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u.s. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FY 2001 EDUCATION BUDGET PROPOSAL COMPARED TO
SENATE ALLOWANCES
"During this period ofeconomic prosperity and budget surplus, we sliould seize the opportunity to improve our nation's schools. Regrettably, misguided priorities
and insufficient resources in the bills adopted today have led the Congress in a different direction. Unfortunately, these actions today invest too little in our schools
and demand too little/rom them. The bill does not guarantee funding for critical education priorities such as school renovation and reducing class size. If a bill that
fails to address these concerns were to come to me in its current form, I would have to veto it. President Clinton, May 10,2000
H.
June 30, 2000
ACCELERATING CHANGE
$453,377
$1,000,000
$600,000
-$400,000
Would mean that some 900 fewer communities would be able to establish
3,100 centers that would deny as many as 1.6 million children extended
learning opportunities in safe, drug-free environments.
$1,300,000
$1,750,000
-0
-$1,750,000
Would repeal the bipartisan agreement to hire 100,000 new teachers,
jeopardizing the federal commitment to hire as many as 20,000 new
teachers next year and to continue support for the 29,000 teachers already
hired. As many as 2.9 million children could be denied the benefits of
smaller classes.
Com(1rehensive School Reform Demonstrations: Helps
schools develop or adapt, and implement, comprehensive
school reform programs that are based on reliable research
and effective practices. (Includes FIE funds.)
$220,000
$240,000
-0
-$240,000
Would deny new grants to approximately 2,250 schools and cut off
continuation grants for 1,025 schools already using funds to carry out
research-based school reforms that have demonstrated higher student
achievement.
Research, Develo(1ment and Dissemination. Helps build a
knowledge base for improving educational practice.
$168,567
$198,567
$178,567
-$20,000
Would cut support for critical research activities, including interagency
initiatives, deSigned to produce high-quality research-based information to
improve student learning in reading, math, and science and to identify
critical factors that influence the development of English-language literacy
for students whose first language is Spanish.
Small, Safe, and Successful High Schools. Supports the
restructuring of high schools to create smaller learning
environments.
$45,000
$120,000
-0
-$120,000
Charter Schools. Stimulates comprehensive education
reform and public school choice by supporting the Plannin~
and development, and initial implementation of public cha er
schools.
_"
$145,000
$175,000
$210,000
+$35;000
OPTIONS - O(1(1ortunities to Im(1rove Our Nation's Schools.
Stimulates public school reform and public school choice by
supporting the planning, development, and implementation of
innovative public school choice programs.
NEW
$20,000
-0
-$20,000
. 21 st Centu[Y Community Learning Centers. Funds afterschool activities with community partners as part of a
community school.
Reducing Class Size. Third installment in reducing class
sizes in the early grades to a nationwide average of 18 to
give children more personal attention and get them on the
right track. (Senate instead funds block grant. See page six.)
I Would deny as many as 700 high schools support to establish or expand
smaller learning communities of no more than 600 students. Research
has shown that, when students are a part of a smaller, more intimate
learning community of no more than 600 students, they are more
successful academically and socially.
I
Would expand grants to support planning and implementation of as many .
as 1,700 new charter schools towards the Administration's goal of creating
3,000 charter schools by 2002.
I Would deny grants to 40 SEAs and LEAs to develop, design, and
implement high-quality public school choice programs that help promote
school reform efforts.
�Recognition and Reward. Supports grants to States that
demonstrate significant statewide achievement gains and
narrow the achievement gap between high- and lowperforming students.
NEW
$50,000
-0
-$50,000
$134,000
. $250,000
-0
-$250,000
I Would deny financial rewards to States that make significant statewide
achievement gains and narrow the achievement gap between high- and
low-performing students in mathematics between 1996 and 2000, as
measured by NAEP. The amount requested would support approximately
10 awards.
CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS
Title I Accountability Grants: Helps States and districts turn
around low-performing schools.
1
I
<.;
Would dramatically curtail State and local efforts, begun with a $134
million appropriation in FY 2000, to improve the lowest performing schools
and ensure that no student is trapped in a failing school. Would deny extra
assislance 10 alleasl80 percenl of the more than 7.000 schools currently
identified for improvement or corrective action under Title I.
$7,807,397
$8,107,500
I $8,335,800 I
$260,000
$286,000
$286,000
S~ecial Education Grants to States. Helps schools & States
provide special education services.
$4,989,685
$5,279,685
$6,279,685
Indian Education. Supplements the efforts of State and local
'educational agencies, and Indian tribes, to improve
educational opportunities for Indian children;
$67,000
$100,500
$100,500__
Indian Education - American Indian Teacher Cor~s.
Supports the training of Indian teachers to take positions in
schools that serve concentrations of Indian children..
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Would train 1,000 Indian teachers over a five-year period to take positions
in schools in areas that serve high concentrations of Indian children.
Indian Education - American Indian Administrator Cor~s.
Helps train and recruit school principals and administrators
for areas with high concentrations of American Indian and
Alaska Native students.
NEW
$5,000
$5,000
Would recruit and train 200 Indian principals and school administrators to
work in Native American communities by funding program costs at tribal
colleges and other postsecondary institutions and supporting in-service
training for principals and administrators already employed in Indian
schools.
.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Helps schools become safe,
drug-free learning environments.
$600,000
$650,000
$642,000
-$8,000
Bilingual Education. Helps meetthe critical shortage of
trained bilingual and English as a second language teachers.
$248,000
$296,000
$279,000
I.' -$17,000
Teacher Quality Enhancement (HEA Title II}. Helps recruit
and prepare excellent and diverse teachers for America's
$98,000
Extra Hel~ in the Basics {Title I LEA Grants}. Helps
disadvantaged students learn the basics and achieve to high
standards. (Excludes funds for Title I Accountability Grants.
See above).
Reading Excellence Act. Helps children learn to read well
and independently by the end of the third grade.
+$228,300
Would serve 360,000 more educationally disadvantaged students.
Would provide funding for services to help 1.1 million children become
successful readers.
Would provide about 15 percent of APPE' for 604 million children with
disabilities.
+$1,000,000
.Would increase the per-pupil average from $134 to $200 to give local
districts increased funds to expand existing programs, initiate new
programs, or provide other services to address the needs of their Indian
students.
Would provide a small increase for State grants, but would fund several
fewer new Safe Schools/Healthy Students projects to develop
comprehensive, community-wide strategies for creating safe and drug-free
schools and promoting healthy childhood development; and would exclude
funding for Project SERV to provide emergency assistance to schools
affected by serious violence or other traumatic crises.
IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY
1
$98,000
-I
1
Would eliminate 75 grants to institutions of higher education to prepare
teachers to teach limited English proficient students.
I Would support 28 grants to help recruit new teachers for high-poverty
$98,000
urban and rural areas, strengthen 30 partnerships between schools and
.•
:.,
�universities to give the teachers the best
States improve the quality of their teaching
such as teacher licensing and certification.
INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE TEACHER QUALITY:
1'BILLION*
$690,000
-0-**
I Would deny funding for standards-based reform efforts, including
Teaching to High Standards - Helps States and school
districts implement the next generation of standards-based
reform, including standards-based assessments, curricula,
and professional development.
NEW
Hometown Teachers. Provides funds to school districts to
encourage high school students to become teachers and to
support them in their undergraduate teacher training and
their first years in the classroom. Also supports efforts to
retain and meet the needs of current teachers.
NEW
$75,000
-0
-$75,000
Would deny approximately 100 high-poverty school districts support for
developing a comprehensive approach to teacher recruitment and
retention, including both long- and short-term strategies to expand and
maintain their teaching staffs.
Higher Standards, Higher Pay for Teachers. Provides funds
to high-poverty school districts to establish teacher peer
review programs.
NEW
$50,000
-0
-$50,000
Would deny grants to approximately 10 to 12 high-poverty school districts
(with an average of about 800 teachers per school district) to help them
attract and retain high-quality teachers and principals through better pay.
Teacher Quality Rewards. Provides reward funds to school
districts that have significantly increased the percentage of
fully certified and licensed teachers and that have
significantly reduced the percentage of secondary teachers
teaching out-of-field.
NEW
$50,000
-0
-$50,000
Would deny approximately 200 high-poverty school districts reward money
for demonstrating significant progress in improving teacher quality against
two criteria - increasing the percentage of certified teachers and
decreasing the percentage ofsecondary teachers who are teaching out-of
field.
Transition to Teaching. Supports the Troops to Teachers
program and additional efforts to recruit, prepare, and
support career-changing prof~ssionals as teachers. '
NEW
$25,000
-0
-$25,000
Would deny high-poverty school districts the opportunity to hire mid-career
professionals who have received support through this program for teaching
professions. This program would provide grants to institutions of higher
education, public agencies,and nonprofit organizations to recruit, prepare,
place, and support mid-career professionals who promise to teach in highpoverty school districts.
Early Childhood Educator Professional Develo!;1ment.
Provides professional development opportunities for early
childhood educators and caregivers who work with young
children in high-poverty communities.
NEW
$30,000
-0
-$30,000
Would deny professional development to help improve children's language
and literacy skills for approximately 15,000 early childhood educators and
caregivers working in high-poverty communities.
