DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5590, S5591, S5609, S5628, S5687, S5698, S5699, S5706, S5707 [22JN], S5715, S5738, S5750, S5752 [23JN], S5781, S5816 [26JN], S5829, S5831, S5833, S5834, S5836, S5838, S5842, S5853, S5858, S5864, S5865, S5870, S5913, S5914, S5915, S5916, S5933 [27JN], S5944, S5952, S5955, S5957, S5961, S5963, S5971, S5984, S6029, S6030, S6031, S6032 [28JN], S6048, S6053, S6067, S6078, S6094, S6096, S6099, S6146, S6151, S6152, S6155, S6179 [29JN], S6188, S6189, S6190, S6191, S6192, S6195, S6196, S6197, S6198, S6199, S6200, S6266, S6267, S6268, S6269 [30JN], H3928, H3929 [6JN], H4036, H4037, H4038, H4039, H4040, H4041, H4042 [7JN], H4066, H4087, H4092, H4094, H4104, H4122 [8JN], H4197, H4204, H4209, H4221 [12JN], H4231, H4236, H4237, H4238, H4244, H4245, H4247, H4249, H4254, H4258, H4260, H4265, H4267, H4270, H4271, H4275, H4280, H4281, H4284, H4285, H4286, H4287, H4288, H4291, H4293, H4297, H4300, H4337 [13JN]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), S3949, S3951 [15MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6564 [19JY]

Articles and editorials

Bush Plan Grades Students Poverty Levels, S2307 [6AP]

Commentary on Public Education and Other Critical Issues—A Blank Check, H2754 [9MY]

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

Teachers Online but Disconnected, S2110 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act: technical corrections (see S. 3276), S11762 [11DE]

Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 407), H8061 [25SE]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see S. 2100), S799 [24FE]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (see S. 2397), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4660), H4484 [14JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2553), S3946 [15MY] (see H.R. 4577), H3923 [6JN] (see H.R. 5656), H12094 [14DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (see H. Res. 515), H3924 [6JN] (see H. Res. 518), H4034 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 162), S11918 [15DE]

Disabled: provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (see S. 3211), S10619 [17OC]

Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies (see H.R. 3867), H756 [8MR]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies to raise student achievement levels, and provide achievement-based college assistance to students in failing schools (see S. 2159), S1117 [2MR]

———early learning programs funding (see S. 2866), S6677 [13JY]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (see S. 2929), S7656 [26JY]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H1628 [30MR]

———establish Children's Classroom Trust Fund to direct funding and control to local educational agencies (see S. 3263), S11374 [30OC]

———establish school dropout prevention programs (see H.R. 5015), H7206 [27JY]

———establish teacher recruitment and professional development programs for rural areas (see S. 2120), S929 [29FE]

———improve initial teaching experiences and offer alternative routes to certification (see S. 2122), S930 [29FE]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H2409 [2MY]

———modify computation of Impact Aid Program weighted student units for payments to local educational agencies (see S. 2118), S929 [29FE]

———provide for rural education assistance (see S. 2121), S930 [29FE]

———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 2119), S929 [29FE]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see S. 2347), S2107 [4AP] (see H.R. 4176), H1763 [4AP]

———support teacher corps programs (see S. 2116), S929 [29FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 2254), S1512 [21MR] (see H.R. 4518), H3648 [23MY] (see H.R. 4564), H3868 [25MY]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Government: investigation and audit (see S. 2829), S6121 [29JN]

Higher Education Act: improve integrity of Federal student loan programs relative to students at foreign institutions (see S. 3143), S9605 [2OC]

———technical amendments (see H.R. 4504), H3474 [19MY]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 2137), S1025 [1MR] (see H.R. 4539), H3813 [24MY]

Immigration: ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities (see S. 2484), S3023 [27AP]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H573 [29FE]

