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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1202

To provide financial assistance to eligible local educational agencies to improve

urban education, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1993

Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. JEFFERSON) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To provide financial assistance to eligible local educational

agencies to improve urban education, 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of 1993’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

7 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Statement of purpose.

TITLE I—URBAN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Sec. 101. Authorization.

Sec. 102. Allocation of funds.
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Sec. 103. Application required.

Sec. 104. Planning period.

Sec. 105. Uses of funds.

Sec. 106. Accountability.

Sec. 107. Incentive awards to exemplary programs.

Sec. 108. Regulatory assessment.

Sec. 109. Local advisory group.

Sec. 110. Special rules.

TITLE II—SCHOOL BUILDING REPAIR AND RENOVATION

Sec. 201. Purpose; authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 202. Allocation of funds.

Sec. 203. Application.

Sec. 204. Uses of Funds.

TITLE III—URBAN SCHOOL RESEARCH

Sec. 301. Authorization.

Sec. 302. Assistant Secretary for Urban Education.

Sec. 303. Reservation, allotment, allocation.

Sec. 304. National Institute of Urban Education.

Sec. 305. Application.

Sec. 306. Uses of funds.

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Interagency Council on Urban Schools.

Sec. 402. White House Conference on Urban Education.

Sec. 403. Augustus F. Hawkins National Commission on Urban Education.

Sec. 404. Federal funds to supplement not supplant non-Federal funds.

Sec. 405. Definitions.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds that—

3 (1) the ability of the Nation’s major urban

4 school systems to meet the Nation’s educational

5 goals will determine the country’s economic competi6 tiveness and academic standing in the world commu7 nity;

8 (2) the quality of public education in the Na9 tion’s major urban areas has a direct effect on the

10 economic development of the Nation’s inner cities;
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1 (3) the success of urban schools in boosting the

2 achievement of its minority youth attending such

3 schools will determine the ability of the Nation to

4 close the gap between the ‘‘haves and have-nots’’ in

5 society;

6 (4) the cost to America’s businesses to provide

7 remedial education to high school graduates is ap8 proximately $21,000,000,000 per year;

9 (5) approximately one-third of the Nation’s

10 work force will be minority by the year 2000;

11 (6) urban schools enroll a disproportionately

12 large share of the Nation’s poor and ‘‘at-risk’’

13 youth;

14 (7) urban schools enroll approximately one-third

15 of Nation’s poor, 40 percent of the Nation’s African16 American children, and 30 percent of the Nation’s

17 Hispanic youth;

18 (8) nearly 20 percent of the Nation’s limited19 English proficient children and 15 percent of the

20 Nation’s disabled youth are enrolled in urban

21 schools;

22 (9) the academic performance of students in the

23 average inner-city public school system is below that

24 of students in most other kinds of school systems;
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1 (10) urban schools systems have higher dropout

2 rates, more problems with health care and less pa3 rental participation than other kinds of school sys4 tems;

5 (11) urban preschoolers have one-half the ac6 cess to early childhood development programs as do

7 other children;

8 (12) shortages of teachers in urban school sys9 tems are 2.5 times greater than such shortages in

10 other kinds of school systems;

11 (13) declining numbers of urban minority high

12 school graduates are pursuing postsecondary edu13 cational opportunities;

14 (14) urban schools systems have greater prob15 lems with teen pregnancy, discipline, drug abuse and

16 gangs than do other kinds of school systems;

17 (15) 75 percent of urban school buildings are

18 over 25 years old, 33 percent of such buildings are

19 over 50 years old, and such buildings are often in

20 serious disrepair and create poor and demoralizing

21 working and learning conditions;

22 (16) solving the challenges facing our Nation’s

23 urban schools will require the concerted and collabo24 rative efforts of all levels of government and all sec25 tors of the community;
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1 (17) State and Federal funding of urban

2 schools has not adequately reflected need; and

3 (18) Federal funding that is well targeted, flexi4 ble and accountable would contribute significantly to

5 addressing the comprehensive needs of inner-city

6 schools.

7 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

8 It is the purpose of this Act to provide financial as9 sistance to—

10 (1) assist urban schools in meeting national

11 education goals;

12 (2) improve the educational and social well

13 being of urban public school children;

14 (3) close the achievement gap between urban

15 and nonurban school children, while improving the

16 achievement level of all children nationally;

17 (4) renovate and repair urban school buildings

18 and facilities;

19 (5) conduct coordinated research on urban edu20 cation problems, solutions and promising practices;

21 (6) improve the Nation’s global economic and

22 educational competitiveness by improving the coun23 try’s urban schools;
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1 (7) encourage community, parental and busi2 ness collaboration in the improvement of urban

3 schools; and

4 (8) review regulations whose simplification

5 might improve the achievement of urban school chil6 dren.

7 TITLE I—URBAN SCHOOL

8 IMPROVEMENT

9 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION.

10 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

11 as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994,

12 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 to carry out the

13 provisions of this title.

14 SEC. 102. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

15 (a) RESERVATIONS.—

16 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), from the amount

17 appropriated or otherwise made available to carry

18 out the provisions of this title for any fiscal year, the

19 Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of such funds to

20 provide competitive awards in accordance with sec21 tion 107.

22 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the first

23 year in which funds are appropriated.

24 (b) ALLOTMENTS.—From the remainder of the sums

25 not reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot
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1 to each eligible local educational agency with an approved

2 application in each fiscal year an amount which bears the

3 same relationship to such funds as the amount such eligi4 ble local educational agency was allocated under section

5 1005 and 1006 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu6 cation Act of 1965 in the preceding fiscal year bears to

7 the total amount received under such sections in such pre8 ceding fiscal year by all eligible local educational agencies.

9 (c) RESERVATION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANI10 ZATIONS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.—From the

11 amounts allotted under subsection (b) for any fiscal year,

12 each eligible local educational agency shall reserve not

13 more than 5 percent to make as many grants as prac14 ticable for the activities described in section 105 to—

15 (1) community-based organizations; or

16 (2) nonprofit partnerships between the eligible

17 local educational agency and city-wide collaboratives

18 of private sector businesses or universities.

