IMPROVING AMERICA'S SCHOOLS ACT
Addresses
Character Education: Barbara Jordan, S9884 [27JY]
Amendments
Enact: (S. 1513), S10365, S10367 [2AU]
Enact (S. 1513), S5846 [17MY], S9857, S9882, S9887, S9890, S9916, S9923, S9944, S9945, S9946 [27JY], S9982, S9987, S9988, S9990, S9991, S9993, S9995, S9999, S10004, S10008, S10017, S10019, S10023, S10024, S10041, S10059, S10060, S10061, S10062 [28JY], S10156, S10163, S10180, S10181, S10185, S10197, S10208, S10228, S10230 [1AU], S10233, S10234, S10248, S10255, S10273, S10306, S10365 [2AU]
Articles and editorials
Blueprint to Revolutionize America's Schools, S10296 [2AU]
Efforts To Promote Teaching of Values in Schools Are Sparking Heated Debate Among Lawmakers, S9884 [27JY]
Letters
Character education: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation, S9885 [27JY]
Davis-Bacon Act: Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S10236 [2AU]
———Ellen Coody, Professional Association of Georgia Educators, S10236 [2AU]
———Niccole Moyle Ferguson, S10242 [2AU]
———Robert M. McGlotten, AFL-CIO, S10247 [2AU]
———Ruth Petry, Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana, S10236 [2AU]
Prayer in public schools: several religious organizations, S9889 [27JY]
Provisions: Anita Boggs, S10207 [1AU]
———Anthony S. Bork, S10207 [1AU]
———Cornelia M. Blanchette, GAO, S10035-S10037 [28JY]
———Cornelius Riordan, S10204 [1AU]
———David Reisman, S10206 [1AU]
———Deborah M. McGriff, S10207 [1AU]
———Diane Ravitch, Brookings Institution, S10205 [1AU]
———Elsa M. Bowman, National Coalition of Girls' Schools, S10206 [1AU]
———Geneva Smitherman, S10206 [1AU]
———James S. Coleman, S10206 [1AU]
———Jim Holley, S10207 [1AU]
Vocational education program regulations: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S10249, S10251 [2AU]
———several Members of Congress, S10252 [2AU]
Lists
Armstrong High School's Community of Caring Character Education Program, S9886 [27JY]
Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S10236 [2AU]
Groups opposing Dept. of Education vocational education regulations (1991), S10249 [2AU]
Provisions (S. 1513), order of amendments, S10069 [29JY]
Recorded vote on Helms amendment to S. 1150, Goals 2000—Educate America Act relative to voluntary school prayer, S9911 [27JY]
School prayer participation, S9906 [27JY]
Violence in schools, S9919 [27JY]
Motions
Remarks in Senate
BIA: establish therapeutic model demonstration projects at off-reservation boarding schools, S10210 [1AU]
Courts: minimum mandatory sentencing, S10274-S10281 [2AU]
Crime: require background checks on potential school bus drivers, S10502 [3AU]
Davis-Bacon Act: reform, S10234-S10247 [2AU]
Disabled: assistance to families of children with disabilities, S10281 [2AU]
Education: bilingual program requirements, S10255-S10257 [2AU]
———establish character programs, S9883-S9887 [27JY]
———establish scholarships for students relative to safety of schools, S9915-S9924 [27JY]
———integrate educational technology into school curriculum, S10285 [2AU]
Enact (S. 1513), S9753-S9912, S9915-S9925 [27JY], S9981-S10043 [28JY], S10069 [29JY], S10153-S10213 [1AU], S10233-S10258, S10273-S10317 [2AU], S10502, S10528 [3AU], S14913 [7OC]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S9904 [27JY], S10019, S10040 [28JY], S10255, S10258 [2AU]
Mathematics and Sciences Education Act: amend, S10283 [2AU]
Prayer: voluntary school prayer, S9887-S9912 [27JY]
Rural Community Service Program: funding, S10208 [1AU]
Schools: ensure safety and freedom from drugs and violence, S10283, S10293 [2AU]
States: control distribution of resources among local school districts in the State, S10153-S10157, S10159, S10163, S10211 [1AU], S10284 [2AU]
Vocational education: program regulations, S10248-S10255 [2AU]
Reports
Prayer in Public Schools: David M. Ackerman, Congressional Research Service, S9907 [27JY]
———James M. Henderson, Sr., American Center for Law and Justice, S9909 [27JY]
Reports filed
Provisions: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1513) (S. Rept. 103-292), S7638 [24JN]
Statements
Davis-Bacon Act: National Association of Minority Contractors, S10244-S10246 [2AU]
Summaries
Davis-Bacon Act and S. 1513, provisions: Association of Building Contractors, S10237 [2AU]
Testimonies
Davis-Bacon Act: Cindy Athey, Precision Wall Tech, Inc., S10239 [2AU]
Texts of