DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11182, S11184, S11217, S11230, S11232, S11233, S11234, S11235, S11236 [30OC], S11257, S11260, S11266, S11269, S11270, S11271, S11291, S11292, S11293, S11294, S11295 [31OC], S11301, S11302, S11308, S11324, S11325, S11326, S11341, S11345, S11350, S11390, S11391, S11392, S11394, S11395, S11396 [1NO], S11494, S11495, S11503 [6NO], H6459 [9OC], H6505 [10OC], H6631, H6640, H6647, H6651, H6654, H6664, H6665, H6666, H6673, H6704 [11OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4376, S4385 [4MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11475 [6NO], H7942 [8NO]

Articles and editorials

How the U.S. Tax Code Worsens the Education Gap, S6028 [11JN]

Iowa Is Laboratory for Federal Role in Building Schools, S11305 [1NO]

Justices Back Bible Group—Access to School Facilities Widened, S6252 [14JN]

Prince George's Test Scores Show Best Gains Ever—34% of County Schools Meet U.S. Benchmark, S4464 [8MY]

Solid Research, Solid Teaching, S6195 [13JN]

Wired Schools—A Technology Revolution Is About To Sweep America's Classrooms, S6111 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

Children and youth: establish national mentoring program (see H.R. 1501), H1497 [4AP]

———study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 73), H27 [3JA]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see S. 399), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 2145), H3149 [13JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1536), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 3061), H6457 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), consideration (see H. Res. 258), H6504 [10OC]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 1682), H1860 [2MY]

Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (see S. Con. Res. 65), S8912 [3AU]

Education: allow parents access to certain information about their children (see H.R. 1854), H2183 [15MY]

———assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures to increase the quality of education (see S. 342), S1462 [15FE]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see S. 167), S527 [24JA]

———authorize grant program to enhance parental involvement in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1855), H2183 [15MY]

———creation of matching grant program for new school construction (see S. 308), S1270 [13FE]

———development of high school dropout prevention programs (see S. 102), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 620), H393 [14FE]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (see S. 120), S100 [22JA]

———establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (see S. 476), S1971 [7MR]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H622 [1MR]

———high school dropout prevention demonstration program (see S. 1470), S9874 [26SE]

———improve initial teaching experiences and offer alternative routes to certification (see S. 474), S1971 [7MR]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H163 [31JA]

———improve teacher quality (see S. 101), S100 [22JA] (see S. 438), S1747 [1MR]

———provide bonus funds to local educational agencies that adopt a policy to end social promotion (see H.R. 3588), H10965 [20DE]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (see H.R. 919), H740 [7MR]

———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 164), S527 [24JA] (see S. 307), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 473), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 573), H322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1703), H1923 [3MY]

———provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (see S. 1414), S9253 [10SE] (see H.R. 949), H826 [8MR]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H928 [14MR]

———repeal limitation on financial aid for telecommunication courses (see H.R. 1349), H1408 [3AP]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]

———study relative value of General Equivalency Diplomas and review policies and procedures to better serve the nation's educational needs (see H.R. 1893), H2333 [17MY]

———support teacher corps programs (see S. 444), S1747 [1MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H1923 [3MY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to the calculation of payments for small local educational agencies (see H.R. 1133), H1012 [20MR]

———amend to ensure fairness (see H.R. 3349), H8420 [27NO]

———eliminate the funding limitation applicable to grants for special alternative instructional programs (see H.R. 637), H394 [14FE]

———permit use of professional development funds to provide incentives to educators who achieve relevant information technology certifications (see H.R. 2793), H5336 [2AU]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 345), H164 [31JA] (see H.R. 1614), H1658 [26AP]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (see S. 158), S456 [23JA]

Federal aid programs: provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (see S. 461), S1897 [6MR]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H164 [31JA]

Gun-Free Schools Act: modify certain provisions (see S. 649), S3152 [29MR]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1389), H1481 (see H.R. 1389), H1491 [4AP]

Healthy and High Performance Schools Program: establish (see S. 968), S5694 [25MY]

Higher Education Act: eliminate consideration of the amount of a student's tuition in determining the amount of a student's basic grant (see H.R. 2625), H4633 [25JY]

———establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (see S. 1762), S12368 [4DE]