National Reading Panel: comprehensive effort to disseminate recommendations on children's reading levels to teachers, parents, and universities (see S. 2788), S5790 [26JN] (see H.R. 4323), H2338 [13AP]

Research: reauthorize and improve the educational research and statistical programs (see H.R. 4994), H7205 [27JY]

Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H1763 [4AP]

———provide notification to State educational agencies regarding the availability of funds to establish school safety hotlines (see H.R. 5123), H7364 [7SE]

———transfer Impact Aid Program funding responsibility for military connected children and property to the Dept. of Defense (see S. 3158), S9861 [4OC]

Small business: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (see S. 2455), S2865 [25AP]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5632 [22JN]

Conference reports

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577), H12100-H12439 [15DE]

Excerpts

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4577): accounting of Government regulations costs and benefits, S11874 [15DE]

Explanations

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

Factsheets

Postcoital Emergency Contraception Distribution in Schools Funding: National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, H7823 [19SE]

Histories

House Republican Efforts Relative to Education (1994-2000), H8608-H8610 [2OC]

Letters

College Fire Prevention Act: Anthony R. O'Neill, National Fire Protection Association, S814 [24FE]

———Daniel Jones, Chapel Hill, NC, Fire Dept., S814 [24FE]

———Richard M. Flaherty, College Parents of America (organization), S814 [24FE]

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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs funding: Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers, S5855 [27JN]

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) funding: Kendra Fox-Davis, U.S. Student Association, S5962 [28JN]

Immigrants to New Americans Act: Brent Wilkes, League of United Latin American Citizens, S3030 [27AP]

———Delia Pompa, National Association for Bilingual Education, S3029 [27AP]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S3029 [27AP]

Impact Aid Program funding: several Senators, S5834 [27JN]

Impact Aid Program reauthorization: Brent D. Gish, National Indian Impacted Schools Association, H3000 [15MY]

———Fleet Reserve Association, H3000 [15MY]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, H3000 [15MY]

———John B. Forkenbrock, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, H3000 [15MY], E121 [10FE]

———John F. Deegan, National Military Impacted Schools Association, H3000 [15MY], E121 [10FE]

———Margaret Hallgren, National Military Family Association, Inc., H3000 [15MY]

Information Technology Act: Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching With Technology, S2112 [4AP]

Postcoital emergency contraception distribution in schools funding: John Schlitt, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, H7823 [19SE]

School social promotion: NAACP, S1076 [2MR]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S5989 [28JN]

Groups supporting Kennedy amendment on teacher quality to H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S5945 [28JN]

Supporters of S. 2137, Holocaust Education Assistance Act, S1028 [1MR]

Memorandums

Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program, H4289-H4291 [13JN]

Postcoital Emergency Contraception Distribution in Schools: Congressional Research Service, S6095 [29JN]

———Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, S6095 [29JN]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5609 [22JN], S5850, S5862, S5863 [27JN], S5952, S5954, S5957, S5963, S5971, S5980, S5993 [28JN], S6186, S6187 [30JN], H4208, H4213, H4215 [12JN], H4434 [14JN], H6561, H6562 [19JY], H7817, H7824, H7852 [19SE], H7888, H7897 [20SE], H11449, H11457, H11465 [28OC], H11492, H11495, H11514 [29OC], H11546 [30OC], H11668, H11681 [31OC], H11729, H11739 [1NO]

Remarks in House

Abolish, H11473 [28OC]

Accomplishments, H10877 [25OC]

Anderson, SC: T.L. Hanna High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E847 [25MY]

Appropriations: allegations of fiscal mismanagement, H2552 [4MY]

———funding, H7889-H7897 [20SE]

Blind: rulemaking relative to the placement of blind or visually-impaired persons in sheltered work environments by vocational rehabilitation agencies, H4284 [13JN]

Broward County, FL: tribute to Broward County Public School District for recognition by the Dept. of Education National Awards Program for Model Professional Development, E1722 [6OC]

Burtonsville, MD: Paint Branch Senior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1799 [16OC]

