    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
      Addresses
        Challenge for America--A High Quality Teacher in Every Classroom:
            Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S10654-S10656 [21SE]
        Reconnecting With Our Children and Keeping Them Safe:  Richard
            Riley, Sec. of Education, E1109 [11JN]
      Amendments
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H6455 [24JY], H7000 [3AU], H7180
            [4AU]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4274), H7495 [9SE], H7585 [10SE],
            H9276 [1OC], H9277 [1OC], H9346 [2OC], H9537 [5OC], H9723 [6OC],
            H10012 [7OC], H10142 [8OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8057 [18SE]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6296 [12JN], S6328
            [15JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY],
            H7620 [14SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7723 [9JY], S7759
            [9JY], S7788 [9JY], S7789 [9JY], S7791 [9JY], S7795 [9JY], S7816
            [9JY], S7824 [9JY], S7849 [9JY], S7857 [9JY], S7864 [9JY], S7870
            [9JY], S7885 [9JY], S7889 [9JY], S7890 [9JY], S7891 [9JY]
        National objectives:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H330
            [4FE], H332 [4FE], H354 [5FE]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), consideration (H.
            Res. 348), H344 [5FE]
      Appointments
        Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, H387 [11FE]
        Conferees:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
            [13JY], H6121 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN], H5850
            [17JY]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
            [24SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Head Start Vote in the House, H7641 [14SE]
        Improving Student Achievement--Is Reducing Class Size the Answer?
            Eric A. Hanushek, S12482 [14OC]
        Micromanagement by Legislators Is Mockery of Real School Reform,
            S12482 [14OC]
        Students at Aviation High Tend to 747's, H5640 [16JY]
        Triumph of the Blob, S3646 [27AP]
        Why Is Class Size Reduction So Important?, S2798 [31MR]
      Bills and resolutions
        Colleges and universities:  establish demonstration projects to
            ensure equal educational opportunities for individuals with
            learning disabilities, (see H.R. 3596), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ increase public awareness of crime on campuses, (see S.
            2100), S5217 [20MY]
        ------ make grants for postsecondary information technology
            education and employment assistance projects, (see H.R. 3896),
            H3488 [19MY]
        ------ require free market competition between on-campus and off-
            campus businesses providing supplies and services to students,
            (see S. 2490), S10517 [17SE]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations, (see H.R. 4274), H5956 [20JY]
        ------ making appropriations, (see S. 2440), S9973 [8SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 564), H9344 [2OC], (see H. Res. 584), H10075 [8OC]
        Diseases:  increase funding and authority of Dept. of HHS and Dept.
            of Education relative to asthma programs, (see H.R. 4654), H9178
            [28SE]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
            S4528 [7MY], (see H.R. 3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ computation of Impact Aid Program payments to local
            educational agencies relative to certain children living in
            military housing constructed by private developers, (see H.R.
            4133), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ encourage local agencies to work with the private sector to
            provide care to children under compulsory school attendance age,
            (see H.R. 3129), H99 [28JA]
        ------ establish professional development partnerships, (see H.R.
            3115), H63 [27JA]
        ------ extended school day and school year programs funding, (see S.
            2604), S12164 [9OC]
        ------ improve facilities, reduce class size, and provide parents
            with additional educational choices for their children, (see
            H.R. 4169), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations, (see S. 1796), S2214
            [18MR]
        ------ provide for teacher training facilities, (see S. 1741), S1772
            [11MR]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see S. 2422), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see H.R. 4594), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see S. 2093), S5129 [19MY],
            (see H.R. 3876), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
            1589), S226 [29JA], (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), consideration, (see H. Res.
            543), H7914 [16SE]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ allow State participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590),
            H8035 [17SE]
        Education Modernization Fund:  establish, (see S. 1962), S3356
            [21AP]
        ExploraVision Awards Program:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 279),
            H3743 [21MY]
        Head Start Act:  amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S.
            2206), S6886 [23JN], H3311 [14MY], (see H.R. 4439), H7411 [6AU]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S2764 [30MR]
        National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education:  implementation
            of recommendations on college tuition costs, (see H.R. 3479),
            H1236 [17MR]
        National objectives:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 348), H329 [4FE]
        Puerto Rico:  conduct a study on the availability of educational
            instruction in the English language to student citizens, (see
            H.R. 4766), H10352 [9OC]
        State Student Incentive Grant Program:  reform and reauthorize, (see
            S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        Taxation:  extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
            [10OC]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            (see S. 2070), S4712 [12MY]
      Briefings
        Improving Student Achievement--Is Reducing Class Size the Answer?
