Waivers: Flexibility to Achieve High Standards -- Report to Congress on Waivers Granted Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1998)

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Appendix B: Waivers Granted by State Since October 1, 1997 [ 1 ]


[ Alaska | Alabama | Arkansas | Arizona | California | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Iowa | Idaho | Indiana | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Massachusetts | Maine | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | Mississippi | Montana | North Carolina | North Dakota | Nebraska | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | Nevada | New York | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | Tennessee | Utah | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia | Wyoming ]


ALASKA

Alaska Department of Education, Juneau, AK
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Alaska Department of Education, Juneau, AK
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

ALABAMA

Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery, AL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through September 1998

ARKANSAS

Arkansas Department of Education, Little Rock, AR
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Arkansas Department of Education, Little Rock, AR
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1999

ARIZONA

Arizona Department of Education, Phoenix, AZ
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1999

Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(4)
Initial School Year: 1997-98; Duration: 3 Year(s)

CALIFORNIA

California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through August 1999

Los Angeles Unified School District II, Los Angeles, CA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 421(b)
Initial School Year: 1997-98; Duration: through April 1999

El Centro School District, El Centro, CA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

San Bernardino City Unified School District, San Bernardino, CA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

San Diego City Schools, San Diego, CA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista, CA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

DELAWARE

Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

District of Columbia Public Schools Washington D.C.
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98; Duration: through September 1998

FLORIDA

Brevard County Public Schools, Viera, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Clay County District Schools, Green Cove Springs, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-1999 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Clay County District Schools, Green Cove Springs, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

Okaloosa County School District, Fort Walton Beach, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(4)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Pinellas County Schools, Largo, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(4)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(c)(2)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, FL
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(b)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

GEORGIA

Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99; Duration: through May 1999

Meriwether County School District, Greenville, GA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(c)(1)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 1 Year(s)

HAWAII

Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Salt Lake Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Kipapa Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Makalapa Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Pearl City Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Kihei Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Waihe'e Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Sunset Beach Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hawaii Department of Education on behalf of Hale Kula Elementary School
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

IOWA

Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, IA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, IA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

IDAHO

Idaho Department of Education, Boise, ID
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Moscow School District No. 281, Moscow, ID
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1997-98; Duration: 2 Year(s)

INDIANA

Decatur Township School District, Indianapolis, IN
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

KANSAS

Kansas State Department of Education, Topeka, KS
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1003(a)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: 1 Year(s)

KENTUCKY

Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort, KY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Owensboro Independent School District, Owensboro, KY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 2 Year(s)

Taylor County Elementary School, Campbelleville, KY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

LOUISIANA

Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, MA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, MA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99; Duration: through May 1999

MAINE

Maine Department of Education, Augusta, ME
Section Waived: CSRD program
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Maine School Union 122 - New Sweden, Caribou, ME
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99; Duration: 3 Year(s)

MICHIGAN

Michigan Department of Education, Lansing, MI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

MINNESOTA

Minnesota Department of Education, Saint Paul, MN
Section Waived: ESEA Section 7302
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Minnesota Department of Education, Saint Paul, MN
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Minnesota Department of Education, Saint Paul, MN
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-1998 ; Duration: through May 1999

MISSOURI

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, St. Louis, MO
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through August 1998

Ritenour School District, St. Louis, MO
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: 1 Year(s)

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson, MS
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through August 1998

MONTANA

Miles City Elementary School District #1, Miles City, MT
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(b)(1)(A)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Montana Office of Public Instruction, Helena, MT
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Montana Office of Public Instruction, Helena, MT
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

NORTH CAROLINA

Buncombe County Schools, Weaverville, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Buncombe County Schools, Weaverville, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Buncombe County Schools, Weaverville, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Carteret County Schools, Beaufort, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Cumberland County Schools, Fayetteville, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Edgecombe County Schools, Tarboro, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(c)(1)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Henderson County Public Schools, Hendersonville, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

North Buncombe Elementary School, Weaverville, NC
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

NORTH DAKOTA

Fargo Public School District, Fargo, ND
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Minot Public School District No. 1, Minot, ND
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(c)(2)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Bismarck, ND
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Bismarck, ND
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

NEBRASKA

Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln, NE
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln, NE
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-1999 ; Duration: through May 1999

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Keene School District, Keene, NH
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Department of Education, Trenton, NJ
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through August 1998

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico Department of Education, Santa Fe, NM
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

NEVADA

Nevada Department of Education, Carson City, NV
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through September 1998

NEW YORK

New York State Education Department, Albany, NY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 14201(a)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

New York State Education Department, Albany, NY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98; Duration: through May 1998

New York State Education Department, Albany, NY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

White Plains Public Schools, White Plains, NY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

PENNSYLVANIA

Belle Vernon Area School District, Belle Vernon, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Carlynton School District, Carnegie, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Conestoga Valley School District, Lancaster, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

DuBois Area School District, DuBois, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Fleetwood Area School District, Blandon, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Franklin Area School District , Harrisburg, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Hempfield School District, Landisville, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Highlands School District, Natrona Heights, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Huntingdon Area School District, Huntingdon, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-1999 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Juniata County School District, Miffintown, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Lampeter Strasburg School District, Lampeter, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Laurel Highlands School District, Uniontown, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Line Mountain School District, Herndon, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

McKeesport Area School District, McKeesport, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Middletown Area School District, Middletown, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 1 Year(s)

Millcreek School District, Edinboro, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 1 Year(s)

Mount Pleasant Area School District, Mount Pleasant, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Northampton Area School District, Northampton, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Northeast Bradford School District, Rome, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Northern Lehigh School District, Slatington, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Scranton School District, Scranton, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

South Eastern School District, Fawn Grove, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Trinity Area School District, Washington, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Warwick School District, Lititz, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

West Chester Area School District , Chester, PA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico Department of Education, San Juan, PR
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(5)
Initial School Year: 1998-1999 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island Department of Education, Providence, RI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

TENNESSEE

Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, TN
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, TN
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

UTAH

Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City, UT
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through August 1998

VIRGINIA

Amherst County Schools, Amherst, VA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(c)(1) and
Initial School Year: 1998-1999 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Virginia Department of Education, Richmond, VA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98; Duration: through May 1998

Virginia Department of Education, Richmond, VA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through May 1999

Virginia Department of Education, Richmond, VA
Section Waived: CSRD program
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

WASHINGTON

Bellevue School District, Bellevue, WA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Oak Harbor School District, Oak Harbor, WA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1113(a)(2)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Port Angeles School District, Port Angeles, WA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Washington State Department of Education, Olympia, WA
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: through September 1999

WISCONSIN

Eau Claire Area School District, Eau Claire, WI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1114(a)(1)(B)
Initial School Year: 1998-99 ; Duration: 3 Year(s)

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia Department of Education, Charleston, WV
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998

WYOMING

Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne, WY
Section Waived: ESEA Section 1111(b)(6)
Initial School Year: 1997-98 ; Duration: through May 1998


Footnotes:

[ 1 ] This appendix includes the 128 waivers granted from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. Waivers granted from the beginning of the waiver authorities through September 1997 are listed in Appendix B of the 1997 report to Congress on waivers. See http://www.ed.gov//offices/OESE/archives/flexibility/Waivers/. [ Return to text ]


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