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‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each such local edu-
cational agency may use funds made available
under this section for—
‘‘(i) recruiting (including through the
use of signing bonuses, and other financial
incentives), hiring, and training fully quali-
fied regular and special education teachers
(which may include hiring special edu-
cation teachers to team-teach with regular
teachers in classrooms that contain both
children with disabilities and non-disabled
children) and teachers of special needs
children;
‘‘(ii) testing new teachers for aca-
demic content knowledge, and to meet
State certification or licensing require-
ments that are consistent with title II of
the Higher Education Act of 1965; and
‘‘(iii) providing professional develop-
ment (which may include such activities as
promoting retention and mentoring) for
teachers, including special education teach-
ers and teachers of special needs children,
in order to meet the goal of ensuring that
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all teachers have the general knowledge,
teaching skills, and subject matter knowl-
edge necessary to teach effectively in the
content areas in which the teachers teach,
consistent with title II of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON TESTING AND PRO-
FESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), a local educational
agency may use not more than a total of
25 percent of the funds received by the
agency under this section for activities de-
scribed in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subpara-
graph (A).
‘‘(ii) WAIVERS.—A local educational
agency may apply to the State educational
agency for a waiver that would permit the
agency to use more than 25 percent of the
funds the agency receives under this sec-
tion for activities described in subpara-
graph (A)(iii) for the purpose of helping
teachers who are not yet fully qualified in
attaining full qualification if—
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‘‘(I) the agency is in an Ed-Flex
Partnership State under the Edu-
cation Flexibility Partnership Act of
1999; and
‘‘(II) 10 percent or more of the
elementary school classes are taught
by individuals who are not fully quali-
fied teachers or the State educational
agency has waived State certification
or licensing requirements for 10 per-
cent or more of such teachers.
‘‘(iii) USE OF FUNDS UNDER WAIV-
ER.—If the State educational agency ap-
proves the local educational agency’s appli-
cation for a waiver under clause (ii), the
local educational agency may use the funds
subject to the conditions of the waiver for
activities 
described 
in 
subparagraph
(A)(iii) that are needed to ensure that all
elementary school classes in such local edu-
cational agency are taught by fully quali-
fied teachers by not later than December
31, 2003.
‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS BY AGENCIES THAT
HAVE REDUCED CLASS SIZE.—Notwithstanding
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subparagraph (B), a local educational agency
that has already reduced class size in the early
elementary grades to 18 or fewer children (or
has already reduced class size to a State or
local class size reduction goal that was in effect
on November 28, 1999 if that goal is 20 or
fewer children) may use funds received under
this section—
‘‘(i) to make further class size reduc-
tions in kindergarten through third grade;
‘‘(ii) to reduce class size in other
grades; or
‘‘(iii) to carry out activities to improve
teacher quality, including professional de-
velopment.
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Each
such agency shall use funds made available under
this section only to supplement, and not to supplant,
State and local funds that, in the absence of funds
made available under this section, would otherwise
be expended for activities described in this section.
‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON USE FOR SALARIES AND
BENEFITS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), no funds made available
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under this section may be used to increase the
salaries of, or provide benefits (other than par-
ticipation in professional development and en-
richment programs) to, teachers who are not
hired under this section.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Funds made available
under this section may be used to pay the sala-
ries of teachers hired under section 310 of the
Department of Education Appropriations Act,
2000.
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) STATE ACTIVITIES.—Each State receiving
funds under this section shall prepare and submit to
the Secretary a biennial report on activities carried
out in the State under this section that provides the
information described in section 6122(a)(2) with re-
spect to the activities.
‘‘(2) PROGRESS CONCERNING CLASS SIZE AND
QUALIFIED TEACHERS.—Each State and local edu-
cational agency receiving funds under this section
shall annually report to parents and the public, in
numeric form as compared to the previous year,
on—
‘‘(A) the agency’s progress in reducing
class size, and increasing the percentage of
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classes in core academic areas taught by fully
qualified teachers ; and
‘‘(B) the impact that hiring additional fully
qualified teachers and reducing class size, has
had, if any, on increasing student academic
achievement.
‘‘(3) PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS.—Each
local educational agency that receives funds under
this section shall provide, upon request, to any par-
ent of a student attending any school in a local edu-
cational agency receiving funds under this section, in
an understandable and uniform format, information
regarding the professional qualifications of the stu-
dent’s teacher, including—
‘‘(A) whether the teacher has met State
qualification and licensing criteria for the grade
levels and subject areas in which the teacher
provides instruction;
‘‘(B) whether the teacher is teaching under
emergency or other provisional status through
which the State qualifications or licensing cri-
teria have been waived;
‘‘(C) the college major of the teacher and
any other graduate certification or degree held
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by the teacher, and the field or discipline of the
certificate or degree; and
‘‘(D) the school or local educational agen-
cy’s hiring policy.
‘‘(4) NOTICE.—Each local educational agency
that receives funds under this section shall provide
to each individual parent of a child who attends a
school in such local educational agency timely, writ-
ten notice if the child has been assigned or has been
taught for two or more consecutive weeks by a sub-
stitute teacher, as defined by such local educational
agency, or a teacher who is not fully qualified.
‘‘(f) PRIVATE SCHOOLS.—If a local educational agen-
cy uses funds made available under this section for profes-
sional development activities, the agency shall ensure the
equitable participation of private nonprofit elementary
schools and secondary schools in such activities in accord-
ance with section 6402. Section 6402 shall not apply to
other activities carried out under this section.
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—A local edu-
cational agency that receives funds under this section may
use not more than 3 percent of such funds for local admin-
istrative costs.
‘‘(h) REQUEST FOR FUNDS.—Each local educational
agency that desires to receive funds under this section
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shall include in the application required under section
6303 a description of the agency’s program to reduce class
size by hiring additional fully qualified teachers.
‘‘(i) 
CERTIFICATION, 
LICENSING, 
AND
COM-
PETENCY.—No funds made available under this section
may be used to pay the salary of any teacher hired with
funds made available under section 310 of the Department
of Education Appropriations Act, 2000, unless, by the
start of the 2000–2001 school year, the teacher is fully
qualified.
‘‘(j) DEFINITION.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CERTIFIED.—The term ‘certified’ includes
certification through State or local alternative
routes.
‘‘(2) 
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—The
term ‘professional development’ means sustained and
intensive activities that improve teachers’ content
knowledge and teaching skills and that—
‘‘(A) are part of a comprehensive plan to
ensure that, by December 21, 2003, all classes
in local educational agencies served under this
part are taught by fully qualified teachers;
‘‘(B) enhance the ability of teachers to
help all students, including females, minorities,
children with disabilities, children with limited
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English proficiency and economically disadvan-
taged children, reach high State and local con-
tent and student performance standards;
‘‘(C) advance teacher understanding of one
or more of the core academic subject areas and
effective instructional strategies for improving
student achievement in those areas, including
technology;
‘‘(D) are directly related to the subject
area in which the teacher provides instruction;
‘‘(E) are of sufficient duration to have a
positive and lasting impact on classroom in-
struction;
‘‘(F) are an integral part of broader school
and district-wide plans for raising student
achievement to State and local standards;
‘‘(G) are aligned with State content and
student performance standards;
‘‘(H) are based on the best available re-
search on teaching and learning;
‘‘(I) include professional development ac-
tivities that involve collaborative groups of
teachers and administrators from the same
school or district and, to the greatest extent
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possible, include follow-up and school-based
support such as coaching or study groups; and
‘‘(J) as a whole, are regularly evaluated for
their impact on increased teacher effectiveness
and improved student achievement, with the
findings of such evaluations used to improve the
quality of professional development.
‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
‘‘SEC. 6512. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2002 through
2005.
‘‘PART F—HIGHER STANDARDS, HIGHER PAY
‘‘SEC. 6611. AUTHORIZATION
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized
to award competitive grants to high-poverty local edu-
cational agencies to assist them in attracting and retaining
fully qualified teachers and high-quality principals through
better pay and benefits.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive
a grant under this part an eligible applicant shall submit
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an application to the Secretary at such time, and con-
taining such information, as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For the purposes of this
part, an eligible entity shall be a partnership consisting
of—
‘‘(1) a local educational agency; and
‘‘(2) local for-profit businesses; and
‘‘(3) local teacher unions.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the 4 subse-
quent fiscal years to carry out this part.’’.
SEC. 7. FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION.
Part A of title X of the Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘PART A—FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 10101. FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDU-
CATION.
‘‘(a) FUND AUTHORIZED.—From funds appropriated
under subsection (e), the Secretary is authorized to sup-
port nationally significant programs and projects to im-
prove the quality of elementary and secondary education,
assist all students to meet challenging State content
standards and challenging State student performance
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standards, and contribute to achievement of America’s
Education Goals. The Secretary is authorized to carry out
such programs and projects directly or through grants to,
or contracts with, State and local educational agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, and other public and pri-
vate agencies, organizations, and institutions.
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds under this section
may be used for—
‘‘(1) activities that will promote systemic edu-
cation reform at the State and local levels, such as—
‘‘(A) research and development related to
challenging State content and challenging State
student performance standards;
‘‘(B) the development and evaluation of
model strategies for—
‘‘(i) assessment of student learning;
‘‘(ii) professional development for
teachers and administrators;
‘‘(iii) parent and community involve-
ment; and
‘‘(iv) other aspects of systemic reform;
‘‘(C) developing and evaluating strategies
for eliminating ability-grouping practices, and
developing policies and programs that place all
students on a college-preparatory path of study,
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particularly in academic fields such as mathe-
matics, science, English, and social studies, in-
cluding comprehensive inservice programs for
teachers and pupil services personnel and aca-
demic enrichment programs that supplement
regular courses for students;
‘‘(D) developing and evaluating programs
that directly involve parents and family mem-
bers in the academic progress of their children;
‘‘(E) developing and evaluating strategies
for integrating instruction and assessment such
that teachers and administrators can focus on
what students should know and be able to do at
particular grade levels, which instruction shall
promote the synthesis of knowledge, encour-
aging the development of problem-solving skills
drawing on a vast range of disciplines, and pro-
moting the development of higher order think-
ing by all students; and
‘‘(F) developing and evaluating strategies
for supporting professional development for
teachers across all disciplines that is consistent
with the requirements of Title II and for pupil
services personnel, guidance counselors, and ad-
ministrators, including inservice training that
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improves the skills of pupil services personnel,
counselors and administrators for working with
students from diverse populations;
‘‘(2) demonstrations at the State and local lev-
els that are designed to yield nationally significant
results, including approaches to public school choice
and school-based decisionmaking;
‘‘(3) joint activities with other agencies to assist
the effort to achieve America’s Education Goals, in-
cluding activities related to improving the transition
from preschool to school and from school to work, as
well as activities related to the integration of edu-
cation and health and social services;
‘‘(4) activities to promote and evaluate coun-
seling 
and 
mentoring 
for 
students, 
including
intergenerational mentoring;
‘‘(5) activities to promote and evaluate coordi-
nated pupil services programs;
‘‘(6) activities to promote comprehensive health
education;
‘‘(7) activities to promote environmental edu-
cation;
‘‘(8) activities to promote consumer, economic,
and personal finance education, such as saving, in-
vesting, and entrepreneurial education;
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‘‘(9) activities to promote programs to assist
students to demonstrate competence in foreign lan-
guages;
‘‘(10) studies and evaluation of various edu-
cation reform strategies and innovations being pur-
sued by the Federal Government, States, and local
educational agencies;
‘‘(11) senior mentoring of at-risk children;
‘‘(12) the identification and recognition of ex-
emplary schools and programs, such as Blue Ribbon
Schools;
‘‘(13) programs designed to promote gender eq-
uity in education by evaluating and eliminating gen-
der bias in instruction and educational materials,
identifying, and analyzing gender inequities in edu-
cational practices, and implementing and evaluating
educational policies and practices designed to
achieve gender equity;
‘‘(14) programs designed to reduce excessive
student mobility, retain students who move within a
school district at the same school, educate parents
about the effect of mobility on a child’s education
and encourage parents to participate in school activi-
ties;
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‘‘(15) experiential-based learning, such as serv-
ice-learning;
‘‘(16) the development and expansion of public-
private partnership programs which extend the
learning experience, via computers, beyond the class-
room environment into student homes through such
programs as the Buddy System Computer Project;
‘‘(17) activities that are designed to contribute
towards the achievement of America’s Education
goals;
‘‘(18) activities to promote child abuse edu-
cation and prevention programs;
‘‘(19) activities to raise standards and expecta-
tions for academic achievement among all students,
especially disadvantaged students traditionally un-
derserved in schools;
‘‘(20) activities to provide the academic sup-
port, enrichment and motivation to enable all stu-
dents to reach such standards;
‘‘(21) demonstrations relating to the planning
and evaluations of the effectiveness of projects under
which local educational agencies or schools contract
with private management organizations to reform a
school or schools;
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‘‘(22) demonstration programs providing pre-
natal and counseling to pregnant students with such
education and counseling emphasizing the impor-
tance of prenatal care, the value of sound diet and
nutrition habits, and the harmful effects of smoking,
alcohol, and substance abuse on fetal development;
‘‘(23) the development, implementation, and
evaluation of programs that are designed to foster
student community service, encourage responsible
citizenship and improve academic learning, and give
students the opportunity to apply what they learn in
the classroom to meet actual community needs;
‘‘(24) activities to assist all students to meet
challenging State standards;
‘‘(25) grants to establish cultural education
centers;
‘‘(26) grants to museums to operate Indian
education programs in public schools;
‘‘(27) programs or activities designed to im-
prove academic achievement through innovative
partnerships between local educational agencies and
teachers unions;
‘‘(28) programs to hire and support school
nurses;
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‘‘(29) programs under sections 10102, 10103,
and 10104; and
‘‘(30) other programs and projects that meet
the purposes of this section;
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may—
‘‘(A) make awards under this section on
the basis of competitions announced by the Sec-
retary; and
‘‘(B) support meritorious unsolicited pro-
posals.
‘‘(2) GOALS.—An applicant for an award under
this section, shall—
‘‘(A) establish clear goals and objectives
for its project under this part; and
‘‘(B) describe the activities it will carry out
in order to meet the goals and objectives of its
project.
‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL
DISCRETION.—The Sec-
retary may—
‘‘(A) require recipients of awards under
this section to provide matching funds from
non-Federal sources; and
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‘‘(B) limit competitions to particular types
of entities, such as State or local educational
agencies.
‘‘(4) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a
peer review process in reviewing applications for as-
sistance under this section and may use funds ap-
propriated under subsection (e) for the cost of such
peer review.
‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each recipient of a grant
under this section shall submit to the Secretary a
comprehensive evaluation of the effects of its pro-
gram assisted under this part, including its impact
on students, teachers, administrators, parents and
others—
‘‘(A) at the mid-point of the program; and
‘‘(B) not later than one year after the com-
pletion of the program.
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVENESS.—Evaluations under this
subsection shall focus on the effectiveness of the pro-
gram in achieving its goals and objectives.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
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‘‘SEC. 10102. STATE AND LOCAL CHARACTER EDUCATION
PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) The Secretary may make grants to State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, or
consortia of such agencies for the design and imple-
mentation of character education programs.
‘‘(2) Each grant under this section shall be
awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years, of which
the recipient shall use not more than one year for
planning and program design.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) Each applicant desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
may require.
‘‘(2) Each application under this section shall
include—
‘‘(A) a description of any partnerships and
other collaborative efforts between the applicant
and other educational agencies;
‘‘(B) a description of the programs goals
and objectives;
‘‘(C) a description of the activities the ap-
plicant will carry out, and how these activities
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are designed to meet the programs goals and
objectives under subparagraph (B), including—
‘‘(i) how parents, students, and other
members of the community, including
members of private and nonprofit organi-
zations, will be involved in the design and
implementation of the program;
‘‘(ii) the curriculum and instructional
practices that will be used or developed;
and
‘‘(iii) the methods of teacher training
and parent education that will be used or
developed;
‘‘(D) a description of how the program will
be linked to other efforts to improve educational
outcomes, including—
‘‘(i) broader educational reforms that
are being instituted by the applicant or its
partners; and
‘‘(ii) applicable State and local stand-
ards for student performance;
‘‘(E) a description of how the appli-
cant will evaluate the progress of its pro-
gram in meeting the goals and objectives
under subparagraph (B), including the
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performance indicators that will be used to
measure progress; and
‘‘(F) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require.
‘‘(c) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall
make awards under this section that, to the extent prac-
ticable, support programs that serve different geographic
areas of the Nation, including urban, suburban, and rural
areas.;
‘‘SEC. 10103. CHARACTER EDUCATION RESEARCH, DISSEMI-
NATION, AND EVALUATION.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants, or enter into contracts or cooper-
ative agreements with, State educational agencies, local
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, trib-
al organizations, and other public or private agencies or
organizations to carry out research, development, dissemi-
nation, technical assistance, and evaluation activities that
support or inform character education programs under
section 10102.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Consistent with subsection
(a), funds under this section may be used—
‘‘(1) to conduct research and development ac-
tivities that focus on such matters as—
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‘‘(A) the effectiveness of instructional mod-
els;
‘‘(B) materials and curricula that can be
used by programs in character education;
‘‘(C) models of professional development in
character education; and
‘‘(D) the development of outcome measures
for character education programs;
‘‘(2) to provide technical assistance to the agen-
cies receiving awards under section 10102, particu-
larly on matters of program evaluation;
‘‘(3) to conduct a national evaluation of pro-
grams under section 10102; and
‘‘(4) to compile and disseminate, through var-
ious approaches, such as a national clearinghouse—
‘‘(A) information on model character edu-
cation programs;
‘‘(B) character education materials and
curricula;
‘‘(C) research findings in the area of char-
acter education and character development; and
‘‘(D) any other information that will be
useful to character education program partici-
pants and other educators and administrators,
nationwide.
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‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated, $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for the
4 subsequent fiscal years to carry out sections 10102 and
10103.
