[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 56 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S4050]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 354. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1, to extend programs and activities under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 1125, insert the following:

     SEC. 1125B (20 U.S.C. 6336). STUDY, EVALUATION AND REPORT OF 
                   SCHOOL FINANCE EQUALIZATION.

       The Secretary shall conduct a study to evaluate and report 
     to the Congress on the degree of disparity in expenditures 
     per pupil among LEAs in each of the fifty states and the 
     District of Columbia using the distribution formula described 
     in this section. The Secretary shall also analyze the trends 
     in State school finance legislation and judicial action 
     requiring that states equalize resources. The Secretary will 
     attempt to evaluate and report to the Congress whether or not 
     it can be determined if these actions have resulted in an 
     improvement in student performance.
       In preparing this report, the Secretary may also consider 
     the following: other measures of determining disparity; the 
     relationship between education expenditures and student 
     performance; the effect of Federal education assistance 
     programs on the equalization of school finance resources; and 
     the effects of school finance equalization on local and state 
     tax burdens.
       Such report shall be submitted to the Congress not later 
     than one year after the date of enactment of the Better 
     Education for Students and Teachers Act.

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