DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H5917, H5918 [28JY], H6027 [29JY], H6407 [30JY], H6668, H6669, H6708 [31JY], H6799 [3SE], H6866, H6885, H6887, H6919, H6920 [4SE], H6925, H6940, H6941, H6963 [5SE], H6986, H6998 [8SE], H7029, H7031, H7033, H7036, H7040, H7044, H7052, H7053, H7080, H7119 [9SE], H7129, H7130, H7134, H7146, H7168, H7178, H7179, H7200 [10SE], H7207, H7209, H7217, H7229, H7235, H7237, H7238, H7239 [11SE], H7324, H7347, H7365 [16SE], H7373, H7376, H7381, H7382, H7383, H7390 [17SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8646, S8670, S8671 [2SE], S8690, S8695, S8697, S8701, S8702, S8711, S8712, S8715, S8719, S8733, S8734, S8735, S8736 [3SE], S8785, S8786, S8788, S8789, S8805, S8833 [4SE], S8850, S8851, S8872, S8874 [5SE], S8898, S8899, S8900, S8901, S8902, S8903, S8904, S8905, S8908, S8910, S8911, S8912, S8913, S8914, S8915, S8916, S8917, S8918, S8919, S8920, S8921, S8923, S8927, S8928, S8929, S8930, S8931 [8SE], S8946, S8965, S9002, S9007, S9011, S9012, S9023, S9025 [9SE], S9044, S9047, S9053, S9058, S9067, S9075, S9078, S9088 [10SE], S9105 [11SE], S9505, S9507, S9508, S9509 [17SE], H7143 [10SE]

Education: treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), S8373, S8383 [30JY], H6969 [8SE]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5533, H5534, H5538 [22JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4301, S4322 [12MY], S4355, S4368, S4396, S4397 [13MY]

Analyses

Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education Act (S. 559), S3052-S3056 [10AP]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]

———S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]

Articles and editorials

Dropping the Ball in Juggling Loans—A Lot of Fumbles by E.D.S. in Processing Student Debt, S11535 [31OC]

Education Department Needs To Be Dismantled, E103 [21JA]

Education Department Suspends Program for Restructuring Student Loans, S10808 [9OC]

Tyranny of Tests, E2381 [13NO]

Bills and resolutions

Abolish (see H.R. 1812), H3567 [5JN]

Adult education: grants to States to provide support services to participants in adult education programs (see H.R. 1336), H1541 [15AP]

Appropriations: making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (see H.J. Res. 25), H155 [9JA]

Children and youth: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Colleges and universities: participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (see H.R. 1307), H1439 [10AP]

———student loan default rate limitations relative to Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 281), H148 [9JA]

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: eliminate the requirement that members be allocated to separate programs (see H.R. 469), H243 [21JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1061; H.R. 2264), S8091 [24JY], H5825 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), consideration (see H. Res. 199), H5916 [28JY]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (see S. 1294; H.R. 2535), S10787 [9OC], H7830 [24SE]

———development of school-to-work opportunities systems (see H.R. 1803), H3566 [5JN]

———distribution of Impact Aid Program funds to local educational agencies (see H. Con. Res. 150), H7199 [10SE]

———eligibility standards for short-term educational programs (see H.R. 675), H452 [11FE]

———establish mentoring programs for at-risk youths (see S. 1111), S8532 [31JY]

———establish Role Models Academy for at-risk youths (see H.R. 269), H148 [9JA]

———establish tutoring assistance programs to help children learn to read well (see S. 664), S3799 [29AP]

———exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (see H.R. 529), H283 [4FE]

———extend and make uniform student loan repayment plans (see H.R. 2391), H6797 [3SE]

———grants to create partnerships between post-secondary and elementary or secondary schools to instruct teachers (see H.R. 3085), H10955 [13NO]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (see S. 582; H.R. 1312), S3199 [15AP], H1439 [10AP]

———improve adult education and literacy (see S. 994), S6990 [8JY]

———improve career preparation and opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills needed for postsecondary education (see S. 993), S6990 [8JY]

———improve student financial aid programs (see H.R. 2536), H7830 [24SE]

———improve teacher quality (see S. 1484), S12119 [8NO]

———increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-represented student populations (see H.R. 2495), H7599 [18SE]

———national testing standards (see S. 1215, 1263), S9886 [24SE], S10475 [7OC]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 2065, 2131), H4646 [25JN], H5021 [9JY]

———repeal certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2655), H8832 [9OC]

———restore opportunity-to-learn standards (see H.R. 1115), H1111 [18MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H2156 [1MY]

———State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]

———student financial aid programs (see S. 559, 560), S3011 [10AP]

———treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (see H.R. 1866), H3720 [11JN]

Education Scholars Block Grant Program: establish (see S. 1261), S10475 [7OC]

Higher Education Act: allow certain small, nonprofit, banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (see S. 1036), S7710 [17JY]

———allow certain small, nonprofit banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (see H.R. 2311), H6406 [30JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 216), S726 [28JA]

———reauthorize (see S. 717; H.R. 5), S4106 [7MY], H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

Information services: provide links to databases of information concerning scholarships and fellowships (see H.R. 1440), H1890 [24AP]

Local governments: allow certain counties flexibility in spending funds (see H.R. 149), H144 [9JA]

National objectives: prohibit funding of national testing proposals without explicit and specific legislation (see H.R. 2846), H10171 [6NO]

———suspend development of national testing proposals until congressional authority is granted (see H. Res. 214), H6715 [1AU]

National Panel on Early Reading Research and Effective Reading Instruction: establish (see S. 939; H.R. 2192), S6000 [19JN], H5486 [17JY]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2088), H4834 [26JN]

———provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see S. 1525; H.R. 2755, 3046), S12506 [12NO], H9614 [28OC], H10953 [13NO]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see S. 456, 1160; H.R. 1104), S2415 [18MR], S9080 [10SE], H1111 [18MR]

———high school dropout prevention programs development (see S. 1295), S10859 [20OC]

Taxation: treatment of student loan programs and public-private education partnerships for public educational institutions serving disadvantaged students (see H.R. 1512), H2155 [1MY]

Commentaries

Background of `School-to-Work' Concept: D.L. Cuddy, E945 [16MY]

Factsheets

Educational Facilities Improvement Act, S9084 [10SE]

Impact of Inadequate School Facilities on Student Learning, S2422 [18MR]

Letters

Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S11535 [31OC]

Federal educational programs, H9573 [28OC]

Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education and Robert Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S3051 [10AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act reauthorization: Bruce Hunter, American Association of School Administrators, H2531 [13MY]

———David W. Hornbeck, Philadelphia, PA, School District, H2532 [13MY]

———Elizabeth Goodwin, National Down Syndrome Society, H2533 [13MY]

———Kevin P. Dwyer, National Association of School Psychologists, H2533 [13MY]

———Madeleine C. Will, H2533 [13MY]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, H2532 [13MY]

———Paul Vallas, Chicago, IL, Public Schools, H2532 [13MY]

———Quincy Abbot, Arc of the U.S. (organization), H2533 [13MY]

———Raymond D. Fowler, American Psychological Association, H2533 [13MY]

———Robert D. Evans, American Bar Association, H2534 [13MY]

———Ronald Prescott, Los Angeles, CA, Unified School District, H2532 [13MY]

———Rudolph F. Crew, New York, NY, Board of Education, H2532 [13MY]

———Sally N. McConnell, National Association of Elementary School Principals, H2532 [13MY]

———several organizations, H2534 [13MY]

———Thomas W. Payzant, Boston, MA, Public Schools, H2533 [13MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act reauthorization relative to State set-aside funding formula: Brenda L. Welburn, National Association of State Boards of Education, H2540 [13MY]

National testing standards: Marc F. Bernstein, North Merrick, NY, Schools, E2380 [13NO]

Partnership To Rebuild America's Schools Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S2422 [18MR]

State sanctions relative to special education services for certain adult prisoners under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, H7378 [17SE]

State Student Incentive Grant Program funding: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S8906 [8SE]

———Stephanie D'Amico, S8907 [8SE]

Lists

Groups that support the Goodling amendment to H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, to review the national testing proposal, H2745 [15MY]

