Sec. 103. Application required.
Sec. 104. Planning period.
Sec. 105. Uses of funds.
Sec. 106. Accountability.
Sec. 107. Incentive awards to exemplary programs.
Sec. 108. Regulatory assessment.
Sec. 109. Local advisory group.
Sec. 110. Special rules.
TITLE II—SCHOOL BUILDING REPAIR AND RENOVATION
Sec. 201. Purpose; authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 203. Application.
Sec. 204. Uses of Funds.
TITLE III—URBAN SCHOOL RESEARCH
Sec. 301. Authorization.
Sec. 302. Assistant Secretary for Urban Education.
Sec. 303. Reservation, allotment, allocation.
Sec. 304. National Institute of Urban Education.
Sec. 305. Application.
Sec. 306. Uses of funds.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Interagency Council on Urban Schools.
Sec. 402. White House Conference on Urban Education.
Sec. 403. Augustus F. Hawkins National Commission on Urban Education.
Sec. 404. Federal funds to supplement not supplant non-Federal funds.
Sec. 405. Definitions.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the ability of the Nation’s major urban
school systems to meet the Nation’s educational
goals will determine the country’s economic competi-
tiveness and academic standing in the world commu-
nity;
(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 inner cities;
(3) the success of urban schools in boosting the
achievement of its minority youth attending such
schools will determine the ability of the Nation to
close the gap between the ‘‘haves and 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
work force will be minority 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 approximately one-third
of Nation’s poor, 40 percent of the Nation’s African-
American children, and 30 percent of the Nation’s
Hispanic youth;
(8) nearly 20 percent of the Nation’s limited-
English proficient children and 15 percent of the
Nation’s disabled youth are enrolled in urban
schools;
(9) the academic performance of students in the
average inner-city public school system is below that
of students in most other kinds of school systems;
(10) urban schools systems have higher dropout
rates, more problems with health care and less pa-
rental participation than other kinds of school sys-
tems;
(11) urban preschoolers have one-half the ac-
cess to early childhood development programs as do
other children;
(12) shortages of teachers in urban school sys-
tems are 2.5 times greater than such shortages in
other kinds of school systems;
(13) declining numbers of urban minority high
school graduates are pursuing postsecondary edu-
cational opportunities;
(14) urban schools systems have greater prob-
lems with teen pregnancy, discipline, drug abuse and
gangs than do other kinds of school systems;
(15) 75 percent of urban school buildings are
over 25 years old, 33 percent of such buildings are
over 50 years old, and such buildings are often in
serious disrepair and create poor and demoralizing
working and learning conditions;
(16) 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;
(17) State and Federal funding of urban
schools has not adequately reflected need; and
(18) Federal funding that is well targeted, flexi-
ble and accountable would contribute significantly to
addressing the comprehensive needs of inner-city
schools.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide financial as-
sistance to—
(1) assist urban schools in meeting national
education goals;
(2) improve the educational and social well
being of urban public school children;
(3) close the achievement gap between urban
and nonurban school children, while improving the
achievement level of all children nationally;
(4) renovate and repair urban school buildings
and facilities;
(5) conduct coordinated research on urban edu-
cation problems, solutions and promising practices;
(6) improve the Nation’s global economic and
educational competitiveness by improving the coun-
try’s urban schools;
(7) encourage community, parental and busi-
ness collaboration in the improvement of urban
schools; and
(8) review regulations whose simplification
might improve the achievement of urban school chil-
dren.
TITLE I—URBAN SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 to carry out the
provisions of this title.
SEC. 102. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
(a) RESERVATIONS.—
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), from the amount
appropriated or otherwise made available to carry
out the provisions of this title for any fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of such funds to
provide competitive awards in accordance with sec-
tion 107.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the first
year in which funds are appropriated.
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—From the remainder of the sums
not reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot
to each eligible local educational agency with an approved
application in each fiscal year an amount which bears the
same relationship to such funds as the amount such eligi-
ble local educational agency was allocated under section
1005 and 1006 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 in the preceding fiscal year bears to
the total amount received under such sections in such pre-
ceding fiscal year by all eligible local educational agencies.
(c) RESERVATION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANI-
ZATIONS
AND NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.—From the
amounts allotted under subsection (b) for any fiscal year,
each eligible local educational agency shall reserve not
more than 5 percent to make as many grants as prac-
ticable for the activities described in section 105 to—
(1) community-based organizations; or
(2) nonprofit partnerships between the eligible
local educational agency and city-wide collaboratives
of private sector businesses or universities.
(d) PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually
pay to each eligible local educational agency having
an application approved under section 103 the costs
of the activities described in the application.
(2) PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary
shall make annual payments only to eligible local
educational agencies that—
(A) comply with the provisions of section
106; and
(B) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that the data submitted pursuant to
section 106 shows progress toward meeting na-
tional education goals.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of any allotment or grant made under this title may
be used for administrative costs.
SEC. 103. APPLICATION REQUIRED.