School Leadershi!;1 Initiative. Helps school districts,
particularly high-poverty and low-performing districts, to
recruit and train superintendents, principals, and other school
administrators.
NEW
$40,000
-0
-$40,000
Would deny the creation of some 20 State or regional centers, training an
estimated 10,000 current or prospective school administrators.
NEW
$1,300,000
-0
-$690,000
standards-based assessments, curricula, and particularly professional
development.
I
MODERNIZING OUR SCHOOLS
School Renovation Loan and Grant Program. Leverages
support for short-term emergency projects through loans and
grants. (Complements tax-credit bond proposal under the
-$1,300,000 I Does not include funding for a new program that would provide funds to
leverage about $6.7 billion in grants and loans to fund approximately 8,300
renovation projects in 5,000 schools in high-need school districts with little
.* The President proposed $1 billion for Teaching to High Standards replaces Goals 2000 ($458,000) and Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants ($335,000)
** The Senate bill only funds $435 million for teacher quality within the Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants compared to the President's $1 billion proposal for
teacher quality. .
�See page six.)
$425,000
$450,000
$425,000
-$25,000
Would deny an additional 196 high-poverty districts grants to improve the
capacity of teachers in .low-performing schools to use technology
effectively in their classrooms to improve student achievement.
.. $75,000
$150,000
$125,000
-$25,000
Would deny over 45,000 teachers training to become proficient in the use
of modern leaming technologies.
.
$32,500
$100,000
$65,000
-$35,000
Would deny grants to 343 new centers in 137 communities, denying
access to computers and technology, particularly educational technology,
for thousands of adults and children residing.in economically distressed,
high poverty areas.
.
GEAR UP. Gives disadvantaged students and their families
pathways to college through partnerships of middle and high
schools, colleges and universities and through state
adminisleredprograms.
$200,000
$325,000
$225,000.
-$100,000
Would deny approximately 407,000 low-income middle and
students early college preparation and awareness activities
mentoring. tutoring, academic and career counseling. exposure to
campuses. and financial aid information.
TRIO Programs. Provides education outreach and student
support services designed to encourage disadvantaged
individuals to enter and complete college.
$645,000
$725.000
$736.500
+$11,500
Would help approximately 12,000 more disadvantaged students prepare
for and persist in postsecondary education. It would provide academic and
career counseling. admissions and financial aid information. and tutoring
services to middle and high school students; provide support services for
and encourage postsecondary students to complete college and pursue
graduate studies; and encourage adults to go back to school and pursue
postsecondary education.
NEW
. ($35.000) .
-0
(-$35.000)
Would deny help to postsecondary institutions to increase the persistence .
rate of an additional 17,500 disadvantaged students who are at-risk of .
dropping out by augmenting student aid awards, financing intensive
summer programs, and strengthening student support services.
TechnolQg:t Literacy: Challenge Fund. Helps provide
students and teachers with computers, educational software,
telecommunications, and technologx training
Pre!2aring Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology:. Helps
train new teachers to use technology in the classroom.
Communit:! Technology: Centers. Funds technology learning
centers in low-income communities.
.)
REACHING AND .COMPLETING COLLEGE
rants. Funds
scholarships and intensive summer programs for
college students in their first and seCond years.
NON-ADD
NON-ADD
Dual Degree Programs for Minori!:t-Serving Institutions..
Helps students at minority-serving institutions earn dual
degrees in five years. Typically. participants would spend 3
years as undergraduates at the minority-serving institution(s)
and 2 years at a partner institution. such as a major research
university.
NEW
$40,000
-0
Advanced Placemenllncentives: Provides grants 10 Slates 10
enable them to expand the pool of students to enroll in
advanced placement (AP) courses, to cover part or all of the
AP test fees of low-income students. and to prepare teachers
to teach AP to interested students in the 9th and 10th grades.
$15,000'
$20,000
$20,000
Vocational Education State Grants. Provides formula grants
that States, local edlJcation agencies, and postsecondary
institutions can use to improve vocational education
programs and to ensure that individuals with special needs
have full access to those programs.
$1.055.650
-$40,000
I Would fund an estimated 13 additional discretionary grants to States to
support activities designed to increase the availability of advanced
placement classes in high-poverty schools.
I
$855,650
$1,071,000
Would deny funding fOr a new program that would serve over 3.000
students. Funds wouldhave helped participating institutions develop dual
degree programs and provided scholarships to students when they attend
the partner institution.
+$215,350
Would increase formula grants to States. local school systems, and
postsecondary institutions to help redesign vocational education t6
develop students' academic and vocational skills, but denies funds for the
administration's proposed increase for Tech·Prep.
�Would deny
consortia to improve connections to 4-year postsecondary institutions and
courses of study, make effective use of educationai technology and
distance learning, and integrate work-based learning opportunities into
local Tech-Prep programs.
to consortia of local educational agencies
and postsecondary institutions, to develop links between
secondary and postsecondary institutions, integrate
academic and vocational education, and better prEilpare
students to make the transition from high school.to college
and from college to careers.
$6,000
$9,000
$15,000
$179,750
$209,000
$209,000
Would support the Administration's strong commitment to ensuring access
to high quality postsecondary education by increasing funds to each
eligible HBCU and HBGls for strengthening academic program
development and improved administrative management.
DeveloQing HisQanic-Serving Institutions. Helps strengthen
..
... ,
...
.
'-lions.
$42,250
$62,500
$62,500
Would support the Administration's strong commitment to improving
postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic students by helping expand and
enhance the academic offerings, program development, and institutional
stability of institutions thataward a large percentage of undergraduate
degrees to Hispanics.
Learning Anytime An~here PartnershiQs. Supports access
to quality postsecondary education for underserved
populations through the use of technology.
$23,269.
$30,000
$30,000
Would provide funding for 86 partnership awards, including 45 new
partnership awards that improve technology-based learning opportunities
for individuals, such as the disabled, dislocated workers, those making the
transition from welfare to work, and others who do not have easy access to
traditional campus-based postsecondary education.
Pell Grants. Provides grant assistance to low-income
undergraduate students.
$7,639,717
Max Grant
$3,300
$8,356,000
Max Grant
$3,500
.SUQplemental Educational OQQortunity Grants (SEOGs).
Provides grant assistance to low-income undergraduate
students.
$631,000 1
$691,000
Strengthening Tribally Controlled Institutions (HEA Title III).
Supports higher education institutions that serve Native
Americans.
+$6,000
programs~
I
Would support the Administration's strong commitment to ensuring access
to high quality postsecondary education by providing funds for
strengthening 16 more Tribally Controlled Institutions through academic
program development and improved administrative management.
MAKING COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE
Work-Study. Helps undergraduate and graduate students
pay for college through part-time work assistance.
$934,000
~eve.r?gin.9 ~du~tio~~I.As .
$40,000
1 Includes $10 million for victims of Hurricane Floyd.
$1,011,000
$8,692,000
Max Grant
$3,650
I
$691,000
+$336,000.
'Max Grant
+$150
I
Would help over 3.9 million financially needy students attend college and
increase the maximum grant award by $350 from $3,300 to $3,650 as
compared to FY2000. The Senate assumes the use of an additional $130
million in surplus above the Department's current estimate; this would
result ilia funding shortfall.
I Would provide need-based grant aid to an estimated 1.2 million
undergraduate students, especially enabling low-income undergraduates
to pursue a baccalaureate degree.
I $1,011,000 I
I Would provide over $1.2 billion in aid available, an increase of $93 million
over FY2000, to maintain the opportunity for a total of 1 million students to
work their way through college.
$40,000
I·
$70,000
1
+$30,000
I Would provide approximately $180 million in available grant and workassistance to an estimated 240,000 needy postsecondary students.
�;.
Javits Fellowships. Provides merit-based fellowships to
doctoral students in the arts, humanities, and social
sciences.
Would provide funding for 420 fellows for the 2002-2003 academic
including 133 new fellows. The FY2000 appropriation provided
for Javits Fellowships for academic year 2000-2001 and $10
academic year 2001-2002.
Perkins Loan Cancellations. Provides Federal funds to
reimburse institutions for loan cancellations granted to
borrowers in. exchange for certain public services activities.
$30,000
eas of National Need. Provides
finl'ln~il'lliv needy graduate
need.
$31,000
$31,000
$33,000
+$2,000
I Would support 642 new fellows for a total of 1,278 fellows.
State Grants. Provides adult
_'ish as a second language, and other
$450,000
$460,000
$470,000
+$10,000
I Would help an additional 708,000 adults become literate, strengthen their
$60,000
$75,000
+$15,000
I Would support the Administration's efforts to keep pace with institutional
reimbursement obligations for loan cancellations granted to eligible
borrowers.
basic skills, and obtain good jobs.
educational programs.
SENATE BLOCK GRANT
Innovative Education Program Strategies State Grant (Title
$365,750
-0
Y!l
$3,100,000
I +$3,100,000 I Creates a block grant under Title VI by taking proposed class size
reduction monies and proposed school construction monies and adding
them to the existing Title VI program. Up to $2.7 billion may be used for
class size reduction and school construction activities, however, they are
not guaranteed funding. The Senate's proposed block grant would be $316
million less than the amount required to fully fund the President's requests
for class size reduction ($1.750 billion) and school construction ($1.3
billion), and to maintain Title VI at its FY 2000 level.
