ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Articles and editorials

Our View—Make Federal Testing Fit With Curriculum, S15278 [20NO]

Scores Show Broad Gains on MCAS, S11211 [9SE]

Take a Test, Get a Prize, S15277 [20NO]

Tool Tracks Potential Dropouts—Profiler Software Lets HISD Keep Tabs on At-Risk Students, S11339 [10SE]

``Zero Dropout'' Miracle—Alas! Alack! A Texas Tall Tale, S11339 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing (see H.R. 2107), H4130 [14MY] (see H.R. 2394), H5088 [9JN]

Chesapeake Bay: make grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques relating to environmental education and training in the watershed (see S. 828), S5059 [9AP]

Children and youth: encourage implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger (see H.R. 3301), H9477 [15OC]

Discrimination: prohibit federally subsidized discrimination in supplemental educational services (see H.R. 3582), H12307 [21NO]

Diseases: prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H8949 [25SE]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (see H.R. 2556), H5713 [23JN]

Education: permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements (see S. 956), S5541 [30AP]

———prohibit transfer of students to schools that are at or above capacity (see H.R. 947), H1395 [26FE]

———provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 599), H321 [5FE]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 873), H1331 [25FE]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 3450), H10457 [5NO]

———require medically accurate factual information in any course material or instruction on human development and sexuality (see H.R. 802), H701 [13FE]

———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities and staffs implementing Even Start programs (see H.R. 1600), H2819 [3AP]

Employment: amend relative to rigorous quality standards applicable to paraprofessionals hired prior to enactment of No Child Left Behind Act (see H.R. 2348), H5043 [5JN]

GAO: require report on whether amounts appropriated to carry out grant programs are adequate to permit recipients to meet the conditions imposed by receipt of the grant (see H.R. 3341), H9737 [20OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 1502), H2472 [27MR]

Local government: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see S. 777), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 566), H319 [5FE] (see H.R. 932), H1395 [26FE]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 1372), S9049 [8JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1564), H2702 [2AP]

———implementation (see S. Res. 22), S1069 [16JA]

———modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 3049), H8081 [9SE]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H5043 [5JN]

Schools: provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities (see H.R. 1840), H3451 [29AP]

———require States awarding State charter school grant program subgrants to give priority schools providing racially integrated educational experience (see H.R. 2147), H4254 [19MY]

States: condition receipt of certain funds on States requiring high school courses in American history and American government to graduate (see H.R. 3592), H12307 [21NO]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay legislation: Robert M. Ferris, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5068 [9AP]

———Robert S. Bloxom, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5068 [9AP]

Education funding: Roderick Paige, Sec. of Education, S96 [9JA]

Impact Aid Program funding: Senate Impact Aid Coalition, S11010 [3SE]

Poems

``Crowd the Children In,'' Representative Owens, E130 [5FE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 2107), E954 [15MY]

———authorizing (H.R. 2394), E2448 [23NO]

Children and youth: encourage implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger (H.R. 3301), E2051 [15OC]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (H.R. 2556), E1326 [23JN]

Education: funding, H173 [28JA], H225-H228 [29JA], H663 [13FE], H1657 [6MR], H2198 [20MR], H2314 [26MR], H2457-H2460 [27MR], H4881 [4JN], E76 [28JA], E130 [5FE]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (H.R. 873), H1299 [25FE]

———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities and staffs implementing Even Start programs (H.R. 1600), E680 [3AP]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, H2457 [27MR]

———use of computer software for multilingual education, H6380 [9JY]

Local government: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 932), H1362 [26FE]

———effect of reduced Impact Aid Program funding on certain military service-dependent economies, H1357, H1376 [26FE], E304, E307 [27FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, H6369 [9JY], H10083-H10090 [29OC]

———implementation, H8940 [25SE], E2152 [28OC]

———modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (H.R. 3049), H8022 [9SE]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (H.R. 2366), H5179 [11JN], H5474 [18JN], H5821 [25JN], H6469 [10JY], H7333 [23JY], E1170 [5JN]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, H6564-H6568 [10JY]

Remarks in Senate

BIA: education funding, S1443, S1444 [23JA]

Chesapeake Bay: make grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques relating to environmental education and training in the watershed (S. 828), S5062-S5064 [9AP]

Dept. of Education: Hispanic education programs funding, S10992-S11003 [3SE], S11149 [5SE], S11299, S11324-S11327 [10SE]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S11010-S11012 [3SE]

———Rural Education Achievement Program funding, S11078-S11081, S11086 [4SE]

———teacher quality programs funding, S11290 [10SE]

———transfer surplus funding to Title I accounts, S9218 [10JY]

Education: disadvantaged student programs funding, S10944-S10948, S10952-S10957 [2SE], S11000, S11006-S11009, S11018-S11020 [3SE], S11053 [4SE], S11175-S11178, S11180 [8SE], S11209-S11212, S11214, S11223-S11225 [9SE]

———funding, S91-S96, S100, S101 [9JA], S193-S195 [10JA], S256 [14JA], S330, S345-S347 [15JA], S1024-S1048 [16JA], S1643, S1646 [28JA], S2282 [12FE], S2881 [27FE], S3121 [5MR], S3787 [17MR], S3940, S3956-S3964 [19MR], S4358 [25MR]

———literacy, library, and museum programs funding, S11233 [9SE], S11273, S11274 [10SE]

———permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements (S. 956), S5600 [30AP], S15275-S15277 [20NO]

Local government: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (S. 777), S4827 [3AP]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 1372), S9050 [8JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: data-tracking and transfer technology funding to facilitate State compliance, S11309, S11311, S11339 [10SE]

———implementation, S10952-S10957 [2SE], S11006-S11009, S11018-S11020 [3SE], S11055 [4SE]

———implementation relative to Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations administration, S15275-S15277 [20NO]

———implementation (S. Res. 22), S1085 [16JA]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, S11285-S11289, S11295 [10SE]

Schools: provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities, S11088-S11094 [4SE], S11134 [5SE]

Statements

No Child Left Behind Act Implementation: Gail Cohen, E2152 [28OC]

———Representative Andrews, E2152 [28OC]

Tables

Dept. of Education fiscal year 2004 President's budget, S3960 [19MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2660): educator professional development funding, S11291 [10SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 246), S1025 [16JA]

Texts of

S. 828, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education Pilot Program Act, S5064 [9AP]

S. 956, Student Testing Flexibility Act, S5602 [30AP]

S. 1372, Title I Integrity Act, S9051 [8JY]

S. Res. 22, No Child Left Behind Act implementation, S1085 [16JA]