(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible local edu-
cational agency desiring to receive an allotment
from the Secretary to carry out the provisions
of this title shall—
(i) develop and prepare an application
with the local advisory group;
(ii) submit to the State educational
agency the application for review and com-
ment; and
(iii) submit the application described
in clause (i) to the Secretary for approval.
(B) DURATION.—Except as provided in
section 106, the application described in clause
(i) may be for a period of not more than 3
years.
(2) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS
AND
NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.—Any community-based
organization or nonprofit partnership referred to in
section 102(c) desiring to receive a grant from an el-
igible local educational agency pursuant to section
101(c) shall—
(A) prepare an application for approval by
the local advisory group and submit such appli-
cation to the eligible local educational agency;
(B) describe in the application the collabo-
rative efforts undertaken with the local edu-
cational agency in designing a program to meet
the purposes of the Act; and
(C) describe in the application how funds
will be used to help meet the education goals se-
lected by the local educational agency pursuant
to subsection (b).
(b) CONTENTS OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY
APPLICATION.—Each application submitted by an eligible
local educational agency shall include a description of—
(1) the ranking of all schools in the eligible
local educational agency by achievement, poverty,
and racial isolation and how such schools will be
served in accordance with section 110(a);
(2) the community served by the eligible local
educational agency and the effects of the community
on the educational conditions within the schools
served by the eligible local educational agency;
(3) the collaboration in program planning with
the local advisory group described in section 109;
(4) the goals selected by the eligible local edu-
cational agency pursuant to section 106(b), the ra-
tionale for choosing such goals over others, and a
description of whether the goals selected differ be-
tween elementary and secondary schools within the
jurisdiction of the local educational agency;
(5) how funds received under this title will be
used to meet the national educational goals selected
by the eligible local educational agency;
(6) how promising or successful models or pro-
grams will be replicated in designing activities as-
sisted under this title; and
(7) the statistical indicators and other criteria
that the eligible local educational agency will use to
measure progress toward meeting national education
goals, and a description of what the local educational
agency has done to ensure that any assessments
used to measure such progress will not have a nega-
tive effect on minority or language minority stu-
dents.
SEC. 104. PLANNING PERIOD.
Any eligible local educational agency requiring addi-
tional planning efforts to meet the provisions of this title
may use the first 6 months of the initial program year
for planning purposes, subject to approval by the Sec-
retary, except that not more than 15 percent of the first
year’s allotment shall be used for such purposes. A written
report of the results of such planning shall be submitted
to the Secretary not later than the end of the first project
year.
SEC. 105. USES OF FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds allotted under this title
shall be used by eligible local educational agencies, com-
munity-based organizations, or nonprofit partnerships to
meet national education goals through programs designed
to—
(1) increase the academic achievement of
urban school children to at least the national aver-
age, including—
(A) effective schools programs;
(B) tutoring, mentoring, and other activi-
ties to improve academic achievement directly;
(C) activities designed to increase the par-
ticipation of minority and female students in
entry level and advanced courses in mathe-
matics and science;
(D) supplementary academic instruction;
(E) efforts to improve problem-solving and
higher-order thinking skills;
(F) programs to increase student motiva-
tion for learning; and
(G) efforts to lengthen the school day,
school year or reduce class sizes;
(2) ensure the readiness of all urban children
for school, including—
(A) full workday, full calendar-year com-
prehensive early childhood development pro-
grams;
(B) parenting classes and parent involve-
ment activities;
(C) activities designed to coordinate pre-
kindergarten and child care programs;
(D) efforts to integrate developmentally
appropriate prekindergarten services into the
overall school program;
(E) upgrading the qualifications of early
childhood education staff and standards for
programs;
(F) collaborative efforts with health and
social service agencies to provide comprehensive
services and to facilitate the transition from
home to school;
(G) establishment of comprehensive child
care centers in high schools for students who
are parents and their children; and
(H) augmenting early childhood develop-
ment programs to meet the special educational
and cultural needs of limited-English proficient
preschool children;
(3) increase the graduation rates of urban stu-
dents to at least the national average, including—
(A) dropout prevention activities and sup-
port services for students at-risk of dropping
out of school;
(B) re-entry, outreach and support activi-
ties to recruit students who have dropped out of
school to return to school;
(C) development of systemwide policies and
practices that encourage students to stay in
school;
(D) efforts to provide individualized stu-
dent support, such as mentoring programs;
(E) collaborative activities between schools,
parents, community groups, agencies and insti-
tutions of higher education aimed at preventing
individuals from dropping out of school;
(F) programs to increase student attend-
ance; and
(G) alternative programs for students, es-
pecially bilingual and special education stu-
dents, who have dropped out of school or are
at-risk of dropping out of school;
(4) prepare urban school graduates to enter
higher education, pursue careers and exercise their
responsibilities as citizens, including—
(A) activities designed to increase the
number and percentages of students, particu-
larly minority students, enrolling in postsecond-
ary educational institutions after graduation
from secondary schools;
(B) in-school youth employment, vocational
education, and career education programs that
improve the transition from school to work;
(C) activities designed in collaboration with