The Senate and the House Have Not Adopted the President's Major Tax Cut Proposals
School Modernization Bonds. Provides new bonds with
interest paid by Federal tax credits to help local communities
go much further in renovating and building needed schools
and address overcrowding.
Opportunity Tax Cut. Would cover up to $5,000 of
nexpenses in 2001 and 2002 and up to $10,000 in
2003 and beyond to help make college more affordable for
millions of American families.
$2.4 billion over five years
$30 billion over ten years
These proposals are under the jurisdiction of the Finance Committee.
Would deny nearly $25 billion in additional subsidized bonds to build and
modernize 6,000 public schools to accommodate record enrollments and
overcrowding and repair crumbling school facilities. Federal tax credits
would pay the interest on two types of bonds: School Modernization Bonds
(new) and Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (current law).
Would deny funding for this credit which would augment the existing
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit, extending the credit percentage from 20
percent to 28 percent, giving families the choice of taking a credit or a
deduction, and increasing the income phase-out ranges to make the
benefit available to a wider range of families. The tax cut would phase out
at incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 for individuals and between
100.000 and $120.000 for ioint filers.
.
�U.S. DEPARTMENT.OF EDUCATION
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FY 2001 EDUCATION BUDGET PROPOSAL COMPARED TO
SENATE COMMITTEE ALLOWANCES
"During this period ofeconomic prosperity and budget surplus, we should seize the opportunity to improve our nation's schools.· Regrettably, misguided priorities
and insufficient resources in the bills adopted today have led the Congress in a different direction. Unfortunately, these actions today invest too little in our schools
and demand too little from them. The bill does not guarantee funding for critical education priorities such as school renovation and reducing class size. If a bill that
fails to address these concerns were to come to me in its current form, l would have to veto it." President Clinton, May 1O. 2000
May 10, 2000
(IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
I'i'!I'!!'!'!I'
21 st Century Community Learning Centers. Funds after
school activities with community partners as part of a
community school.
$453,377
Reducing Class Size. Third installment in reducing class
sizes in the early grades to a nationwide average of 18 to
children more personal attention and get them on the
track. (Senate instead funds block grant. See page six.)
Comprehensive School Reform Demonstrations: Helps .
schools develop or adapt, and implement, comprehensive
school reform programs that are based on reliable research
and effective practices. (Includes FIE funds.)
.
$220,000
Research, Development and Dissemination. Helps build a
knowledge base for improving educational practice.
$168,567
Smal" Safe, and Successful High Schools. Supports the
restructuring of high schools to create smaller learning
environments.
$45,000
Charter Schools. Stimulates comprehensive education
reform and public school choice by supporting the planning
and development, and initial implementation of public charler
schools.
'.
$145,000
Would mean that some 900 fewer communities would be able to establish
3,100 centers that would deny as many as 1.6 million children extended
in safe, drug-free environments.
.
Would repeal the bipartisan agreement to hire 100,000 new teachers,
jeopardizing the federal commitment to hire as many as 20,000 new
teachers next year and to continue support for the 29,0,o0,teachers already
hired. As many as 2.9 million children could be denied the benefits of
smaller classes.
-0
-$240,000
I Would deny new grants to approximately 2,250 schools and cut off
continuation grant~ for 1,025 schools already using funds to carry out.
research-based school reforms that have demonstrated higher student
achievement.
$198,567
$168,567
-$30,000
research-based information to
in readin-g, math,'and science and to identify
factors that influence the development of English-language literacy
for students whose first language is Spanish.
$120,000
-0
-$120,000
I Would deny as many as 700 high s~hools support to establish or expand
smaller learning communities of no more than 600 students. Research
has shown that, when students are a part of a smaller, more intimate
learning community of no more than 600 students, they are more
successful academically and socially.
$175,000
$210,000
+$35,000
I Would expand grants to support planninn ::lnn imnl!>m
as 1.700 new charter schools towards
charter schools bv 2002.
NEW
supporting the planning, development, and implementation of
innovative public school choice programs.
$240,000
$600,000
-0
$1,000,000
-0
-$20,000
Would deny grants to 40 SEAs and LEAs to develop, design, and
implement high-quality public school choice programs that help promote
school reform efforts.
�NEW
Recognition and Reward. Supports grants to States that
demonstrate significant statewide achievement gains and
narrow the achievement gap between high- and low- .
performing students.
$50,000
-0
-$50,000
$250,000
-0
~$250,000
Would deny financial rewards to States that make significant statewide
achievement gains and narrow the achievement gap between high- and
low-performing students in mathem?tics between 1996 and 2000, as
measured by NAEP. The amount requested would support approximately
10 awards.
CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT" GAPS
Title I Accountability Grants: Helps States and districts turn
around low-performing schools.
'
$134,000
Extra Hel!;1 in the Basics (Title I LEA Grants). Helps
I $7,807,397
disadvantaged students learn the basics and achieve to high
standards. (Excludes funds for Title I Accountability Grants.
See above).
I'
1
I $8,107,500 I $8,335,800 I +$228,300 I
Would dramaiically curtail State and local efforts, begun with a $134
.million appropriation in FY 2000, to improve the lowest performing schools
and ensure that no student is trapped in a failing school. Would deny extra
assistance to at least 80 percent of the more than 7,000 schools currently
identified for. improvement or corrective action under Title I.
W~uld serve 360,000 more educationally disadvantaged students.
$260,000
$286,000
$286,000
S!;1ecial Education Grants to States. Helps schools &States
provide special education services.
$4,989,685
$5,279,685
$6,279,685
Indian Education. Supplements the efforts of Staie and local
educational agencies, and Indian tribes, to improve
educational opportunities for Indian children.
$67;000
$100,500 .
$100,500
Would increase the per-pupil average from $134 to $200 to give local
districts increased funds to expand existing programs, initiate new
programs, o(provide other services to address the needs of their Indian
students.
Indian Education - American Indian Teacher Cor!;1s.
Supports the training of Indian teachers to take positions in
schools that serve concentrations of Indian children.
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Would train 1,000 Indian teachers over a five-year period to take positions
in schools in areas that serve high concentrations of Indian children.
Indian Education - American Indian Administrator Cor!;1s.
Helps train and recruit school principals and administrators
for areas with high concentrations of American Indian and
Alaska Native students.
NEW
$5,000
$5,000
Would recruit and train 200 Indian principals and school administrators to
work in Native American communities by funding program costs at tribal
colleges and other postsecondary institutions and supporting in-service .
training for principals and administrators already employed in Indian
schools.
$600,000 .
$650,000
$642,000
$248,000
$296,000
$98,000
$98,000
Reading Excellence Act. Helps children learn to read well
and independently by the end of the third grade.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Helps schools become safe,
drug-free learning environments.
.
IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY
Bilingual Education. Helps meet the critical shortage of
trained bilingual and English as a second language teachers.
Teacher Quality Enhancement (HEA Title II). Helps recruit
and prepare excellent and diverse teachers for America's
I·
1
$279,000
Would provide funding for services to help 1.1 million children become
successful readers.
+$1,000,000 - Would provide about 15 percent of APPE for 6.4 million children with
disabilities.
-$8,000
1
1
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$98,000
·1
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-$17,000
Would provide a small increase for State grants, but would fund several
fewer new Safe Schools/Healthy Students projects to develop
comprehensive, community-wide strategies for creating safe and drug-free .
schools and promoting healthy childhood development; and would exclude
funding for Project SERV to provide emergency assistance to schools
affected by serious violence or other traumatic crises.
Would eliminate 75 grants to institutions of higher education to prepare
teachers to teach limited English proficient students.
Would support 28 grants to help recruit new teachers for high-poverty
urban and rural areas, strengthen 30 partnerships between schools and
�.universities to give the teachers
States improve the quality of
such as teacher licensina and "artifi"<ltinn
INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE TEACHER QUALITY: $1 BILLlON*
I
Teaching to High Standards - Helps States and school
districts implement the next generation of standards-based
reform, inclucjing standards-based assessments, curricula.
and professional development.
NEW·
-0-**
$690,000
standards-based
development.
Hometown Teachers. Provides funds to school districts to
.encourage high school students to become teachers and to
support them in their undergraduate teacher
their first years in the classroom. Also
retain and meet the needs of current to<l"horc
. NEW
Higher Standards, Higher Pay for Teachers. Provides funds
to high-poverty school districts to establish teacher peer
review programs.
.
NEW
Teacher Quality Rewards. Provides reward funds to school
districts that have significantly increased the percentage of
fully certified and licensed teachers and that have
significantly reduced the percentage of secondary teachers
teaching out-of-field.
for standards-based reform efforts, including
curricula. and particularly professional
assessmen~s,
-0
-$75,000
Would deny approximately 100 high-poverty school districts support for
developing a comprehensive approach to teacher recruitment and
retention, including both long- and short-term strategies to expand and
maintain their teaching staffs.
$50,000
-0
-$50,000
Would deny grants to approximately 10 to 12 high-poverty school districts
(with an average ·of about 800 teachers per school district) to help them
attract and retain high-quality teachers and prinCipals through better pay..
