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Congress, the Governor of each State, and the Goals Panel
regarding its work.
POWERS OF THE COUNCIL
SEC. 215. (a) HEARINGS.—(1) The Council shall, for
the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities, conduct
such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take
such testimony, and receive such evidence, as the Council
considers appropriate.
(2) In carrying out this part, the Council shall con-
duct public hearings in different geographic areas of the
United States, both urban and rural, to receive the re-
ports, views, and analyses of a broad spectrum of experts
and the public on the establishment of national content,
student performance, and opportunity-to-learn standards,
and assessment systems.
(b) INFORMATION.—The Council may secure directly
from any department or agency of the United States infor-
mation necessary to enable the Council to carry out this
part. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Council, the
head of a department or agency shall furnish such infor-
mation to the Council to the extent permitted by law.
(c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Council 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) GIFTS; USE OF FACILITIES.—The Council may—
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(1) accept, administer, and utilize gifts or dona-
tions of services, money, or property, whether real or
personal, tangible or intangible; and
(2) with their consent, use the research, equip-
ment, services, and facilities of any agency or instru-
mentality of the United States, or of any State or
political subdivision thereof.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE
ARRANGEMENTS
AND
SUP-
PORT.—(1) The Secretary shall provide to the Council, on
a reimbursable basis, such administrative support services
as the Council may request.
(2) The Secretary shall, to the extent appropriate,
and on a reimbursable basis, make contracts and other
arrangements that are requested by the Council to help
it compile and analyze data or carry out other functions
necessary to the performance of its responsibilities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 216. (a) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet
on a regular basis, as necessary at the call of the Chair-
person of the Council 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.—The Council shall take all action of the
Council by a majority vote of the total membership of the
Council, ensuring the right of the minority to issue written
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3333), $961,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,774,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursu-
ant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3151a), $4,790,000, to remain available until expended; for 
higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 
$5,530,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,239,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3241), $9,219,000; for competitive grants for the purpose 
of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to indi-
vidual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institu-
tions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,194,000; 
for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year 
post-secondary education, (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $981,000; for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,920,000; for sus-
tainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
5811), $14,471,000; for a program of capacity building 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to re-
ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,336,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 
capacity building grants for non-land-grant colleges of agri-
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culture (7 U.S.C. 3319i), $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended; for competitive grants for policy research 
(7 U.S.C. 3155), $4,000,000, which shall be obligated within 
120 days of the enactment of this Act; for payments to the 
1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 
Law 103–382, $3,335,000; for resident instruction grants 
for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $898,000; for distance education 
grants for insular areas under section 1490 of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $749,000; for a new era rural tech-
nology program pursuant to section 1473E of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319e), $856,000; for a competitive grants 
program for farm business management and benchmarking 
(7 U.S.C. 5925f), $1,497,000; for a competitive grants pro-
gram regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114), 
$2,246,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 
Education Activities, $11,006,000, of which $2,645,000 for 
the Research, Education, and Economics Information Sys-
tem and $2,089,000 for the Electronic Grants Information 
System, are to remain available until expended.
8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
(16 U.S.C. 590h(b)), or the successors to such commit-
tees, in a timely manner and prior to the Survey entering
onto non-Federal real property for which the State and
county committees maintain records or have responsibility
as provided in programs administered by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means the
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife of the De-
partment of the Interior established under section 3
of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C.
742b);
(2) the term ‘‘biological resources’’ means
plants, fish, invertebrates, and wildlife inhabiting
terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems;
(3) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the National Biological Survey appointed under sec-
tion 3(b);
(4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior;
(5) the term ‘‘Survey’’ means the National Bio-
logical Survey established under this Act; and
(2) The location or locations at which the ac-
tivities of the proposed University Technology Devel-
opment Program will be undertaken, and a review of
the anticipated economic and social benefits to the
community of these proposed activities.
(3) A review of the expected systems integra-
tion and coordinated activities that will be employed
for achieving the goals of the University Technology
Development Program.
