[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4105 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4105

 To repeal the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to allow local areas to 
  develop elementary and secondary education programs that meet their 
                                 needs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 1996

 Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Funderburk, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Talent, Mr. 
Hayworth, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Inglis 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Hoke, Mr. Herger, Mr. LaHood, 
 Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Istook, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Shadegg, 
  Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Dunn of 
 Washington, Mr. Bryant of Tennessee, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
Wicker, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Cooley of Oregon, 
Mr. Jones, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Sam Johnson 
  of Texas, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
 Laughlin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Thornberry, Mrs. 
  Smith of Washington, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mrs. 
Seastrand, Mr. Stump, and Mr. Deal of Georgia) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational 
                             Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to allow local areas to 
  develop elementary and secondary education programs that meet their 
                                 needs.

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

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to repeal the Goals 2000: Educate 
America Act to allow local educational areas to use funds to continue 
or establish education programs that meet the unique needs of such 
areas.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOALS 2000.

    The Goals 2000: Educate America Act is repealed.

SEC. 3. ALLOTMENT; DISTRIBUTION.

    (a) Reservation.--From the amounts made available to carry out this 
Act, the Secretary of Education shall reserve not more than--
            (1) one-half of one percent for payments to outlying areas 
        to be allotted in accordance with the respective needs of such 
        areas; and
            (2) one-half of one percent for payments to the Secretary 
        of the Interior to carry out programs under this Act for Indian 
        tribes.
    (b) Allotment and Distribution.--
            (1) State allotment.--From the amount appropriated under 
        section 6 and not reserved under subsection (a) in each fiscal 
        year, the Secretary shall make allotments to State educational 
        agencies that request to receive a grant under this Act as 
        follows:
                    (A) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated in 
                accordance with the relative amounts each State would 
                have received under title I of the Elementary and 
                Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding 
                fiscal year if funds under such title for such 
                preceding fiscal year had not been reserved for 
                outlying areas.
                    (B) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated in 
                accordance with the relative amounts each State would 
                have received under title VI of the Elementary and 
                Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding 
                fiscal year if funds under such title for such 
                preceding fiscal year had not been reserved for 
                outlying areas.
            (2) Local distribution.--Each State educational agency 
        shall distribute to each local educational agency in such State 
        that requests to receive a grant under this Act an amount which 
        bears the same ratio to the amount such State educational 
        agency received under paragraph (1) as the school-age 
        population of the geographic area under the jurisdiction of the 
        local educational agency bears to the school-age population of 
        such State.

SEC. 4. USES OF FUNDS.

    Funds received under this Act shall be used only for educational 
purposes.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian tribe, band, 
        nation, or other organized group or community, including any 
        Alaska Native village or regional corporation as defined in or 
        established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
        Act, which is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
        and services provided by the United States to Indians because 
        of their status as Indians;
            (2) the term ``local educational agency'' shall have the 
        meaning given such term in section 14101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965;
            (3) the term ``outlying areas'' means Guam, American Samoa, 
        the Virgin Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
            (4) the term ``school-age population'' means the population 
        in a geographic area aged 5 through 17;
            (5) the term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, but does 
        not include the outlying areas or Indian tribes; and
            (6) the term ``State educational agency'' means the agency 
        in a State primarily responsible for the State supervision of 
        public elementary and secondary schools.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act an 
amount equal to the amount most recently appropriated to carry out the 
Goals 2000: Educate America Act as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal 
year following the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted.
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