Children and youth: tribute to the Afterschool Alliance project ``Lights on Afterschool'', E1779 [13OC]

Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), H8005, H8006 [25SE]

———enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 407), H8006 [25SE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H3895 [6JN], H4658 [19JN]

———tribute to staff for efforts relative to Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies appropriations, H4055 [8JN]

Crime: allegations of criminal activities by employees and contractors, H3313 [18MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, permission to file report, H3841 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H3933, H4021 [7JN], H4055-H4077, H4087-H4107 [8JN], H4127 [9JN], H4194-H4215 [12JN], H4226, H4227, H4229-H4310 [13JN], H4345, H4367-H4436 [14JN], H6561-H6564 [19JY], H7688 [18SE], H7899 [20SE], H11508 [29OC], H11536 [30OC], H11669-H11673, H11678 [31OC], H11718-H11725 [1NO], H11787, H11792, H11793, H11798, H11801, H11802 [2NO], E956, E971 [9JN], E995, E1008 [14JN], E1018 [15JN], E1039 [19JN], E1116 [26JN], E2048 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), amendment process, H4215 [12JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12442-H12502 [15DE], E2240, E2246 [2JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, H12441, H12442 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (H. Res. 518), H4044-H4054 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), correction of printing errors, H4724 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 162), H12529 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H6561-H6564 [19JY], H7817-H7825 [19SE], H7889-H7897 [20SE], H11405 [27OC], H11457-H11474 [28OC], H11495-H11504, H11505 [29OC], H11546 [30OC], H11668, H11682 [31OC], H11729-H11748 [1NO], E1571 [22SE], E2040 [31OC], E2083 [3NO], E2104 [14NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to recommit, H4434 [14JN]

Diamond Bar, CA: Carl H. Lorbeer Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1019 [15JN]

Dougherty, Cheryl: Dept. of Education Fulbright-Hays Scholarship recipient, E889 [6JN]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, E613 [2MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (H.R. 2300), E840 [25MY]

———charter schools funding, H3901 [6JN]

———development and recruitment of teachers in mathematics and science, H10230 [18OC]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H10814, H10815, H10850-H10853 [25OC], H11199, H11200, H11201, H11202 [26OC], H11466, H11469, H11472 [28OC], H11506 [29OC]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (H.R. 4143), H7645 [14SE]

———funding, H4021, H4022 [7JN], H4199 [12JN], H4345 [14JN], H6561-H6564 [19JY], H10845, H10849-H10854 [25OC], H11215 [26OC], H11511 [29OC], H12069 [11DE], H12483, H12491, H12496, H12499, H12500 [15DE]

———Impact Aid Program funding, E1008 [14JN], E1026 [15JN]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (H.R. 4346), H2554 [4MY], E613 [2MY]

———national policy to improve system, H747-H751 [8MR], H8206 [27SE], H10815 [25OC], H11506 [29OC], E2079 [3NO]

———Pell Grant Program funding, H4052, H4053 [8JN], H4260-H4264 [13JN]

———provide for teacher technology training, H6032 [13JY]

———reduce class size and improve teacher quality, H4239-H4243 [13JN]

———reductions in school class size, H4053 [8JN], H4226 [13JN], H6034 [13JY], H7889-H7897 [20SE], H11465-H11474 [28OC], H11739-H11748 [1NO], E2048 [1NO]

———return control to local educational agencies, H8412 [28SE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, H4022 [7JN]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H4596 [19JN], E613 [2MY]

———student loan default rates, H10226 [18OC]

———student loan programs funding, H9806 [11OC]

———suspend student loans to individuals convicted of drug offenses, H610 [1MR]

———TRIO Programs funding, E1026 [15JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (H.R. 4141), H2750-H2757 [9MY], E463 [30MR], E613 [2MY]