NEW
$50,000
. -0
-$50,000
Would deny approximately 200 high-poverty school districts reward
for demonstrating significant progress in improving teacher
two criteria increasing the percentage of certified teachers and
decreasing the percentage of secondary teachers who ar~ teachina out-of
field.'
.
Transition to Teaching. Supports the Troops to Teachers
program and additional efforts to recruit, prepare, and
support career-changing professionals as teachers.
. NEW
$25,000
-0
-$25,000
Would deny
professionals who have received support
professions. This program would provide grants to institutions of higher
education, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations to recruit, prepare,
andsuPPQrt mid-career profeSSionals who promise to teach in high
school districts..
Early Childhood Educator Professional Development.
Provides professional development opportunities for early
childhood educators and caregivers who, work with young
children in high-poverty communities.
NEW
-0
-$30,000.
I ~ould' deny professional development to help improve chHdren's language
and literacy skills for approximately 15,000 early childhood educators and
caregivers working in high-poverty commun[ties.
co
. -$40,000
-0
$40,000
School Leadership Initiative. Helps school
particularly high-poverty and low-performing districts, to
r~cruit and train superintendents. principals, and other school
administrators.'
;
-$1,300,000
I Would deny the creation of some 20 State or regional centers,training an
estimated 10,000 current or prospective school administrators.
MODERNIZING OUR SCHOOLS
School Renovation Loan and Grant Program. Leverages
support for short-term emergency projects through loans and
grants. (Complements t<;lx-credit bond proposal under the
Department of Treasury) (Senate instead funds block grant.
NEW
$1,300,000
I Does not include
leverage about $6.7
renovation projects in
or no capacity to fund
for a new program that would provide funds to '.
in grants and loans to fund approximately 8,300
schools in hiah-need school districts with little
* The President proposed $1 billion for Teaching .to High Standards replaces Goals 2000 ($458,000) and Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants ($335,000)
** The Senate bill only funds $435 million for teacher quality within the Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants compared to the President's $1 billion proposal f()r
teacher quality.
.
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Technoiogy Literacy Chaiienge Fund. Heips provide
students and teachers with computers, educational software,
telecommunications, and technology training
$425,000
$450,000
Pre~aririgTomorrow's Teachers to Use Tech~ology. Helps
train new teachers to use technology in the classroom.
$75,000
Community Technology Centers. Funds technology learning
centers in low-income communities.
,
$425,000
-$25,000
. Would deny an additional 196 high-poverty districts grants to improve the
capacity of teachers in low-performing schools to use technology
effectively in their classrooms to improve student achievement.
$150,000
$125,000
-$25,000
Would deny over 45,000 teachers training to become proficient in the use
of modern learning technologies.
$32,500
$100,000
$65,000
-$35,000
Would deny grants to 343 new centers in 137 communities, denying
access to computers and technology, particularly educational technology,
for thousands of adults and children residing in economically distressed,
high poverty area~.·
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GEAR UP. Gives disadvantaged students and their families
pathways to college throughpartnerships of middle and high
schools, colleges and universities and through stateadministered programs.
$200,000
$325,000
$225,000
-$100,000
Would deny approximately 407,000 low-income middle and high school
students early college preparation and awareness activities including
mentoring,-tutoring, academic and career counseling, exposure to college "
campuses, and financial, aid information.
.
.
TRIO Programs. Provides education outreach and student
support services designed to encourage disadvantaged
individuals to enter and complete college ..
$645,000
$725,000
$736,500
+$11,500
Would help approximately 12,000 more disadvantaged students prepare
for and persist in postsecondary education. It would provide academic and
career counseling, admissions and financial aid information, and tutoring
.services to middle and high school students; provide support servicesfor
and encourage postsecondary students to complete college and pursue
graduate studies; and encourage adults to go back to school and pursue
postsecondary education.
NEW
($35,000)
NON-ADD
-0
(-$35,000)
NON-ADD
Would deny help to postsecondary institutions to increase the persistence
rate of an additional 17,500 disadvantaged students who are at-risk of
dropping out by augmenting student aid awards, financing intensive
summer programs, and strengthening student support services.
-$40,000
Would deny funding for a new program that would serve over 3,000
students. Funds would have helped participating institutions develop dual
degree programs and provided scholarships to students when. they attend
the partner institution.
.
REACHING AND COMPLETING COLLEGE
College Com~letion Challenge Grants. Funds
scholarships and intensive summer programs for
college students in their first and second years. .
I
Dual Degree Programs for Minority-Serving Institutions.
Helps students at minority-serving institutions earn dual
degrees in five years. Typically, participants would spend 3
years as undergraduates at the minority-serving institution(s)
and 2 years at a partner institution, such as a major research
university.
NEW
$40,000
-0
Advanced Placement Incentives: Provides grants to States to
enable them to expand the pool of students to enroll in
advanced placement (AP) courses, to cover part or all of the
AP test fees of low-income students, and to prepare teachers
to teach AP to interested students in the 9th and 10th grades.
$15,000
$20,000
$20,000
Vocational Education State Grants. Provides formula grants
that States, local education agencies, and postsecondary
institutions can use to improve vocational education
programs and to ensure that individuals with special needs
have full access to those programs.
$1,055,650
$855,650
$106,000
$306,000
Tech Prep Education. Provides grants to States, which
I Would fund. ~~ estim~ted 13 a.dditional discreti?nary grants to States to
'support acllvilies deSigned to rncrease the avallabllrty of advanced
placement classes in high-poverty schools.
$1,071,000
I
$106,000
+$215,350
I
-$200,000
Would increase formula grants to States,local school systems, and
postsecondary institutions to help redesign vocational education to
develop students' academic and vocational skills, but denies funds for the
administration's proposed increase for Tech-Prep.
I Would deny States additional funds to expand the number of Tech-Prep
�connections to 4-year postsecondary
make effective use of educational h>('nnnIMV
distance learning, and integrate work-based
local Tech-Prep programs.
$6,000
$9,000
$10,000
+$1,000
Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) and Graduate Institutions (HBGls) rHEA Title III)
Helps provide equal opportunity and strong academic
programs!
$179,750
$209,000
$209,000
Would support the Administration's strong commitment to ensuring access
to high quality postsecondary education by increasing funds to each
eligible HBCU and HBGls for strengthening academic program
development and improved administrative management.
Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Helps strengthen
colleges with large Hispanic populations.
$42,250
$62,500
$62,500
Would support the Administration's strong commitment to improving
postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic students by helping expand and
enhance the academic offerings, program development, and institutional
stability of institutions that award a large percentage of unrl"rnr~('l1
degrees to Hispanics.
Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships. Supports access
to quality postsecondary education for und/?rserved
populations through the use of technology.
$23,269
$30,000
$7,639;717
Max Grant
$3,300
$8,356,000
Max Grant
$3,500
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOGs).
Provides grant assistance to low-income undergraduate
students.
$631,000 1
$691,000
Work-Study. Helps undergraduate and graduate students
pay for college through part-time work assistance.
$934,000
$1,011,000
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP).
Provides Federal matching funds for States to support need
based postsecondary student grant assistance.
$40,000
Javits Fellowships. Provides merit-based fellowships to
$20,000
Would support the Administration's strong commitment to ensuring access
to high quality postsecondary education by providing funds for
strengthening three more Tribally Controlled Institutions through academic
program development and improved administr!3tive management.
Would provide funding for 86 partnership awards, including 45 new
n~rtnAr<:nin awards that improve technology-based learning opportunities
such as the disabled, dislocated workers, those making the
transition from welfare to work, and others who do not have easy access to
campus-based postsecondary education.
MAKING COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE
assistance to low-income
) Includes $) 0 million for victims of Hurricane
$8,692,000
Max Grant
$3,650
I
+$336,000
Max Grant
+$150
$691,000
Would provide need-based grant aid to an estimated 1.2 million
undergraduate students, especially enabling low-income undergraduates
to pursue a baccalaureate degree.
I $1,011,000
Would provide over $1.2 billion in aid available, an increase of $93 million
over FY2000, to maintain the opportunity for a total of 1 million students. to
work their way through college.
, +$30,000
$1
,Would help over 3.9 million financially needy students attend college and
increase the maximum grant award by $350 from $3,300 to $3,650 as
compared to FY2000. The Senate Committee assumes the use of an
additional $130 million in surplus above the Department's current estimate;
this would result in a funding shortfall.
.
+$1
Would provide approximately $180 million in available grant and workassistance to an estimated 240,000 needy postsecondary students.
Would
funding for 420 fellows for the 2002-2003 academic year,
�doctoral students in the arts, humanities, and social
sciences.
new
for Javits Fellowships for academic year
academic year 2001-2002.
Perkins Loan Cancellations. Provides Federal funds to
reimburse institutions for loan cancellations granted to
borrowers in exchange for certain public services activities:
$30,000
$60,000
$60,000
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need. Provides
merit-based fellowships to financially needy graduate
students studying in areas of national need.
$31,000
$31,000 .
$33,000
+$2,000
Adult Education and Literacy State Grants. Provides adult
and family literacy, English as a second language, and other
educational programs.
$450,000
$460,000
$470,000
. +$10,000
$365,750
-0
Would support the Administrationj; efforts to keep pace with institutional
reimbursement obligations for loan cancellations granted to eligible
borrowers..
