SCHOOLS

Addresses

Congress Should Spend More To Reform Public Education: Representative Owens, H9768 [12DE]

Heroes and Role Models for Today and Tomorrow: James E. Merna, E1241-E1243 [28JN]

Historic Preservation in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks: Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, S11606 [8NO]

Literacy and Mentoring Programs: Laura Welch Bush, S2658 [21MR]

National Policy To Improve Educational System: James C. Enochs, E925 [24MY]

Orange Park High School Commencement: Mike Bennett, E1056 [7JN]

Sheridan School Experience in the District of Columbia: Michael R. Glennon, E2370 [20DE]

University of Notre Dame Commencement: President Bush, H3815-H3817 [10JY]

Wentworth Military Academy Commencement: Representative Skelton, E1022 [6JN]

Amendments

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 2133), S9004 [3AU], H5465 [10SE]

———establish (S. 1046), S9005 [3AU]

China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (H. Res. 121), H4407 [23JY]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), S13069, S13078 [12DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), S6305 [14JN], S6369 [18JN], S6395, S6456 [19JN], H2185 [15MY], H2421, H2516, H2519, H2520, H2522, H2524, H2525, H2533, H2535, H2536 [22MY], H2577, H2580, H2581, H2582, H2586, H2588, H2596, H2603, H2605, H2611, H2615, H2616, H2617, H2620, H2622, H2623 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), S13422, S13478 [18DE], H10430 [19DE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 123), S787 [30JA]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), S10166, S10252 [3OC], H7730 [6NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4050 [30AP], S4121, S4122 [1MY], S4184 [2MY], S4206, S4207, S4215, S4217, S4272, S4365, S4366, S4367, S4368, S4369, S4370, S4371 [3MY], S4376, S4385, S4389, S4393, S4401, S4402, S4403 [4MY], S4425, S4427, S4428, S4436, S4437, S4440 [7MY], S4471, S4475, S4484, S4488, S4489, S4490, S4492, S4493, S4497, S4516, S4518, S4519, S4520, S4521 [8MY], S4526, S4538, S4541, S4617, S4618, S4619, S4620, S4621, S4623, S4624, S4625, S4626, S4627, S4628, S4629, S4630, S4631, S4635, S4636, S4637, S4638, S4639, S4640, S4641, S4642, S4643, S4644, S4645, S4646, S4647, S4664, S4666, S4667, S4668, S4669, S4670, S4671, S4672, S4673, S4674, S4675, S4695, S4696, S4697, S4711, S4712, S4713, S4716, S4717, S4718, S4720, S4721, S4722, S4723, S4724, S4726, S4727, S4729, S4730, S4731, S4732, S4733, S4734, S4735, S4736, S4738, S4739, S4740, S4741, S4744, S4745, S4746, S4747, S4748, S4750, S4751, S4752, S4753, S4754, S4755, S4756, S4757, S4758, S4759, S4760, S4761, S4763, S4764, S4766, S4768, S4769, S4771 [9MY], S4798, S4799, S4808 [10MY], S4858, S4864, S4865, S4870, S4871, S4872, S4875, S4878, S4896 [14MY], S4914, S4916, S4917, S4919, S4920, S4921, S4922 [15MY], S4971, S4972, S4978, S4981, S4985, S4998, S5021 [16MY], S5351 [21MY], S5818, S5819, S5820, S5821 [5JN], S5849, S5850, S5856, S5859, S5862, S5863, S5865, S5866, S5867, S5878, S5905 [6JN], S5915, S5916, S5917, S5922, S5925, S5926, S5943, S5948, S5951, S5952, S5953, S5987 [7JN], S6027, S6033, S6034, S6036, S6047 [11JN], S6088, S6091, S6098, S6099, S6103, S6104, S6110, S6113, S6119, S6141 [12JN], S6153, S6155, S6169, S6172, S6173, S6179, S6180, S6181, S6183, S6185, S6188, S6195, S6198, S6201, S6202, S6203, S6204, S6206, S6207, S6234, S6235 [13JN], S6269, S6274, S6279, S6280, S6281, S6282, S6283, S6284, S6285, S6286, S6305, S6351 [14JN]

Appointments

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, H1672 [1MY]

Conferees: H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S7417 [10JY]

———H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

Answer the Wake-Up Call From Our Children, E573 [5AP]

Bullying Is Not a ``Normal'' Part of Childhood, E702 [2MY]

Changing the World One Clip at a Time, E1250 [29JN]

Cheerleaders on Cloud Nine After Winning National Title, E284 [6MR]

Dorchester School Gains Acceptance, S5815 [5JN]

Economy Puts Schools in Tough Position, H8398 [27NO]

Enable Land-Board Fixes, E1388 [20JY]

From Teachers to Drill Sergeants, S6117 [12JN]

Good-Faith Argument for School Prayer, H9753 [12DE]

Grant To Pay for Training Plastics Workers, H3236 [19JN]

Hail (and Rain) to the Chief, S566 [25JA]

Heart of the Matter, E412 [21MR]

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

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

Is High School Senior Year a Waste of Time?, H3236 [19JN]

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

King Assembly Presents Unique Perspectives on Civil Rights, Racism, E205 [26FE]

Kits Snag First State Swim Title in Over 40 Years, E461 [27MR]

Low Budget, High Achievers—Staff's Commitment Drive's a School's Success in Harlem, E1122 [14JN]

Managing Mobility, H2415 [22MY]

Miles Park Finds Answers, H2414 [22MY]

Mississippi Choctaws—The Benefit of Peace Chiefs, E10 [3JA]

Mobile Students Score Lower on State Test, H2414 [22MY]

Mountain of Tests Slowly Crushing School Quality, S4796 [10MY]

My View—Bush's Inane Accusations Won't Improve Our Schools, E687 [1MY]

Now Is the Time, S1319 [13FE]

Pappas Valedictory? Sole Graduate May Be Last for School, S6277 [14JN]

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

Radanovich Goes Wild in Double-Overtime, E224 [27FE]

Right Answer, Wrong Score—Test Flaws Take Toll, E863-E866 [21MY]

Schools Find Wrong Answers to Test Pressure, S4795 [10MY]

Schools Lack Funds, Study Warns, H8398 [27NO]

Scoreboard of Hatred, S2821 [23MR]

Solid Research, Solid Teaching, S6195 [13JN]

Statewide Focus on School Improvement Produces a Year of Improving Test Scores, S6117 [12JN]

Tennessee's Top Teacher—Melinda K. Day Is Now Vying for National Honor, E2324 [19DE]

Vt. Teen's Death Ruled Homicide, S1320 [13FE]

We'll Miss Dr. B's Competence, Compassion, Concern for Education, E556 [5AP]

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

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: improve indoor air quality in schools and other buildings (see H.R. 3532), H10909 [19DE]

Armed Forces: repeal limitation on the expansion of the Junior ROTC program (see S. 385), S1464 [15FE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H2141 [10MY]

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see S. 243), S1012 [1FE] (see H.R. 2152), H3149 [13JN]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (see S. 1046), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 2133), H3066 [12JN]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4013 [16JY]

Canandaigua, NY: convey certain property at the VA Medical Center to the Canandaigua City School District (see H.R. 842), H622 [1MR]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY]

———establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H4633 [25JY]

———establish a program to identify and mentor college eligible high school students and their parents or legal guardians (see H.R. 772), H505 [28FE]

———establish and expand child opportunity zone family centers in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 371), S1463 [15FE]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 156), S456 [23JA] (see S. 1258), S8353 [27JY] (see H.R. 1429), H1483 (see H.R. 1429), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1822), H2142 [10MY]

———protect students from commercial exploitation (see S. 290), S1218 [8FE]

China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (see H. Res. 121), H1556 [24AP]

Civil liberties: recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H3465 [21JN]

Colorado: preserve land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools (see S. 1146), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 2556), H4216 [18JY] (see H.R. 2584), H4378 [20JY]

Computers: prohibit tampering with computers of schools and institutions of higher education (see S. 1252), S8280 [26JY]

———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 1323), H1345 [29MR]

———provide for national digital school districts (see S. 1337), S8704 [2AU]

———provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (see H.R. 346), H164 [31JA]

———require schools and libraries receiving universal service assistance to block access to certain Internet and electronic mail services (see H.R. 1846), H2183 [15MY]

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

Crime: allow certain grants to be used to establish and maintain school safety hotlines (see H.R. 899), H649 [6MR]

———prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (see S. 1165), S7494 [11JY]

———protect school web pages from fraud and related activity (see H.R. 2752), H5334 [2AU]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H163 [31JA]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 161), S9557 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: 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]

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

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

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

———establish national mentoring program (see H.R. 1501), H1497 [4AP]

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

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

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

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

———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]

———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]

———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]

Dept. of Energy: establish a pilot program to provide grants to facilitate the use of alternative fuel school buses (see H.R. 2518), H4111 [17JY]

———establish the High Performance Schools Program (see H.R. 1129), H1012 [20MR]

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 2034), H2847 [25MY]

———expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 1221), H1188 [27MR]

———make single family properties available at a discount to elementary and secondary school teachers and public safety officers (see H.R. 421), H219 [7FE]

Dept. of Transportation: offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles (see H.R. 2544), H4215 [18JY]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (see H.R. 1499), H1497 [4AP]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H1059 [21MR]

Drug abuse: reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (see S. 304), S1270 [13FE]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H622 [1MR]

———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]

———assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 958), H826 [8MR]

———assist poor communities with public elementary and secondary school construction (see H.R. 2007), H2711 [24MY]

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

———authorize grants and expand tax incentives to States for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 625), H394 [14FE] (see H.R. 771), H505 [28FE]

———authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H2997 [7JN]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 143), H2279 [16MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 315), H10054 [12DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 289), H10066 [13DE]

———constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H649 [6MR]

———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]

———encourage partnerships between middle and high schools with community and technical colleges that have experience in remedial education services (see H.R. 1423), H1483 (see H.R. 1423), H1493 [4AP]

———encourage use of technology in the classroom (see H.R. 1188), H1113 [22MR]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations (see S. 460), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 1513), H1498 [4AP]

———ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2648), H4723 [26JY]

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress and the States on alternative and nontraditional routes to teacher certification (see H.R. 1924), H2387 [21MY]

———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 grant program to help school students improve their English proficiency while not falling behind in their academic studies (see H.R. 59), H26 [3JA]

———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]

———establish a program to assist States in including at least one year of early education preceding kindergarten (see S. 157), S456 [23JA]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see S. 478), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 100, 101), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 1693), H1922 [3MY]

———establish demonstration program to provide comprehensive health assessments for students (see H.R. 1549), H1554 [24AP]

———establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs (see H.R. 1476), H1486 (see H.R. 1476), H1496 [4AP]

———establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching (see S. 195), S636 [29JA] (see H.R. 1225), H1188 [27MR]

———establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1851), H2183 [15MY]

———establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H8421 [27NO]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 620), S2894 [26MR] (see H.R. 1508), H1497 [4AP]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 489), H221 [7FE] (see H.R. 2765), H5335 [2AU]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 1743), H1928 [7MY]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see S. 421), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 490), H221 [7FE]

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

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 64), H955 [15MR]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (see S. 604), S2823 [23MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (see S. 413), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 611), H393 [14FE]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 228), H64 [6JA]

———improve foreign language instruction (see S. 541), S2388 [15MR]

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

———improve professional development programs for elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators (see S. 373), S1463 [15FE]

———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]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see S. 1262), S8353 [27JY] (see H.R. 117), H59 [6JA] (see H.R. 1858), H2279 [16MY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see S. 300), S1218 [8FE] (see H.R. 650), H395 (see H.R. 687), H397 [14FE]

———increase participation in advanced placement courses (see S. 103), S100 [22JA]

———increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies (see H.R. 1231), H1188 [27MR]

———legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see S. 316), S1270 [13FE]

———limit use of Federal funds appropriated for conducting testing in elementary and secondary schools to testing that meets certain conditions (see H.R. 1163), H1112 [22MR]

———make scholarships available to certain exceptional individuals to encourage them to pursue teaching careers or to improve their teaching skills (see H.R. 1742), H1928 [7MY]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 7), S97 [22JA]

———promote engagement of young Americans in democratic process through civic education in classrooms, service learning programs, and student leadership activities (see S. 1238), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 3234), H7852 [6NO]

———promote parental involvement and parental empowerment in public education through greater competition and choice (see S. 98), S100 [22JA]

———provide assistance to States to improve certain low performing schools through School Assistance Teams (see S. 469), S1897 [6MR]

———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 a rural education development initiative (see S. 334, 339), S1394 [14FE] (see S. 475), S1971 [7MR]

———provide for a smaller learning communities grant program (see H.R. 2571), H4352 [19JY]

———provide for digital education partnerships by improving and expanding access to educational television programming and interactive computer services (see H.R. 1365), H1408 [3AP]

———provide for local family information centers (see S. 445), S1747 [1MR]

———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]

———provide grants for master teacher programs (see S. 297), S1218 [8FE]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools (see S. 471), S1897 [6MR]

———provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities (see H.R. 728), H440 [27FE]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see S. 311), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 613), H393 [14FE]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 2286), H3465 [21JN]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (see S. 669), S3215 [30MR]

———provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 469), H221 [7FE]

———provide grants to local agencies that agree to later starting times for secondary school classes (see H.R. 1313), H1344 [29MR]

———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for multilingual education (see H.R. 1217), H1187 [27MR]

———provide grants to local educational agencies for prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 1649), H1714 [1MY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and expand loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 1843), H2183 [15MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies to pay one-half of salaries of teachers who use approved sabbatical leave for a course of study to improve their classroom teaching (see H.R. 1119), H1011 [20MR]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers (see S. 40), S98 [22JA]

———provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (see S. 119), S100 [22JA]

———provide parents, taxpayers, and educators with useful, understandable reports on schools (see S. 695), S3436 [4AP]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment (see H.R. 1103), H1010 [20MR]

———provide scholarships for scientists and engineers to become certified as science, mathematics, and technology teachers in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 932), H740 [7MR]

———provide school construction funding to local educational agencies that have made improvements in teacher quality and student achievement (see H.R. 341), H164 [31JA]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 340), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 1180), H1113 [22MR]

———provide teachers and other school professionals with the tools to undertake reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see H.R. 1844), H2183 [15MY]

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

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1188 [27MR]

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

———strengthen involvement of parents in the education of their children (see S. 372), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 972), H827 [8MR]

———strengthen the role of the Federal Government in helping to identify children with reading deficiencies and provide grants to State and local governments to implement early reading intervention programs (see S. 377), S1463 [15FE]

———support business incubation in academic settings (see S. 1335), S8704 [2AU]

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

———tribute to Catholic schools (see S. Res. 24), S1394 [14FE] (see H. Res. 28), H221 [7FE]

———voucher program to provide school choice (see S. 717), S3530 [5AP]

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 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]

———establish scholarships for inviting new scholars to participate in renewing education and mentor teacher programs (see S. 323), S1394 [14FE]

———extend programs and activities (see S. 1), S3052 [28MR]

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

———require States receiving Federal funds to expel students who are convicted of a violent crime (see H.R. 194), H62 [6JA]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 309), S1270 [13FE]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 2784), H5336 [2AU]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school (see H.R. 1396), H1481 (see H.R. 1396), H1491 [4AP]

———provide grants to States and localities to supplement or expand existing programs to combat school violence and to keep firearms from children (see H.R. 255), H108 [30JA]

Food: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see S. 745), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 2129), H3066 [12JN]

Forest Service: convey facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile Regional Learning Center to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize the continued use of unconveyed lands comprising the Center (see H.R. 3401), H8842 [4DE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H1011 [20MR]

``God Bless America'': allow display of the words in public schools (see S. Con. Res. 79), S10769 [16OC] (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

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

Hazardous substances: prevent inhalant abuse (see H.R. 790), H506 [28FE]

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

Health: ensure that children at highest risk for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health problems are identified and treated (see S. 1012), S6055 [11JN]

———establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see S. 1041), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 2560), H4216 [18JY]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see S. 727), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 630), H394 [14FE]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize the Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification and Licensure Program (see H.R. 1826), H2147 [14MY]

House of Representatives: donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 170), H61 [6JA]

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act: repeal requirement to collect information on nonimmigrant foreign students and exchange program participants (see H.R. 2779), H5336 [2AU]

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]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H28 [3JA]

Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1023), H928 [14MR] (see H.R. 1392), H1481 (see H.R. 1392), H1491 [4AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see H.R. 651), H395 [14FE] (see H.R. 977), H875 [13MR]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies (see H.R. 1500), H1497 [4AP]

Law enforcement officers: lift State earnings limitations on retired officers to enhance school safety (see H. Con. Res. 10), H28 [3JA]

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]

Motor vehicles: prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or importation of school buses without seatbelts (see H.R. 584), H323 [13FE]

———prohibit the purchase, rent, or lease, for use as a school bus, of a vehicle that does not comply with school bus safety standards (see H.R. 3296), H8948 [5DE]

Music in Our Schools Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 64), H955 [15MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 78), S10457 [10OC] (see H. Con. Res. 204), H4862 [30JY]

National Charter Schools Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 33), S3852 [24AP]

———observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1409 [3AP]

National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H253 [8FE]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (see S. 374), S1463 [15FE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see S. 1179), S7688 [16JY]

National security: strengthen by encouraging and assisting in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical needs at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels (see S. 1799), S12858 [11DE]

National Teacher Day: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 1192), H1114 [22MR]

Native Americans: encourage teaching of role in U.S. history and culture and leading of community service projects that further such education (see H. Res. 101), H1189 [27MR]

———encourage teaching of the role in U.S. history and culture and leading of community service projects that further such education (see H. Res. 190), H4009 [12JY]

———honor for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (see H. Res. 168), H3207 [18JN]

———improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives (see S. 211), S706 [30JA]

———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see S. 91), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 1337), H1407 [3AP]

New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact: congressional consent to certain amendments (see H.R. 3180), H7528 [30OC]

New York, NY: tribute to the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and support Federal assistance to New York City public schools (see H. Res. 325), H10909 [19DE]

NSF: authorize grants to support research projects in science and technology at secondary schools (see H.R. 2045), H2848 [25MY]

———establish a research program to quantify the relationship between the physical characteristics of elementary and secondary school buildings and student academic achievement in those schools (see H.R. 1130), H1012 [20MR]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 111), H59 [6JA]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 1564), H1555 [24AP]

Puerto Rico: permit dependents of Federal employees enrolled in Dept. of Defense schools to continue such enrollment until graduation from secondary school (see H.R. 3233), H7852 [6NO]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

———revise and extend (see S. 437), S1747 [1MR]

Safety: authorize grants to local educational agencies to carry out school violence prevention and school safety activities in secondary schools (see S. 747), S3706 [6AP]

———develop and implement comprehensive school safety plans (see H.R. 1216), H1187 [27MR]

———enhance (see H.R. 1812), H2141 [10MY]

———enhance penalties for threatening to kill, injure, or intimidate an individual, or to cause property damage, by means of fire or an explosive on school property (see H.R. 1314), H1344 [29MR]

———ensure by waiving local matching requirement under Community Oriented Policing Program relative to placement of law enforcement officers in local schools (see S. 748), S3706 [6AP]

———expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs (see S. 79), S99 [22JA]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (see H. Con. Res. 57), H827 [8MR]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs (see S. 231), S915 [31JA] (see H.R. 719), H398 [14FE]

States: establish State revolving funds for school construction (see H.R. 729), H440 [27FE]

———peer mediation programs funding (see H.R. 1546), H1554 [24AP]

———provide with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction (see H.R. 1430), H1483 (see H.R. 1430), H1493 [4AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for education expenses of children receiving or eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals (see H.R. 316), H202 [6FE]

———allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators (see H.R. 2067), H2888 [5JN]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers for reasonable expenses related to instruction, teaching, or other job-related activities (see H.R. 1224), H1188 [27MR]

———allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 306), S1270 [13FE]

———allow tax credit for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, upgrading school facilities, and certain technology expenses (see H.R. 1681), H1860 [2MY]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see S. 462), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 1029), H928 [14MR]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 370), H165 [31JA]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 368), H165 [31JA]

———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 415), H219 [7FE]

———designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas (see H.R. 221), H63 [6JA]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H27 [3JA]

———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (see S. 1415), S9253 [10SE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 905), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 1076), consideration (see H. Res. 146), H2679 [23MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2410), H3804 [28JN]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 84), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 538, 549), H253 [8FE]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (see S. 203), S706 [30JA] (see S. 495), S2070 [8MR] (see S. 904), S5005 [16MY]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 379), H165 [31JA]

———permit private educational institutions to maintain certain qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 636), H394 [14FE]

———permit private educational institutions to maintain qualified tuition programs and provide exemption for distributions from such programs (see H.R. 249), H108 [30JA]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses (see H.R. 1477), H1486 (see H.R. 1477), H1496 [4AP]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (see S. 225), S914 [31JA] (see H.R. 703), H397 [14FE]

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit (see S. 488), S2070 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H109 [30JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 2411), H3804 [28JN]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H165 [31JA]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (see S. 262), S1063 [6FE]

Technology: create educational technology extension services to improve the utilization of educational technologies (see H.R. 1889), H2333 [17MY]

Terrorism: designation of school nurses as ``first responders'' and removal of any barriers impeding them from responding to a biological or chemical attack (see H. Con. Res. 298), H10966 [20DE]

———set aside sufficient period of time to allow children to pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf of, the Nation during this time of struggle against international terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 239), H6136 [2OC]