(4) A complete explanation of how the activities
of the proposed University Technology Development
Program meet the selection criteria described in sec-
tion 10.
(5) A full description of all agreements entered
into and expected to be entered into between the
participants for carrying out the University Tech-
nology Development Program, including agreements
relating to capital and other contributions, patent
rights, copyrights, and royalty and licensing pay-
ments.
(6) An explanation of the specific nature of
Federal financial or technical assistance under sec-
tion 12 that the University Technology Development
Program is seeking, and justification for this re-
quest.
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ment shall promulgate regulations governing the adminis-
tration of the funds described under subsection (a). 
SEC. 222. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2012.’’. 
SEC. 223. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 
the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 
management requirements. 
SEC. 224. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the
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use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub-
lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 
under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec-
tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 
fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 
9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 225. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im-
plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re-
ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that, not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a trained 
allotment holder shall be designated for each HUD sub-
account under the heading ‘‘Administration, Operations, 
and Management’’ as well as each account receiving appro-
priations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 
within the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section
(2) the relationship of the goals of a University
Technology Development Program or a University-
Industry Technology Partnership to the development
of technologies and processes deemed critical by the
Secretary, as reported annually to the Congress by
the Secretary in accordance with section 603(d) of
the National Science and Technology Policy, Organi-
zation, and Priorities Act of 1976;
(3) the likelihood that the goals stated in the
application can be attained;
(4) whether the expected level of risk and re-
turn on investment to the participants make it un-
likely that the proposed activities would be under-
taken without the incentives provided by selection as
a University Technology Development Program or a
University-Industry Technology Partnership;
(5) the impact of a proposed University Tech-
nology Development Program or a proposed Univer-
sity-Industry Technology Partnership on reaching
articulated long-term economic and social needs of
the community in which the participating university
or universities, or University-Industry Technology
Partnership is to be located;
(6) whether the proposed University Technology
Development Program or proposed University-Indus-
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priations Act, 1993, to Colfax County, New Mexico
under section 1005 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, and any other allocations or
grants for such fiscal year resulting from such alloca-
tion to such county under any program administered
by the Secretary of Education, shall be deemed to be
authorized by law; and
(2) in any program for which allocations are
based on fiscal year 1993 allocations under section
1005 of such Act, the fiscal year 1993 allocations
under such section deemed to be authorized by law in
accordance with paragraph (1) shall be used.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) of this section,
in carrying out section 1403(a) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 1994, the
amount allocated to Colfax County, New Mexico under sec-
tion 1005 of such Act for fiscal year 1993 shall be deemed
to be the amount that the Secretary determines would have
been allocated under such section 1005 had the correct data
been used for fiscal year 1993.
SEC. 410. STUDY OF GOALS 2000 AND STUDENTS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
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educational research institutions, community based
organizations, parents and schools to improve the
quality of education;
(5) The establishment of the Department of Edu-
cation, Congress intended to protect the rights of
State and local governments and public and private
educational institutions in the areas of educational
policies and administration of programs and to
strengthen and improve the control of such govern-
ments and institutions over their own educational
programs and policies;
(6) Public Law 96–88 specified that the estab-
lishment of the Department of Education shall not in-
crease the authority of the Federal Government over
education or diminish the responsibility for education
which is reserved to the States and local school sys-
tems and other instrumentalities of the States;
(7) Public Law 96–88 specified that no provision
of a program administered by the Secretary or by
any other officer of the Department shall be construed
to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exer-
cise any direction, supervision, or control over the
curriculum, program of instruction, administration,
or personnel of any educational institution, school, or
school system, over any accrediting agency or associa-
(a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, 
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of 
such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing any program or activity not carried out 
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
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‘‘(ii) In each of the last 3 years of such
5-year period, 18 percent of the total grant
amount shall be disbursed to the entity.
