[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 60 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4400-S4403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 372. Mr. CRAIG proposed an amendment to amendment SA 358 proposed 
by Mr. Jeffords to the bill (S. 1) to extend programs and activities 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; as follows:

       On page 29, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

     ``SEC. 16. FUNDING RULE.

       ``(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       ``(1) Adjusted for inflation, the amount of money Federal, 
     State, and local governments spend per public school student 
     has nearly doubled over the past 30 years.
       ``(2) This doubling of real, per-pupil spending has had no 
     effect on test scores.
       ``(3) In 1965, the Federal Government enacted title I of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
     eradicate the achievement gap between economically 
     disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers.
       ``(4) In 2001 that achievement gap persists, unaffected by 
     the $120,000,000,000 the Federal Government has spent on such 
     title I.
       ``(5) In 1996 the Department of Education reported that 
     `The progress of [part A of title I] participants on 
     standardized tests and on criterion-referenced tests was no 
     better than that of nonparticipants with similar backgrounds 
     and prior achievement'.
       ``(b) Funding Rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, a State shall be eligible for an increase in the 
     amount of funds made available under this Act from one fiscal 
     year to the next fiscal year (after adjusting for increases 
     in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as 
     published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) when the State 
     meets the requirements for adequate yearly progress for the 
     State under section 1111(b)(2) for the school year preceding 
     the fiscal year for which the determination is made, except 
     that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to provide 
     funds to a State under this Act for any fiscal year in an 
     amount that is less than the amount of funds provided to the 
     State under this Act for fiscal year 2001.''.
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  SA 373. Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. DeWine) proposed an amendment 
to amendment SA 358 proposed by Mr. Jeffords to the bill (S. 1) to 
extend programs and activities under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965; as follows:

       On page 586, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:

     SEC. 405. GRANTS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL ABUSE.

       Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

                ``PART E--GRANTS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL ABUSE

     ``SEC. 4501. GRANTS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL ABUSE.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
     Services Administration, shall award grants, on a competitive 
     basis, to local educational agencies to enable such agencies 
     to develop and implement innovative and effective programs to 
     reduce alcohol abuse in secondary schools.
       ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     subsection (a), a local educational agency shall prepare and 
     submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
     manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
     require, including--

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       ``(1) a description of the activities to be carried out 
     under the grant;
       ``(2) an assurance that such activities will include 1 or 
     more of the proven strategies for reducing underage alcohol 
     abuse as determined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
     Services Administration;
       ``(3) an explanation of how activities to be carried under 
     the grant that are not described in paragraph (2) will be 
     effective in reducing underage alcohol abuse, including 
     references to the past effectiveness of such activities;
       ``(4) an assurance that the applicant will submit to the 
     Secretary an annual report concerning the effectiveness of 
     the programs and activities funded under the grant; and
       ``(5) such other information as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       ``(c) Streamlining of Process for Low-Income and Rural 
     LEAs.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator 
     of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration, shall develop procedures to make the 
     application process for grants under this section more user-
     friendly, particularly for low-income and rural local 
     educational agencies.
       ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to carry out this section, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, 
     and such sums as may be necessary in each of the 6 subsequent 
     fiscal years.
       ``(2) Reservations.--
       ``(A) Samhsa.--The Secretary shall reserve 20 percent of 
     the amount appropriated for each fiscal year under paragraph 
     (1) to enable the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
     Mental Health Services Administration to provide alcohol 
     abuse resources and start-up assistance to local educational 
     agencies receiving grants under this section.
       ``(B) Low-income and rural areas.--The Secretary shall 
     reserve 25 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal 
     year under paragraph (1) to award grants under this section 
     to low-income and rural local educational agencies.''.
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  SA 374. Mrs. CARNAHAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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:

       On page 319, line 4, insert ``, including teaching 
     specialists in core academic subjects'' after ``principals''.
       On page 326, line 1, insert ``, including strategies to 
     implement a year-round school schedule that will allow the 
     local educational agency to increase pay for veteran teachers 
     and reduce the agency's need to hire additional teachers or 
     construct new facilities'' after ``performance''.
       On page 327, line 2, insert ``as well as teaching 
     specialists in core academic subjects who will provide 
     increased individualized instruction to students served by 
     the local educational agency participating in the eligible 
     partnership'' after ``qualified''.
       On page 517, line 18, strike ``and''.
       On page 517, line 20, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 517, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
       ``(I) alternative programs for the education and discipline 
     of chronically violent and disruptive students.
       On page 528, line 11, strike ``and''.
       On page 528, line 14, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 528, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
       ``(16) alternative programs for the education and 
     discipline of chronically violent and disruptive students.
       On page 539, line 10, strike ``and''.
       On page 539, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       ``(E) alternative programs for the education and discipline 
     of chronically violent and disruptive students; and''.
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  SA 375. Mr. KENNEDY proposed an amendment to amendment SA 358 
proposed by Mr. Jeffords to the bill (S. 1) to extend programs and 
activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 902. SENSE OF THE SENATE; AUTHORIZATION OF 
                   APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress should appropriate $3,000,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2002 to carry out part A title II of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 and thereby--
       (1) provide that schools, local educational agencies, and 
     States have the resources they need to put a highly qualified 
     teacher in every classroom in each school in which 50 percent 
     or more of the children are from low income families, over 
     the next 4 years;
       (2) provide 125,000 new teachers with mentors and year-long 
     supervised internships; and
       (3) provide high quality pedagogical training for every 
     teacher in every school.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out title II of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965--
       (1) $3,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
       (2) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
       (3) $4,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
       (4) $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
       (5) $5,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
       (6) $6,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
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  SA 376. Mr. CLELAND 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:

       On page 577, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

     SEC. 404. SCHOOL SAFETY ENHANCEMENT.

       Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

                  ``PART D--SCHOOL SAFETY ENHANCEMENT

     ``SEC. 4351. SHORT TITLE.

       ``This part may be cited as the `School Safety Enhancement 
     Act of 2001'.

     ``SEC. 4352. FINDINGS.

       ``Congress makes the following findings:
       ``(1) While our Nation's schools are still relatively safe, 
     it is imperative that schools be provided with adequate 
     resources to prevent incidents of violence.
       ``(2) Approximately 10 percent of all public schools 
     reported at least 1 serious violent crime to a law 
     enforcement agency over the course of the 1996-1997 school 
     year.
       ``(3) In 1996, approximately 225,000 students between the 
     ages of 12 and 18 were victims of nonfatal violent crime in 
     schools in the United States.
       ``(4) From 1992 through 1994, 76 students and 29 non-
     students were victims of murders or suicides that were 
     committed in schools in the United States.
       ``(5) The school violence incidents in several States 
     across the Nation in 1998 and 1999 caused enormous damage to 
     schools, families, and whole communities.
       ``(6) Because of escalating school violence, the children 
     of the United States are increasingly afraid that they will 
     be attacked or harmed at school.
       ``(7) A report issued by the Department of Education in 
     August, 1998, entitled `Early Warning, Early Response' 
     concluded that the reduction and prevention of school 
     violence is best achieved through safety plans which involve 
     the entire community, policies which emphasize both 
     prevention and intervention, training school personnel, 
     parents, students, and community members to recognize the 
     early warning signs of potential violent behavior and to 
     share their concerns or observations with trained personnel, 
     establishing procedures which allow rapid response and 
     intervention when early warning signs of violent behavior are 
     identified, and providing adequate support and access to 
     services for troubled students.

     ``SEC. 4353. NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND YOUTH SAFETY.

       ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Education and the 
     Attorney General shall jointly establish a National Center 
     for School and Youth Safety (in this section referred to as 
     the `Center'). The Secretary of Education and the Attorney 
     General may establish the Center at an existing facility, if 
     the facility has a history of performing two or more of the 
     duties described in subsection (b). The Secretary of 
     Education and the Attorney General shall jointly appoint a 
     Director of the Center to oversee the operation of the 
     Center.
       ``(b) Duties.--The Center shall carry out emergency 
     response, anonymous student hotline, consultation, and 
     information and outreach activities with respect to 
     elementary and secondary school safety, including the 
     following:
       ``(1) Emergency response.--The staff of the Center, and 
     such temporary contract employees as the Director of the 
     Center shall determine necessary, shall offer emergency 
     assistance to local communities to respond to school 
     safety crises. Such assistance shall include counseling 
     for victims and the community, assistance to law 
     enforcement to address short-term security concerns, and 
     advice on how to enhance school safety, prevent future 
     incidents, and respond to future incidents.
       ``(2) Anonymous student hotline.--The Center shall 
     establish a toll-free telephone number for students to report 
     criminal activity, threats of criminal activity, and other 
     high-risk behaviors such as substance abuse, gang or cult 
     affiliation, depression, or other warning signs of 
     potentially violent behavior. The Center shall relay the 
     reports, without attribution, to local law enforcement or 
     appropriate school hotlines. The Director of the Center shall 
     work with the Attorney General to establish guidelines for 
     Center staff to work with law enforcement around the Nation 
     to relay information reported through the hotline.
       ``(3) Consultation.--The Center shall establish a toll-free 
     number for the public to contact staff of the Center for 
     consultation regarding school safety. The Director of the 
     Center shall hire administrative staff and individuals with 
     expertise in enhancing school safety, including individuals 
     with backgrounds in counseling and psychology, education, law 
     enforcement and criminal justice, and community development 
     to assist in the consultation.
       ``(4) Information and outreach.--The Center shall compile 
     information about the best practices in school violence 
     prevention, intervention, and crisis management, and shall 
     serve as a clearinghouse for model school safety program 
     information. The staff of the Center shall work to ensure 
     local governments, school officials, parents, students,

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     and law enforcement officials and agencies are aware of the 
     resources, grants, and expertise available to enhance school 
     safety and prevent school crime. The staff of the Center 
     shall give special attention to providing outreach to rural 
     and impoverished communities.
       ``(c) Funding.--The Secretary of Education shall make 
     available $15,000,000 from amounts appropriated to carry out 
     this title, and the Attorney General shall make available 
     $35,000,000 from amounts appropriated for programs 
     administered by the Office of Justice Programs of the 
     Department of Justice, for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
     2005 to carry out this section.