———prohibit funding to the Native Hawaiian Education Program, H4282-H4284 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 2254), H1840-H1847 [5AP]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program, H1309 [23MR]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 3616), H2992-H3002 [15MY], E121 [10FE]

———Title I grants funding, H4204-H4208 [12JN]

Employment: teacher transition programs funding, H4248-H4249 [13JN], H12495 [15DE]

Encinitas, CA: Diegueno Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1503 [18SE]

Escondido, CA: Rincon Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1500 [18SE]

Franklin Square, NY: H. Frank Carey High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1494 [14SE]

Fremont, CA: Irvington High School recipient of Dept. of Education New American High School Award, E2186 [14DE]

GAO: audit, H747-H751 [8MR]

———conduct a comprehensive fraud audit, H1583, H1584 [29MR]

———conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education, H4022 [7JN]

———conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (H.R. 4079), H4178-H4181 [12JN], E840 [25MY]

Government: investigation and audit, H7061 [26JY], H7841, H7842 [19SE], H7938, H7939 [21SE], H8410 [28SE], H8767-H8773 [4OC], H11473 [28OC]

———waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H8294-H8298 [27SE], H8440-H8444 [28SE]

Head Start Program: funding, H1829, H1830 [5AP], H4204-H4208, H4215 [12JN]

Higher Education Act: technical amendments (H.R. 4504), H4181-H4188 [12JN], E785, E786 [19MY], E1008 [14JN]

Impact Aid Program: theft of funds, H7841 [19SE], H8767-H8773 [4OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H3903-H3906 [6JN], H4062, H4088-H4090 [8JN], H4254-H4258 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Comprehensive School Reform Program, H4288-H4291 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), H4258-H4260 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Job Corps, H4275, H4276 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Ready-to-Learn television program, H4267-H4269 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in the Office of Education Research and Improvement, H4270, H4271, H4310 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, H4265-H4267 [13JN], E995 [14JN]

———funding through reductions in various education programs, H4244-H4246 [13JN]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (H.R. 3732), E199 [29FE]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), H7811-H7813 [19SE]

Long Beach, CA: Charles Evans Hughes Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E876 [25MY]

———Will Rogers Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E876 [25MY]

Mira Mesa, CA: Mira Mesa High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1499 [18SE]

National Reading Panel: recommendations on children's reading levels, H2166 [12AP]

New Jersey: education initiatives, H12034 [7DE]

———State Senate opposition to Federal School-to-Work curriculum, E1047 [19JN], E1079 [22JN]

Penasquitos, CA: Black Mountain Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1513 [18SE]

Pickens, SC: Pickens Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E850 [25MY]

Poway, CA: Meadowbrook Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1510 [18SE]

———Twin Peaks Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1505 [18SE]

Rancho Bernardo, CA: Bernardo Heights Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1523 [19SE]

———Rancho Bernardo High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1507 [18SE]

Rasch, Sunna: Dept. of Education John Stanford Education Heroes Award recipient, E2115 [4DE]

Reform, H7357-H7363 [7SE]

Rio Rancho, NM: Mountain View Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1017 [15JN]

Rolling Hills Estates, CA: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E865 [25MY]

———Palos Verdes Peninsula High School recipient of Dept. of Education New American High Schools Award, E865 [25MY]

San Antonio, TX: Louis W. Fox Academic and Technical High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E812 [23MY]

———Sharon Christa McAuliffe Junior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E814 [23MY]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7817-H7825 [19SE], E1571 [22SE]

———prohibit funding for any efforts to restrict military recruiting at secondary schools, H4284, H4285 [13JN]

———provide notification to State educational agencies regarding the availability of funds to establish school safety hotlines (H.R. 5123), H7380-H7384 [12SE]

Scripps Ranch, CA: Mesa Verde Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1508 [18SE]

———Mount Carmel High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1501 [18SE]

———Scripps Ranch High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1533 [19SE]

Simi Valley, CA: Valley View Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E828 [24MY]