Traverse City, MI: modify reversionary interest in certain real property conveyed to school district (see H.R. 3370), H8564 [28NO]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H166 [31JA]

Yosemite National Park: provide adequate school facilities (see H.R. 3421), H9076 [6DE]

Cloture motions

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3975 [26AP], S4061 [1MY]

Conference reports

No Child Left Behind Act (H.R. 1), H9773-H10052 [12DE]

Entry forms

Lutheran Brotherhood (organization) RespecTeen Speak for Yourself Contest: Heather Eagleston, S4416 [7MY]

Essays

Eating Around the World From Hoosier Farms: John Leer, S2303 [14MR]

———Michelle Kennedy, S2303 [14MR]

How Responsibility Changed My Life: Frank Hemingway, S453 [23JA]

In Defense of a Little Prayer: Rose Ormand, H9753 [12DE]

James Madison, the Father of the Constitution: Keith Root, E802 [15MY]

Necessity of the Electoral College: Jeremy Hawbaker, E802 [15MY]

Interviews

Escapeschool.com Program: Soledad O'Brien and Bob Stuber, S3144 [29MR]

Letters

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: Jan Resseger and Dave Brown, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, S4202 [3MY]

———Jim Hodges and Bob Taft, National Governors' Association, S4203 [3MY]

———several organizations, S4202 [3MY]

Building, Renovating, Improving, and Constructing Kids' Schools Act: Brenda L. Welburn, National Association of State Boards of Education, S394 [22JA]

———James E. Rier, Jr., Maine State Board of Education, S394 [22JA]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S393 [22JA]

———Vicki Rafel, National PTA, S394 [22JA]

Cap on attorneys' fees in District of Columbia special education placement lawsuits: District of Columbia City Council, S11517 [7NO]

———Peggy Cooper Cafritz and Paul L. Vance, District of Columbia Board of Education, S11516 [7NO]

Chenowith School District, The Dalles, OR, energy crisis: James J. Kiefert, S1187 [8FE]

Child opportunity zone family centers in elementary and secondary schools: several childrens' services and advocacy organizations, S1510 [15FE]

Clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education: several educational organizations, S5855 [6JN]

Condolences to the families of victims of terrorist attacks: Ringgold High School, Monongahela, PA, E2124 [16NO]

Diagnosis of problems at individual schools and partnerships with community groups to mitigate outside-of-school concerns: Daniel W. Merenda, Partners in Education (organization), S6299 [14JN]

———Robert K. Goodwin, Points of Light Foundation, S6299 [14JN]

———William E. Milliken, Communities in Schools (organization), S6299 [14JN]

Discrimination against the disabled: Heather Eagleston, S4416 [7MY]

Effect of student transiency on academic performance: GAO, H2412 [22MY]

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

Encourage national board certification by teachers by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S1085 [6FE]

Executive Office of the President response to correspondence on the Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, H2981 [7JN]

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]

Increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials: Betty Castor, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, S5498 [23MY]

———David Griffith, National Association of State Boards of Education, S5498 [23MY]

———Jordan Cross, American Association of School Administrators, S5499 [23MY]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5079 [17MY], S5498 [23MY]

Legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools: Gerald N. Tirozzi, National Association of Secondary School Principals, S4473 [8MY]

———Michael A. Resnick, National School Boards Association, S4472 [8MY]

———Vincent L. Ferrandino, National Association of Elementary School Principals, S4473 [8MY]

Missouri school desegregation litigation: Arthur Benson, S877 [31JA]

No Child Left Behind Act: James R. Ruhland and Anne L. Bryant, National School Boards Association, H10100 [13DE]

———several Governors, S13342 [17DE]

Patriotism: Roaring Brook Elementary School, E2015 [6NO]

Prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs: Jenny Dorman, S3756 [6AP]

Provide safer schools and a better educational environment: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H2613 [23MY]

Provide tax credit for repayment of student loans by teachers and nurses: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5426 [22MY]

Refundable education opportunity tax credit: Rhett Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, S5244 [21MY]

———Scott Sobel, Global Learning Systems (business), S5244 [21MY]

———Thomas R. Martin, ITT Industries, Inc., S5244 [21MY]

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]

School personnel authority to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S4225 [3MY]

School renovation grants: Kristor W. Cowan, New York, NY, Board of Education, S4991 [16MY]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S4990 [16MY]

———Michael D. Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, S4990 [16MY]

———Robert P. Canavan, Rebuild America's Schools Coalition, S4990 [16MY]

———Wilson Davis, Jr., Jane Babcock, and Kate Baldwin, Keokuk, IA, Community School District, S4990 [16MY]

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 Tax Credit Act: Jean H. Bankos, Virginia Education Association, S919 [31JA]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S918 [31JA]

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]

Lists

Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E1071 [12JN]

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]

Indiana Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winners, S2303 [14MR]

Missouri 2d Congressional District Teachers of the Year, E757 [8MY]

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification recipients from Idaho, S12364 [4DE]

Santa Clarita, CA, Hero of the Week honorees, E1442 [26JY]

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

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2627, H2630 [23MY], H4121, H4129 [18JY]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), H7730 [6NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3974 [26AP]

Papers

Memorial Service for Sept. 11: Lauren Schwartzman, E2367 [20DE]

Poems

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

``Now I Sit Me Down in School'', H7125 [17OC]

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

Press releases

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: several organizations, S4203 [3MY]

3M Announces Program To Donate $1.5 Million to Schools, E397 [20MR]

Proclamations

Ohio PTA Anniversary: Representative Ney, E1056 [7JN]

Tribute to Union Local High School, Belmont, OH: Representative Ney, E2009 [6NO]

Remarks in House

Alachua, FL: tribute to Alachua Elementary School Quiz Bowl team, E598 [24AP]

Albany, NY: anniversary of Maimonides Hebrew Day School, E870 [21MY]

Alexandria, VA: integration of the T.C. Williams High School football team, E222 [27FE]

Anderson, Kristin: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1305 [11JY]

Angola, IN: tribute to workplace participation and continuum education programs for students, H3235 [19JN]

Armed Forces: removal of housing allowance in calculation for child nutrition programs eligibility, H3775, H3776 [28JN]

Arver, Jennifer: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1307 [11JY]

Asheboro, NC: tribute to Southwestern Randolph High School girls' softball team, E1056 [7JN]

Avon, CT: tribute to Roaring Brook Elementary School, E2015 [6NO]

Banks, Sharon: Michigan Association of School Administration Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E2276 [13DE]

Batavia, NY: anniversary of Notre Dame High School, E1582 [5SE]

Battle Creek, MI: tribute to Lakeview High School students and the Lakeview/Urbandale Kiwanis Club for chartering of Key Club chapter, E885 [22MY]

Belleville, IL: anniversary of Whiteside School District, E81 [31JA]

Bennington, OK: Harold Chitwood multipurpose cafetorium facility construction funding, H7934 [8NO]

Bentonville, AR: tribute to Bentonville High School football team, H9054 [6DE]

Berlin, MA: tribute to Berlin Memorial Elementary School Veterans Day program, E1996 [2NO]

Beverly, MA: tribute to Beverly High School band and chorus, E653 [26AP]

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

Blue Springs, MO: tribute to Blue Springs South High School marching band, E1948 [30OC]

Bogota, NJ: tribute to School Safety Patrol Program, E613 [24AP]

Bowie, MD: tribute to Bowie High School football team, E2323 [19DE]

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]

Brillhart, Jessica: York County, PA, Science and Engineering Fair Grand Champion, H1654 [26AP]

Bronx, NY: anniversary of Cardinal Hayes High School, E1697 [21SE]

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

Brown, Lionel D.: Congressional Artistic Discovery student art competition winner, E1151 [19JN]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 2133), H3635-H3641 [27JN], H5465-H5467 [10SE], E1263, E1264 [29JN], E1621 [10SE]

Burlington City, NJ: Burlington City High School recipient of GRAMMY Signature School award, E2360 [20DE]

Burns, Jeanne: Springfield, VA, Inter-Service Community Service Award recipient, E340 [13MR]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (H. Res. 193), H5316, H5317 [2AU], E1555 [3AU]

Buswell, Debra: Outstanding Environmental Educator of the Year award recipient, E545 [5AP]

Butler, KY: Philip A. Sharp Middle School recipient of National Energy Education Development Project Middle School of the Year Award, E1273 [29JN]

Canfield, OH: tribute to Canfield High School girls' basketball team, E493 [29MR]

Canoga Park, CA: anniversary of Armenian General Benevolent Union Manoogian-Demirdjian School, E145 [8FE]

Carle Place, NY: tribute to Carle Place Middle School, E2033 [8NO]

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

Carney, MI: tribute to Carney-Nadeau High School girls' basketball team, E2361 [20DE]

Carrollton, IL: tribute to Carrollton High School girls' basketball team, E343 [13MR]

Charles County, MD: public school system minority achievement program recipient of Daisy Bates National School District Award, E2255 [12DE]

Charleston, WV: tribute to Chamberlain Elementary School, E2280 [13DE]

———tribute to Holz Elementary School, E2278 [13DE]

———tribute to Overbrook Elementary School, E2285 [13DE]

———tribute to Shoals Elementary School, E2286 [13DE]

Chelsea, MI: Chelsea High School's Chelsea Bleu Print (publication) recipient of American Scholastic Press Association first place with special merit award, E979 [25MY]

Chesaning, MI: tribute to Chesaning Union High School football team, E2193 [4DE]

Chicago, IL: Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Elementary School students recipient of Unisys Corp., prize for use of the Internet, E1697 [21SE]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding, H6640 [11OC]

———abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6666-H6673, H6677 [11OC], E1875, E1878 [12OC]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (H.R. 1990), H3946 [11JY], E936 [24MY]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (H.R. 1822), E786 [10MY]

———mental health services grants, H2518, H2519 [22MY]

China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (H. Res. 121), H4405-H4407 [23JY], E599 [24AP]

Civil liberties: condemn rules prohibiting observance of Christmas, H9243, H9245 [12DE]

Claflin University: tribute to ``Call Me Mister'' program participants, E158 [13FE]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis, E1797 [4OC]

———passage of municipal bond issue on fixing infrastructure of city schools, H2064 [9MY]

Cleveland, TN: tribute to Cleveland High School art students, E2326 [19DE]

Clovis, CA: Clovis Unified School District recipient of the Association of School Business Officials' Meritorious Budget Award, E222 [27FE]

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

Coffey, Linda: Dove Creek, CO, Soil Conservation District Outstanding Teacher Award recipient, E759 [8MY]

Collinsville, CT: tribute to Canton Junior/Senior High School for memorial service honoring the victims of terrorist attacks, E2366 [20DE]

Collinsville, IL: tribute to Good Shepherd Lutheran School students, E2150 [28NO]

Colorado: preserve land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools (H.R. 2584), E1387 [20JY]

———tribute to Adventist Church Schools fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2192 [4DE]