‘‘SEC. 10104. SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require. Each such application shall describe—
‘‘(1) strategies and methods the applicant will
use to create the smaller learning community or
communities;
‘‘(2) curriculum and instructional practices, in-
cluding any particular themes or emphases, to be
used in the learning environment;
‘‘(3) the extent of involvement of teachers and
other school personnel in investigating, designing,
implementing and sustaining the smaller learning
community or communities;
‘‘(4) the process to be used for involving stu-
dents, parents and other stakeholders in the develop-
ment and implementation of the smaller learning
community or communities;
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‘‘(5) any cooperation or collaboration among
community agencies, organizations, businesses, and
others to develop or implement a plan to create the
smaller learning community or communities;
‘‘(6) the training and professional development
activities that will be offered to teachers and others
involved in the activities assisted under this part;
‘‘(7) the goals and objectives of the activities
assisted under this part, including a description of
how such activities will better enable all students to
reach challenging State content standards and State
student performance standards;
‘‘(8) the methods by which the applicant will
assess progress in meeting such goals and objectives;
‘‘(9) if the smaller learning community or com-
munities exist as a school-within-a-school, the rela-
tionship, including governance and administration,
of the smaller learning community to the rest of the
school;
‘‘(10) a description of the administrative and
managerial relationship between the local edu-
cational agency and the smaller learning community
or communities, including how such agency will dem-
onstrate a commitment to the continuity of the
smaller learning community or communities, includ-
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ing the continuity of student and teacher assignment
to a particular learning community;
‘‘(11) how the applicant will coordinate or use
funds provided under this part with other funds pro-
vided under this Act or other Federal laws;
‘‘(12) grade levels or ages of students who will
participate in the smaller learning community or
communities; and
‘‘(13) the method of placing students in the
smaller learning community or communities, such
that students are not placed according to ability,
performance or any other measure, so that students
are placed at random or by their own choice, not
pursuant to testing or other judgments.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this
section may be used—
‘‘(1) to study the feasibility of creating the
smaller learning community or communities as well
as effective and innovative organizational and in-
structional strategies that will be used in the smaller
learning community or communities;
‘‘(2) to research, develop and implement strate-
gies for creating the smaller learning community or
communities, as well as effective and innovative
changes in curriculum and instruction, geared to
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high State content standards and State student per-
formance standards;
‘‘(3) to design and construct improvements
which improve the learning environment, including
appropriate use of daylighting, advanced energy con-
servation technologies, and renewable energy;
‘‘(4) to provide professional development for
school staff in innovative teaching methods that
challenge and engage students to be used in the
smaller learning community or communities; and
‘‘(5) to develop and implement strategies to in-
clude parents, business representatives, local institu-
tions of higher education, community-based organi-
zations, and other community members in the small-
er learning communities, as facilitators of activities
that enable teachers to participate in professional
development activities, as well as to provide links be-
tween students and their community.
‘‘(c) SECRETARY’S ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may
reserve up to 5 percent of the funding provided under sub-
section (d) for evaluation, technical assistance, and school
networking.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $120,000,000 for fiscal
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year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for the
4 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this section.
SEC. 8. CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Section 10311 of the Act is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 10311. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are
authorized to be appropriated $175,000,000 for fiscal year
2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years.’’
SEC. 9. ARTS IN EDUCATION
Part D of title X of the Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘PART D—ARTS IN EDUCATION
‘‘Subpart 1—Arts Education
‘‘SEC. 10401. SUPPORT FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the arts are forms of understanding and
ways of knowing that are fundamentally important
to education;
‘‘(2) the arts are important to excellent edu-
cation and to effective school reform;
‘‘(3) the most significant contribution of the
arts to education reform is the transformation of
teaching and learning;
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‘‘(4) such transformation is best realized in the
context of comprehensive, systemic education reform;
‘‘(5) demonstrated competency in the arts for
American students is among America’s Education
Goals;
‘‘(6) participation in performing arts activities
has proven to be an effective strategy for promoting
the inclusion of persons with disabilities in main-
stream settings;
‘‘(7) opportunities in the arts have enabled per-
sons of all ages with disabilities to participate more
fully in school and community activities;
‘‘(8) the arts can motivate at-risk students to
stay in school and become active participants in the
educational process; and
‘‘(9) arts education should be an integral part
of the elementary and secondary school curriculum.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subpart are
to—
‘‘(1) support systemic education reform by
strengthening arts education as an integral part of
the elementary and secondary school curriculum;
‘‘(2) help ensure that all students have the op-
portunity to learn to challenging State content
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standards and challenging State student perform-
ance standards in the arts; and
‘‘(3) support the national effort to enable all
students to demonstrate competence in the arts in
accordance with America’s Education Goals.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—In order to carry out
the purposes of this subpart, the Secretary is authorized
to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative
agreements with—
‘‘(1) State educational agencies;
‘‘(2) local educational agencies;
‘‘(3) institutions of higher education;
‘‘(4) museums and other cultural institutions;
and
‘‘(5) other public and private agencies, institu-
tions, and organizations.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this
subpart may be used for—
‘‘(1) research on arts education;
‘‘(2) the development of, and dissemination of
information about, model arts education programs;
‘‘(3) the development of model arts education
assessments based on high standards;
‘‘(4) the development and implementation of
curriculum frameworks for arts education;
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‘‘(5) the development of model preservice and
inservice professional development programs for arts
educators and other instructional staff;
‘‘(6) supporting collaborative activities with
other Federal agencies or institutions involved in
arts education, such as the National Endowment for
the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Serv-
ices, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, Very Special Arts, and the National
Gallery of Art;
‘‘(7) supporting model projects and programs in
the performing arts for children and youth through
arrangements made with the John F. Kennedy Cen-
ter for the Performing Arts;
‘‘(8) supporting model projects and programs
by Very Special Arts which assure the participation
in mainstream settings in arts and education pro-
grams of individuals with disabilities;
‘‘(9) supporting model projects and programs in
the performing arts for children and youth through
arrangements made with the Division of Cultural
History of the Smithsonian Institution’s National
Museum of American History;
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‘‘(10) supporting model projects and programs
to integrate arts education into the regular elemen-
tary and secondary school curriculum; and
‘‘(11) other activities that further the purposes
of this subpart.
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of funds under
this subpart shall, to the extent possible, coordinate
projects assisted under this subpart with appropriate
activities of public and private cultural agencies, in-
stitutions, and organizations, including museums,
arts education associations, libraries, and theaters.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In carrying out this sub-
part, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Mu-
seum and Library Services, the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, Very Special Arts,
and the National Gallery of Art.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this subpart, there are authorized to be
appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the four
succeeding fiscal years.
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‘‘Subpart 2—Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk
Children and Youth
‘‘SEC. 10411. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds:
‘‘(1) With local school budget cuts there are in-
adequate arts and cultural programs available for
children and youth in schools, especially at the ele-
mentary school level.
‘‘(2) The arts promote progress in academic
subjects as shown by research conducted by the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts.
‘‘(3) Children and youth who receive instruction
in the arts and humanities, or who are involved in
cultural activities, remain in school longer and are
more successful than children who do not receive
such instruction.
‘‘(4) Learning in the arts and humanities pro-
motes progress in other academic subjects, and gen-
erates positive self-esteem and a greater sense of ac-
complishment in young people.
‘‘(5) School-university and school-cultural insti-
tution partnerships that upgrade teacher training in
the arts and humanities have significantly contrib-
uted to improved instruction and achievement levels
of school-aged children.
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‘‘(6) Museum outreach, cultural activities and
informal education for at-risk children and youth
have contributed significantly to the educational
achievement and enhanced interest in learning of at-
risk children and youth.
‘‘(7) While all children benefit from instruction
in the arts and the humanities, at-risk children and
youth have a special, additional need for arts and
cultural programs both in school and after school.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to
make demonstration grants to eligible entities to improve
the educational performance and future potential of at-
risk children and youth by providing comprehensive and
coordinated educational and cultural services.
‘‘SEC. 10412. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
award grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share
of the costs of the activities described in section 10413.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award
grants under this subpart only to programs designed
to—
‘‘(A) promote and enhance educational and
cultural activities;
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‘‘(B) provide multi-year services to at-risk
children and youth and to integrate community
cultural resources into in-school and after-
school educational programs;
‘‘(C) provide integration of community cul-
tural resources into the regular curriculum and
school day;
‘‘(D) focus school and cultural resources in
the community on coordinated cultural services
to address the needs of at-risk children and
youth;
‘‘(E) provide effective cultural programs to
facilitate the transition from preschool pro-
grams to elementary school programs, including
programs under the Head Start Act and part C
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act;
‘‘(F) facilitate school-to-work transition
from secondary schools and alternative schools
to job training, higher education and employ-
ment through educational programs and activi-
ties that utilize school resources;
‘‘(G) increase parental and community in-
volvement in the educational, social, and cul-
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tural development of at-risk children and youth;
or
‘‘(H)(i) develop programs and strategies
that provide high-quality coordinated edu-
cational and cultural services; and
‘‘(ii) provide a model to replicate such
services in other schools and communities.
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP.—An interagency partner-
ship comprised of the Secretary of Education, the
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities, the Chairman of the National Endowment
for the Arts, and the Director of the Institute of
Museum and Library Services, or their designees,
shall establish criteria and procedures for awarding
grants, including the establishment of panels to re-
view the applications, and shall administer the
grants program authorized by this section. The Sec-
retary shall publish such criteria and procedures in
the Federal Register.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—Grants may only be
awarded under this subpart to eligible entities that
agree to coordinate activities carried out under other
Federal, State, and local grants, received by the
members of the partnership for purposes and target
populations described in this subpart, into an inte-
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grated service delivery system located at a school,
cultural, or other community-based site accessible to
and utilized by at-risk youth.
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For purposes of this
subpart, the term eligible entity means a partnership
between—
‘‘(A) a local educational agency or an indi-
vidual school that is eligible to participate in a
school-wide program under section 1114; and
‘‘(B) at least one institution of higher edu-
cation, museum, local arts agency, or cultural
entity that is accessible to individuals within the
school district of such local educational agency
or school, and that has a history of providing
quality services to the community, which may
include—
‘‘(i) nonprofit institutions of higher
education, museums, libraries, performing,
presenting and exhibiting arts organiza-
tions, literary arts organizations, State and
local arts organizations, cultural institu-
tions, and zoological and botanical organi-
zations; or
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‘‘(ii) private for-profit entities with a
history of training children and youth in
the arts.
‘‘(5) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding
grants under this subpart the Secretary, to the ex-
tent feasible, shall ensure an equitable geographic
distribution of such grants.
‘‘(6) DURATION.—Grants made under this sub-
part may be renewable for a maximum of 5 years if
the Secretary determines that the eligible recipient
has made satisfactory progress toward the achieve-
ment of the program objectives described in the ap-
plication.
‘‘(c) TARGET POPULATION.—To be eligible for a
grant under this subpart, an eligible entity shall serve—
‘‘(1) students enrolled in schools participating
in a school-wide program under section 1114 and
the families of such students to the extent prac-
ticable;
‘‘(2) out-of-school children and youth at risk of
disadvantages resulting from teenage parenting, sub-
stance abuse, recent migration, disability, limited-
English proficiency, illiteracy, being the child of a
teenage parent, living in a single parent household,
or dropping out of school; or
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‘‘(3) any combination of in-school and out-of-
school at-risk children and youth.
‘‘SEC. 10413. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this sub-
part may be used—
‘‘(1) to plan, develop, acquire, expand, and im-
prove school-based or community-based coordinated
educational and cultural programs to strengthen the
educational performance and future potential of in-
school or out-of-school at-risk children and youth
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts
for services, or administrative coordination;
‘‘(2) to provide at-risk students with integrated
cultural activities designed to develop a love of learn-
ing that fosters the smooth transition of preschool
children to elementary school;
‘‘(3) to design collaborative cultural activities
for students in secondary or alternative schools that
ensure the smooth transition to job training, higher
education, or full employment;
‘‘(4) to provide child care for children of at-risk
students who would not otherwise be able to partici-
pate in the program;
‘‘(5) to provide transportation necessary for
participation in the program;
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‘‘(6) to work with existing school personnel to
develop curriculum materials and programs in the
arts;
‘‘(7) to work with existing school personnel on
staff development activities that encourage the inte-
gration of the arts into the curriculum;
‘‘(8) for stipends that allow local artists to work
with at-risk children and youth in schools;
‘‘(9) for training individuals who are not
trained to work with children and youth;
‘‘(10) for cultural programs that encourage the
active participation of parents in the education of
their children;
‘‘(11) for programs that use the arts and cul-
ture to reform current school practices, including
lengthening the school day or academic year;
‘‘(12) for equipment or supplies that the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and
‘‘(13) for evaluation, administration, and super-
vision.
‘‘(b) PLANNING GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity may
submit an application to the Secretary for a plan-
ning grant for an amount not to exceed $50,000.
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Such grants shall be for periods of not more than
one year.
‘‘(2) LIMIT ON PLANNING GRANTS.—Not more
than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated in each
fiscal year under this subpart shall be used for
grants under this subsection, and an eligible entity
may receive not more than one such planning grant.
‘‘(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desir-
ing a grant under this subpart shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) describe the cultural entity or entities
that will participate in the partnership;
‘‘(B) describe the target population to be
served;
‘‘(C) describe the services to be provided;
‘‘(D) describe a plan for evaluating the
success of the program;
‘‘(E) in the case of each local educational
agency or school participating in the eligible re-
cipient partnership, describe how the activities
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assisted under this subpart will be perpetuated
beyond the duration of the grant;
‘‘(F) describe the manner in which the eli-
gible entity will improve the educational
achievement or future potential of at-risk youth
through more effective coordination of cultural
services in the community;
‘‘(G) describe the overall and operational
goals of the program;
‘‘(H) describe the nature and location of
all planned sites where services will be delivered
and a description of services which will be pro-
vided at each site; and
‘‘(I) describe training that will be provided
to individuals who are not trained to work with
children and youth, and how teachers will be in-
volved.
‘‘SEC. 10414. PAYMENTS; AMOUNTS OF AWARD; COST
SHARE; LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay to
each eligible recipient having an application ap-
proved under section 10413(c) the Federal share of
the cost of the activities described in the application.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—
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‘‘(A) Grants awarded under this subpart
shall be of sufficient size, scope, and quality to
be effective.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall award grants
under this subpart so as to ensure nonduplica-
tion of services provided by grant recipients and
services provided by—
‘‘(i) the National Endowment for the
Humanities;
‘‘(ii) the National Endowment for the
Arts; and
‘‘(iii) the Institute of Museum and Li-
brary Services.
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a
grant under this subpart shall be 80 percent of the
cost of carrying out the activities described in the
application.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of a grant under this subpart shall be 20 per-
cent of the cost of carrying out the activities de-
scribed in the application and may be in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including the provision of
equipment, services, or facilities.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) 
NONINSTRUCTIONAL
SERVICES.—Not
more than 25 percent of the grant funds provided in
any fiscal year under this subpart may be used for
noninstructional activities such as the activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (4), (5), and (12) of section
10413(a).
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—
Grant funds awarded under this part shall be used
to supplement not supplant the amount of funds
made available from non-Federal sources, for the ac-
tivities assisted under this subpart, in amounts that
exceed the amounts expended for such activities in
the year preceding the year for which the grant is
awarded.
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—
‘‘(A) The Secretary may reserve not more
than 5 percent of the grant funds received
under this subpart in each fiscal year for the
costs of administration.
‘‘(B) Each eligible recipient may reserve
not more than 5 percent of any grant funds re-
ceived under this subpart in each fiscal year for
the costs of administration.
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‘‘SEC. 10415. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subpart, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding
fiscal years.’’
SEC. 9. CIVIC EDUCATION.
Part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8141 et seq.) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘PART F—CIVIC EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 10601. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Education for De-
mocracy Act’.
‘‘SEC. 10602. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) college freshmen surveyed in 1997 by the
Higher Education Research Institute at the Univer-
sity of California at Los Angeles demonstrated high-
er levels of disengagement, both academically and
politically, than any previous entering class of stu-
dents;
‘‘(2) college freshmen in 1997 demonstrated the
lowest levels of political interest in the 20-year his-
tory of surveys conducted by the Higher Education
Research Institute at the University of California at
Los Angeles;
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‘‘(3) United States secondary school students
expressed relatively low levels of interest in politics
and economics in a 1999 Harris survey;
‘‘(4) the 28th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup
Poll in 1996 indicated that American citizens believe
that the Nation’s schools, apart from providing a
basic education, had a very important role to play in
preparing students to be responsible citizens;
‘‘(5) Americans surveyed by the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development indicated
that only 59 percent had confidence that schools
have a major effect on the development of good citi-
zenship;
‘‘(6) teachers too often do not have sufficient
expertise in the subjects that they teach, and half of
all secondary school history students in America are
being taught by teachers with neither a major nor
a minor in history;
‘‘(7) secondary school students correctly an-
swered less than half of the questions on a national
test of economic knowledge in a 1999 Harris survey;
‘‘(8) the most recent National Assessment of
Educational Progress indicated that students have
only superficial knowledge of, and lacked a depth of
understanding regarding, civics;
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‘‘(9) civic and economic education are impor-
tant in developing citizenship competencies in the
United States;
‘‘(10) more than three quarters of Americans
surveyed by the National Constitution Center in
1997 admitted that they knew only some or very lit-
tle about the Constitution of the United States; and
‘‘(11) the Constitution of the United States is
too often viewed within the context of history and
not as a living document that shapes current events.
‘‘SEC. 10603. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this part—
‘‘(1) to improve the quality of civics and gov-
ernment education, and to enhance the attainment
of the third and sixth America’s Education Goals, by
educating students about the history and principles
of the Constitution of the United States, including
the Bill of Rights;
‘‘(2) to foster civic competence and responsi-
bility; and
‘‘(3) to improve the quality of civic education
and economic education.
‘‘SEC. 10604. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to award grants to or
enter into contracts with the Center for Civic Education
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to carry out civic education activities under sections
10605.
‘‘SEC. 10605. WE THE PEOPLE PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) THE CITIZEN AND THE CONSTITUTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center for Civic Edu-
cation shall use funds awarded under section
10604(a)(1)(A) to carry out The Citizen and the
Constitution program in accordance with this sub-
section.
‘‘(2) EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Citizen
and the Constitution program—
‘‘(A) shall continue and expand the edu-
cational activities of the ‘We the People . . .
The Citizen and the Constitution’ program ad-
ministered by the Center for Civic Education;
‘‘(B) shall enhance student attainment of
challenging content standards in civics and gov-
ernment; and
‘‘(C) shall provide—
‘‘(i) a course of instruction on the
basic principles of our Nation’s constitu-
tional democracy and the history of the
Constitution of the United States and the
Bill of Rights;
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‘‘(ii) at the request of a participating
school, school and community simulated
congressional hearings following the course
of study;
‘‘(iii) an annual national competition
of simulated congressional hearings for
secondary school students who wish to par-
ticipate in such a program;
‘‘(iv) advanced training of teachers
about the Constitution of the United
States and the political system the United
States created;
‘‘(v) materials and methods of instruc-
tion, including teacher training, that utilize
the latest advancements in educational
technology; and
‘‘(vi) civic education materials and
services to address specific problems such
as the prevention of school violence and the
abuse of drugs and alcohol.
