EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 2), S3051, S3197 [1MY], S3265, S3266 [2MY], S3284, S3333, S3334, S3447, S3448, S3449 [3MY], S3460, S3547, S3548, S3549, S3550, S3552 [4MY], S3594, S3616 [8MY], S3638, S3662, S3738, S3772, S3773, S3774, S3775, S3778, S3781 [9MY], S3851 [10MY], S4026 [16MY], S5579 [21JN]

Articles and editorials

Fair Deal for the Poor, S3638 [9MY]

How the Courts Undermined School Discipline, S3579 [8MY]

Lack of Resources Hampers Students in Poorer Districts, S3586-S3588 [8MY]

Explanations

Provisions (S. 2): Jeffords Amendment on Early Learning Programs Funding, S3599 [8MY]

Letters

Early learning programs funding, S3668 [9MY]

———Andrea Young, National Black Child Development Institute, Inc., S3667 [9MY]

———Betty Beene, United Way, S3668 [9MY]

———David H. Driscoll, Massachusetts Dept. of Education, S3667 [9MY]

———Elaine Fersh, Parents United for Child Care (organization), S3667 [9MY]

———Howard Baker, Geresh and Sara Lemberg Children's Center, Inc., S3669 [9MY]

———Marta T. Rosa, Child Care Resource Center, Inc., S3668 [9MY]

———Nancy Duff Campbell and Judith C. Appelbaum, National Women's Law Center, S3667 [9MY]

———Rob Reiner, S3667 [9MY]

———Sanford Newman, Fight Crime—Invest in Kids (organization), S3668 [9MY]

Permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Carter D. Ward, Missouri Education Roundtable (organization), S3312 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Education: allow States and local school districts choice in conducting student assessments, S3238 [2MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S2952 [27AP], S3232, S3235 [2MY], S3284-S3292 [3MY], S3484 [4MY], S3592 [8MY]

———early learning programs funding, S3598 [8MY], S3665-S3676 [9MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, S3591 [8MY]

———establish scholarship program that would require awardees to commit to obtain teacher licensing, teach in ``high need'' areas, and have academic concentration in the subject they intend to teach, S3317 [3MY]

———improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers and protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits, S3578-S3584, S3595, S3597 [8MY]

———improve and strengthen the recruitment and training of teachers, S2895-S2897 [26AP]

———improve teacher quality, S3231 [2MY], S3648, S3649 [9MY]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S3475, S3476 [4MY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs, S4027 [16MY]

———reductions in school class size, S3569-S3571 [8MY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S3318 [3MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, S3650, S3651 [9MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice, S3286-S3292 [3MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow State and local agencies to use professional development funding for teacher testing, merit-based pay, and tenure reform programs, S3454-S3467, S3475, S3478-S3481, S3493, S3494 [4MY]

———allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, S3283, S3311 [3MY], S3633-S3635, S3641, S3644, S3649 [9MY]

———Comprehensive School Reform Program funding, S3600 [8MY]

———consider State fiscal commitment and equitable distribution of funds in the allocation of Title I funding, S3584-S3591 [8MY], S3676 [9MY]

———encourage school districts to hire certain professionals without certification as teachers, S3651 [9MY]

———Migrant Education Program funding, S3597 [8MY]

———portability demonstration program to allow school systems to use Title I funding to provide school choice or allow tutorial assistance, S3288-S3292, S3319 [3MY], S3484 [4MY]

———preserve State accountability for performance goals, S3287-S3292, S3319 [3MY], S3643, S3644 [9MY]

———remove vocational education funding, S3594, S3595 [8MY]

Enact (S. 2), S2895-S2897 [26AP], S2950-S2953, S2964 [27AP], S3045-S3178 [1MY], S3230-S3248, S3272 [2MY], S3280-S3322 [3MY], S3453-S3496 [4MY], S3569-S3576, S3578-S3601 [8MY], S3629-S3662, S3665-S3679 [9MY], S3906 [11MY], S3952 [15MY], S4027 [16MY], S4253 [23MY], S4443, S4497 [25MY], S5818-S5821 [26JN], S5850-S5853 [27JN], S6338, S6341 [10JY], S7522, S7523 [25JY], S8357-S8359 [12SE], S8440, S8441 [13SE], S9017-S9019 [22SE], S9245, S9246 [26SE], S9358 [27SE], S10748 [19OC], S10965 [25OC], S11067 [26OC], S11481, S11483 [1NO]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S3037 [27AP], S3311 [3MY], S3480 [4MY]

———unanimous-consent request, S3479, S3480 [4MY], S4496, S4497 [25MY], S5851 [27JN]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth, S3597 [8MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S3572-S3574 [8MY]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S3311 [3MY], S3474 [4MY]

Prayer: voluntary school prayer, S3637 [9MY]

Schools: provide a safer educational environment by implementing policies to reduce violence and illegal drug use, S2950-S2953 [27AP]

———provide parents, taxpayers, and educators with useful, understandable reports on schools, S3471 [4MY]

Reports

Education at a Crossroads—What Works and What's Wasted in Education Today: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (excerpt), S3676 [9MY]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2) (S. Rept. 106-261), S2615 [12AP]

Statements

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Funds for Educationally and Economically Disadvantaged Schools and Students: Senators Grassley, Harkin, and Hatch, S3588-S3590 [8MY]

Texts of

S. 2, provisions, S3051-S3142 [1MY]