Stars Schools Program: funding, H4246, H4247 [13JN]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, H4124 [9JN], H4204-H4208 [12JN], E971 [9JN]

21st Century Teacher Scholarships Act: funding through reductions in OSHA, H4286, H4287 [13JN]

Remarks in Senate

Abolish, S10748, S10750 [19OC]

Advanced Placement Incentive Program: funding, S6210, S6211 [30JN]

Appropriations: allegations of fiscal mismanagement, S3656 [9MY]

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore City College High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8818 [20SE]

Bel Air, MD: Bel Air Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8818 [20SE]

Boise, ID: Garfield Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Distinguished Title I Schools award, S6115 [29JN]

Burtonsville, MD: Paint Branch High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8818 [20SE]

Byron Center, MI: Byron Center High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8755 [19SE]

Center Line, MI: Center Line High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S644 [10FE]

———Wolfe Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Schools award, S9694 [3OC]

Children and youth: prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S6209 [30JN]

———technology and media services funding, S6195, S6196 [30JN]

Clarksville, IN: Our Lady of Providence Junior Senior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S9462 [28SE]

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act: technical corrections (S. 3276), S11890 [15DE]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (S. 2100), S813-S815 [24FE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies appropriations, S6218 [30JN]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (S. 2397), S2588-S2590 [12AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5588-S5609, S5628-S5648, S5652 [22JN], S5713-S5722, S5725-S5730 [23JN], S5781-S5787, S5817, S5818-S5821 [26JN], S5823-S5873 [27JN], S5941-S5994, S6000-S6003 [28JN], S6047, S6103, S6107 [29JN], S6186-S6224 [30JN], S6343 [10JY], S10613 [17OC], S11297, S11298 [28OC], S11350, S11358, S11359 [30OC], S11401, S11436 [31OC], S11466, S11481-S11487 [1NO], S11515 [14NO], S11549, S11554 [5DE], S11747-S11749 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11808, S11809, S11816-S11821, S11855-S11885 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 162), S11885, S11886 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), insert S. 2553 language in lieu, S5588 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), unanimous-consent agreement, S5989 [28JN], S6084 [29JN], S6397 [10JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1650), S4588 [6JN]

———making appropriations (S. 2553), S6463 [11JY]

———making appropriations (S. 2553), indefinitely postponed, S6293 [30JN]

Disabled: provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (S. 3211), S10627 [17OC]

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

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 1266), S594, S605 [10FE], S976-S979 [29FE], S1372 [9MR]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards and end social promotion, S1074-S1082, S1100 [2MR]

———development of high school dropout prevention programs, S6190 [30JN]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, S11078-S11080 [26OC], S11483 [1NO]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies to raise student achievement levels, and provide achievement-based college assistance to students in failing schools (S. 2159), S1119 [2MR]

———early learning and parent support programs funding, S2405 [7AP]

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

———early learning programs funding (S. 2866), S6678-S6680 [13JY]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (S. 2929), S7672 [26JY]

———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]

———establish teacher recruitment and professional development programs for rural areas (S. 2120), S935 [29FE]

———establish the Careers to Classrooms Program, S1013, S1018 [1MR]

———funding, S2159-S2161, S2163-S2178, S2194-S2196 [5AP], S2335, S2336, S2337 [6AP], S11481-S11485 [1NO], S11816, S11875 [15DE]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S2062, S2063 [4AP]

———Impact Aid Program funding through reductions in Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education administrative costs, S5834-S5836 [27JN], S6343 [10JY]

———improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers, S5944-S5948 [28JN]

———improve initial teaching experiences and offer alternative routes to certification (S. 2122), S935 [29FE]

———improve student achievement by improving teacher quality, technology training, and accountability, and enhance leadership skills of principals (S. 1926), S505-S507 [8FE]

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

———modify computation of Impact Aid Program weighted student units for payments to local educational agencies (S. 2118), S935 [29FE]

———national policy to improve system, S11358 [30OC]

