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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2992
To repeal the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the National Skill
Standards Act of 1994 to allow local areas to develop elementary and
secondary education programs that meet their needs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr.
INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. WAMP, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. BARTLETT of
Maryland, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. STUMP, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
MILLER of Florida, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. ISTOOK, Mrs. LINDA
SMITH of Washington, Mr. TALENT, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. CHABOT,
Mr. SPENCE, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mrs.
MYRICK, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. PITTS,
Ms. DUNN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. BACHUS,
Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr.
LAHOOD, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. COX
of 
California, 
Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, 
Mr. 
HUTCHINSON, 
Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr. PETERSON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.
WELDON of Florida, and Mr. NETHERCUTT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To repeal the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the
National Skill Standards Act of 1994 to allow local areas
to develop elementary and secondary education programs
that meet their needs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
make allotments to State educational agencies that
request to receive a grant under this Act as follows:
(A) 50 percent of such amount shall be al-
located in accordance with the relative amounts
each State would have received under title I of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year if funds
under such title for such preceding fiscal year
had not been reserved for outlying areas.
(B) 50 percent of such amount shall be al-
located in accordance with the relative amounts
each State would have received under title VI of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year if funds
under such title for such preceding fiscal year
had not been reserved for outlying areas.
(2) LOCAL
DISTRIBUTION.—Each State edu-
cational agency shall distribute to each local edu-
cational agency in such State that requests to re-
ceive a grant under this Act an amount which bears
the same ratio to the amount such State educational
agency received under paragraph (1) as the school-
age population of the geographic area under the ju-
risdiction of the local educational agency bears to
the school-age population of such State.
SEC. 5. USES OF FUNDS.
Funds received under this Act may be used for the
following purposes:
(1) TECHNOLOGY.—Technology related to the
implementation of school-based reform programs, in-
cluding professional development to assist teachers
and other school officials regarding how to use effec-
tively such equipment and software.
(2) EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.—Programs for
the acquisition and use of instructional and edu-
cational materials, including library services and ma-
terials (including media materials), assessments, ref-
erence materials, computer software and hardware
for instructional use, and other curricular materials
which are tied to high academic standards and
which will be used to improve student achievement
and which are part of an overall education reform
program.
(3) REFORM.—Promising education reform
projects, including effective schools and magnet
schools.
(4) IMPROVED THINKING SKILLS.—Programs to
improve the higher order thinking skills of disadvan-
taged elementary and secondary school students and
to prevent students from dropping out of school.
(5) LITERACY PROGRAMS.—Programs to com-
bat illiteracy in the student and adult population, in-
cluding parent illiteracy.
(6) GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS.—Pro-
grams to provide for the educational needs of gifted
and talented children.
(7) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.—School
improvement programs or activities under sections
1116 and 1117 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian
tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com-
munity, including any Alaska Native village or re-
gional corporation as defined in or established pur-
suant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,
which is recognized as eligible for the special pro-
grams and services provided by the United States to
Indians because of their status as Indians;
(2) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ shall
have the meaning given such term in section 14101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965;
(3) the term ‘‘outlying areas’’ means Guam,
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Republic of
the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro-
nesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands;
(4) the term ‘‘school-age population’’ means the
population in a geographic area aged 5 through 17;
(5) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, but does not include the outlying
areas or Indian tribes; and
(6) the term ‘‘State educational agency’’ means
the agency in a State primarily responsible for the
State supervision of public elementary and secondary
schools.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act an amount equal to the amounts most recently
appropriated to carry out the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act and the National Skill Standards Act of 1994 as
of the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first
fiscal year following the fiscal year in which this Act is
enacted.
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