            Eric A. Hanushek, S12479 [14OC]
      Conference reports
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization (H.R. 6), H8978-H9083 [26SE]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (H.R. 1853),
            H10032-H10048 [8OC]
      Descriptions
        Examples of How Auctions Are Used in Federal Programs, S7865 [9JY]
        Tax Relief Extension Act (S. 2622), S12328-S12336 [10OC]
      Letters
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start
            Association, H7641 [14SE]
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Association of American Educators,
            H8066 [18SE]
        ------ Jim Hawkins, Professional Educators of Iowa (organization),
            H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Kent King, Missouri State Teachers Association, H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Marcia Koopman, Associated Professional Educators of
            Louisiana, H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Ruth Green, Kentucky Association of Professional Educators,
            H8064 [18SE]
        ------ Walter Jewell, Professional Educators of Tennessee
            (organization), H8064 [18SE]
        Education and human resources development reform:  Marc Tucker,
            National Center on Education and the Economy, E1819-E1825 [25SE]
        FCC E-Rate Program implementation:  Richard W. Riley, Sec. of
            Education, H4624 [16JN]
        Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding:  Senator Boxer, S7841
            [9JY]
        ------ Senator Feinstein, S7841 [9JY]
        ------ several Senators, S7841 [9JY]
        Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State required
            teacher certification courses:  Charles B. Reed, California
            State University, S7789 [9JY]
        Prohibit Dept. of Education funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation:  Senator Lott and
            Speaker Gingrich, S6933 [24JN], H4728 [18JN]
        Reductions in school class size:  Al Bauer, Washington State Senate,
            S3387 [22AP]
        State participation in Education Flexibility Partnership
            Demonstration Act activities:  National Governors' Association
            and National Conference of State Legislatures, S7017 [24JN]
        Summer Youth Employment Training Program:  George Granger, Castro
            Valley, CA, Board of Education, H10139 [8OC]
      Lists
        Local uses of funds under H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act,
            H8061 [18SE]
        Organizations supporting Harkin amendment on tax treatment of
            student loan program fees to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7858 [9JY]
        Senate staff who worked on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11072 [29SE]
        Students' rights upon admission to a university, S7830 [9JY]
      Messages
        Reductions in School Class Size:  President Clinton, S4628 [11MY],
            H3017 [11MY]
      Motions
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res. 584), H10133
            [8OC], H10134 [8OC]
        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), H10461 [10OC]
      Remarks in House
        Brooklyn, NY:  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College recipient of
            Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E961 [22MY]
        ------ Midwood High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue
            Ribbon Schools award, E1114 [11JN]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H5047 [23JN], H5049 [23JN]
        Cleveland, OH:  Whitney M. Young Middle School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E998 [3JN]
        Colleges and universities:  accountability standards for
            institutions that provide teacher certification and licensure
            assessments, H2546-H2546 [29AP]
        ------ establish demonstration projects to ensure equal educational
            opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities,
            H2873-H2875 [6MY]
        ------ establish policies identifying students with learning
            disabilities, H2888 [6MY]
        ------ make available competiitve grants to institutions seeking to
            reduce operating costs through joint purchases of goods and
            services, H2541 [29AP]
        Committee on the Budget (House):  appropriations allocation
            revisions to H.R. 4274, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and
            related agencies appropriations, H6173 [22JY]
        Coronado, CA:  Coronado High School recipient of Dept. of Education
            Blue Ribbon Schools award, E933 [21MY]
        Dana Point, CA:  Dana Hills High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E944 [22MY]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations, E1298 [14JY], E1330 [17JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H426 [11FE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4274), H9726 [7OC], H10135-H10148
            [8OC], E2088 [11OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4274),
            consideration (H. Res. 564), H9280-H9288 [2OC] making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res. 584),
            H10126-H10135 [8OC]
        Diseases:  increase funding and authority of Dept. of HHS and Dept.
