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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. TAL-
ENT, 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 Ten-
nessee, 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 Geor-
gia) 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 edu-
cation 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,
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to repeal the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act to allow local educational areas to
use funds to continue or establish education programs that
meet the unique needs of such areas.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOALS 2000.
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act is repealed.
SEC. 3. ALLOTMENT; DISTRIBUTION.
(a) RESERVATION.—From the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education shall
reserve not more than—
(1) one-half of one percent for payments to out-
lying areas to be allotted in accordance with the re-
spective needs of such areas; and
(2) one-half of one percent for payments to the
Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs
under this Act for Indian tribes.
(b) ALLOTMENT AND DISTRIBUTION.—
(1) STATE ALLOTMENT.—From the amount ap-
propriated under section 6 and not reserved under
subsection (a) in each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
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. 4. USES OF FUNDS.
Funds received under this Act shall be used only for
educational purposes.
SEC. 5. 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