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY
OF
PROGRAM.—The edu-
cation program authorized under this subsection
shall be made available to public and private elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools, including Bu-
reau funded schools, in the 435 congressional dis-
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tricts, and in the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(b) PROJECT CITIZEN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center for Civic Edu-
cation shall use funds awarded under section
10604(a)(1)(A) to carry out The Project Citizen
program in accordance with this subsection.
‘‘(2) EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Project
Citizen program—
‘‘(A) shall continue and expand the edu-
cational activities of the ‘We the People . . .
Project Citizen’ program administered by the
Center for Civic Education;
‘‘(B) shall enhance student attainment of
challenging content standards in civics and gov-
ernment; and
‘‘(C) shall provide—
‘‘(i) a course of instruction at the
middle school level on the roles of State
and local governments in the Federal sys-
tem established by the Constitution of the
United States;
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‘‘(ii) optional school and community
simulated State legislative hearings;
‘‘(iii) an annual national showcase or
competition;
‘‘(iv) advanced training of teachers on
the roles of State and local governments in
the Federal system established by the Con-
stitution of the United States;
‘‘(v) materials and methods of instruc-
tion, including teacher training, that utilize
the latest advancements in educational
technology; and
‘‘(vi) civic education materials and
services to address specific problems such
as the prevention of school violence and the
abuse of drugs and alcohol.
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY
OF
PROGRAM.—The edu-
cation program authorized under this subsection
shall be made available to public and private middle
schools, including Bureau funded schools, in the 50
States of the United States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
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‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF BUREAU FUNDED SCHOOL.—
In this section the term ‘Bureau funded school’ has the
meaning given the term in section 1146 of the Education
Amendments of 1978.
‘‘SEC. 10606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 10605, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002
through 2005.’’.
SEC. 10. ALLEN J. ELLENDER FELLOWSHIPS.
Part G of title X of the Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 10701. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
‘‘(1) It is a worthwhile goal to ensure that all
students in America are prepared for responsible
citizenship and that all students should have the op-
portunity to be involved in activities that promote
and demonstrate good citizenship.
‘‘(2) It is a worthwhile goal to ensure that
America’s educators have access to programs for the
continued improvement of their professional skills.
‘‘(3) Allen J. Ellender, a Senator from Lou-
isiana and President pro tempore of the United
States Senate, had a distinguished career in public
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service characterized by extraordinary energy and
real concern for young people. Senator Ellender pro-
vided valuable support and encouragement to the
Close Up Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit foun-
dation promoting knowledge and understanding of
the Federal Government among young people and
educators. Therefore, it is a fitting and appropriate
tribute to Senator Ellender to provide fellowships in
his name to students of limited economic means, the
teachers who work with such students, and older
Americans, so that such students, teachers, and
older Americans may participate in the programs
supported by the Close Up Foundation.
‘‘Subpart 1—Program for Middle and Secondary
School Students
‘‘SEC. 10711. ESTABLISHMENT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants in accordance with the provisions
of this subpart to the Close Up Foundation of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of increasing un-
derstanding of the Federal Government among middle and
secondary school students.
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this subpart
shall be used only to provide financial assistance to eco-
nomically disadvantaged students who participate in the
program described in subsection (a). Financial assistance
received pursuant to this subpart by such students shall
be known as Allen J. Ellender fellowships.
‘‘SEC. 10712. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No grant under this
subpart may be made except upon an application at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each such appli-
cation shall contain provisions to assure—
‘‘(1) that fellowship grants are made to eco-
nomically disadvantaged middle and secondary
school students;
‘‘(2) that every effort will be made to ensure
the participation of students from rural and small
town areas, as well as from urban areas, and that
in awarding fellowships to economically disadvan-
taged students, special consideration will be given to
the participation of students with special educational
needs, including student with disabilities, ethnic mi-
nority students, and gifted and talented students;
and
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‘‘(3) the proper disbursement of the funds re-
ceived under this subpart.
‘‘Subpart 2—Program for Middle and Secondary
School Teachers
‘‘SEC. 10721. ESTABLISHMENT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants in accordance with the provisions
of this subpart to the Close Up Foundation of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of teaching skills
enhancement for middle and secondary school teachers.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this subpart
shall be used only for financial assistance to teachers who
participate in the program described in subsection (a). Fi-
nancial assistance received pursuant to this subpart by
such individuals shall be known as Allen J. Ellender fel-
lowships.
‘‘SEC. 10722. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No grant under this
subpart may be made except upon an application at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each such appli-
cation shall contain provisions to assure—
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‘‘(1) that fellowship grants are made only to
teachers who have worked with at least one student
from such teachers school who participates in the
programs described in section 10711(a);
‘‘(2) that not more than one teacher in each
school participating in the programs provided for in
section 10711(a) may receive a fellowship in any fis-
cal year; and
‘‘(3) the proper disbursement of the funds re-
ceived under this subpart.
Subpart 3—Programs for Recent Immigrants,
Students of Migrant Parents and Older Americans
‘‘SEC. 10731. ESTABLISHMENT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to make grants in accordance with the provisions of
this subpart to the Close Up Foundation of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, non-
profit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the
Close Up Foundation in carrying out its programs
of increasing understanding of the Federal Govern-
ment among economically disadvantaged older Amer-
icans, recent immigrants and students of migrant
parents.
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this
subpart, the term older American means an indi-
vidual who has attained 55 years of age.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this subpart
shall be used for financial assistance to economically dis-
advantaged older Americans, recent immigrants and stu-
dents of migrant parents who participate in the program
described in subsection (a). Financial assistance received
pursuant to this subpart by such individuals shall be
known as Allen J. Ellender fellowships.
‘‘SEC. 10732. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No grant under this
subpart may be made except upon application at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Except such ap-
plication shall contain provisions to assure—
‘‘(1) that fellowship grants are made to eco-
nomically disadvantaged older Americans, recent im-
migrants and students of migrant parents;
‘‘(2) that every effort will be made to ensure
the participation of older Americans, recent immi-
grants and students of migrant parents from rural
and small town areas, as well as from urban areas,
and that in awarding fellowships, special consider-
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ation will be given to the participation of older
Americans, recent immigrants and students of mi-
grant parents with special needs, including individ-
uals with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and gifted
and talented students;
‘‘(3) that activities permitted by subsection (a)
are fully described; and
‘‘(4) the proper disbursement of the funds re-
ceived under this subpart.
‘‘Subpart 4—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 10741. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Payments under this part
may be made in installments, in advance, or by way of
reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of
underpayment or overpayment.
‘‘(b) AUDIT RULE.—The Comptroller General of the
United States or any of the Comptroller Generals duly au-
thorized representatives shall have access for the purpose
of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers,
and records that are pertinent to any grant under this
part.
‘‘SEC. 10742. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the provisions of subparts 1, 2,
and 3 of this part $4,400,000 for fiscal year 2001 and
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such sums as may be necessary of each of the four suc-
ceeding fiscal years.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Of the funds appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a), not more than 30 percent may
be used for teachers associated with students participating
in the programs described in section 10711(a).
SEC. 11. EARLY LEARNING FUND
Part H of title X of the Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘PART H—EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 10801. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to provide grants to
States to establish an Early Learning Program for the
purposes of improving the educational opportunity of
young children (ages birth through age 5).
‘‘SEC. 10802. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘To carry out the purposes of this part, there are
authorized to be appropriated $600,000,000 for fiscal year
2001 and such sums as may be necessary for the subse-
quent 4 fiscal years.
‘‘SEC. 10803. ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘Amounts appropriated under section 10802 shall be
allocated as follows:
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‘‘(1) AMOUNT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—2 percent
shall be reserved for allocations to Indian tribes
based on their respective needs.
‘‘(2) AMOUNTS FOR OUTLYING AREAS.—.5 per-
cent shall be allocated to the outlying areas based on
their relative need.
‘‘(3) NATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary
may reserve the lesser of 1 percent or $6,000,000 to
conduct a national evaluation of the effect of State,
local, and tribal early learning programs carried out
under this part on early childhood development and
school readiness, including child development and
educational outcome measures specified in section
546(b)(2)(E), $2,000,000 of which may be used for
costs of providing technical assistance to State, local,
and tribal early learning programs under such sec-
tion 10804.
‘‘(4)(A) AMOUNTS
FOR
STATES.—From the
amounts appropriated under section 10802 remain-
ing after application of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3),
the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount
equal to the sum of—
‘‘(i) an amount that bears the same ratio
to 50 percent of such remainder as the product
of the young child factor of the State and the
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allotment percentage of the State bears to the
sum of the corresponding products for all
States; and
‘‘(ii) an amount that bears the same ratio
to 50 percent of such remainder as the product
of the low-income young child factor of the
State and the allotment percentage of the State
bears to the sum or the corresponding products
for all States.
‘‘(B) 
YOUNG
CHILD
FACTOR.—The 
term
‘‘young child factor’’ means the ratio of the number
of children in the State under 5 years of age to the
number of such children in all States as provided by
the most recent annual estimates of population in
the States by the Census Bureau of the Department
of Commerce.
‘‘(C) LOW-INCOME
YOUNG
CHILD
FACTOR.—
The term ‘‘low-income young child factor’’ means
the ratio of the number of children, from families
below the poverty line, as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget, in the State under 5 years
of age to the number of such children in all States
as provided by the most recent annual estimates of
population in the States by the Census Bureau of
the Department of Commerce.
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‘‘(5) REDISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall, to
the extent necessary, determine the need for redis-
tribution of, and redistribute, amounts allotted
under this subsection to States, in accordance with
the procedures and formula set forth in subsection
(a)(2)(D).
‘‘SEC. 10804. EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pro-
gram under this section is to enable States, through
grants to communities, to support activities that—
‘‘(1) promote children’s cognitive, social, behav-
ioral and physical development during the earliest
years of life;
‘‘(2) improve early childhood education and de-
velopment for children aged five and under, includ-
ing those with disabilities and those with limited
English proficiency; and
‘‘(3) encourage and facilitate emerging literacy,
language development, numeracy, and school readi-
ness.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE PARTICIPATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible for
funds under this part, the State shall have in effect
an early learning program plan meeting the require-
ments specified in paragraph (2).
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‘‘(2) EARLY
LEARNING
PROGRAM
PLAN
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The early learning program plan
shall meet the following requirements:
‘‘(A) LEAD AGENCY.—The lead agency for
the administration of this part shall be the
State educational agency.
‘‘(B) COMMUNITY GRANT PROCEDURES.—
The plan shall describe the standards and pro-
cedures to be applied in the review and approval
of applications, and in setting amounts, com-
petitive process, terms, and conditions of
grants, including the methods to be used to en-
sure that no less than 70 percent of grant
funds are awarded to low-income communities,
funded programs are designed to promote the
child development and educational outcomes
specified in subsection (b)(2)(E)(i), and funded
programs reflect scientifically based research
findings on emerging literacy, language develop-
ment, numeracy, and school readiness of chil-
dren birth to 5 years of age.
‘‘(C) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN PLAN-
NING
AND
MONITORING.—The plan shall de-
scribe the methods to be used to ensure partici-
pation, in planning and monitoring activities
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under the application, of representatives of con-
cerned elements of the community, including
parents of young children, child care providers,
child development and mental health profes-
sionals, early intervention specialists, health
care providers, public school representatives,
local interagency coordinating councils for chil-
dren with disabilities, local government, and
business leaders.
‘‘(D) PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES.—The plan
shall specify which of the allowable activities
enumerated in subsection (c) may be carried
out under grants under the plan.
‘‘(E) PERFORMANCE
GOALS
AND
MEAS-
URES.—States participating in early learning
programs funded under this part will be held
accountable for increasing the availability of
high quality early learning programs that pro-
vide an environment that supports the young
child’s emerging communication, literacy, and
numeracy skills and social, emotional, and phys-
ical development through activities and mate-
rials appropriate to the ages and developmental
levels of the infants, toddlers, or preschool chil-
dren enrolled.
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‘‘(F) GOAL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.—(i) The
goal of the program accountability standards is
to ensure that children participating in early
learning programs funded under this part shall
progress in ways appropriate to their age and
development, enabling them to be successful in
language, reading, and math when they enter
school.
‘‘(ii) Infants and toddlers participating in
programs funded under this part will be ex-
pected to progress toward using verbal and non-
verbal means of communication; developing fine
and gross motor skills; and developing self con-
fidence and autonomy.
‘‘(iii) Older preschoolers participating in
programs funded under this part will be ex-
pected to progress toward, at a minimum, un-
derstanding and using language to commu-
nicate for various purposes; understanding and
using increasingly complex and varied vocabu-
lary; developing and demonstrating an apprecia-
tion of books; developing phonemic, print, and
numeracy awareness; and in the case of chil-
dren with limited English proficiency, acquiring
the English language.
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‘‘(iv) The Secretary, in consultation with
the States, shall develop performance goals and
indicators for quality factors associated with
improved developmental outcomes for young
children, including parent education, enhanced
child care provider training (particularly in lan-
guage and literacy development as described in
the previous paragraph), increased ratios of
child care staff to children, retention of child
care providers, support for family child care
providers, licensing and accreditation of child
care providers and programs, and strengthened
standards enforcement.
‘‘(v) The Secretary shall provide guidance
to the States regarding the specific performance
goals and indicators, and acceptable methodolo-
gies for assessing the progress of States in
meeting such goals and indicators.
‘‘(vi) States will be held accountable for
progress toward performance goals and indica-
tors and shall develop a plan to meet such goals
and indicators. The plan shall specify—
‘‘(I) how the State will make progress
toward the performance goals and indica-
tors provided in guidance by the Secretary;
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‘‘(II) the methodology the State will
use to assess progress toward the perform-
ance goals and indicators provided in guid-
ance by the Secretary; and
‘‘(III) the steps to be taken by the
State or grantees in accordance with guid-
ance provided by the Secretary if the speci-
fied 
performance 
indicators 
are 
not
achieved.
‘‘(G) COORDINATION.—The State plan
shall specify the methods to be used to enhance
coordination of planning and of performance
goals and coordination with local educational
agencies to ensure a smooth transition from
child care programs receiving funds under this
part to kindergarten and early elementary edu-
cation. Funds provided under this part shall be
used to supplement rather than supplant exist-
ing programs.
‘‘(c) LOCAL APPLICATION.—Local educational agen-
cies who desire a grant under this part shall submit an
application, in such form, and containing such information
as the State may reasonably require.
‘‘(d) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An early learning
program under a State plan under this section may pro-
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vide for any or all of the following activities to promote
cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development in
order to enhance emerging literacy and language develop-
ment, and school readiness:
‘‘(1) PARENTING
EDUCATION
TO
PROMOTE
LEARNING AT HOME.—
‘‘(A) PARENTING
EDUCATION.—Provision
of parenting education, including use of or col-
laboration with Even Start or similar programs,
for parents of young children by means includ-
ing use of community-based resource centers,
family literacy programs with parenting edu-
cation components, collaboration with early
intervention and preschool providers of services
for children, public elementary schools, centers
that serve children with special health care
needs or disabilities and their families, and
home visiting programs.
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE QUALITY TEACH-
ING IN CHILD CARE SETTINGS.—
‘‘(A) PROVIDER
TRAINING.—Training of
child care personnel, which may include train-
ing in early childhood development, early lit-
eracy, best practices for serving children with
disabilities and those with limited English pro-
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ficiency, health and safety, and other appro-
priate matters.
‘‘(B) IMPROVED
STAFFING
RATIOS.—Ini-
tiatives to increase ratios of staff to children in
care and to reduce group sizes.
‘‘(C) SALARY
AND
BENEFIT
ENHANCE-
MENT.—Assistance to child care programs to
increase the quality and continuity of care by
attracting or retaining highly qualified child
care staff working directly with children
through enhanced compensation.
‘‘(D) FAMILY CHILD CARE NETWORKS.—
Development of support networks, information
and referral services, and other supportive serv-
ices addressing needs of family child care pro-
viders for access to such resources as education,
training, and community support services.
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE QUALITY CHILD
CARE.—
‘‘(A) LICENSING AND ACCREDITATION AS-
SISTANCE.—Assistance to entities and individ-
uals in meeting applicable child care accredita-
tion and licensing requirements and in obtain-
ing licensing or accreditation.
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‘‘(B) STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT.—Initia-
tives to increase the numbers of qualified child
care licensing and standards enforcement staff
and activities to increase monitoring and en-
forcement of State and local health and safety
standards.
‘‘(C) INFORMATION AND REFERRAL.—Ini-
tiatives to develop or increase the availability of
consumer education information and referral
services and other resources to assist parents to
locate and assess the quality of available child
care services.
‘‘(D) HEALTH SERVICES.—Improving co-
ordination of child care with appropriate health
services including health and mental health con-
sultations, hearing and vision testing, and im-
munizations, by methods such as colocation of
health and child care services, referrals of chil-
dren in child care to health care providers or
screening services, and transfer of child health
records to public school at school entry. Serv-
ices under this subparagraph shall not include
direct provision of or payment for health care
services.
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‘‘(E) CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS.—Increasing the availability and quality
of child care for young children with special
health care needs, developmental delays, and
disabilities and those with limited English pro-
ficiency; and coordinating with early interven-
tion and preschool special education services.
‘‘(F) MONITORING
AND
TECHNICAL
AS-
SISTANCE.—Technical assistance to grantees,
and monitoring of programs, assisted under this
section. State expenditures under this subpara-
graph shall not exceed a percentage of total
State expenditures for the program under this
section equal to 10 percent for each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2003, and 5 percent for fis-
cal year 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘SEC. 10805. ANNUAL REPORT.
‘‘(a) REPORT.—States receiving funds under this
part shall report annually on the following:
‘‘(1) the number and average dollar amount of
grants awarded;
‘‘(2) the number, average dollar amount, and
percentage of the total State award of such grants
made to low-income communities;
‘‘(3) the number of early learning programs;
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‘‘(4) the number of children served with special
health care needs, disabilities or developmental
delays, and those with limited English proficiency;
‘‘(5) the number of early learning programs
that assist children with special needs;
‘‘(6) progress toward the educational outcomes
and quality enhancements specified in section
10804(b)(2)(F), including specific and quantifiable
measures of achievement of progress toward each
performance goal and indicator provided in guidance
by the Secretary;
‘‘(7) expenditures for each allowable activity
listed in section 10804(d), total expenditures and, to
the extent feasible, the volume or frequency of such
activity and the average expenditure per unit of such
activity; and
‘‘(8) with respect to any allowable activity listed
in section 10804(d) for which expenditures are made
by the State; and
‘‘(9) such other data as the Secretary may re-
quire.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall summarize the annual re-
ports of the State educational agencies and submit an an-
nual report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor
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and Pensions in the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce in the House.’’.
SEC. 12. HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.
Title X of the Act is amended by adding after part
K the following:
‘‘PART L—HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 10995A. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Holocaust Education
Assistance Act’.
