[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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                    GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now resume consideration of 
the pending business, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1150) to improve learning and teaching by 
     providing a national framework for education reform; to 
     promote the research, consensus building, and systemic 
     changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities 
     and high levels of educational achievement for all American 
     students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all 
     Federal education programs; to promote the development and 
     adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards 
     and certifications, and for other purposes.)
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask that the pending amendment be 
temporarily set aside.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Amendment No. 1404, as Modified

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
previously adopted Burns amendment No. 1404 be modified with a 
technical correction that I now send to the desk and that the 
amendment, as modified, be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1404), as modified, is as follows:
       On page 115, line 17, strike ``and''.
       On page 115, line 20, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 115, between line 20 and 21, insert the following:
       (3) to mandate any curriculum framework, instructional 
     material, examination, assessment, or system of assessments 
     for private, religious, or home schools.

  Mr. KENNEDY. I ask unanimous consent that the Record note my 
cosponsorship of the Bond and the Glenn amendments adopted Friday.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, on the last bill just passed, I thank Bryan 
Kennedy and Luis Castro of my staff; Sarah Fox from Senator Kennedy's 
staff; Ted Verheggen and Carla Widener of Senator Kassebaum's staff; 
Marty Rogers from Senator Wofford's staff; dean Rosen from Senator 
Durenberger's staff; Mark Landaver from Senator Hatfield's, and 
Reginald Jones from Senator Jeffords' staff.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I commend the distinguished manager of 
the bill, chairman of the committee, Senator Kennedy, and the ranking 
member on this bill, Senator Jeffords, for their outstanding effort in 
moving this important bill to passage by the Senate. It had been my 
hope that we could complete action on the other education bill, the 
Goals 2000 bill, which we had previously begun work on, and bring both 
of those bills to passage this morning. That has proven not to be 
possible, as there is one remaining issue to be resolved with respect 
to the Goals 2000 bill, and we have not been able to reach an agreement 
among the parties on how best to resolve that. So it is my belief that 
it will take the next couple of hours to do that.
  Therefore, I will momentarily have the Senate go into recess. We 
ordinarily would have gone into recess at 12:30 until after the 
caucuses.
  Before Senator Simon leaves the floor, I thank him as well for his 
outstanding work on the school-to-work bill as a member of the 
committee. He is one of the principal authors of the bill, and his work 
made it possible for us to pass this important bill.
  Mr. President, it is still my hope that we will be able to reach an 
agreement and have final passage on the Goals 2000 bill early this 
afternoon. So further rollcall votes are expected on that legislation.
  I want to thank Senator Wofford, of Pennsylvania, who, with Senators 
Simon, Kennedy, Jeffords, and others, joined in moving this important 
legislation forward.

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