Columbia, SC: tribute to White Knoll Middle School fundraising activities to buy the New York, NY, Fire Dept., a new fire truck, E2034 [8NO]

Computers: provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (H.R. 346), E78 [31JA]

Congress: tribute to participants in the Artistic Discovery student art competition, E810 [16MY], E820 [17MY]

———tribute to teachers who helped in the Artistic Discovery student art competition, E751 [8MY]

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

Cooper, Tracy Young: South Carolina Teacher of the Year award recipient, E642 [26AP]

Corbin, KY: St. Camillus Academy named State Champion by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, E2277 [13DE]

Corning, CA: tribute to Maywood Middle School students visiting Washington, DC, E1094 [13JN]

Crime: incidences of student shootings, E412 [21MR]

Dallas, TX: tribute to Friends of Lakewood program for efforts on behalf of Lakewood Elementary School students, E705 [2MY]

Day, Melinda K.: Tennessee Teacher of the Year award recipient, E2324 [19DE]

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

Delhi, NY: tribute to Delhi High School football team, E2234 [7DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: child nutrition programs funding, H6356 [4OC]

———nutrition programs funding, H8078 [13NO]

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]

Dept. of Education: elementary school counseling program funding, H6650 [11OC]

———establish national mentoring program, H2402 [22MY]

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

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

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

———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]

———national testing standards, H2525-H2532, H2548 [22MY]

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

———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]

———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]

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

———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]

———reporting by States on assessment of low performing schools, H2605 [23MY]

———Star Schools Program funding, H2409 [22MY]

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

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

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

Dept. of Energy: establish the High Performance Schools Program (H.R. 1129), E404 [20MR]

———increase assistance to schools impacted by rising energy prices, H3343 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: Save-A-Friend National Hotline Program funding, E2151 [28NO]

Dept. of Transportation: offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles (H.R. 2544), E1366 [18JY]

Dindo, Charlene: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E577 [5AP]

District of Columbia: cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, H9048 [6DE]

———education and training programs funding, H7918, H7919 [8NO]

———summer school program funding, H3319, H3320 [20JN]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), H4811, H4812 [30JY], E572 [5AP]

Doherty, Erin: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1304 [11JY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (H.R. 1149), H1272 [28MR], E409 [21MR]

Durand, MI: tribute to Durand Middle School Invest in America Project, E2325 [19DE]

East Meadow, NY: tribute to Meadowbrook Elementary School, E398 [20MR]

Easthampton, MA: tribute to Williston Northampton School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E514 [3AP], E674 [1MY]

Ebel, Travis: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1335 [16JY]

Economy: stimulate through infrastructure project funding, H8912 [5DE]

Education: adjust Osborne Mentoring Program to allow both adults and high school students to participate as mentors, H2580, H2581 [23MY]

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

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

———assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (H.R. 958), E330 [8MR]

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

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H1102 [22MR], H1178 [27MR], H1672 [1MY], H2154 [15MY], H2188 [16MY], H2310-H2313 [17MY], H2396-H2542, H2548 [22MY], H2574, H2576, H2577-H2645 [23MY], H3004 [12JN], H3080, H3140 [13JN], H3210 [19JN], H3791-H3797 [28JN], H4121-H4130 [18JY], H6252, H6256-H6258 [3OC], H9764-H9771 [12DE], E437 [22MR], E475 [28MR], E559 [5AP], E863 [21MY], E929, E930 [24MY], E976, E977 [25MY], E989, E992 [26MY], E1012 [5JN], E1025 [6JN], E1083 [13JN], E1143 [19JN], E2210 [5DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), amendment process, H2090 [10MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10092-H10113, H10143 [13DE], E2292 [14DE], E2327, E2329, E2333 [19DE], E2345, E2352, E2365, E2377 [20DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2298-H2310 [17MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10082-H10092 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), H10113 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289)—concur with Senate amendment, H10430 [19DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4121-H4129 [18JY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H4130 [18JY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H2630, H2633, H2634 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H2396 [22MY]

———effect of student transiency on academic performance, H2412, H2417 [22MY]

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

———encourage education savings accounts in States that have qualified tuition programs, H2581, H2582 [23MY]

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

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

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests, H2603-H2605 [23MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, H2304 [17MY], H2406 [22MY], H10090 [13DE], E863 [21MY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, H2407, H2408 [22MY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 100), H2852 [5JN], H4802-H4807 [30JY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 1693), E717 [3MY]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, H2598-H2603 [23MY]

———establish mentoring programs for teachers working in low performing schools, H2615, H2616 [23MY]

———establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs (H.R. 1476), E561 [5AP]

———establishment of a commission on technology and education (H. Res. 295), H8742 [30NO]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students, H2306 [17MY]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (H.R. 1508), E572 [5AP]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (H.R. 2765), E1529 [3AU]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (H.R. 489), E133 [7FE]

———funding, H1158, H1161, H1162 [27MR], H1202, H1226, H1232, H1246, H1247, H1260, H1265, H1284, H1286 [28MR], H1507-H1515 [24AP], H1953 [8MY], H2030, H2031, H2038, H2039, H2066, H2072-H2074 [9MY], H2623-H2627 [23MY], H7916-H7918 [8NO], H8397 [27NO], H10433, H10435-H10437, H10440, H10441 [19DE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (H.R. 490), E133 [7FE]

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

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

———improve character education programs, H2616, H2617 [23MY], H3140 [13JN]

———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 science and math teaching, H2305 [17MY], H2409 [22MY]

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

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education, H10086, H10091, H10096 [13DE], H10436, H10437 [19DE]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (H.R. 1858), H2852 [5JN], H3139 [13JN], H4792-H4802 [30JY]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, H2396, H2403 [22MY], H2574, H2580, H2581 [23MY]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, H2522, H2524 [22MY]

———inclusion of U.S. territories in national education policy, H136 [31JA], H3210 [19JN]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 687), E177 [14FE]

———increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies, H2524, H2525 [22MY]

———increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies (H.R. 1231), E456 [27MR]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), H1360-H1362 [3AP]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), Senate amendment, H7730-H7732 [6NO]

———national policy to improve system, H4 [3JA], H114, H138-H144 [31JA], H493-H499 [28FE], H642-H646 [6MR], H857-H863 [13MR], H1103-H1105, H1107-H1110 [22MR], H1602 [25AP], H3137-H3141 [13JN], H3945-H3951 [11JY], E138 [7FE], E645 [26AP], E687 [1MY], E925 [24MY]

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

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (H.R. 613), H328 [14FE], E475 [28MR]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, H2301 [17MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies to pay one-half of salaries of teachers who use approved sabbatical leave for a course of study to improve their classroom teaching (H.R. 1119), E395 [20MR]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment, H2612-H2615 [23MY]

———provide scholarships for scientists and engineers to become certified as science, mathematics, and technology teachers in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 932), E302 [7MR]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 340), E430 [22MR]

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

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2533-H2535 [22MY]

———school choice for students in rural areas, H2408 [22MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, H2305, H2308, H2309, H2312 [17MY], H2633, H2634 [23MY]

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

———study on per pupil spending in California public schools, H1936 [8MY]

———substitute teacher training, E1865 [12OC]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H180-H185 [6FE]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2589-H2596 [23MY]

Egnatuk, Tracy: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1334 [16JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 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), E719 [3MY], E733 [4MY]

———extend programs and activities, H2064 [9MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), H1609 [26AP]

———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]

———treatment of local educational agencies that include multiple counties relative to calculation of Title I grants, H10101, H10105 [13DE]

Elgin, IL: Larkin High School recipient of GRAMMY Signature School award, E1958 [30OC]

Engelhart, Mindy: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1336 [16JY]

Evans, WV: tribute to Evans Elementary School, E2284 [13DE]

Evanston, IL: tribute to Evanston Township High School boys' swim team, E461 [27MR]

———tribute to Evanston Township High School chess team, E1044 [7JN]

Evers, Rebecca D.: Boettcher Scholarship award recipient, E367 [15MR]

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

Ferndale, WA: Ferndale High School crowning of female prom king, H2852 [5JN]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school (H.R. 1396), H1354 [3AP]

———provide grants to States and localities to supplement or expand existing programs to combat school violence and to keep firearms from children (H.R. 255), E75 [31JA]

Fitzpatrick, Betty: National Association of School Nurses Nurse Administrator of the Year honoree, E75 [31JA], E91 [1FE]

Florence, SC: tribute to Wilson High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E565 [5AP]

Flores, Caroll W.: Guam Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1992 [2NO]

Food: provide access to organic and whole foods in school breakfast and lunch programs, H3763, H3764 [28JN]

Foreign aid: international education programs funding, H349-H351 [14FE]

Forest Service: convey facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile Regional Learning Center to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize the continued use of unconveyed lands comprising the Center (H.R. 3401), E2194 [4DE]

Fort Collins, CO: Liberty Common School designation as John Irwin Colorado School of Excellence, E1992 [2NO]

Fort Smith, AR: tribute to Northside High School Quiz Bowl team, E1157 [20JN]

Fresno, CA: anniversary of Armenian Community School of Fresno, E626 [25AP]

———anniversary of St. Peter the Apostle Serbian Orthodox Church, E1829 [9OC]

———tribute to Fort Washington Elementary School, E1954 [30OC]

Fullerton, CA: study impact of violence on student behavior and morale, H1461 [4AP]

Gainesboro, TN: tribute to Jackson County High School girls' basketball team, E393 [20MR]

Garden City Park, NY: tribute to Mineola High School, E48 [30JA]

Georgia: tribute to high school football programs, E2376 [20DE]

Gibsonburg, OH: tribute to Gibsonburg High School girls' softball team, E1052 [7JN]

Glendale, CA: anniversary of Glendale High School, E807 [15MY]

``God Bless America'': allow display of the words in public schools (H. Con. Res. 248), H6790-H6792 [16OC]

Gomez, Guillermo A.: National Education Association Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence nominee, E2140 [27NO]

Grand Rapids, MI: anniversary of St. Isidore School, E260 [1MR]

Greenback, TN: tribute to Greenback High School cheerleaders, E284 [6MR]

Greensboro, NC: tribute to Walter Hines Page High School boys' tennis team, E1120 [14JN]

Hargrove, Marthelia: Josephine and Frank Duveneck Humanitarian Award for national service recipient, E1684 [20SE]

Harlingen, TX: Harlingen High School recipient of the Concerned Businessmen of America (organization) ``Set a Good Example'' award, E871 [21MY]

Harrisburg, IL: tribute to Harrisburg High School football team, E127 [7FE]

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

Hawbaker, Jeremy: Illinois 6th Congressional District Essay Contest winner, E802 [15MY]

Hayes, Bob: St. Phillips School and Community Center, Dallas, TX, Ring of Honor inductee, E2301 [14DE]

Hays, KS: tribute to Hays High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E628 [25AP]

