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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2093

To provide class size demonstration grants.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 19, 1998

Mr. FEINGOLD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To provide class size demonstration grants.

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

3 SECTION 1. CLASS SIZE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.

4 Subpart 3 of part D of title V of the Higher Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1109 et seq.) is amended

6 to read as follows:

7 ‘‘Subpart 3—Class Size Demonstration Grants

8 ‘‘SEC. 561. PURPOSE.

9 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to provide grants

10 to State educational agencies to enable such agencies to

11 determine the benefits, in various school settings, of reduc-
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1 ing class size on the educational performance of students

2 and on classroom management and organization.

3 ‘‘SEC. 562. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

4 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award

6 grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational

7 agencies to pay the Federal share of the costs of

8 conducting demonstration projects that demonstrate

9 methods of reducing class size that may provide in10 formation meaningful to other State educational

11 agencies and local educational agencies.

12 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share

13 shall be 50 percent.

14 ‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not

15 more than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under

16 section 565A for each fiscal year to carry out the activities

17 described in section 565.

18 ‘‘(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall

19 make grants to State educational agencies on the basis

20 of—

21 ‘‘(1) the need and the ability of a State edu22 cational agency to reduce the class size of an ele23 mentary school or secondary school served by such

24 agency;
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1 ‘‘(2) the ability of a State educational agency to

2 furnish the non-Federal share of the costs of the

3 demonstration project for which assistance is sought;

4 ‘‘(3) the ability of a State educational agency to

5 continue the project for which assistance is sought

6 after the termination of Federal financial assistance

7 under this subpart; and

8 ‘‘(4) the degree to which a State educational

9 agency demonstrates in the application submitted

10 pursuant to section 564 consultation in program im11 plementation and design with parents, teachers,

12 school administrators, and local teacher organiza13 tions, where applicable.

14 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sub15 part, the Secretary shall give priority to demonstration

16 projects that involve at-risk students in the earliest

17 grades, including educationally or economically disadvan18 taged students, students with disabilities, and limited

19 English proficient students.

20 ‘‘(e) GRANTS MUST SUPPLEMENT OTHER FUNDS.—

21 A State educational agency shall use the Federal funds

22 received under this subpart to supplement and not sup23 plant other Federal, State, and local funds available to

24 the State educational agency to carry out the purpose of

25 this subpart.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 563. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

2 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL COMPETITION.—In each fiscal year,

3 the Secretary shall announce the factors to be examined

4 in a demonstration project assisted under this subpart.

5 Such factors may include—

6 ‘‘(1) the magnitude of the reduction in class

7 size to be achieved;

8 ‘‘(2) the level of education in which the dem9 onstration projects shall occur;

10 ‘‘(3) the form of the instructional strategy to be

11 demonstrated; and

12 ‘‘(4) the duration of the project.

13 ‘‘(b) RANDOM TECHNIQUES AND APPROPRIATE COM14 PARISON GROUPS.—Demonstration projects assisted

15 under this subpart shall be designed to utilize randomized

16 techniques or appropriate comparison groups.

17 ‘‘SEC. 564. APPLICATION.

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a grant under

19 this subpart, a State educational agency shall submit an

20 application to the Secretary that is responsive to the an21 nouncement described in section 563(a), at such time, in

22 such manner, and containing or accompanied by such in23 formation as the Secretary may reasonably require.

24 ‘‘(b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall encourage

25 State educational agencies to submit applications under

26 this subpart for a period of 5 years.
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1 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted under

2 subsection (a) shall include—

3 ‘‘(1) a description of the objectives to be at4 tained with the grant funds and the manner in

5 which the grant funds will be used to reduce class

6 size;

7 ‘‘(2) a description of the steps to be taken to

8 achieve target class sizes, including, where applica9 ble, the acquisition of additional teaching personnel

10 and classroom space;

11 ‘‘(3) a statement of the methods for the collec12 tion of data necessary for the evaluation of the im13 pact of class size reduction programs on student

14 achievement;

15 ‘‘(4) an assurance that the State educational

16 agency will pay, from non-Federal sources, the non17 Federal share of the costs of the demonstration

18 project for which assistance is sought; and

19 ‘‘(5) such additional assurances as the Sec20 retary may reasonably require.

21 ‘‘(d) SUFFICIENT SIZE AND SCOPE REQUIRED.—The

22 Secretary shall award grants under this subpart only to

23 State educational agencies submitting applications which

24 described projects of sufficient size and scope to contribute

25 to carrying out the purpose of this subpart.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 565. EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.

2 ‘‘(a) NATIONAL EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall

3 conduct a national evaluation of the demonstration

4 projects assisted under this subpart to determine the costs

5 incurred in achieving the reduction in class size and the

6 effects of the reductions on results, such as student per7 formance in the affected subjects or grades, attendance,

8 discipline, classroom organization, management, and

9 teacher satisfaction and retention.

10 ‘‘(b) COOPERATION.—Each State educational agency

11 receiving a grant under this subpart shall cooperate in the

12 national evaluation described in subsection (a) and shall

13 provide such information to the Secretary as the Secretary

14 may reasonably require.

15 ‘‘(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report to Con16 gress on the results of the evaluation conducted under sub17 section (a).

18 ‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall widely

19 disseminate information about the results of the class size

20 demonstration projects assisted under this subpart.

21 ‘‘SEC. 565A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

23 this subpart $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each

24 of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND

2 DEVELOPMENT BY NASA RELATING TO AIR3 CRAFT PERFORMANCE.

4 The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

5 Space Administration may not carry out research and de6 velopment activities relating to the performance of aircraft

7 (including supersonic aircraft and subsonic aircraft) un8 less the Administrator receives payment in full for such

9 activities from the private sector.

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