[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1471 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1471

To provide financial assistance to eligible local educational agencies 
          to improve urban education, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 20 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

  Mr. Wellstone (for himself and Mr. Simon) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and 
                            Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide financial assistance to eligible local educational agencies 
          to improve urban education, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Schools of 
America (USA) Act of 1993''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Statement of purpose.
                   TITLE I--URBAN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Sec. 101. Authorization.
Sec. 102. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 103. Application required.
Sec. 104. Planning period.
Sec. 105. Uses of funds.
Sec. 106. Accountability.
Sec. 107. Incentive awards to exemplary programs.
Sec. 108. Regulatory assessment.
Sec. 109. Local advisory group.
Sec. 110. Special rules.
            TITLE II--SCHOOL BUILDING REPAIR AND RENOVATION

Sec. 201. Purpose; authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 203. Application.
Sec. 204. Uses of funds.
                    TITLE III--URBAN SCHOOL RESEARCH

Sec. 301. Authorization.
Sec. 302. Assistant Secretary for Urban Education.
Sec. 303. Reservation; allotment; allocation.
Sec. 304. National Institute of Urban Education.
Sec. 305. Application.
Sec. 306. Uses of funds.
                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Interagency Council on Urban Schools.
Sec. 402. White House Conference on Urban Education.
Sec. 403. Augustus F. Hawkins National Commission on Urban Education.
Sec. 404. Federal funds to supplement not supplant non-Federal funds.
Sec. 405. Definitions.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the ability of the Nation's major urban school systems 
        to meet the Nation's educational goals will determine the 
        country's economic competitiveness and academic standing in the 
        world community;
            (2) the quality of public education in the Nation's major 
        urban areas has a direct effect on the economic development of 
        the Nation's inner cities;
            (3) the success of urban schools in boosting the 
        achievement of its minority youth attending such schools will 
        determine the ability of the Nation to close the gap between 
        the ``haves and have-nots'' in society;
            (4) the cost to America's businesses to provide remedial 
        education to secondary school graduates is approximately 
        $30,000,000,000 per year;
            (5) approximately one-third of the Nation's work force will 
        be minority by the year 2000;
            (6) urban schools enroll a disproportionately large share 
        of the Nation's poor and ``at-risk'' youth;
            (7) urban schools enroll approximately one-third of the 
        Nation's poor, 40 percent of the Nation's African-American 
        children, and 30 percent of the Nation's Hispanic youth;
            (8) nearly 20 percent of the Nation's limited-English 
        proficient children and 15 percent of the Nation's disabled 
        youth are enrolled in urban schools;
            (9) the academic performance of students in the average 
        inner-city public school system is below that of students in 
        most other kinds of school systems;
            (10) urban school systems have higher dropout rates, more 
        problems with health care and less parental participation than 
        other kinds of school systems;
            (11) urban preschoolers have one-half the access to early 
        childhood development programs as do other children;
            (12) shortages of teachers in urban school systems are 2.5 
        times greater than such shortages in other kinds of school 
        systems;
            (13) declining numbers of urban minority secondary school 
        graduates are pursuing postsecondary educational opportunities;
            (14) urban schools systems have greater problems with teen 
        pregnancy, discipline, drug abuse and gangs than do other kinds 
        of school systems;
            (15) 75 percent of urban school buildings are over 25 years 
        old, 33 percent of such buildings are over 50 years old, and 
        such buildings are often in serious disrepair and create poor 
        and demoralizing working and learning conditions;
            (16) solving the challenges facing our Nation's urban 
        schools will require the concerted and collaborative efforts of 
        all levels of government and all sectors of the community;
            (17) State and Federal funding of urban schools has not 
        adequately reflected need; and
            (18) Federal funding that is well targeted, flexible and 
        accountable would contribute significantly to addressing the 
        comprehensive needs of inner-city schools.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to provide financial assistance to--
            (1) assist urban schools in meeting National Education 
        Goals;
            (2) improve the educational and social well being of urban 
        public school children;
            (3) close the achievement gap between urban and nonurban 
        school children, while improving the achievement level of all 
        children nationally;
            (4) renovate and repair urban school buildings and 
        facilities;
            (5) conduct coordinated research on urban education 
        problems, solutions and promising practices;
            (6) improve the Nation's global economic and educational 
        competitiveness by improving the Nation's urban schools;
            (7) encourage community, parental and business 
        collaboration in the improvement of urban schools; and
            (8) review regulations whose simplification might improve 
        the achievement of urban school children.

                   TITLE I--URBAN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, to carry out the 
provisions of this title.

SEC. 102. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Reservations.--
            (1) Subject to paragraph (2), from the amount appropriated 
        or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this 
        title for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 
        percent of such funds to provide competitive awards in 
        accordance with section 107.
            (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the first year in 
        which funds are appropriated.
    (b) Allotments.--From the remainder of the sums not reserved under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to each eligible local 
educational agency with an approved application in each fiscal year an 
amount which bears the same relationship to such funds as the amount 
such eligible local educational agency was allocated under sections 
1005 and 1006 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in 
the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount received under such 
sections in such preceding fiscal year by all eligible local 
educational agencies.
    (c) Reservation for Community-Based Organizations and Nonprofit 
Partnerships.--From the amounts allotted under subsection (b) for any 
fiscal year, each eligible local educational agency shall reserve not 
more than 5 percent to make as many grants as practicable for the 
activities described in section 105 to--
            (1) community-based organizations; or
            (2) nonprofit partnerships between the eligible local 
        educational agency and city-wide collaboratives of private 
        sector businesses or universities.
    (d) Payments.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall annually pay to each 
        eligible local educational agency having an application 
        approved under section 103 the costs of the activities 
        described in the application.
            (2) Payment requirements.--The Secretary shall make annual 
        payments only to eligible local educational agencies that--
                    (A) comply with the provisions of section 106; and
                    (B) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 
                Secretary that the data submitted pursuant to section 
                106 shows progress toward meeting National Education 
                Goals.
    (e) Administrative Costs.--Not more than 5 percent of any allotment 
or grant made under this title may be used for administrative costs.

