[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 111 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 4577, 
  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XXII, I 
hereby notify the House of my intention tomorrow to offer the following 
motion to instruct House conferees on H.R. 4577, a bill making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Labor, Health 
and Human Services and Education.
  I move that the managers on the part of the House at the conference 
on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill, H.R. 4577, be 
instructed to increase Title VI Education Block Grant funding with 
instructions that these increased funds may also be used for the 
purposes of addressing the shortage of highly qualified teachers, to 
reduce class size, particularly in early grades; using highly qualified 
teachers to improve educational achievement for regular and special 
needs children, to support efforts to recruit, train and retrain highly 
qualified teachers, or for school construction and renovation of 
facilities at the sole discretion of the local educational agency.

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