            of Education relative to asthma programs (H.R. 4654), E1847
            [29SE]
        Education:  auction rights for financial institutions to make
            student loans relative to interest rates, H2519 [29AP], H2569
            [29AP], H2570 [29AP]
        ------ authorize Sec. of Education to assist distressed
            institutions, H2577 [29AP], H2578 [29AP]
        ------ direct funding and control to local educational agencies,
            H541 [24FE], H687 [2MR], H3621 [20MY], H5069 [24JN], H5640
            [16JY], E165 [12FE]
        ------ direct funding and control to local educational agencies,
            H10647 [12OC], H10650-H10652 [12OC], H10659-H10664 [12OC],
            H10836 [14OC], H10837 [14OC], H10840 [14OC], H10879 [14OC],
            H10880 [14OC], H10886 [14OC], H10887 [14OC]
        ------ encourage local agencies to work with the private sector to
            provide care to children under compulsory school attendance age
            (H.R. 3129), E54 [28JA]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations, H2522 [29AP] increase
            postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-
            represented student populations (H.R. 2495), H655 [26FE], E315
            [5MR]
        ------ liability for owners of for-profit higher education
            institutions who misappropriate financial aid funds, H2573
            [29AP], H2574 [29AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H10876 [14OC], E1429
            [24JY]
        ------ national testing proposals, H4248 [9JN]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, H8058-H8071 [18SE]
        ------ reductions in school class size, H2225 [22AP], E2163 [14OC]
        ------ reductions in school class size (H.R. 3876), H10645 [12OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H582 [25FE], H668 [26FE],
            H669 [26FE], H846 [4MR], H941-H949 [10MR], H1026 [11MR], H1857
            [1AP], H2346 [28AP], H4338 [10JN], H4576 [16JN], H5068 [24JN],
            H5289 [24JN], H5504 [15JY], H6754 [30JY], H7006 [4AU]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, H10813 [13OC], H10992 [15OC], H11013
            [15OC] spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H7435 [9SE], H7608 [11SE],
            H7812 [16SE], H7813 [16SE], H7929 [17SE], H8025-H8032 [17SE],
            H8037-H8072 [18SE], H8620 [24SE], H9595 [6OC], H9728 [7OC],
            H10563 [12OC], H10650-H10652 [12OC], H10895 [14OC], E1780
            [23SE], E1783 [23SE] spending of a greater percentage of Federal
            tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), consideration
            (H. Res. 543), H8013-H8017 [17SE] spending of a greater
            percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R.
            3248), corrections in engrossment, H8072 [18SE]
        ------ student loan default rates relative to due diligence in
            collection practices, H2523 [29AP]
        ------ student loan default rates relative to loan rehabilitation,
            H2532 [29AP]
        ------ student loan interest rates, H2584 [29AP], H2587 [29AP],
            H2588 [29AP], E798 [7MY], E1883 [2OC]
        ------ student loan programs, H10536 [11OC], H10537 [11OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5843 [17JY]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            H10200 [8OC], H10201 [8OC]
        ExploraVision Awards Program:  tribute (H. Con. Res. 279), E1051
            [5JN]
        Fall River, MA:  tribute to McCarrick Elementary School on receipt
            of International Reading Association Title I Recognition Award,
            E761 [5MY]
        Federal aid programs:  establish lender-of-last-resort authority and
            procedures, H2582 [29AP]
        Fresno, CA:  Liberty Elementary School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E989 [3JN]
        Greenfield, PA:  tribute to Greenfield Elementary School, E906
            [20MY]
        Hampton, NJ:  Kittatinny Regional High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1024 [4JN]
        Harrison Township, MI:  L'Anse Creuse Middle School South recipient
            of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1043 [5JN]
        Head Start Act:  amend (H.R. 4241), E1328 [17JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860 [14MY],
            E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            H8806 [25SE], H9151-H9162 [28SE], E1858 [1OC], E1862 [1OC],
            E1870 [1OC], E1883 [2OC]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, H5960 [21JY]
        Linda Vista, CA:  University of San Diego High School recipient of
            Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E933 [21MY]
        Lyons, Tammy:  Teacher of the Year finalist, E1968 [8OC]
        Milwaukee, WI:  Thomas More High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1861 [1OC]
        National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education:  implementation
            of recommendations on college tuition costs (H.R. 3479), E393
            [17MR], E399 [17MR]
        National objectives:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, H4727 [18JN]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H338 [5FE], H338
            [5FE], H345-H355 [5FE], E119 [5FE], E148 [11FE]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), consideration (H.