SEC. 103. APPLICATION REQUIRED.

    (a) Application Required.--
            (1) Local educational agencies.--
                    (A) In general.--Any eligible local educational 
                agency desiring to receive an allotment from the 
                Secretary to carry out the provisions of this title 
                shall--
                            (i) develop and prepare an application with 
                        the local advisory group;
                            (ii) submit to the State educational agency 
                        the application for review and comment; and
                            (iii) submit the application described in 
                        clause (i) to the Secretary for approval.
                    (B) Duration.--Except as provided in section 106, 
                the application described in clause (i) may be for a 
                period of not more than 3 years.
            (2) Community-based organizations and nonprofit 
        partnerships.--Any community-based organization or nonprofit 
        partnership referred to in section 102(c) desiring to receive a 
        grant from an eligible local educational agency pursuant to 
        section 101(c) shall--
                    (A) prepare an application for approval by the 
                local advisory group and submit such application to the 
                eligible local educational agency;
                    (B) describe in the application the collaborative 
                efforts undertaken with the local educational agency in 
                designing a program to meet the purposes of the Act; 
                and
                    (C) describe in the application how funds will be 
                used to help meet the education goals selected by the 
                local educational agency pursuant to subsection (b).
    (b) Contents of Local Educational Agency Application.--Each 
application submitted by an eligible local educational agency shall 
include a description of--
            (1) the ranking of all schools in the eligible local 
        educational agency by achievement, poverty, and racial 
        isolation and how such schools will be served in accordance 
        with section 110(a);
            (2) the community served by the eligible local educational 
        agency and the effects of the community on the educational 
        conditions within the schools served by the eligible local 
        educational agency;
            (3) the collaboration in program planning with the local 
        advisory group described in section 109;
            (4) the goals selected by the eligible local educational 
        agency pursuant to section 106(b), the rationale for choosing 
        such goals over others, and a description of whether the goals 
        selected differ between elementary and secondary schools within 
        the jurisdiction of the local educational agency;
            (5) how funds received under this title will be used to 
        meet the National Education Goals selected by the eligible 
        local educational agency;
            (6) how promising or successful models or programs will be 
        replicated in designing activities assisted under this title; 
        and
            (7) the statistical indicators and other criteria that the 
        eligible local educational agency will use to measure progress 
        toward meeting National Education Goals, and a description of 
        what the local educational agency has done to ensure that any 
        assessments used to measure such progress will not have a 
        negative effect on minority or language minority students.

SEC. 104. PLANNING PERIOD.

    Any eligible local educational agency requiring additional planning 
efforts to meet the provisions of this title may use the first 6 months 
of the initial program year for planning purposes, subject to approval 
by the Secretary, except that not more than 15 percent of the first 
year's allotment shall be used for such purposes. A written report of 
the results of such planning shall be submitted to the Secretary not 
later than the end of the first project year.