———provide for rural education assistance (S. 2121), S935 [29FE]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 2119), S935 [29FE]

———provide grants for master teacher programs, S1092, S1101 [2MR]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (S. 2347), S2108-S2112 [4AP], S9647 [3OC]

———provide scholarships and loan forgiveness and cancellation for future teachers, S1086, S1101 [2MR]

———reductions in school class size, S1014-S1018 [1MR], S3481-S3496 [4MY], S3569-S3571 [8MY], S5858-S5861, S5863 [27JN]

———support Federal-State partnership for school initiatives, S9845 [4OC]

———support teacher corps programs (S. 2116), S932 [29FE]

———Title I programs for disadvantaged children funding, S2411, S2412 [7AP]

Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (S. 271), S853-S855 [28FE]

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]

———Education Finance Incentive Grant Program funding, S6220 [30JN]

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

———ensure accountability in programs for disadvantaged students and assistance for failing schools, S5853-S5858, S5862 [27JN]

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

———reauthorize, S10169 [11OC]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 2254), S1505, S1512-S1516 [21MR], S1589 [22MR]

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

———Technology Literacy Challenge Fund funding, S5955-S5957, S5978 [28JN]

———Title I grants funding, S5842, S5845-S5850, S5861, S5862 [27JN], S5986-S5990, S5993, S6002 [28JN]

Firearms: reduce violence in schools, S1083-S1085, S1101 [2MR]

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP): funding, S5961-S5963, S5978 [28JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (H.R. 4079), S7952 [27JY]

Government: investigation and audit (S. 2829), S6139 [29JN]

Higher Education Act: improve integrity of Federal student loan programs relative to students at foreign institutions (S. 3143), S9606-S9608 [2OC]

History: award grants to develop, implement, and strengthen U.S. history education programs, S6298 [30JN]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 2137), S1028 [1MR]

Huntingtown, MD: Plum Point Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8819 [20SE]

Immigration: ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities (S. 2484), S3028 [27AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S5984-S5986, S5990-S5994, S6002 [28JN]

Intel Corp.: tribute to ``Teach to the Future'' technology education partnership program, S336 [3FE], S385 [7FE]

Interagency Education Research Initiative: funding, S6001 [28JN], S6047, S6048 [29JN]

Kellogg, ID: Sunnyside Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Distinguished Title I Schools award, S6115 [29JN]

Lake Orion, MI: Lake Orion High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10408 [12OC]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), S3951 [15MY], S4005 [16MY]

Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program: funding, S6212 [30JN]

Macomb, MI: L'Anse Creuse Middle School-North recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10408 [12OC]

Merrillville, IN: Clifford Pierce Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10245 [11OC]

Murphy, Brett: Dept. of Education Presidential Scholar Award recipient, S7830 [27JY]

National Early Literacy Screening Initiative: funding, S5652 [22JN]

National Reading Panel: comprehensive effort to disseminate recommendations on children's reading levels to teachers, parents, and universities, S2853 [25AP]

———comprehensive effort to disseminate recommendations on children's reading levels to teachers, parents, and universities (S. 2788), S5806 [26JN]

———recommendations on children's reading levels, S2853 [25AP]

Native Americans: American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program funding, S6199 [30JN]

Novi, MI: Novi High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S9695 [3OC]

Schools: allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as comparable educational opportunities are offered to both sexes, S855 [28FE]

———availability of certain funds relative to same-gender public schools and classrooms, S5870 [27JN], S5942 [28JN]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, S2307-S2310, S2313-S2317 [6AP]

———postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, S6094 [29JN], S6186, S6187 [30JN]

———transfer Impact Aid Program funding responsibility for military connected children and property to the Dept. of Defense (S. 3158), S9861 [4OC]

Sirois, Lauren E.: Dept. of Education Presidential Scholar Award recipient, S7831 [27JY]

Small business: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (S. 2455), S2866 [25AP]