‘‘SEC. 10995B. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
‘‘(1) The Holocaust was an historical event that
resulted in the systemic, state-sponsored mass mur-
ders by Nazi Germany of 6,000,000 Jews, along
with millions of others, in the name of racial purity.
‘‘(2) Six States (California, Florida, Illinois,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York) now
mandate that the Holocaust be taught in the edu-
cational curriculum, and 10 States (Connecticut,
Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and
Washington) recommend teaching the Holocaust but
do not provide sufficient funds to assist in the train-
ing and educating of teachers.
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‘‘(3) The Holocaust is a sensitive and difficult
issue about which to teach, and to do so effectively,
educators need appropriate teaching tools and train-
ing to increase their knowledge to enhance the edu-
cational experience.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are the
following:
‘‘(1) To educate Americans so that they can—
‘‘(A) explore the lessons that the Holocaust
provides for all people; and
‘‘(B) be less susceptible to the falsehood of
Holocaust denial and to the destructive mes-
sages of hate that arise from Holocaust denial.
‘‘(2) To provide resources and support for edu-
cation programs that—
‘‘(A) portray accurate historical informa-
tion about the Holocaust;
‘‘(B) sensitize communities to the cir-
cumstances that gave rise to the Holocaust;
‘‘(C) convey the lessons that the Holocaust
provides for all people; and
‘‘(D) by developing curriculum guides and
providing training, help teachers incorporate
into their mainstream disciplines the study of
the Holocaust and its lessons.
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‘‘SEC. 10995C. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.
‘‘From any amounts made available to carry out this
part, the Secretary may make grants under this part to
local educational agencies to carry out proposed or exist-
ing Holocaust education programs.
‘‘SEC. 10995D. USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency re-
ceiving grant amounts under this part shall use such grant
amounts only to carry out the Holocaust education pro-
gram for which the grant amounts were provided.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational agency
receiving grant amounts under this part shall comply with
the following requirements:
‘‘(1) CONTINUATION
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—The
local educational agency shall, throughout the period
that it receives and uses such grant amounts, con-
tinue to be a local educational agency.
‘‘(2) 
SUPPLEMENTATION
OF
EXISTING
FUNDS.—The local educational agency shall ensure
that such grant amounts are used to supplement,
and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would oth-
erwise be available to the local educational agency to
carry out the Holocaust education program for
which the grant amounts were provided.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may
require additional terms and conditions in connection with
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the use of grant amounts provided under this part as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 10995E. SELECTION CRITERIA.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grant
amounts under this part in accordance with competitive
criteria to be established by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION
WITH
HOLOCAUST
EDU-
CATORS.—In establishing the competitive criteria under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with a variety
of individuals, to be determined by the Secretary, who are
prominent educators in the field of Holocaust education.
‘‘SEC. 10995F. APPLICATION.
‘‘The Secretary may award grant amounts under this
part only to a local educational agency that has submitted
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.
‘‘SEC. 10995G. REVIEW AND SANCTIONS.
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review
at least annually, each local educational agency receiving
grant amounts under this part to determine the extent to
which the local educational agency has complied with the
provisions of this part.
‘‘(b) IMPOSITION
OF SANCTIONS.—The Secretary
may impose sanctions on a local educational agency for
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any failure of the local educational agency to comply sub-
stantially with the provisions of this part. The Secretary
shall establish the sanctions to be imposed for a failure
to comply substantially with the provisions of this part.
‘‘SEC. 10996H. ANNUAL REPORT.
‘‘Not later than February 1 of each year, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Senate and House of Represent-
atives a report describing the activities carried out under
this part and containing any related information that the
Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 10995I. CONTRACTING WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
‘‘Nothing in this part shall preclude a local edu-
cational agency from contracting with other entities to as-
sist it with the Holocaust education program.
‘‘SEC. 10995J. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this part, the following definitions
shall apply:
‘‘(1) HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROGRAM.—The
term ‘Holocaust education program’ means a pro-
gram that—
‘‘(A) has as its specific and primary pur-
pose to improve awareness and understanding
of the Holocaust; and
‘‘(B) furnishes one or more of the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(i) classes, seminars, or conferences.
‘‘(ii) educational materials.
‘‘(iii) teacher training.
‘‘(iv) any other good or service de-
signed to improve awareness and under-
standing of the Holocaust.
‘‘(2) 
HOLOCAUST.—The 
term 
‘Holocaust’
means the historical event that resulted in the sys-
temic, state-sponsored mass murders by Nazi Ger-
many of 6,000,000 Jews, along with millions of oth-
ers, in the name of racial purity.
‘‘SEC. 10995K. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000
for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary
for the next 4 subsequent fiscal years to remain available
until expended.’’.
SEC. 13. 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS
Part I of title X of the Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 10901. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘21st Century Com-
munity Learning Centers Act’.
‘‘SEC. 10902. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
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‘‘(1) a local public school often serves as a cen-
ter for the delivery of education and human re-
sources for all members of a community;
‘‘(2) evaluations show that collaboration be-
tween public schools (particularly in inner and small
cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban com-
munities) and other public and nonprofit agencies
and organizations, local businesses, educational enti-
ties, recreational, cultural, and other community and
human service entities helps to meet the needs of,
and expands the opportunities available to, all resi-
dents of the communities served by such schools;
‘‘(3) participation in high-quality programs can
result in better grades and conduct in school, and is
particularly beneficial for children living in high-risk
environments. In particular, children who participate
in high-quality after school program spend more
time in academic and enrichment activities; watch
less television; have significantly lower incidences of
drug use and unwanted teenage pregnancies; and
communicate better with adults and their peers.
‘‘(4) by using school facilities, equipment, and
resources, communities can promote a more efficient
use of public education facilities, especially in rural
and inner city areas where limited financial re-
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sources have enhanced the necessity for local public
schools to become social service centers;
‘‘(5) the high technology, global economy of the
21st century will require lifelong learning to keep
America’s workforce competitive and successful, and
local public schools should provide centers for life-
long learning and educational opportunities for indi-
viduals of all ages; and
‘‘(6) 21st Century Community Learning Cen-
ters enable the entire community to develop an edu-
cation strategy that addresses the educational needs
of all members of local communities.
‘‘SEC. 10903. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized, in accordance with the provisions of this part,
to award grants to State educational agencies to enable
its schools or a consortia of its schools to plan, implement,
or to expand projects that benefit the educational, health,
social service, cultural, and recreational needs of inner and
small cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban com-
munities with a substantial need for expanded learning op-
portunities because—
‘‘(1) they lack resources to establish or expand
after-school centers that benefit the educational,
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health, social service, cultural, and recreational
needs of the community; or
‘‘(2) they have other needs consistent with the
purposes of this part.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated
under section 10913 to carry out this part for each fiscal
year, the Secretary—
‘‘(1) shall reserve an amount necessary to make
continuation grants to existing grantees under part
I of title X, as it existed on the day before the enact-
ment of the Safe and Successful Schools Act;
‘‘(2) shall reserve the lesser of .5 percent or
$3,000,000 of such amount for grants under this
part to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and until October 1, 2001, the Republic of
Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated
States of Micronesia;
‘‘(3) shall reserve .5 percent of such amount for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of
Interior to carry out programs under this part for
Indian children; and
‘‘(4) shall reserve the lesser of 2.5 percent or
$20,000,000 for evaluation and national activities
under section 10910.
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‘‘(c) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), and after making the reservations in sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall, for each fiscal year,
allocate among the States the remainder according
to the ratio between the amount each State received
under part A of title I for the preceding year and
the sum of such amounts received by all the States.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—For any fiscal year, no State
(including for the purposes of this part, the Bureau
of Indian Affairs) shall be allotted under this sub-
section an amount that is less than .5 percent of the
total amount allotted to all the States under this
subsection.
‘‘(3) 
REALLOTMENT.—The 
Secretary 
may
reallot any amount of any allotment to a State if the
Secretary determines that the State will be unable to
use such amount within 2 years of such allotment.
Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis
as allotments are made under paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) WITHIN STATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
Each State educational agency having an approved appli-
cation pursuant to section 10904 and receiving an alloca-
tion under subsection (c), shall—
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‘‘(1) use not less than 95 percent of the funds
made available to it under section 10903(c) to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational
agencies, or consortia of local educational agencies,
acting on behalf of public elementary or secondary
schools; and
‘‘(2) use up to 5 percent for State level activi-
ties and evaluation, of which 40 percent may be used
for administration.
‘‘SEC. 10904. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.
Each State educational agency seeking a grant under
this subpart shall submit an application in such form, and
containing such information, as the Secretary may reason-
ably require. At a minimum, the application shall—
‘‘(1) designate the State educational agency as
the agency responsible for the administration and
supervision of programs assisted under this part;
‘‘(2) describe the competitive procedures and
criteria the State will use to ensure that grants
under this part will support high-quality programs
in communities with a substantial need for expand-
ing learning opportunities, with a priority for those
that—
‘‘(A) have a high proportion of high-pov-
erty students; and
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‘‘(B) lack resources to establish or expand
after-school centers that benefit the educational
health, social service, cultural, and recreational
needs of the community.
‘‘(3) describe the steps the State will take to
ensure that programs implement effective strategies,
including providing ongoing technical assistance and
training, evaluation, dissemination of promising
practices, and monitoring;
‘‘(4) contain an assurance that the State edu-
cational agency shall provide for the annual submis-
sion of data regarding the uses of funds under this
part, including the activities provided and popu-
lations served under this part, and such other infor-
mation as the Secretary may require;
‘‘(5) contain an assurance that the State edu-
cational agency shall comply with the requirements
of this part;
‘‘(6) contain a description of how the State will
coordinate Federal, State, and local programs in
order to use most effectively the resources available
to support the project;
‘‘(7) provide that the State educational agency
will keep such records and provide such information
to the Secretary as may be required for fiscal audit
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and program evaluation (consistent with all State
educational agency fiscal audit and program evalua-
tion responsibilities required under this Act);
‘‘(8) describe how the State will evaluate the ef-
fectiveness of programs and activities carried out
with funds under this part; and
‘‘(9) provide for timely public notice and public
dissemination of the data submitted under this part.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall approve a State application
under this section if the Secretary determines that it satis-
fies the requirements, and holds reasonable promise for
accomplishing the purposes of this part.
SEC. 10905. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ACTIVITIES.
Each State, having an approved application under
section 10904 may use funds allocated under section
10903(d)(2) for one or more of the following activities:
‘‘(1) establishment and implementation of a
peer review process for grant applications;
‘‘(2) supervision of the awarding of funds to
local educational agencies on behalf of public ele-
mentary schools, secondary schools or consortia
thereof;
‘‘(3) planning, supervision, and processing of
funds made available under this section;
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‘‘(4) monitoring and evaluation of programs
and activities assisted under this part; and
‘‘(5) providing technical assistance under this
part.
‘‘SEC. 10906. STATE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
Each State educational agency shall establish per-
formance indicators and acceptable goals of progress to
evaluate the effectiveness of programs funded under this
part.
‘‘SEC. 10907. LOCAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS
‘‘(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—The State educational
agency shall distribute funds provided under section
10903(d)(1) on a competitive basis to local educational
agencies, consortia of local educational agencies, acting on
behalf of a public elementary or secondary schools to en-
able such schools to plan, implement, or expand commu-
nity learning centers that address the educational, health,
social service, cultural, and recreational needs of the local
community.
‘‘(b) EXTENDED LEARNING TIME.—In order to re-
ceive a grant under this part, a local educational agency
shall provide significant expanded learning opportunities,
such as before and after school, for children and youth
in the community that:
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‘‘(1) are designed to help students in the school
and community achieve to challenging state content
and performance standards;
‘‘(2) provide academic instruction by trained
and qualified teachers;
‘‘(3) utilize research-based practices, to the ex-
tent available and feasible, that show success in rais-
ing student achievement and increasing literacy
skills;
‘‘(4) include a parent and family involvement
component;
‘‘(5) include professional development that is
aligned to the extended learning curriculum;
‘‘(6) indicate how the school will provide a con-
tinuity of extended learning curriculum over multiple
years; and
‘‘(7) include ongoing evaluation to assess the ef-
fectiveness of the program.
‘‘(c) 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
awarding
grants under this part, the State educational agency shall
ensure that both urban and rural areas of the State are
served.
‘‘(d) GRANT PERIOD.—A State educational agency
shall award grants under this part for a period not to ex-
ceed 5 years.
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‘‘(e) AMOUNT.—A State educational agency shall not
award a grant under this part in any fiscal year in an
amount less than $75,000.
‘‘SEC. 10908. LOCAL APPLICATION.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this part, a local educational agency, or a consortia
of local educational agencies, on behalf of public elemen-
tary or secondary schools, shall submit an application to
the State educational agency at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the State
educational agency may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each such application shall
include—
‘‘(1) a comprehensive local plan that enables
the school or consortium to serve as a center for the
delivery of education and human resources for mem-
bers of a community;
‘‘(2) an evaluation of the needs, available re-
sources, and goals and objectives for the proposed
project in order to determine which activities will be
undertaken to address such needs;
‘‘(3) a description of the proposed project,
including—
‘‘(A) a description of the mechanism that
will be used to disseminate information in a
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manner that is understandable and accessible to
the community;
‘‘(B) a description of how the applicant
will coordinate Federal, State, and local pro-
grams in order to use most effectively the re-
sources available to support the project;
‘‘(C) a description of the collaborative ef-
forts to be undertaken with community-based
organizations, related public agencies, busi-
nesses, or other appropriate organizations in
order to promote community involvement in the
planning and implementation of services pro-
vided under this part;
‘‘(D) a description of how the community
learning center will serve as a delivery center
for existing and new services, especially for
interactive telecommunication used for edu-
cation and professional training; and
‘‘(E) an assurance that the school or con-
sortium will establish a facility utilization policy
that specifically states—
‘‘(i) the rules and regulations applica-
ble to building and equipment use; and
‘‘(ii) supervision guidelines;
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‘‘(4) information demonstrating that the school
or consortium will provide at least 50 percent of the
cost of the project from other sources, which may in-
clude other Federal funds and may be provided in
cash or in-kind, fairly evaluate;
‘‘(5) an assurance that the school or consortium
will, each year of the project, expend, from non-Fed-
eral sources, at least as much for the services under
this part as it expended for the preceding year; and
‘‘(6) information demonstrating how the school
or consortium will continue the project after comple-
tion of the grant.
‘‘SEC. 10909. USES OF FUNDS.
Grants awarded under section 10907, either directly
or through contracts with community-based organizations
with demonstrated ability to provide high-quality program-
ming, shall be used to establish or expand community
learning centers that provide activities that offer signifi-
cant expanded learning opportunities, such as before and
after school, for children and youth in the community. A
grantee shall use at least a portion of its grant under sec-
tion 10907 to implement or expand after school learning
opportunities, and shall use the remainder of its grant to
carry out not less than three of the following activities:
‘‘(1) Literacy education programs.
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‘‘(2) Senior citizen programs.
‘‘(3) Children’s day care services.
‘‘(4) Integrated education, health, social service,
recreational, or cultural programs.
‘‘(5) Summer and weekend school programs in
conjunction with recreation programs.
‘‘(6) Nutrition and health programs.
‘‘(7) Expanded library service hours to serve
community needs.
‘‘(8) Telecommunications and technology edu-
cation programs for individuals of all ages.
‘‘(9) Parenting skills education programs.
‘‘(10) Support and training for child day care
providers.
‘‘(11) Employment counseling, training, and
placement.
‘‘(12) Services for individuals who leave school
before graduating from secondary school, regardless
of the age of such individual.
‘‘(13) Services for individuals with disabilities.
‘‘(14) Mentoring of at-risk children, including
mentoring by senior citizens.
‘‘SEC. 10910. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
The Secretary shall use funds reserved under section
10903(b)(4) for technical assistance, evaluation, dissemi-
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nation of information, activities to encourage the spread
and adoption of successful extended learning opportunities
programs, and other national activities that support pro-
grams under this part.
‘‘SEC. 10911. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this part, the term community
learning center means an entity within a public elementary
or secondary school building that—
‘‘(1) provides expanded learning opportunities,
and educational, recreational, health, and social
service programs for residents of all ages within a
local community in a safe and drug-free environ-
ment;
‘‘(2) is operated by a local educational agency
in conjunction with local governmental agencies,
businesses, vocational education programs, institu-
tions of higher education, community colleges, and
cultural, recreational, and other community and
human service entities; and
‘‘(3) includes expanded learning opportunities
such as before- and after-school.
‘‘SEC. 10912. SUPPLEMENT.
‘‘Funds made available under this part shall be used
to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and
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local funds expended to carry out activities relating to ex-
panded learning opportunities.
‘‘SEC. 10913. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal
years, to carry out this part.
SEC. 14. PARENTAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CEN-
TERS.
Title X of the Act is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘PART M—PARENTAL INFORMATION AND
RESOURCE CENTERS
‘‘SEC. 10996. PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) The purpose of this part is—
‘‘(1) to increase parents’ knowledge of and con-
fidence in child-rearing activities, such as teaching
and nurturing their young children;
‘‘(2) to strengthen partnerships between par-
ents and professionals in meeting the educational
needs of children aged birth through 5 and the
working relationship between home and school;
‘‘(3) to enhance the developmental progress of
children assisted under this part;
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‘‘(4) to fund parental information and resource
center in as many States as possible; and
‘‘(5) to provide training and information to par-
ents of school-aged children and persons who work
with parents to enable them to work more effectively
with professionals in meeting the educational needs
of children, increasing parents’ knowledge and un-
derstanding of teaching and learning, developing
strategies for collaboration among parents, adminis-
trators and educators that recognize the relationship
between improved educational achievement and pa-
rental engagement in their children’s education and
accomplishing the purposes of this Act.–
‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to award grants in each fiscal year to nonprofit or-
ganizations to establish parental information and re-
source centers that provide training, information,
and support to—
‘‘(A) parents of children aged birth
through 5 years;
‘‘(B) parents of children enrolled in ele-
mentary and secondary schools; and
‘‘(C) individuals who work with the parents
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
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‘‘(2) AWARD RULE.—In awarding grants under
this part, the Secretary shall ensure that such
grants are distributed, to the greatest extent pos-
sible, to all geographic regions of the United States.
‘‘(c) GRANTS APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each nonprofit organiza-
tion and nonprofit organization in consortium with
a local educational agency which desires a grant
under this part shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, and containing such infor-
mation, as the Secretary shall determine.