19 (d) PAYMENTS.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually

21 pay to each eligible local educational agency having

22 an application approved under section 103 the costs

23 of the activities described in the application.
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1 (2) PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary

2 shall make annual payments only to eligible local

3 educational agencies that—

4 (A) comply with the provisions of section

5 106; and

6 (B) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the

7 Secretary that the data submitted pursuant to

8 section 106 shows progress toward meeting na9 tional education goals.

10 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 per11 cent of any allotment or grant made under this title may

12 be used for administrative costs.

13 SEC. 103. APPLICATION REQUIRED.

14 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—

15 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible local edu17 cational agency desiring to receive an allotment

18 from the Secretary to carry out the provisions

19 of this title shall—

20 (i) develop and prepare an application

21 with the local advisory group;

22 (ii) submit to the State educational

23 agency the application for review and com24 ment; and
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1 (iii) submit the application described

2 in clause (i) to the Secretary for approval.

3 (B) DURATION.—Except as provided in

4 section 106, the application described in clause

5 (i) may be for a period of not more than 3

6 years.

7 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND

8 NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.—Any community-based

9 organization or nonprofit partnership referred to in

10 section 102(c) desiring to receive a grant from an el11 igible local educational agency pursuant to section

12 101(c) shall—

13 (A) prepare an application for approval by

14 the local advisory group and submit such appli15 cation to the eligible local educational agency;

16 (B) describe in the application the collabo17 rative efforts undertaken with the local edu18 cational agency in designing a program to meet

19 the purposes of the Act; and

20 (C) describe in the application how funds

21 will be used to help meet the education goals se22 lected by the local educational agency pursuant

23 to subsection (b).
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1 (b) CONTENTS OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY

2 APPLICATION.—Each application submitted by an eligible

3 local educational agency shall include a description of—

4 (1) the ranking of all schools in the eligible

5 local educational agency by achievement, poverty,

6 and racial isolation and how such schools will be

7 served in accordance with section 110(a);

8 (2) the community served by the eligible local

9 educational agency and the effects of the community

10 on the educational conditions within the schools

11 served by the eligible local educational agency;

12 (3) the collaboration in program planning with

13 the local advisory group described in section 109;

14 (4) the goals selected by the eligible local edu15 cational agency pursuant to section 106(b), the ra16 tionale for choosing such goals over others, and a

17 description of whether the goals selected differ be18 tween elementary and secondary schools within the

19 jurisdiction of the local educational agency;

20 (5) how funds received under this title will be

21 used to meet the national educational goals selected

22 by the eligible local educational agency;

23 (6) how promising or successful models or pro24 grams will be replicated in designing activities as25 sisted under this title; and
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1 (7) the statistical indicators and other criteria

2 that the eligible local educational agency will use to

3 measure progress toward meeting national education

4 goals, and a description of what the local educational

5 agency has done to ensure that any assessments

6 used to measure such progress will not have a nega7 tive effect on minority or language minority stu8 dents.

9 SEC. 104. PLANNING PERIOD.

10 Any eligible local educational agency requiring addi11 tional planning efforts to meet the provisions of this title

12 may use the first 6 months of the initial program year

13 for planning purposes, subject to approval by the Sec14 retary, except that not more than 15 percent of the first

15 year’s allotment shall be used for such purposes. A written

16 report of the results of such planning shall be submitted

17 to the Secretary not later than the end of the first project

18 year.

19 SEC. 105. USES OF FUNDS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds allotted under this title

21 shall be used by eligible local educational agencies, com22 munity-based organizations, or nonprofit partnerships to

23 meet national education goals through programs designed

24 to—
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1 (1) increase the academic achievement of

2 urban school children to at least the national aver3 age, including—

4 (A) effective schools programs;

5 (B) tutoring, mentoring, and other activi6 ties to improve academic achievement directly;

7 (C) activities designed to increase the par8 ticipation of minority and female students in

9 entry level and advanced courses in mathe10 matics and science;

11 (D) supplementary academic instruction;

12 (E) efforts to improve problem-solving and

13 higher-order thinking skills;

14 (F) programs to increase student motiva15 tion for learning; and

16 (G) efforts to lengthen the school day,

17 school year or reduce class sizes;

18 (2) ensure the readiness of all urban children

19 for school, including—

20 (A) full workday, full calendar-year com21 prehensive early childhood development pro22 grams;

23 (B) parenting classes and parent involve24 ment activities;
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1 (C) activities designed to coordinate pre2 kindergarten and child care programs;

3 (D) efforts to integrate developmentally

4 appropriate prekindergarten services into the

5 overall school program;

6 (E) upgrading the qualifications of early

7 childhood education staff and standards for

8 programs;

9 (F) collaborative efforts with health and

10 social service agencies to provide comprehensive

11 services and to facilitate the transition from

12 home to school;

13 (G) establishment of comprehensive child

14 care centers in high schools for students who

15 are parents and their children; and

16 (H) augmenting early childhood develop17 ment programs to meet the special educational

18 and cultural needs of limited-English proficient

19 preschool children;

20 (3) increase the graduation rates of urban stu21 dents to at least the national average, including—

22 (A) dropout prevention activities and sup23 port services for students at-risk of dropping

24 out of school;
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1 (B) re-entry, outreach and support activi2 ties to recruit students who have dropped out of

3 school to return to school;

4 (C) development of systemwide policies and

5 practices that encourage students to stay in

6 school;

7 (D) efforts to provide individualized stu8 dent support, such as mentoring programs;

9 (E) collaborative activities between schools,

10 parents, community groups, agencies and insti11 tutions of higher education aimed at preventing

12 individuals from dropping out of school;

13 (F) programs to increase student attend14 ance; and

15 (G) alternative programs for students, es16 pecially bilingual and special education stu17 dents, who have dropped out of school or are

18 at-risk of dropping out of school;

19 (4) prepare urban school graduates to enter

20 higher education, pursue careers and exercise their

21 responsibilities as citizens, including—

22 (A) activities designed to increase the

23 number and percentages of students, particu24 larly minority students, enrolling in postsecond-
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1 ary educational institutions after graduation

2 from secondary schools;

3 (B) in-school youth employment, vocational

4 education, and career education programs that

5 improve the transition from school to work;