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

Health: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools, H2519 [22MY]

Hernando County, FL: tribute to West Hernando Middle School, E1628 [11SE]

High Point, NC: tribute to High Point Central High School girls' basketball team, E542 [5AP]

———tribute to Southwest Guilford High School girls' soccer team, E1095 [13JN]

———tribute to T. Wingate Andrews High School boys' basketball team, E542 [5AP]

Homeland Security Task Force: ensure bioterrorism preparedness of State and local governments, H7283 [24OC]

Hopkinton, MA: tribute to Hopkinton High School girls' basketball team, E393 [20MR]

———tribute to Hopkinton High School girls' indoor track team, E562 [5AP]

House of Representatives: appoint Member to lead the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance simultaneously with the Pledge Across America program, H6681 [11OC]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Charles H. Milby High School, E912 [23MY]

———anniversary of Garden Villas Elementary Music Magnet School, E2213 [5DE]

———opening of Emery-Weiner School, E1486 [1AU], E1515 [3AU]

———tribute to G A Thompson Intermediate School National Academic Team, E1151 [19JN]

Howard, Jeannine: Junior Achievement Inc., National Elementary School Classroom Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1207 [26JN]

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

———tribute to Southeast Elementary School on receipt of the Golden Apple Award, E2329 [19DE]

Hubbard, Tom: Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News Fred Steinmark High School Athlete of the Year award recipient, E1161 [20JN]

Huntingdon, PA: tribute to Huntingdon Area Middle School members of Science Teams in Rural Environments for Aquatic Management Studies (STREAMS) (organization), E1963 [31OC]

Hurricane, WV: tribute to Connor Street Elementary School, E2282 [13DE]

Immigration: impact of population growth, H2990-H2994 [7JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2943-H2949 [6JN]

———national policy, H2700-H2705 [24MY], H4535-H4537 [24JY], H5327 [2AU], H6498-H6503 [10OC]

Imperial, PA: tribute to West Allegheny High School football team, H10358 [19DE]

Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1023), E356 [14MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1392), E914 [23MY]

Indiana: tribute to Polish National Alliance of the U.S., Silver Bell Club, Lodge 2365 Hank Stram-Tony Zale Sports Award recipients, E832 [17MY]

Indiana State Teachers Association: tribute to Crystal Apple Award recipients, E836 [17MY]

Indianapolis, IN: tribute to Lawrence Central High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E834 [17MY]

———tribute to Pike High School boys' basketball team, E835 [17MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, H2583-H2586 [23MY]

Jay, Howard: National Association of Elementary School Principals National Distinguished Principal for Colorado honoree, E832 [17MY]

Jensen, Anne: York County, PA, Science and Engineering Fair Grand Champion, H1654 [26AP]

Joliet, IL: anniversary of Joliet Township High Schools, E199 [14FE]

———tribute to Joliet Catholic Academy football team, E2121 [16NO]

Kent State University: anniversary of Upward Bound Program, E1015 [5JN]

Kincaid, IL: tribute to South Fork School System contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2145 [28NO]

Knoxville, TN: tribute to Austin-East High School football team, E2237 [7DE]

Koza, John S.: Junior Achievement Inc., National Middle School Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1207 [26JN]

La Crosse, WI: Longfellow Middle School's School on the River Program recipient of the Seaworld/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Award, E545 [5AP]

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

LaGrange, GA: tribute to West Side Magnet School, E640 [26AP]

Lewes, DE: tribute to Cape Henlopen High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E594 [24AP]

Liberty Township, OH: Lakota East High School ceremony to honor veterans, E771 [10MY]

Lima, OH: tribute to St. Charles Catholic School fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2346 [20DE]

Los Angeles, CA: tribute to Los Angeles School of Make-Up, E313 [8MR]

Lowrey, Dorene: Tennessee Teacher of the Year award recipient, E530 [3AP]

Lubbock, TX: tribute to All Saints Episcopal School fundraising efforts for the New York City Relief Fund and America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2054 [13NO]

Ludlow, MA: tribute to Ludlow High School boys' soccer team, E84 [31JA], E111 [6FE]

———tribute to Ludlow High School girls' soccer team, E91 [1FE]

Lumberton, NC: tribute to Lumberton Senior High School girls' basketball team, E345 [13MR]

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

Magnolia, TX: tribute to Magnolia Junior High School students visiting Washington, DC, E1094 [13JN]

Manhattan, NY: tribute to Frederick Douglass Academy, E1122 [14JN]

Mansfield, TX: tribute to Mansfield High School girls' basketball team, E425 [22MR]

Marion, OH: tribute to Elgin Local School District on support of ``Community of Character'' initiative, E2230 [7DE]

Maryville, IL: tribute to Maryville Elementary School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2143 [28NO]

Maryville, TN: tribute to Maryville High School football team, E2237 [7DE]

Matsushita Electric Corp. of America: tribute to Panasonic Kid Witness News program, E799 [15MY]

McLean, VA: tribute to McLean High School marching band, E50 [30JA]

McNeil, Virginia: Tennessee Principals' Study Council Elementary School Principal of the Year award recipient, E1960 [30OC]

Mesquite, TX: Mesquite Independent School District anniversary, E369 [15MR]

Metuchen, NJ: tribute to St. Joseph's High School Food Drive Committee, E2087 [15NO]

Miami, FL: tribute to Our Lady of Lourdes Academy for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H1651 [26AP]

Michigan: tribute to LeGrand Smith Scholarship finalists, E1303 [11JY], E1323 [12JY], E1333 [16JY]

Midland, TX: tribute to Midland High School baseball team, E1192 [25JN]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of St. Veronica School, E2171 [29NO]

Molalla, OR: tribute to Molalla Elementary School for contribution to Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, H9246 [12DE]

Monongahela, PA: tribute to Ringgold High School's banner of support for the families of victims of terrorist attacks, E2124 [16NO]

Morality and ethics: tribute to Character Counts program, H8406 [27NO]

Morrisonville, NY: tribute to Morrisonville Elementary School Junior Red Cross participants, E1190 [25JN]

Motor vehicles: prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or importation of school buses without seatbelts (H.R. 584), E155 [13FE]

———prohibit the purchase, rent, or lease, for use as a school bus, of a vehicle that does not comply with school bus safety standards, E2074 [14NO]

Mount Nebo, WV: tribute to Mount Nebo Elementary School, E2301 [14DE]

Mount Vernon, KY: Roundstone Elementary School recipient of Title I Distinguished School Award, E899 [23MY]

Murfreesboro, TN: tribute to Riverdale High School football team, E2212 [5DE]

Nashville, IL: tribute to Nashville High School girls' softball team, E1378 [20JY]

Nashville, TN: tribute to Hillsboro High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E659 [26AP]

Nassau County, NY: tribute to Floral Park Memorial High School, E778 [10MY]

National Catholic School Week: observance, E99 [1FE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 204), H5934-H5936 [24SE], E1715 [25SE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 95), H1685-H1688 [1MY], E706 [2MY]

National Conference of State Legislatures: support of Operation Respect, Inc., initiatives, E1579 [5SE]

National Institute of Justice: conduct a study on firearms injuries and deaths involving youths, E1695 [21SE]

National objectives: increase awareness and implement programs to deal with the problem of bullying, E702 [2MY]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch and breakfast programs, E1823 [5OC]

National Social Work Month: observance, E459 [27MR]

National Teacher Day: observance, E756, E757 [8MY], E766 [10MY]

National Teachers Hall of Fame: tribute to inductees, E758 [8MY], E773 [10MY], E812 [16MY]

National Writing Project: improve (H.R. 1192), E435 [22MR]

Native Americans: honor for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (H. Res. 168), H3271-H3277 [20JN]

New England Council: anniversary, E1732 [25SE]

New Jersey: tribute to U.S. service academy nominees, E1025 [6JN]

New Mexico: tribute to Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E1071 [12JN]

———tribute to school nurses, E184 [14FE]

New York, NY: anniversary of the School for Strings, E1595 [6SE]

———tribute to High School of Economics and Finance staff, E1883 [12OC]

———tribute to public schools faculty efforts during terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, E2375 [20DE]

New York State School Food Service Association: anniversary, E1606 [6SE]

Newport News, VA: tribute to Heritage High School football team, E239 [28FE]

Normantown, WV: tribute to Normantown Elementary School, E2293 [14DE]

North Carolina: tribute to electric cooperatives' partnership with schools, E2068 [13NO]

NSF: establish a research program to quantify the relationship between the physical characteristics of elementary and secondary school buildings and student academic achievement in those schools (H.R. 1130), E402 [20MR]

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

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

Paintsville, KY: tribute to Central Elementary School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E2267 [12DE]

Parker, Amanda: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1320 [12JY]

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

Parry, Fran: disciplining of Gaithersburg High School student for actions during the Pledge of Allegiance, E1241 [28JN]

Pennsauken, NJ: tribute to Pennsauken High School Jazz Band, E738 [4MY], E1446 [26JY]

Percy, Ashley: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1319 [12JY]

Perryopolis, PA: tribute to Frazier High School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E1967 [31OC]

Pickens, WV: tribute to Pickens School, E2300 [14DE]

Pierson, Douglas H.: National Association of Elementary School Principals Rhode Island National Distinguished Principals Award recipient, E1895 [16OC]

Pitts, Angela: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1321 [12JY]

Poquoson City, VA: tribute to Poquoson High School Odyssey of the Mind team, H3077 [13JN]

Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.: tribute, E556 [5AP]

Porteous, William L.: Reed City, MI, Reed City High School Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, E1160 [20JN]

Portland, OR: tribute to Lincoln High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E819 [17MY]

Poughkeepsie, NY: tribute to Our Lady of Lourdes High School girls' basketball team, E395 [20MR]

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

Prayer: voluntary school prayer, H631 [6MR], H1065 [22MR], H2574 [23MY], H2852 [5JN], H6264 [4OC]

Provo, UT: tribute to Canyon Crest Elementary School patriotic writings, E2353 [20DE]

Puerto Rico: education funding, H10106 [13DE]

Queens, NY: tribute to St. Demetrios Cathedral's Afternoon School, E205 [26FE]

Red House, WV: tribute to Confidence Elementary School, E2283 [13DE]

Reeves, Judy: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E577 [5AP]

Rice, Jerry: Junior Achievement Inc., National High School Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1171 [21JN]

Rio Hondo, TX: Rio Hondo Elementary School recipient of the Concerned Businessmen of America (organization) ``Set a Good Example'' award, E871 [21MY]

Riverside, IL: tribute to Riverside Brookfield High School football team, E2121 [16NO]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Gates Chili Middle School fundraising efforts for the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia, E593 [24AP]

Rochester, PA: tribute to Rochester High School football team, H10358 [19DE]

Rogers, AR: tribute to Rogers High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E624 [25AP]

Rome, GA: tribute to Pepperell Middle School participation in Salvation Army ``Can-a-Thon'', E2339 [20DE]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Sacramento Symphony League, E372 [15MR]