SEC. 105. USES OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Funds allotted under this title shall be used by 
eligible local educational agencies, community-based organizations, or 
nonprofit partnerships to meet National Education Goals through 
programs designed to--
            (1) increase the academic achievement of urban school 
        children to at least the national average, including--
                    (A) effective schools programs;
                    (B) tutoring, mentoring, and other activities to 
                improve academic achievement directly;
                    (C) activities designed to increase the 
                participation of minority and female students in entry 
                level and advanced courses in mathematics and science;
                    (D) supplementary academic instruction;
                    (E) efforts to improve problem-solving and higher-
                order thinking skills;
                    (F) programs to increase student motivation for 
                learning; and
                    (G) efforts to lengthen the school day, school year 
                or reduce class sizes;
            (2) ensure the readiness of all urban children for school, 
        including--
                    (A) full workday, full calendar-year comprehensive 
                early childhood development programs;
                    (B) parenting classes and parent involvement 
                activities;
                    (C) activities designed to coordinate 
                prekindergarten and child care programs;
                    (D) efforts to integrate developmentally 
                appropriate prekindergarten services into the overall 
                school program;
                    (E) upgrading the qualifications of early childhood 
                education staff and standards for programs;
                    (F) collaborative efforts with health and social 
                service agencies to provide comprehensive services and 
                to facilitate the transition from home to school;
                    (G) establishment of comprehensive child care 
                centers in secondary schools for students who are 
                parents and their children; and
                    (H) augmenting early childhood development programs 
                to meet the special educational and cultural needs of 
                limited-English proficient preschool children;
            (3) increase the graduation rates of urban students to at 
        least the national average, including--
                    (A) dropout prevention activities and support 
                services for students at-risk of dropping out of 
                school;
                    (B) re-entry, outreach and support activities to 
                recruit students who have dropped out of school to 
                return to school;
                    (C) development of systemwide policies and 
                practices that encourage students to stay in school;
                    (D) efforts to provide individualized student 
                support, such as mentoring programs;
                    (E) collaborative activities between schools, 
                parents, community groups, agencies and institutions of 
                higher education aimed at preventing individuals from 
                dropping out of school;
                    (F) programs to increase student attendance; and
                    (G) alternative programs for students, especially 
                bilingual and special education students, who have 
                dropped out of school or are at-risk of dropping out of 
                school;
            (4) prepare urban school graduates to enter higher 
        education, pursue careers and exercise their responsibilities 
        as citizens, including--
                    (A) activities designed to increase the number and 
                percentages of students, particularly minority 
                students, enrolling in postsecondary educational 
                institutions after graduation from secondary schools;
                    (B) in-school youth employment, vocational 
                education, and career education programs that improve 
                the transition from school to work;
                    (C) activities designed in collaboration with 
                colleges and universities to assist urban school 
                graduates in completing higher education;
                    (D) efforts to increase voter registration among 
                eligible secondary school students;
                    (E) activities designed to promote community 
                service and volunteerism among students, parents, 
                teachers, and the community; and
                    (F) civic education and other programs designed to 
                enhance responsible citizenship and understanding of 
                the political process;
            (5) recruit and retain qualified teachers, including--
                    (A) school-based management projects and 
                activities;
                    (B) programs designed to test efforts to increase 
                the professionalization of teachers or to bring 
                teachers up to national voluntary standards;
                    (C) alternative routes to certification for 
                qualified individuals from business, the military and 
                other fields;
                    (D) efforts to recruit and retain teachers in 
                critical shortage areas, including early childhood 
                teachers, mathematics and science teachers, and special 
                education and bilingual teachers;
                    (E) upgrading the skills of teacher aides and 
                paraprofessionals to permit such individuals to become 
                certified teachers;
                    (F) efforts specifically designed to increase the 
                number of minority teachers in urban schools;
                    (G) programs designed to ``grow your own'' 
                teachers;
                    (H) incentives for teachers to work in inner-city 
                schools; and
                    (I) collaborative activities with urban 
                universities to revise and upgrade teacher training 
                programs; or
            (6) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol among urban 
        students, and to enhance the physical and emotional health of 
        such students, including--
                    (A) activities designed to improve the self-esteem 
                and self-worth of urban students;
                    (B) the provision of health care services and other 
                social services and the coordination of such services 
                with other health care providers;
                    (C) programs designed to improve safety and 
                discipline and reduce in-school violence, vandalism, 
                and gang activity;
                    (D) activities that begin in the early grades and 
                are designed to prevent drug and alcohol abuse and 
                smoking among students and teachers;
                    (E) collaborative activities with other agencies, 
                businesses, and community groups to discourage the 
                advertisement and glorification of drugs and alcohol;
                    (F) efforts to enhance health education and 
                nutrition education; and
                    (G) alternative schools, and schools-within-schools 
                programs, including bilingual and special education 
                programs for students with special needs.
    (b) Special Rule.--Funds allotted under this title may be used for 
the planning, development, operation or expansion of programs and 
activities which are designed to assist urban schools in meeting 
National Education Goals, and may include--
            (1) training of teachers and other educational personnel in 
        subject areas, or in instructional technology and methods that 
        would improve the delivery of services in urban settings and 
        assist in the achievement of the National Education Goals, 
        including staff development efforts that emphasize 
        multicultural and gender and disability bias-free curricula;
            (2) coordination and collaboration with other municipal 
        agencies, child care organizations, universities or the private 
        sector;
            (3) parental involvement and outreach efforts and other 
        activities designed to enhance parental encouragement of 
        student learning;
            (4) guidance and psychological counseling, social work, and 
        other support services that contribute to progress in achieving 
        National Education Goals;
            (5) efforts to acquire and improve access to educational 
        technology;
            (6) programs to serve homeless children, children in 
        desegregation programs, immigrants, migrants, or other highly 
        mobile populations, even if such individuals do not attend a 
        school assisted under this title; and
            (7) efforts to improve and strengthen the curriculum and 
        coordinate services across grade levels.
    (c) Priority.--Each local educational agency submitting an 
application shall give priority in designing the program assisted under 
this title to activities that replicate successful efforts in other 
local educational agencies or expand successful programs within the 
eligible local educational agency.

SEC. 106. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may award an allotment under this 
title to an eligible local educational agency to enable such an agency 
to operate a program under this title for a period of not more than 3 
years. If an eligible local educational agency receiving an allotment 
under this title meets the accountability requirements described in 
subsection (b) at the end of 3 years and the requirements described in 
subsection (c) at the end of each year, as determined by the Secretary, 
such agency shall be eligible to continue the project with funds under 
this title for an additional 3 years.
    (b) Requirements To Move Toward National Education Goals.--
            (1) Program continuation.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), if after 3 years of receiving an allotment under this 
        title an eligible local educational agency is able to 
        demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such 
        agency has increased the achievement level of students in the 
        lowest 2 quartiles in the schools served by such agency and 
        assisted under this title as measured by the statistical 
        indicators and other criteria specified in the application in 
        excess of the average such achievement of such students in the 
        3 years prior to the initiation of the project, then such 
        agency shall be eligible to continue the project with funds 
        under this title for an additional 3 years upon reapplication 
        under section 103.
            (2) Special rule.--If after 3 years of receiving an 
        allotment under this title an eligible local educational agency 
        is able to demonstrate progress in meeting at least 3 of the 
        criteria described in paragraph (3), then such agency shall be 
        considered to have met the requirements of paragraph (1) so 
        long as the achievement level of the schools served by such 
        agency and assisted under this title did not decline in any of 
        the 3 previous school years.
            (3) Criteria.--For purposes of paragraph (2), the criteria 
        are as follows:
                    (A) The number or percentage of preschool children 
                served by the eligible local educational agency is 
                greater than the average such number or percentage in 
                the 3 previous school years.
                    (B) The number or percentage of secondary school 
                students graduating in the eligible local educational 
                agency is greater than the average such number or 
                percentage rate for the 3 previous school years.
                    (C) The number or percentage of secondary school 
                graduates in the eligible local educational agency 
                enrolled in postsecondary education is greater than the 
                average such number or percentage for the 3 previous 
                school years.
                    (D) The number or percentage of the teaching force 
                in the eligible local educational agency who are 
                minorities is greater than the average such number or 
                percentage for the 3 previous school years.
                    (E) The incidence of discipline, drug-related or 
                in-school crime in the eligible local educational 
                agency is less than the average such incidence in the 3 
                previous school years.
    (c) Collection of Data.--Each eligible local educational agency, 
community-based organization, university, or nonprofit partnership 
receiving an allotment under this title shall annually collect and 
submit to the Secretary data based on the statistical indicators and 
other criteria described in the application submitted by such eligible 
local educational agency for the purposes of monitoring progress in 
achieving National Education Goals. Such data shall include multiple 
measures or indicators of each variable, and may take into 
consideration the mobility of students in the schools served under this 
title.