6 (C) activities designed in collaboration with

7 colleges and universities to assist urban school

8 graduates in completing higher education;

9 (D) efforts to increase voter registration

10 among eligible high school students;

11 (E) activities designed to promote commu12 nity service and volunteerism among students,

13 parents, teachers, and the community; and

14 (F) civic education and other programs de15 signed to enhance responsible citizenship and

16 understanding of the political process;

17 (5) recruit and retain qualified teachers, includ18 ing—

19 (A) school-based management projects and

20 activities;

21 (B) programs designed to test efforts to

22 increase the professionalization of teachers or to

23 bring teachers up to national voluntary stand24 ards;
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1 (C) alternative routes to certification for

2 qualified individuals from business, the military

3 and other fields;

4 (D) efforts to recruit and retain teachers

5 in critical shortage areas, including early child6 hood teachers, mathematics and science teach7 ers, and special education and bilingual teach8 ers;

9 (E) upgrading the skills of teacher aides

10 and paraprofessionals to permit such individ11 uals to become certified teachers;

12 (F) efforts specifically designed to increase

13 the number of minority teachers in urban

14 schools;

15 (G) programs designed to ‘‘grow your

16 own’’ teachers;

17 (H) incentives for teachers to work in

18 inner-city schools; and

19 (I) collaborative activities with urban uni20 versities to revise and upgrade teacher training

21 programs; and

22 (6) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol

23 among urban students, and to enhance the physical

24 and emotional health of such students, including—
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1 (A) activities designed to improve the self2 esteem and self-worth of urban students;

3 (B) the provision of health care services

4 and other social services and the coordination of

5 such services with other health care providers;

6 (C) programs designed to improve safety

7 and discipline and reduce in-school violence,

8 vandalism, and gang activity;

9 (D) activities that begin in the early

10 grades and are designed to prevent drug and al11 cohol abuse and smoking among students and

12 teachers;

13 (E) collaborative activities with other agen14 cies, businesses, and community groups to dis15 courage the advertisement and glorification of

16 drugs and alcohol;

17 (F) efforts to enhance health education

18 and nutrition education; and

19 (G) alternative schools, and schools-within20 schools programs, including bilingual and spe21 cial education programs for students with spe22 cial needs.

23 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—Funds allotted under this title

24 may be used for the planning, development, operation or

25 expansion of programs and activities which are designed
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1 to assist urban schools in meeting national education

2 goals, and may include—

3 (1) training of teachers and other educational

4 personnel in subject areas, or in instructional tech5 nology and methods that would improve the delivery

6 of services in urban settings and assist in the

7 achievement of the national education goals, includ8 ing staff development efforts that emphasize

9 multicultural and gender and disability bias-free cur10 ricula;

11 (2) coordination and collaboration with other

12 municipal agencies, child care organizations, univer13 sities or the private sector;

14 (3) parental involvement and outreach efforts

15 and other activities designed to enhance parental en16 couragement of student learning;

17 (4) guidance and psychological counseling, so18 cial work, and other support services that contribute

19 to progress in achieving national education goals;

20 (5) efforts to acquire and improve access to

21 educational technology;

22 (6) programs to serve homeless children, chil23 dren in desegregation programs, immigrants, mi24 grants, or other highly mobile populations, even if
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1 such individuals do not attend a school assisted

2 under this title; and

3 (7) efforts to improve and strengthen the cur4 riculum and coordinate services across grade levels.

5 (c) PRIORITY.—Each local educational agency sub6 mitting an application shall give priority in designing the

7 program to include activities that replicate successful ef8 forts in other local educational agencies or expand success9 ful programs within the eligible local educational agency.

10 SEC. 106. ACCOUNTABILITY.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award an al12 lotment under this title to an eligible local educational

13 agency to enable such an agency to operate a program

14 under this title for a period of not more than 3 years.

15 If an eligible local educational agency receiving an allot16 ment under this title meets the accountability require17 ments described in subsection (b) at the end of 3 years

18 and the requirements described in subsection (c) at the

19 end of each year, as determined by the Secretary, such

20 agency shall be eligible to continue the project with funds

21 under this title for an additional 3 years.

22 (b) REQUIREMENTS TO MOVE TOWARD NATIONAL

23 EDUCATION GOALS.—

24 (1) PROGRAM CONTINUATION.—If, after 3

25 years, an eligible local educational agency receiving
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1 an allotment under this title is able to demonstrate

2 to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it has in3 creased the achievement level of students in the low4 est 2 quartiles in schools assisted under this title as

5 measured by the statistical indicators and other cri6 teria specified in the application in excess of the av7 erage such achievement of such students in the 3

8 years prior to the initiation of the project, then such

9 agency shall be eligible to continue the project with

10 funds under this title for an additional 3 years upon

11 reapplication under section 103.

12 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—If, after 3 years, an eligi13 ble local educational agency receiving an allotment

14 under this title is able to demonstrate progress in

15 lieu of paragraph (1) in meeting at least 3 of the

16 criteria described in paragraph (3), then such agen17 cy shall be considered to have met the requirements

18 of paragraph (1) so long as the achievement level of

19 the schools assisted under this title did not decline

20 in any of the 3 previous school years.

21 (3) CRITERIA.—For purposes of paragraph (2),

22 the criteria are as follows:

23 (A) The number or percentage of preschool

24 children served by the eligible local educational
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1 agency is greater than the average such number

2 or percentage in the 3 previous school years.

3 (B) The number or percentage of second4 ary school students graduating in the eligible

5 local educational agency is greater than the av6 erage such number or percentage rate for the 3

7 previous school years.

8 (C) The number or percentage of second9 ary school graduates in the eligible local edu10 cational agency enrolled in postsecondary edu11 cation is greater than the average such number

12 or percentage for the 3 previous school years.

13 (D) The number or percentage of the

14 teaching force in the eligible local educational

15 agency who are minorities is greater than the

16 average such number or percentage for the 3

17 previous school years.

18 (E) The incidence of discipline, drug-relat19 ed or in-school crime in the eligible local edu20 cational agency is less than the average such in21 cidence in the 3 previous school years.

