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DES MOINES -- The third draft of Iowa’s state plan for meeting the federal Every Student Succeeds Act is available for public review and comment.

An online feedback survey available from the Iowa Department of Education is open through Monday. Find the survey and more information about the plan at www.educateiowa.gov under the "Headlines" section near the top right of the page.

The final state plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by Sept. 18. It will be revised and updated in years to come.

ESSA is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This update replaces the No Child Left Behind Act. Under ESSA, Iowa and other states must develop state plans that address student assessments, school accountability, funding and support for struggling schools.

The third draft incorporates feedback on the second draft, released in June. The third draft includes the following changes to an accountability index, or series of measures that will be used to identify schools in need of improvement (see pages ix and x for a complete summary of plan revisions):