Objectionable programs in S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations, S8969-S8971 [9SE]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7032 [9SE], H7141 [10SE], H7221 [11SE], H7653 [23SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8968 [9SE], S9063 [10SE]

Education: vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5541 [22JY]

Quotations

Georgia Crossroads at Education Program hearing, H2072 [30AP]

Remarks in House

Abolish, E103 [21JA]

Adult education: grants to States to provide support services to participants in adult education programs, H2803 [16MY]

Albertson, NY: Herricks Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2171 [4NO]

Appropriations: making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (H.J. Res. 25), H75, H76 [9JA]

———national reading and mathematics testing funding, H2744 [15MY]

———programs and funding, H1030-H1034 [17MR]

Auburn, WA: Camelot Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1403 [11JY]

Beaver, Joan: tribute for participation in Center for Civic Education CIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina Program, E2116 [29OC]

Bell, Alvin R.: tribute for participation in Center for Civic Education CIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina Program, E1968 [8OC]

Bethesda, MD: Washington Episcopal School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E795 [30AP]

California: Barcelona Hills Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1227 [17JN]

———George L. White Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1227 [17JN]

———Philip J. Reilly School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1227 [17JN]

Colleges and universities: participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (H.R. 1307), E624 [10AP]

———prohibit sanctions of public educational institutions relative to enforcement of preference or affirmative action admissions plans, H7378, H7379, H7382, H7383 [17SE]

Computers: website expansion funding, H7179, H7180 [10SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H5897 [28JY], H6849-H6890 [4SE], H6924, H6925-H6948 [5SE], H6977-H6999 [8SE], H7016, H7021, H7022, H7023-H7084 [9SE], H7122, H7123, H7124, H7125, H7129-H7182 [10SE], H7202, H7203, H7204, H7205, H7206-H7247 [11SE], H7266-H7273 [15SE], H7324-H7351 [16SE], H7369, H7371, H7372-H7452 [17SE], H7611 [23SE], H7735, H7736, H7737, H7738 [24SE], E1677 [5SE], E1711, E1723, E1727 [10SE], E1773 [17SE], E1791, E1793, E1795, E1808, E1813 [18SE], E1870 [25SE], E2279 [9NO], E2380, E2392 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), motion to instruct conferees, H7653 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), unanimous-consent agreement, H6667, H6668, H6669 [31JY]

Desrosiers, Roger: tribute for participation in Center for Civic Education CIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina Program, E2025 [21OC]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (H.R. 2535), H8845-H8850 [21OC], H9065 [23OC], E1836 [24SE], E1856 [25SE], E2114 [29OC]

———allow local areas to develop elementary and secondary education programs that meet their needs (H.R. 2992), E2312 [10NO]

———charter schools funding through rescissions in Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program funding, H7134-H7141 [10SE]

———direct funding to local educational agencies, H7371 [17SE], H7737 [24SE]

———establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7383-H7390 [17SE]

———exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (H.R. 529), E141 [4FE]

———funding to local educational agencies relative to per pupil expenditures, H7239 [11SE]

———Head Start Program: funding, H6868 [4SE]

———Head Start Program funding, H2063 [30AP]

———high-risk youth programs funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7130-H7134 [10SE]

———Impact Aid Program funding, H6946 [5SE], H7016 [9SE], H7204 [11SE]

———Impact Aid Program funding for school construction through rescissions in NLRB funding, H7168-H7177 [10SE]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections, H2543-H2547 [13MY]

———improve student financial aid programs (H.R. 2536), E1834 [24SE], E1852 [25SE]

———national policy to improve system, H1030-H1034 [17MR], H2068-H2081 [30AP], H7266-H7273 [15SE]

———national testing standards, H7020 [9SE], H7206 [11SE], H7287, H7324-H7347 [16SE], H7613 [23SE], H7739 [24SE], H8129, H8136 [29SE], H8420-H8421, H8430-H8435 [6OC], H8722 [8OC], H8909-H8916 [21OC], H9492-H9498 [23OC], H9731, H9732, H9781 [30OC], H9803, H9853 [31OC], E1727 [10SE], E1773 [17SE], E1791, E1813 [18SE], E2380 [13NO]