‘‘(6) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under paragraph (1)(A), an eligible entity shall
submit to the Secretary an application in the form
and manner required by the Secretary (after consulta-
tion with the Advisory Committee), which shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) a description of the midnight basket-
ball league program to be carried out by the en-
tity, including a description of the employment
counseling, job training, and other educational
services to be provided;
‘‘(B) letters of agreement from service pro-
viders to provide training and counseling serv-
ices required under paragraph (4) and a descrip-
tion of such service providers;
‘‘(C) letters of agreement providing for fa-
cilities for basketball games and counseling,
training, and educational services required
under paragraph (4) and a description of the fa-
cilities;
‘‘(D) a list of persons and businesses from
the community served by the program who have
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Sec. 306. State improvement plans.
Sec. 307. Secretary’s review of applications; payments.
Sec. 308. State use of funds.
Sec. 309. Subgrants for local reform and professional development.
Sec. 310. Availability of information and training.
Sec. 311. Waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements.
Sec. 312. Progress reports.
Sec. 313. National leadership.
Sec. 314. Assistance to the outlying areas and to the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 315. Clarification regarding State standards and assessments.
Sec. 316. State planning for improving student achievement through integration
of technology into the curriculum.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 401. Public schools.
Sec. 402. Construction.
Sec. 403. Khalid Abdul Mohammed.
Sec. 404. Prohibition on Federal mandates, direction, and control.
Sec. 405. School prayer.
Sec. 406. Daily silence for students.
Sec. 407. Funding for the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.
Sec. 408. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Sec. 409. Forgiveness of certain overpayments.
Sec. 410. Study of Goals 2000 and students with disabilities.
Sec. 411. Mentoring, peer counseling and peer tutoring.
Sec. 412. Content and performance standards.
Sec. 413. State-sponsored higher education trust fund savings plan.
Sec. 414. Amendments to sumer youth employment and training program.
Sec. 415. State and local government control of education.
Sec. 416. Protection of pupils.
Sec. 417. Contraceptive devices.
Sec. 418. Educational agencies not denied funds for adopting constitutional pol-
icy relative to prayer in schools.
TITLE V—NATIONAL SKILL STANDARDS BOARD
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Purpose.
Sec. 503. Establishment of National Board.
Sec. 504. Functions of the National Board.
Sec. 505. Deadlines.
Sec. 506. Reports.
Sec. 507. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 508. Definitions.
Sec. 509. Sunset provision.
TITLE VI—SAFE SCHOOLS
PART A—SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Sec. 601. Short title; statement of purpose.
Sec. 602. Safe schools program authorized.
Sec. 603. Eligible applicants.
Sec. 604. Applications and plans.
Sec. 605. Use of funds.
Sec. 606. National leadership.
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Sec. 607. National cooperative education statistics system.
Sec. 608. Coordiation of Federal assistance.
Sec. 609. Effective date.
PART B—STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE SAFE SCHOOLS
Sec. 621. State leasership activities to promote safe schools program.
TITLE VII—MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE TRAINING AND
PARTNERSHIP
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Grants for midnight basketball league training and partnership pro-
grams.
Sec. 703. Public housing midnight basketball league programs.
TITLE VIII—YOUTH VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
Sec. 801. Purpose.
Sec. 802. Findings.
Sec. 803. Provisions.
TITLE IX—EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
Sec. 901. Short title.
PART A—OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
Sec. 911. Repeal.
Sec. 912. Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Sec. 913. Savings provisions.
Sec. 914. Field readers.
PART B—EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
SUBPART 1—INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Sec. 921. International Education Program.
SUBPART 2—AMENDMENTS TO THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT
Sec. 931. National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.
SUBPART 3—ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 941. Short title.
Sec. 942. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 943. Program authorized.
Sec. 944. Allotments of funds.
Sec. 945. State application.
Sec. 946. Local application.
Sec. 947. Participation of private schools.
Sec. 948. Program requirements.
Sec. 949. Federal administration.
Sec. 950. Authorization of appropriations.
SUBPART 4—MEDIA INSTRUCTION
Sec. 951. Media instruction.