———make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 477), H221 [7FE] (see H.R. 1620), H1659 [26AP]

Immigration: assist aliens transplanted as children in continuing their education and successfully integrating into society (see H.R. 1563), H1555 [24AP]

———ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities (see S. 269), S1121 [7FE]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 327), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 1570), H1555 [24AP]

Local government: allow certain counties flexibility in spending funds (see H.R. 1868), H2280 [16MY]

Mental health: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2283), H3464 [21JN]

National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish (see S. 1654), S11611 [8NO] (see H.R. 3252), H7958 [8NO]

Office for Civil Rights: study implementation of policies on sexual harassment directed against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students (see S. 1357), S8910 [3AU]

Schools: conduct study to develop a standard to measure the rate at which students drop out of secondary schools (see H.R. 1653), H1715 [1MY]

———establish grant program to compensate schools for rising energy prices (see H.R. 2731), H5333 [2AU]

———make grants to recruit, train, and hire school-based resource staff (see H.R. 466), H220 [7FE]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see S. 74), S99 [22JA]

Small business: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (see S. 183), S568 [25JA]

Teachers: prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (see H.R. 966), H827 [8MR]

Territories (U.S.): conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (see H.R. 2262), H3357 [20JN]

Terrorism: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1570), S10835 [18OC] (see S. 1793), S12772 [10DE] (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3163), H7217 [23OC]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: make additional grants (see H.R. 419), H219 [7FE]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11411 [2NO], S11452 [6NO]

Conference reports

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3061), H10239-H10353 [18DE]

Letters

Community technology centers funding: George R. Boggs, American Association of Community Colleges, S4495 [8MY]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S4495 [8MY]

———Jason M. Mahler, Computer and Communications Industry Association, S4496 [8MY]

———Nancy C. Kranich, American Library Association, S4495 [8MY]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S4495 [8MY]

Dept. of Education funding for State testing and assessment programs: Bob Holden, Governor of Missouri, S5919 [7JN]

———Tom Vilsack, Democratic Governors' Association, S5919, S5929 [7JN]

Emergency School Repair Program funding: Robert P. Canavan, Rebuild America's Schools (organization), S11305 [1NO]

Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act: Peter J. Keitel, New York State Higher Education Services Corp., H7134 [23OC]

Immigrants to New Americans Act: Delia Pompa, National Association for Bilingual Education, S1124 [7FE]

———Patricia Loera, Hispanic Education Coalition, S1125 [7FE]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S1125 [7FE]

———Rick Dovalina, League of United Latin American Citizens, S1124 [7FE]

Impact Aid Program funding: Kelley M. Kalinich, Darien, IL, Cass School District, S4570 [9MY]

———Mike Klabo, Garrison, ND, School District, S4569 [9MY]

———Richard Larson, Minot, ND, School District, S4570 [9MY]

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act: Nancy C. Kranich, American Library Association, S1401 [14FE]

Internet Equity and Education Act, H6465, H6468 [10OC]

Remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds: Fight Crime Invest in KIDS (organization), S6158 [13JN]

———Kenneth L. Gladish, YMCA, S6159 [13JN]

School class size reduction: Kristi Rennebohm Franz, S4465 [8MY]

State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality: several organizations, H2619 [23MY]

Teacher technology training: E.J. Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association, S6177 [13JN]

———Edward D. Lazowska and Patricia M. Wasley, University of Washington, S6178 [13JN]

———Irene K. Spero, SchoolTone Alliance, S6178 [13JN]

———Jack Krumholtz, Microsoft Corp., S6178 [13JN]

———Jill A. Lesser, AOL Time Warner Inc., S6177 [13JN]

———Kim Jones, Sun Microsystems, Inc., S6178 [13JN]

———Robert W. Holleyman, Business Software Alliance, S6177 [13JN]

———Terry Bergeson, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, S6177 [13JN]

Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions funding: James E. Shanley, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, E912 [23MY]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11183 [30OC]

Examples of discrimination against the Boy Scouts, S6256 [14JN]

Groups supporting Harkin amendment to H. Con. Res. 83, revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011, on education funding, S3383 [4AP]

Supporters of Dodd amendment to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, removing the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts, S6157 [13JN]

