decision;
              (2) an assurance that the submission of the State 
          management decision has been authorized by the State 
          Authorizing Officials, specifying the identity of the State 
          Designated Officer;
              (3) the duration of the State management decision;
              (4) an assurance that the State will use fiscal control and 
          fund accounting procedures;
              (5) an assurance that the State will meet the requirements 
          of applicable Federal civil rights laws in carrying out the 
          State management decision and in consolidating and using the 
          funds under the State management decision;
              (6) an assurance that in implementing the State management 
          decision the State will seek to advance educational 
          opportunities for the disadvantaged;
              (7) a description of the plan for maintaining direct 
          accountability to parents and other citizens of the State;
              (8) an assurance that in implementing the State management 
          decision, the State will seek to use Federal funds to 
          supplement, rather than supplant, State education funding; and
              (9) a description of how the State will address 
          persistently failing public schools.
      (d) Minimum Duration.--The duration of the State management 
  decision shall--
              (1) be greater than or equal to 5 years; and
              (2) be less than or equal to 10 years.
      (e) Review, Implementation, and Recognition by the Secretary.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary shall review the State 
          management decision received from the State Designated Officer 
          not more than 60 days after the date of receipt of such 
          decision, and shall approve, with respect to permitting the 
          State to receive the funds described in subsection (a), such 
          State management decision unless the State management decision 
          fails to meet the requirements under subsection (c).
              (2) Recognition by operation of law.--If the Secretary 
          fails to take action within the time specified in paragraph 
          (1), the State management decision, as submitted, shall be 
          deemed to be approved.
      (f) Amendment to State Management Decision.--
              (1) In general.--The State Authorizing Officials may direct 
          the State Designated Officer to submit amendments to a State 
          management decision that is in effect. Such amendments shall be 
          submitted to the Secretary and considered by the Secretary in 
          accordance with subsection (e).
              (2) Amendments authorized.--A State management decision 
          that is in effect may be amended to--
                      (A) expand the scope of such State management 
                  decision to encompass additional eligible programs;
                      (B) reduce the scope of such State management 
                  decision by excluding coverage of a Federal program 
                  included in the original State management decision;
                      (C) modify the duration of such State management 
                  decision; or
                      (D) achieve such other modifications as the State 
                  Authorizing Officials deem appropriate.
              (3) Effective date.--The amendment shall specify an 
          effective date. Such effective date shall provide adequate time 
          to assure full compliance with Federal program requirements 
          relating to an eligible program that has been removed from the 
          coverage of the State management decision by the proposed 
          amendment.
              (4) Treatment of program funds withdrawn from state 
          management decision.--Beginning on the effective date of an 
          amendment executed under paragraph (2)(B), each program 
          requirement of each program removed from the State management 
          decision shall apply to the State's use of funds made available 
          under the program.
  
  SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY FOR RESULTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
  
      (a) In General.--Each State operating under a State management 
  decision under this Act shall inform parents and the general public 
  regarding the student achievement assessment system, demonstrating 
  student progress relative to the State's determination of student 
  proficiency, as described in paragraph (2), for the purpose of public 
  accountability to parents and taxpayers.
      (b) Accountability System.--
              (1) In general.--The State shall determine and establish an 
          accountability system to ensure accountability under this Act.
              (2) Academic achievement.--Any accountability system 
          established by a State pursuant paragraph (1) shall--
                      (A) be focused on the academic achievement of 
                  students; and
                      (B) include a system, as determined by the State, 
                  of evaluating the academic achievement and progress of 
                  students.
      (c) Report on Student Progress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
  effective date of the State management decision, and annually 
  thereafter, a State shall, in a format acceptable to such State, 
  disseminate widely to parents and the general public a report that 
  describes student progress. The report shall include--
              (1) student performance data disaggregated by various 
          student groups, as determined by the State;
              (2) a description of other high-quality school options 
          available to parents in the State; and
              (3) a description of how the State has used Federal funds 
          to improve academic achievement, reduce achievement disparities 
          between various student groups, and improve educational 
          opportunities.
  
  SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
  
      (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the amount 
  that a State with a State management decision may expend for 
  administrative expenses shall be limited to 1 percent of the aggregate 
  amount of Federal funds made available to the State through the 
  eligible programs included within the scope of such State management 
  decision.
      (b) States Not Consolidating Funds Under Part A of Title I.--If the 
  State management decision does not include within its scope part A of 
  title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
  U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), the amount spent by the State on administrative 
  expenses shall be limited to 3 percent of the aggregate amount of 
  Federal funds made available to the State pursuant to such State 
  management decision.
  
  SEC. 5. EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
  
      Each State consolidating and using funds pursuant to a State 
  management decision under this Act shall provide for the participation 
  of private school children and teachers in the activities assisted 
  under the State management decision in the same manner as participation 
  is provided to private school children and teachers under section 9501 
  of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7881).
target: Make Education Local Act of 2018 This bill authorizes each state that&nbsp;submits to the Department of Education a state management decision to receive federal education funding on a consolidated basis. A state may use funding received pursuant to such a decision for any educational purpose.  Each state management decision shall contain specified information, including: (1) a list of programs that are subject to the state management decision, and (2) a description of how the state will address persistently failing public schools. Each state operating under a state management decision shall: (1) establish an accountability system focused on assessing the academic achievement of students, (2) inform the public regarding the student-achievement assessment system, (3) report annually&nbsp;to parents and the general public&nbsp;on student progress&nbsp;and other school options available in&nbsp;the state, and (4) provide for the equitable program participation of private-school children and teachers in the same manner as provided under current law. 
feat_title: Make Education Local Act of 2018