———provide for teacher technology training (H.R. 2065), H4230 [24JN], H4379 [25JN], E1317 [25JN]

———special education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6986-H6997 [8SE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H. Res. 139), H8933 [22OC], H9483 [23OC], H9567-H9575 [28OC], H9630 [29OC], E818 [1MY]

———State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (H. Res. 299), E2164 [31OC]

———student financial aid programs, H598 [25FE], H2060-H2063, H2065, H2066 [30AP]

———treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), H4145, H4146 [23JN], H6969, H6970 [8SE]

———tribute to TRIO programs, E254 [13FE]

———vocational and adult education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6941-H6946 [5SE], H6977-H6986 [8SE], H7022 [9SE]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5496, H5526-H5544 [22JY], E1505 [24JY]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), motion to recommit, H5541 [22JY]

———vocational education funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7129, H7130 [10SE]

———We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution Program funding, H7040-H7043 [9SE]

———whole-school reform, H7021 [9SE]

Elizabeth, NJ: William F. Halloran Alternative School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2210 [7NO]

Federal Family Education Loan Program: financial institutions' performance of audits on their student loan portfolios, H7083 [9SE]

Greenlawn, NY: Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2153 [31OC]

Higher Education Act: financial responsibility for refunds during provisional certification and change of ownership of propietary institutions (H.R. 2981), E2301 [10NO]

———TRIO Upward Bound Program funding, H594 [25FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H6885 [4SE]

———funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7143-H7145 [10SE]

———funding through rescissions in the Dept. of Labor wage and hour enforcement division, H6926-H6940 [5SE]

———prohibit State sanctions relative to special education services for certain adult prisoners, H7376-H7379 [17SE], E1870 [25SE]

———provide for reasonable attorneys fees to parents involved in due process or court proceedings, H2539 [13MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5), H2498-H2541 [13MY], E60, E61 [7JA], E951, E972 [19MY]

Jackson Heights, NY: St. Joan of Arc Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1720 [10SE]

Key Largo, FL: Key Largo Elementary and Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1108 [4JN]

Lawton, OK: Almor West Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1389 [10JY]

———Pioneer Park Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1389 [10JY]

Loan consolidation program: report, E2279 [9NO]

Maple Heights, OH: St. Martin of Tours School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1154 [10JN]

Maywood, NJ: Memorial School of Maywood recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2143 [30OC]

Memphis, TN: tribute to Hamilton Elementary School for recognition as a U.S. Dept. of Education Title I achieving school, E760 [28AP]

Milam, TX: tribute to Milam Elementary School for recognition as a Dept. of Education Title I achieving school, E853 [6MY]

Morris, Ron: tribute for participation in Center for Civic Education CIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina Program, E1907 [2OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5142-H5156 [11JY]

Nebraska: implementation of education standards in the visual and performing arts, E454 [12MR]

Paramount, CA: tribute to Wesley Gains Elementary School for recognition as a Dept. of Education Title I achieving school, E1013 [22MY]

———tribute to Wesley Gains Elementary School for recognition as a U.S. Dept. of Education Title I achieving school, E722 [23AP]

Phillips, Doug: tribute for participation in Center for Civic Education CIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina Program, E1975 [8OC]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 2088), E1354 [27JN]

Reform, H1100-H1103 [18MR]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, H7214-H7216 [11SE]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (H.R. 1104), H7000-H7005 [8SE], H7013, H7014, H7022 [9SE], E501, E507 [18MR]

St. Louis, MO: Shepard Accelerated School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1229 [17JN]

States: award grant to State educational agency to defray costs of land exchange involving school trust lands and national monument lands, H8811 [9OC]

Student loans: programs, H2083 [30AP], H3166, H3167 [21MY], H8058 [29SE], H9493 [23OC]

Taxation: treatment of student loan programs and public-private education partnerships for public educational institutions serving disadvantaged students (H.R. 1512), E832 [5MY]

Thousand Oaks, CA: Meadows Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1103 [4JN]

University Heights, OH: Gesu Catholic School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1157 [10JN]

We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution Program: funding, E1791 [18SE]

Yorba Linda, CA: Linda Vista Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1031 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Activities: coordinate to commemorate the second millennium, S8914 [8SE], S12092, S12093 [8NO]

