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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1558

To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate the National

Education Standards and Improvement Council, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 3, 1995

Mr. GOODLING 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 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, section

6 316, and Part B of title II of the Goals 2000: Educate

7 America Act (20 U.S.C. 5841 et seq.) are repealed.

8 (b) AMENDMENTS TO GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMER9 ICA ACT.—
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1 (1) Section 203(a) of the Goals 2000: Educate

2 America Act (20 U.S.C. 5823(a)) is amended by

3 striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and by redesignat4 ing paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (3) and

5 (4), respectively.

6 (2) Section 308(b)(2)(A) of such Act (20

7 U.S.C. 5888(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘in8 cluding—’’ and all that follows through the end of

9 clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘including through consor10 tia of States’’.

11 (3) Section 314(a)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

12 5894(a)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘, if—’’ and all

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

14 (4) Section 315(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

15 5895) is amended—

16 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

17 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

18 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re19 spectively.

20 (5) Section 503 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5933)

21 is amended—

22 (A) in subsection (b)—

23 (i) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (I) in the matter preceding sub2 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘28’’ and

3 inserting ‘‘27’’;

4 (II) by striking subparagraph

5 (D); and

6 (III) by redesignating subpara7 graphs (E) through (G) as subpara8 graphs (D) through (F), respectively;

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

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

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

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

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

14 ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub15 paragraph (F)’’;

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

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

18 and

19 (v) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A) of paragraph (5), by striking

21 ‘‘subparagraph (E), (F), or (G)’’ and in22 serting ‘‘subparagraph (D), (E), or (F)’’;

23 and

24 (B) in subsection (c)—
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1 (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking

2 ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub3 paragraph (D)’’; and

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

5 ‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and

7 (F)’’.

8 (6) Section 504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5934)

9 is amended—

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

11 (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub12 section (f).

13 (c) AMENDMENT TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

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

15 such the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

16 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8941(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended—

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

18 Education Goals Panel’’; and

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

20 Statistics and Improvement Council’’.

21 (d) AMENDMENT TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROVI22 SIONS ACT.—Section 428 of the General Education Provi23 sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1228b), as amended by section 237

24 of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 (Public
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1 Law 103–382), is amended by striking ‘‘the National Edu2 cation Standards and Improvement Council,’’.

3 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

4 The table of contents for the Goals 2000: Educate

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

6 by striking the items relating to part B of such title.

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