[House Report 105-357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    105-357
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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2746, THE HELPING EMPOWER LOW-
 INCOME PARENTS (HELP) SCHOLARSHIPS AMENDMENTS OF 1997 AND H.R. 2616, 
                 THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AMENDMENTS OF 1997

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  October 29, 1997.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mrs. Myrick, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 288]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 288, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2746, 
the ``Helping Empower Low-income Parents (HELP) Scholarships 
Amendments of 1997'' under a closed rule. The rule provides two 
hours of debate divided equally between the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. The rule provides one motion to recommit.
    Next, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2616 
under an open rule, with one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
    The rule makes in order the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce amendment in the nature of a substitute as an 
original bill for purpose of amendment, which shall be 
considered as read.
    The rule provides for the consideration of the manager's 
amendment printed in this report, if offered by Representative 
Goodling or his designee, which is considered as read, not 
subject to amendment or to a division of the question, and is 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided between the proponent 
and an opponent. If adopted, the amendment is considered as 
part of the base text for further amendment purposes.
    The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in 
the Congressional Record.
    The rule allows for the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and 
to reduce votes to five minutes on a postponed question if the 
vote follows a fifteen minute vote.
    The rule also provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    Additionally, the rule provides that in the engrossment of 
H.R. 2616, the Clerk shall add the text of H.R. 2746, as passed 
by the House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 2616 and make 
conforming and designation changes within the engrossment. Upon 
the addition of the text of H.R. 2746 to the engrossment of 
H.R. 2616, H.R. 2746 shall be laid on the table.
    Finally, the rule provides that H. Res. 280 is laid on the 
table.

An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Goodling of Pennsylvania, 
or Representative Riggs of California, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                minutes

    Page 12, strike lines 15 through 18, and insert the 
following:
          ``(4) describe how the State educational agency will 
        use administrative funds provided under section 
        10304(f)(4) to disseminate best or promising practices 
        of charter schools in such State to each local 
        educational agency in the State, except that such 
        dissemination shall result, to the extent practicable, 
        in a minimum of paperwork for a State educational 
        agency, eligible applicant, or charter school.''.
    Page 18, line 7, insert ``out'' after ``carrying''.
    Beginning on page 19, strike line 17 and all that follows 
through page 20, line 9, and insert the following:

``SEC. 10306. FEDERAL FORMULA ALLOCATION DURING FIRST YEAR AND FOR 
                    SUCCESSIVE ENROLLMENT EXPANSIONS.

    ``For purposes of the allocation to schools by the States 
or their agencies of funds under part A of title I, and any 
other Federal funds which the Secretary allocates to States on 
a formula basis, the Secretary and each State educational 
agency shall take such measures not later than 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this part as are necessary to 
ensure that every charter school receives the Federal funding 
for which it is eligible not later than 5 months after first 
opening, notwithstanding the fact that the identify and 
characteristics of the students enrolling in that school are 
not fully and completely determined until that school actually 
opens. These measures shall similarly ensure that every charter 
school expanding its enrollment in any subsequent year of 
operation receives the Federal funding for which it is eligible 
not later than 5 months of such expansion.''.

                               resolution

    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2746) to 
amend title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to give parents with low-incomes the opportunity to choose 
the appropriate school for their children and for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 2616) to amend titles VI and X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and 
expand charter schools.
    Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to 
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2746) to amend title VI of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to give 
parents with low-incomes the opportunity to choose the 
appropriate school for their children. The bill shall be 
considered as read for amendment. The bill shall be debatable 
for two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit.
    Sec. 2. After disposition of the bill (H.R. 2746), the 
Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the 
state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to 
amend titles VI and X of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter schools. The first 
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate 
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 
to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Before 
consideration of any other amendment it shall be in order to 
consider the amendment printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by 
Representative Goodling of Pennsylvania or his designee. That 
amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. If that amendment is 
adopted, the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, 
as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the 
purpose of further amendment. During consideration of the bill 
for further amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of 
whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be 
printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated 
for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so 
printed shall be considered as read. The chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during 
further consideration in the Committee on the Whole a request 
for a recorded vote on any amendment; (2) reduce to five 
minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed 
question that follows an electronic vote without intervening 
business, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting 
on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At 
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the 
Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute made in order as original text. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 
and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Sec. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 2616, the Clerk 
shall--
          (1) add the text of H.R. 2746, as passed by the 
        House, as new matter a the end of H.R. 2616;
          (2) conform the title of H.R. 2616 to reflect the 
        addition of the text of H.R. 2746 to the engrossment;
          (3) assigned appropriate designations to provisions 
        within the engrossment; and
          (4) conform provisions for short titles within the 
        engrossment.
    (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2746 to the 
engrossment of H.R. 2616, H.R. 2746 shall be laid on the table.
    Sec. 4. House Resolution 280 is laid on the table.