22 (c) COLLECTION OF DATA.—Each eligible local edu23 cational agency, community-based organization, univer24 sity, or nonprofit partnership receiving an allotment under

25 this title shall annually collect and submit to the Secretary
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1 data based on the statistical indicators and other criteria

2 described in the application submitted by such eligible

3 local educational agency for the purposes of monitoring

4 progress in achieving national education goals. Such data

5 shall include multiple measures or indicators of each vari6 able, and may take into consideration the mobility of stu7 dents in the schools served under this title.

8 SEC. 107. INCENTIVE AWARDS TO EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS.

9 From amounts reserved pursuant to section 102(a)

10 or otherwise made available, the Secretary is authorized

11 to make competitive awards to individual schools partici12 pating in a program assisted under this title that dem13 onstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary success in at

14 least 3 of the following areas:

15 (1) Unusual or exemplary progress in achieving

16 the national education goals through programs de17 scribed in section 105.

18 (2) Exemplary or unusually effective collabo19 rative arrangements between schools, community20 based organizations, agencies, parent groups, col21 leges and businesses.

22 (3) Identification, review, and removal of poten23 tial barriers to student performance in achieving na24 tional education goals, including a decrease in sus25 pensions, expulsions, in-grade retentions, and ability
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1 groupings, and lack of access to course offerings in

2 pre-algebra and introductory algebra.

3 (4) Substantial expansion of the hours that

4 schools remain open for community use or student

5 after-school recreation.

6 SEC. 108. REGULATORY ASSESSMENT.

7 (a) REPORT ON URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—In order

8 to assist eligible local educational agencies under this Act

9 in improving the performance of urban school children, the

10 Secretary shall, not later than January 1, 1993, prepare

11 a report on the impact of Federal regulations, guidelines

12 and policies on urban public schools.

13 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—(1) The report shall

14 analyze the impact of Federal legal, regulatory, policy and

15 organizational requirements on the time and resources

16 that eligible local educational agencies assisted under this

17 Act have for educating students, including fiscal resources,

18 staff time, facilities, instructional equipment, and services.

19 (2) The report shall make recommendations on how

20 best to simplify Federal regulations, guidelines and poli21 cies so that more resources can be devoted to improving

22 urban school performance.

23 (3) The report shall also identify the regulations in

24 which a waiver might be used as an incentive or reward
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1 for exceptional progress in meeting national education

2 goals.

3 (c) SPECIFIC ISSUES FOR ANALYSIS.—In preparing

4 the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall

5 analyze—

6 (1) the effect of regulatory requirements on

7 local program flexibility and management within eli8 gible local educational agencies;

9 (2) the effect of regulatory requirements on the

10 size, cost and composition of administrative practices

11 within eligible local educational agencies;

12 (3) the extent to which regulatory requirements

13 are duplicative or contradictory;

14 (4) the amount of time and resources that

15 school administrators and teachers must spend re16 sponding to data requests and reporting require17 ments pursuant to Federal law;

18 (5) the extent to which regulatory requirements

19 are related to instructional rather than

20 noninstructional practices in eligible local edu21 cational agencies;

22 (6) the relationship between specific regulatory

23 requirements and the educational performance of

24 urban students; and
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1 (7) how the waiver or simplification of regu2 latory requirements could enhance the performance

3 of urban school children and the progress of urban

4 schools in meeting national education goals.

5 (d) SAMPLE DATA.—The Secretary may, in develop6 ing the report described in subsection (a), use appropriate

7 sampling techniques.

8 (e) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—The Sec9 retary shall consult with the Committee on Education and

10 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee

11 on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate concerning

12 the design of the report described in this section.

13 SEC. 109. LOCAL ADVISORY GROUP.

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Any local educational agency

15 desiring to receive an allotment under this Act shall form

16 a local advisory group.

17 (b) COMPOSITION.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each local advisory group

19 referred to in subsection (a) shall be composed of

20 representatives of such groups as—

21 (A) local government agencies;

22 (B) community-based organizations;

23 (C) service providers;

24 (D) teachers;

25 (E) parents;
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1 (F) colleges and universities;

2 (G) businesses;

3 (H) principals and other school adminis4 trators;

5 (I) counselors, school psychologists and so6 cial workers;

7 (J) students;

8 (K) State educational agencies and State

9 boards of education;

10 (L) labor;

11 (M) Offices of the mayor;

12 (N) religious leaders; and

13 (O) organizations with an interest in im14 proving urban education and expertise in the

15 delivery of services needed by the schools se16 lected to participate in a program assisted

17 under this Act.

18 (2) APPOINTMENT.—The superintendent of

19 schools and the president of the board of education

20 of the eligible local educational agency shall appoint

21 the members of the local advisory group.

22 (3) REPRESENTATION.—The local advisory

23 group shall be representative of the community and

24 shall be balanced according to race, ethnicity, native
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1 language background, and gender, to the extent

2 practicable.

3 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The local advisory group shall—

4 (1) advise the eligible local educational agency

5 on the design and conduct of a needs assessment for

6 all schools expected to participate in the program as7 sisted under this title;

8 (2) assist in planning for community-wide col9 laboration in service delivery for students in schools

10 expected to be served by the program assisted under

11 this title;

12 (3) advise the eligible local educational agency

13 and the community on how they can work together

14 to use multiple service providers;

15 (4) advise and assist the eligible local edu16 cational agency on the implementation of the pro17 gram assisted under this title and review evaluations

18 of such program’s success;

19 (5) review and approve applications submitted

20 to the eligible local educational agency by commu21 nity-based organizations pursuant to section 103(b);

22 (6) advise the eligible local educational agency

23 on strategies for increasing parent involvement and

24 the number of school volunteers and role models in

25 schools; and
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1 (7) review the success of community-based pro2 grams assisted under this title for progress on the

3 national education goals.

4 (d) USE OF EXISTING LOCAL ADVISORY GROUP.—

5 To the extent that an eligible local educational agency has

6 established a broadly representative local advisory group

7 before enactment of this Act that is comparable to the

8 local advisory group described in this section, such existing

9 local advisory group shall be considered to be in compli10 ance with the provisions of this section.