Appropriations: certification of funds used for students and educators, S8912 [8SE]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (H.J. Res. 25), S574 [21JA]

Bristol, CT: Ellen P. Hubble School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8624 [31JY]

Cheshire, CT: Highland Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8624 [31JY]

Children and youth: funding for school transfers for victims of violent crime, S5032 [23MY]

———increase funding for Head Start Program, child nutrition programs, and school construction projects, S4973, S4975-S4977 [22MY], S5031, S5032 [23MY]

Coventry, RI: Western Coventry School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S11211 [24OC]

Cumberland, RI: Mercymount Country Day School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5379 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: transfer of funds to the Dept. of Education to use for student financial aid programs, S6968, S6969 [8JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC], S11246 [28OC], S11370 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12082-S12095 [8NO], S12630 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S12074 [8NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8632-S8640, S8643, S8646-S8648, S8650, S8655 [2SE], S8685 [3SE], S8772, S8785-S8790, S8792-S8819 [4SE], S8898-S8924 [8SE], S8942-S8952, S8958-S8971, S8989-S9013 [9SE], S9033-S9059, S9062-S9078 [10SE], S9097-S9133, S9195 [11SE], S9244 [12SE], S9450, S9503, S9529 [17SE], S10927-S10937 [22OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), unanimous-consent agreement, S8819 [4SE], S8850 [5SE], S9043, S9071, S9072 [10SE], S9507 [17SE]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (S. 1294), S10807, S10808 [9OC], S11534 [31OC]

———charter schools funding, S8786-S8788 [4SE]

———clarify obligation to provide free educational services to children with disabilities under a certain age, S4301 [12MY]

———direct funding to local educational agencies, S8920-S8923 [8SE], S8946-S8950, S8994, S9012 [9SE], S9067-S9078 [10SE], S9105-S9107, S9108, S9115, S9116 [11SE], S9244 [12SE], S9625 [18SE], S9716 [19SE], S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC], S11370 [29OC], S12086 [8NO], S12630 [13NO]

———distribution of funds between non-impact aid school districts and impact aid school districts, S4081 [7MY]

———establish mentoring programs for at-risk youths (S. 1111), S8572 [31JY]

———establish tutoring assistance programs to help children learn to read well (S. 664), S3800 [29AP]

———Head Start Program funding, S9053-S9058, S9063 [10SE]

———improve adult education and literacy (S. 994), S6993 [8JY]

———improve career preparation and opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills needed for postsecondary education (S. 993), S6993 [8JY]

———improve teacher quality (S. 1484), S12155-S12159 [8NO]

———national testing standards, S8697-S8701 [3SE], S8779, S8793 [4SE], S8916 [8SE], S8942-S8945, S8995 [9SE], S9101-S9105, S9107 [11SE], S10930-S10937 [22OC], S11246 [28OC], S11852-S11854 [6NO], S12089 [8NO]

———national testing standards (S. 1215), S9894 [24SE], S10995 [22OC]

———national testing standards (S. 1263), S10479 [7OC]

———special education funding limits, S4301-S4319 [12MY], S4401, S4402, S4406 [14MY]

———student financial aid programs, S4977-S4980 [22MY]

———student financial aid programs (S. 559), S3035-S3057 [10AP]

———student financial aid programs (S. 560), S3035 [10AP]

———treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), S8383 [30JY]

Education Scholars Block Grant Program: establish (S. 1261), S10477 [7OC]

Farmington, CT: East Farms School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8624 [31JY]

Grantsville, WV: Pleasant Hill Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S7508 [15JY]

Harrisville, WV: Harrisville Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S7427 [14JY]

Higher Education Act: allow certain small, nonprofit, banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (S. 1036), S7718 [17JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 216), S702, S746 [28JA]

———funding, S8924 [8SE]

———provide for reasonable attorneys fees to parents involved in due process or court proceedings, S4371 [13MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5), S4409-S4413, S4479 [14MY], S4582 [15MY]

———reauthorize (S. 717), S4115 [7MY], S4295-S4319 [12MY], S4354-S4376 [13MY], S4401-S4413 [14MY], S5281 [4JN]

