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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 977
To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate the National
Education Standards and Improvement Council, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 16, 1995
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate
the National Education Standards and Improvement
Council, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
STANDARDS AND IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Part B of title II of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5841 et seq.) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘PART B—NATIONAL STANDARDS
‘‘SEC. 211. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STANDARDS.
‘‘No Federal agency shall expend Federal funds for
the development or dissemination of model or national
content standards, national student performance stand-
ards, or national opportunity-to-learn standards.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on January
1, 1995.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT.—
(1) The table of contents for the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act is amended, in the items relat-
ing to title II, by striking the items relating to part
B of such title and inserting the following:
‘‘PART B—NATIONAL STANDARDS
‘‘Sec. 211. Prohibition of Federal funding for the development of national stand-
ards.’’.
(2) Section 3(a)(7) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5802(a)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘voluntary na-
tional content standards or’’.
(3) Section 201 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5821)
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3).
(4) Section 203(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5823(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and
(6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
(5) Section 204(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5824(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking all beginning with ‘‘(a)
HEARINGS.—’’ through ‘‘shall, for’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a) HEARINGS.—The Goals Panel shall,
for’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
(6) Section 241 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5871)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) NA-
TIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL.—’’; and
(B) by striking subsections (b) through
(d).
(7) Section 304(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5884(a)(2)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;
and’’ and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C).
(8) Section 308(b)(2)(A) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 5888(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘in-
cluding’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of title II;’’
and inserting ‘‘including through consortia of
States;’’.
(9) Section 312(b) (20 U.S.C. 5892(b)) is
amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
(10) Section 314(a)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5894(a)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘, if—’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘populations’’.
(11) Section 315 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5895)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking paragraph (2);
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3)
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4),
respectively;
(iii) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking
‘‘paragraph (4) of this subsection’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;
(iv) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(2) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by
striking ‘‘and the voluntary national con-
tent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘dif-
ferences’’;
(v) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(3) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by
striking ‘‘paragraph (5),’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (4),’’; and
(vi) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated
by clause (ii)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’;
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) of subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection
(b)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; and
(C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(4)’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’.
(12) Section 316 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5896)
is repealed.
(13) Section 503 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5933)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘28’’ and
inserting ‘‘27’’;
(II) by striking subparagraph
(D); and
(III) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (E) through (G) as subpara-
graphs (D) through (F), respectively;
(ii) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), by
striking ‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and
(G)’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F)’’;
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (F)’’;
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking
‘‘(C), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (C)’’;
and
(v) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (5), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (E), (F), or (G)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (D), (E), or (F)’’;
and
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (D)’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and
(F)’’.
(14) Section 504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5934)
is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (f); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f).
(b) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
OF 1965.—
(1) Section 2102(c) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6622(c))
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘includ-
ing information on voluntary national content
standards and voluntary national student per-
formance standards’’; and
(B) in paragraph (7)—
(i) by striking ‘‘voluntary national
content standards,’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, voluntary national
student performance standards’’.
(2) Section 2402(3)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
6702(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, challenging
State student performance’’ and all that follows
through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘or challenging
State student performance standards;’’.
(3) Section 3151(b)(5)(H) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 6871(b)(5)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘the
voluntary national content standards, the voluntary
national student performance standards and’’.
(4) Section 3206(b)(12) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
6896(b)(12) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (H), by inserting
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(B) by striking subparagraph (I); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as
subparagraph (I).
(5) Section 7136 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7456)
is amended by striking ‘‘and which are consistent
with voluntary national content standards and chal-
lenging State content standards’’.
(6) Section 10963(b)(5)(B) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 8283(b)(5)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘or to
bring teachers up to national voluntary standards’’.
(7) Section 14701(b)(1)(B)(v) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 8941(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by striking
‘‘the National Education Goals Panel,’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘assessments)’’ and inserting ‘‘and
the National Education Goals Panel’’.
(c) GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT.—Sec-
tion 428 of the General Education Provisions Act (20
U.S.C. 1228b), as amended by section 237 of the Improv-
ing America’s Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382)
is amended by striking ‘‘the National Education Stand-
ards and Improvement Council,’’.
(d) EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1978.—
(1) Section 1121 of the Education Amendments
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001), as amended by section
381 of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–382) is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (b);
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(c)
through (l) as subsections (b) through (k), re-
spectively;
(C) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B))—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and
the findings of the studies and surveys de-
scribed in subsection (b)’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(e)’’;
(D) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’;
(E) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsections (c)
and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and
(c)’’;
(F) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by striking
‘‘subsections (c) and (d)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and
(G) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsections (e)
and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and
(e)’’.
(2) Section 1122(d)(1) of such Act (25 U.S.C.
2002(d)(1)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 1121(c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1121(b)’’; and