Memorandums

Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights Enforcement of Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination in State and Local Programs Receiving Federal Funds: Congressional Research Service, S4867 [14MY]

State or Local Educational Agencies or Schools That Deny Equal Access to the Boy Scouts Relative to Policy on Homosexuality: American Center for Law & Justice, S4867 [14MY]

———Congressional Research Service, S4867 [14MY]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11344 [1NO], H7916 [8NO]

Poems

``Fence or an Ambulance,'' Joseph Malins, S4386 [4MY]

``Pretty Good,'' Charles Osgood, S11312 [1NO]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (H.R. 3240), H8118, H8119 [13NO], E2025 [7NO], E2119 [16NO]

Bloomfield, NM: Central Primary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E869 [21MY]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, H2618-H2620 [23MY]

Brooklyn, NY: Merkaz Bnos High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E347 [13MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H468 [28FE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6664 [11OC]

Carlsbad, CA: Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Children and youth: establish national mentoring program, H2402 [22MY]

———establish national mentoring program (H.R. 1501), H1338 [29MR], H1461, H1462 [4AP], H2153 [15MY]

Clovis, NM: Mesa Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E869 [21MY]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (H.R. 2145), H3634 [27JN]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6684 [11OC]

Del Mar, CA: Del Mar Hills School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, H2535, H2536 [22MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, E1199 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6568 [11OC], H7916 [8NO], E1863, E1865, E1875, E1877, E1878, E1880, E1881, E1882 [12OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10431-H10442 [19DE], E2397, E2398, E2399 [20DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, H10214 [18DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), consideration (H. Res. 258), H8189 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), motion to instruct conferees, H7916-H7918 [8NO]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (H.R. 1682), E706 [2MY]

Education: allow parents access to certain information about their children, H2587, H2588 [23MY]

———allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2398 [22MY], H2576, H2577-H2579 [23MY], H10096 [13DE]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, H2606 [23MY]

———bilingual programs for immigrants, H2405 [22MY], E1012 [5JN]

———empower teachers and improve student achievement through professional development for teachers, H2397 [22MY]

———encourage school districts to hire certain professionals without certification as teachers, H230 [8FE]

———encourage school personnel to participate in technology education, H2623 [23MY]

———funding, H1158, H1161, H1162 [27MR], H1202, H1226, H1232, H1246, H1247, H1260, H1265, H1284, H1286 [28MR], H1507-H1515 [24AP], H2030, H2031, H2038, H2039, H2066, H2072-H2074 [9MY], H7916-H7918 [8NO]

———give States freedom and flexibility to hire teachers, H9323 [12DE]

———High Performance Schools Program funding, H2309 [17MY]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, H2402, H2404 [22MY]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (H.R. 340), E96 [1FE]

———improve teacher quality, H2406 [22MY]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (H.R. 919), H711 [7MR]

———reductions in school class size, H2305, H2308 [17MY], H2407, H2408 [22MY]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, H2520, H2521 [22MY], H2642 [23MY]

Education Technology State Grants: funding, E1877 [12OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2308 [17MY], H2418 [22MY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies, H4365 [20JY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 1716), H1937 [8MY], E719 [3MY], E733 [4MY]

———Impact Aid Program funding, H2620-H2622 [23MY], E1868 [12OC]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, H2308, H2309 [17MY], H2419 [22MY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 345), H138-H144 [31JA], E97 [1FE]

Federal aid programs: ease the ability of disadvantaged communities to apply for grants under the 21st Century Learning Centers Program, H2620 [23MY]

Federal-State relations: reporting by States on assessment of low performing schools, H2605 [23MY]

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP): funding, E1199 [26JN]

Harwood Heights, IL: Union Ridge School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2033 [8NO]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1389), H1354 [3AP]

High Performance Schools Program: funding, H10088 [13DE]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H10887-H10891 [19DE], H10937, H10938 [20DE], E2400 [20DE]

———make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (H.R. 2781), E1555 [3AU]

Holocaust: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs, H2309 [17MY]

Howell, MI: Latson Road Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1928 [25OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H6654-H6658 [11OC]

La Joya, TX: Jose De Escandon Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E894 [22MY]

Local government: pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2537-H2542 [22MY]

Madawaska, ME: Madawaska Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2210 [5DE]

Magnet School Assistance Program: funding, H3328, H3329 [20JN], E1189 [25JN]