colleges and universities to assist urban school
graduates in completing higher education;
(D) efforts to increase voter registration
among eligible high school students;
(E) activities designed to promote commu-
nity service and volunteerism among students,
parents, teachers, and the community; and
(F) civic education and other programs de-
signed to enhance responsible citizenship and
understanding of the political process;
(5) recruit and retain qualified teachers, includ-
ing—
(A) school-based management projects and
activities;
(B) programs designed to test efforts to
increase the professionalization of teachers or to
bring teachers up to national voluntary stand-
ards;
(C) alternative routes to certification for
qualified individuals from business, the military
and other fields;
(D) efforts to recruit and retain teachers
in critical shortage areas, including early child-
hood teachers, mathematics and science teach-
ers, and special education and bilingual teach-
ers;
(E) upgrading the skills of teacher aides
and paraprofessionals to permit such individ-
uals to become certified teachers;
(F) efforts specifically designed to increase
the number of minority teachers in urban
schools;
(G) programs designed to ‘‘grow your
own’’ teachers;
(H) incentives for teachers to work in
inner-city schools; and
(I) collaborative activities with urban uni-
versities to revise and upgrade teacher training
programs; and
(6) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol
among urban students, and to enhance the physical
and emotional health of such students, including—
(A) activities designed to improve the self-
esteem and self-worth of urban students;
(B) the provision of health care services
and other social services and the coordination of
such services with other health care providers;
(C) programs designed to improve safety
and discipline and reduce in-school violence,
vandalism, and gang activity;
(D) activities that begin in the early
grades and are designed to prevent drug and al-
cohol abuse and smoking among students and
teachers;
(E) collaborative activities with other agen-
cies, businesses, and community groups to dis-
courage the advertisement and glorification of
drugs and alcohol;
(F) efforts to enhance health education
and nutrition education; and
(G) alternative schools, and schools-within-
schools programs, including bilingual and spe-
cial education programs for students with spe-
cial needs.
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Funds allotted under this title
may be used for the planning, development, operation or
expansion of programs and activities which are designed
to assist urban schools in meeting national education
goals, and may include—
(1) training of teachers and other educational
personnel in subject areas, or in instructional tech-
nology and methods that would improve the delivery
of services in urban settings and assist in the
achievement of the national education goals, includ-
ing staff development efforts that emphasize
multicultural and gender and disability bias-free cur-
ricula;
(2) coordination and collaboration with other
municipal agencies, child care organizations, univer-
sities or the private sector;
(3) parental involvement and outreach efforts
and other activities designed to enhance parental en-
couragement of student learning;
(4) guidance and psychological counseling, so-
cial work, and other support services that contribute
to progress in achieving national education goals;
(5) efforts to acquire and improve access to
educational technology;
(6) programs to serve homeless children, chil-
dren in desegregation programs, immigrants, mi-
grants, or other highly mobile populations, even if
such individuals do not attend a school assisted
under this title; and
(7) efforts to improve and strengthen the cur-
riculum and coordinate services across grade levels.
(c) PRIORITY.—Each local educational agency sub-
mitting an application shall give priority in designing the
program to include activities that replicate successful ef-
forts in other local educational agencies or expand success-
ful programs within the eligible local educational agency.
SEC. 106. ACCOUNTABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award an al-
lotment under this title to an eligible local educational
agency to enable such an agency to operate a program
under this title for a period of not more than 3 years.
If an eligible local educational agency receiving an allot-
ment under this title meets the accountability require-
ments described in subsection (b) at the end of 3 years
and the requirements described in subsection (c) at the
end of each year, as determined by the Secretary, such
agency shall be eligible to continue the project with funds
under this title for an additional 3 years.
(b) REQUIREMENTS TO MOVE TOWARD NATIONAL
EDUCATION GOALS.—
(1) PROGRAM
CONTINUATION.—If, after 3
years, an eligible local educational agency receiving
an allotment under this title is able to demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it has in-
creased the achievement level of students in the low-
est 2 quartiles in schools assisted under this title as
measured by the statistical indicators and other cri-
teria specified in the application in excess of the av-
erage such achievement of such students in the 3
years prior to the initiation of the project, then such
agency shall be eligible to continue the project with
funds under this title for an additional 3 years upon
reapplication under section 103.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—If, after 3 years, an eligi-
ble local educational agency receiving an allotment
under this title is able to demonstrate progress in
lieu of paragraph (1) in meeting at least 3 of the
criteria described in paragraph (3), then such agen-
cy shall be considered to have met the requirements
of paragraph (1) so long as the achievement level of
the schools assisted under this title did not decline
in any of the 3 previous school years.
(3) CRITERIA.—For purposes of paragraph (2),
the criteria are as follows:
(A) The number or percentage of preschool
children served by the eligible local educational
agency is greater than the average such number
or percentage in the 3 previous school years.
(B) The number or percentage of second-
ary school students graduating in the eligible
local educational agency is greater than the av-
erage such number or percentage rate for the 3
previous school years.
(C) The number or percentage of second-
ary school graduates in the eligible local edu-
cational agency enrolled in postsecondary edu-
cation is greater than the average such number
or percentage for the 3 previous school years.
