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tainment of content standards, except that such term
need not include the discrete items that comprise each
assessment;
(4) the term ‘‘content standards’’ means broad
descriptions of the knowledge and skills students
should acquire in a particular subject area;
(5) the term ‘‘Governor’’ means the chief execu-
tive of the State;
(6) the term ‘‘intergenerational mentoring pro-
gram’’ means a program that—
(A) matches adult mentors, with a particu-
lar emphasis on older mentors, with elementary
and secondary school age children for the pur-
poses of sharing experience and skills;
(B) is operated by a nonprofit organization
or governmental agency;
(C) provides opportunities for older individ-
uals to be involved in the design and operation
of the program; and
(D) has established, written mechanisms for
screening mentors, orienting mentors and pro-
teges, matching mentors and proteges, and mon-
itoring mentoring relationships;
(7) the terms ‘‘interoperable’’ and ‘‘interoper-
ability’’ refers to the ability to easily exchange data
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with, and connect to, other hardware and software in
order to provide the greatest accessibility for all stu-
dents;
(8) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 1471(12) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
except that such term may include a public school
council if such council is mandated by State law;
(9) the term ‘‘opportunity-to-learn standards’’
means the conditions of teaching and learning nec-
essary for all students to have a fair opportunity to
learn, including ways of measuring the extent to
which such standards are being met;
(10) the term ‘‘outlying areas’’ means Guam,
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau (until
the effective date of the Compact of Free Association
with the Government of Palau), and the Freely Asso-
ciated States;
(11) the term ‘‘performance standards’’ means
concrete examples and explicit definitions of what
students have to know and be able to do to dem-
onstrate that such students are proficient in the skills
and knowledge framed by content standards;
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(12) the term ‘‘public telecommunication entity’’
has the same meaning given to such term in section
397(12) of the Communications Act of 1934;
(13) the term ‘‘related services’’ includes the
types of services described in section 602(17) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
(14) the term ‘‘school’’ means a public school
that is under the authority of the State educational
agency or a local educational agency or, for the pur-
pose of carrying out section 314(b), a school that is
operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(15) the term ‘‘Secretary’’, unless otherwise spec-
ified, means the Secretary of Education;
(16) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico;
(17) the term ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the
same meaning given such term in section 1471(23) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965; and
(18) the term ‘‘technology’’ means the latest
state-of-the-art technology products and services, such
as closed circuit television systems, educational tele-
vision or radio programs and services, cable tele-
vision, satellite, copper and fiber optic transmission,
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computer, video and audio laser and CD-ROM disks,
and video and audio tapes, or other technologies.
TITLE I—NATIONAL EDUCATION
GOALS
SEC. 101. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this title to establish National Edu-
cation Goals.
SEC. 102. NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS.
The Congress declares the National Education Goals
are as follows:
(1) SCHOOL READINESS.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, all children
in America will start school ready to learn.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal described in subparagraph (A) are that—
(i) all children, including disadvan-
taged and disabled children, will have access
to high-quality and developmentally appro-
priate preschool programs that help prepare
children for school;
(ii) every parent in the United States
will be a child’s first teacher and devote
time each day to helping such parent’s pre-
school child learn, and parents will have ac-
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cess to the training and support parents
need; and
(iii) children will receive the nutrition,
physical activity experiences, and health
care needed to arrive at school with healthy
minds and bodies, and the number of low-
birthweight babies will be significantly re-
duced through enhanced prenatal health sys-
tems.
(2) SCHOOL COMPLETION.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, the high
school graduation rate will increase to at least
90 percent.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal described in subparagraph (A) are that—
(i) the Nation must dramatically re-
duce its high school dropout rate, and 75
percent of high school students who do drop
out of school will successfully complete a
high school degree or its equivalent; and
(ii) the gap in high school graduation
rates between United States students from
minority 
backgrounds 
and 
their
nonminority counterparts will be elimi-
nated.