Mental health: elementary school counseling program funding, H6650 [11OC]

National Commission on Excellence in Education: anniversary of release of ``A Nation at Risk'' report, E645 [26AP]

National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish (H.R. 3252), H7912 [8NO]

National objectives: national testing standards, H2525-H2532, H2548 [22MY]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, H2403, H2404, H2412, H2416, H2417 [22MY]

Native Americans: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions funding, H2533, H2534 [22MY]

Oceanside, CA: Ivey Ranch Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1983 [2NO]

Office of Civil Rights: funding, E1875 [12OC]

Otto, Michael J.: National Association of Elementary School Principals Missouri National Distinguished Principals Award recipient, E2074 [14NO]

Parma Heights, OH: Parma Heights Christian Academy recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2201 [4DE]

Poway, CA: Chaparral Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Program: funding, E1202 [26JN]

San Antonio, TX: Collier Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1997 [2NO]

San Diego, CA: Los Penasquitos School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

———Park Village Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

———Solana Highlands School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

———Westwood Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Schools: make grants to recruit, train, and hire school-based resource staff, H2302 [17MY]

———make grants to recruit, train, and hire school-based resource staff (H.R. 466), E125 [6FE]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception, H6568 [11OC]

———provide assistance for small schools and reduce size of larger schools, H230 [8FE]

———urge continuation of safety patrol visits to U.S. Capitol, H6264 [4OC]

St. Paul, MN: Museum Magnet School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E905 [23MY]

Star Schools Program: funding, H2409 [22MY]

Student loans: provide relief to students who are relocated or called up to active military duty, or directly affected by terrorist attacks, E1854 [11OC]

Teachers: prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (H.R. 966), E321 [8MR]

Terrorism: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (H.R. 3086), H7131-H7136 [23OC]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (S. 1793), H10891, H10892 [19DE], H10938 [20DE], E2396 [20DE]

Troops-to-Teachers Program: funding, H2312 [17MY]

Tucson, AZ: Elvira Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1070 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: ensure funding for defense and education programs by repealing tax cuts, S7324 [9JY], S7373, S7376, S7377 [10JY]

Blue Ribbon Schools award program: funding, S5954 [7JN]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S4866 [14MY], S6249-S6268 [14JN]

———require State or local educational agencies or schools to allow equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S6269-S6275 [14JN]

Children and youth: establish national mentoring program, S6170, S6171 [13JN]

———provide assistance to local education agencies to reduce and prevent underage drinking, S4385, S4386 [4MY]

———suicide prevention activities funding, S5953 [7JN]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (S. 399), S1631 [27FE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. 1536, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education and related agencies appropriations, S11191 [30OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11154-S11185 [30OC], S11255, S11268-S11275 [31OC], S11300-S11316, S11320-S11329, S11340-S11351 [1NO], S11407, S11411, S11412 [2NO], S11445-S11448 [5NO], S11449-S11475 [6NO], S11546 [7NO], S12051 [27NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, S13773-S13792, S13830 [20DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S13678 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), unanimous-consent agreement, S11183 [30OC], S11251, S11296 [31OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), unanimous-consent request, S11165 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S499 [23JA]

———reduce appropriations for low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S11457 [6NO]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S13786-S13789 [20DE]

Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (S. Con. Res. 65), S8977 [3AU]

Education: allow States to use certain funds to retain and improve the quality of school principals, S6173-S6176 [13JN]

———assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures to increase the quality of education, S4492, S4496 [8MY], S4920 [15MY]

———assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures to increase the quality of education (S. 342), S1469 [15FE]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S4143, S4146, S4150 [2MY], S4191 [3MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 167), S537-S540 [24JA]

———campaign to promote access of armed services recruiters to students and student directories, S6181-S6183 [13JN]

———creation of matching grant program for new school construction, S6103-S6110 [12JN]

———creation of matching grant program for new school construction (S. 308), S1325 [13FE]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers, S4493, S4494, S4496 [8MY]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (S. 120), S395 [22JA]

———establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (S. 476), S1986 [7MR]

———establish community technology centers, S4437 [7MY], S4494-S4496, S4497 [8MY], S4525, S4526 [9MY]