‘‘(2) GRANTEES.—Grantees receiving funds
under this part shall be a private nonprofit organiza-
tion (other than an institution of higher education)
that will—
‘‘(A) be governed by a board of directors
the membership of which is a majority of par-
ents of children in school receiving funds under
this Act and includes members who are edu-
cation professionals with expertise in standards-
based school reform or improving educational
outcomes for disadvantaged children; or
‘‘(B) be an organization that represents
the interests of parents and has a governing
committee whose membership—
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‘‘(i) includes a majority of parents
and representatives of education profes-
sionals with expertise in improving services
for disadvantaged children; and
‘‘(ii) pertaining to such organization’s
parent and professional membership that
such membership is broadly representative
of minority, low-income, and other individ-
uals and groups that have an interest in
compensatory education and family lit-
eracy.
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted
under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, include
assurances that a grantee will—
‘‘(A) use at least one-half of the funds pro-
vided under this Act in each fiscal year to serve
areas with high concentrations of low-income
families in order to serve parents who are se-
verely educationally or economically disadvan-
taged;
‘‘(B) operate a center of sufficient size,
scope, and quality to ensure that the center is
adequate to serve the parents in the area;
‘‘(C) serve both urban and rural areas;
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‘‘(D) design a center that meets the unique
training, information, and support needs of par-
ents described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
section 401(b)(1), particularly parents who are
educationally or economically disadvantaged;
‘‘(E) demonstrate the capacity and exper-
tise to conduct the effective training informa-
tion and support activities for which assistance
is sought;
‘‘(F) network with—
‘‘(i) clearinghouses;
‘‘(ii) parent centers for the parents of
infants, toddlers, children, and youth with
disabilities served under section 631(e) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act;
‘‘(iii) other organizations and agencies
serving local low-income, minority, and
limited English proficient families with
children in programs served under Part I
of this Act;
‘‘(iv) established national, State, and
local parent groups representing the full
range of parents of children, aged birth
through 5 years; and
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‘‘(v) parents of children enrolled in el-
ementary and secondary schools; and
‘‘(G) focus on serving parents described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 401(b)
who are parents of low-income, minority, and
limited-English proficient, children.
‘‘(d) GRANT RENEWAL.—In each fiscal year after the
first fiscal year a grantee receives assistance under this
part, the grantee shall demonstrate in the application sub-
mitted for each fiscal year after such first year that a por-
tion of the services provided by such grantee is supported
through non-Federal contributions, which contributions
may be in cash or in kind.
‘‘(e) Grant funds received under this part may be
used—
‘‘(1) for parent training, information, and sup-
port programs that assist parents to—
‘‘(A) better understand their children’s
educational needs, teaching and learning, and
the provisions of this Act which are designed to
improve educational programs for those chil-
dren;
‘‘(B) provide follow up support for their
children’s educational achievement;
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‘‘(C) communicate more effectively with
teachers, counselors, administrators, and other
professional educators and support staff in
meeting the educational needs of children;
‘‘(D) participate in the design and provi-
sion of assistance to students who are not mak-
ing adequate educational progress so that they
to meet the state standards;
‘‘(E) obtain information about the range of
options, programs, services, and resources avail-
able at the national, State, and local levels to
assist parents and families in promoting mean-
ingful family involvement consistent with parent
involvement provisions of this Act;
‘‘(F) seek technical assistance regarding
compliance with the requirements of this part
and of other Federal programs relevant to
achieving the National Education Goals;
‘‘(G) participate in State and local deci-
sionmaking and understand the standards that
their child is expected to meet, state and local
assessments, and the state’s accountability sys-
tem, as well as the parent involvement provi-
sions and other provisions of this Act.;
‘‘(H) train other parents; and
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‘‘(I) plan, implement, and fund activities
that coordinate the education of their children
with other Federal programs that serve their
children or their families;
‘‘(2) to include State or local educational per-
sonnel where such participation will further the ac-
tivities assisted under the grant; and
‘‘(3) to establish, expand, or operate Parents as
Teachers programs or Home Instruction for Pre-
school Youngsters programs.
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall
provide technical assistance, through a competitive grant
or contract process, for the establishment, development,
and coordination of parent training, information and sup-
port programs and parental information and resource cen-
ters.
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘parent education’ includes par-
ent support activities, the provision of resource ma-
terials on child development, parent-child learning
activities and child rearing issues, private and group
educational guidance, individual and group learning
experiences for the parent and child, and other ac-
tivities that enable the parent to improve learning in
the home and in elementary and secondary schools
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served by this Act, and assistance to parents in un-
derstanding elementary and secondary education
teaching and learning, standards, assessments, re-
port cards, and accountability, and teaching and
learning that will assist their children in meeting
high standards.
‘‘(2) the term ‘Parents as Teachers program’
means a voluntary early childhood parent education
program that—
‘‘(A) is designed to provide all parents of
children from birth through age 5 with the in-
formation and support such parents need to
give their child a solid foundation for school
success;
‘‘(B) is based on the Missouri Parents as
Teachers model with the philosophy that par-
ents are their child’s first and most influential
teachers;
‘‘(C) provides—
‘‘(i) regularly scheduled personal visits
with families by certified parent educators;
‘‘(ii) 
regularly 
scheduled 
develop-
mental screenings; and
‘‘(iii) linkage with other resources
within the community in order to provide
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services that parents may want and need,
except that such services are beyond the
scope of the Parents as Teachers program;
‘‘(3) the term ‘Home Instruction for Preschool
Youngsters program’ means a voluntary early-learn-
ing program for parents with one or more children
between the ages of 3 through 5, that—
‘‘(A) provides support, training, and appro-
priate educational materials necessary for par-
ents to implement a school-readiness, home in-
struction program for their child; and
‘‘(B) includes—
‘‘(i) group meetings with other par-
ents participating in the program;
‘‘(ii) individual and group learning ex-
periences with the parent and child;
‘‘(iii) provision of resource materials
on child development and parent-child
learning activities; and
‘‘(iv) other activities that enable the
parent to improve learning in the home.
‘‘(h) REPORTS.—Each organization receiving a grant
under this part shall submit to the Secretary, on an an-
nual basis, information concerning the parental informa-
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tion and resource centers assisted under this part,
including—
‘‘(1) the number of parents, including the num-
ber of minority and limited-English-proficient par-
ents, who receive information and training;
‘‘(2) the types and modes of training, informa-
tion, and support provided under this part;
‘‘(3) the number of Parents as Teachers pro-
grams and Home Instruction for Preschool Young-
sters programs which have been assisted under this
part; and
‘‘(4) the strategies used to reach and serve par-
ents of minority and limited-English-proficient chil-
dren, parents with limited literacy skills, and other
parents in need of the services provided under this
part.
‘‘(i) GENERAL
PROVISION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this part—
‘‘(1) no person, including a parent who edu-
cates a child at home, public school parent, or pri-
vate school parent, shall be required to participate in
any program of parent education or developmental
screening pursuant to the provisions of this part;
‘‘(2) no program assisted under this part shall
take any action that infringes in any manner on the
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right of a parent to direct the education of their
children; and
‘‘(3) the provisions of section 438(c) of the
General Education Provision Act shall apply to orga-
nizations awarded grants under this part.
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be
necessary for the four subsequent fiscal years to carry out
this part.
‘‘PART N—URBAN EDUCATION ASSISTANCE’’.
‘‘SEC. 10997A. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This subpart may be cited as the ‘Eliminating Edu-
cational Disparities and Promoting Learning for Urban
Students Act of 1999’.
‘‘SEC. 10997B. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the ability of the Nation’s major urban
public school systems to meet the Nation’s edu-
cational goals will substantially determine the coun-
try’s economic competitiveness and academic stand-
ing in the world community;
‘‘(2) the quality of public education in the Na-
tion’s major urban areas has a direct effect on the
economic development of the Nation’s cities;
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‘‘(3) the success of urban public schools in ac-
celerating the achievement of its youth attending
such schools will determine the ability of the Nation
to close the gap between the ‘haves and the have-
nots’ in society;
‘‘(4) the cost to America’s businesses to provide
remedial education to high school graduates is ap-
proximately $21,000,000,000 per year;
‘‘(5) approximately one-third of the Nation’s
workforce will be members of minority groups by the
year 2000;
‘‘(6) urban schools enroll a disproportionately
large share of the Nation’s poor and ‘at-risk’ youth;
‘‘(7) urban schools enroll over one-third of the
Nation’s poor, 40 percent of the Nation’s African
American children, and 30 percent of the Nation’s
Hispanic youth;
‘‘(8) nearly 40 percent of the Nation’s limited-
English-proficient children and 15 percent of the
Nation’s disabled youth are enrolled in urban public
schools;
‘‘(9) the National Assessment of Educational
Progress shows substantial achievement gaps be-
tween urban and nonurban students, whether en-
rolled in schools located in high or low poverty areas;
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care, teenage pregnancy, truancy and discipline,
drug abuse, and gangs than do other kinds of school
systems;
‘‘(17) urban school buildings are in more seri-
ous disrepair according to the General Accounting
Office than facilities in other kinds of school systems
with 75 percent of urban public school buildings over
25 years old, 33 percent of such buildings over 50
years old, which create poor and demoralizing work-
ing and learning conditions;
‘‘(18) solving the challenges facing our Nation’s
urban schools will require the concerted and collabo-
rative efforts of all levels of government and all sec-
tors of the community;
‘‘(19) Federal and State funding of urban pub-
lic schools has not adequately reflected need; and
‘‘(20) Federal funding that is well-targeted,
flexible, and accountable will contribute significantly
to addressing the comprehensive needs of inner-city
public schools and school children.
‘‘SEC. 10997C. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to provide financial
assistance to develop, demonstrate, and disseminate edu-
cational policies, strategies, and practices in central city
schools with high concentrations of students from racial
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and language minority groups that will significantly im-
prove the academic achievement of an entire school, and
narrow or overcome educational disparities between
groups of minority and nonminority students, and between
urban and nonurban public school students.
‘‘SEC. 10997D. URBAN SCHOOL GRANTS.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants to eligible local educational agen-
cies serving an urban area or State educational agencies
in the case where the State educational agency is the local
educational agency for activities designed to assist schools
with high concentrations of students from racial and lan-
guage minority groups improve schoolwide academic
achievement with particular attention to narrowing or
overcoming disparities in achievement scores and school
completion (1) between minority and nonminority group
students; and (2) between urban and nonurban public
school students.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—(1) Funds under
this section may be used for activities designed—
‘‘(A) to increase the academic achievement of
urban public school children and narrow or overcome
the achievement gap between urban and nonurban
students;
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‘‘(B) to increase the academic achievement of
students who are members of racial and language
minority groups and narrow or overcome the
achievement gap between minority and nonminority
group students
‘‘(C) to increase the graduation rates of urban
public school students and reduce the dropout rates
of urban students, particularly students who are
members of minority groups;
‘‘(D) to recruit and retain qualified teachers;
‘‘(E) to facilitate effective parental and commu-
nity involvement;
‘‘(F) to provide for ongoing staff development
to increase the professional capacities of the school
leadership, instructional staff and other support
services personnel;
‘‘(G) to plan, develop, operate, or expand pro-
grams and activities that are designed to assist
urban public schools in meeting the National Edu-
cation Goals; and
‘‘(H) to document, evaluate, and disseminate
the results of such activities as required under sec-
tion 10997G.
‘‘(2) Activities conducted under paragraph (1) shall
demonstrate policies, strategies, and practices that hold
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the promise of effectively addressing the educational dis-
parities identified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of
paragraph (1), such as—
‘‘(A) enrollment in rigorous courses and early
completion of gatekeeper courses;
‘‘(B) delivery of instruction by experienced and
effective teachers;
‘‘(C) reduced class size;
‘‘(D) increased emphasis on reading in the early
grades;
‘‘(E) data-driven instructional design and early
identification and intervention with at-risk students;
‘‘(F) extended learning time, including extended
school day, extended school year, Saturday school,
and summer school;
‘‘(G) establishing annual achievement goals tied
to rigorous content and performance standards;
‘‘(H) school-based improvement planning and
accountability, and the provision of extended profes-
sional development, and ongoing technical assistance
and support; and
‘‘(I) increased parental involvement and com-
munity involvement including mentoring programs,
‘‘(3) Authorized activities shall be carried out in a
school or schools of a feeder system with high concentra-
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tions of students from racial and language minority
groups within the eligible agency.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An urban eligible local edu-
cational agency desiring to receive a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary containing a plan describing activities under
subsection (b) at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require to determine that the application
is of sufficient size, scope, and quality to meet the
purposes this subpart.
‘‘(2) DURATION.—An application submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) may be for a period of
not more than five years.
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall make an
award only to urban eligible local educational agencies
that—
‘‘(1) comply with the provisions of section
10997G; and
‘‘(2) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary that the data submitted pursuant to section
10997G shows progress toward meeting National
Education Goals and the purposes of this subpart.
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‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than five
percent of any award made under this subpart may be
used for administrative costs.
‘‘(f) FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP-
PLANT NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—An eligible local edu-
cational agency may use funds received under this subpart
only to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase
the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Fed-
eral funds, be made available from non-Federal sources
for the education of students participating in activities as-
sisted under this subpart, and in no such case may such
funds be used to supplant funds from non-Federal
sources.
‘‘SEC. 10997E. ALLOCATIONS.
‘‘In making awards from amounts appropriated
under this subpart, the Secretary shall allocate amounts
directly to each urban eligible local educational agency on
the basis of the relative number of children counted under
section 1124(c) of this Act in such agencies as determined
by the Secretary using the most recent satisfactory data.
‘‘SEC. 10997F. COORDINATION.
‘‘Each local educational agency receiving assistance
under this subpart shall carry out activities, to the extent
feasible and appropriate, in coordination with other pro-
grams funded this Act. Such agency may request directly
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from the Secretary under the appropriate provisions of
section 14401 the waiver of requirements in such pro-
grams that would inhibit such coordination and the effec-
tive implementation of the activities required under this
subpart.
‘‘SEC. 10997G. EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency
receiving assistance under this subpart shall select an
independent evaluator to assist the agency in designing
and implementing an evaluation plan that documents and
analyzes the effectiveness of the demonstrated activities.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—A local educational agency shall
expend no more than two percent of funds awarded by
the 
Secretary 
for 
activities 
under 
section
10997D(b)(1)(H).
‘‘(c) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—A local educational
agency shall modify, not less than every two years, activi-
ties supported under this subpart based on the results of
information gathered under subsection (a), and dis-
continue practices that do not promise to produce signifi-
cant results; and
‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES.—Each local edu-
cational agency receiving assistance under this subpart
shall design and implement appropriate dissemination ac-
tivities to distribute information on effective policies,
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strategies and practices that have been demonstrated by
the project.
‘‘SEC. 10997H. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of
this subpart:
‘‘(1) CENTRAL CITY.—The term ‘central city’
has the same meaning used by the Bureau of the
Census.
‘‘(2) METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.—The
term ‘metropolitan statistical area’ has the same
meaning used by the Bureau of the Census.
‘‘(3) POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term ‘poverty
level’ means the criteria of poverty used by the Bu-
reau of the Census in compiling the most recent de-
cennial census.
‘‘(4) URBAN
ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘urban eligible local educational
agency’ means a local educational agency that—
‘‘(A) serves the largest central city in a
State;
‘‘(B) enrolls more than 30,000 students
and serves a central city with a population of
at least 200,000 in a metropolitan statistical
area; or
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‘‘(C) enrolls between 25,000 and 30,000
students and serves a central city with a popu-
lation of at least 140,000 in a metropolitan sta-
tistical area.
‘‘SEC. 10997I. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years
for the purpose of carrying out this part.’’.
SEC. 15. COORDINATED SERVICES.
Title XI of the Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE XI—COORDINATED
SERVICES
‘‘SEC. 11001. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) Growing numbers of children are harmed
by influences outside of the classroom that increase
their risk of academic failure.
‘‘(2) Factors such as poor nutrition, unsafe liv-
ing conditions, physical and sexual abuse, family and
gang violence, inadequate health care, unemploy-
ment, lack of child care, and substance abuse harm
families, and negatively affect a child’s ability to
learn.
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‘‘(3) Parents and other caregivers in today’s
high-pressure society often face heavy demands on
their time that affect their ability to adequately meet
all the needs of their children.
‘‘(4) Access to health and social service pro-
grams in a school-based or school-linked community
service center may make it easier for families to ad-
dress the basic physical and emotional needs of chil-
dren and parents.
‘‘(5) Services for families need to be more con-
venient and less fragmented and duplicative.
‘‘(6) Parents, school personnel, and service pro-
viders should have access to services and activities to
improve the education, health, mental health, safety
and economic well-being of children and their fami-
lies.
‘‘(7) School personnel, health care providers,
mental health care providers, child care providers,
juvenile justice workers and other family service pro-
viders could be of greater assistance to children and
their families if they had access to a single school-
based or school-linked community service center.
‘‘(8) Coordinating health and social services
with education will help the Nation meet America’s
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Education Goals by ensuring that children come to
school ready to learn.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to en-
courage eligible partnerships to establish or expand child
opportunity zone family centers in or near public elemen-
tary and secondary schools in order to provide students
and their families better access to coordinated services
which improve their education, health, mental health, safe-
ty, and economic well-being.
SEC. 11002. COORDINATED SERVICES.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Pursuant to section
14205(b), a local educational agency, school, or consor-
tium of schools may use not more than 5 percent of the
funds received under this Act for the development, or the
implementation or expansion, of a coordinated service
project under this section.
(b) APPLICATION.—Each local educational agency
desiring to use funds described in subsection (a) to carry
out this section shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner and accompanied by
such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds described in subsection
(a) may be used to plan, implement, or expand activities
which include—
(1) hiring a services coordinator;
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(2) making minor renovations to existing build-
ings;
(3) purchasing basic operating equipment;
(4) improving communications and information-
sharing among entities participating in the coordi-
nated services project; or
(5) providing training to teachers and appro-
priate personnel concerning such teacher’s and per-
sonnel’s role in a coordinated services project.
‘‘SEC. 11003. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award, on a
competitive basis, grants to eligible partnerships to pay
for the Federal share of the cost of establishing and ex-
panding child opportunity zone family centers.
‘‘(b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award grants
under this section for periods of 5 years.
‘‘SEC. 11004. REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under
this part shall use the grant funds—
‘‘(1) in accordance with the needs assessment
described in section 11005(b)(1), to provide or link
children and their families with information, sup-
port, activities, or services in core areas consisting
of—
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‘‘(A) education, such as child care and
education programs for children below the age
of compulsory school attendance, before- and
after-school care, and school age enrichment
and education support programs;
‘‘(B) health, such as primary care (includ-
ing prenatal care, well child care, and mental
health care), preventative health and safety pro-
grams, outreach and referral, screening and
health promotion, and enrollment in health in-
surance programs; and
‘‘(C) family support, such as adult edu-
cation and literacy programs, welfare-to-work-
programs, job training, parenting skills pro-
grams, assistance that supports healthy child
development, and access to basic needs, includ-
ing food and housing;
‘‘(2) to provide intensive, high-quality, research-
based instructional programs that—
‘‘(A) provide violence prevention education
for families and developmentally appropriate in-
structional services to children (including chil-
dren below the age of compulsory school attend-
ance), such as education and services on non-
violent conflict resolution, pro social skills and
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pate in the development, amendment, review,
and implementation of school-parent compacts,
parent involvement policies, and school plans.