SEC. 107. INCENTIVE AWARDS TO EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS.

    From amounts reserved pursuant to section 102(a) or otherwise made 
available, the Secretary is authorized to make competitive awards to 
individual schools participating in a program assisted under this title 
that demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary success in at 
least 3 of the following areas:
            (1) Unusual or exemplary progress in achieving the National 
        Education Goals through programs described in section 105.
            (2) Exemplary or unusually effective collaborative 
        arrangements between schools, community-based organizations, 
        agencies, parent groups, colleges and businesses.
            (3) Identification, review, and removal of potential 
        barriers to student performance in achieving National Education 
        Goals, including a decrease in suspensions, expulsions, in-
        grade retentions, and ability groupings, and lack of access to 
        course offerings in pre-algebra and introductory algebra.
            (4) Substantial expansion of the hours that schools remain 
        open for community use or student after-school recreation.

SEC. 108. REGULATORY ASSESSMENT.

    (a) Report on Urban Public Schools.--In order to assist eligible 
local educational agencies under this Act in improving the performance 
of urban school children, the Secretary, not later than January 1, 
1993, shall prepare a report on the impact of Federal regulations, 
guidelines and policies on urban public schools.
    (b) Contents of Report.--
            (1) In general.--The report shall analyze the impact of 
        Federal legal, regulatory, policy and organizational 
        requirements on the time and resources that eligible local 
        educational agencies assisted under this Act have for educating 
        students, including fiscal resources, staff time, facilities, 
        instructional equipment, and services.
            (2) Recommendations.--The report shall make recommendations 
        on how best to simplify Federal regulations, guidelines and 
        policies so that more resources can be devoted to improving 
        urban school performance.
            (3) Special rule.--The report shall also identify the 
        regulations in which a waiver might be used as an incentive or 
        reward for exceptional progress in meeting National Education 
        Goals.
    (c) Specific Issues for Analysis.--In preparing the report required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall analyze--
            (1) the effect of regulatory requirements on local program 
        flexibility and management within eligible local educational 
        agencies;
            (2) the effect of regulatory requirements on the size, cost 
        and composition of administrative practices within eligible 
        local educational agencies;
            (3) the extent to which regulatory requirements are 
        duplicative or contradictory;
            (4) the amount of time and resources that school 
        administrators and teachers must spend responding to data 
        requests and reporting requirements pursuant to Federal law;
            (5) the extent to which regulatory requirements are related 
        to instructional rather than noninstructional practices in 
        eligible local educational agencies;
            (6) the relationship between specific regulatory 
        requirements and the educational performance of urban students; 
        and
            (7) how the waiver or simplification of regulatory 
        requirements could enhance the performance of urban school 
        children and the progress of urban schools in meeting National 
        Education Goals.
    (d) Sample Data.--The Secretary may, in developing the report 
described in subsection (a), use appropriate sampling techniques.
    (e) Consultation With Congress.--The Secretary shall consult with 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate concerning 
the design of the report described in this section.

SEC. 109. LOCAL ADVISORY GROUP.

    (a) Establishment.--Any local educational agency desiring to 
receive an allotment under this Act shall form a local advisory group.
    (b) Composition.--
            (1) In general.--Each local advisory group referred to in 
        subsection (a) shall be composed of representatives of such 
        groups as--
                    (A) local government agencies;
                    (B) community-based organizations;
                    (C) service providers;
                    (D) teachers;
                    (E) parents;
                    (F) colleges and universities;
                    (G) businesses;
                    (H) principals and other school administrators;
                    (I) counselors, school psychologists and social 
                workers;
                    (J) students;
                    (K) State educational agencies and State boards of 
                education;
                    (L) labor;
                    (M) Offices of the mayor;
                    (N) religious leaders; and
                    (O) organizations with an interest in improving 
                urban education and expertise in the delivery of 
                services needed by the schools selected to participate 
                in a program assisted under this Act.
            (2) Appointment.--The superintendent of schools and the 
        head of the eligible local educational agency shall appoint the 
        members of the local advisory group.
            (3) Representation.--The local advisory group shall be 
        representative of the community and shall be balanced according 
        to race, ethnicity, native language background, and gender, to 
        the extent practicable.
    (c) Functions.--The local advisory group shall--
            (1) advise the eligible local educational agency on the 
        design and conduct of a needs assessment for all schools 
        expected to participate in the program assisted under this 
        title;
            (2) assist in planning for community-wide collaboration in 
        service delivery for students in schools expected to be served 
        by the program assisted under this title;
            (3) advise the eligible local educational agency and the 
        community on how such agency and community can work together to 
        use multiple service providers;
            (4) advise and assist the eligible local educational agency 
        on the implementation of the program assisted under this title 
        and review evaluations of such program's success;
            (5) review and approve applications submitted to the 
        eligible local educational agency by community-based 
        organizations pursuant to section 103(a)(2);
            (6) advise the eligible local educational agency on 
        strategies for increasing parent involvement and the number of 
        school volunteers and role models in schools; and
            (7) review the success of community-based programs assisted 
        under this title for progress toward meeting the National 
        Education Goals.
    (d) Use of Existing Local Advisory Group.--To the extent that an 
eligible local educational agency has established a broadly 
representative local advisory group before the date of enactment of 
this Act that is comparable to the local advisory group described in 
this section, such existing local advisory group shall be considered to 
be in compliance with the provisions of this section.

