sources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate not later than January 1,
1999.
‘‘SEC. 8413. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) The term ‘chapter 1’ means chapter 1 of
title I of this Act.
‘‘(2) The terms ‘disadvantaged children’ and
‘disadvantaged students’ mean children, ages 3 to 17
years, who are eligible for services under chapter 1,
the Head Start Act, the National School Lunch Act,
the Follow Through Act, or the Emergency Immi-
grant Education Act.
‘‘SEC. 8414. BUDGET NEUTRALITY.
‘‘The authority provided by this part shall not be ex-
ercised in a manner that, for any fiscal year, increases
total obligations or outlays of discretionary appropriations
for programs subject to such authority, or that increases
total obligations or outlays of funding for all direct-spend-
ing programs subject to such authority over those that
would have occurred absent such authority.
‘‘SEC. 8415. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000
for fiscal year 1997, which shall remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out section 8412.
‘‘TITLE IX—NATIONAL BOARD ON
WORKFORCE SKILLS
‘‘SEC. 9001. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this title is—
‘‘(1) to conduct research to identify and to de-
termine the validity of generic workplace readiness
skills which all students should have attained upon
completion of high school in order to be effective
participants in the workforce; and
‘‘(2) to make recommendations regarding how
the attainment of such generic workplace readiness
skills can be incorporated into the development of
national content standards and national school deliv-
ery standards.
‘‘SEC. 9002. RESEARCH.
‘‘(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—The Sec-
retary of Education, through grant or contract with the
National Academy of Sciences (referred to in this title as
the Academy), shall—
‘‘(1) in consultation with employers, workers,
representatives of labor, educators, and others as ap-
propriate, identify generic workplace readiness skills
that all students should have upon completion of
high school;
‘‘(2) conduct research on such skills, including
evaluating existing research and practices to deter-
mine the relationship between possession of the skills
and competent job performance;
‘‘(3) make recommendations for integrating ge-
neric workforce readiness skills into school-based
learning; and
‘‘(4) propose methods to update generic
workforce skills as the requirements of the economy
change.
‘‘(b) NATIONAL BOARD.—The Academy shall estab-
lish a National Board on Workforce Skills composed of
representatives from business and industry, organized
labor (including organizations with national training pro-
grams), education, local government, and others with ex-
pertise regarding the identification and teaching of generic
workplace readiness skills.
‘‘SEC. 9003. RECOMMENDATIONS.
‘‘The Academy shall work with the National Edu-
cation Goals Panel and the groups and organizations au-
thorized to develop national content standards and na-
tional schools delivery standards pursuant to sections
8011 and 8012, respectively, to include skills identified
under this part and the National Education Goals Panel
and such groups and organizations shall utilize the rec-
ommendations of the Academy.
‘‘SEC. 9004. TIME AND CONDITIONS.
‘‘The Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after
the receipt of funds appropriated under section 9005,
enter into an appropriate arrangement with the Academy
to carry out the responsibilities outlined under this title.
‘‘SEC. 9005. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 1993 and 1994 to carry out
this title. Such appropriation shall be available until ex-
pended.’’.
SEC. 102. EISENHOWER NATIONAL PROGRAMS.
Section 2012 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) MODEL
ASSESSMENTS
FOR
MATHEMATICS
STANDARDS.—The Secretary, with funds appropriated to
carry out this section and in consultation with the panel
and committee established under title VIII of this Act, is
authorized to make grants to State educational agencies,
local educational agencies, institutions of higher edu-
cation, organizations with expertise in assessments, or a
combination of such agencies and organizations, to sup-
port the development of model assessments tied to the vol-
untary national content standards for mathematics.’’.
TITLE II—GENERAL EDUCATION
PROVISIONS ACT AMENDMENTS
SEC. 201. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e–1) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (f), by strik-
ing ‘‘and 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1993, and 1994’’;
(2) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (i)(2)—
(A) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and
(v) as clauses (iv), (v), and (vi), respectively;
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the
following:
‘‘(iii) The National Assessment shall—
‘‘(I) conduct, in 1994, a trial mathematics as-
sessment for the 4th and 8th grades and a trial
reading assessment for the 4th grade, in States that
wish to participate, for the purpose of determining
whether such assessments yield valid and reliable
State representative data;
‘‘(II) develop a trial mathematics assessment
for the 12th grade, a trial reading assessment for
the 8th and 12th grades, and a trial science assess-
ment for the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades, to be ad-
ministered in 1994 in States that wish to partici-
pate, for the purpose of determining whether such
assessments yield valid and reliable State represent-
ative data; and
‘‘(III) include in each such sample assessment
referred to in subclauses (I) and (II) students in
public and private schools in a manner that ensures
comparability with the national sample.’’; and
(C) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘and the fairness and accuracy of the data
they produce’’ and inserting ‘‘, the fairness
and accuracy of the data they produce, and
important issues affecting the quality and
integrity of the National Assessment’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (C)(i) and
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (i), (ii),
and (iii)’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (D)
of section 405(f)(1) of the General Education Provisions
Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e(f)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
for the organization that conducts the independent
evaluation required by section 406(i)(2)(C)(vi) of the
General Education Provisions Act to study and re-
port to the Congress on—
(A) the process whereby achievement goals
are set pursuant to section 406(i)(6) of such
Act; and
(B) the ability of the National Assessment
of Educational Progress to maintain valid data
with respect to trends in student performance.