Smaller Learning Communities Program: funding, S6211 [30JN]

Southfield, MI: Glenn W. Levey Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10407 [12OC]

Sterling Heights, MI: Adlai E. Stevenson High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10589 [13OC]

———Donald L. Bemis Junior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10588 [13OC]

Troops-to-Teachers Program: funding, S2417 [7AP]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, S5952-S5954, S5977 [28JN]

Warren, MI: Cousino High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S9698 [3OC]

Woonsocket, RI: Mount Saint Charles Academy recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S9461 [28SE]

Reports

Expenditures on U.S. Education: Representative Archer, E2079 [3NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 106-653), H3924 [6JN]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 518) (H. Rept. 106-657), H4034 [7JN]

Dept. of Education Investigation and Audit: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2829) (S. Rept. 106-448), S9603 [2OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4577) (H. Rept. 106-1033), H12531 [15DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4577) (H. Rept. 106-645), H3923 [6JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2553) (S. Rept. 106-294), S3946 [15MY]

Eligibility Dates for Educational Assistance to the Surviving Spouse and Dependent Children of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1638), S612 [10FE]

GAO Comprehensive Fraud Audit of the Dept. of Education: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4079) (H. Rept. 106-666), H4219 [12JN]

Higher Education Act Technical Amendments: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4504) (H. Rept. 106-665), H4219 [12JN]

Impact Aid Program Reauthorization: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3616) (H. Rept. 106-504), H572 [29FE]

Retroactive Eligibility Dates Extension for Educational Assistance to the Surviving Spouse and Children of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2059) (H. Rept. 106-800), H7205 [27JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Federal School-to-Work curriculum: New Jersey State Senate, E1048 [19JN], E1079 [22JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4077, H4094, H4105 [8JN], H4201, H4208 [12JN], H4230, H4235, H4238, H4243, H4249, H4254, H4258, H4260, H4264, H4281, H4296, H4300 [13JN]

Studies

Reductions in School Class Size: West Education Policy Brief, S3494 [4MY]

Summaries

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization, E2240-E2245 [2JA]

Safe and Successful Schools Act (H.R. 4346), E613 [2MY]

Tables

Advanced appropriations in H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H4435 [14JN]

CBO estimates of Federal education funding in the Senate budget resolution, S2194 [5AP]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S5870 [27JN]

Dept. of Education funding levels in the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2194 [5AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5984 [28JN], H4368-H4432 [14JN]

Education funding reductions in North Carolina, H4053 [8JN]

Education funding restored by Democrats, H10854 [25OC]

Fatal college/university fraternity and sorority house fires reported to U.S. fire departments, S815 [24FE]

Republican education appropriations cuts compared to previous year, H10854 [25OC]

Republican education cuts below the President's request, H10854 [25OC]

State allocations through basic and targeted Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants, S5987 [28JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 407, corrections in enrollment of S. 1455, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, H8006 [25SE]

H. Res. 518, consideration of H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H4044 [8JN]

H.R. 3616, Impact Aid Program reauthorization, H2992-H2996 [15MY]

H.R. 4079, GAO comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education, H4178 [12JN]

H.R. 4504, Higher Education Act technical amendments, H4181-H4185 [12JN]

H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S6356-S6397 [10JY]

H.R. 5123, School Safety Hotline Act, H7380 [12SE]

S. 1455, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, H8005 [25SE]

S. 1638, extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, H7811 [19SE]

S. 1638, extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty, S3951 [15MY]

S. 2100, College Fire Prevention Act, S814 [24FE]

S. 2159, Excellent Schools for All Our Children Act, S1120 [2MR]

S. 2347, Information Technology Act, S2109 [4AP]

S. 2788, Reading Research Dissemination and Implementation Act, S5806 [26JN]

S. 3276, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act technical corrections, S11891 [15DE]

S. Con. Res. 162, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11886, S11930 [15DE], H12529 [15DE]