The Local Flexibility Demonstration Program (Local-Flex) is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It is a program that provides participating local educational agencies (LEAs) with unprecedented flexibility to consolidate certain Federal education funds and to use those funds for any educational purpose under the ESEA in order to meet the State’s definition of adequate yearly progress and attain specific measurable goals for improving student achievement and narrowing achievement gaps. Local-Flex is not a funding program. Rather, it is an authority that allows LEAs to consolidate certain local-level Federal funds they already receive.