ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA]

Chesapeake Bay: establish the Dept. of Education Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education and Training Grant Pilot Program (see S. 1492), S8948 [26JY]

Children and youth: academic content standards for physical education (see S. 1276), S6909 [21JN] (see H.R. 4359), H10908 [17NO]

———encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 1060), H941 [2MR]

Dept. of Education: increase funding levels for Partnerships in Character Education Program (see H.R. 1559), H1894 [12AP]

Education: amend certain accountability and assessment provisions (see H.R. 4085), H8985 [19OC]

———amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H1024 [8MR] (see H.R. 2569), H3892 [24MY] (see H.R. 4216), H9555 [2NO]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see S. 1218), S6299 [9JN] (see H.R. 2835), H4354 [9JN]

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H4655 [16JN]

———increase scoring on assessments and achievement standards for calculating progress, and decrease State requirements and expand exclusion for limited English proficiency students for such calculations (see H.R. 1722), H2393 [20AP]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 15), S142 [24JA] (see S. 848), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1681), H2148 [19AP]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 49), H73 [4JA]

Federal aid programs: authorize full funding of payments for eligible federally connected children (see S. 2151), S14185 [20DE]

Federal-State relations: provide States that meet certain requirements with waivers of the adequate yearly progress provisions (see S. 901), S4257 [26AP] (see H.R. 1821), H2548 [26AP]

Government regulations: clarify certain Federal requirements (see H.R. 4578), H12047 [16DE]

Impact Aid Program: amend relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H234 [26JA]

———amend to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H352 [2FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize States, in the event of inadequate Federal funding, to waive certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (see H.R. 529), H349 [2FE]

Local government: specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 1054), S5301 [17MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H4140 [26MY]

———improve (see S. 724), S3278 [6AP] (see H.R. 1506), H1845 [6AP]

———modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 224), H78 [4JA]

Rural areas: amend relative to practicality and feasibility of transfer of students from certain schools (see S. 696), S3200 [5AP]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H352 [2FE]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H350 [2FE]

States: ensure that the total amount of certain funds awarded to a State for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 is not less than the total awarded in fiscal year 2003 (see H.R. 1853), H2549 [26AP]

Teachers: amend relative to qualifications (see H.R. 3036), H4984 [22JN]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay restoration legislation: Mike Waugh, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S8959 [26JY]

———Roy A. Hoagland, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S8958 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 363), E78 [25JA]

Children and youth: encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs, H4491 [15JN]

———encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (H.R. 1060), E330 [2MR]

Dept. of Education: funding, H5060 [23JN]

———gifted and talented students education program funding, H5106, H5149 [24JN]

———Impact Aid Program funding, E2434 [18NO]

———prohibit funding to require local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters without parental consent, H5119-H5121 [24JN]

Education: improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (H.R. 2835), E1193 [9JN]

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (H.R. 2947), E1254 [17JN], E1416 [30JN]

Federal-State relations: provide States that meet certain requirements with waivers of the adequate yearly progress provisions (H.R. 1821), E767 [26AP]

Impact Aid Program: amend relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 390), E97 [26JA]

Remarks in Senate

Chesapeake Bay: establish the Dept. of Education Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education and Training Grant Pilot Program (S. 1492), S8951-S8953 [26JY]

Education: encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology, S91 [20JA]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (S. 1218), S6294, S6322 [9JN]

———national policy to improve system (S. 15), S111, S127, S130 [24JA], S546 [26JA]

———national policy to improve system (S. 848), S3957 [19AP], S4038 [20AP]

———permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements, S10111-S10113 [15SE]

Impact Aid Program: amend relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies, S8737 [22JY], S10781, S10783 [30SE], S11805 [25OC]

Local government: specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 1054), S5323 [17MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (S. 724), S3294 [6AP]

Poverty: Title I funding for disadvantaged student programs, S11859-S11866 [26OC]

Rural areas: amend relative to practicality and feasibility of transfer of students from certain schools (S. 696), S3203 [5AP]

Texts of

S. 15, Quality Education for All Act, S174-S183 [24JA]

S. 696, Rural Schools Geography Act, S3204 [5AP]

S. 724, No Child Left Behind Reform Act, S3295 [6AP]

S. 1054, Title I Integrity Act, S5324 [17MY]

S. 1218, Teacher Excellence for All Children Act, S6323-S6331 [9JN]

S. 1492, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education Pilot Program Act, S8955 [26JY]

S. 2151, Fair Share for Military Children in Public Schools Act, S14190 [20DE]