104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1045

AN ACT

To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate

the National Education Standards and Improvement

Council, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION

4 STANDARDS AND IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.

5 (a) REPEALS.—Subsection (b) of section 241, sec6 tions 211 through 218 of Part B of title II, and section

7 316 of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act (20 U.S.C.

8 5841 et seq.) are repealed.
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1 (b) AMENDMENTS TO GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMER2 ICA ACT.—

3 (1) Section 201(3) of the Goals 2000: Educate

4 America Act (20 U.S.C. 5812(3)) is amended by

5 striking all that follows after ‘‘opportunity-to-learn

6 standards’’ and inserting a period.

7 (2) Section 203(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

8 5823(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) and

9 (4) and by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as

10 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.

11 (3) Section 204(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

12 5824) is amended by striking ‘‘described in section

13 213(f)’’.

14 (4) Section 219 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5849)

15 is amended—

16 (A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘con17 sistent with the provisions of section 213(c),’’;

18 and

19 (B) by striking subsection (b) and insert20 ing the following:

21 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—Each consortium that desires

22 to receive a grant under this subsection shall submit an

23 application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,

24 and containing such information and assurances as the

25 Secretary may require.’’.
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1 (5) Section 220(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

2 5850(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘to be used’’ and

3 all that follows through ‘‘by the Council’’.

4 (6) Section 221(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

5 5851(a)) is amended—

6 (A) in paragraph (1)—

7 (i) subparagraph (A), by striking

8 ‘‘and the Council’’; and

9 (ii) striking subparagraph (B) and

10 (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D)

11 as subparagraph (B); and

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and the

13 Council, as appropriate,’’.

14 (7) Section 308(b)(2)(A) of such Act (20

15 U.S.C. 5888(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘in16 cluding—’’ and all that follows through the end of

17 clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘including through consor18 tia of States’’.

19 (8) Section 314(a)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

20 5894(a)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘, if—’’ and all

21 that follows through ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘if’’.

22 (9) Section 315 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5895)

23 is amended in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘para2 graph (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;

4 (B) by striking paragraph (2);

5 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

6 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re7 spectively;

8 (D) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3)

9 (as redesignated), by striking ‘‘paragraph (5),’’

10 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4),’’; and

11 (E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated), by

12 striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it appears

13 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’.

14 (c) NATIONAL SKILL STANDARDS ACT OF 1994.—

15 (1) Section 503 of the National Skill Standards

16 Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 5933) is amended—

17 (A) in subsection (b)—

18 (i) in paragraph (1)—

19 (I) in the matter preceding sub20 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘28’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘27’’;

22 (II) by striking subparagraph

23 (D); and
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1 (III) by redesignating subpara2 graphs (E) through (G) as subpara3 graphs (D) through (F), respectively;

4 (ii) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), by

5 striking ‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and

6 (G)’’ each place it appears and inserting

7 ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F)’’;

8 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking

9 ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub10 paragraph (F)’’;

11 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking

12 ‘‘(C), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (C)’’;

13 and

14 (v) in the matter preceding subpara15 graph (A) of paragraph (5), by striking

16 ‘‘subparagraph (E), (F), or (G)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘subparagraph (D), (E), or (F)’’;

18 and

19 (B) in subsection (c)—

20 (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking

21 ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub22 paragraph (D)’’; and

23 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking

24 ‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and

2 (F)’’.

3 (2) Section 504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5934)

4 is amended—

5 (A) by striking subsection (f); and

6 (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub7 section (f).

8 (d) AMENDMENT TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

9 EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Section 14701(b)(1)(B)(v) of

10 such the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

11 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8941(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended—

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘the National

13 Education Goals Panel’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘, and the National Education

15 Statistics and Improvement Council’’.

16 (d) AMENDMENT TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROVI17 SIONS ACT.—Section 428 of the General Education Provi18 sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1228b), as amended by section 237

19 of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 (Public

20 Law 103–382), is amended by striking ‘‘the National Edu21 cation Standards and Improvement Council,’’.

22 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

23 The table of contents for the Goals 2000: Educate

24 America Act is amended, in the items relating to title II,

25 by striking the items relating to sections 211 through 218
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1 of part B of such title and the item relating to section

2 316.

Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 1995.

Attest:

Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H.R. 1045

AN ACT

To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to

Improvement Council, and for other purposes.eliminate the National Education Standards and