Safety: ensure students who bring guns to school undergo psychological evaluations and receive follow-up treatments, H5762 [20SE]

Saginaw, MI: dedication of Intermediate School District Transitions Center, E1665 [17SE]

———tribute to Saginaw High School marching band, E2238 [7DE]

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

———tribute to donation of children's books by Southwestern Bell Communications Telephone Pioneers (organization), E402 [20MR]

San Benito, TX: Landrum Elementary School recipient of the Concerned Businessmen of America (organization) ``Set a Good Example'' award, E871 [21MY]

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]

Sand Fork, WV: tribute to Sand Fork Elementary School, E2291 [14DE]

Santa Clarita, CA: tribute to ``Hero of the Week'' program, E1442 [26JY]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School, H713 [7MR], E355 [14MR]

———shooting of students at Santana High School (H. Con. Res. 57), H838-H845 [13MR], E357 [14MR]

Shepherdstown, WV: tribute to Shepherdstown Elementary School, E2298 [14DE]

Silt, CO: tribute to Roy Moore Elementary School fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2090 [15NO]

Silver Grove, KY: tribute to Silver Grove High School, E108 [6FE]

Smith, James: Tennessee Fifth Congressional District art competition winner, H3211 [19JN]

South Charleston, WV: tribute to Weberwood Elementary School, E2279 [13DE]

St. Albans, WV: tribute to Highlawn Elementary School, E2282 [13DE]

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

Stack, Emily: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1308 [11JY]

States: provide with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction (H.R. 1430), E567 [5AP]

Stillwater, OK: tribute to Richmond Elementary School and Will Rogers Elementary School contributions to America's Fund for Afghan Children, H7913 [8NO]

Stockton, MO: tribute to Stockton High School girls' basketball team, E642 [26AP]

Stockwell, Charyl: tribute through honorary naming of Livingston Developmental Academy building, E1637 [13SE]

Suffolk County, NY: observance of Violence Prevention Week, E755 [8MY]

Supreme Court: decision on use of public school facilities by religious organizations, H3008 [12JN]

Taxation: allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 370), E77 [31JA]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses, E2292 [14DE]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 368), H2417 [22MY], E73 [31JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 1076), H3079, H3080, H3137-H3141 [13JN], H3183 [14JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2410), E1262 [29JN]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (H.R. 379), E79 [31JA]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses (H.R. 1477), E563 [5AP]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (H.R. 703), E186 [14FE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (H.R. 2411), E1262 [29JN]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 369), H2417 [22MY], E71 [31JA]

Taylorville, IL: tribute to Memorial Elementary School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2147 [28NO]

———tribute to North Elementary School fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children and American Red Cross relief fund, E2038 [8NO]

Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E757 [8MY]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives, H2405 [22MY]

Terrorism: characterization of causes of terrorist attacks by teachers, E2271 [13DE]

———set aside sufficient period of time to allow children to pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf of, the Nation during this time of struggle against international terrorism (H. Con. Res. 239), H8113-H8118 [13NO], H9751-H9754 [12DE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1769, E1779 [2OC], E1798 [4OC], E2133 [27NO], E2334 [19DE]

Texas: tribute to public schools, E307 [7MR]

Thompson, Marcia: Lexington, MO, Lions Club R-5 School District Teacher of the Year award recipient, E901 [23MY]

Tinton Falls, NJ: tribute to Ranney School, E975 [25MY]

Torbert, Kelvin: Gatorade National High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year award recipient, E515 [3AP]

Transportation: promote bicycle use, H833 [13MR], H1123 [27MR]

Traverse City, MI: modify reversionary interest in certain real property conveyed to school district (H.R. 3370), H9127, H9128 [11DE]

Trenton, NJ: anniversary of Holy Cross School, E1750 [28SE]

Troy, WV: tribute to Troy Elementary School, E2296 [14DE]

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

Turek, Ashley: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1321 [12JY]

University of Wisconsin-Stout: Malcolm Baldrige Award recipient, H9324 [12DE]

Vernon, NJ: tribute to Lounsberry Hollow Middle School for fire prevention and training activities fundraising efforts, E1225 [27JN]

Violence Prevention Week: observance, E1608 [6SE]

Walnut, CA: Suzanne Middle School recipient of California Distinguished School award, E1693 [21SE]

Warren, AR: tribute to Warren High School football team, E2350 [20DE]

Washington, PA: tribute to Washington High School football team, H10358 [19DE]

Weehawken, NJ: Theodore Roosevelt School recipient of Panasonic Kid Witness News Vision Award, E799 [15MY]

West Allis, WI: tribute to Heritage Christian High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E702 [2MY]

Westbury, NY: tribute to Powell's Lane Elementary School, E355 [14MR]

Weston, WV: tribute to Polk Creek Elementary School, E2300 [14DE]

Whitwell, TN: tribute to Whitwell Middle School Holocaust memorial project, E1249 [29JN]

Winfield, WV: tribute to Winfield High School, E2281 [13DE]

Women of Tomorrow (organization): tribute to founding of mentoring and scholarship program, H1177 [27MR]

Woodburn, OR: tribute to Woodburn High School students for demanding highway improvements relative to the deaths of Karina and Martina Meza Gonzalez while crossing the street, H292 [13FE]

Woodland Hills, CA: tribute to El Camino Real High School Academic Decathalon Team, E664 [27AP]

Zucca, Joe: Sacred Heart Schools of Atherton, CA, St. Madeline Sophie Barat Award recipient, E1989 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Albuquerque, NM: anniversary of Garfield Middle School, S3989 [26AP]

Armed Forces: repeal limitation on the expansion of the Junior ROTC program (S. 385), S1526 [15FE], S1583 [26FE]

Augello, Ben: New Hampshire Association of School Principals' Elementary Principal of the Year honoree, S913 [31JA]

Bakersfield, CA: tribute to Stockdale High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4937 [15MY]

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: appropriation of funds authorized for elementary and secondary education, S6186-S6194 [13JN]

BIA: education funding, S6289 [14JN]

———issue school construction funding bonds (S. 243), S1018 [1FE]

Bismarck, ND: tribute to Century Senior High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3846 [24AP]

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]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 2133), S9004 [3AU]

———establish (S. 1046), S9005-S9007 [3AU]

Buckingham, PA: tribute to Central Bucks East High School choirs, S3337 [3AP]

Central Falls, RI: tribute to Central Falls High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3918 [25AP]

Chesterfield Township, MI: Sugarbush Elementary School winner of National Children's Set a Good Example Competition, S5690 [25MY]

Cheyenne, WY: tribute to Cheyenne Central High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3845 [24AP]

Children and youth: 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 health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (S. 940), S5549 [23MY]

———establish and expand child opportunity zone family centers in elementary and secondary schools (S. 371), S1509 [15FE]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours, S4973-S4977 [16MY]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (S. 1258), S8355 [27JY]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (S. 156), S482 [23JA]

———improve access to books and other reading materials and resources, S4195 [3MY]

———protect students from commercial exploitation (S. 290), S1221, S1222 [8FE]

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

Colorado: preserve land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools (S. 1146), S7201 [29JN]

Columbia, SC: tribute to White Knoll Middle School fundraising activities to buy the New York, NY, Fire Dept., a new fire truck, S12310 [3DE]

Computers: provide for national digital school districts (S. 1337), S8757 [2AU]

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

Corp. for National and Community Service: tribute to schools recognized as National Service-Learning Leader Schools, S6918 [26JN]

Crime: establish telephone hotlines to provide confidential reporting of individuals suspected of imminent school violence, S4870, S4877, S4878, S4880 [14MY]

———incidences of student shootings, S3144 [29MR]

———prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (S. 1165), S7499-S7516 [11JY]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (S. Res. 161), S9558, S9559 [20SE]

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

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

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

———establish national mentoring program, S6170, S6171 [13JN]

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

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

———Hispanic educational programs funding, S11348, S11349 [1NO]

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

———national testing standards, S4127 [2MY], S7735 [17JY]

———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]

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

Detroit, MI: anniversary of Academy of the Sacred Heart, S9871 [26SE]

———gun violence at Osborn High School, S1215 [8FE]

District of Columbia: cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, S11515-S11519, S11526-S11529 [7NO]

———exempt certain plaintiffs from cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, S11529-S11531 [7NO]

———GAO report on awards in excess of cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, S11530, S11532 [7NO]

———improve education system, S11480 [6NO]

———tribute to Comcast Corp. volunteer work at Anacostia Senior High School, S13045 [12DE]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), S13078 [12DE]

Drug abuse: reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (S. 304), S1314-S1321 [13FE], S8458 [31JY]

Dunwoody, GA: tribute to Dunwoody High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S7081 [28JN]

Durand, MI: tribute to Durand Middle School Invest in America Project, S13461 [18DE]

Eagleston, Heather: Lutheran Brotherhood (organization) RespecTeen Speak for Yourself Award recipient, S4415 [7MY]

East Orange, NJ: tribute to Quest Program at John Howard, Jr., Elementary School, S4240 [3MY]

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

Economy: provide for excellence in economic education, S4984, S4985 [16MY]

Education: allow freedom in science education relative to teaching of evolution and creationism, S6147, S6150-S6153 [13JN]

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

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

———allow States to use independent firms to analyze success of testing by school districts, S4916, S4917 [15MY]

———amend rural education initiative eligibility requirements relative to population density of school districts, S5821 [5JN]

———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]

———authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas, S6289 [14JN]

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

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), S3966-S3969 [26AP], S6304, S6305, S6306-S6312, S6357-S6361, S6366 [14JN], S6369 [18JN], S6395-S6398, S6443 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S12307 [3DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13322-S13349 [17DE], S13365-S13422 [18DE], S13934 [20DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S13092 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), S13422 [18DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), insert S. 1 language in lieu, S6304 [14JN]

———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]

———encourage States to require expelled or suspended students to perform community service, S4921 [15MY]

———encourage the diagnosis of problems at individual schools and partnerships with community groups to mitigate outside-of-school concerns, S6298 [14JN]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, S4075-S4077 [1MY], S4527-S4534 [9MY], S4794-S4803 [10MY], S4868-S4870 [14MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations (S. 460), S1898 [6MR]

———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 a program to assist States in including at least one year of early education preceding kindergarten (S. 157), S482 [23JA]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 478), S1986 [7MR]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6062-S6078, S6081-S6091 [12JN]

———establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching (S. 195), S643 [29JA]

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

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

———evaluate school progress through standardized school report cards, S6021 [11JN]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (S. 620), S2904 [26MR]

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

———expand programs to combat school violence and to keep firearms from children, S2842 [26MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, S4879 [14MY], S4931 [15MY], S5027 [17MY], S6303 [14JN]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 123), S399-S401 [22JA]