‘‘SEC. 11005. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partnership desir-
ing a grant under this part shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) include a needs assessment, including a de-
scription of how the partnership will ensure that the
activities to be assisted under this part will be tai-
lored to meet the specific needs of the children and
families to be served;
‘‘(2) describe arrangements that have been for-
malized between the participating elementary school
or secondary school, and other partnership members;
‘‘(3) describe how the partnership will effec-
tively coordinate and utilize Federal, State, and local
educational agency sources of funding, including
funding provided under part I of title X and under
the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (jointly
funded by the Departments of Education, Justice,
and Health and Human Services), that provide as-
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sistance to families and their children in the areas
of job training, housing, justice, health, mental
health, child care, and social and human services;
‘‘(4) describe the partnership’s plan to—
‘‘(A) develop and carry out the activities
assisted under this part with extensive partici-
pation of parents, administrators, teachers,
pupil services personnel, social and human serv-
ice agencies, and community organizations and
leaders; and
‘‘(B) connect and integrate the activities
assisted under this part with the education re-
form efforts of the participating elementary
school or secondary school, and the partici-
pating local educational agency;
‘‘(5) describe the partnership’s strategy for pro-
viding information and assistance in a language and
form that families can understand, including how
the partnership will ensure that families of students
with limited English proficiency, or families of stu-
dents with disabilities, are effectively involved, in-
formed, and assisted;
‘‘(6) describe how the partnership will collect
and analyze data, and will utilize specific perform-
ance measures and indicators to—
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‘‘(A) determine the impact of activities as-
sisted under this part as described in section
11008(a); and
‘‘(B) improve the activities assisted under
this part; and
‘‘(7) describe how the partnership will protect
the privacy of families and their children partici-
pating in the activities assisted under this part.
‘‘SEC. 11006. FEDERAL SHARE.
‘‘The Federal share of the cost of establishing and
expanding child opportunity zone family centers—
‘‘(1) for the first year for which an eligible
partnership receives assistance under this part shall
not exceed 90 percent;
‘‘(2) for the second such year, shall not exceed
80 percent;
‘‘(3) for the third such year, shall not exceed 70
percent;
‘‘(4) for the fourth such year, shall not exceed
60 percent; and
‘‘(5) for the fifth such year, shall not exceed 50
percent.
‘‘SEC. 11007. CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.
‘‘Each eligible partnership that receives a grant
under this part shall, after the third year for which the
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partnership receives funds through the grant, be eligible
to continue to receive the funds if the Secretary deter-
mines that the partnership has made significant progress
in meeting the performance measures used for the part-
nership’s local evaluation under section 11008(a)(4).
‘‘SEC. 11008. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.
‘‘(a) LOCAL EVALUATIONS.—Each partnership re-
ceiving funds under this part shall conduct annual evalua-
tions and submit to the Secretary reports containing the
results of the evaluations. The reports shall include—
‘‘(1) information on the partnership’s activities
that are assisted under this part;
‘‘(2) information on the number of families and
children served by the partnership’s activities that
are assisted under this part;
‘‘(3) information on the partnership’s effective-
ness in reaching and meeting the needs of families
and children served under this part, including under-
served families, families of students with limited
English proficiency, and families of students with
disabilities; and
‘‘(4) the results of a partnership’s performance
assessment of the partnership, including perform-
ance measures demonstrating—
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‘‘(A) improvements in student achieve-
ment, school readiness, family participation in
schools, and access to health care, mental
health care, child care, and family support serv-
ices, resulting from activities assisted under this
part; and
‘‘(B) reductions in violence-related prob-
lems and risk taking behavior among youth,
and reductions in truancy, suspension, and
dropout rates, resulting from activities assisted
under this part.
‘‘(b) NATIONAL EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reserve
not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated
under this part to carry out a national evaluation of
the activities assisted under this part. Such evalua-
tion shall be completed not later than 3 years after
the date of enactment of the Child Opportunity Zone
Family Center Act of 1999, and every year there-
after.
‘‘(2) SCOPE
OF
EVALUATION.—In conducting
the national evaluation, the Secretary shall evaluate
the effectiveness and impact of the activities, and
identify model activities, assisted under this part.
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‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall
submit an annual report to Congress, regarding each
national evaluation conducted under paragraph (1),
that contains the information described in the na-
tional evaluation.
‘‘(c) MODEL
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall
broadly disseminate information on model activities devel-
oped under this part.
‘‘SEC. 11009. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For the purpose of this title—
‘‘(1) the term ‘coordinated services project’
means a comprehensive approach to meeting the
educational, health, social service, and other needs of
children and their families, including foster children
and their foster families, through a communitywide
partnership that links public and private agencies
providing such services or access to such services
through a coordination site at or near a school; and
‘‘(2) CHILD OPPORTUNITY ZONE FAMILY CEN-
TER.—The term ‘child opportunity zone family cen-
ter’ means a school-based or school-linked commu-
nity service center that provides and links children
and their families with comprehensive information,
support, services, and activities to improve the edu-
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cation, health, mental health, safety, and economic
well-being of the children and their families.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi-
ble partnership’ means a partnership—
‘‘(A) that contains—
‘‘(i) at least 1 elementary school or
secondary school that—
‘‘(I) receives assistance under
title I and for which a measure of
poverty determination is made under
section 1113(a)(5) with respect to a
minimum of 40 percent of the chil-
dren in the school; and
‘‘(II) demonstrates parent in-
volvement and parent support for the
partnership’s activities;
‘‘(ii) a local educational agency;
‘‘(iii) a public agency, other than a
local educational agency, including a local
or State department of health and social
services; and
‘‘(iv) a nonprofit community-based or-
ganization, including a community mental
health services organization or a family
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health center that provides mental health
services; and
‘‘(B) that may contain—
‘‘(i) an institution of higher education;
and
‘‘(ii) other public or private nonprofit
entities.
‘‘SEC. 11010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001
through 2004.’’.
SEC. 15. PUBLIC SCHOOL REPAIR AND RENOVATION.
Title XII of the Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE XII—PUBLIC SCHOOL
REPAIR AND RENOVATION
‘‘SEC. 12001. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds as follows:
‘‘(1) The General Accounting Office estimated
in 1995 that it would cost $112,000,000,000 to
bring school facilities in the United States into good
overall condition.
‘‘(2) The General Accounting Office also found,
in that year, that 60 percent of the schools in the
United States, serving 28,000,000 students, re-
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ported that one or more building features, such as
roofs or plumbing, needed to be extensively repaired,
overhauled, or replaced.
‘‘(3) The National Center for Education Statis-
tics reported that the average age for a school build-
ing in 1998 was 42 years and that local educational
agencies with relatively high rates of poverty tend to
have relatively old buildings.
‘‘(4) School condition is positively correlated
with student achievement, according to a number of
research studies.
‘‘(5) The results of a recent survey indicate
that the condition of schools with large proportions
of students living on Indian lands is particularly
poor.
‘‘(6) While school repair and renovation are pri-
marily a State and local concern, some States and
communities are not, on their own, able to meet the
burden of providing adequate school facilities for all
students, and the poorest communities have had the
greatest difficulty meeting this need. It is, therefore,
appropriate for the Federal Government to provide
assistance to high-need communities for school re-
pair and renovation.
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‘‘SEC. 12002. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this title is to assist high-need local
educational agencies in making urgent repairs and renova-
tions to public school facilities in order to—
‘‘(1) reduce health and safety problems faced by
students; and
‘‘(2) improve the ability of students to learn in
their school environment.
‘‘SEC. 12003. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant or loan
under this title shall use the grant or loan to carry out
the purpose of this title by—
‘‘(1) repairing or replacing roofs, electrical wir-
ing, or plumbing;
‘‘(2) repairing, replacing, or installing heating,
ventilation, or air conditioning systems;
‘‘(3) undertaking asbestos removal or abate-
ment;
‘‘(4) removing lead-based paint;
‘‘(5) bringing schools into compliance with fire
safety codes;
‘‘(6) ensuring that repairs and renovations
under this title comply with the requirements of sec-
tion 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 793) and the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) relating to the
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accessibility of public school programs to individuals
with disabilities; and
‘‘(7) making other types of school repairs and
renovations that the Secretary may reasonably deter-
mine are urgently needed, particularly projects to
correct facilities problems that endanger the health
and safety of students and staff.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not approve
an application for a grant or loan under this title unless
the applicant demonstrates to the Secretary’s satisfaction
that it lacks sufficient funds, from other sources, to carry
out the repairs or renovations for which it is requesting
assistance.
‘‘SEC. 12004. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF STUDENTS
LIVING ON INDIAN LANDS.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—A local educational agency is eli-
gible for a grant under this section for a fiscal year if
the number of children determined under section
8003(a)(1)(C) for such agency and year constituted at
least 50 percent of the number of children who were in
average daily attendance in the schools of such agency,
and for whom such agency provided free public education,
during the preceding school year.
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‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall
allocate funds available to carry out this section for a fis-
cal year to eligible local educational agencies based on
their respective numbers of children who were determined
under section 8003(a)(1)(C) for purposes of the computa-
tion under section 8003(a) for such year.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible local educational
agency that desires to receive a grant under this section
shall submit an application to the Secretary that
includes—
‘‘(1) a statement of how it would use the grant
funds;
‘‘(2) a description of the steps it will take to
adequately maintain the facilities that it repairs,
renovates, or constructs with those funds; and
‘‘(3) such other information and assurances as
the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOLS.—In addi-
tion to any other activity authorized under section 12003,
a grantee under this section may use grant funds to con-
struct a new school if it demonstrates to the Secretary’s
satisfaction that it would replace an existing school that
is in such poor condition that renovating it would not be
cost-effective.
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‘‘SEC. 12005. GRANTS TO HIGH-POVERTY LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From funds available
under section 12008(c)(1), the Secretary shall make
grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agen-
cies. A local educational agency is eligible to receive a
grant under this section only if at least 25 percent of the
children under the jurisdiction of the agency are from fam-
ilies with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by
the Office of Management and Budget and revised annu-
ally in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))).
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.—In making
grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider—
‘‘(1) the percentage of children from low-income
families under the jurisdiction of each applicant, the
need for school repairs and renovations, and the fis-
cal capacity of each applicant; and
‘‘(2) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible local educational
agency that desires to receive a grant under this section
shall submit an application to the Secretary that
includes—
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‘‘(1) a description of its urgent need for school
repair and renovation and how it would use funds
available under this title to meet those needs;
‘‘(2) information on the fiscal effort that it is
making in support of education and evidence dem-
onstrating that it lacks the capacity to meet its ur-
gent school repair and renovation needs without as-
sistance available under this title;
‘‘(3) a description of the steps it will take to
adequately maintain the facilities that it repairs or
renovates with that assistance; and
‘‘(4) such other information and assurances as
the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘SEC. 12006. SCHOOL RENOVATION LOANS AND GRANTS.
‘‘(a) LOANS
AND
GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From
funds available under section 12008(c)(2), the Secretary
shall pay the cost of loans and grants made, on a competi-
tive basis, to high-need local educational agencies that lack
the ability to fund urgent school repairs.
‘‘(b) LOAN PERIOD.—Each loan under this section
shall be for a period of seven years and shall carry an
interest rate of zero percent.
‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR MAKING LOANS AND GRANTS.—
In making loans and grants under this section, the Sec-
retary shall consider—
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‘‘(1) the percentage of children from low-income
families under the jurisdiction of each applicant, the
need for school repairs and renovations, and the fis-
cal capacity of each applicant; and
‘‘(2) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible local educational
agency that desires to receive a loan or grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary that
includes the information described in section 12005(c).
‘‘(e) CREDIT STANDARDS.—In making loans under
this section, the Secretary—
‘‘(1) shall not extend credit without finding that
there is reasonable assurance of repayment; and
‘‘(2) may use credit enhancement techniques, as
appropriate, to reduce the credit risk of loans.
‘‘(f) NUMBER OF LOANS AND GRANTS.—Subject to
section 12008(d), in carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary shall determine the number of loans and grants to
be made for a fiscal year and their relative proportions.
‘‘SEC. 12007. PROGRESS REPORTS.
‘‘The Secretary shall require recipients of grants and
loans under this title to submit progress reports and such
other information as the Secretary determines necessary
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to ensure compliance with this title and to evaluate its im-
pact.
‘‘SEC. 12008. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RES-
ERVATION OF FUNDS; LIMITATION ON LOAN
VOLUME.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of carrying out
this title, there are authorized to be appropriated
$1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION FOR GRANTS UNDER SECTION
12004.—Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a)
for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve
$50,000,000 for the purpose of making grants under sec-
tion 12004.
‘‘(c) GRANTS UNDER SECTION 12005 AND LOANS
AND GRANTS UNDER SECTION 12006.—Of the amount
appropriated under subsection (a) for any fiscal year and
remaining after the application of subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) 10 percent shall be available for making
grants under section 12005; and
‘‘(2) 90 percent shall be available for making
loans and grants under section 12006.
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON LOAN VOLUME.—Within the
available resources and authority, gross obligations for the
principal amount of loans made by the Secretary under
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section 12006 for fiscal year 2001 shall not exceed
$7,000,000,000, or the amount specified in an applicable
appropriations Act, whichever is greater.
‘‘SEC. 12009. DEFINITIONS; SPECIAL RULE.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this title, the
following terms have the following meanings:
‘‘(1) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘Indian lands’
has the meaning given such term in section 8013.
‘‘(2) PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.— The term ‘public
school facility’ means a public building whose
primary purpose is the instruction of public ele-
mentary or secondary students and minimal ini-
tial equipment, machinery, and utilities nec-
essary or appropriate for school purposes.
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term excludes ath-
letic stadiums or any other structure or facility
intended primarily for athletic exhibitions, con-
tests, games, or events for which admission is
charged to the general public.
‘‘(3) REPAIR AND RENOVATION.—The term ‘re-
pair and renovation’ means the repair or renovation
of an existing public school facility without increas-
ing its size.
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In any of the 50 States of the
United States in which there is only one local educational
agency, the Secretary shall, for purposes of this title, con-
sider each administrative school district in the State to
be a separate local educational agency.’’.
SEC. 16. SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO IM-
PROVE EDUCATION AND ESTABLISH AMER-
ICA’S EDUCATION GOALS.
Title XIII of the Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE XIII—SUPPORT AND AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS TO IM-
PROVE EDUCATION AND ES-
TABLISH 
AMERICA’S 
EDU-
CATION GOALS
PART A—COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL
ASSISTANCE CENTERS
‘‘SEC. 13101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL ASSISTANCE CEN-
TERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to award grants to, or enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements with, public or private nonprofit
entities or consortia of such entities in order to es-
tablish a networked system of 15 comprehensive re-
gional assistance centers to provide comprehensive
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training and technical assistance, related to adminis-
tration and implementation of programs under this
Act, to States, local educational agencies, schools,
tribes, community-based organizations, and other re-
cipients of funds under this Act.
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—In establishing com-
prehensive regional assistance centers and allocating
resources among the centers, the Secretary shall
consider—
‘‘(A) the geographic distribution of stu-
dents assisted under title I;
‘‘(B) the geographic and linguistic dis-
tribution of students of limited-English pro-
ficiency;
‘‘(C) the geographic distribution of Indian
students;
‘‘(D) the special needs of students living in
urban and rural areas; and
‘‘(E) the special needs of States and out-
lying areas in geographic isolation.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish 1 comprehensive regional assistance center
under this section in Hawaii.
‘‘(b) SERVICE TO INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES.—
The Secretary shall ensure that each comprehensive re-
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gional assistance center that serves a region with a signifi-
cant population of Indian or Alaska Native students
shall—
‘‘(1) be awarded to a consortium which includes
a tribally controlled community college or other In-
dian organization; and
‘‘(2) assist in the development and implementa-
tion of instructional strategies, methods and mate-
rials which address the specific cultural and other
needs of Indian or Alaska Native students.
‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—To ensure the quality and
effectiveness of the networked system of comprehensive re-
gional assistance centers supported under this part, the
Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) develop, in consultation with the Assistant
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education,
the Director of the Office of Bilingual Education
and Minority Languages Affairs, and the Assistant
Secretary for Educational Research and Improve-
ment, a set of performance indicators that assesses
whether the work of the centers assists in improving
teaching and learning under this Act for all children,
particularly children at risk of educational failure;
‘‘(2) conduct surveys every 2 years of popu-
lations to be served under this Act to determine if
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such populations are satisfied with the access to and
quality of such services;
‘‘(3) collect, as part of the Department’s re-
views of programs under this Act, information about
the availability and quality of services provided by
the centers, and share that information with the cen-
ters; and
‘‘(4) take whatever steps are reasonable and
necessary to ensure that each center performs its re-
sponsibilities in a satisfactory manner, which may
include—
‘‘(A) termination of an award under this
part (if the Secretary concludes that perform-
ance has been unsatisfactory) and the selection
of a new center; and
‘‘(B) whatever interim arrangements the
Secretary determines are necessary to ensure
the satisfactory delivery of services under this
part to an affected region.
‘‘(d) DURATION.—Grants, contracts or cooperative
agreements under this section shall be awarded for a pe-
riod of 5 years.