            Res. 348), H339 [5FE], H345 [5FE]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), corrections in
            engrossment, H355 [5FE]
        Nevada:  tribute to efforts relative to violence in schools, E1318
            [16JY]
        Oradell, NJ:  River Dell Regional High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1016 [4JN]
        Ottawa, IL:  Warren P. Sheppard Junior High School recipient of
            Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E932 [21MY]
        Piercy, Carol Barnes:  Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
            Mathematics recipient, E110 [5FE]
        Pittsburgh, PA:  tribute to West Liberty Classic Academy, E912
            [20MY]
        Privacy:  prohibit use of Social Security numbers as an electronic
            personal identifier for students receiving assistance, H2513
            [29AP], H2538 [29AP], H2539 [29AP], H2767 [5MY]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 3046), H10459-H10461
            [10OC]
        ----- provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), H10461 [10OC]
        ----- provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), insert H.R. 3046 language in lieu,
            H10461 [10OC]
        Reading, OH:  Reading Community City Schools recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E897 [19MY]
        Ridgewood, NJ:  Benjamin Franklin Middle School recipient of Dept.
            of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1018 [4JN]
        Rocky River, OH:  Rocky River Middle School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2318 [12NO]
        Safe and drug-free school initiative:  funding, H2751 [5MY]
        San Diego, CA:  Torrey Pines High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E933 [21MY], E946 [22MY]
        San Jose, CA:  Mission San Jose High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E891 [19MY]
        Santa Margarita, CA:  Santa Margarita Catholic High School recipient
            of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E944 [22MY]
        Schools:  establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school
            facilities (H.R. 1104), H426 [11FE], H1433 [24MR]
        Southbridge, MA:  Mary E. Wells Junior High School recipient of
            Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E275 [3MR]
        Sussex Borough, NJ:  High Point Regional High School recipient of
            Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1015 [4JN]
        Texas College:  prohibit imposition of audit deficiencies relative
            to absence of financial aid records, H2889 [6MY], H2890 [6MY]
        Texas Southern University:  relief from certain debt obligations
            relative to student financial aid programs, H2579 [29AP]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            E846 [13MY]
      Remarks in Senate
        Appropriations:  status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S11961
            [8OC]
        California:  education initiatives, S7835 [9JY]
        CBO:  involvement in study relative to setting of student loan
            interest rates, S11080 [29SE]
        Colleges and universities:  control of rising tuition costs, S7838
            [9JY]
        ------ increase public awareness of crime on campuses, S7790 [9JY],
            S7791 [9JY], S7838 [9JY], S8415 [16JY] increase public awareness
            of crime on campuses (S. 2100), S5227 [20MY]
        ------ increase undergraduate teaching duties of professors at
            research universities, S7829 [9JY]
        ------ require free market competition between on-campus and off-
            campus businesses providing supplies and services to students
            (S. 2490), S10520 [17SE]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations, S12813 [21OC], S12814 [21OC]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4274), S12536 [14OC]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2440), S10231 [11SE]
        Diseases:  national objectives relative to asthma, S12451 [13OC]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students (S. 2044),
            S4531 [7MY]
        ------ direct funding and control to local educational agencies,
            S3375-S3385 [22AP], S3418 [22AP], S3505 [23AP], S3511 [23AP],
            S3512 [23AP], S3523 [23AP], S3660 [27AP]
        ------ direct funding and control to local educational agencies,
            S12358 [12OC], S12363 [12OC], S12366-S12368 [12OC],
            S12478-S12482 [14OC]
        ------ extended school day and school year programs funding (S.
            2604), S12172 [9OC]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations (S. 1796), S2217 [18MR]
        ------ loss of eligibility for student loans relative to conviction
            for illegal drug use, S7786 [9JY]
        ------ national policy to improve system, S3062-S3064 [2AP]
        ------ Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding, S7840 [9JY]
        ------ provide for teacher training facilities (S. 1741),
            S1772-S1774 [11MR], S3099 [2AP]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers (S. 2422), S9594-S9596 [31JY]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality (S. 2209), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S2705-S2707 [27MR], S2709
            [27MR], S2742 [30MR], S2787-S2799 [31MR], S3326 [21AP],
            S3386-S3390 [22AP], S3394-S3396 [22AP], S3419 [22AP], S8340
            [16JY], S11386 [2OC], S12291 [10OC], S12366 [12OC], S12367
            [12OC], S12368 [12OC], S12830-S12832 [21OC]
        ------ reductions in school class size (S. 2093), S5132 [19MY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, S3391-S3396 [22AP], S3419 [22AP] spending
            of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's
            classrooms (S. 1589), S275 [2FE]
        ------ student loan programs, S7786 [9JY], S11504 [5OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6306 [12JN]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            S12034 [8OC], S12035 [8OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11907 [8OC]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities (S. 2213), S7017 [24JN]
        ------ allow State participation in activities (S. 2213), S12580
            [14OC]
        Education Modernization Fund:  establish (S. 1962), S3359 [21AP]
        Education Stabilization Fund:  funding, S2471 [24MR], S2527-S2532
            [25MR]
        Federal aid programs:  teacher training partnership grants relative
            to nonprofit educational organizations, businesses, and teacher
            organizations, S11074 [29SE]
        Fleming, Scott S.:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Education for
            Legislation and Congressional Affairs, S3646 [27AP]
        ----- nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Education for Legislation
            and Congressional Affairs, unanimous-consent agreement, S3599
            [24AP]
        Hanover, NH:  Frances C. Richmond Middle School recipient of Dept.