(D) The number or percentage of the
teaching force in the eligible local educational
agency who are minorities is greater than the
average such number or percentage for the 3
previous school years.
(E) The incidence of discipline, drug-relat-
ed or in-school crime in the eligible local edu-
cational agency is less than the average such in-
cidence in the 3 previous school years.
(c) COLLECTION OF DATA.—Each eligible local edu-
cational agency, community-based organization, univer-
sity, or nonprofit partnership receiving an allotment under
this title shall annually collect and submit to the Secretary
data based on the statistical indicators and other criteria
described in the application submitted by such eligible
local educational agency for the purposes of monitoring
progress in achieving national education goals. Such data
shall include multiple measures or indicators of each vari-
able, and may take into consideration the mobility of stu-
dents in the schools served under this title.
SEC. 107. INCENTIVE AWARDS TO EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS.
From amounts reserved pursuant to section 102(a)
or otherwise made available, the Secretary is authorized
to make competitive awards to individual schools partici-
pating in a program assisted under this title that dem-
onstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary success in at
least 3 of the following areas:
(1) Unusual or exemplary progress in achieving
the national education goals through programs de-
scribed in section 105.
(2) Exemplary or unusually effective collabo-
rative arrangements between schools, community-
based organizations, agencies, parent groups, col-
leges and businesses.
(3) Identification, review, and removal of poten-
tial barriers to student performance in achieving na-
tional education goals, including a decrease in sus-
pensions, expulsions, in-grade retentions, and ability
groupings, and lack of access to course offerings in
pre-algebra and introductory algebra.
(4) Substantial expansion of the hours that
schools remain open for community use or student
after-school recreation.
SEC. 108. REGULATORY ASSESSMENT.
(a) REPORT ON URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—In order
to assist eligible local educational agencies under this Act
in improving the performance of urban school children, the
Secretary shall, not later than January 1, 1993, prepare
a report on the impact of Federal regulations, guidelines
and policies on urban public schools.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—(1) The report shall
analyze the impact of Federal legal, regulatory, policy and
organizational requirements on the time and resources
that eligible local educational agencies assisted under this
Act have for educating students, including fiscal resources,
staff time, facilities, instructional equipment, and services.
(2) The report shall make recommendations on how
best to simplify Federal regulations, guidelines and poli-
cies so that more resources can be devoted to improving
urban school performance.
(3) The report shall also identify the regulations in
which a waiver might be used as an incentive or reward
for exceptional progress in meeting national education
goals.
(c) SPECIFIC ISSUES FOR ANALYSIS.—In preparing
the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall
analyze—
(1) the effect of regulatory requirements on
local program flexibility and management within eli-
gible local educational agencies;
(2) the effect of regulatory requirements on the
size, cost and composition of administrative practices
within eligible local educational agencies;
(3) the extent to which regulatory requirements
are duplicative or contradictory;
(4) the amount of time and resources that
school administrators and teachers must spend re-
sponding to data requests and reporting require-
ments pursuant to Federal law;
(5) the extent to which regulatory requirements
are 
related 
to 
instructional 
rather 
than
noninstructional practices in eligible local edu-
cational agencies;
(6) the relationship between specific regulatory
requirements and the educational performance of
urban students; and
(7) how the waiver or simplification of regu-
latory requirements could enhance the performance
of urban school children and the progress of urban
schools in meeting national education goals.
(d) SAMPLE DATA.—The Secretary may, in develop-
ing the report described in subsection (a), use appropriate
sampling techniques.
(e) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall consult with the Committee on Education and
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate concerning
the design of the report described in this section.
SEC. 109. LOCAL ADVISORY GROUP.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Any local educational agency
desiring to receive an allotment under this Act shall form
a local advisory group.
(b) COMPOSITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local advisory group
referred to in subsection (a) shall be composed of
representatives of such groups as—
(A) local government agencies;
(B) community-based organizations;
(C) service providers;
(D) teachers;
(E) parents;
(F) colleges and universities;
(G) businesses;
(H) principals and other school adminis-
trators;
(I) counselors, school psychologists and so-
cial workers;
(J) students;
(K) State educational agencies and State
boards of education;
(L) labor;
(M) Offices of the mayor;
(N) religious leaders; and
(O) organizations with an interest in im-
proving urban education and expertise in the
delivery of services needed by the schools se-
lected to participate in a program assisted
under this Act.
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The superintendent of
schools and the president of the board of education
of the eligible local educational agency shall appoint
the members of the local advisory group.
(3) REPRESENTATION.—The local advisory
group shall be representative of the community and
shall be balanced according to race, ethnicity, native
language background, and gender, to the extent
practicable.
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The local advisory group shall—
(1) advise the eligible local educational agency
on the design and conduct of a needs assessment for
all schools expected to participate in the program as-
sisted under this title;
(2) assist in planning for community-wide col-
laboration in service delivery for students in schools
expected to be served by the program assisted under
this title;
(3) advise the eligible local educational agency
and the community on how they can work together
to use multiple service providers;
(4) advise and assist the eligible local edu-
cational agency on the implementation of the pro-
gram assisted under this title and review evaluations
of such program’s success;
(5) review and approve applications submitted
to the eligible local educational agency by commu-
nity-based organizations pursuant to section 103(b);
(6) advise the eligible local educational agency
on strategies for increasing parent involvement and
the number of school volunteers and role models in
schools; and
(7) review the success of community-based pro-
grams assisted under this title for progress on the
national education goals.