———establish summer academic enrichment programs for students not meeting State performance standards, S6048-S6050 [11JN]

———establish technology academies in public schools, S6021 [11JN]

———expand alternative education options for certain disruptive students, S6174-S6176 [13JN]

———funding, S3376-S3379, S3381-S3392, S3394-S3396 [4AP], S4190, S4200 [3MY], S4554-S4559 [9MY], S4779-S4792 [10MY], S5190-S5195, S5253 [21MY], S5512 [23MY]

———high school dropout prevention demonstration program (S. 1470), S9878 [26SE]

———improve initial teaching experiences and offer alternative routes to certification (S. 474), S1985 [7MR]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S3819 [24AP], S4070, S4072, S4077-S4081, S4085, S4087, S4090 [1MY], S4142 [2MY], S6086 [12JN]

———improve teacher quality, S4902 [15MY]

———improve teacher quality (S. 101), S369 [22JA]

———improve teacher quality (S. 438), S1778 [1MR]

———math and science partnerships funding, S13785 [20DE]

———priority for school construction assistance relative to BIA schools, Dept. of Defense schools, and Impact Aid schools, S6104-S6109 [12JN]

———priority for school construction assistance to BIA schools, Dept. of Defense schools, and Impact Aid schools, S11341-S11344 [1NO]

———provide for teacher technology training, S5863 [6JN], S6111, S6112 [12JN], S6177-S6179 [13JN]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 164), S531 [24JA]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 307), S1324 [13FE]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 473), S1984 [7MR]

———provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (S. 1414), S9256 [10SE]

———public elementary and secondary school construction funding, S11349 [1NO]

———reductions in school class size, S4437 [7MY], S4462-S4469, S4474, S4476-S4487, S4496 [8MY], S4539 [9MY], S4902-S4914 [15MY]

———remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds, S6157-S6168, S6179, S6180 [13JN]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, S5923-S5925 [7JN]

———support teacher corps programs (S. 444), S1784 [1MR]

———technology training education programs funding, S3648, S3649 [6AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, S4861-S4864 [14MY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to financial assistance for certain affected school activities, S11323, S11324 [1NO]

———assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4086 [1MY], S4217-S4232 [3MY]

———condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5926-S5942, S5945-S5947 [7JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4375-S4377, S4383-S4394 [4MY]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S4569 [9MY], S5864 [6JN]

———improve allocation of funds to boost teacher quality in schools with disadvantaged students, S6155-S6157 [13JN]

———increase Title I grants funding through reductions in school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S11300-S11308, S11310, S11314 [1NO]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6027-S6033, S6037-S6046 [11JN]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 303), S1207 [8FE], S1271-S1273, S1311-S1314 [13FE]

———special alternative instructional programs funding, S4189, S4191 [3MY], S4389 [4MY]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (S. 158), S433, S483-S485 [23JA]

———Title I grants funding, S11308, S11310-S11315 [1NO], S12051 [27NO]

Federal aid programs: Hispanic educational programs funding, S11348, S11349 [1NO]

———provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (S. 461), S1899 [6MR]

GAO: conduct study of Federal loan disbursements to students attending foreign schools under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, S11265, S11270 [31OC]

———study of State education testing and assessment programs costs, S5849, S5850, S5856 [6JN]

Gun-Free Schools Act: modify certain provisions (S. 649), S3160-S3162 [29MR]

Healthy and High Performance Schools Program: establish (S. 968), S5699 [25MY]

Hickok, Eugene: nomination to be Under Sec. of Education, S7434 [10JY]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), S13310, S13311 [14DE]

———extend current student loan interest rate formulas, S7324 [9JY]

Hispanic-serving institutions: education grants program funding, S11345, S11346, S11348 [1NO]

History: award grants to develop, implement, and strengthen U.S. history education programs, S1455 [15FE], S4808-S4812 [10MY]

———U.S. history education programs funding, S3663 [6AP]

Immigration: ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities, S4985, S4986 [16MY], S13934 [20DE]

———ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities (S. 269), S1122-S1125 [7FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S4384 [4MY]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools, S4979-S4981, S4983 [16MY]

———provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (S. 327), S1399 [14FE]

National objectives: national testing standards, S4127 [2MY], S7735 [17JY]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, S4216, S4226-S4229, S4231 [3MY], S5918-S5922 [7JN]

