HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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1995 T139.12

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Portman

Poshard

Quillen

Radanovich

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Scarborough

Schaefer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Traficant

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

Whitfield

Wicker

Young (AK)

Zeliff

NOT VOTING—11

Clement

Conyers

de la Garza

Duncan

Fields (LA)

Hunter

Serrano

Smith (WA)

Tucker

Velazquez

Weldon (PA)

So the motion to instruct the managers on the part of the House was

agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said motion was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

Thereupon, the SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. EWING, by unanimous consent, announced the appointment of

the following Members as managers on

the part of the House at said conference:

Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. DELAY,

Mrs. VUCANOVICH, and Messrs. WALSH,

HOBSON, KNOLLENBERG, FRELINGHUYSEN, NEUMANN, LIVINGSTON, STOKES,

MOLLOHAN, CHAPMAN, Ms. KAPTUR, and

Mr. OBEY.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate of the foregoing appointments.

T139.11 D.C. APPROPRIATIONS, FY 1996

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EWING, pursuant to House Resolution

252 and rule XXIII, declared the House

resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union

for the further consideration of the bill

(H.R. 2546) making appropriations for

the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable

in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year

ending September 30, 1996, and for

other purposes.

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Chairman,

resumed the chair; and after some time

spent therein,

T139.12 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. GUNDERSON:

At the end of the bill, add the following:

TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SCHOOL REFORM

SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of

Columbia School Reform Act of 1995’’.

SEC. 2002. DEFINITIONS.

Except as otherwise provided, for purposes

of this title:

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional

committees’’ means—

(A) the Committee on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

(B) the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor

and Human Resources of the Senate; and

(C) the Committee on Government Reform

and Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental

Affairs of the Senate.

(2) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Authority’’

means the District of Columbia Financial

Responsibility and Management Assistance

Authority established under section 101(a) of

the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of

1995 (Public Law 104–8).

(3) AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.—The term

‘‘average daily attendance’’, when used with

respect to a school and a period of time,

means the aggregate attendance of the

school during the period divided by the number of days during the period on which—

(A) the school is in session; and

(B) the pupils of the school are under the

guidance and direction of teachers.

(4) AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP.—

(A) INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘average daily membership’’, when used with respect to a school and a period of time, means

the aggregate enrollment of the school during the period divided by the number of days

during the period on which—

(i) the school is in session; and

(ii) the pupils of the school are under the

guidance and direction of teachers.

(B) GROUPS OF SCHOOLS.—The term ‘‘average daily membership’’, when used with respect to a group of schools and a period of

time, means the average of the average daily

memberships during the period of the individual schools that constitute the group.

(5) BOARD OF EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘Board

of Education’’ means the Board of Education

of the District of Columbia.

(6) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The term ‘‘Board

of Trustees’’ means the governing board of a

public charter school, the members of which

board have been selected pursuant to the

charter granted to the school and in a manner consistent with this title.

(7) CONTROL PERIOD.—The term ‘‘control

period’’ means a period of time described in

section 209 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8).

(8) CORE CURRICULUM.—The term ‘‘core curriculum’’ means the concepts, factual knowledge, and skills that students in the District

of Columbia should learn in kindergarten

through 12th grade in academic content

areas, including, at a minimum, English,

mathematics, science, and history.

(9) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL.—The

term ‘‘District of Columbia Council’’ means

the Council of the District of Columbia established pursuant to section 401 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (D.C. Code,

sec. 1–221).

(10) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘District of Columbia government’’ means the government

of the District of Columbia, including—

(i) any department, agency, or instrumentality of the government of the District of

Columbia;

(ii) any independent agency of the District

of Columbia established under part F of title

IV of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act;

(iii) any other agency, board, or commission established by the Mayor or the District

of Columbia Council;

(iv) the courts of the District of Columbia;

(v) the District of Columbia Council; and

(vi) any other agency, public authority, or

public benefit corporation that has the authority to receive monies directly or indirectly from the District of Columbia (other

than monies received from the sale of goods,

the provision of services, or the loaning of

funds to the District of Columbia).

(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘District of Columbia government’’ does not include the

following:

(i) The Authority.

(ii) A public charter school.

(11) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘District of

Columbia government retirement system’’

means the retirement programs authorized

by the District of Columbia Council or the

Congress for employees of the District of Columbia government.

(12) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOL.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘District of Columbia public school’’ means a public school

in the District of Columbia that offers

classes—

(i) at any of the grade levels from prekindergarten through the 12th grade; or

(ii) leading to a general education diploma.

(B) EXCEPTION.—The term does not include

a public charter school.

(13) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC

SCHOOLS.—The term ‘‘District of Columbia

public schools’’ means all schools that are

District of Columbia public schools.

(14) DISTRICT-WIDE ASSESSMENTS.—The

term ‘‘district-wide assessments’’ means reliable and unbiased student assessments administered by the Superintendent to students enrolled in District of Columbia public

schools and public charter schools.

(15) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘eligible applicant’’ means a person, including a

private, public, or quasi-public entity and an

institution of higher education (as defined in

section 481 of the Higher Education Act of

1965), who seeks to establish a public charter

school.

(16) ELIGIBLE CHARTERING AUTHORITY.—The

term ‘‘eligible chartering authority’’ means

any of the following:

(A) The Board of Education.

(B) Any of the following public or federally-chartered universities:

(i) Howard University.

(ii) Gallaudet University.

(iii) American University.

(iv) George Washington University.

(v) The University of the District of Columbia.

(C) Any other entity designated by enactment of a bill as an eligible chartering authority by the District of Columbia Council

after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(17) FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.—The term

‘‘facilities management’’ means the administration, construction, renovation, repair,

maintenance, remodeling, improvement, or

other oversight, of a building or real property of a District of Columbia public school.

The term does not include the performance

of any such act with respect to real property

owned by a public charter school.

(18) FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.—The term

‘‘family resource center’’ means an information desk—

(A) located at a school with a majority of

students whose family income is not greater

than 185 percent of the poverty guidelines

updated annually in the Federal Register by

the Department of Health and Human Services under authority of section 673(2) of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981;

and

(B) which links students and families to

local resources and public and private entities involved in child care, adult education,

health and social services, tutoring, mentoring, and job training.

(19) LONG-TERM REFORM PLAN.—The term

‘‘long-term reform plan’’ means the plan submitted by the Superintendent under section

2101.