SEC. 110. SPECIAL RULES.

    (a) Ranking of Schools To Determine Relative Need.--
            (1) In general.--Each eligible local educational agency 
        desiring to receive an allotment under this title shall, in 
        order to determine which schools are most in need of services, 
        separately rank all elementary and secondary schools under the 
        jurisdiction of such agency on the basis of--
                    (A) achievement;
                    (B) poverty; and
                    (C) racial isolation.
            (2) Percentage of schools to be served.--Each eligible 
        local educational agency that receives an allotment under this 
        title shall serve at least 10 percent, but not more than 20 
        percent, of the schools under the jurisdiction of such agency.
            (3) Criteria for schools to be served.--Subject to the 
        provisions of paragraph (2) of this section, each eligible 
        local educational agency that receives an allotment under this 
        title--
                    (A) shall serve any school that is determined to be 
                most in need with respect to all 3 rankings described 
                in paragraph (1);
                    (B) may serve any school that is determined to be 
                most in need with respect to any 1 or more of such 
                rankings; and
                    (C) may serve any school that received assistance 
                under this title in a previous fiscal year.
    (b) Flexibility.--Each eligible local educational agency shall have 
the flexibility to serve homeless children, desegregating students, 
immigrants, migrants or other highly mobile populations within the 
program assisted under this title.

            TITLE II--SCHOOL BUILDING REPAIR AND RENOVATION

SEC. 201. PURPOSE; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this title to provide assistance 
to eligible local educational agencies to assist such agencies in 
repairing, and renovating, instructional facilities in city schools.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 
and 2000, to carry out the provisions of this title.

SEC. 202. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Reservation.--From the amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available to carry out the provisions of this title for any fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent of such amount to monitor 
activities assisted under this title.
    (b) Allotments.--From the remainder of sums not reserved under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to eligible local educational 
agencies with an approved application--
            (1) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the number of 
        children in the eligible local educational agency between the 
        ages of 5 and 17 who are members of families whose income does 
        not exceed the income official poverty level, divided by the 
        number of all such children in all eligible local educational 
        agencies;
            (2) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the number of 
        school buildings used for instructional purposes in the 
        eligible local educational agency, divided by the number of all 
        such buildings in all eligible local educational agencies; and
            (3) 33 percent of such funds on the basis of the number of 
        school buildings in the eligible local educational agency which 
        are used for instructional purposes and which are more than 25 
        years old, divided by the number of all such buildings in all 
        eligible local educational agencies.

SEC. 203. APPLICATION.

    (a) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Any eligible local educational agency 
        desiring to receive an allotment to carry out the provisions of 
        this title shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
        time, in such manner and accompanied by such information as the 
        Secretary may reasonably require.
            (2) Duration.--Each application shall be submitted for a 
        period of not more than 3 years.
            (3) Annual review.--Each application shall be subject to 
        annual review.
    (b) Contents.--Each application shall contain--
            (1) an assessment of needs for building repair, renovation 
        and construction;
            (2) the name and location of all sites scheduled for 
        repair, renovation or construction and a description of the 
        activities planned at each site; and
            (3) a description of accounting procedures used to assure 
        proper disbursement of Federal funds.

SEC. 204. USES OF FUNDS.

    Each eligible local educational agency receiving an allotment under 
section 202(b) shall use such allotment to conduct programs for--
            (1) repair and renovation of school buildings used for 
        instruction;
            (2) installation or upgrading of school security and 
        communications systems;
            (3) construction of new buildings that will serve to 
        replace old facilities that are most cost effectively torn down 
        rather than renovated;
            (4) alterations to buildings to meet special program, 
        curricula, or school-site management needs;
            (5) alterations to buildings to meet certain special 
        population needs, such as the needs of homeless children and 
        preschool children;
            (6) alterations to school buildings to enable such 
        buildings to serve as one-stop family support centers;
            (7) facilities' costs associated with lengthening the 
        school day or school year;
            (8) upgrading of and alterations to buildings to 
        accommodate new instructional technology;
            (9) energy conservation;
            (10) removal or containment of environmentally hazardous 
        material, such as asbestos, lead, and radon;
            (11) meeting the requirements of section 504 of the 
        Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and
            (12) meeting local, State, or Federal codes passed since 
        the initial construction of a building related to fire, air, 
        light, noise, waste disposal, building height or other.

                    TITLE III--URBAN SCHOOL RESEARCH

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute 
for Urban Education $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 
1999, and 2000, to carry out the provisions of this title.

SEC. 302. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR URBAN EDUCATION.

    (a) Amendments to the Department of Education Organization Act.--
            (1) Section 202(b)(1) of the Department of Education 
        Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F) and redesignating subparagraph ``(G)'' as 
                subparagraph ``(H)'';
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
                following:
                    ``(G) an Assistant Secretary for Urban 
                Education.''.
            (2) Title II of the Department of Education Organization 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new section:

``SEC. 216. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR URBAN EDUCATION.