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SUBPART 5—STAR SCHOOLS
Sec. 961. Star schools.
SUBPART 6—OFFICE OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION
Sec. 971. Office of Comprehensive School Health Education.
SUBPART 7—MINORITY-FOCUSED CIVICS EDUCATION
Sec. 981. Short title.
Sec. 982. Purposes.
Sec. 983. Grants authorized; authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 984. Definitions.
Sec. 985. Applications.
PART C—DEFINITIONS
Sec. 991. Definitions.
TITLE X—PARENTS AS TEACHERS
Sec. 1001. Findings.
Sec. 1002. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 1003. Definitions.
Sec. 1004. Program established.
Sec. 1005. Program requirements.
Sec. 1006. Special rules.
Sec. 1007. Parents As Teachers Centers.
Sec. 1008. Evaluations.
Sec. 1009. Application.
Sec. 1010. Payments and Federal share.
Sec. 1011. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1012. Home instruction program for preschool youngsters.
TITLE XI—GUN-FREE SCHOOLS
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Gun-free requirements in elementary and secondary schools.
TITLE XII—ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE
Sec. 1201. Short title.
Sec. 1202. Findings.
Sec. 1203. Definitions.
Sec. 1204. Nonsmoking policy for children’s services.
Sec. 1205. Technical assistance.
Sec. 1206. Federally funded programs.
Sec. 1207. Report by the Administrator.
Sec. 1208. Preemption.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide a framework
for meeting the National Education Goals described in title
I of this Act by—
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(1) promoting coherent, nationwide, systemic
education reform;
(2) improving the quality of teaching and learn-
ing in the classroom;
(3) defining appropriate and coherent Federal,
State, and local roles and responsibilities for edu-
cation reform;
(4) establishing valid, reliable, and fair mecha-
nisms for—
(A) building a broad national consensus on
United States education reform;
(B) assisting in the development and certifi-
cation of high-quality, internationally competi-
tive content and student performance standards;
(C) assisting in the development and certifi-
cation of opportunity-to-learn standards; and
(D) assisting in the development and cer-
tification of high-quality assessment measures
that reflect the internationally competitive con-
tent and student performance standards;
(5) supporting new initiatives at the Federal,
State, local, and school levels to provide equal edu-
cational opportunity for all students to meet high
standards; and
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(6) providing a framework for the reauthoriza-
tion of all Federal education programs by—
(A) creating a vision of excellence and eq-
uity that will guide all Federal education and
related programs;
(B) providing for the establishment of high-
quality, internationally competitive content and
student performance standards that all students,
including disadvantaged students, students with
diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds,
students with disabilities, students with limited-
English proficiency, and academically talented
students, will be expected to achieve;
(C) providing for the establishment of high
quality, internationally competitive opportunity-
to-learn standards that all States, local edu-
cational agencies, and schools should achieve;
(D) encouraging and enabling all State
educational agencies and local educational agen-
cies to develop comprehensive improvement plans
that will provide a coherent framework for the
implementation of reauthorized Federal edu-
cation and related programs in an integrated
fashion that effectively educates all children;
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(E) providing resources to help individual
schools, including schools serving students with
high needs, develop and implement comprehen-
sive improvement plans; and
(F) promoting the use of technology to en-
able all students to achieve the National Edu-
cation Goals.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act (other than in titles V and IX)—
(1) the term ‘‘all children’’ means children from
all backgrounds and circumstances, including dis-
advantaged children, children with diverse racial, eth-
nic, and cultural backgrounds, children with disabil-
ities, children with limited-English proficiency, chil-
dren who have dropped out of school, and academi-
cally talented children;
(2) the term ‘‘all students’’ means students from
a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, in-
cluding disadvantaged students, students with diverse
racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, students
with disabilities, students with limited-English pro-
ficiency, students who have dropped out of school, and
academically talented students;
(3) the term ‘‘assessment’’ means the overall
process and instrument used to measure student at-