[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1423 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1423

  To provide for quality remedial education by encouraging increased 
    partnerships between middle and high schools with community and 
    technical colleges which have experience in remedial education 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

   Mr. Baca introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for quality remedial education by encouraging increased 
    partnerships between middle and high schools with community and 
    technical colleges which have experience in remedial education 
                               services.

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

SECTION 1. REMEDIAL EDUCATION.

    Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                      ``PART M--REMEDIAL EDUCATION

``SEC. 10996A. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    ``(a) Short Title.--This part may be cited as the `Quality Remedial 
Education Act of 2001'.
    ``(b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            ``(1) Often due to circumstances beyond a child's control, 
        a child may fall behind classmates in attempting to obtain 
        basic skills. Falling behind may result from language barriers, 
        emotional problems, delays in development, or other 
        interruptions in a young person's educational experience.
            ``(2) It is important for these children and for our 
        society that we do not allow children to fall through the 
        cracks and be left behind.
            ``(3) Currently, too many children leave high school with a 
        set of skills inferior to those of other classmates. These 
        young people face increased difficulty in the job market.
            ``(4) Our Nation's workforce greatly needs well-trained and 
        highly-skilled workers.
            ``(5) Community and technical colleges have extensive 
        experience in helping to provide remedial services to young 
        people entering their programs. These colleges provide an 
        excellent source of assistance in remedial education services.

``SEC. 10996B. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to promote remedial reading, writing, 
and mathematics educational programs among all United States students 
in kindergarten through grade 12 by enhancing national leadership in 
remedial education through encouraging partnerships between local 
educational agencies and community or technical colleges that have 
experience in remedial education services.

``SEC. 10996C. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to 
award grants to local educational agencies that, in partnership with 
community or technical colleges, help to create effective quality 
remedial education programs for students who are consistently behind 
peers in reading, writing, or mathematics skills.
    ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a local educational agency shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
information as the Secretary may require.

``SEC. 10996D. USE OF GRANT FUNDS.

    ``A local educational agency that receives a grant under this part 
may use such funds--
            ``(1) to create a quality remedial educational program that 
        is specifically targeted at students who are behind their grade 
        level in reading, writing, or mathematics skills;
            ``(2) to strengthen and expand current remedial education 
        programs;
            ``(3) to create partnerships with community or technical 
        colleges to offer remedial education services to students who 
        are behind their peers in reading, writing, or mathematics 
        skills;
            ``(4) to promote training of teachers regarding the 
        effective identification of students needing remedial 
        education; or
            ``(5) to develop or improve the existing remedial education 
        curriculum.

``SEC. 10996E. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.
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