11 SEC. 110. SPECIAL RULES.

12 (a) RANKING OF SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE REL13 ATIVE NEED.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible local edu15 cational agency desiring to receive an allotment

16 under this title shall, in order to determine which

17 schools are most in need of services, separately rank

18 all elementary and secondary schools under the ju19 risdiction of such agency on the basis of—

20 (A) achievement;

21 (B) poverty; and

22 (C) racial isolation.

23 (2) PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOLS TO BE

24 SERVED.—Each eligible local educational agency

25 that receives an allotment under this title shall serve
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1 at least 10 percent, but not more than 20 percent,

2 of the schools under the jurisdiction of such agency.

3 (3) CRITERIA FOR SCHOOLS TO BE SERVED.—

4 Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this

5 section, each eligible local educational agency that

6 receives an allotment under this title—

7 (A) shall serve any school that is deter8 mined to be most in need with respect to all 3

9 rankings described in paragraph (1);

10 (B) may serve any school that is deter11 mined to be most in need with respect to any

12 1 or more of such rankings; and

13 (C) may serve any school that received as14 sistance under this title in a previous fiscal

15 year.

16 (b) FLEXIBILITY.—Each eligible local educational

17 agency shall have the flexibility to serve homeless children,

18 desegregating students, immigrants, migrants or other

19 highly mobile populations within the program assisted

20 under this title.

21 (c) CHAPTER 1 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—The

22 approved program for any school served under sections

23 1020 and 1021 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu24 cation Act of 1965, may be considered sufficient to meet
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1 the requirements of the provisions of section 106(b)(1) of

2 this Act.

3 TITLE II—SCHOOL BUILDING

4 REPAIR AND RENOVATION

5 SEC. 201. PURPOSE; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro7 vide assistance to eligible local educational agencies to as8 sist such agencies in repairing, and renovating, instruc9 tional facilities in city schools.

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

11 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

12 necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996,

13 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 to carry out the provisions

14 of this title.

15 SEC. 202. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

16 (a) RESERVATION.—From the amount appropriated

17 or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of

18 this title for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve

19 1 percent of such amount to monitor activities assisted

20 under this title.

21 (b) ALLOTMENTS.—From the remainder of sums not

22 reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to

23 eligible local educational agencies with an approved appli24 cation—
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1 (1) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the

2 number of children in the eligible local educational

3 agency between the ages of 5 and 17 who are mem4 bers of families whose income does not exceed the

5 income official poverty line (as defined by the Office

6 of Management and Budget), according to the most

7 recent decennial census, divided by the number of all

8 such children in all eligible local educational agen9 cies;

10 (2) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the

11 number of school buildings used for instructional

12 purposes in the eligible local educational agency, di13 vided by the number of all such buildings in all eligi14 ble local educational agencies; and

15 (3) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the

16 number of school buildings in the eligible local edu17 cational agency which are used for instructional pur18 poses and which are more than 25 years old, divided

19 by the number of all such buildings in all eligible

20 local educational agencies.

21 SEC. 203. APPLICATION.

22 (a) APPLICATION.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible local educational

24 agency desiring to receive an allotment to carry out

25 the provisions of this title shall submit to the Sec-
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1 retary an application at such time, in such manner

2 and accompanied by such information as the Sec3 retary may reasonably require.

4 (2) DURATION.—Each application shall be sub5 mitted for a period of not more than 3 years.

6 (3) ANNUAL REVIEW.—Each application shall

7 be subject to annual review.

8 (b) CONTENTS.—Each application shall contain—

9 (1) an assessment of needs for building repair,

10 renovation and construction;

11 (2) the name and location of all sites scheduled

12 for repair, renovation or construction and a descrip13 tion of the activities planned at each site; and

14 (3) a description of accounting procedures used

15 to assure proper disbursement of Federal funds.

16 SEC. 204. USES OF FUNDS.

17 Each eligible local educational agency receiving an al18 lotment under section 202(b) shall use such allotment to

19 conduct programs for—

20 (1) repair and renovation of school buildings

21 used for instruction;

22 (2) installation or upgrading of school security

23 and communications systems;
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1 (3) construction of new buildings that will serve

2 to replace old facilities that are most cost effectively

3 torn down rather than renovated;

4 (4) alterations to buildings to meet special pro5 gram, curricula, or school-site management needs;

6 (5) alterations to buildings to meet certain spe7 cial population needs, such as the needs of homeless

8 children and preschool children;

9 (6) alterations to school buildings to enable

10 such buildings to serve as one-stop family support

11 centers;

12 (7) facilities’ costs associated with lengthening

13 the school day or school year;

14 (8) upgrading of and alterations to buildings to

15 accommodate new instructional technology;

16 (9) energy conservation;

17 (10) removal or containment of environmentally

18 hazardous material, such as asbestos, lead, and

19 radon;

20 (11) meeting the requirements of section 504 of

21 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and

22 (12) meeting local, State, or Federal codes

23 passed since the initial construction of a building re24 lated to fire, air, light, noise, waste disposal, build25 ing height or other.
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1 TITLE III—URBAN SCHOOL

2 RESEARCH

3 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION.

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na5 tional Institute for Urban Education $100,000,000 for fis6 cal year 1992, and such sums as may be necessary for

7 each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,

8 1998, 1999, and 2000 to carry out the provisions of this

9 title.

10 SEC. 302. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR URBAN EDUCATION.

11 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU12 CATION ORGANIZATION ACT.—

13 (1) Section 202(b)(1) of the Department of

14 Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412) is

15 amended—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub17 paragraph (F) and redesignating subparagraph

18 ‘‘(G)’’ as subparagraph ‘‘(H)’’;

19 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F)

20 the following:

21 ‘‘(G) an Assistant Secretary for Urban

22 Education.’’.

23 (2) Title II of the Department of Education Or24 ganization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) is amend25 ed—
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1 by adding at the end the following;

2 ‘‘SEC. 216. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR URBAN EDUCATION.

3 ‘‘There shall be in the Department a National Insti4 tute for Urban Education, established in accordance with

5 title III of the Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of

6 1991.’’.