(d) USE OF EXISTING LOCAL ADVISORY GROUP.—
To the extent that an eligible local educational agency has
established a broadly representative local advisory group
before enactment of this Act that is comparable to the
local advisory group described in this section, such existing
local advisory group shall be considered to be in compli-
ance with the provisions of this section.
SEC. 110. SPECIAL RULES.
(a) RANKING OF SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE REL-
ATIVE NEED.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each eligible local edu-
cational agency desiring to receive an allotment
under this title shall, in order to determine which
schools are most in need of services, separately rank
all elementary and secondary schools under the ju-
risdiction of such agency on the basis of—
(A) achievement;
(B) poverty; and
(C) racial isolation.
(2) 
PERCENTAGE
OF
SCHOOLS
TO
BE
SERVED.—Each eligible local educational agency
that receives an allotment under this title shall serve
at least 10 percent, but not more than 20 percent,
of the schools under the jurisdiction of such agency.
(3) CRITERIA FOR SCHOOLS TO BE SERVED.—
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
section, each eligible local educational agency that
receives an allotment under this title—
(A) shall serve any school that is deter-
mined to be most in need with respect to all 3
rankings described in paragraph (1);
(B) may serve any school that is deter-
mined to be most in need with respect to any
1 or more of such rankings; and
(C) may serve any school that received as-
sistance under this title in a previous fiscal
year.
(b) FLEXIBILITY.—Each eligible local educational
agency shall have the flexibility to serve homeless children,
desegregating students, immigrants, migrants or other
highly mobile populations within the program assisted
under this title.
(c) CHAPTER 1 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—The
approved program for any school served under sections
1020 and 1021 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, may be considered sufficient to meet
the requirements of the provisions of section 106(b)(1) of
this Act.
TITLE II—SCHOOL BUILDING
REPAIR AND RENOVATION
SEC. 201. PURPOSE; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro-
vide assistance to eligible local educational agencies to as-
sist such agencies in repairing, and renovating, instruc-
tional facilities in city schools.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 to carry out the provisions
of this title.
SEC. 202. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
(a) RESERVATION.—From the amount appropriated
or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of
this title for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve
1 percent of such amount to monitor activities assisted
under this title.
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—From the remainder of sums not
reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to
eligible local educational agencies with an approved appli-
cation—
(1) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the
number of children in the eligible local educational
agency between the ages of 5 and 17 who are mem-
bers of families whose income does not exceed the
income official poverty line (as defined by the Office
of Management and Budget), according to the most
recent decennial census, divided by the number of all
such children in all eligible local educational agen-
cies;
(2) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the
number of school buildings used for instructional
purposes in the eligible local educational agency, di-
vided by the number of all such buildings in all eligi-
ble local educational agencies; and
(3) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the
number of school buildings in the eligible local edu-
cational agency which are used for instructional pur-
poses and which are more than 25 years old, divided
by the number of all such buildings in all eligible
local educational agencies.
SEC. 203. APPLICATION.
(a) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible local educational
agency desiring to receive an allotment to carry out
the provisions of this title shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such manner
and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require.
(2) DURATION.—Each application shall be sub-
mitted for a period of not more than 3 years.
(3) ANNUAL REVIEW.—Each application shall
be subject to annual review.
(b) CONTENTS.—Each application shall contain—
(1) an assessment of needs for building repair,
renovation and construction;
(2) the name and location of all sites scheduled
for repair, renovation or construction and a descrip-
tion of the activities planned at each site; and
(3) a description of accounting procedures used
to assure proper disbursement of Federal funds.
SEC. 204. USES OF FUNDS.
Each eligible local educational agency receiving an al-
lotment under section 202(b) shall use such allotment to
conduct programs for—
(1) repair and renovation of school buildings
used for instruction;
(2) installation or upgrading of school security
and communications systems;
(3) construction of new buildings that will serve
to replace old facilities that are most cost effectively
torn down rather than renovated;
(4) alterations to buildings to meet special pro-
gram, curricula, or school-site management needs;
(5) alterations to buildings to meet certain spe-
cial population needs, such as the needs of homeless
children and preschool children;
(6) alterations to school buildings to enable
such buildings to serve as one-stop family support
centers;
(7) facilities’ costs associated with lengthening
the school day or school year;
(8) upgrading of and alterations to buildings to
accommodate new instructional technology;
(9) energy conservation;
(10) removal or containment of environmentally
hazardous material, such as asbestos, lead, and
radon;
(11) meeting the requirements of section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and
(12) meeting local, State, or Federal codes
passed since the initial construction of a building re-
lated to fire, air, light, noise, waste disposal, build-
ing height or other.
TITLE III—URBAN SCHOOL
RESEARCH
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Institute for Urban Education $100,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1992, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, and 2000 to carry out the provisions of this
title.