            of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5470 [22MY]
        Harrison Township, MI:  Middle School South recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12737 [20OC]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN],
            S9061 [27JY], S9067-S9087 [27JY], S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Higher Education Act:  application of the First Amendment to the
            Constitution to students attending private colleges and
            universities, S7833 [9JY]
        ------ expand educational opportunities for students of low-income
            families, S7847 [9JY]
        ------ improve accountability and reform certain programs, S7816
            [9JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), S7961 [10JY], S7962 [10JY], S8069
            [13JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, S11069-S11080
            [29SE], S11087-S11093 [29SE], S11290 [1OC], S11504 [5OC], S11631
            [6OC]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, S11039
            [28SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S2766-S2773 [30MR], S7723-S7782 [9JY],
            S7784-S7797 [9JY], S7815-S7873 [9JY], S8052 [13JY], S8054
            [13JY], S8055 [13JY], S8067 [13JY]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), unanimous-consent agreement, S7218
            [25JN]
        ------ TRIO Upward Bound Program funding, S7847 [9JY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, S2245-S2247
            [19MR], S3025-S3028 [2AP], S3037 [2AP], S3085-S3088 [2AP]
        International education programs:  funding, S7846 [9JY]
        Kaimuki, HI:  Kaimuki Intermediate School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5657 [4JN]
        National objectives:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, S3403-S3407 [22AP],
            S6932 [24JN], S6933 [24JN]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S3646 [27AP]
        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), S4931 [15MY]
        ------ provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), S12611 [15OC]
        Schools:  development of high school dropout prevention programs,
            S6921 [24JN]
        ------ establish monetary awards to schools designated Blue Ribbon
            Schools, S3414-S3417 [22AP], S3473 [23AP]
        ------ high school dropout prevention programs development,
            S3485-S3488 [23AP], S3494 [23AP]
        Senate:  tribute to staff for work on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11071 [29SE], S11078 [29SE], S11080 [29SE]
        State Student Incentive Grant Program:  reform and reauthorize,
            S4979 [18MY], S4980 [18MY]
        ------ reform and reauthorize (S. 1644), S750 [12FE], S751 [12FE]
        States:  extend Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State
            required teacher certification courses, S7788 [9JY], S7789 [9JY]
        Student loans:  pilot program on use of competition to set interest
            rates, S7865-S7869 [9JY]
        Taxation:  extend certain expiring provisions (S. 2622),
            S12324-S12337 [10OC]
        ------ treatment of student loan program fees, S7857-S7864 [9JY],
            S7870 [9JY]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            S7848 [9JY]
        ----- establish (S. 2070), S4726 [12MY]
        West Virgina:  tribute to educational achievements, S7923 [10JY]
      Reports
        Education at a Crossroads:  Committee on Education and the Workforce
            (House), H6750-H6752 [29JY]
        Percentage of Elementary and Secondary Education Programs Funding
            Spent on Federal Administration, S12359 [12OC]
      Reports filed
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
            Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
        Consideration of H.R. 2846, Prohibit Dept. of Education Funding of
            National Testing Proposals Without Explicit and Specific
            Legislation:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 348) (H. Rept.
            105-413), H329 [4FE]
        Consideration of H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Committee
            on Rules (House) (H. Res. 543) (H. Rept. 105-726), H7914 [16SE]
        Consideration of H.R. 4274, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and
            Related Agencies Appropriations:  Committee on Rules (House) (H.
            Res. 564) (H. Rept. 105-762), H9344 [2OC]
        ----- Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 584) (H. Rept. 105-798),
            H10075 [8OC]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies
            Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4274)
            (H. Rept. 105-635), H5956 [20JY]
        ------ Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2440) (S. Rept. 105-
            300), S9973 [8SE]
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Committee on Education and the
            Workforce (House) (H.R. 3248) (H. Rept. 105-710), H7690 [14SE]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act State
            Participation in Activities:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate) (S. 2213) (S. Rept. 105-327), S10320 [14SE]
        Educational Assistance for Surviving Spouses and Dependent Children
            of Public Safety Officers Killed or Totally Disabled in the Line
            of Duty:  Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1525), S4527
            [7MY]
        Head Start Program Reauthorization and Amendments:  Committee on
            Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256),
            S8657 [21JY]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization:  Committee of Conference (H.R.
