[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7216]
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          EDUCATION SAVINGS AND SCHOOL EXCELLENCE ACT OF 1998

 Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, yesterday, the Senate passed the 
conference report to H.R. 2646, the Education Savings and School 
Excellence Act of 1998 by a bipartisan vote of 59-36. With respect to 
the Reading Excellence provision of the bill, I wanted to state for the 
Record that there was a technical error in the report regarding the 
participation of private schools. I will seek to correct this technical 
problem when the opportunity arises to ensure the participation of 
private schools in the literacy program authorized under this 
bill.

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