     ``SEC. 4354. SAFE COMMUNITIES, SAFE SCHOOLS.

       ``(a) Grants Authorized.--Using funds made available under 
     subsection (c), the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General shall 
     award grants, on a competitive basis, to help communities 
     develop community-wide safety programs involving students, 
     parents, educators, guidance counselors, psychologists, law 
     enforcement officials or agencies, civic leaders, and other 
     organizations serving the community.
       ``(b) Authorized Activities.--Funds provided under this 
     section may be used for activities that may include efforts 
     to--
       ``(1) increase early intervention strategies;
       ``(2) expand parental involvement;
       ``(3) increase students' awareness of warning signs of 
     violent behavior;
       ``(4) promote students' responsibility to report the 
     warning signs to appropriate persons;
       ``(5) promote conflict resolution and peer mediation 
     programs;
       ``(6) increase the number of after-school programs;
       ``(7) expand the use of safety-related equipment and 
     technology; and
       ``(8) expand students' access to mental health services.
       ``(c) Funding.--The Secretary of Education shall make 
     available $24,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 
     through 2005 to carry out this section from amounts 
     appropriated to carry out this title.''.

     SEC. 405. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 
                   1993.

       Section 5(10) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
     (42 U.S.C. 5119c(10)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(10) the term `qualified entity' means--
       ``(A) a business or organization, whether public, private, 
     for-profit, not-for-profit, or voluntary, that provides care 
     or care placement services, including a business or 
     organization that licenses or certifies others to provide 
     care or care placement services; or
       ``(B) an elementary or secondary school.''.
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  SA 377. Mr. CLELAND 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:

       On page 319, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
       ``(12) Supporting the activities of professional 
     development schools and education councils, involving 
     partnerships between elementary schools, secondary schools, 
     and institutions of higher education, including community 
     colleges, for the purpose of--
       ``(A) preparing out-of-field teachers to be qualified to 
     teach all of the classes that the teachers are assigned to 
     teach;
       ``(B) preparing paraprofessionals to become fully qualified 
     teachers in areas served by high need local educational 
     agencies;
       ``(C) supporting teams of master teachers, including 
     teachers certified by the National Board for Professional 
     Teaching Standards, and student teacher interns as a part of 
     an extended teacher education program; and
       ``(D) supporting teams of master teachers, including 
     teachers certified by the National Board for Professional 
     Teaching Standards, to serve in low-performing schools.
       On page 329, line 7, strike ``; and'' and insert a 
     semicolon.
       On page 329, line 13, strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       On page 329, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       ``(C) may include activities carried out jointly with 
     professional development schools and education councils, 
     involving partnerships between elementary schools, secondary 
     schools, and institutions of higher education, including 
     community colleges, for the purpose of improving teaching and 
     learning at low-performing schools.
       On page 329, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Education council.--The term `education council' 
     means a partnership that--
       ``(A) is established between--
       ``(i) an elementary school or a secondary school; and
       ``(ii) an institution of higher education; and
       ``(B) provides professional development to teachers to 
     ensure that the teachers are prepared and meet high standards 
     for teaching, particularly by educating and preparing 
     prospective teachers in a classroom setting and enhancing the 
     knowledge of in-service teachers while improving the 
     education of the classroom students.
       ``(2) Low-performing school.--The term `low-performing 
     school' means an elementary school or secondary school that 
     is determined to be low-performing by a State, on the basis 
     of factors such as low student achievement, low student 
     performance, unclear academic standards, high rates of 
     student absenteeism, high dropout rates, and high rates of 
     staff turnover or absenteeism.
       ``(3) Professional development school.--The term 
     `professional development school' means a partnership that--
       ``(A) is established between--
       ``(i) an elementary school or a secondary school; and
       ``(ii) an institution of higher education; and
       ``(B)(i) provides sustained and high quality preservice 
     clinical experience, including the mentoring of prospective 
     teachers by veteran teachers;
       ``(ii) substantially increases interaction between faculty 
     at institutions of higher education and new and experienced 
     teachers, principals, and other administrators at elementary 
     schools or secondary schools; and
       ``(iii) provides support, including preparation time, for 
     such interaction.

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