1. Withdrawal of the State’s motion to eliminate the Abbott mandates for whole school reform (WSR) and supplemental programs. 
2. Continued implementation of WSR in all elementary schools using national models as the preferred strategy
3. Designation of “high performing schools” to be given the option to continue with the selected WSR model or to modify it, replace it with another model, or implement an alternative whole school reform design. 
4. Designation of “low performing schools” to be assigned an independent Performance Assessment Team.  The Team will identify barriers to higher student achievement, and will facilitate an agreement on needed improvements. 
5. WSR contract restoration in schools where such contracts were improperly terminated over the past two years.
6. An investigation process within NJDOE to resolve complaints from either schools or developers over WSR contract performance. 
7. Policy and regulation for WSR in middle and high schools for the 2004-05 school year, to be developed by stakeholders and experts convened by DOE and ELC.
8. Implementation of all Abbott V supplemental programs with program design and intensity based on student need. 
9. Supplemental funding for 2004-05 and thereafter based on school and district demonstration of need. 
10. Replacement of proposed Abbott regulations with new draft regulations consistent with all Abbott decisions and mediation agreements.
11. Review and consensus on draft regulations by a committee of stakeholders and experts, jointly established by DOE and ELC, to be completed by September 2003. 
12. Expedited schedule for DOE decisions and appeals on district budgets for the 2003-04 school year and thereafter. 
13. An expedited schedule annually for DOE decisions and appeals on preschool budgets. 
14. Establishing bid specifications for a DOE-funded evaluation of Abbott implementation by a committee of experts and stakeholders, jointly established by DOE and ELC.

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