I Would support 642 new fellows for a total of 1,278 fellows.
Would help an additional 708,000 adults become literate, strengthen their
basic s.kills, and obtain good jobs.
SENATE BLOCK GRANT
Innovative Education Program Strategies State Grant(Title
Y!l
$3,100,000 I +$3,100,000 I Creates a block grant under Title VI by taking proposed class size
reduction monies "and proposed school construction monies and adding
them to the existing Title VI program. Up to $2.7 billion may be used for
. class size reduction and school construction activities, however, they are "
not guaranteed funding. The Senate's proposed block grant would be $316
million less than the amount required to fully fund the President's requests
for class size reduction ($1.750 billion) and school construction ($1.3
billion), and to maintain Title VI at its FY 2000 level.
The Senate and the House Have Not Adopted.the President's Major Tax Cut Proposals
School Modernization Bonds. Provides new bonds with
interest paid by Federal tax credits to help local communities
go much further in renovating and building needed schools
an~ address overcrowding.
College Opportunity Tax Cut. Would cover up to $5,000 of
education expenses in 2001 and 2002 and up to $10,000 in
2003 and beyond to help make college more affordable for
millions of American families.
These proposals are under the jurisdiction
$2.4 billion over five years
$30 billion over ten years
Would deny nearly $25 billion in additional subsidized bonds to build and
modernize 6,000 public schools to accommodate record enrollments and
overcrowding and repair crumbling school facilities. Federal tax credits
would pay the interest on two types of bonds: School Modernization Bonds
(new) and Qualified Zone Academy. Bonds (current law).
.'
Would deny funding for this credit which would augment the existing
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit, extending the credit percentage from 20
percent to 28 percent, givirig families the choice of taking a credit or a
deduction, and increasing the income phase-out ranges to make the
benefit available to a wider range of families. The tax cut would phase out
at incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 for individuals and between
$100,000 and $120,000 for
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AMENDMENT NO.
Calendar No.
Purpose: To amend the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986 to
increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified
family-owned business interest deduction and expand
education initiatives, and forother' purposes. '
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES-I06th Cong., 2d Sess.
H.R.S
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout
the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.
Referred to the Committee on ------~---------------.
"and ordered to be printed
Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed
AIVIENDMENT IN' THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE intended
to be proposed by Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr.
KENNEDY,
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Viz:
1
Strike all after the first word and insert:
2
3
1. SHORT TITLE. '
(a) SHORrI' Trl'LE.-This Act may be cIted as the
,,4 "Estate Tax Relief Act of2000". "
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,
5
(b) AMENDMEN'I'
Ol~
1986 CODE.-Except as other
6 wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend
7 ment' or repeal is expressed in terms of 'an amendment
8 to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
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1 shall be considered to be. made to a section or other proyi
2 sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
3 .SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF UNIFIED CREDIT
4
5
AGAINST ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.-The table contained in section'
6 2010(c) (relating to applicable credit amount) is am,ended
7 to read as follows:
"In the case of estates of decedents
dying, and gifts made, during: .
The applicable
exclusion amount is:
2001,2002,2008, 2004,a1l<1 2005 .......................
2006 and 2007 ........................................................
2008 ....................................................................... '.
2009 01" thereafter .................................................
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$1,000,000
$1',125,000
$1,500,000
. $2,000,000."
(b) EFFECTIVE. DArrE.-The amendment made by
9 this section shall apply to the estates of decedents dying',
10 . and gifts made, after December 31, 2000.
11 SEC. 3. INCREASE IN QUALIFIED FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS
12
13
INTEREST DEDUCTION AMOUNT.
(a) I).T GENERAL.-Paragraph (2) of section 2057(a)
14 (relating to family-owned business interests) is amended
15 to read as follows:
16
17
18
"(2) MAxIMUM DEDUCTIO).T.-·
"(A) IN GENERAL.-The deduction allowed
by this section shall not exceed the sum of
"(i) the applicable deduction amount,
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"(ii) in the case ofa decedent de-
2sc~1.bedin subparagraph (C),' the applicabl~ .
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unused spousal deduction amount.
"(B) APPLICABLE DEDUC'l'IONAlVIOUN'l'.
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.
.
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,
.
.5 '
For purposes of this subpmiagraph' (A)(i) , the
.6
applicable dedu~tion amdunt is determined in
7
' accordance with the folloV\ring table: ,
"In the c~se of est~tes of decedents'
dying during:
'
The applicable
deduction amount is:
. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 ............ :...... ,.. ,
2006 and 2007 :.::................. ,.................. :.............
, 2008 ...................................................... :.............. :..
200H'or thereafter ........:........................................
8
$1,875,000
$1,fi25,000
$2',375,000
$:3,875,000.
"(C). APPLICABLE UNUSBD SPOUSAL DE
9
DUCTION AivIOUNT.-With respect to a decedent
10
'whose immediately 'predeceasedspouse died
11
after December 31, 2000, and the estate of
,
'.
,
'
,
12
such immediately predeceased spouse met the
13
requirements of subsection (b)(I), the 'applica
14
ble unused spousal, deduction amount for such
15
~ dece<ient. is equal to the e'xce~sof-
16
"(i) the applicable deduction amount
'17
allowable under 'this section to the estate
18
of such immediately' predeceaSed spouse,
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over
20
"(ii) the sum of- '
.. "(I) ,.the
21
.
22
"
applicable' deduction
.
amo:unt allowed under this section to
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the estate of such immediately pre
2
deceased spouse, plus
"(II) the amount of any increase
3
i
4
m such estate's unified credit under
5
paragraph (3)(B) which was allowed
6
to such estate.",
7
(b)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTs.-Section
8 2057(a)(3)(B) is amended
9
(1) by striking "$675,000" both places it ap
10
pears 'and inserting "the
11
amount", and
applicable
deduction
(2) by striking, "$675,000" in the heading and
12
13
inserting "APPLICABLE DEDuci'ION
14
(c) 'EFFECTIVE DArl'E.-The amendment made by
AMOUN'r". '
15 this section shall apply to" the estates of decedents dying,
16 and gifts made, after December 31, 2000.
17 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
18
There are appropriated, out pf any money in the
19 Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the following
20 amounts:
21
(1) $1,750,000,000 to carry out class size re.,
22
duction activities in the same manner as such activi
23
ties are carried out under section 310 of the Depart
24
ment of Education Appropriations Act, 2000.
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(2)$2,200,000,000 to carry "out title II of the
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,
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,
,2
3
. ;'
Elementary and Secondary 'Education Act of .1965
and title 'II of the .Higher Education Act of 1965.
4
5'
6
(3) $250,000,000 to carry out secitions 1116,
, and 1117 of the Elementary andSecondaIY Edu
cation Act of 1965.
7
'( 4) $1,000,000,000 to carry out part I of title
8
X, of the Elementary and Secondary 'Education Act'
9
of 19,65"
'10
" , (5) $325,000,000 to carry out chapter 2 of sub:"
11
paii 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher. Education
12
'Act ofT965.
13
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(6) $1,000,000,000 to c'arry out pari B of the
Individuals ,"'~th Disabilities, Education Act.
,
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16
17
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(7) $3.,OOO,OOO~OOO to enable the Secretary of "
Education ,to car·ryout ~ College: Completion Grant
, , Prog'I'am.
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(8) $150,000,000' to carry out part D of title
19
I' of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
20
of 1965.
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(9) $1,300,000,000, to carry out title XII of the
Element~ry and Secondary ,Education Act of 1965.
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Amend the title so as to read: "An Act to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified
credit exemption and the qualified family-owned' business
interest deduction, and for other purposes."
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Bill Summary & Status for the 106th Congress
NEW SEARCH I HOME I HELP I ABOUT SUMMARIES
S.2553
(Major Legislation)
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen (introduced 5112/2000)
Related Bills: H.R.4577
Latest Major Action: 6722/2000 Senate floor actions
Title: An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September, 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
5/12/2000-- Introduced.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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Title I: Department of Labor
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services
Title III: Department of Education
Title IV: Related Agencies
Title V: General Provisions
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education and related agencies.
Title I: -Department of Labor - Makes appropriations for FY,2001 to the Department of Labor for: (1) ,
training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal
unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service
operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and
training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration and the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards Administration; (9) certain special
benefits; (10) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration; (12) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
(14) departmental management; (15) veterans employment and training; and (16) the Office oflnspector
General.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title.
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(Sec. 103) Amends part A (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social
Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require entities receiving welfare-to-work grant funds to remit to the
Secretary of Labor any funds not expended within five (currently, three) years after the date such funds
are provided; and (2) eliminate set-aside welfare-to-work grants for successful performance States.
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services
.
Administration; (2) the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund;(3) health education assistance loans; (4) the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (5) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(6) the National Institutes of Health, including amounts for the John E. Fogarty International Center, the
National Library of Medicine, the Office of the Director, and buildings and facilities; (7) the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (8) the Agency for Health .Care Research and
Quality; (9) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to
health care trust funds, and program management; (10) low income home energy assistance; (11) refugee
and entrant assistfU1ce; (12) child support enforcement and family support programs; (13) the child care
and development block grant; (14) the social services'block grant; (15) children and families services
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programs; (16) promoting safe and stable families pursuant to a specified provision of the SSA; (17)
payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (18) the Administration on Aging; (19) the
Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (20) the Office of Inspector General; (21)
the Office for Civil Rights; (22) policy research; (23) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public
Health Service commissioned officers; and (24) the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
Rescinds FY 2000 funds for a sample study of child welfare.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title.