(2) TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The
report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted
as soon as practicable, but in any event not later
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 202. RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES TO FURNISH INFOR-
MATION CONCERNING USES OF FEDERAL
FUNDS.
Section 406A of the General Education Provisions
Act (20 U.S.C. 1232f) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES TO FURNISH INFORMATION
‘‘SEC. 406A. (a) Each State educational agency shall
submit to the Secretary a report on or before March 15
of every second year. Each such report shall include—
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‘‘(1) information with respect to the uses of
Federal funds in such State in the 2 preceding fiscal
years under any applicable program under the juris-
diction of the State educational agency; and
‘‘(2) information with respect to the uses of
Federal funds in such State in the 2 preceding fiscal
years under any Federal program administered by
the State that provided grants or contracts to a local
educational agency in the State.
‘‘(b) Each report submitted as required by subsection
(a) shall—
‘‘(1) list, with respect to each program for
which information is provided, all grants made to
and contracts entered into with local educational
agencies and other public and private agencies and
institutions within the State during each fiscal year
concerned;
‘‘(2) analyze the information included in the re-
port by local educational agency and by program;
‘‘(3) include the total amount of funds available
to the State under each such program for each fiscal
year concerned and specify which appropriation Act
or Acts made such funds available;
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‘‘(4) separately account for any funds carried
over from a preceding fiscal year by any State or
local educational agency; and
‘‘(5) be made readily available by the State to
local educational agencies and institutions within the
State and to the public.
‘‘(c) If the Secretary does not receive a report by the
date required under subsection (a), or receives an incom-
plete report, the Secretary, not later than 30 days after
such report is required to be submitted, shall take all rea-
sonable measures to obtain the delinquent or incomplete
information from the State educational agency.
‘‘(d) When the Secretary receives a report required
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide such in-
formation to the National Center for Education Statistics,
and shall make such information available to any individ-
ual who requests it and as part of a telecommunications
network that is readily accessible to every member of Con-
gress and other interested parties.
‘‘(e) On or before August 15th of each year in which
reports are submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall submit a report to the Committee on Education and
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. Such re-
port shall include—
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‘‘(1) an analysis of the content and data quality
of such reports;
‘‘(2) a compilation of statistical data derived
from such reports; and
‘‘(3) information obtained by the Secretary with
respect to—
‘‘(A) direct grants made to local edu-
cational agencies by the Federal Government;
and
‘‘(B) contracts entered into between such
agencies and the Federal Government.’’.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS AC-
TIVITIES.
Section 421(h) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘(1)’’ and ‘‘(h)’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding any provision of section 406
of the General Education Provisions Act, the Commis-
sioner of Education Statistics may authorize a State edu-
cational agency or a consortium of such agencies to use
items and data from the National Assessment of Edu-
cational Progress for the purpose of evaluating a course
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of study related to vocational education, if the Commis-
sioner has determined, in writing, that such use will not—
‘‘(i) result in the identification of characteristics
or performance of individual students or schools;
‘‘(ii) result in the ranking or comparing of
schools or local educational agencies;
‘‘(iii) be used to evaluate the performance of
teachers, principals, or other local educators for the
purpose of dispensing rewards or punishments; or
‘‘(iv) corrupt or harm the use and value of data
collected for the National Assessment of Educational
Progress.
‘‘(B) Not later than 60 days after making an author-
ization under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall sub-
mit to the chairperson of the Committee on Education and
Labor of the House of Representatives and to the chair-
person of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
of the Senate, a report which contains—
‘‘(i) a copy of the request for such authoriza-
tion;
‘‘(ii) a copy of the written determination under
subsection (a); and
‘‘(iii) a description of the details and duration
of such authorization.
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‘‘(C) The Commissioner may not grant more than one
such authorization in any fiscal year and shall ensure that
the authorized use of items or data from the National As-
sessment is evaluated for technical merit and for its affect
on the National Assessment. The results of such evalua-
tions shall be promptly reported to the committees speci-
fied in subparagraph (B).’’.
SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCA-
TIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDU-
CATION ACT.
Section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2422) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by in-
serting ‘‘, including postsecondary employment and
training programs,’’ after ‘‘training programs’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
(as redesignated in subparagraph (A)), by in-
serting ‘‘the State board or agency governing
higher education’’ after ‘‘coordinating council,’’;
and
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(A) by striking ‘‘1991’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘and 1993’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘1993 through 1995’’.
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