———funding, S3376-S3379, S3381-S3392, S3394-S3396 [4AP], S4190, S4200 [3MY], S4554-S4559 [9MY], S4779-S4792 [10MY], S5190-S5195, S5253, S5258 [21MY], S5512 [23MY], S5791 [26MY], S13789 [20DE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities, S6286 [14JN]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (S. 421), S1748 [1MR]

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

———historical perspectives, S6363-S6367 [14JN]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (S. 604), S2825-S2829 [23MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (S. 413), S1704, S1705 [28FE]

———improve and strengthen the recruitment and training of teachers, S4022-S4024 [30AP], S4389, S4390 [4MY], S4462 [8MY]

———improve foreign language instruction (S. 541), S2392 [15MR], S2723 [22MR]

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

———improve professional development programs for elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators (S. 373), S1514 [15FE]

———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]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (S. 1262), S8360-S8362 [27JY], S11716 [13NO]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, S4194-S4198 [3MY], S4541-S4544 [9MY], S4979, S4983 [16MY]

———improve the reading skills of children by use of reading readiness screening, S6194 [13JN]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, S6287 [14JN]

———legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools, S4471-S4473 [8MY], S4536-S4540 [9MY]

———legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (S. 316), S1338-S1340 [13FE]

———make funding increases contingent on improvement of student achievement, S4376 [4MY], S4440 [7MY], S4461, S4462, S4474, S4479 [8MY]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), S9548 [19SE], S10252, S10253 [3OC]

———math and science partnerships funding, S5850-S5854 [6JN], S13785 [20DE]

———national policy to improve system, S70 [22JA], S430-S436 [23JA], S1028 [6FE], S1167 [8FE], S1593-S1606 [27FE], S1725-S1727 [1MR], S3803 [24AP], S3869 [25AP], S3934, S3935 [26AP], S4502 [8MY], S5809-S5811 [5JN], S6363-S6367 [14JN], S7735 [17JY], S8150 [25JY], S11349 [1NO]

———national policy to improve system (S. 7), S1205 [8FE]

———permit States to waive certain testing requirements, S6113-S6119 [12JN], S6148-S6150, S6153 [13JN]

———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]

———promote engagement of young Americans in democratic process through civic education in classrooms, service learning programs, and student leadership activities (S. 1238), S8214-S8216 [25JY]

———promote parental involvement and parental empowerment in public education through greater competition and choice, S4070-S4074 [1MY]

———provide assistance to States to improve certain low performing schools through School Assistance Teams, S4199, S4200 [3MY]

———provide assistance to States to improve certain low performing schools through School Assistance Teams (S. 469), S1908 [6MR]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (S. 339), S1424 [14FE]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (S. 475), S1985 [7MR]

———provide for local family information centers (S. 445), S1785 [1MR]

———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]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools, S4926-S4930 [15MY], S4986-S4998 [16MY]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools (S. 471), S1910 [6MR]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (S. 311), S1328-S1331 [13FE]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, S6094-S6098 [12JN]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (S. 669), S3219 [30MR]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers, S4145 [2MY], S4803-S4807 [10MY]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers (S. 40), S315 [22JA]

———provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (S. 119), S392 [22JA]

———provide out-of-school educational opportunities to students attending failing school systems, S5878 [6JN]

———provide parents, taxpayers, and educators with useful, understandable reports on schools (S. 695), S3445 [4AP]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 340), S1465 [15FE]

———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]

———require parental consent for the collection of certain market research in schools, S6303 [14JN]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State, S5867-S5874, S5876-S5881 [6JN], S5908-S5916 [7JN], S6100-S6102 [12JN]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4085 [1MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, S4474 [8MY]

———school resources officer program funding, S6288 [14JN]

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

———strengthen involvement of parents in the education of their children, S4982, S4983 [16MY], S5859-S5862 [6JN]

———strengthen involvement of parents in the education of their children (S. 372), S1511 [15FE]

———support business incubation in academic settings (S. 1335), S8756 [2AU]

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

———voucher program to provide school choice (S. 717), S3541 [5AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 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]

———clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education, S5854-S5859, S5875, S5876 [6JN]

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

———designate pupil services personnel as eligible recipients of certain professional development funds, S6119 [12JN]

———extend programs and activities, S7415 [10JY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3774-S3777 [23AP], S3801, S3805-S3807, S3808, S3811-S3815, S3817-S3825 [24AP], S3874, S3876, S3913 [25AP], S3934, S3935 [26AP], S4167 [2MY], S4187-S4232 [3MY], S4375-S4377, S4383-S4394 [4MY], S4433-S4440, S4442 [7MY], S4461-S4498 [8MY], S4525-S4544 [9MY], S4794-S4812 [10MY], S4853, S4858-S4880 [14MY], S4901-S4932, S4965-S4967 [15MY], S4970-S4999 [16MY], S5025-S5028 [17MY], S5809-S5821 [5JN], S5846-S5881 [6JN], S5907, S5954 [7JN], S5999 [8JN], S6020-S6050 [11JN], S6061-S6078, S6081-S6120 [12JN], S6147-S6208 [13JN], S6239-S6305, S6306-S6312, S6357-S6361, S6366 [14JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3974 [26AP], S4019-S4034 [30AP], S4056-S4066, S4070-S4091 [1MY], S4125-S4135, S4138-S4158, S4161-S4166 [2MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S4166 [2MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S4187, S4188, S4230, S4231 [3MY], S4406 [4MY], S4473 [8MY], S4797, S4802 [10MY], S4997 [16MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), unanimous-consent request, S3797 [24AP], S3974 [26AP], S4232 [3MY], S4996 [16MY]

———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]

———require State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education be signed by both the Governor and the chief State education official, S4490 [8MY]

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

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used, S4998 [16MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 309), S1326 [13FE]

———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]

Everybody Wins (nonprofit organization): tribute to literacy and mentoring programs, S2658 [21MR]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms, S2821 [23MR]

Florence, SC: tribute to Wilson High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3989 [26AP]

Food: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (S. 745), S3756 [6AP]

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]

``God Bless America'': allow display of the words in public schools (S. Con. Res. 79), S10774 [16OC]

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

Harrison Township, MI: tribute to L'Anse Creuse Public Schools' John R. Armstrong Performing Arts Center, S2975 [27MR]

Hartford, CT: tribute to E.B. Kennelly School, S2894 [26MR]

Hawaii: removal of prerequisite for grants requiring organizations that primarily serve Native Hawaiians be recognized by the Governor of Hawaii, S4978 [16MY]

Health: ensure that children at highest risk for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health problems are identified and treated (S. 1012), S6057 [11JN]

———establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (S. 1041), S6321 [14JN]

———establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (S. 1041), star print, S6459 [19JN]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (S. 727), S3713 [6AP], S12014 [16NO]

Hemingway, Frank: Character Counts Task Force essay contest winner, S453 [23JA]

Idaho: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification recipients, S12364 [4DE]

Idaho Falls, ID: Ucon Elementary School named State Champion by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, S10285 [4OC]

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]

———national policy, S8039-S8041 [23JY]

Indiana: tribute to Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winners, S2303 [14MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize continued services for children with disabilities who have been expelled or suspended, S6241-S6248 [14JN]

———authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S4224 [3MY], S6199-S6201, S6205-S6207 [13JN], S6240-S6249, S6268, S6269 [14JN]

Jonesboro, AR: anniversary of shooting of students at Westside Middle School, S2822 [23MR]

Kahuku, HI: tribute to Kahuku High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5536 [23MY]

Kansas City, MO: tribute to Mary Harmon Weeks Elementary School, S5609 [24MY]

Lafayette, IN: tribute to Sunnyside and Tecumseh Middle Schools' efforts to honor Japanese-American World War II veterans, S8697 [2AU]

Lansing, Danette: Disney American Teacher of the Year award recipient, S12858 [11DE]

Law enforcement: surveillance of computer services in places of employment, libraries, and schools, S10570-S10575 [11OC]

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]

Macungie, PA: tribute to Shoemaker Elementary School Community Service Club Walk-a-Thon for Paralyzed Veterans, S1609 [27FE]

Manassas, VA: Stonewall Jackson High School recipient of Time (publication) High School of the Year award, S5112 [17MY]

Miami, FL: tribute to Miami Edison Middle School, S5114 [17MY]

Milford, NH: tribute to Milford High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4038 [30AP]

Missouri Boys State (organization): tribute, S6315 [14JN]

Montgomery, WV: tribute to Montgomery High School class of 1951 reunion, S8011 [20JY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 204), S10668, S10669 [11OC]

National Crime Prevention Council: tribute to school violence prevention efforts, S11547 [7NO]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (S. 374), S1517, S1518 [15FE]

National security: strengthen by encouraging and assisting in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical needs at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels (S. 1799), S12860 [11DE]

National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S1895, S1896 [6MR]

National Teacher Day: designate (S. Res. 85), S4469 [8MY], S4581, S4613 [9MY]

National Writing Project: funding, S6286, S6303 [14JN]

———improve (S. 403), S1633 [27FE]

Native Americans: improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives, S13384 [18DE]

———improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives (S. 211), S716 [30JA]

New Jersey: tribute to Comcast Corp., Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship recipients, S7878 [18JY]

NIH: study the effect on children and youth of exposure to violent entertainment relative to development and educational achievement, S4914-S4916 [15MY]

North Dakota: tribute to North Border High School boys' basketball team, S2727 [22MR]

Northern Ireland: bombing near Holy Cross Girls Primary School in Belfast, S9109 [5SE]

Oakley, ID: Oakley Elementary School named State Champion by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, S10285 [4OC]

Orofino, ID: tribute to Orofino High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3213 [30MR]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use, S6398 [19JN], S6515 [20JN]

Phoenix, AZ: Thomas J. Pappas School funding, S6276, S6277 [14JN]

Pike County School Corp.: Wall Street Journal and Offspring (publication) ``One of the Best 100 School Districts in the U.S.'' award recipient, S3988 [26AP]

Polson, MT: tribute to Polson High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5961 [7JN]

Portland, OR: tribute to academic achievements of public schools, S6314 [14JN]

———tribute to Lincoln High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S6054 [11JN]

Preston, ID: Oakwood Elementary School named State Champion by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, S10285 [4OC]

Providence, RI: tribute to La Salle Academy football team, S2660 [21MR]

Puerto Rico: education funding, S6185 [13JN]

Religion: comparison of the creation of earth with theories of evolution, S3769-S3772 [6AP]

Rochester, NH: tribute to Knights of Columbus Council 2048 Future Unlimited Banquet Program, S7585 [12JY], S8119 [24JY]

Rutland, VT: tribute to Rutland High School marching band, S566 [25JA]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: revise and extend (S. 437), S1772 [1MR]

Safety: authorize grants to local educational agencies to carry out school violence prevention and school safety activities in secondary schools (S. 747), S3758 [6AP]

———ensure by waiving local matching requirement under Community Oriented Policing Program relative to placement of law enforcement officers in local schools (S. 748), S3758 [6AP]