SEC. 302. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR URBAN EDUCATION.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU-
CATION ORGANIZATION ACT.—
(1) Section 202(b)(1) of the Department of
Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (F) and redesignating subparagraph
‘‘(G)’’ as subparagraph ‘‘(H)’’;
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (F)
the following:
‘‘(G) an Assistant Secretary for Urban
Education.’’.
(2) Title II of the Department of Education Or-
ganization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) is amend-
ed—
by adding at the end the following;
‘‘SEC. 216. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR URBAN EDUCATION.
‘‘There shall be in the Department a National Insti-
tute for Urban Education, established in accordance with
title III of the Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of
1991.’’.
(b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE V.—Section 5315 of title
5, United States Code is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant
Secretaries of Education (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant
Secretaries of Education (7)’’.
SEC. 303. RESERVATION, ALLOTMENT, ALLOCATION.
(a) RESERVATION
FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF
URBAN EDUCATION.—From the amount appropriated or
otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this
title in any fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary for Urban
Education (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary’’) shall reserve 20 percent of such funds for the op-
eration of the National Institute for Urban Education (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Institute’’).
(b) ALLOTMENTS
TO
ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.—From the remainder of sums not
reserved under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary
shall make allotments to eligible local educational agencies
in an amount which bears the same relation to such re-
mainder as the number of students enrolled in the eligible
local educational agency bears to the total number of stu-
dents enrolled in all eligible local educational agencies.
SEC. 304. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF URBAN EDUCATION.
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—From 
amounts 
reserved
under section 303(a), the Assistant Secretary shall estab-
lish an institute to be known as the National Institute of
Urban Education.
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Institute shall—
(1) assist eligible local educational agencies
under this Act, or consortia of such agencies, in de-
veloping research and evaluation activities to assess
progress toward meeting the national education
goals;
(2) provide for the conduct of research which
will assist urban schools in enhancing learning,
teaching, and system management;
(3) provide training in research and evaluation
methods and techniques that meet the purposes of
this Act;
(4) evaluate and disseminate among eligible
local educational agencies results of activities con-
ducted pursuant to title I of this Act;
(5) design and coordinate, in consultation with
eligible local educational agencies, a comprehensive
and cohesive research and evaluation strategy for as-
sessing progress under this Act;
(6) serve as a clearinghouse on urban education
research and evaluation findings, policies, and prac-
tices;
(7) design, test, define, and promote common
indicators of progress toward the national education
goals; and
(8) design, develop, and test new measures of
school progress toward the national education goals.
(c) GOVERNANCE.—The Institute shall have a Gov-
erning Board.
(1) COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT.—
(A) COMPOSITION.—The Governing Board
shall consist of 22 members, selected from a
pool of candidates nominated by the super-
intendent and the president of the eligible local
educational agencies.
(B) APPOINTMENT.—The Majority Leader
of the House of Representatives and the Major-
ity Leader of the Senate shall each appoint six
members to the Governing Board from individ-
uals nominated pursuant to subparagraph (A).
The Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Minority Leader of the
Senate shall each appoint 3 members to the
Governing Board from individuals nominated
pursuant to subparagraph (A). The Secretary
shall appoint 4 members to the Governing
Board from individuals nominated pursuant to
subparagraph (A).
(2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Gov-
erning Board shall be appointed for a period of
3 years.
(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—Members of the
Governing Board may be reappointed to the
Governing Board.
(3) DUTIES.—The Governing Board shall—
(A) establish the national research and
evaluation program for the Institute;
(B) review the programs and activities of
the Institute; and
(C) issue an annual report to the Congress
and the public on the progress of urban schools
in meeting the goals of this Act.
(4) LEADERSHIP.—The Assistant Secretary
shall be the primary individual responsible for the
daily operation of the Institute.
(5) STAFF.—Such personnel as the Institute
deems necessary may be appointed to carry out the
functions of the Institute.
(d) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided for
in advance in appropriation Acts, the Institute may
award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible
local educational agencies, universities, research and
development centers, private corporations, or re-
gional educational laboratories to carry out the du-
ties of the Institute.
(2) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—Grants and con-
tracts awarded under paragraph (1) shall be award-
ed on a competitive basis.
SEC. 305. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible local educational
agency desiring to receive an allotment under section
303(b) shall—
(1) submit an application to the Assistant Sec-
retary;
(2) consult with the Department of Education,
local universities, research institutes, laboratories, or
centers for purposes of planning and implementing
a plan of research and technical assistance for the
eligible local educational agency and schools within
the jurisdiction of the eligible local educational agen-
cy; and
(3) describe in the application a research and
technical assistance plan and how assistance pro-
vided under this title will be used to assess progress
on the national education goals.
(b) CONSORTIA.—Eligible local educational agencies
may pool their allotments under section 303(b), in whole
or in part, to design and conduct cooperative data collec-
tion, evaluation and information dissemination activities.
SEC. 306. USES OF FUNDS.
