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The Achievement School District was created to cause "school turnaround," a term meaning rapid results in poorer preforming schools. The Achievement School District is modeled after the Louisiana Recovery School District and takes elements from the Michigan School District as well. They acquire staff from programs such as the Memphis Teacher Residency and Teach for America. Eighty percent of these failing schools reside in the city of Memphis Tennessee. It is modeled from principles of President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and Obama's Race to the top legislation. Various states submit their budget proposals in order to receive financial support. Schools in desperate need of change are labelled as priority schools. Those priority schools are added into this school district with the goal to be eventually released back into city and state school systems. The district depends on CMO's or charter management organizations in order to run and fund these charter schools. These CMO's come from various sources such as the state, national organizations, and financial donors. The Achievement School District creates autonomy for these schools to launch the programs they need.