    ``There shall be in the Department a National Institute for Urban 
Education, established in accordance with title III of the Urban 
Schools of America (USA) Act of 1993, to be administered by the 
Assistant Secretary for Urban Education.''.
    (b) Amendment to Title V.--Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code is amended by striking ``Assistant Secretaries of Education (10)'' 
and inserting ``Assistant Secretaries of Education (11)''.

SEC. 303. RESERVATION; ALLOTMENT; ALLOCATION.

    (a) Reservation for National Institute of Urban Education.--From 
the amount appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the 
provisions of this title in any fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary 
for Urban Education (hereafter in this title referred to as the 
``Assistant Secretary'') shall reserve 20 percent of such funds for the 
operation of the National Institute for Urban Education (hereafter in 
this title referred to as the ``Institute'').
    (b) Allotments to Eligible Local Educational Agencies.--From the 
remainder of sums not reserved under subsection (a), the Assistant 
Secretary shall make allotments to eligible local educational agencies 
in an amount which bears the same relation to such remainder as the 
number of students enrolled in the eligible local educational agency 
bears to the total number of students enrolled in all eligible local 
educational agencies.

SEC. 304. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF URBAN EDUCATION.

    (a) Establishment.--From amounts reserved under section 303(a), the 
Assistant Secretary shall establish an institute to be known as the 
National Institute of Urban Education.
    (b) Functions.--The Institute shall--
            (1) assist eligible local educational agencies under this 
        Act, or consortia of such agencies, in developing research and 
        evaluation activities to assess progress toward meeting the 
        National Education Goals;
            (2) provide for the conduct of research which will assist 
        urban schools in enhancing learning, teaching, and system 
        management;
            (3) provide training in research and evaluation methods and 
        techniques that meet the purposes of this Act;
            (4) evaluate and disseminate among eligible local 
        educational agencies results of activities conducted pursuant 
        to title I of this Act;
            (5) design and coordinate, in consultation with eligible 
        local educational agencies, a comprehensive and cohesive 
        research and evaluation strategy for assessing progress under 
        this Act;
            (6) serve as a clearinghouse on urban education research 
        and evaluation findings, policies, and practices;
            (7) design, test, define, and promote common indicators of 
        progress toward the National Education Goals; and
            (8) design, develop, and test new measures of school 
        progress toward the National Education Goals.
    (c) Governance.--The Institute shall have a Governing Board.
            (1) Composition and appointment.--
                    (A) Composition.--The Governing Board shall consist 
                of 22 members, selected from a pool of candidates 
                nominated by the superintendent and the head of the 
                eligible local educational agencies.
                    (B) Appointment.--The Majority Leader of the House 
                of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the 
                Senate shall each appoint six members to the Governing 
                Board from individuals nominated pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A). The Minority Leader of the House of 
                Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate 
                shall each appoint 3 members to the Governing Board 
                from individuals nominated pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A). The Secretary shall appoint 4 members to the 
                Governing Board from individuals nominated pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) Terms of office.--
                    (A) In general.--Members of the Governing Board 
                shall be appointed for a period of 3 years.
                    (B) Reappointment.--Members of the Governing Board 
                may be reappointed to the Governing Board.
            (3) Duties.--The Governing Board shall--
                    (A) establish the national research and evaluation 
                program for the Institute;
                    (B) review the programs and activities of the 
                Institute; and
                    (C) issue an annual report to the Congress and the 
                public on the progress of urban schools in meeting the 
                goals of this Act.
            (4) Leadership.--The Assistant Secretary shall be the 
        primary individual responsible for the daily operation of the 
        Institute.
            (5) Staff.--Such personnel as the Institute deems necessary 
        may be appointed to carry out the functions of the Institute.
    (d) Contracts and Grants.--
            (1) In general.--To the extent provided for in 
        appropriation Acts, the Institute may award grants to or enter 
        into contracts with eligible local educational agencies, 
        universities, research and development centers, private 
        corporations, or regional educational laboratories to carry out 
        the duties of the Institute.
            (2) Competitive awards.--Grants and contracts awarded under 
        paragraph (1) shall be awarded on a competitive basis.

SEC. 305. APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--Any eligible local educational agency desiring to 
receive an allotment under section 303(b) shall--
            (1) submit an application to the Assistant Secretary;
            (2) consult with the Department of Education, local 
        universities, research institutes, laboratories, or centers for 
        purposes of planning and implementing a plan of research and 
        technical assistance for the eligible local educational agency 
        and schools within the jurisdiction of the eligible local 
        educational agency; and
            (3) describe in the application a research and technical 
        assistance plan and how assistance provided under this title 
        will be used to assess progress on the National Education 
        Goals.
    (b) Consortia.--Eligible local educational agencies may pool their 
allotments under section 303(b), in whole or in part, to design and 
conduct cooperative data collection, evaluation and information 
dissemination activities.

SEC. 306. USES OF FUNDS.