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‘‘SEC. 13102. REQUIREMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE RE-
GIONAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each comprehensive regional as-
sistance center established under section 13101(a) shall—
‘‘(1) maintain appropriate staff expertise and
provide support, training, and assistance to State
educational agencies, tribal divisions of education,
local educational agencies, schools, and other grant
recipients under this Act, in—
‘‘(A) improving the quality of instruction,
curricula, assessments, and other aspects of
school reform, supported with funds under title
I;
‘‘(B) implementing effective schoolwide
programs under section 1114;
‘‘(C) meeting the needs of children served
under this Act, including children in high-pov-
erty areas, migratory children, immigrant chil-
dren, children with limited-English proficiency,
neglected or delinquent children, homeless chil-
dren and youth, Indian children, children with
disabilities, and, where applicable, Alaska Na-
tive children and Native Hawaiian children;
‘‘(D) implementing high-quality profes-
sional development activities for teachers, and
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where appropriate, administrators, pupil serv-
ices personnel and other staff;
‘‘(E) improving the quality of bilingual
education, including programs that emphasize
English and native language proficiency and
promote multicultural understanding;
‘‘(F) creating safe and drug-free environ-
ments, especially in areas experiencing high lev-
els of drug use and violence in the community
and school;
‘‘(G) implementing educational applica-
tions of technology;
‘‘(H) coordinating services and programs
to meet the needs of students so that students
can fully participate in the educational program
of the school;
‘‘(I) expanding the involvement and par-
ticipation of parents in the education of their
children;
‘‘(J) reforming schools, school systems,
and the governance and management of schools;
‘‘(K) evaluating programs; and
‘‘(L) meeting the special needs of students
living in urban and rural areas and the special
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needs of local educational agencies serving
urban and rural areas;
‘‘(2) ensure that technical assistance staff have
sufficient training, knowledge, and expertise in how
to integrate and coordinate programs under this Act
with each other, as well as with other Federal, State,
and local programs and reforms;
‘‘(3) provide technical assistance using the
highest quality and most cost-effective strategies
possible;
‘‘(4) coordinate services, work cooperatively,
and regularly share information with, the regional
educational laboratories, the Eisenhower regional
consortia under part B, research and development
centers, and other entities engaged in research, de-
velopment, dissemination, and technical assistance
activities which are supported by the Department as
part of a Federal technical assistance system, to
provide a broad range of support services to schools
in the region while minimizing the duplication of
such services;
‘‘(5) work collaboratively with the Department’s
regional offices; and
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‘‘(6) consult with representatives of State edu-
cational agencies, local educational agencies, and
populations served under this Act.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—Each comprehensive regional assist-
ance center assisted under this part shall give priority to
servicing—
‘‘(1) schoolwide programs under section 1114;
and
‘‘(2) local educational agencies and Bureau-
funded schools with the highest percentages or num-
bers of children in poverty.
‘‘SEC. 13103. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘Each entity or consortium desiring assistance under
this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at
such time, in such manner and accompanied by such infor-
mation, as the Secretary may require. Each such applica-
tion shall—
‘‘(1) demonstrate how the comprehensive re-
gional assistance center will provide expertise and
services in the areas described in section 13102;
‘‘(2) demonstrate support from States, local
educational agencies and tribes in the area to be
served;
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‘‘(3) demonstrate how such centers will ensure
a fair distribution of services to urban and rural
areas; and
‘‘(4) provide such other information as the Sec-
retary may require.
‘‘SEC. 13104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are
authorized to be appropriated $70,000,000 for fiscal year
2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘PART 
B—EISENHOWER 
REGIONAL 
MATHE-
MATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION CON-
SORTIA
‘‘SEC. 13201. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, in
consultation with the Director of the National
Science Foundation, is authorized to award grants
or contracts to eligible entities to enable such enti-
ties to establish and operate regional mathematics
and science education consortia for the purpose of—
‘‘(A) disseminating exemplary mathematics
and science education instructional materials;
and
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‘‘(B) providing technical assistance for the
implementation of teaching methods and assess-
ment tools for use by elementary and secondary
school students, teachers and administrators.
‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The Secretary, in accordance
with the provisions of this section, shall award at
least one grant or contract to an eligible entity in
each region.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—In any fiscal year, if the
amount made available pursuant to section 13208 is
less than $4,500,000, then the Secretary may waive
the provisions of paragraph (2) and award grants or
contracts of sufficient size, scope, and quality to
carry out this section.
‘‘(4) DESIGNATION.—Each regional consortium
assisted under this section shall be known as an ‘Ei-
senhower regional consortium’.
‘‘(b) GRANT TERM AND REVIEW.—Grants or con-
tracts under this part shall be awarded for a period of
not more than 5 years and shall be reviewed before the
end of the 30-month period beginning on the date the
grant or contract is awarded. Grants or contracts under
this part shall be awarded before the end of the 12-month
period beginning on the date of the enactment of an Act
making appropriations to carry out this part.
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‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—In awarding grants or contracts
under this part, the Secretary shall ensure that there is
a relatively equal distribution of the funds made available
among the regions, except that the Secretary may award
additional funds to a regional consortium on the basis of
population and geographical conditions of the region being
served.
‘‘SEC. 13202. USE OF FUNDS.
Funds provided under this part may be used by a
regional consortium, under the direction of a regional
board established under section 13204, to—
‘‘(1) work cooperatively with the other regional
consortia, the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
for Science and Mathematics Education established
under title II and federally funded technical assist-
ance providers to more effectively accomplish the ac-
tivities described in this section;
‘‘(2) assist, train and provide technical assist-
ance to classroom teachers, administrators, and
other educators to identify, implement, assess or
adapt the instructional materials, teaching methods
and 
assessment 
tools 
described 
in 
section
13201(a)(1);
‘‘(3) provide for the training of classroom
teachers to enable such teachers to instruct other
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teachers, administrators, and educators in the use of
the instructional materials, teaching methods and
assessment tools described in section 13201(a)(1) in
the classroom;
‘‘(4) when necessary, provide financial assist-
ance to enable teachers and other educators to at-
tend and participate in the activities of the regional
consortium;
‘‘(5) implement programs and activities de-
signed to meet the needs of groups that are under-
represented in, and underserved by, mathematics
and science education;
‘‘(6) assist State and local educational agencies
in identifying science equipment needs, and help
such agencies, or consortia thereof, assess the need
for and desirability of regional mathematics and
science academies;
‘‘(7) develop and disseminate early childhood
education mathematics and science instructional ma-
terials;
‘‘(8) disseminate information regarding infor-
mal mathematics and science education activities
and programs offered by Federal agencies and pri-
vate or public agencies and institutions within the
region;
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‘‘(9) collect data on activities assisted under
this part in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the
activities of the regional consortia;
‘‘(10) identify exemplary teaching practices and
materials from within the region and communicate
such practices and materials to the Eisenhower Na-
tional Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Education;
‘‘(11) communicate, on a regular basis, with en-
tities within the region who are delivering services to
students and teachers of mathematics and science;
‘‘(12) assist in the development and evaluation
of State and regional plans and activities that hold
promise of bringing about systemic reform in stu-
dent performance in mathematics and science; and
‘‘(13) increase the use of informal education en-
tities (such as science technology centers, museums,
libraries, Saturday academies, and 4H programs) for
educational purposes to expand student knowledge
and understanding.
‘‘SEC. 13203. APPLICATION AND REVIEW.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring a
grant or contract under this part shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such additional information as the Sec-
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retary may reasonably require. Each such application
shall—
‘‘(1) demonstrate that the eligible entity has
demonstrated expertise in the fields of mathematics
and science education;
‘‘(2) demonstrate that the eligible entity shall
implement and disseminate mathematics and science
education instructional materials, teaching methods,
and assessment tools through a consortium of the
region’s mathematics and science education organi-
zations and agencies;
‘‘(3) demonstrate that the eligible entity shall
carry out the functions of the regional consortium;
‘‘(4) demonstrate that emphasis will be given to
programs and activities designed to meet the needs
of groups that are underrepresented in, and under-
served by, mathematics and science education;
‘‘(5) demonstrate that the business community
in the region served by the regional consortium will
play an integral role in designing and supporting the
regional consortium’s work; and
‘‘(6) assure that the entity will conduct its ac-
tivities and supervise its personnel in a manner that
effectively ensures compliance with the copyright
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laws of the United States under title 17, United
States Code.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove or disapprove applications submitted pursuant
to subsection (a) in accordance with the criteria and
procedures established under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) PROCEDURES
AND
CRITERIA.—The Sec-
retary shall develop procedures and criteria designed
to ensure that grants or contracts are competitively
awarded on the basis of merit determined under a
peer review process.
‘‘(3) NATIONAL PANEL.—
‘‘(A) The Secretary, in consultation with
the Director, shall establish a national panel, or
to the extent necessary, panels, to submit to the
Secretary recommendations for awards of
grants or contracts under this part. The Sec-
retary shall appoint the members of such panel
or panels.
‘‘(B) Each panel appointed under subpara-
graph (A) shall include participation, to the ex-
tent feasible, from each region.
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‘‘SEC. 13204. REGIONAL BOARDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiving a
grant or contract under this part shall establish a regional
board to oversee the administration and establishment of
program priorities for the regional consortium established
by such eligible entity. Such regional board shall be broad-
ly representative of the agencies and organizations partici-
pating in the regional consortium.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—
No Federal funds may be used for the establishment or
operation of a regional board required by subsection (a),
except that, at the discretion of a regional board, Federal
funds may be used to provide assistance such as travel
and accommodations for board members who could not
otherwise afford to participate as members of the board.
‘‘SEC. 13205. PAYMENTS; FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pay to each el-
igible entity having an application approved under section
13203 the Federal share of the cost of the activities de-
scribed in the application.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—For the purpose of sub-
section (a), the Federal share shall be 80 percent.
‘‘(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share
of the cost of activities described in the application sub-
mitted under section 13203 may be in cash or in kind,
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fairly evaluated. At least 10 percent of such non-Federal
share shall be from sources other than the Federal Gov-
ernment, or State or local government.
‘‘SEC. 13206. EVALUATION.
‘‘(a) 
EVALUATION
REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary,
through the Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment and in accordance with section 14701, shall collect
sufficient data on, and evaluate the effectiveness of, the
activities of each regional consortium.
‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT.—The evaluations described in
paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the effective-
ness of the regional consortium in meeting the needs of
the schools, teachers, administrators and students in the
region.
‘‘(c) REPORT.—At the end of each grant or contract
period, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report
on the effectiveness of the programs conducted at each
regional consortium.
‘‘SEC. 13207. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means—
‘‘(A) a private nonprofit organization of
demonstrated effectiveness;
‘‘(B) an institution of higher education;
‘‘(C) an elementary or secondary school;
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‘‘(D) a State or local educational agency;
‘‘(E) a regional educational laboratory in
consortium with the research and development
center established under section 931(c)(1)(B)(i)
of the Educational Research, Development, Dis-
semination, and Improvement Act of 1994; or
‘‘(F) any combination of the entities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E), with
demonstrated expertise in mathematics and
science education.
‘‘(2) The terms ‘mathematics’ and ‘science’ in-
clude the technology education associated with math-
ematics and science, respectively.
‘‘(3) The term ‘region’ means a region of the
United States served by a regional education labora-
tory that is supported by the Secretary pursuant to
section 405(d)(4)(A)(i) of the General Education
Provisions Act (as such section was in existence on
the day preceding the date of enactment of the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act).
‘‘(4) The term ‘regional consortium’ means
each regional mathematics and science education
consortium established pursuant to section 13201.
‘‘(5) The term ‘State agency for higher edu-
cation’ means the State board of higher education or
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other agency or officer primarily responsible for the
State supervision of higher education, or, if there is
no such officer or agency, an officer or agency des-
ignated for the purpose of carrying out this part by
the Governor or by State law.
‘‘SEC. 13208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $23,000,000
for fiscal 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this
part.
‘‘PART C—AMERICA’S EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
AND AMERICA’S EDUCATION GOALS
‘‘SEC. 13301. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is—
‘‘(1) to establish America’s Education Goals;
and
‘‘(2) to support a bipartisan mechanism for—
‘‘(A) building a national consensus for edu-
cation improvement;
‘‘(B) reporting on progress toward achiev-
ing America’s Education Goals; and
‘‘(C) encouraging the development and use
of challenging academic content and student
performance standards.
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‘‘SEC. 13302. AMERICA’S NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS.
‘‘Congress declares that America’s Education Goals
are the following:
‘‘(1) SCHOOL READINESS.—(A) All children in
America will start school ready to learn.
‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) all children will have access to high-
quality and developmentally appropriate pre-
school 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 preschool child
learn, and parents will have access to the train-
ing 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 to maintain the mental alert-
ness necessary to be prepared to learn, and the
number of low-birthweight babies will be signifi-
cantly reduced through enhanced prenatal
health systems.
‘‘(2) SCHOOL
COMPLETION.—(A) The high
school graduation rate will increase to at least 90
percent.
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‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) the Nation must dramatically reduce
its school dropout rate, and 75 percent of the
students who do drop out will successfully com-
plete a high school degree or its equivalent; and
‘‘(ii) the gap in high school graduation
rates between American students from minority
backgrounds and their non-minority counter-
parts will be eliminated.
‘‘(3) STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
AND
CITIZEN-
SHIP.—(A) All students will leave grades 4, 8, and
12 having demonstrated competency over challenging
subject matter including English, mathematics,
science, foreign languages, civics and government,
economics, arts, history, and geography, and every
school in America will ensure that all students learn
to use their minds well, so they may be prepared for
responsible citizenship, further learning, and produc-
tive employment in our Nation’s modern economy.
‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) the academic performance of all stu-
dents at the elementary and secondary level will
increase significantly in every quartile, and the
distribution of minority students in each quar-
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tile will more closely reflect the student popu-
lation as a whole;
‘‘(ii) the percentage of all students who
demonstrate the ability to reason, solve prob-
lems, apply knowledge, and write and commu-
nicate effectively will increase substantially;
‘‘(iii) all students will be involved in activi-
ties that promote and demonstrate good citizen-
ship, good health, community service, and per-
sonal responsibility;
‘‘(iv) all students will have access to phys-
ical education and health education to ensure
they are healthy and fit;
‘‘(v) the percentage of all students who are
competent in more than one language will sub-
stantially increase; and
‘‘(vi) all students will be knowledgeable
about the diverse cultural heritage of this Na-
tion and about the world community.
‘‘(4) TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—(A) The Nation’s teaching force
will have access to programs for the continued im-
provement of their professional skills and the oppor-
tunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to
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instruct and prepare all American students for the
next century.
‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) all teachers will have access to
preservice teacher education and continuing
professional development activities that will pro-
vide such teachers with the knowledge and skills
needed to teach to an increasingly diverse stu-
dent population with a variety of educational,
social, and health needs;
‘‘(ii) all teachers will have continuing op-
portunities to acquire additional knowledge and
skills needed to teach challenging subject mat-
ter and to use emerging new methods, forms of
assessment, and technologies;
‘‘(iii) States and school districts will create
integrated strategies to attract, recruit, pre-
pare, retrain, and support the continued profes-
sional development of teachers, administrators,
and other educators, so that there is a highly
talented work force of professional educators to
teach challenging subject matter; and
‘‘(iv) partnerships will be established,
whenever possible, among local educational
agencies, institutions of higher education, par-
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ents, and local labor, business, and professional
associations to provide and support programs
for the professional development of educators.
‘‘(5) MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.—(A) United
States students will be first in the world in mathe-
matics and science achievement.
‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) mathematics and science education, in-
cluding the metric system of measurement, will
be strengthened throughout the system, espe-
cially in the early grades;
‘‘(ii) the number of teachers with a sub-
stantive 
background 
in 
mathematics 
and
science, including the metric system of meas-
urement, will increase by 50 percent; and
‘‘(iii) the number of United States under-
graduate and graduate students, especially
women and minorities, who complete degrees in
mathematics, science, and engineering will in-
crease significantly.
‘‘(6) ADULT LITERACY AND LIFELONG LEARN-
ING.—(A) Every adult American 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.
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‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) every major American business will be
involved in strengthening the connection be-
tween education and work;
‘‘(ii) all workers will have the opportunity
to acquire the knowledge and skills, from basic
to highly technical, needed to adapt to emerging
new technologies, work methods, and markets
through public and private educational, voca-
tional, technical, workplace, or other programs;
‘‘(iii) the number of quality programs, in-
cluding those at libraries, that are designed to
serve more effectively the needs of the growing
number of part-time and midcareer students
will increase substantially;
‘‘(iv) the proportion of the qualified stu-
dents, especially minorities, who enter college,
who complete at least two years, and who com-
plete their degree programs will increase sub-
stantially;
‘‘(v) the proportion of college graduates
who demonstrate an advanced ability to think
critically, communicate effectively, and solve
problems will increase substantially; and
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‘‘(vi) schools, in implementing comprehen-
sive parent involvement programs, will offer
more adult literacy, parent training and life-
long learning opportunities to improve the ties
between home and school, and enhance parents’
work and home lives.
‘‘(7) SAFE, DISCIPLINED, AND ALCOHOL- AND
DRUG-FREE
SCHOOLS.—(A) Every school in the
United States will be free of drugs, violence, and the
unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and
will offer a disciplined environment conducive to
learning.
‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) every school will implement a firm and
fair policy on use, possession, and distribution
of drugs and alcohol;
‘‘(ii) parents, businesses, governmental and
community organizations will work together to
ensure the rights of students to study in a safe
and secure environment that is free of drugs
and crime, and that schools provide a healthy
environment and are a safe haven for all chil-
dren;
‘‘(iii) every local educational agency will
develop and implement a policy to ensure that
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all schools are free of violence and the unau-
thorized presence of weapons;
‘‘(iv) every local educational agency will de-
velop a sequential, comprehensive kindergarten
through twelfth grade drug and alcohol preven-
tion education program;
‘‘(v) drug and alcohol curriculum should be
taught as an integral part of sequential, com-
prehensive health education;
‘‘(vi) community-based teams should be or-
ganized to provide students and teachers with
needed support; and
‘‘(vii) every school should work to eliminate
sexual harassment.
‘‘(8) PARENTAL
PARTICIPATION.—(A) Every
school will promote partnerships that will increase
parental involvement and participation in promoting
the social, emotional, and academic growth of chil-
dren.
‘‘(B) The objectives for this goal are that—
‘‘(i) every State will develop policies to as-
sist local schools and local educational agencies
to establish programs for increasing partner-
ships that respond to the varying needs of par-
ents and the home, including parents of chil-
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dren who are disadvantaged or bilingual, or
parents of children with disabilities;
‘‘(ii) every school will actively engage par-
ents and families in a partnership which sup-
ports the academic work of children at home
and shared educational decisionmaking at
school; and
‘‘(iii) parents and families will help to en-
sure that schools are adequately supported and
will hold schools and teachers to high standards
of accountability.
‘‘SEC. 13303. AMERICA’S EDUCATION GOALS PANEL.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
executive branch an ‘‘America’s Education Goals Panel’’
(hereafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Goals Panel’’)
to advise the President, the Secretary of Education (here-
after in this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), and Con-
gress.
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Goals Panel shall be com-
posed of 18 members (hereafter in this title referred to
as ‘‘members’’), including—
‘‘(1) 2 members appointed by the President;
‘‘(2) 8 members who are Governors, 3 of whom
shall be from the same political party as the Presi-
dent and 5 of whom shall be from the opposite polit-
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ical party of the President, appointed by the Chair-
person and Vice Chairperson of the National Gov-
ernors’ Association, with the Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson each appointing representatives of such
Chairperson’s or Vice Chairperson’s respective polit-
ical party, in consultation with each other;
‘‘(3) 4 Members of Congress, of whom—
‘‘(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Majority Leader of the Senate from among the
Members of the Senate;
‘‘(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate from among the
Members of the Senate;
‘‘(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Majority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives from among the Members of the House of
Representatives; and
‘‘(D) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Minority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives from among the Members of the House of
Representatives; and
‘‘(4) 4 members of State legislatures appointed
by the President of the National Conference of State
Legislatures, of whom 2 shall be of the same polit-
ical party as the President of the United States.