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(3) STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND CITIZENSHIP.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, United
States students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12
having demonstrated competency over challeng-
ing subject matter including English, mathe-
matics, science, foreign languages, civics and
government, economics, arts, history, and geog-
raphy, and every school in the United States will
ensure that all students learn to use their minds
well, so students may be prepared for responsible
citizenship, further learning, and productive em-
ployment in our Nation’s modern economy.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal described in subparagraph (A) are that—
(i) the academic performance of ele-
mentary and secondary students will in-
crease significantly in every quartile, and
the distribution of minority students in
each quartile will more closely reflect the
student population as a whole;
(ii) the percentage of students who
demonstrate the ability to reason, solve
problems, apply knowledge, and write and
communicate effectively will increase sub-
stantially;
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(iii) all students will be involved in ac-
tivities that promote and demonstrate good
citizenship, good health, community service,
and personal responsibility;
(iv) all students will have access to
physical education and health education to
ensure all students are healthy and fit;
(v) the percentage of students who are
competent in more than one language will
substantially increase; and
(vi) all students will be knowledgeable
about the diverse heritage of our Nation and
about the world community.
(4) MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, United
States students will be first in the world in
mathematics and science achievement.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal described in subparagraph (A) are that—
(i) mathematics and science education,
including the metric system of measure-
ment, will be strengthened throughout the
educational system, especially in the early
grades;
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(ii) the number of teachers with a sub-
stantive background in mathematics and
science will increase by 50 percent from the
number of such teachers in 1992; and
(iii) the number of United States un-
dergraduate and graduate students, espe-
cially women and minorities, who complete
degrees in mathematics, science, and engi-
neering will increase significantly.
(5) ADULT
LITERACY
AND
LIFELONG
LEARN-
ING.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, every adult
United States citizen will be literate and will
possess the knowledge and skills necessary to
compete in a global economy and exercise the
rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal described in subparagraph (A) are that—
(i) every major United States business
will be involved in strengthening the con-
nection between education and work;
(ii) all workers will have the oppor-
tunity to acquire the knowledge and skills,
from basic to highly technical, needed to
adapt to emerging new technologies, work
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methods, and markets through public and
private educational, vocational, technical,
workplace, or other programs;
(iii) the number of quality programs,
including programs at libraries, that are
designed to serve more effectively the needs
of the growing number of part-time and
mid-career students, will increase substan-
tially;
(iv) the proportion of qualified stu-
dents, especially minorities, who enter col-
lege, who complete at least 2 years of college,
and who complete their degree programs,
will increase substantially; and
(v) the proportion of college graduates
who demonstrate an advanced ability to
think critically, communicate effectively,
and solve problems will increase substan-
tially.
(6) SAFE, DISCIPLINED, AND
ALCOHOL- AND
DRUG- FREE SCHOOLS.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, every school
in the United States will be free of drugs, fire-
arms, alcohol, and violence and will offer a dis-
ciplined environment conducive to learning.
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(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal described in subparagraph (A) are that—
(i) every school will implement a firm
and fair policy on use, possession, and dis-
tribution of drugs and alcohol;
(ii) parents, businesses, governmental
and community organizations will work to-
gether to ensure that schools provide a
healthy environment and are a safe haven
for all children;
(iii) every school district will develop a
sequential, 
comprehensive 
kindergarten
through twelfth grade drug and alcohol pre-
vention education program;
(iv) drug and alcohol curriculum
should be taught as an integral part of se-
quential, comprehensive health education;
(v) community-based teams should be
organized to provide students and teachers
with needed support; and
(vi) every school should work to elimi-
nate sexual harassment.
(7) PARENTAL PARTICIPATION.—
(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, every school
will promote partnerships that will increase pa-
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rental involvement and participation in promot-
ing the social, emotional and academic growth of
children.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
Goal established under subparagraph (A) are
that—
(i) every State will develop policies to
assist local schools and school districts to es-
tablish programs for increasing partner-
ships that respond to the varying needs of
parents and the home, including parents of
children who are disadvantaged or bilin-
gual, or parents of children with disabil-
ities;
(ii) every school will actively engage
parents and families in a partnership
which supports the academic work of chil-
dren at home and shared educational deci-
sion-making at school; and
(iii) parents and families will help to
ensure that schools are adequately supported
and will hold schools and teachers to high
standards of accountability.