    Funds allotted to eligible local educational agencies under section 
303(b) may be used for--
            (1) collaborative and coordinated research and evaluation 
        of educational techniques or approaches used in multiple 
        eligible local educational agencies;
            (2) evaluation of projects assisted under title I;
            (3) collection and dissemination of information on 
        successful projects and approaches assisted under title I;
            (4) design and implementation of extension service programs 
        to allow an eligible local educational agency to provide 
        technical assistance to individual schools and teachers 
        involved in projects assisted under title I;
            (5) provision of data and information management services 
        to individual schools assisted under title I;
            (6) provision of staff training in schools assisted under 
        title I;
            (7) evaluation of progress made by eligible local 
        educational agencies assisted under this Act in meeting 
        National Education Goals;
            (8) provision of staff training in test interpretation and 
        use for diagnostic purposes;
            (9) provision of information to parents on test results and 
        test interpretation;
            (10) provision of technology and training in its research 
        and evaluation uses;
            (11) development of assessment tools of students in 
        individualized instruction;
            (12) research on school policies and practices which may be 
        barriers to the success of students in school; and
            (13) development and testing of new multiple, alternative 
        assessments of student progress toward the National Education 
        Goals which are race and gender bias-free and sensitive to 
        limited-English proficient and disabled students.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON URBAN SCHOOLS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Interagency Council on 
Urban Schools (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Council'').
    (b) Composition.--
            (1) In general.--The Council shall consist of--
                    (A) the Secretary of Education who shall serve as 
                Chairperson of the Council;
                    (B) the Secretary of Labor;
                    (C) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
                    (D) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (E) the Attorney General of the United States;
                    (F) the Secretary of Energy;
                    (G) the Director of the Environmental Protection 
                Agency;
                    (H) the Director of the Commission on Civil Rights;
                    (I) the Chairperson of the Advisory Commission on 
                Intergovernmental Relations;
                    (J) the Chairpersons of the National Endowments on 
                the Arts and the Humanities;
                    (K) the Director of the National Science 
                Foundation;
                    (L) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 
                and
                    (M) such other officers of the Federal Government 
                as may be designated by the President or the 
                Chairperson of the Council to serve wherever matters 
                within the jurisdiction of the agency headed by such an 
                officer are to be considered by the Council.
            (2) Representation.--Each individual described in paragraph 
        (1) may designate a person to represent such individual on the 
        Council.
            (3) Duration.--Each member shall be appointed for as long 
        as such member serves as the head of the appropriate department 
        or agency.
            (4) Principal advisor.--The Chairperson of the Council 
        shall be the President's principal advisor on urban schools.
    (c) Quorum.--Seven members of the Council shall constitute a quorum 
for the purposes of transmitting recommendations and proposals to the 
President, but a lesser number may meet for other reasons.
    (d) Meetings.--The Council shall meet at least 2 times each year. 
When a Council member is unable to attend a meeting, the Council member 
shall appoint an appropriate Assistant Secretary or an equivalent 
individual from the department or agency of the member to represent the 
member for that meeting.
    (e) Duties of the Council.--The Council shall--
            (1) review programs and activities conducted by each 
        department or agency represented on the Council to determine 
        the effects of such programs and activities on the ability of 
        urban schools to meet National Education Goals;
            (2) track progress of urban schools in meeting National 
        Education Goals;
            (3) solicit information and advice from experts in urban 
        education and representatives of urban schools on how the 
        Federal Government could improve the programs and activities of 
        the Federal Government which serve urban school students;
            (4) review regulations across various departments or 
        agencies of the Federal Government for duplication or 
        contradiction;
            (5) submit an annual report to Congress and the President 
        regarding the progress urban schools are making in meeting 
        National Education Goals, and on how Congress might change 
        Federal programs to improve the effectiveness of such programs 
        in urban schools;
            (6) review and make recommendations regarding ways to 
        improve or streamline various Federal data collection 
        activities in urban schools; and
            (7) conduct such research as may be helpful to urban school 
        practitioners in improving the performance of students 
        attending urban schools.

SEC. 402. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON URBAN EDUCATION.

    (a) Authorization To Call Conference.--
            (1) In general.--The President is authorized to call and 
        conduct a White House Conference on Urban Education (hereafter 
        in this section referred to as the ``Conference'') which shall 
        be held not earlier than November 1, 1993, and not later than 
        October 30, 1994.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Conference shall be to--
                    (A) develop recommendations and strategies for the 
                improvement of urban education;
                    (B) marshal the forces of the private sector, 
                governmental agencies at all levels, parents, teachers, 
                communities, and education officials to assist urban 
                schools in achieving National Education Goals; and
                    (C) conduct the initial planning for a permanent 
                national advisory commission on urban education.
    (b) Composition of Conference.--
            (1) In general.--The Conference shall be composed of 12 
        individuals, including--
                    (A) representatives of urban public school systems, 
                including members of the governing body of local 
                educational agencies, and school superintendents;
                    (B) representatives of the Congress, the Department 
                of Education and other Federal agencies;
                    (C) State elected officials and representatives 
                from State educational agencies; and
                    (D) individuals with special knowledge of and 
                expertise in urban education.
            (2) Selection.--The President shall select one-third of the 
        participants of the Conference, the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives shall select one-third of such participants, 
        and the Majority Leader of the Senate shall select the 
        remaining one-third of such participants.
            (3) Representation.--In selecting the participants of the 
        Conference the President, the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives, and the Majority Leader of the Senate shall 
        ensure that the participants are as representative of the 
        ethnic, racial, and linguistic diversity of cities as is 
        practicable.
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) In general.--A final report of the Conference, 
        containing such findings and recommendations as may be made by 
        the Conference, shall be submitted to the President not later 
        than 120 days following the termination of the Conference. The 
        final report shall be made public and, within 90 days after 
        receipt by the President, transmitted to the Congress together 
        with a statement of the President containing recommendations 
        for implementing the report.
            (2) Publication and distribution.--The Conference is 
        authorized to publish and distribute the report described in 
        this section. Copies of the report shall be provided to the 
        Federal depository libraries and made available to local urban 
        school leaders.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out the provisions of 
        this section.
            (2) Availability.--Amounts made available pursuant to the 
        authority of paragraph (1) shall remain available until 
        expended.

