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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3313

To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to allow local educational

agencies to participate in certain programs if the State in which the

agency is located does not participate.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 24, 1996

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. BOUCHER,

Mr. PICKETT, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. MARTINEZ, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.

BROWDER, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. MILLER of California) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and

Educational Opportunities.

A BILL

To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to allow

local educational agencies to participate in certain programs if the State in which the agency is located does

not participate.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Goals 2000 Local Au5 tonomy Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) In 1989, President Bush and the Nation’s

2 Governors endorsed the need for National Education

3 Goals defining what students need to know in each

4 subject area, standards for performance improve5 ment in those subject areas, and assessments to

6 measure student performance.

7 (2) The idea for Goals 2000 was initiated by a

8 Republican President, passed by Congress with bi9 partisan support, and signed by a Democratic Presi10 dent.

11 (3) There is a substantial movement to preserve

12 the autonomy of each local educational agency’s

13 right to decide the curriculum for their own school

14 systems.

15 (4) Some local educational agencies who would

16 like to participate in the Goals 2000 program have

17 been prevented from doing so by their State govern18 ment’s decision not to participate in this program.

19 SEC. 3. LOCAL BYPASS.

20 Section 304 of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act

21 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub22 section:

23 ‘‘(e) LOCAL BYPASS.—

24 ‘‘(1) LOCAL GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Notwith25 standing any other provision of law, if a State does
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1 not participate in the program authorized under this

2 title, the Secretary is authorized to use the allotment

3 such State would have received under this section to

4 award grants, through a competitive process, to local

5 educational agencies in such State that have applica6 tions approved under paragraph (2).

7 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Each local edu8 cational agency described in paragraph (1) desiring

9 a grant under such paragraph shall submit an appli10 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner

11 and accompanied by such information, as the Sec12 retary may require. Each such application shall con13 tain assurances that the local educational agency

14 will develop a local improvement plan that meets

15 such requirements applicable to a State educational

16 agency under section 306, and will meet such other

17 requirements applicable to a State educational agen18 cy under this title, as the Secretary determines are

19 appropriately applied to a local educational agency

20 under this subsection.’’.

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