(Sec. 209) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being made available under title X (population
research and voluntary family planning) of the Public Health Service Act unless the award applicant
certifies to the Secretary ofHHS that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek
family planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to coerce them into
engaging in sexual activities.
(Sec. 210) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the Medicare+Choice program
if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a
Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay
for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions.
-(Sec. 211) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require State allotments under block grants for
community mental health services and prevention and treatment of substance abuse for FY 2001 to be no
less than the allotment for FY 2000.
(Sec. 213) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1990 to extend through FY 2001 the authorization of admission into the United States of a specified
number of refugees from the independent states of the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania based on religious persecution owing to participation in the Ukrainian Catholic or Orthodox
churches.
Makes September 30, 2001, the latest allowable entry date for specified aliens from the former Soviet
Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia for purposes of qualifying for
adjustment of status.
(Sec. 214) Prohibits the use of funds provided in any Act making FY 2001 appropriations for the
implementation in Arizona or in Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas, of the Medicare Competitive Pricing
Demonstration Project operated by the Secretary of HHS.
(Sec. 215) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being'used to withhold substance abuse funding
from a State pursuant to Public Health Service Act provisions for withholding funds from States that are
not in compliance with specified requirements prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors if a
State certifies to the Secretary ofHHS by December 15,2000, that it will commit additional State funds.
to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting such sales. Requires States to maintain expend"itures in
FY 2001 for tobacco prevention programs and compliance activities at a level not less than that
maintained for FY 2000 and adding to that level the additional' funds for such compliance activities
required by this section.
(Sec. 216) Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) oftitle IV of the SSA to
limit the amount ofthe·FY 2001 State TANFsupplemental grant for population increases in certain
States to the amount of such grant for FY 1998.
(Sec. 217) Requires the Secretary of HHS to: (1) reduce amounts allotted to a State for FY 1998 for the
StateChildren's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of the SSA by a specified amount; and (2)
increase the amount for such program otherwise payable to the State for FY 2003 by the amount of such
reduction.
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Title III: Department of Education - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Department of
Education for: (1) education reform; (2) education for the disadvantaged; (3) impact aid; (4) school
improvement activities; (5) reading excellence; (6) Indian education; (7) bilingual and immigrant
education; (8) special education; (9}rehabilitation services and disability research; (10) special
institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (11) vocational and adult education; (12)
student financial assistance; (13) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (14) higher
education; (15) Howard University; (16) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (17)
the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (18) education research,
statistics, and improvement; (19) departmental management; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; and (21)
the Office of the Inspector General.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title.
(Sec. 301) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being used to: (1) transport teachers or students
in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or to carry out a racial desegregation plan; or (2)
prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement
Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
(4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission; (6) Office of Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National
Education Goals Panel; (11) National Labor Relations Board; (12) National Mediation Board; (13)
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual
benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the
Office of Inspector General; (15) Social Security Administration for payments to the social security trust
funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, .
administrative expenses, and the Office ofInspector General; and (16) U.S. Institute of Peace.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title.
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Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated
under this Act.
(Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for programs to distribute sterile
needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs unless the Secretary ofHHS determines that such
programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
(Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements.
(Sec. 508) Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being expended for abortions or for health
benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion, except in cases where the pregnancy is the result of
rape or incest or where a woman suffers from a physical condition that would, as certified by a
physician, place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo
for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to
risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal regulations
and the Public Health Service Act.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for activities to promote the legalization
of a controlled substance unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the
use of such substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine such
advantage.
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(Sec. 514) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to promulgate a final standard under the SSA
providing for a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an
employer or health care provider) until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.
(Sec. 515) Repeals a provision of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that designates the delivery date for
SSI benefit payments under the SSA for October 2000.
.
(Sec. 516) Amends the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act to apply a certain
schedule for the delivery ofSSI supplementation payments to months after September 2001 (currently,
2009).
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Legislative Update
Fiscal 2001 appropriations have been bogged down in the Senate in recent weeks, the victim ofa political dispute
between Majority Leader Trent Lott, R~Miss. and Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D;S.D . .However, recent signs
suggest the Senate may be ready to get back to work on its massive Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education appropriations bill. Meanwhile, the House is expected to pass its spending bill this week, with few
changes in education funding from the version that was passed by the education panel in May.
Recent and Upcoming Action ...
Fiscal 2001 Appropriations
H.B.. 4577 I S. 2553: The Senate's draft spending bill would
boost discretionary funding for the Education Department to
a record $40.2 billion. Included in the plan would be a
$2.7 billion funding stream under Title VI ofESEA that
states could use for school renovation, class-size reduction or
other purposes, according to staff. The House budget plan,
meanwhile, would raise ED funding by $t:6 billion, to .
$37.2 billion. It would level-fund Title I at $7.9 billion but
boost special education state grants to $6.3 billion. President
Clinton, on the other hand, is seeking $40 billion for ED, in
cluding $1.3 billion to fund the repair and expansion ofthe
nation's largest schools; and $1.75 billion to continue the
class-size reduction initiative.
Education Department Audit
H.R.4079: Would require the General Accounting Office to
conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Education De
partI11€;nt (ED, May 26).
Last action: The Senate Appropriations
Committee passed a draft spending bill .
May 11 (ED, May 12), while the House Ap
propriations Committee issued its own ver
sion on May 24 (ED, May 24). President
Clinton submitted his budget request ear
lier this year (ED, Feb. 8).
Next action:. The House could resume
debate on the bill as early as today (ED,
June 9). Meanwhile, Senate Democrats
have indicated they will allow the Senate
to qebate spending bills not yet cleared by
the House.
Last action: The House education com
mittee passed the bill without objection
May 25.
.
Next action: The House is expected to
debate the bill today:
Higher Education Act Amendments
H.n.4504: Would make technical amendments to the 1998
Higher Education Act, including provisions requiring stu
dents who drop out of school to pay back only 50 percent of
federal education grants (ED, May 26).
ESEA Reauthorization
H.R. 2, H.n. 1995, H.R. 2300, H.R. 3616 and H.R. 4141:
Would reauthorize programs under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), including Title I, Eisen- .
hower grants; education technology Impact Aid, and bilin- .
gual education. Several of the bills contain provisions aimed
at granting increased "flexibility" to states and districts.
S.2: Would reauthorize ESEA under one bill. Amendments
would allow some states to block-grant several programs if
they enter a "performance agreement" with the Education
Department; permit some states to dole out Title I funds on
a pel'-pupil basis; and authorize $15 billion in Title I funding
for fiscal 2001, almost $7 billion over the current authoriza
tion (ED, March 8).
School Repair and Modernization
H.R.3705: Would provide grants and loans for states to
fund $1.3 billion in school repair and modernization for the
nation's oldest and most crowded schools.
Last action: The House education com
mittee passed the bill May 25 by voice vote.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: The House on May 15 passed
by voice vote·H.R. 3616, its bill to reauthor
ize the Impact Aid program (ED, May 17).
. Next action: Senate Republicans say de
bate could resume on S. 2 once a "time
agreement" is hashed out with Democrats,
but some observers suspect the bill will be
scrapped ,and progTams will be reauthor
. ized unde;'[he},iscal 2001 education appro~
priations bilr(ED, May 19).
Last action: HOL1se education committee
Democrats filed a parliamentary motion to
. force debate on the bill before this week is
over (ED, Jun~ 9).
.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
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Legislative Update
(Cont.)
Family Literacy
H.R.3222: The Literacy Involves Families Together (LIFT)
Act would authorize up to $500 million in fiscal 2000 for lit
eracy programs that involve parents and children in the
Even Start program, encourage schools and districts to par
ticipate in the program, and promote research into effective
practices and training for instructors (ED, Nov. 5, 1999).
Student Aid For Families Of Slain Police
H.R. 20591 S. 1638: Would expand the eligibility for fed
eral funds to pay college tuition for the spousef'i and children
of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The bill
would extend coverage to about 4,000 families of officers
slain between 1978 and 1997. Current law covers federal
offiGers killed after 1992 and state and local officers killed
after 1997.
Excellent Schools For All Our Children Act
S.2159: Would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965
(HEA) to provide achievement-based college scholarships to
students in failing schools or failing school districts, and
would provide various flexibility measures for school
districts.
Last action: The House education com
mittee on Feb. 16 approved its bill by voice
vote, and referred'it to the House floor on
Feb. 29.
Next action: The House may take up the
bill this month.
Last action: The Senate on May 15
passed its bill by unanimous consent. It
was referred to the House Committee on
the Judiciary.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo.,
introduced the bill earlier this year. It was
referred to the' Senate education committee
on March 2.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
.
..
21st Community Learning And Successful Schools Act
S.2219: Would amend ESEA to "provide for community
learning and successful schools."
Last action: Sen. Richard'Durbin, D-lll.,
introduced the bill March 8. It was re
ferred to the Senate education committee.
Next action: No al:tion is scheduled.