Funds allotted to eligible local educational agencies
under section 303(b) may be used for—
(1) collaborative and coordinated research and
evaluation of educational techniques or approaches
used in multiple eligible local educational agencies;
(2) evaluation of projects assisted under title I;
(3) collection and dissemination of information
on successful projects and approaches assisted under
title I;
(4) design and implementation of extension
service programs to allow an eligible local edu-
cational agency to provide technical assistance to in-
dividual schools and teachers involved in projects as-
sisted under title I;
TITLE IV—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON URBAN SCHOOLS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the
Interagency Council on Urban Schools (hereafter in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’).
(b) COMPOSITION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Council shall consist
of—
(A) the Secretary of Education who shall
serve as Chairperson of the Council;
(B) the Secretary of Labor;
(C) the Secretary of Health and Human
Services;
(D) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(E) the Attorney General of the United
States;
(F) the Secretary of Energy;
(G) the Director of the Environmental
Protection Agency;
(H) the Director of the Commission on
Civil Rights;
(I) the Chairperson of the Advisory Com-
mission on Intergovernmental Relations;
(J) the Chairpersons of the National En-
dowments on the Arts and the Humanities;
(K) the Director of the National Science
Foundation;
(L) the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development; and
(M) such other officers of the Federal Gov-
ernment as may be designated by the President
or the Chairperson of the Council to serve
wherever matters within the jurisdiction of the
agency headed by such an officer are to be con-
sidered by the Council.
(2) REPRESENTATION.—Each individual de-
scribed in paragraph (1) may designate a person to
represent such individual on the Council.
(3) DURATION.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed for as long as such member serves as the
head of the appropriate department or agency.
(4) PRINCIPAL ADVISOR.—The Chairperson of
the Council shall be the President’s principal advisor
on urban schools.
(c) QUORUM.—Seven members of the Council shall
constitute a quorum for the purposes of transmitting rec-
ommendations and proposals to the President, but a lesser
number may meet for other reasons.
(d) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at least 2
times each year. When a Council member is unable to at-
tend a meeting, the Council member shall appoint an ap-
propriate Assistant Secretary or an equivalent individual
from the department or agency of the member to represent
the member for that meeting.
(e) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.—The Council shall—
(1) review programs and activities conducted by
each department or agency represented on the Coun-
cil to determine the effects of such programs and ac-
tivities on the ability of urban schools to meet na-
tional education goals;
(2) track progress of urban schools in meeting
national education goals;
(3) solicit information and advice from experts
in urban education and representatives of urban
schools on how the Federal Government could im-
prove the programs and activities of the Federal
Government which serve urban school students;
(4) review regulations across various depart-
ments or agencies of the Federal Government for
duplication or contradiction;
(5) submit an annual report to Congress and
the President regarding the progress urban schools
are making in meeting national education goals, and
on how Congress might change Federal programs to
improve the effectiveness of such programs in urban
schools;
(6) review and make recommendations regard-
ing ways to improve or streamline various Federal
data collection activities in urban schools; and
(7) conduct such research as may be helpful to
urban school practitioners in improving the perform-
ance of students attending urban schools.
SEC. 402. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON URBAN EDU-
CATION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO CALL CONFERENCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized
to call and conduct a White House Conference on
Urban Education (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Con-
ference’’) which shall be held not earlier than No-
vember 1, 1993, and not later than October 30,
1994.
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the White
House Conference on Urban Education shall be to—
(A) develop recommendations and strate-
gies for the improvement of urban education;
(B) marshal the forces of the private sec-
tor, governmental agencies at all levels, parents,
teachers, communities, and education officials
to assist urban schools in achieving national
education goals; and
(C) conduct the initial planning for a per-
manent national advisory commission on urban
education.
(b) COMPOSITION OF CONFERENCE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Conference shall be
composed of 12 individuals, including—
(A) representatives of urban public school
systems, including board of education members
and school superintendents;
(B) representatives of the Congress, the
Department of Education and other Federal
agencies;
(C) State elected officials and representa-
tives from State educational agencies; and
(D) individuals with special knowledge of
and expertise in urban education.
(2) SELECTION.—The President shall select
one-third of the participants of the Conference, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall select
one-third of such participants, and the President pro
tempore of the Senate shall select the remaining
one-third of such participants.
(3) REPRESENTATION.—In selecting the par-
ticipants of the Conference the President, the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives, and the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate shall ensure that the
participants are as representative of the ethnic, ra-
cial, and linguistic diversity of cities as is prac-
ticable.
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A final report of the Con-
ference, containing such findings and recommenda-
tions as may be made by the Conference, shall be
submitted to the President not later than 120 days
following the termination of the Conference. The
final report shall be made public and, within 90 days
after receipt by the President, transmitted to the
Congress together with a statement of the President
containing recommendations for implementing the
report.
(2) PUBLICATION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.—The
Conference is authorized to publish and distribute
the report described in this section. Copies of the re-
port shall be provided to the Federal depository li-
braries and made available to local urban school
leaders.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 1993 $5,000,000 to
carry out the provisions of this section.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available
pursuant to the authority of paragraph (1) shall re-
main available until expended.