7 (b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE V.—Section 5315 of title

8 5, United States Code is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant

9 Secretaries of Education (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant

10 Secretaries of Education (7)’’.

11 SEC. 303. RESERVATION, ALLOTMENT, ALLOCATION.

12 (a) RESERVATION FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

13 URBAN EDUCATION.—From the amount appropriated or

14 otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this

15 title in any fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary for Urban

16 Education (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Assistant Sec17 retary’’) shall reserve 20 percent of such funds for the op18 eration of the National Institute for Urban Education (re19 ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Institute’’).

20 (b) ALLOTMENTS TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDU21 CATIONAL AGENCIES.—From the remainder of sums not

22 reserved under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary

23 shall make allotments to eligible local educational agencies

24 in an amount which bears the same relation to such re25 mainder as the number of students enrolled in the eligible
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1 local educational agency bears to the total number of stu2 dents enrolled in all eligible local educational agencies.

3 SEC. 304. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF URBAN EDUCATION.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—From amounts reserved

5 under section 303(a), the Assistant Secretary shall estab6 lish an institute to be known as the National Institute of

7 Urban Education.

8 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Institute shall—

9 (1) assist eligible local educational agencies

10 under this Act, or consortia of such agencies, in de11 veloping research and evaluation activities to assess

12 progress toward meeting the national education

13 goals;

14 (2) provide for the conduct of research which

15 will assist urban schools in enhancing learning,

16 teaching, and system management;

17 (3) provide training in research and evaluation

18 methods and techniques that meet the purposes of

19 this Act;

20 (4) evaluate and disseminate among eligible

21 local educational agencies results of activities con22 ducted pursuant to title I of this Act;

23 (5) design and coordinate, in consultation with

24 eligible local educational agencies, a comprehensive
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1 and cohesive research and evaluation strategy for as2 sessing progress under this Act;

3 (6) serve as a clearinghouse on urban education

4 research and evaluation findings, policies, and prac5 tices;

6 (7) design, test, define, and promote common

7 indicators of progress toward the national education

8 goals; and

9 (8) design, develop, and test new measures of

10 school progress toward the national education goals.

11 (c) GOVERNANCE.—The Institute shall have a Gov12 erning Board.

13 (1) COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT.—

14 (A) COMPOSITION.—The Governing Board

15 shall consist of 22 members, selected from a

16 pool of candidates nominated by the super17 intendent and the president of the eligible local

18 educational agencies.

19 (B) APPOINTMENT.—The Majority Leader

20 of the House of Representatives and the Major21 ity Leader of the Senate shall each appoint six

22 members to the Governing Board from individ23 uals nominated pursuant to subparagraph (A).

24 The Minority Leader of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Minority Leader of the
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1 Senate shall each appoint 3 members to the

2 Governing Board from individuals nominated

3 pursuant to subparagraph (A). The Secretary

4 shall appoint 4 members to the Governing

5 Board from individuals nominated pursuant to

6 subparagraph (A).

7 (2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Gov9 erning Board shall be appointed for a period of

10 3 years.

11 (B) REAPPOINTMENT.—Members of the

12 Governing Board may be reappointed to the

13 Governing Board.

14 (3) DUTIES.—The Governing Board shall—

15 (A) establish the national research and

16 evaluation program for the Institute;

17 (B) review the programs and activities of

18 the Institute; and

19 (C) issue an annual report to the Congress

20 and the public on the progress of urban schools

21 in meeting the goals of this Act.

22 (4) LEADERSHIP.—The Assistant Secretary

23 shall be the primary individual responsible for the

24 daily operation of the Institute.
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1 (5) STAFF.—Such personnel as the Institute

2 deems necessary may be appointed to carry out the

3 functions of the Institute.

4 (d) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided for

6 in advance in appropriation Acts, the Institute may

7 award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible

8 local educational agencies, universities, research and

9 development centers, private corporations, or re10 gional educational laboratories to carry out the du11 ties of the Institute.

12 (2) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—Grants and con13 tracts awarded under paragraph (1) shall be award14 ed on a competitive basis.

15 SEC. 305. APPLICATION.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible local educational

17 agency desiring to receive an allotment under section

18 303(b) shall—

19 (1) submit an application to the Assistant Sec20 retary;

21 (2) consult with the Department of Education,

22 local universities, research institutes, laboratories, or

23 centers for purposes of planning and implementing

24 a plan of research and technical assistance for the

25 eligible local educational agency and schools within
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1 the jurisdiction of the eligible local educational agen2 cy; and

3 (3) describe in the application a research and

4 technical assistance plan and how assistance pro5 vided under this title will be used to assess progress

6 on the national education goals.

7 (b) CONSORTIA.—Eligible local educational agencies

8 may pool their allotments under section 303(b), in whole

9 or in part, to design and conduct cooperative data collec10 tion, evaluation and information dissemination activities.

11 SEC. 306. USES OF FUNDS.

12 Funds allotted to eligible local educational agencies

13 under section 303(b) may be used for—

14 (1) collaborative and coordinated research and

15 evaluation of educational techniques or approaches

16 used in multiple eligible local educational agencies;

17 (2) evaluation of projects assisted under title I;

18 (3) collection and dissemination of information

19 on successful projects and approaches assisted under

20 title I;

21 (4) design and implementation of extension

22 service programs to allow an eligible local edu23 cational agency to provide technical assistance to in24 dividual schools and teachers involved in projects as25 sisted under title I;
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1 (5) provision of data and information manage2 ment services to individual schools assisted under

3 title I;

4 (6) provision of staff training in schools as5 sisted under title I;

6 (7) evaluation of progress made by eligible local

7 educational agencies assisted under this Act in meet8 ing national education goals;

9 (8) provision of staff training in test interpreta10 tion and use for diagnostic purposes;

11 (9) provision of information to parents on test

12 results and test interpretation;

13 (10) provision of technology and training in its

14 research and evaluation uses;

15 (11) development of assessment tools of stu16 dents in individualized instruction;

17 (12) research on school policies and practices

18 which may be barriers to the success of students in

19 school; and

20 (13) development and testing of new multiple,

21 alternative assessments of student progress toward

22 the national education goals which are race and gen23 der bias-free and sensitive to limited-English pro24 ficient and disabled students.
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1 TITLE IV—GENERAL

2 PROVISIONS

3 SEC. 401. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON URBAN SCHOOLS.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the

5 Interagency Council on Urban Schools (hereafter in this

6 section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’).