High-Stakes Testing Ban
S.2348: Would effectively ban states from using a single
test to 'determine graduation, grade advancement and other
high-stakes decisions. Under the bill, tests or exams could
be used as one of several factors in such decisions, but other
measures-such as grades and teacher evaluations-would
hav:e to figure in as well.
Military Recruiters On Campus
S.2397: Would cut offfederal funding to public high schools
that curtail or ban access of military recruiters to their
campuses.
Last action: Sen. Paul Wellstone,
D-Minn., introduced the bill April 4 (ED,
April 5),
Next action: Wellstone said he might in
troduce the bill as an amendment to the
Senate's ESEA bill, S.2.
Last action: Sen. Tim Hutchinson,
R-Ark., introduced the bill April 11 (ED,
April 7). It was passed May 11 by the Sen
ate Armed Services Committee as part of
its fiscal 2001 appropriations bill and now
moves to the Senate floor.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Reading Deficit Elimination Act
H.R. 43071 S. 2452: Would provide phonics-based reading
instruction to K-4 students, through teacher training, cur
ricula purchases, annual assessments, teacher bonuses, and
tuition assistance grants.
Last action: Rep. Bill Goodling, R-Pa.
and Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga., introduced
the bills in the House and Senate, respec
tively, the week of April 10.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
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High-Tech Training
H.R.3983: Would raise visa-filing fees on temporary for
eign worker H-IB visas to provide about $66 million annu
ally to forgive Stafford Student Loans for science and math
teachers in low-income schools, about $50 million for domes
tic .iob training programs, and about' $34 million next year
for the Upward Bound Math and Science Program, which
helps low-income first-generation students go to college (ED,
May 11).
Last action: Reps. David Dreier, R-Calif.,
and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., introduced the
bill March 15. It was rejected in the Judici
ary Committee 011 May 17 in favor of a
similar H-lB visa bill-H.R. 4227, which
was introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith,
R-Texas-that does not call for raising visa
.filing fees and has no education component.
Next action: Currently dormant, the bill
could be considered again in the Rules
Committee, where supporters say they plan
to attach the education portions. And
House officials say they would iron out any
differences between the bill and the re
cently introduced H.R. 4402 if the bill is
referred to the House floor.
National Science Education Acts Of 2000
H.R. 4271-3: Would support K-12 science teachers and pro
vide incentives for businesses to be involved in science edu
cation, through grants, scholarships, panels, professional
development, and tax credits (ED, April 12).
.
Alliance For Technologically Trained Teachers Act
H.R. 2933: Would provide for the tutoring ofteachers in the
use of classroom technology, and for developing a compre
hensive approach to provide technologically competent
teachers to the nation's schools.
Last action: Rep"Vernon Ehlers,
R-Mich., introduced the bills April 13.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Rep. John Larson, D-Conn.,
introduced the' bill in September 1999; it
was referred to the House Education and
the Workforce Committee. As of May 5, it
had 27 co-sponsors.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
National Youth Technology Corps Act
H.R.2934: Would create a "Technology Corps" of volunteers
to recrllit and organize youths to implement and maintain
comriuter systems for public schools, community centers,
public senior centers and libraries.
Last action: Rep. John Larson, D-Conn.,
introduced the bill in September 1999; it
was referred to the House Education and
the Workforce Committee. As of May 5,
the bill had 63 co-sponsors.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Information Technology 2000 Act
H.R. 4176 J S. 2345: Would give $5,000 bonuses to public
school teachers who become certified to teach information
technology. The "IT 2000 Act" would also provide $100 mil
lion in matching federal grants for partnerships between
business and institutions of higher learning to give technol
ogy training to workers currently under-represented in the
profession.
Training And Education For American Workers Act
H.R. 4402: Would pave the way to funnel an estimated
$63.3 million in increased H-IB visa filing fees to job-·
training programs and student loan forgiveness for math,
science and reading teachers (ED, May 11).
Last action: Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.,
introduced the bill April 4 in the Senate
education committee, while Rep. Jerrold
Nadler, D-N.Y, and others introduced a
counterpart in the House education panel.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: The bill was approved by the
House education committee May 10.
Next action: Committee staff expect the
bill to reach the House floor soon.
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Student Loan Forgiveness Act
H.R.4258: Would payoff all federal education loans for
teachers who remain in public schools at leastfour years;
and would grant permanent $1,000' tax credits to teachers
'
with outstanding student loans (ED, April 20),
Last action: Rep, Steve Kuykendall,
R-Calif., introduced the bill the week of'
April 10.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Loan Forgiveness For Public Defenders
,
S. 2423:, Would amend the Higher Education Act to expand,
the existing Perkins Loan forgiveness program for law en- '
forcement officers to include public defense attorneys who
work full time.
Coinputer Software For Bilingual Education
H.R. 4349: Would provide grants to school districts for ob
taining computer software for bilingual education and'other
.
purposes,'
'
Las~ action: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., in
troduced the bill the week of April 10.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Rep, Joe Baca, D-Calif., in
troduced the bill May 2, It was referred to
the House education committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled,
Discipline Of Special Education Students
S. 2517: Would allow educators to discipline special educa
tion students in the same way as the rest ofthe student
population in cases involving weapons, illegal drugs, and
assaults upon teachers.
Last action: Sen. John Ashcroft, R~Mo.,
introduced the bill May 8. It was referred
to the Senate education committee.'
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Teacher Rete~tion
H.R.4406: Would authorize grants to states to encourage
teacher retention through bonuses and other methods.
Last action: Rep, Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., in
troduced the bill May 9. It was referred to
the House education committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Scholarships For Future Teachers
H.R. 4486: Would make scholarships available for secon
dary school graduates or "certified leaders" who demonstrate
~ commitment to and capacity for the teaching profession.
Last action: Rep. Heather Wilson,
R-N.M., introduced the bill May 17. It was
referred to the House education committee.
Next action: ,No action is scheduled.
Education Savings Accounts
.
H.R. 71 S. 1134: Would raise the maximum contribution to
tax-free education savings accounts to $2,000, and expand
the expenses toward which funds can be, applied to include
school uniforms and after-school tutoring, among other
things (ED, March 24).
Last action: The Senate on March 2
passed its bill, 6i-37. The House consid~
ered the bill in March, but temporarily
'withdrew it (ED, March 23).
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Special Education Funding
H.R.4055: Would authorize an annual $2 billion increase
in funding for grants to states under Part B of IDEA for the
next 10 years (ED, April 13).
Last action: The House passed the bill
May 3 on a 421-3 vote (ED, May 4). The
bill was referred to the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled,
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Legislative Update
The fiscal 2001 appropriations process, stalled in recent weeks by partisan bickering between Senate leaders,
appears to be back on track after Minority Leader Tom Daschle, S.D., agreed not to block action on the 13 spend
ing bills in exchange for certain concessions from the majority. That development comes just in time, as the
House last week narrowly passed its 2001 appropriations bill for education programs.
Recent and Upcoming Action ...
Fiscal 2001 Appropriations
.
H.R. 4577 I S. 2553: The Senate's draft spending bill would
boost discretionary funding for the Education Department to
a record $40.2 billion. Included in the plan would be a
$2.7 billion funding stream under Title VI of ESEA that
states could use for school renovation, class-size reduction or
other purposes, according to staff. The House budget plan,
meanwhile, would raise ED funding by $1.6 billion, to
$37.2 billion. It would level-fund Title I at $7.9 billion but
boost special education state grants to $6.3 billion. President
Clinton, on the other hand, is seeking $40 billion for ED, in~
cluding $1.3 billion to fund the repair and expansion ofthe
nation's largest schools, and $1.75 billion to continue the
class-size reduction initiative.
Fiscal 2001 AmeriCorps Appropriations
Clinton has requested $533 million to expand the Ameri
Corps national service program, a $73 million increase from
2000. AmeriCorps provides participants with a stipend and
college tuition vouchers worth up to $4,725 in exchange for
working at nonprofit organizations for one year. Congres
sionalleaders are again this year seeking to eliminate the
program, which is contained in H.R. 4635, the independent
agencies appropriations bill.
Education Department Audit
H.R.4079: Would require the General Accounting Office to
conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Education De
partment (ED, May 26).
Last action: The House passed its bill,
217-214, on June 14 (ED, June 15). The
Senate Appropriations Committee passed a
draft spending bill May 11 (ED, May 12).
President Clinton submitted his budget
request earlier this year (ED, Feb. 8).
Next action: The Senate could consider
the bill as soon as this week.
Last action: The House Appropriations
Committee approved the bill on June 7.
(ED, June 15).
Next action: The House could consider
the bill as soon as this week.
Last action: The House passed the bill,
380-19, on June 13, (ED, June 14).
Next action: No further action is
scheduled.
Higher Education Act Amendments
H.R. 4504: Would make technical amendments to the 1998
Higher Education Act, including provisions requiring stu- .
dents who drop out of school to pay back only 50 percent of
federal education grants (ED, May 26).
ESEA Reauthorization
H.R. 2, H.R. 1995, H.R. 2300, H.R. 3616 and H.R. 4141:
Would reauthorize programs under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), including Title I, Eisen
hower grants, education technology Impact Aid, and bilin
gual education. Several of the bills contain provisions aimed
at granting increased "flexibility" to states and districts.