SEC. 403. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS NATIONAL COMMISSION
ON URBAN EDUCATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-
tional Commission on Urban Education (in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be
composed of 12 members as follows:
(A) Four of the members shall be ap-
pointed by the President.
(B) Four of the members shall be ap-
pointed by the Speaker of the House, including
two Members of the House, of which 1 shall be
from each political party.
(C) Four of the members shall be ap-
pointed by the President pro tempore of the
Senate, including 2 members of the Senate, of
which 1 shall be from each political party.
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the
Commission shall be elected by the members of the
Commission and shall continue to serve for the dura-
tion of the Commission.
(3) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis-
sion shall be filled in the same manner as the origi-
nal appointment.
(c) DUTIES.—The Commission shall study the follow-
ing issues:
(1) DEMOGRAPHIC
CHANGES.—Demographic
changes in student enrollment and classroom teach-
ers in the 10-year period prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(2) SPECIAL NEEDS.—Numbers and types of
special needs of students in urban schools.
(3) UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS.—
Number of unserved or underserved students in
urban schools eligible for assistance under the Head
Start Act, chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, School Dropout
Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988, Drug Free
Schools and Communities Act of 1986, Carl D. Per-
kins Vocational and Applied Technology Education
Act, Education of the Handicapped Act and other
Federal programs.
(4) STUDENT
PERFORMANCE.—Program and
management efforts in urban schools designed to en-
hance student performance, and reasons for the ef-
fectiveness of such efforts.
(5) FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.—Financial support
and funding needs of urban schools from local,
State, and Federal sources.
(6) COLLABORATIVE
EFFORTS.—Collaborative
efforts and programs between urban schools, the pri-
vate sector, and community groups.
(7) SUPPLY NEEDS.—Supply needs for teachers
in urban schools in the 10-year period beginning on
the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall sub-
mit a report that includes recommendations to the
President and to the appropriate committees of the
Congress on the findings of the study required by
this section. The report shall be submitted as soon
as practicable.
(2) PROPOSAL FOR CHANGES IN FEDERAL LEG-
ISLATION.—The report submitted under this section
shall include proposals for changes in Federal legis-
lation.
(e) STAFF.—Such personnel as the Commission
deems necessary may be appointed by the Commission
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,
and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chap-
ter 51 and subtitle III of chapter 53 of such title relating
to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but no
individual so appointed shall be paid in excess of the rate
of basic pay for level III of the Executive Schedule.
(f) COMPENSATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Commission
who are officers or full-time employees of the United
States shall receive no additional pay, allowances, or
benefits by reason of their service on the Commis-
sion.
(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each member shall
receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by section 5702 and 5703
of title 5, United States Code.
(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Members of the Commis-
sion who are not officers or full-time employees of
the United States may receive a per diem and travel
allowance as is provided by the United States Code
for persons in the Government service employed
intermittently.
(g) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission or, on the
authorization of the Commission, any committee
thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this section, hold such hearings and sit
and act at such times and such places within the
United States as the Commission or such committee
considers advisable.
(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties
under this section, the Commission shall consult
with other Federal agencies, representatives of State
and local governments, and private organizations to
the extent feasible.
(3) INFORMATION.—The Commission may se-
cure directly from any department or agency of the
United States information necessary to enable it to
carry out this section. Upon request of the Chair-
person of the Commission, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish that information to the
Commission.
(4) CONTRACTS.—The Commission is author-
ized to enter into contracts to secure the necessary
data and information to conduct its work and to ob-
tain the services of experts and consultants.
(5) COOPERATION.—The heads of all Federal
agencies are, to the extent practicable, directed to
cooperate with the Commission in carrying out this
section.
(6) SPECIAL
RULE.—The Commission is au-
thorized to utilize, with the consent of such agencies,
the services, personnel, information, and facilities of
other Federal, State, local, and private agencies with
or without reimbursement.
(h) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
3 years after the date of its first meeting.
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal years 1994 through 1996
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this section.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authority of paragraph (1) shall remain
available until expended or until the termination of
the Commission, whichever occurs first.
SEC. 404. FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP-
PLANT NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.
An eligible local educational agency may use funds
received under this Act only to supplement or to 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 Act and in no case may such funds be
used to supplant funds from non-Federal sources.
SEC. 405. DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this
Act:
(1) CENTRAL CITY.—The term ‘‘central city’’
has the same meaning as that used by the United
States Census Bureau.
(2) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pri-
vate nonprofit organization which is representative
of a community or significant segments of a commu-
nity and which has a proven record of providing ef-
fective educational or related services to individuals
in the community.
(3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—
The term ‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means
a local educational agency which—
(i) serves the largest central city in a
State;
(ii) 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
(iii) 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.
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING.—The
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the
meaning given to such term in section 1201(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(5) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given to
such term in section 1421(12) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(6) METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL
AREA.—The
term ‘‘metropolitan statistical area’’ has the same
meaning as that used by the United States Census
Bureau.
(7) 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 for a family of 4 in such form as
those criteria have been updated by increases in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Education.
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the several States and the District of Columbia, but
does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
ana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.
(10) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given
to such term in section 1471(23) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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