(a) The General Assembly finds that it is the responsibility of:

(1) The state to support its public school districts; and

(2) A public school district to support its schools.

(b)

(1) Beginning on May 1, 2018, and by May 1 annually thereafter, a public school shall submit to its public school district a school-level improvement plan for approval by the public school district and public school district board of directors for implementation in the following school year.

(2) School-level improvement plans shall be posted on the public school district's website by August 1 of each year.

(c) School-level improvement plans shall be:

(1) Monitored by the public school district for implementation fidelity and progress throughout the year; and

(2) Evaluated annually by the public school district for goal progress and accomplishment.

(d)

(1) Annually by September 1, a public school district receiving Level 2 -- Collaborative, Level 3 -- Coordinated, Level 4 -- Directed, or Level 5 -- Intensive support shall submit to the Department of Education a public school district support plan in accordance with rules of the State Board of Education.

(2) A public school district's support plan shall be posted on the public school district's website no later than ten (10) days after submission to the department.

(e) Public school district support plans shall include without limitation the support the public school district will provide to public schools identified as in need of targeted or comprehensive support, or both, pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95.