            6) (H. Rept. 105-750), H8930 [25SE]
        ------ Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1882) (S.
            Rept. 105-181), S4205 [4MY]
        Nomination of Cyril K. McGuire To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for
            Educational Research and Improvement:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate), S4906 [14MY]
        Nomination of Scott S. Fleming To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for
            Legislation and Congressional Affairs:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate), S2967 [1AP]
        Prohibit Dept. of Education Funding of National Testing Proposals
            Without Explicit and Specific Legislation:  Committee on
            Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2846) (H. Rept. 105-
            409), H239 [3FE]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 1853) (H. Rept. 105-800), H10075 [8OC]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Associated Professional Educators of
            Louisiana, H8065 [18SE]
      Statements
        Reductions in School Class Size:  Association of Washington School
            Principals, S2798 [31MR], S3388 [22AP]
        ------ Carmen Cruz, E473 [25MR]
        ------ Jacinth M. Cisneros, E478 [25MR]
        ------ James A. Fleming, Capistrano, CA, Unified School District,
            E478 [25MR]
        ------ Judith Magsaysay, E475 [25MR]
        ------ Judith Michaels, California Federation of Teachers, E477
            [25MR]
        ------ Lee Ann Prielipp, Washington Education Association, S3388
            [22AP]
        ------ Mary A. Madden, E474 [25MR]
        ------ Mike Vail, California Infrastructure Coalition, E475 [25MR]
        ------ Sandra Feldman, American Federation of Teachers, S2798
            [31MR], S3388 [22AP]
        ------ Scott S. Fleming, Dept. of Education, E479 [25MR]
        ------ Several High School Students, S3388 [22AP]
        ------ Susan Preus, E474 [25MR]
        ------ Washington State School Directors' Association, S2798 [31MR],
            S3387 [22AP]
      Summaries
        Campus Crime Disclosure Act (S. 2100), S5228 [20MY]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization (S. 1882), S2767-S2771 [30MR]
        Student Profiles for Higher Education, S7830-S7833 [9JY]
      Tables
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies
            appropriations, H11622-H11626 [20OC]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), S12537 [14OC]
        Dollars to the Classroom Act State allocations, H8047 [18SE], H8048
            [18SE], H8060 [18SE], H8069 [18SE]
        Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3570),
            H1800-H1802 [31MR]
        Tax Relief Extension Act estimated revenue effects, S12336 [10OC]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 348, consideration of H.R. 2846, prohibit Dept. of Education
            funding of national testing proposals without explicit and
            specific legislation, H339 [5FE]
        H. Res. 543, consideration of H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom
            Act, H8014 [17SE]
        H. Res. 564, consideration of H.R. 4274, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and
            Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9280 [2OC]
        H. Res. 584, consideration of H.R. 4274, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and
            Education, and related agencies appropriations, H10126 [8OC]
        H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S7963-S8015 [10JY]
        H.R. 2846, prohibit Dept. of Education funding of national testing
            proposals without explicit and specific legislation, H354 [5FE]
        H.R. 3046, Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational
            Assistance Act, H10459 [10OC]
        S. 1525, Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance
            Act, S12611 [15OC], H10461 [10OC]
        S. 1525, Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act, S4931
            [15MY]
        S. 1644, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Act, S750
            [12FE]
        S. 1741, Teacher Quality Act, S1774 [11MR]
        S. 1796, Higher Education for the 21st Century Act, S2218-S2220
            [18MR]
        S. 1882, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S7723-S7759 [9JY]
        S. 2044, assist urban and rural local education agencies in raising
            the academic achievement of all students, S4531-S4534 [7MY]
        S. 2070, Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Act, S4726
            [12MY]
        S. 2093, reductions in school class size, S5133 [19MY]
        S. 2100, Campus Crime Disclosure Act, S5228 [20MY]
        S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
        ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
        S. 2422, Measures To Encourage Results in Teaching Act, S9595 [31JY]
        S. 2622, Tax Relief Extension Act, S12325-S12328 [10OC]
        S. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act, H8052-H8055 [18SE]
        S. Res. 168, spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, S59 [27JA]