SEC. 403. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS NATIONAL COMMISSION ON URBAN EDUCATION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a National Commission on 
Urban Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall be composed of 12 
        members as follows:
                    (A) Four of the members shall be appointed by the 
                President.
                    (B) Four of the members shall be appointed by the 
                Speaker of the House, including two Members of the 
                House, of which 1 shall be from each political party.
                    (C) Four of the members shall be appointed by the 
                Majority Leader of the Senate, including 2 members of 
                the Senate, of which 1 shall be from each political 
                party.
            (2) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall 
        be elected by the members of the Commission and shall continue 
        to serve for the duration of the Commission.
            (3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Commission shall be 
        filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
    (c) Duties.--The Commission shall study the following issues:
            (1) Demographic changes.--Demographic changes in student 
        enrollment and classroom teachers in the 10-year period prior 
        to the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Special needs.--Numbers and types of special needs of 
        students in urban schools.
            (3) Unserved or underserved students.--Number of unserved 
        or underserved students in urban schools eligible for 
        assistance under the Head Start Act, chapter 1 of title I of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the School 
        Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988, the Drug-Free 
        Schools and Communities Act of 1986, the Carl D. Perkins 
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other Federal 
        programs.
            (4) Student performance.--Program and management efforts in 
        urban schools designed to enhance student performance, and 
        reasons for the effectiveness of such efforts.
            (5) Financial support.--Financial support and funding needs 
        of urban schools from local, State, and Federal sources.
            (6) Collaborative efforts.--Collaborative efforts and 
        programs between urban schools, the private sector, and 
        community groups.
            (7) Supply needs.--Supply needs for teachers in urban 
        schools in the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall submit a report that 
        includes recommendations to the President and to the 
        appropriate committees of the Congress on the findings of the 
        study required by this section. The report shall be submitted 
        as soon as practicable.
            (2) Proposal for changes in federal legislation.--The 
        report submitted under this section shall include proposals for 
        changes in Federal legislation.
    (e) Staff.--Such personnel as the Commission deems necessary may be 
appointed by the Commission without regard to the provisions of title 
5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
and subtitle III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 
and General Schedule pay rates, except that no individual so appointed 
shall be paid in excess of the rate of basic pay for level III of the 
Executive Schedule.
    (f) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--Members of the Commission who are officers 
        or full-time employees of the United States shall receive no 
        additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their 
        service on the Commission.
            (2) Travel expenses.--Each member shall receive travel 
        expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
        authorized by section 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 
        Code.
            (3) Special rule.--Members of the Commission who are not 
        officers or full-time employees of the United States may 
        receive a per diem and travel allowance as is provided by the 
        United States Code for persons in the Government service 
        employed intermittently.
    (g) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission or, on the authorization of 
        the Commission, any committee thereof, may, for the purpose of 
        carrying out the provisions of this section, hold such hearings 
        and sit and act at such times and such places within the United 
        States as the Commission or such committee considers advisable.
            (2) Consultation.--In carrying out its duties under this 
        section, the Commission shall consult with other Federal 
        departments and agencies, representatives of State and local 
        governments, and private organizations, to the extent feasible.
            (3) Information.--The Commission may secure directly from 
        any department or agency of the United States information 
        necessary to enable the Commission to carry out this section. 
        Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of 
        such department or agency shall furnish that information to the 
        Commission.
            (4) Contracts.--The Commission is authorized to enter into 
        contracts to secure the necessary data and information to 
        conduct the work of the Commission and to obtain the services 
        of experts and consultants.
            (5) Cooperation.--The heads of all Federal departments and 
        agencies are, to the extent practicable, directed to cooperate 
        with the Commission in carrying out this section.
            (6) Special rule.--The Commission is authorized to utilize, 
        with the consent of such departments or agencies, the services, 
        personnel, information, and facilities of other Federal, State, 
        local, and private departments or agencies with or without 
        reimbursement.
    (h) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 3 years after the 
date of the first meeting of the Commission.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996 such sums as may 
        be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
            (2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
        authority of paragraph (1) shall remain available until 
        expended or until the termination of the Commission, whichever 
        occurs first.

SEC. 404. FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.

    An eligible local educational agency may use funds received under 
this Act only to supplement or to increase the level of funds that 
would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from 
non-Federal sources for the education of students participating in 
activities assisted under this Act and in no case may such funds be 
used to supplant funds from non-Federal sources.

SEC. 405. DEFINITIONS.

    Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Central city.--The term ``central city'' has the same 
        meaning as that used by the United States Census Bureau.
            (2) Community-based organization.--The term ``community-
        based organization'' means a private nonprofit organization 
        which is representative of a community or significant segments 
        of a community and which has a proven record of providing 
        effective educational or related services to individuals in the 
        community.
            (3) Elementary school.--The term ``elementary school'' has 
        the meaning given to such term in section 1471(8) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            (4) Eligible local educational agency.--The term ``eligible 
        local educational agency'' means a local educational agency 
        which--
                    (i) serves the largest central city in a State;
                    (ii) enrolls more than 30,000 students and serves a 
                central city with a population of at least 200,000 in a 
                metropolitan statistical area; or
                    (iii) enrolls between 25,000 and 30,000 students 
                and serves a central city with a population of at least 
                140,000 in a metropolitan statistical area.
            (5) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given to 
        such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965.
            (6) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given to such term in section 1421(12) 
        of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            (7) Metropolitan statistical area.--The term ``metropolitan 
        statistical area'' has the same meaning as that used by the 
        United States Census Bureau.
            (8) Poverty level.--The term ``poverty level'' means the 
        criteria of poverty used by the Bureau of the Census in 
        compiling the most recent decennial census for a family of 4 in 
        such form as those criteria have been updated by increases in 
        the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
            (9) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has 
        the same meaning given to such term in section 1471(21) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            (11) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Guam, 
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
        States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
        States of Micronesia, and Palau.
            (12) State educational agency.--The term ``State 
        educational agency'' has the meaning given to such term in 
        section 1471(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965.

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