(8) TEACHER
EDUCATION
AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—
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(A) GOAL.—By the year 2000, the Nation’s
teaching force will have access to programs for
the continued improvement of their professional
skills and the opportunity to acquire the knowl-
edge and skills needed to instruct and prepare
all American students for the next century.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for the
goal established under subparagraph (A) are
that—
(i) all teachers will have access to
preservice teacher education and continuing
professional development activities that will
provide such teachers with the knowledge
and skills needed to teach to an increasingly
diverse student population with a variety of
educational, social, and health needs;
(ii) all teachers will have continuing
opportunities to acquire additional knowl-
edge and skills needed to teach challenging
subject matter and to use emerging new
methods, forms of assessment, and tech-
nologies;
(iii) States and school districts will
create integrated strategies to attract, re-
cruit, prepare, retrain, and support the con-
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tinued professional development of teachers,
administrators, and other educators, so that
there is a highly talented work force of pro-
fessional educators to teach challenging sub-
ject matter; and
(iv) partnerships will be established,
whenever possible, among local educational
agencies, institutions of higher education,
parents, and local labor, business, and pro-
fessional associations to provide and sup-
port programs for the professional develop-
ment of educators.
TITLE II—NATIONAL EDUCATION
REFORM LEADERSHIP, STAN-
DARDS, AND ASSESSMENTS
PART A—NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
SEC. 201. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this part to establish a bipartisan
mechanism for—
(1) building a national consensus for education
improvement;
(2) reporting on progress toward achieving the
National Education Goals;
(3) periodically reviewing the goals and objec-
tives described in title I and recommending adjust-
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ments to such goals and objectives, as needed, in order
to guarantee education reform that continues to pro-
vide guidance for quality, world class education for
all students; and
(4) reviewing and approving the voluntary na-
tional content standards, voluntary national student
performance standards and voluntary national oppor-
tunity-to-learn standards certified by the National
Education Standards and Improvement Council, as
well as the criteria for the certification of such stand-
ards, and the criteria for the certification of State as-
sessments or systems of assessments certified by such
Council.
SEC. 202. NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the exec-
utive branch a National Education Goals Panel (hereafter
in this title referred to as the ‘‘Goals Panel’’).
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Goals Panel shall be composed
of 18 members (hereafter in this part referred to as ‘‘mem-
bers’’), including—
(1) two members appointed by the President;
(2) eight members who are Governors, 3 of whom
shall be from the same political party as the Presi-
dent and 5 of whom shall be of the opposite political
party of the President, appointed by the Chairperson
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and Vice Chairperson of the National Governors’ As-
sociation, with the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
each appointing representatives of such Chairperson’s
or Vice Chairperson’s respective political party, in
consultation with each other;
(3) four Members of the Congress, of whom—
(A) one member shall be appointed by the
Majority Leader of the Senate from among the
Members of the Senate;
(B) one member shall be appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate from among the
Members of the Senate;
(C) one member shall be appointed by the
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives
from among the Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and
(D) one member shall be appointed by the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
from among the Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and
(4) four members of State legislatures appointed
by the President of the National Conference of State
Legislatures, of whom 2 shall be of the same political
party as the President of the United States.
(c) SPECIAL APPOINTMENT RULES.—
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a reimbursable basis, make contracts and other ar-
rangements that are requested by the Goals Panel to
help the Goals Panel compile and analyze data or
carry out other functions necessary to the performance
of the Goals Panel’s responsibilities.
SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) MEETINGS.—The Goals Panel shall meet on a reg-
ular basis, as necessary, at the call of the Chairperson of
the Goals Panel or a majority of the members of the Goals
Panel.
(b) QUORUM.—A majority of the members shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(c) VOTING AND FINAL DECISIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—No individual may vote, or
exercise any of the duties or powers of a member of
the Goals Panel, by proxy.
(2) FINAL DECISIONS.—
(A) In making final decisions of the Goals
Panel with respect to the exercise of its duties
and powers the Goals Panel shall operate on the
principle of consensus among the members of the
Goals Panel.
(B) If a vote of the membership of the Goals
Panel is required to reach a final decision with
respect to the exercise of its duties and powers,
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then such final decision shall be made by a three-
fourths vote of the members of the Goals Panel
who are present and voting.
(d) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Goals Panel shall ensure
public access to the proceedings of the Goals Panel (other
than proceedings, or portions of proceedings, relating to in-
ternal personnel and management matters) and shall make
available to the public, at reasonable cost, transcripts of
such proceedings.
SEC. 206. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULT-
ANTS.
(a) DIRECTOR.—The Chairperson of the Goals Panel,
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, relating to the appointment and compensation of offi-
cers or employees of the United States, shall appoint a Di-
rector to be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic
pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule.
