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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 323

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

Education Standards and Improvement Council, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 1 (legislative day, JANUARY 30), 1995

Mrs. KASSEBAUM introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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) AMENDMENT.—Part B of title II of the Goals

6 2000: Educate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5841 et seq.) is

7 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘PART B—NATIONAL STANDARDS

2 ‘‘SEC. 211. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE

3 DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STANDARDS.

4 ‘‘No Federal agency shall expend Federal funds for

5 the development or dissemination of model or national

6 content standards, national student performance stand7 ards, or national opportunity-to-learn standards.’’.

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

9 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on January

10 1, 1995.

11 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

12 (a) GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT.—

13 (1) The table of contents for the Goals 2000:

14 Educate America Act is amended, in the items relat15 ing to title II, by striking the items relating to part

16 B of such title and inserting the following:

‘‘PART B—NATIONAL STANDARDS

‘‘Sec. 211. Prohibition of Federal funding for the development of national standards.’’.

17 (2) Section 3(a)(7) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

18 5802(a)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘voluntary na19 tional content standards or’’.

20 (3) Section 201 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5821)

21 is amended—

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’

23 after the semicolon;
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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’

2 and inserting a period; and

3 (C) by striking paragraph (3).

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

5 5823(a)) is amended—

6 (A) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);

7 and

8 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and

9 (6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.

10 (5) Section 204(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

11 5824(a)) is amended—

12 (A) by striking all beginning with ‘‘(a)

13 HEARINGS.—’’ through ‘‘shall, for’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘(a) HEARINGS.—The Goals Panel shall,

15 for’’; and

16 (B) by striking paragraph (2).

17 (6) Section 241 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5871)

18 is amended—

19 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) NA20 TIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL.—’’; and

21 (B) by striking subsections (b) through

22 (d).

23 (7) Section 304(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

24 5884(a)(2)) is amended—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’

2 after the semicolon;

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

4 and’’ and inserting a period; and

5 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

6 (8) 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 ‘‘of title II;’’

9 and inserting ‘‘including through consortia of

10 States;’’.

11 (9) Section 312(b) (20 U.S.C. 5892(b)) is

12 amended—

13 (A) by striking paragraph (1); and

14 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and

15 (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

16 (10) Section 314(a)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

17 5894(a)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘, if—’’ and all

18 that follows through ‘‘populations’’.

19 (11) Section 315 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5895)

20 is amended—

21 (A) in subsection (b)—

22 (i) by striking paragraph (2);

23 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

24 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4),

25 respectively;
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1 (iii) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking

2 ‘‘paragraph (4) of this subsection’’ and in3 serting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;

4 (iv) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph

5 (2) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by

6 striking ‘‘and the voluntary national con7 tent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘dif8 ferences’’;

9 (v) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph

10 (3) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by

11 striking ‘‘paragraph (5),’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘paragraph (4),’’; and

13 (vi) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated

14 by clause (ii)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’

15 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘para16 graph (3)’’;

17 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph

18 (A) of subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection

19 (b)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; and

20 (C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub21 section (b)(4)’’ each place it appears and insert22 ing ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’.

23 (12) Section 316 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5896)

24 is repealed.
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1 (13) Section 503 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5933)

2 is amended—

3 (A) in subsection (b)—

4 (i) in paragraph (1)—

5 (I) in the matter preceding sub6 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘28’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘27’’;

8 (II) by striking subparagraph

9 (D); and

10 (III) by redesignating subpara11 graphs (E) through (G) as subpara12 graphs (D) through (F), respectively;

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

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

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

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

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

18 ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub19 paragraph (F)’’;

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

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

22 and

23 (v) in the matter preceding subpara24 graph (A) of paragraph (5), by striking

25 ‘‘subparagraph (E), (F), or (G)’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘subparagraph (D), (E), or (F)’’;

2 and

3 (B) in subsection (c)—

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

5 ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 paragraph (D)’’; and

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

8 ‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)’’ and in9 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and

10 (F)’’.

11 (14) Section 504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5934)

12 is amended—

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

14 (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub15 section (f).

16 (b) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

17 OF 1965.—

18 (1) Section 2102(c) of the Elementary and Sec19 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6622(c))

20 is amended—

21 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘includ22 ing information on voluntary national content

23 standards and voluntary national student per24 formance standards’’; and

25 (B) in paragraph (7)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘voluntary national

2 content standards,’’; and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘, voluntary national

4 student performance standards’’.

5 (2) Section 2402(3)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

6 6702(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, challenging

7 State student performance’’ and all that follows

8 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘or challenging

9 State student performance standards;’’.

10 (3) Section 3151(b)(5)(H) of such Act (20

11 U.S.C. 6871(b)(5)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘the

12 voluntary national content standards, the voluntary

13 national student performance standards and’’.

14 (4) Section 3206(b)(12) of such Act (20 U.S.C.

15 6896(b)(12) is amended—

16 (A) in subparagraph (H), by inserting

17 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

18 (B) by striking subparagraph (I); and

19 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as

20 subparagraph (I).

21 (5) Section 7136 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7456)

22 is amended by striking ‘‘and which are consistent

23 with voluntary national content standards and chal24 lenging State content standards’’.
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1 (6) Section 10963(b)(5)(B) of such Act (20

2 U.S.C. 8283(b)(5)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘or to

3 bring teachers up to national voluntary standards’’.

4 (7) Section 14701(b)(1)(B)(v) of such Act (20

5 U.S.C. 8941(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by striking

6 ‘‘the National Education Goals Panel,’’ and all that

7 follows through ‘‘assessments)’’ and inserting ‘‘and

8 the National Education Goals Panel’’.

9 (c) GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT.—Sec10 tion 428 of the General Education Provisions Act (20

11 U.S.C. 1228b), as amended by section 237 of the Improv12 ing America’s Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382)

13 is amended by striking ‘‘the National Education Stand14 ards and Improvement Council,’’.

15 (d) EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1978.—

16 (1) Section 1121 of the Education Amendments

17 of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001), as amended by section

18 381 of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994

19 (Public Law 103–382) is amended—

20 (A) by striking subsection (b);

21 (B) by redesignating subsections (c)

22 through (l) as subsections (b) through (k), re23 spectively;

24 (C) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by

25 subparagraph (B))—
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1 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and

2 the findings of the studies and surveys de3 scribed in subsection (b)’’; and

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

5 ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

6 (e)’’;

7 (D) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by

8 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’

9 and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’;

10 (E) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by

11 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsections (c)

12 and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and

13 (c)’’;

14 (F) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) (as

15 redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by striking

16 ‘‘subsections (c) and (d)’’ each place it appears

17 and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and

18 (G) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by

19 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsections (e)

20 and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and

21 (e)’’.

22 (2) Section 1122(d)(1) of such Act (25 U.S.C.

23 2002(d)(1)) is amended—

24 (A) by striking ‘‘section 1121(c)’’ and in25 serting ‘‘section 1121(b)’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘section 1121(e)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘section 1121(d)’’.

3 (3) Section 1130 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2010)

4 is amended—

5 (A) in subparagraph (B) of subsection

6 (a)(4), by striking ‘‘section 1121(h)’’ and in7 serting ‘‘section 1121(g)’’; and

8 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph

9 (A) of subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘section

10 1121(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1121(j)’’.

11 (4) Section 1137(a)(3) of such Act (25 U.S.C.

12 2017(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections

13 1121(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1121(f)’’.

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