S.2: Would reauthorize ESEA under one bill. Amendments
would allow some states to block-grant several programs if
they enter a "performance agreement" with the Education
Department; permit some states to dole out Title I funds on
a per-pupil basis; and authorize $15 billion in Title I funding
for fiscal 2001, almost $7 billion over the current authoriza
tion (ED, March 8).
Last action: The House passed the bill
June 13 by voice vote (ED, June 14).
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: The House on May 15 passed
by voice vote H.R. 3616, its bill to reauthor
ize the Impact Aid program(ED, May 17).
Next action: Senate Republicans say de
bate could resume "on S. 2 once a "time
agreement" is hashed out with Democrats,
but some observers suspect the bill will be
scrapped and programs will be reauthor
ized under the fiscal 2001 education appro
priations bill (ED, May 19).
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Education Daily. June 19, 2000
(Cont.)
Family Literacy
H.R. 3222: The Literacy Involves Families Together (LIFT)
Act would authorize up to $500 million in fiscal 2000 for lit
eracy programs that involve parents and children in the
Even Start program, encourage schools and districts to par
ticipate in the program, and promote research into effective
practices and training for instructors (ED, Nov. 5, 1999)..
Student Aid For Families Of Slain Police
H.R. 2059/ S. 1638: Would expand the eligibility for fed
eral funds to pay college tuition for the spouses and children
oflaw enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The bill
would extend coverage to about 4,000 families of officers
slain between 1978 and 1997. Current law covers federal
officers killed after 1992 and state and local officers killed
after 1997.
Excellent Schools For All Our Children Act
S~ 2159: Would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965
(HEA) to provide achievement-based college scholarships to
students in failing schools or failing school districts, and
would provide various flexibility measures for school
districts.
21st Community Learning And Successful Schools Act
S.2219: Would amend ESEA to "provide for community
learning and successful schools."
Last action: The House education com
mittee on Feb. 16 approved the bill by voice
vote (ED, Feb. 17).
Next action: The House may take up the
bill this month.
Last action: The Senate on May 15
passed its bill by unanimous consent. It
was referred to the House Judiciary
Committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo.,
introduced the bill this year. It was referred
to the Senate education panel March 2.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.,
introduced the bill March' 8. It was re
ferred to the Senate education committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
High-Stakes Testing Ban
S.2348: Would effectively ban states from using a single
test to determine graduation, grade advancement and other
high-stakes decisions. Under the bill, tests or exams could
be used as one of several factors in such decisions, but other
measures-such as grades and teacher evaluations-would
havl~ to figure in as well.
Military Recruiters On Campus
S.2397: Would cut off federal funding to public high schools
that curtail or ban access of military recruiters to their
campuses.
(
Last action: Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.,
introduced the bill April 4 (ED, April 5).
Next action: Wellstone may introduce the
bill as an amendment to S.2.
Last action: Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark.,
introduced it April 11 (ED, April 7). It was
passed May 11 by the Armed Services
Committee as part ofits fiscal 2001 appro
priations bill and now moves to the floor.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
High-Tech Training
H.R.3983: Would raise visa-filing fees on temporary for
eign worker H-1B visas to provide about $66 million annu
ally to forgive Stafford Student Loans for science and math
teachers in low-income schools, about $50 million for domes
tic job training programs, and about $34 million next year
for the Upward Bound Math and Science Program, which
helps low-income first-generation students go to college (ED,
May 11).
.
Last action: Reps: David Dreier, R-Calif.,
and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., introduced the
bill March 15. The Judiciary Committee
rejected it May 17 in favor of a similar bill
H.R. 4227, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith,
R-Texas-that does not call for raising visa
filing fees and has no education component.
Next action: It could be considered again
in the Rules Committee, where supporters
plan to attach the education portions.
House officials would iron out any differ
ences between the bill and H.R. 4402 ifthe
bill is referred to the House floor.
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Reading Deficit Elimination Act
H.R. 43071 S. 2452: Would provide phonics-based reading
instruction to K-4 students, through teacher training, cur
ricula purchases, annual assessments, teacher bonuses, and
tuition assistance grants.
Last action: Rep. Bill Goodling, R-Pa.
and Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga., introduced
the bills in the House and Senate, respec
tively, the week of April 10.
. Next action: No action is scheduled.
National Science Education Acts Of 2000
H.R.4271·3: Would support K-12 science teachers and pro
vide incentives for businesses to be involved in scienceedu
cation, through grants, scholarships, panels, professional
development, and tax credits (ED, April 12).
Alliance For Technologically Trained Teachers Act
H.R. 2933: Would provide for the tutoring of teachers in the
use of classroom technology, and for developing a compre
hensive approach to provide technologically competent
teachers to the nation's schools.
Last action: Rep. Vernon Ehlers,
R-Mich., introduced the bills April 13.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Rep. John Larson, D-Conn.,
introduced the bill in September 1999; it
was referred to the House Education and
the Workforce Committee. As of May 5, it
had 27 co-sponsors.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
National Youth Technology Corps Act
H.R.2934: Would create a "Technology Corps" of volunteers
to recruit and organize youths to implement and maintain
computer systems for public schools, community centers,
public senior centers and libraries.
Last action: Rep. John Larson, D-Conn.,
introduced the bill in September 1999; it
was referred to the House Education and
the Workforce Committee. As of May 5,
the bill had 63 co-sponsors.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Information Technology 2000 Act
H.R. 41761 S. 2345: Would give $5,000 bonuses to public
school teachers who become certified to teach information
technology. The "IT 2000 Act" would also provide $100 mil
lion in matching federal grants for partnerships between
business and institutions of higher learning to give technol
ogy training to workers currently under-represented in the
profession.
Training And Education For American Workers Act
H.R.4402: Would pave the way to funnel an estimated
$63.3 million in increased H-1B visa filing fees to job
training programs and student loan forgiveness for math,
science and reading teachers (ED, May 11).
Student Loan Forgiveness Act
H.R.4258: Would payoff all federal education loans for
teachers who remain in public schools at least four years;
and would grant permanent $1,000 tax credits to teachers
with outstanding student loans (ED, April 20).
Loan Forgiveness For Public Defenders
S.2423: Would amend the Higher Education Act to expand
the existing Perkins Loan forgiveness program for law en
forcement officers to include public defense attorneys who
work full time.
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Last action: Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., ..
introduced the bill April 4 in the Senate
education committee, while Rep. Jerrold
Nadler, D-N.Y., and others introduced a
counterpart in the House education panel.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action:' The bill was approved by the
House education committee May 10.
Next action: Committee staff expect the
bill to reach the House floor soon.
Last action: Rep. Steve Kuykendall,
R-Calif., introduced the bill in April.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Last action: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., in
troduced the bill in April.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
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Computer Software For Bilingual Education
H.R.4349: Would provide grants to school districts for ob
taining computer software for bilingual education and other
purposes.
Last action: Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., in
troduced the bill May 2. It was referred to
the House education committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Discipline Of Special Education Students
S.2517: Would allow educators to discipline special educa
tion students in the same way as the rest of the student
population in cases involving weapons, illegal drugs, and
assaults upon teachers.
Last action: Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo.,
introduced the bill May 8. It was referred
to the Senate education committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Teacher Retention
,
H.R. 4406: Would authorize grants to states to encourage
teacher retention through bonuses and other methods.
Last action: Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., in
, troduced the bill May 9. It was referred to
the House education committee.
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Next action: No action is scheduled.
Scholarships For Future Teachers
H.R.4486: Would make scholarships available for secon
dary school graduates or "certified leaders" who demonstrate
a commitment to and capacity for the teaching profession.
Last,action: Rep. Heather Wilson,
R-N.M., introduced the bill May 17. It was
referred to the House education committee.
,
·Next action: No action is scheduled.
Education Savings Accounts
H.R. 71 S•.1134: Would raise the maximum contribution to
tax-free education savings accounts to $2,000, and expand
the expenses toward which funds can be applied to include
school uniforms and after-school tutoring, among other
things (ED, March 24).
Last action: The Senate on March 2
passed its bill, 61-37. The House corisid
ered the bill in March, but temporarily
withdrew it (ED, March 23).
Next action: No action is scheduled.
Special Education Funding
H.R.4055: Would authorize an annual $2 billion increase
, in funding for grants to states under Part B of IDEA for the
next 10years (ED, April 13).
Last action: The House passed the bill
May 3 on a 421-3 vote (ED, May 4). The
bill was referred to the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Next action: No action is scheduled.
School Repair and Modernization
H.R.3705: Would provide grants and loans for states to
fund $1.3 billion in school repair and modernization for the
nation's oldest and most crowded schools.
Last action: House education committee
Democrats filed a parliamentary motion to
force debate on the bill (ED, June 9).
Next action: Committee Democrats need
to gather the signatures of at least three
Republicans in order to schedule a mark-up
without the consent of Chairman Bill
Goodling, R-Pa.
Internet Filtering
H.R.46oo: Would require schools and libraries receiving
funds under the federal e-rate program to install Internet
filtering software on their computers.
Last action: Rep. Ernest Fletcher, R-Ky.,
introduced the bill June 8.
Next action: No further action has been
scheduled.
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