———require courts making awards to consider the impact on the education of all children in that State or locality, S4368-S4371 [13MY], S4404, S4405 [14MY]

Litchfield, CT: Center School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8624 [31JY]

Massachusetts: tribute to schools nominated for Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1112 [6FE]

Michigan: tribute to recipients of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5548 [11JN]

Music and dance: Model Youth Concert Program operation and evaluation, S9115 [11SE]

———music education funding, S9112 [11SE]

National Panel on Early Reading Research and Effective Reading Instruction: establish (S. 939), S6002 [19JN]

Office of Tribal Colleges and Universities: funding, S9113 [11SE]

Orange, CT: Peck Place School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8624 [31JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5107 [23MY]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), S12509 [12NO]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (S. 1160), S9081, S9085 [10SE]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (S. 456), S2416-S2425 [18MR]

———high school dropout prevention programs development (S. 1295), S10859 [20OC]

———provide training and assistance to protect victims of and witnesses to violence at elementary and secondary schools, S8911 [8SE]

———study on secondary school students enrollment and class sizes in elementary schools, S8913 [8SE]

State Student Incentive Grant Program: funding, S8905-S8908 [8SE]

States: award grant to State educational agency to defray costs of land exchange involving school trust lands and national monument lands, S8964 [9SE]

Student loans: programs, S4860 [21MY], S5033, S5034, S5035 [23MY], S6306-S6308 [25JN]

Unionville, CT: West District School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8624 [31JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 199) (H. Rept. 105-214), H5916 [28JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2264) (H. Rept. 105-205), H5825 [25JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1061) (S. Rept. 105-58), S8090 [24JY]

Education Spending Relative to a Greater Percentage of Federal Tax Dollars on Children's Classrooms: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H. Res. 139) (H. Rept. 105-349), H9613 [28OC]

Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2535) (H. Rept. 105-322), H8927 [21OC]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1294) (S. Rept. 105-122), S11341 [29OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 105-95), H2589 [13MY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 717) (S. Rept. 105-17), S4282 [9MY]

Need-Based Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1866) (H. Rept. 105-144), H4221 [23JN]

Nomination of Donald Rappaport To Be Chief Financial Officer of the Dept. of Education: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate), S4106 [7MY]

Nomination of Gerald N. Tirozzi To Be Assistant Secretary of Education: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate), S4106 [7MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7040, H7043 [9SE], H7390 [17SE]

Statements

Moving Dollars to the Classroom: Representative Pitts, H9568-H9570 [28OC]

Student Financial Aid Programs: Mark Olson, E1126 [5JN]

Summaries

Education Opportunities Tax Act (H.R. 1512), E832 [5MY]

Tables

Adjustments to H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H5897 [28JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7391-H7451 [17SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (S. 1061): spending comparisons, S8639 [2SE], S8794 [4SE]

State due process hearings for special education disciplinary problems, S4358 [13MY]

Testimonies

Reading Development and Disorders Research: Duane Alexander, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, S6003 [19JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 139, spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, H9567 [28OC]

H.J. Res. 25, technical corrections to omnibus consolidated appropriations legislation, H76 [9JA]

H.R. 5, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act reauthorization, H2498-H2531 [13MY]

H.R. 1866, Need-Based Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act, H4145 [23JN]

H.R. 2535, Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act, H8845 [21OC]

S. 456, Partnership To Rebuild America's Schools Act, S2418-S2422 [18MR]

S. 559, Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education Act, S3035-S3051 [10AP]

S. 939, Successful Reading Research and Instruction Act, S6002 [19JN]

S. 993, Career Preparation Education Reform Act, S6994-S7005 [8JY]

S. 994, Adult Basic Education and Literacy for the Twenty-First Century Act, S7005-S7010 [8JY]

S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9116-S9132 [11SE]

S. 1111, JUMP Ahead Act, S8573 [31JY]

S. 1160, Educational Facilities Improvement Act, S9082-S9084 [10SE]

S. 1215, national testing standards, S9895 [24SE]

S. 1361, establish Education Scholars Block Grant Program, S10478 [7OC]

S. 1484, Quality Teacher in Every Classroom Act, S12157-S12159 [8NO]