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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4105

To repeal the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to allow local areas to

develop elementary and secondary education programs that meet their needs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 18, 1996

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mr. KASICH, Mr. LARGENT,

Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. TALENT, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. BARTON of

Texas, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HOKE,

Mr. HERGER, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr.

BARR of Georgia, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr.

BOEHNER, Mr. FORBES, Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. WICKER, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr.

RADANOVICH, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. COOLEY of Oregon, Mr. JONES, Mr.

WAMP, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of

Texas, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr.

LAUGHLIN, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. HASTERT, Mr.

THORNBERRY, Mrs. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. TAYLOR

of North Carolina, Mrs. SEASTRAND, Mr. STUMP, and Mr. DEAL of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Economic and Educational Opportunities

A BILL

To repeal the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to allow

local areas to develop elementary and secondary education programs that meet their needs.

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

2 The purpose of this Act is to repeal the Goals 2000:

3 Educate America Act to allow local educational areas to

4 use funds to continue or establish education programs that

5 meet the unique needs of such areas.

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOALS 2000.

7 The Goals 2000: Educate America Act is repealed.

8 SEC. 3. ALLOTMENT; DISTRIBUTION.

9 (a) RESERVATION.—From the amounts made avail10 able to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education shall

11 reserve not more than—

12 (1) one-half of one percent for payments to out13 lying areas to be allotted in accordance with the re14 spective needs of such areas; and

15 (2) one-half of one percent for payments to the

16 Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs

17 under this Act for Indian tribes.

18 (b) ALLOTMENT AND DISTRIBUTION.—

19 (1) STATE ALLOTMENT.—From the amount ap20 propriated under section 6 and not reserved under

21 subsection (a) in each fiscal year, the Secretary shall

22 make allotments to State educational agencies that

23 request to receive a grant under this Act as follows:

24 (A) 50 percent of such amount shall be al25 located in accordance with the relative amounts

26 each State would have received under title I of
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1 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

2 of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year if funds

3 under such title for such preceding fiscal year

4 had not been reserved for outlying areas.

5 (B) 50 percent of such amount shall be al6 located in accordance with the relative amounts

7 each State would have received under title VI of

8 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

9 of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year if funds

10 under such title for such preceding fiscal year

11 had not been reserved for outlying areas.

12 (2) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—Each State edu13 cational agency shall distribute to each local edu14 cational agency in such State that requests to re15 ceive a grant under this Act an amount which bears

16 the same ratio to the amount such State educational

17 agency received under paragraph (1) as the school18 age population of the geographic area under the ju19 risdiction of the local educational agency bears to

20 the school-age population of such State.

21 SEC. 4. USES OF FUNDS.

22 Funds received under this Act shall be used only for

23 educational purposes.

24 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

25 For purposes of this Act—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian

2 tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com3 munity, including any Alaska Native village or re4 gional corporation as defined in or established pur5 suant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,

6 which is recognized as eligible for the special pro7 grams and services provided by the United States to

8 Indians because of their status as Indians;

9 (2) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ shall

10 have the meaning given such term in section 14101

11 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

12 1965;

13 (3) the term ‘‘outlying areas’’ means Guam,

14 American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Republic of

15 the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro16 nesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Commonwealth

17 of the Northern Mariana Islands;

18 (4) the term ‘‘school-age population’’ means the

19 population in a geographic area aged 5 through 17;

20 (5) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50

21 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth

22 of Puerto Rico, but does not include the outlying

23 areas or Indian tribes; and

24 (6) the term ‘‘State educational agency’’ means

25 the agency in a State primarily responsible for the
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1 State supervision of public elementary and secondary

2 schools.

3 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

5 this Act an amount equal to the amount most recently

6 appropriated to carry out the Goals 2000: Educate Amer7 ica Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

8 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

9 This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first

10 fiscal year following the fiscal year in which this Act is

11 enacted.

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