7 (b) COMPOSITION.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall consist

9 of—

10 (A) the Secretary of Education who shall

11 serve as Chairperson of the Council;

12 (B) the Secretary of Labor;

13 (C) the Secretary of Health and Human

14 Services;

15 (D) the Secretary of Agriculture;

16 (E) the Attorney General of the United

17 States;

18 (F) the Secretary of Energy;

19 (G) the Director of the Environmental

20 Protection Agency;

21 (H) the Director of the Commission on

22 Civil Rights;

23 (I) the Chairperson of the Advisory Com24 mission on Intergovernmental Relations;
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1 (J) the Chairpersons of the National En2 dowments on the Arts and the Humanities;

3 (K) the Director of the National Science

4 Foundation;

5 (L) the Secretary of Housing and Urban

6 Development; and

7 (M) such other officers of the Federal Gov8 ernment as may be designated by the President

9 or the Chairperson of the Council to serve

10 wherever matters within the jurisdiction of the

11 agency headed by such an officer are to be con12 sidered by the Council.

13 (2) REPRESENTATION.—Each individual de14 scribed in paragraph (1) may designate a person to

15 represent such individual on the Council.

16 (3) DURATION.—Each member shall be ap17 pointed for as long as such member serves as the

18 head of the appropriate department or agency.

19 (4) PRINCIPAL ADVISOR.—The Chairperson of

20 the Council shall be the President’s principal advisor

21 on urban schools.

22 (c) QUORUM.—Seven members of the Council shall

23 constitute a quorum for the purposes of transmitting rec24 ommendations and proposals to the President, but a lesser

25 number may meet for other reasons.
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1 (d) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at least 2

2 times each year. When a Council member is unable to at3 tend a meeting, the Council member shall appoint an ap4 propriate Assistant Secretary or an equivalent individual

5 from the department or agency of the member to represent

6 the member for that meeting.

7 (e) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.—The Council shall—

8 (1) review programs and activities conducted by

9 each department or agency represented on the Coun10 cil to determine the effects of such programs and ac11 tivities on the ability of urban schools to meet na12 tional education goals;

13 (2) track progress of urban schools in meeting

14 national education goals;

15 (3) solicit information and advice from experts

16 in urban education and representatives of urban

17 schools on how the Federal Government could im18 prove the programs and activities of the Federal

19 Government which serve urban school students;

20 (4) review regulations across various depart21 ments or agencies of the Federal Government for

22 duplication or contradiction;

23 (5) submit an annual report to Congress and

24 the President regarding the progress urban schools

25 are making in meeting national education goals, and
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1 on how Congress might change Federal programs to

2 improve the effectiveness of such programs in urban

3 schools;

4 (6) review and make recommendations regard5 ing ways to improve or streamline various Federal

6 data collection activities in urban schools; and

7 (7) conduct such research as may be helpful to

8 urban school practitioners in improving the perform9 ance of students attending urban schools.

10 SEC. 402. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON URBAN EDU11 CATION.

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION TO CALL CONFERENCE.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized

14 to call and conduct a White House Conference on

15 Urban Education (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Con16 ference’’) which shall be held not earlier than No17 vember 1, 1993, and not later than October 30,

18 1994.

19 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the White

20 House Conference on Urban Education shall be to—

21 (A) develop recommendations and strate22 gies for the improvement of urban education;

23 (B) marshal the forces of the private sec24 tor, governmental agencies at all levels, parents,

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1 to assist urban schools in achieving national

2 education goals; and

3 (C) conduct the initial planning for a per4 manent national advisory commission on urban

5 education.

6 (b) COMPOSITION OF CONFERENCE.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Conference shall be

8 composed of 12 individuals, including—

9 (A) representatives of urban public school

10 systems, including board of education members

11 and school superintendents;

12 (B) representatives of the Congress, the

13 Department of Education and other Federal

14 agencies;

15 (C) State elected officials and representa16 tives from State educational agencies; and

17 (D) individuals with special knowledge of

18 and expertise in urban education.

19 (2) SELECTION.—The President shall select

20 one-third of the participants of the Conference, the

21 Speaker of the House of Representatives shall select

22 one-third of such participants, and the President pro

23 tempore of the Senate shall select the remaining

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1 (3) REPRESENTATION.—In selecting the par2 ticipants of the Conference the President, the Speak3 er of the House of Representatives, and the Presi4 dent pro tempore of the Senate shall ensure that the

5 participants are as representative of the ethnic, ra6 cial, and linguistic diversity of cities as is prac7 ticable.

8 (c) REPORTS.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—A final report of the Con10 ference, containing such findings and recommenda11 tions as may be made by the Conference, shall be

12 submitted to the President not later than 120 days

13 following the termination of the Conference. The

14 final report shall be made public and, within 90 days

15 after receipt by the President, transmitted to the

16 Congress together with a statement of the President

17 containing recommendations for implementing the

18 report.

19 (2) PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION.—The

20 Conference is authorized to publish and distribute

21 the report described in this section. Copies of the re22 port shall be provided to the Federal depository li23 braries and made available to local urban school

24 leaders.

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

2 appropriated for fiscal year 1993 $5,000,000 to

3 carry out the provisions of this section.

4 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available

5 pursuant to the authority of paragraph (1) shall re6 main available until expended.

7 SEC. 403. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS NATIONAL COMMISSION

8 ON URBAN EDUCATION.

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na10 tional Commission on Urban Education (in this Act re11 ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).

12 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be

14 composed of 12 members as follows:

15 (A) Four of the members shall be ap16 pointed by the President.

17 (B) Four of the members shall be ap18 pointed by the Speaker of the House, including

19 two Members of the House, of which 1 shall be

20 from each political party.

21 (C) Four of the members shall be ap22 pointed by the President pro tempore of the

23 Senate, including 2 members of the Senate, of

24 which 1 shall be from each political party.
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1 (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the

2 Commission shall be elected by the members of the

3 Commission and shall continue to serve for the dura4 tion of the Commission.

5 (3) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis6 sion shall be filled in the same manner as the origi7 nal appointment.