(b) APPOINTMENT AND PAY OF EMPLOYEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Director may ap-
point not more than 4 additional employees to serve
as staff to the Goals Panel without regard to the pro-
visions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-
pointments in the competitive service.
(B) The employees appointed under subpara-
graph (A) may be paid without regard to the provi-
(7) The panel shall develop a continuing process for
interacting with local educational agencies and individual
schools engaged in systemic reform, especially including
local educational agencies and schools which receive
subgrants under section 309 of this Act, to ensure that the
development and implementation of the State plan reflects
their needs and experiences.
(8) The panel shall develop a State plan, provide op-
portunity for public comment, and submit the State plan
to the State educational agency for approval.
(9) The State educational agency shall submit the
original State improvement plan developed by the panel
and the State improvement plan if modified by such agen-
cy, together with an explanation of any changes made by
such agency to the plan developed by the panel, to the Sec-
retary for approval.
(10) If any portion of the State plan addresses matters
that, under State or other applicable law, are not under
the authority of the State educational agency, the State edu-
cational agency shall obtain the approval of, or changes to,
such portion, with an explanation from the Governor or
other official responsible for that portion before submitting
the plan to the Secretary.
(11) After approval of the State plan by the Secretary,
the panel, in close consultation with teachers, principals,
product of spent lead-acid batteries or such other
materials that the administrator shall determine by
regulations.
‘‘(E) Effective 2 years after the credit system
goes into effect, the owner or operator of a second-
ary lead smelter shall certify to the Administrator
that the smelter is in compliance with all applicable
environmental and safety laws, including the Clean
Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, and this Act.
‘‘(F) Effective 2 years after the credit system
goes into effect, a producer of lead-acid batteries
may purchase lead only from secondary lead smelt-
ers that have made the certification required under
subparagraph (E).
‘‘(G) Any lead proposed to be reclaimed by a
secondary lead smelter for the purpose of being sold
to a producer or importer of lead-acid batteries shall
come from an owner or operator of spent lead-acid
battery recycling facility or from a transporter with
an identification number.
‘‘(H) The records that a secondary lead smelter
must keep are at least the following:
‘‘(i) The delivery receipts given by trans-
porters of batteries (as described in subpara-
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Of the total United States waste-stream of
145 million metric tons per year, paper and related
products compose 64 million metric tons, or 40 per-
cent of the total.
(2) Ninety percent of old newspaper waste in
the United States is not recycled and ends up in the
waste-stream.
(3) State and local newspaper recycling pro-
grams have helped create a growing surplus of old
newspaper waste and have helped to bring about a
collapse of the market for recycled newsprint.
(4) The current glut of old newspaper waste
has caused the market for old newspaper waste to
decline from a price of $30 per ton to a cost or loss
of $10 per ton.
(5) The price of new newsprint does not reflect
the increasing cost to communities of disposal and
landfilling of old newspaper waste. Such cost cur-
rently is between $20 and $60 per ton, on average.
(6) The cost of recycling old newspaper waste
is substantially less than the cost of disposal.
(7) The demand for old newspaper waste needs
to be increased to provide both an outlet for the rap-
idly increasing glut of old newspaper waste and sta-
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1806
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt transportation
on certain ferries from the excise tax on transportation of passengers
by water.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 22, 1993
Mr. ANDREWS of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt
transportation on certain ferries from the excise tax on
transportation of passengers by water.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR TRANSPORTATION ON CER-
TAIN FERRIES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subparagraph (B) of section
4472(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to exception for certain voyages on passenger vessels) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
VOY-
AGES.—The term ‘covered voyage’ shall not in-
clude—
‘‘(i) a voyage of a passenger vessel of
less than 12 hours between 2 ports in the
United States, and
‘‘(ii) a voyage of less than 12 hours
on a ferry between a port in the United
States and a port outside the United
States.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
term ‘ferry’ means any vessel if normally no
more than 50 percent of the passengers on any
voyage of such vessel return to the port where
such voyage began on the 1st return of such
vessel to such port.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to voyages beginning after De-
cember 31, 1989; except that—
(1) no refund of any tax paid before the date
of the enactment of this Act shall be made by reason
of such amendment, and
(2) any tax collected from the passenger before
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be remit-
ted to the United States.