———ensure through prevention and intervention programs, S4475 [8MY], S4872-S4875 [14MY], S4931 [15MY], S13934 [20DE]

———expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs (S. 79), S332, S335, S423 [22JA]

Santa Fe, NM: Calvary Chapel Christian School named State Champion by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, S9970 [1OC]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School, S2066 [8MR]

Schools: 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]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs, S6036 [11JN]

———ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs (S. 231), S921 [31JA]

Spearfish, SD: tribute to Spearfish High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S6373 [18JN]

St. Louis, MO: anniversary and rededication of Rosary High School, S3051 [28MR]

———tribute to Westminster Christian Academy for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S7330 [9JY]

States: use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress examination, S6315 [14JN]

Stillwater, MN: tribute to Stillwater High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5827 [5JN]

Tallahassee, FL: tribute to Leon High School band, S4506 [8MY]

Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials, S4488 [8MY]

———allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses, S1171 [8FE]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools, S4074 [1MY], S5214-S5216, S5254, S5255 [21MY], S6277-S6279 [14JN]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (S. 462), S1901 [6MR]

———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (S. 1415), S9258, S9259 [10SE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (S. 905), S5019 [16MY]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials, S5078-S5082 [17MY], S5498, S5499 [23MY]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 203), S707-S709 [30JA]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 495), S2078 [8MR]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 904), S5018 [16MY]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools, S4971, S4972, S4995 [16MY]

———make certain rate cuts conditional on full Head Start Program funding, S5423 [22MY]

———make certain rate cuts conditional on funding being available for certain amendments to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S5228 [21MY]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans, S4470 [8MY], S6294 [14JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (S. 225), S917 [31JA], S3649 [6AP]

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit, S3661, S3662 [6AP], S4437 [7MY], S5244 [21MY]

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit (S. 488), S2171 [13MR], S9942 [1OC]

———provide tax credit for repayment of student loans by teachers and nurses, S5426 [22MY]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses, S5231 [21MY], S5408 [22MY]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (S. Res. 85), S4469 [8MY], S4581, S4613 [9MY]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (S. 262), S1083 [6FE]

Transportation: national policy for infrastructure, S4158-S4160 [2MY]

Valley, AL: tribute to Valley Haven School Bike/Hike/Run for Valley Haven, S2728 [22MR]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (S. Res. 143), S8483 [31JY], S9007 [3AU]

Reports

Elementary School Children—Many Change Schools Frequently, Harming Their Education: GAO, H2413 [22MY]

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

Reports filed

Address Issues of Neighborhood Crime Prevention, Community Policing, and Reduction of School Crime by President Bush: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 193) (H. Rept. 107-167), H4723 [26JY]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 2133), S8703 [2AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1046), S8703 [2AU]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 315) (H. Rept. 107-336), H10054 [12DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 143) (H. Rept. 107-69), H2279 [16MY]

District of Columbia College Access Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1499) (S. Rept. 107-101), S12160 [29NO]

Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 304), S12160 [29NO]

Educational Programs Development on Veterans' Contributions to the Country and National Veterans Awareness Week Designation: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 143), S8703 [2AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Programs and Activities Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1) (S. Rept. 107-7), S3052 [28MR]

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

National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1858) (H. Rept. 107-134), H3959 [11JY]

National Science Education Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 100) (H. Rept. 107-133), H3959 [11JY]

Need-Based Educational Aid Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 768) (H. Rept. 107-32), H1406 [3AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 107-334), H10054 [12DE]

———Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 107-63), H2147 [14MY]

Teaching Children To Save Lives Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 727), S11719 [13NO]

Statements

Abenaki and Native American Issues: Fellicia Gagne, E1722 [25SE]

Anniversary of the Death of Kayla Rolland Due to Gun Violence: Veronica McQueen, S1695 [28FE], E262 [1MR]

Broadcasting Executions to the Public: Derek Wong, Drew Arnold, Theresa Savaglio, and Alex Whittelseui, E1757 [2OC]

Cannabis Legalization: Josh Smolkin, E1706 [24SE]

Education in Vermont Prisons: Ethan Casavant and Jamie Santerre, E1757 [2OC]

Freeing Families From the High Cost of a College Education: Stacey Caron and Dalaina Buffum, E1829 [9OC]

Healthy Choices During Teen Years: Hillary Knapp and Christine Harvey, E1706 [24SE]

High Drop-Out Rates, Focusing on Inadequate Social Services: Katie Kevorkian, Carlin Hebert, and Bethany Wallace, E1609 [10SE]

Napster: Hydie Buchanan, E1721 [25SE]

Parental Notification for Abortion: Danielle Harvey, Andrea Shahan, and Stephanie Gray, E1824 [5OC]

Public Schools: Selenia Coghlan, Patty Salvas, and Patty Ralston, E1599 [6SE]

Require States To Equalize Education Funding Throughout the State: Representative Fattah, S6102 [12JN]

Rich Man's Return on Bush's Tax Cut: Angela DeBlasio and Lynne Clough, E1830 [9OC]

School Standards: Jory Hurst, Robby Short, Emily Wright, and Kerry McIntosh, E1648 [13SE]

Student Standardized Tests: Jonathan Kozol, S4077 [1MY]

Tobacco Use Prevention: Blake Kinkaid, Craig Stevens, and Brittany Chandler, E1824 [5OC]

Trade Skills for Young Vermonters: Will Babcock, E1612 [10SE]

Studies

Parents as Teachers Program: Research & Training Associates, S4982 [16MY]

Summaries

Act To Leave No Child Behind (S. 940), S5549-S5552 [23MY]

Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act (S. 304), S1315-S1317 [13FE]

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

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

High Performance Schools Act (H.R. 1129), E405 [20MR]

High Performance Schools Research Act (H.R. 1130), E402 [20MR]

National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act (S. 1262), S8361 [27JY]

Science Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 1693), E718 [3MY]

Science Teacher Scholarships for Scientists and Engineers Act (H.R. 932), E303 [7MR]

Tables

Elementary and Secondary Education Act budget requests vs. appropriations, S4387 [4MY]

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

Elementary and secondary education funding 1990-2001, H6637 [11OC]

Estimated cost of Federal testing mandate for reading and mathematics, S6114 [12JN]

Report card for America's infrastructure for 1998, S1910 [6MR]

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

State educational testing revenue sharing, S6117 [12JN], S6148 [13JN]

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

Testimonies

Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act: Carroll O'Connor, S8459 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 57, shooting of students at Santana High School in Santee, CA, H839 [13MR]

H. Con. Res. 95, National Charter Schools Week, H1685 [1MY]

H. Con. Res. 204, National Character Counts Week, H5934 [24SE]

H. Con. Res. 239, set aside sufficient period of school time to allow children to pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf of, the Nation during this time of struggle against international terrorism, H8113 [13NO]

H. Con. Res. 248, allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools, H6790 [16OC]

H. Con. Res. 289, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, S13422 [18DE], H10113 [13DE]

H. Res. 28, tribute to Catholic schools, H180 [6FE]

H. Res. 121, express condolences to families of people killed in People's Republic of China elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards, H4407 [23JY]

H. Res. 143, consideration of H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H2298 [17MY]

H. Res. 168, honor Native Americans in schools for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education, H3271 [20JN]

H. Res. 193, address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime by President Bush, H5317 [2AU]

H. Res. 315, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H10082 [13DE]

H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S6672-S6831 [22JN]

H.R. 100, National Science Education Act, H4802-H4804 [30JY]

H.R. 768, Need-Based Educational Aid Act, H1360 [3AP]

H.R. 1499, District of Columbia College Access Improvement Act, S13078 [12DE]

H.R. 1499, permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the District of Columbia College Access Act tuition assistance program, H4811 [30JY]

H.R. 1858, National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act, H4792-H4798 [30JY]

H.R. 2133, Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission, H3635 [27JN]

H.R. 2544, offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles, E1367 [18JY]

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

H.R. 3370, modify reversionary interest in certain real property conveyed to Traverse City, MI, school district, H9127 [11DE]

S. 7, Educational Excellence for All Learners Act, S113-S145 [22JA]

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

S. 79, Safe Schools Act, S334 [22JA]

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

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

S. 103, increase participation in advanced placement courses, S374 [22JA]

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

S. 123, Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act, S400 [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. 203, Teacher Support Act, S708 [30JA]

S. 211, Native American Education Improvement Act, S716-S735 [30JA]

S. 225, TEACHER Tax Credit Act, S918 [31JA], S4470 [8MY]

S. 231, Seniors as Volunteers in Our Schools Act, S922 [31JA]

S. 243, Indian School Construction Act, S1019-S1021 [1FE]

S. 262, encourage national board certification by teachers by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives, S1084 [6FE]

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. 309, Title I Integrity Act, S1327 [13FE]

S. 311, Strong Character for Strong Schools Act, S1329 [13FE]

S. 316, Teacher Liability Protection Act, S1338 [13FE]

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

S. 339, Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act, S1424 [14FE]

S. 340, Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act, S1466 [15FE]

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

S. 371, establish and expand child opportunity zone family centers in elementary and secondary schools, S1509 [15FE]

S. 372, Parent Act, S1512-S1514 [15FE]

S. 373, Professional Development Reform Act, S1515-S1517 [15FE]

S. 374, National Guard operation of counterdrug schools, S1517 [15FE]

S. 385, repeal limitation on the expansion of the Junior ROTC program, S1526 [15FE]

S. 437, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, S1772-S1778 [1MR]

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

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

S. 462, Leave No Child Behind Tax Credit Act, S1902 [6MR]

S. 469, School Support and Improvement Act, S1909 [6MR]

S. 495, Tax Equity for School Teachers Act, S2079 [8MR]

S. 604, Ready To Learn, Ready To Teach Act, S2826-S2828 [23MR]

S. 695, Standardized School Report Card Act, S3446 [4AP]

S. 717, voucher program to provide school choice, S3542 [5AP]

S. 727, Teaching Children To Save Lives Act, S12014 [16NO]

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

S. 1046, Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission, S9005, S9007 [3AU]

S. 1146, preserve Colorado land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools, S7202 [29JN]

S. 1165, Juvenile Crime Prevention and Control Act, S7500-S7515 [11JY]

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

S. 1415, enhance charitable contribution tax deductions for book donations and literacy, S9259 [10SE]

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

S. 2133, Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission, S9004 [3AU]

S. Con. Res. 33, National Charter Schools Week, S3865 [24AP]

S. Con. Res. 78, National Character Counts Week, S10463 [10OC]

S. Con. Res. 79, allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools, S10774 [16OC]

S. Res. 24, tribute to Catholic schools, S1435 [14FE]

S. Res. 85, Teacher Appreciation Week and National Teacher Day, S4612 [9MY]

S. Res. 143, educational programs development on veterans' contributions to the country and National Veterans Awareness Week designation, S8482 [31JY]

S. Res. 161, Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, S9558 [20SE]