8 (c) DUTIES.—The Commission shall study the follow9 ing issues:

10 (1) DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.—Demographic

11 changes in student enrollment and classroom teach12 ers in the 10-year period prior to the date of enact13 ment of this Act.

14 (2) SPECIAL NEEDS.—Numbers and types of

15 special needs of students in urban schools.

16 (3) UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS.—

17 Number of unserved or underserved students in

18 urban schools eligible for assistance under the Head

19 Start Act, chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and

20 Secondary Education Act of 1965, School Dropout

21 Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988, Drug Free

22 Schools and Communities Act of 1986, Carl D. Per23 kins Vocational and Applied Technology Education

24 Act, Education of the Handicapped Act and other

25 Federal programs.
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1 (4) STUDENT PERFORMANCE.—Program and

2 management efforts in urban schools designed to en3 hance student performance, and reasons for the ef4 fectiveness of such efforts.

5 (5) FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—Financial support

6 and funding needs of urban schools from local,

7 State, and Federal sources.

8 (6) COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.—Collaborative

9 efforts and programs between urban schools, the pri10 vate sector, and community groups.

11 (7) SUPPLY NEEDS.—Supply needs for teachers

12 in urban schools in the 10-year period beginning on

13 the date of enactment of this Act.

14 (d) REPORTS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall sub16 mit a report that includes recommendations to the

17 President and to the appropriate committees of the

18 Congress on the findings of the study required by

19 this section. The report shall be submitted as soon

20 as practicable.

21 (2) PROPOSAL FOR CHANGES IN FEDERAL LEG22 ISLATION.—The report submitted under this section

23 shall include proposals for changes in Federal legis24 lation.
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1 (e) STAFF.—Such personnel as the Commission

2 deems necessary may be appointed by the Commission

3 without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States

4 Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,

5 and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chap6 ter 51 and subtitle III of chapter 53 of such title relating

7 to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but no

8 individual so appointed shall be paid in excess of the rate

9 of basic pay for level III of the Executive Schedule.

10 (f) COMPENSATION.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Commission

12 who are officers or full-time employees of the United

13 States shall receive no additional pay, allowances, or

14 benefits by reason of their service on the Commis15 sion.

16 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall

17 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of

18 subsistence, as authorized by section 5702 and 5703

19 of title 5, United States Code.

20 (3) SPECIAL RULE.—Members of the Commis21 sion who are not officers or full-time employees of

22 the United States may receive a per diem and travel

23 allowance as is provided by the United States Code

24 for persons in the Government service employed

25 intermittently.
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1 (g) ADMINISTRATION.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission or, on the

3 authorization of the Commission, any committee

4 thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the

5 provisions of this section, hold such hearings and sit

6 and act at such times and such places within the

7 United States as the Commission or such committee

8 considers advisable.

9 (2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties

10 under this section, the Commission shall consult

11 with other Federal agencies, representatives of State

12 and local governments, and private organizations to

13 the extent feasible.

14 (3) INFORMATION.—The Commission may se15 cure directly from any department or agency of the

16 United States information necessary to enable it to

17 carry out this section. Upon request of the Chair18 person of the Commission, the head of such depart19 ment or agency shall furnish that information to the

20 Commission.

21 (4) CONTRACTS.—The Commission is author22 ized to enter into contracts to secure the necessary

23 data and information to conduct its work and to ob24 tain the services of experts and consultants.
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1 (5) COOPERATION.—The heads of all Federal

2 agencies are, to the extent practicable, directed to

3 cooperate with the Commission in carrying out this

4 section.

5 (6) SPECIAL RULE.—The Commission is au6 thorized to utilize, with the consent of such agencies,

7 the services, personnel, information, and facilities of

8 other Federal, State, local, and private agencies with

9 or without reimbursement.

10 (h) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate

11 3 years after the date of its first meeting.

12 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

14 appropriated for fiscal years 1994 through 1996

15 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pro16 visions of this section.

17 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur18 suant to the authority of paragraph (1) shall remain

19 available until expended or until the termination of

20 the Commission, whichever occurs first.

21 SEC. 404. FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP22 PLANT NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.

23 An eligible local educational agency may use funds

24 received under this Act only to supplement or to increase

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1 eral funds, be made available from non-Federal sources

2 for the education of students participating in activities as3 sisted under this Act and in no case may such funds be

4 used to supplant funds from non-Federal sources.

5 SEC. 405. DEFINITIONS.

6 Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this

7 Act:

8 (1) CENTRAL CITY.—The term ‘‘central city’’

9 has the same meaning as that used by the United

10 States Census Bureau.

11 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The

12 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pri13 vate nonprofit organization which is representative

14 of a community or significant segments of a commu15 nity and which has a proven record of providing ef16 fective educational or related services to individuals

17 in the community.

18 (3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—

19 The term ‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means

20 a local educational agency which—

21 (i) serves the largest central city in a

22 State;

23 (ii) enrolls more than 30,000 students and

24 serves a central city with a population of at
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1 least 200,000 in a metropolitan statistical area;

2 or

3 (iii) enrolls between 25,000 and 30,000

4 students and serves a central city with a popu5 lation of at least 140,000 in a metropolitan sta6 tistical area.

7 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING.—The

8 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the

9 meaning given to such term in section 1201(a) of

10 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

11 (5) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

12 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given to

13 such term in section 1421(12) of the Elementary

14 and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

15 (6) METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.—The

16 term ‘‘metropolitan statistical area’’ has the same

17 meaning as that used by the United States Census

18 Bureau.

19 (7) POVERTY LEVEL.—The term ‘‘poverty

20 level’’ means the criteria of poverty used by the Bu21 reau of the Census in compiling the most recent de22 cennial census for a family of 4 in such form as

23 those criteria have been updated by increases in the

24 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
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1 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of Education.

3 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of

4 the several States and the District of Columbia, but

5 does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Com6 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin

7 Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari8 ana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,

9 the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

10 (10) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

11 ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given

12 to such term in section 1471(23) of the Elementary

13 and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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