[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 12 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1282]
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   SENATE RESOLUTION 66--TO PREVENT THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL 
                           HISTORY STANDARDS

  Mr. PRESSLER (for Mr. Gorton, for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Gramm, 
and Mr. Byrd) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 66
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--(a) the 
     National Education Goals Panel should disapprove, and the 
     National Education Standards and Improvement Council should 
     not certify, any voluntary national content standards, 
     voluntary national student performance standards, or criteria 
     for the certification of such content and student performance 
     standards, on the subject of world and United States history, 
     developed prior to February 1, 1995;
       (b) voluntary national content standards, voluntary 
     national student performance standards, and criteria for the 
     certification of such content and student performance 
     standards, on the subject of world and United States history, 
     established under title II of the Goals 2000: Educate America 
     Act should not be based on standards developed primarily by 
     the National Center for History in the Schools prior to 
     February 1, 1995; and
       (c) if the Department of Education, the National Endowment 
     for the Humanities, or any other Federal agency provides 
     funds for the development of the standards and criteria 
     described in paragraph (b), the recipient of such funds 
     should have a decent respect for the contributions of western 
     civilization, and United States history, ideas, and 
     institutions, to the increase of freedom and prosperity 
     around the world.
     

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