[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 977 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 977

To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate the National 
  Education Standards and Improvement Council, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1995

   Mr. Bartlett of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate the National 
  Education Standards and Improvement Council, 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. ELIMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS AND 
              IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.

    (a) Amendment.--Part B of title II of the Goals 2000: Educate 
America Act (20 U.S.C. 5841 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

                      ``PART B--NATIONAL STANDARDS

``SEC. 211. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
              NATIONAL STANDARDS.

    ``No Federal agency shall expend Federal funds for the development 
or dissemination of model or national content standards, national 
student performance standards, or national opportunity-to-learn 
standards.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on January 1, 1995.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Goals 2000: Educate America Act.--
            (1) The table of contents for the Goals 2000: Educate 
        America Act is amended, in the items relating to title II, by 
        striking the items relating to part B of such title and 
        inserting the following:

                      ``Part B--National Standards

``Sec. 211. Prohibition of Federal funding for the development of 
                            national standards.''.
            (2) Section 3(a)(7) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5802(a)(7)) is 
        amended by striking ``voluntary national content standards 
        or''.
            (3) Section 201 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5821) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (3).
            (4) Section 203(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5823(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
            (5) Section 204(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5824(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking all beginning with ``(a) 
                Hearings.--'' through ``shall, for'' and inserting 
                ``(a) Hearings.--The Goals Panel shall, for''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2).
            (6) Section 241 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5871) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) National 
                Education Goals Panel.--''; and
                    (B) by striking subsections (b) through (d).
            (7) Section 304(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5884(a)(2)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
            (8) Section 308(b)(2)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
        5888(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``including'' and all 
        that follows through ``of title II;'' and inserting ``including 
        through consortia of States;''.
            (9) Section 312(b) (20 U.S.C. 5892(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
            (10) Section 314(a)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5894(a)(6)) 
        is amended by striking ``, if--'' and all that follows through 
        ``populations''.
            (11) Section 315 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5895) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (2);
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
                        through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), 
                        respectively;
                            (iii) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
                        ``paragraph (4) of this subsection'' and 
                        inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) 
                        (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking 
                        ``and the voluntary national content'' and all 
                        that follows through ``differences'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) 
                        (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking 
                        ``paragraph (5),'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                        (4),''; and
                            (vi) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
                        clause (ii)), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' 
                        each place it appears and inserting ``paragraph 
                        (3)'';
                    (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 
                subsection (c)(2), by striking ``subsection (b)(4)'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (b)(3)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsection 
                (b)(4)'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``subsection (b)(3)''.
            (12) Section 316 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5896) is repealed.
            (13) Section 503 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5933) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subparagraph (A), by striking ``28'' 
                                and inserting ``27'';
                                    (II) by striking subparagraph (D); 
                                and
                                    (III) by redesignating 
                                subparagraphs (E) through (G) as 
                                subparagraphs (D) through (F), 
                                respectively;
                            (ii) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), by 
                        striking ``subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)'' 
                        each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F)'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``subparagraph (G)'' and inserting 
                        ``subparagraph (F)'';
                            (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ``(C), 
                        and (D)'' and inserting ``and (C)''; and
                            (v) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A) of paragraph (5), by striking 
                        ``subparagraph (E), (F), or (G)'' and inserting 
                        ``subparagraph (D), (E), or (F)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
                        ``subparagraph (E)'' and inserting 
                        ``subparagraph (D)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)'' and 
                        inserting ``subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F)''.
            (14) Section 504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5934) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (f); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
                (f).
    (b) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.--
            (1) Section 2102(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6622(c)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``including 
                information on voluntary national content standards and 
                voluntary national student performance standards''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking ``voluntary national 
                        content standards,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``, voluntary national 
                        student performance standards''.
            (2) Section 2402(3)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6702(3)(A)) 
        is amended by striking ``, challenging State student 
        performance'' and all that follows through the semicolon and 
        inserting ``or challenging State student performance 
        standards;''.
            (3) Section 3151(b)(5)(H) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
        6871(b)(5)(H)) is amended by striking ``the voluntary national 
        content standards, the voluntary national student performance 
        standards and''.
            (4) Section 3206(b)(12) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6896(b)(12) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (I); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 
                subparagraph (I).
            (5) Section 7136 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7456) is amended by 
        striking ``and which are consistent with voluntary national 
        content standards and challenging State content standards''.
            (6) Section 10963(b)(5)(B) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
        8283(b)(5)(B)) is amended by striking ``or to bring teachers up 
        to national voluntary standards''.
            (7) Section 14701(b)(1)(B)(v) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
        8941(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by striking ``the National 
        Education Goals Panel,'' and all that follows through 
        ``assessments)'' and inserting ``and the National Education 
        Goals Panel''.
    (c) General Education Provisions Act.--Section 428 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1228b), as amended by section 237 
of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-382) is 
amended by striking ``the National Education Standards and Improvement 
Council,''.
    (d) Education Amendments of 1978.--
            (1) Section 1121 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
        U.S.C. 2001), as amended by section 381 of the Improving 
        America's Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-382) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (b);
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (c) through (l) as 
                subsections (b) through (k), respectively;
                    (C) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B))--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and the 
                        findings of the studies and surveys described 
                        in subsection (b)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``subsection (f)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                        (e)'';
                    (D) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``subsection (c)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (b)'';
                    (E) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``subsections (c) and 
                (d)'' and inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)'';
                    (F) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) (as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by striking 
                ``subsections (c) and (d)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and
                    (G) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``subsections (e) and 
                (f)'' and inserting ``subsections (d) and (e)''.
            (2) Section 1122(d)(1) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2002(d)(1)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1121(c)'' and inserting 
                ``section 1121(b)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``section 1121(e)'' and inserting 
                ``section 1121(d)''.
            (3) Section 1130 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2010) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(4), by 
                striking ``section 1121(h)'' and inserting ``section 
                1121(g)''; and
                    (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 
                subsection (f)(1), by striking ``section 1121(k)'' and 
                inserting ``section 1121(j)''.
            (4) Section 1137(a)(3) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2017(a)(3)) 
        is amended by striking ``sections 1121(g)'' and inserting 
        ``sections 1121(f)''.
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