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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 521
To reauthorize the National Writing Project, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 21, 1993
Mr. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. UNSOELD, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MAZ-
ZOLI, Mr. FROST, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MATSUI, and Mr.
MFUME) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To reauthorize the National Writing Project, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Writing
Project Reauthorization Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 201 of the Education Council Act of 1991
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Act’’) is amend-
ed—
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) the writing problem has been magnified by
the rapidly changing student populations in the Na-
tion’s schools and the growing number of students
who are at risk because of limited-English pro-
ficiency;’’;
(2) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘writing and reading are
both fundamental to learning, yet writing has
been historically neglected in the schools and
colleges, and’’ before ‘‘most’’; and
(B) by striking the comma before ‘‘have’’;
(3) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(10) the National Writing Project has become
a model for programs to improve teaching in such
other fields as mathematics, science, history, lit-
erature, performing arts, and foreign languages;’’;
(4) by amending paragraph (15) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(15) each year over 100,000 teachers volun-
tarily seek training in National Writing Project in-
tensive summer institutes and workshops and school-
year in-service programs through one of the 154 re-
gional sites located in 45 States, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, and in 4 sites that serve United
States teachers teaching in United States dependent
and independent schools;’’;
(5) by striking paragraph (17);
(6) by redesignating paragraph (18) as para-
graph (17);
(7) in paragraph (17) (as redesignated in para-
graph (7)), by striking the period at the end thereof
and inserting a semicolon; and
(8) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(18) independent evaluation studies have
found the National Writing Project to be highly cost
effective compared to other professional development
programs for teachers; and
‘‘(19) during 1991, the first year of Federal
support for the National Writing Project, the Na-
tional Writing Project matched the $1,951,975 in
Federal support with $9,485,504 in matching funds
from State, local, and other sources.’’.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT.
Section 202 of the Act is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking the subparagraph des-
ignation ‘‘(A)’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(B) by striking paragraph (4);
(2) in subsection (e)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to enable’’
and inserting ‘‘to pay the Federal share of the
cost of enabling’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) FEDERAL
SHARE.—For the purpose of
this subsection the term ‘‘Federal share’’ means,
with respect to the costs of activities assisted under
this subsection, 50 percent of such costs to the ele-
mentary or secondary school teacher.’’;
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct an independent evaluation of the teacher train-
ing programs assisted under this section. Such eval-
uation shall specify the amount of funds expended
by the National Writing Project and each contractor
receiving assistance under this section. The results
of such evaluation shall be made available to the ap-
propriate committees of the Congress.
‘‘(2) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—The Secretary
shall reserve not more than $150,000 from the total
amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of
subsection (i) for fiscal year 1994 and the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years to conduct the evaluation de-
scribed in paragraph (1).’’;
(4) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(h) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection
(i)(2), the National Writing Project shall make
grants to individuals and institutions of higher edu-
cation that either have participated in a National
Writing Project institute or are institutions des-
ignated as National Writing Project sites, to enable
such individuals and institutions to conduct research
activities involving the teaching of writing.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
REVIEW.—The National
Writing Project shall establish and operate a Na-
tional Review Board that shall consist of—
‘‘(A) leaders in the field of research in
writing; and
‘‘(B) such other individuals as the Na-
tional Writing Project deems necessary.
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The National Review Board
shall—
‘‘(A) review all applications for assistance
under this subsection; and
‘‘(B) recommended applications for assist-
ance under this subsection for funding by the
National Writing Project.
‘‘(4) JUNIOR
RESEARCHER
PRIORITY
AND
FUNDING RULE.—(A) In awarding grants pursuant
to paragraph (1), the National Writing Project shall
give priority to awarding such grants to junior re-
searchers.
‘‘(B) The National Writing Project shall award
not less than 25 percent of the funds received pursu-
ant to subsection (i)(2) to junior researchers.
‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY
OF
FINDINGS.—The Na-
tional Writing Project shall make available to the
Secretary and to the network of National Writing
Project sites the findings of the research conducted
pursuant to the authority of paragraph (1).’’; and
(5) in subsection (i)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘1991’’ and inserting
‘‘1994’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1992 and
1993’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years’’; and
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—In each
fiscal year in which the amount appropriated pursu-
ant to the authority of paragraph (1) equals or ex-
ceeds $10,000,000, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $500,000 to carry out the provisions of sub-
section (h).’’.
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