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‘‘(c) SPECIAL APPOINTMENT RULES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The members appointed
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be appointed as
follows:
‘‘(A) If the Chairperson of the National
Governors’ Association is from the same polit-
ical party as the President, the Chairperson
shall appoint 3 individuals and the Vice Chair-
person of such association shall appoint 5 indi-
viduals.
‘‘(B) If the Chairperson of the National
Governors’ Association is from the opposite po-
litical party as the President, the Chairperson
shall appoint 5 individuals and the Vice Chair-
person of such association shall appoint 3 indi-
viduals.
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION.—To the extent fea-
sible, the membership of the Goals Panel shall be
geographically representative and reflect the racial,
ethnic, and gender diversity of the United States.
‘‘(d) TERMS.—The terms of service of members shall
be as follows:
‘‘(1) PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTEES.—Members
appointed under subsection (b)(1) shall serve at the
pleasure of the President.
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‘‘(2) GOVERNORS.—Members appointed under
subsection (b)(2) shall serve for 2-year terms.
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL APPOINTEES AND STATE
LEGISLATORS.—Members appointed under para-
graphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) shall serve for
2-year terms.
‘‘(e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Goals Panel
shall not affect the powers of the Goals Panel, but shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
‘‘(f) TRAVEL.—Each member may be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as au-
thorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code,
for each day the member is engaged in the performance
of duties for the Goals Panel away from the home or reg-
ular place of business of the member.
‘‘(g) CHAIRPERSON.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The members shall select a
Chairperson from among the members.
‘‘(2) TERM AND POLITICAL AFFILIATION.—The
Chairperson of the Goals Panel shall serve a 1-year
term and shall alternate between political parties.
‘‘(h) EX OFFICIO MEMBER.—If the President has not
appointed the Secretary as 1 of the 2 members the Presi-
dent appoints pursuant to subsection (b)(1), then the Sec-
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retary shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the
Goals Panel.
‘‘SEC. 13304. DUTIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Goals Panel shall—
(1) report to the President, the Secretary, and
Congress regarding the progress the Nation and the
States are making toward achieving America’s Edu-
cation Goals established under section 13302, in-
cluding issuing an annual report;
‘‘(2) encourage the development and use of
challenging academic content standards and student
performance standards;
‘‘(3) report on promising or effective actions
being taken at the national, State, and local levels,
and in the public and private sectors, to achieve
America’s Education Goals; and
‘‘(4) help build a nationwide, bipartisan con-
sensus for the reforms necessary to achieve Amer-
ica’s Education Goals.
‘‘(b) REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Goals Panel shall an-
nually prepare and submit to the President, the Sec-
retary, the appropriate committees of Congress, and
the Governor of each State a report that shall—
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‘‘(A) report on the progress of the United
States toward achieving America’s Education
Goals; and
‘‘(B) identify actions that should be taken
by Federal, State, and local governments to en-
hance progress toward achieving America’s
Education Goals and to provide all students
with a fair opportunity-to-learn.
‘‘(2) FORM; DATA.—Reports shall be presented
in a form, and include data, that are understandable
to parents and the general public.
‘‘SEC. 13305. POWERS OF THE GOALS PANEL.
‘‘(a) HEARINGS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Goals Panel shall, for
the purpose of carrying out this title, conduct such
hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take
such testimony, and receive such evidence, as the
Goals Panel considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION.—In carrying out this
title, the Goals Panel shall conduct hearings to re-
ceive reports, views, and analyses of a broad spec-
trum of experts and the public on the establishment
and use of challenging academic content standards,
student performance standards, and State assess-
ments.
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‘‘(b) INFORMATION.—The Goals Panel may secure di-
rectly from any department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable the Goals Panel to carry
out this title. Upon request of the Chairperson of the
Goals Panel, the head of a department or agency shall
furnish such information to the Goals Panel to the extent
permitted by law.
‘‘(c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Goals Panel may use
the United States mail in the same manner and under the
same conditions as other departments and agencies of the
United States.
‘‘(d) USE OF FACILITIES.—The Goals Panel may,
with consent of any agency or instrumentality of the
United States, or of any State or political subdivision
thereof, use the research, equipment, services, and facili-
ties of such agency, instrumentality, State, or subdivision,
respectively.
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
AND SUP-
PORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
to the Goals Panel, on a reimbursable basis, such
administrative support services as the Goals Panel
may request.
‘‘(2) 
CONTRACTS
AND
OTHER
ARRANGE-
MENTS.—The Secretary, to the extent appropriate,
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and on a reimbursable basis, shall make contracts
and other arrangements 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 such responsibilities.
‘‘(f) GIFTS.—The Goals Panel may accept, admin-
ister, and utilize gifts or donations of services, money, or
property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.
‘‘SEC. 13306. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) MEETINGS.—The Goals Panel shall meet on a
regular basis, as necessary, at the call of the Chairperson
of the Goals Panel or a majority of its members.
‘‘(b) QUORUM.—A majority of the members shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
‘‘(c) VOTING AND FINAL DECISION.—
‘‘(1) VOTING.—No individual may vote, or exer-
cise any of the powers of a member, by proxy.
‘‘(2) FINAL DECISIONS.—(A) In making final
decisions of the Goals Panel with respect to the ex-
ercise of its duties and powers the Goals Panel shall
operate on the principle of consensus among the
members of the Goals Panel.
‘‘(B) Except as otherwise provided in this title,
if a vote of the membership of the Goals Panel is re-
quired to reach a final decision with respect to the
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exercise of its duties and powers, then such final de-
cision 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 its proceedings (other than proceedings,
or portions of proceedings, relating to internal personnel
and management matters) and make available to the pub-
lic, at reasonable cost, transcripts of such proceedings.
‘‘SEC. 13307. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND CON-
SULTANTS.
‘‘(a) DIRECTOR.—The Chairperson of the Goals
Panel, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, relating to the appointment and compensa-
tion of officers or employees of the United States, shall
appoint a Director of the Goals Panel 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
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointments in the competitive service.
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‘‘(B) The employees appointed under subpara-
graph (A) may be paid without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of that title relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates, but shall not be paid a rate that
exceeds the maximum rate of basic pay payable for
GS–15 of the General Schedule.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES.—The Director
may appoint additional employees to serve as staff
to the Goals Panel in accordance with title 5, United
States Code.
‘‘(c) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The Goals
Panel may procure temporary and intermittent services of
experts and consultants under section 3109(b) of title 5,
United States Code.
‘‘(d) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the re-
quest of the Goals Panel, the head of any department or
agency of the United States may detail any of the per-
sonnel of such agency to the Goals Panel to assist the
Goals Panel in its duties under this title.’’.
SEC. 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Title XIV of the Act is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘TITLE XIV—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
‘‘PART A—DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 14101. DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this
Act, the following terms have the following meanings:
‘‘(1) AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.—
‘‘(A) Except as provided otherwise by
State law or this paragraph, the term ‘average
daily attendance’ means—
‘‘(i) the aggregate number of days of
attendance of all students during a school
year; divided by
‘‘(ii) the number of days school is in
session during such school year.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall permit the con-
version of average daily membership (or other
similar data) to average daily attendance for
local educational agencies in States that provide
State aid to local educational agencies on the
basis of average daily membership or such other
data.
‘‘(C) If the local educational agency in
which a child resides makes a tuition or other
payment for the free public education of the
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child in a school located in another school dis-
trict, the Secretary shall, for purposes of this
Act—
‘‘(i) consider the child to be in attend-
ance at a school of the agency making such
payment; and
‘‘(ii) not consider the child to be in at-
tendance at a school of the agency receiv-
ing such payment.
‘‘(D) If a local educational agency makes a
tuition payment to a private school or to a pub-
lic school of another local educational agency
for a child with disabilities, as defined in sec-
tion 602(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act, the Secretary shall, for the
purposes of this Act, consider such child to be
in attendance at a school of the agency making
such payment.
‘‘(2) AVERAGE PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE.—The
term ‘average per-pupil expenditure’ means, in the
case of a State or of the United States—
‘‘(A) without regard to the source of
funds—
‘‘(i) the aggregate current expendi-
tures, during the third fiscal year pre-
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ceding the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made (or, if satisfactory data
for that year are not available, during the
most recent preceding fiscal year for which
satisfactory data are available) of all local
educational agencies in the State or, in the
case of the United States for all States
(which, for the purpose of this paragraph,
means the 50 States and the District of
Columbia); plus
‘‘(ii) any direct current expenditures
by the State for the operation of such
agencies; divided by
‘‘(B) the aggregate number of children in
average daily attendance to whom such agencies
provided free public education during such pre-
ceding year.
‘‘(3) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means any per-
son within the age limits for which the State pro-
vides free public education.
‘‘(4) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘community-based organization’ means a public
or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated ef-
fectiveness that—
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‘‘(A) is representative of a community or
significant segments of a community; and
‘‘(B) provides educational or related serv-
ices to individuals in the community.
‘‘(5) CONSOLIDATED
LOCAL
APPLICATION.—
The term ‘consolidated local application’ means an
application submitted by a local educational agency
pursuant to section 14304.
‘‘(6) CONSOLIDATED LOCAL PLAN.—The term
‘consolidated local plan’ means a plan submitted by
a local educational agency pursuant to section
14304.
‘‘(7) CONSOLIDATED
STATE
APPLICATION.—
The term ‘consolidated State application’ means an
application submitted by a State educational agency
pursuant to section 14302.
‘‘(8) CONSOLIDATED STATE PLAN.—The term
‘consolidated State plan’ means a plan submitted by
a State educational agency pursuant to section
14302.
‘‘(9) COUNTY.—The term ‘county’ means one of
the divisions of a State used by the Secretary of
Commerce in compiling and reporting data regard-
ing counties.
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‘‘(10) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered
program’ means each of the programs authorized
by—
‘‘(A) part A of title I;
‘‘(B) part C of title I;
‘‘(C) title II (other than section 2103 and
part D);
‘‘(D) subpart 2 of part B of title III;
‘‘(E) part A of title IV (other than section
4114);
‘‘(F) title VI; and
‘‘(G) Comprehensive School Reform.
‘‘(11) CURRENT
EXPENDITURES.—The term
‘current expenditures’ means expenditures for free
public education—
‘‘(A) including expenditures for adminis-
tration, instruction, attendance and health serv-
ices, pupil transportation services, operation
and maintenance of plant, fixed charges, and
net expenditures to cover deficits for food serv-
ices and student body activities; but
‘‘(B) not including expenditures for com-
munity services, capital outlay, and debt serv-
ice, or any expenditures made from funds re-
ceived under title I and title VI.
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‘‘(12) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’
means the Department of Education.
‘‘(13) EDUCATIONAL
SERVICE
AGENCY.—The
term ‘educational service agency’ means a regional
public multiservice agency authorized by State stat-
ute to develop, manage, and provide services or pro-
grams to local educational agencies.
‘‘(14) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘ele-
mentary school’ means a nonprofit institutional day
or residential school, including a public elementary
charter school, that provides elementary education,
as determined under State law.
‘‘(15) FREE
PUBLIC
EDUCATION.—The term
‘free public education’ means education that is
provided—
‘‘(A) at public expense, under public super-
vision and direction, and without tuition charge;
and
‘‘(B) as elementary or secondary school
education as determined under applicable State
law, except that such term does not include any
education provided beyond grade 12.
‘‘(16) FULLY
QUALIFIED.—The term ‘fully
qualified’—
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‘‘(A) when used with respect to an elemen-
tary or secondary school teacher, means that
the teacher has obtained certification or passed
the State licensing exam and holds a license;
and
‘‘(B) when used with respect to—
‘‘(i) an elementary school teacher,
means that the teacher holds a bachelor’s
degree and demonstrates general knowl-
edge, teaching skill, and subject matter
knowledge required to teach at the elemen-
tary school level in the core academic sub-
jects; or
‘‘(ii) a middle or secondary school
teacher, means that the teacher holds a
bachelor’s degree and demonstrates a high
level of competency in all subject areas in
which he or she teaches through—
‘‘(I) a high level of performance
on a rigorous academic subject area
test; or
‘‘(II) completion of an academic
major in each of the subject areas in
which he or she provides instruction.
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‘‘(17) GIFTED
AND
TALENTED.—The term
‘gifted and talented’, when used with respect to stu-
dents, children or youth, means students, children or
youth who give evidence of high performance capa-
bility in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic,
or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields,
and who require services or activities not ordinarily
provided by the school in order to fully develop such
capabilities.
‘‘(18) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the
meaning given that term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965.
‘‘(19) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—
‘‘(A) The term ‘local educational agency’
means a public board of education or other pub-
lic authority legally constituted within a State
for either administrative control or direction of,
or to perform a service function for, public ele-
mentary or secondary schools in a city, county,
township, school district, or other political sub-
division of a State, or for such combination of
local educational agencies or counties as are
recognized in a State as an administrative
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agency for its public elementary or secondary
schools.
‘‘(B) The term includes any other public
institution or agency having administrative con-
trol and direction of a public elementary or sec-
ondary school.
‘‘(C) The term includes an elementary or
secondary school funded by the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs but only to the extent that such in-
clusion makes such school eligible for programs
for which specific eligibility is not provided to
such school in another provision of law and
such school does not have a student population
that is smaller than the student population of
the local educational agency receiving assistance
under this Act with the smallest student popu-
lation, except that such school shall not be sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of any State educational
agency other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
‘‘(20) MENTORING.—The term ‘mentoring’
means a program in which an adult works with a
child or youth on a 1-to-1 basis, establishing a sup-
portive relationship, providing academic assistance,
and introducing the child or youth to new experi-
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ences that enhance the child or youths ability to
excel in school and become a responsible citizen.
‘‘(21) OTHER STAFF.—The term ‘other staff’
means pupil services personnel, librarians, career
guidance and counseling personnel, education aides,
and other instructional and administrative per-
sonnel.
‘‘(22) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘outlying
area’ means the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and for the purpose of section 1121 and any
other discretionary grant program under this Act,
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
‘‘(23) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’ includes a
legal guardian or other person standing in loco
parentis.
‘‘(24) PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION ENTITY.—
The term ‘public telecommunication entity’ has the
same meaning given to such term in section 397(12)
of the Communications Act of 1934.
‘‘(25) PUPIL
SERVICES
PERSONNEL; 
PUPIL
SERVICES.—
‘‘(A) The term ‘pupil services personnel’
means school counselors, school social workers,
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school psychologists, and other qualified profes-
sional personnel involved in providing assess-
ment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, thera-
peutic, and other necessary services (including
related services as such term is defined in sec-
tion 602(a)(17) of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act) as part of a comprehensive
program to meet student needs.
‘‘(B) The term ‘pupil services’ means the
services provided by pupil services personnel.
‘‘(26) SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec-
ondary school’ means a nonprofit institutional day or
residential school, including a public secondary char-
ter school, that provides secondary education, as de-
termined under State law, except that such term
does not include any education beyond grade 12.
‘‘(27) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’
means the Secretary of Education.
‘‘(28) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying
areas.
‘‘(29) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The
term ‘State educational agency’ means the agency
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primarily responsible for the State supervision of
public elementary and secondary schools.
‘‘(30) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘technology’
means the latest state-of-the-art technology products
and services, such as closed circuit television sys-
tems, educational television or radio programs and
services, cable television, satellite, copper fiber optic
transmission, computer hardware and software,
video and audio laser and CDROM disks, video and
audio tapes, including interactive forms of such
products and services, or other technologies.
‘‘SEC. 14102. APPLICABILITY OF THIS TITLE.
Parts B, C, D, E, and F of this title do not apply
to title VIII of this Act.
‘‘SEC. 14103. APPLICABILITY TO BUREAU OF INDIAN AF-
FAIRS OPERATED SCHOOLS.
For purposes of any competitive program under this
Act, a consortia of schools operated by the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs, a school operated under a contract or grant
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in consortia with an-
other contract or grant school or tribal or community or-
ganization, or a Bureau of Indian Affairs school in con-
sortia with an institution of higher education, a contract
or grant school and tribal or community organization shall
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be given the same consideration as a local educational
agency.
‘‘PART B—FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER FUNDS
‘‘SEC. 14201. CONSOLIDATION OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNDS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) CONSOLIDATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
may consolidate the amounts specifically made avail-
able to such agency for State administration under
one or more of the programs specified under para-
graph (2) if such State educational agency can dem-
onstrate that the majority of such agency’s resources
come from non-Federal sources.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to—
‘‘(A) programs under title I and those pro-
grams described in subparagraphs (C), (D),
(E), (F), and (G) of section 14101(10);
‘‘(B) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Technical Education Act of 1998; and
‘‘(C) such other programs as the Secretary
may designate..
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(H) implementation of the Cooperative
Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative.
‘‘(c) RECORDS.—A State educational agency that
consolidates administrative funds under this section shall
not be required to keep separate records, by individual
program, to account for costs relating to the administra-
tion of programs included in the consolidation under sub-
section (a).
‘‘(d) REVIEW.—To determine the effectiveness of
State administration under this section, the Secretary may
periodically review the performance of State educational
agencies in using consolidated administrative funds under
this section and take such steps as the Secretary finds
appropriate to ensure the effectiveness of such administra-
tion.
‘‘(e) UNUSED ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.—If a State
educational agency does not use all of the funds available
to such agency under this section for administration, such
agency may use such funds during the applicable period
of availability as funds available under one or more pro-
grams included in the consolidation under subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 
14202. 
SINGLE 
LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCY
STATES.
A State educational agency that also serves as a local
educational agency, in such agency’s applications or plans
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under this Act, shall describe how such agency will elimi-
nate duplication in the conduct of administrative func-
tions.
‘‘SEC. 14203. CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL AD-
MINISTRATION.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—In accordance with
regulations of the Secretary, a local educational agency,
with the approval of its State educational agency, may
consolidate and use for the administration of one or more
covered programs for any fiscal year not more than the
percentage, established in each covered program, of the
total amount available to the local educational agency
under such covered programs.
‘‘(b) STATE PROCEDURES.—Each State educational
agency shall, in collaboration with local educational agen-
cies in the State, implement procedures for responding to
requests from local educational agencies to consolidate ad-
ministrative funds under subsection (a) and for estab-
lishing limitations on the amount of funds under covered
programs that may be used for administration on a con-
solidated basis.
‘‘(c) CONDITIONS.—A local educational agency that
consolidates administrative funds under this section for
any fiscal year shall not use any other funds under the