Office for Civil Rights: study implementation of policies on sexual harassment directed against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students (S. 1357), S8922 [3AU]

Paige, Roderick R.: confirmation as Sec. of Education, S434, S451 [23JA], S523 [24JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of Education, S60, S63-S65 [20JA]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S58 [20JA], S5482 [22MY], S7434 [10JY], S7581 [12JY], S7984 [19JY], S9431 [14SE]

Puerto Rico: education funding, S6185 [13JN]

Schools: allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as comparable educational opportunities are offered to both sexes, S4145 [2MY], S5943-S5945 [7JN]

———clarify that only youth groups listed in the U.S. Code as patriotic societies be allowed equal access to public school facilities, S6267, S6268 [14JN]

———ensure environmental health and energy efficiency of schools, S5949-S5951 [7JN], S6196-S6198 [13JN]

———establish national principal recruitment program, S5864 [6JN]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (S. 74), S332, S334, S423 [22JA]

———support access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, S4919 [15MY]

Small business: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (S. 183), S571 [25JA]

States: improve assessment completion bonus program, S4875-S4877 [14MY], S5812-S5814, S5816-S5819 [5JN], S5847-S5849 [6JN]

Taxation: make certain rate cuts conditional on increased Pell Grant Program funding, S5423 [22MY]

Terrorism: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (S. 1570), S10841 [18OC]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (S. 1793), S13311 [14DE]

TRIO Programs: funding, S11346, S11347 [1NO]

Troops-to-Teachers Program: funding, S13337, S13339 [17DE]

Reports

Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program: Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, H2636-H2640 [23MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 258) (H. Rept. 107-233), H6504 [10OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3061) (H. Rept. 107-342), H10354 [18DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3061) (H. Rept. 107-229), H6457 [9OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1536) (S. Rept. 107-84), S10640 [11OC]

Establish Fixed Interest Rates for Student and Parent Borrowers and Extend Current Law Relative to Special Allowances for Lenders: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1762), S13049 [12DE]

Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1793), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Brian Jones To Be Dept. of Education General Counsel: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S9394 [13SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6641 [11OC]

Summaries

Excellence in Education Act (S. 308), S1326 [13FE]

Gun-Free Schools Refinement Act (S. 649), S3161 [29MR]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S13785 [20DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1536, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11163 [30OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6572-H6628 [11OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants State distribution, S11314 [1NO]

Revisions to aggregate spending levels, S13785 [20DE]

State allocation of Title I grants under Dodd amendment to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S4217 [3MY]

State-by-State loss of Impact Aid funds, H4366 [20JY]

Texts of

H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11458-S11475 [6NO]

H.R. 3086, Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act, H7131 [23OC]

H.R. 3240, Reservists Education Protection Act, H8118 [13NO]

S. 74, Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act, S333 [22JA]

S. 101, Quality Teachers for All Act, S370-S372 [22JA]

S. 102, development of high school dropout prevention programs, S372 [22JA]

S. 120, Master Teacher Act, S396 [22JA]

S. 158, School Improvement Accountability Act, S485-S494 [23JA]

S. 164, Technology for Teachers Act, S531 [24JA]

S. 167, Academic Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act), S537-S540 [24JA]

S. 269, Immigrants to New Americans Act, S1123 [7FE]

S. 303, Public Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act, S1273-S1311 [13FE]

S. 308, Excellence in Education Act, S1325 [13FE]

S. 327, Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act, S1400 [14FE]

S. 342, Quality Classrooms Act, S1470 [15FE]

S. 399, College Fire Prevention Act, S1632 [27FE]

S. 438, Teacher Quality Act, S1778-S1780 [1MR]

S. 461, Mathematics and Science Education Partnership and Teacher Recruitment Act, S1900 [6MR]

S. 968, Healthy and High Performance Schools Act, S5700 [25MY]

S. 1357, study implementation of Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights policies on sexual harassment directed against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students, S8923 [3AU]

S. 1414, Parent and Teacher Achievement Act, S9257 [10SE]

S. 1762, establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders, S13310 [14DE], H10887 [19DE]

S. 1793, Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act, S13311 [14DE], H10891 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 65, increase public awareness of dyspraxia, S8976 [3AU]