[House Report 106-408]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                106-408

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2300, THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT 
                              FOR ALL ACT

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  October 20, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 338]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 338, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2300, 
the Academic Achievement for All Act, under a structured rule. 
The rule provides 2 hours of general debate divided equally 
between 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 now printed 
in the bill as an original bill for purpose of amendment, 
modified by the amendments printed in part A of this report. 
The rule waives clause 4 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations in legislative bills) against the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, as modified.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
part B of this report, which may be offered only in the order 
printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
the time specified in this report 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.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce voting time for 5 minutes on a postponed question if the 
vote follows a 15 minute vote. Finally, the rule provides for 
one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.

    summary of amendments made in order to h.r. 2300, the academic 
                 achievement for all act (straight a's)

     Part A--Amendments Modifying the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                               Substitute

    Castle: Limits the number of states that may participate in 
H.R. 2300 to 10 states.
    Goodling #2: Changes the effective date of H.R. 2300, thus 
eliminating any direct spending change.

                    Part B--Amendments Made in Order

    Goodling #1: Requires states to set academic performance 
goals for improving student performance in science, if a state 
chooses to include Eisenhower Professional Development grants 
in its performance agreement; clarifies that performance goals 
are goals designed to improve student academic achievement; 
clarifies requirements for states that do not include Title I 
in their performance agreement; and clarifies that states may 
not use funds under H.R. 2300 for private school tuition. (10 
minutes)
    Fattah: Requires that states certify to the Secretary of 
Education that either the per pupil expenditures are 
``substantially equal'' across the state or that achievement 
levels are ``substantially equal'' across the state. (20 
minutes)

                                 PART A

    Text of amendments modifying the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute:
    Page 3, strike lines 15 through 19 and insert the 
following:
    ``(a) Program Authorized.--Not more than 10 States may, at 
their option, execute a performance agreement with the 
Secretary under which the provisions of law described in 
section 4(a) shall not apply to such State except as otherwise 
provided in this Act.''.
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    Page 23, after line 15, insert the following:

SEC. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE

    This Act shall take effect with respect to funds 
appropriated for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2000.

                                 PART B


      1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Goodling of 
         Pennsylvania, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 5, line 5, strike ``any part'' and insert ``part A''.
    Page 5, line 17, strike ``performance;'' and insert 
``academic achievement;''.
    Page 6, line 13, before ``performance'' insert 
``academic''.
    Page 6, line 20, after ``student'' insert ``academic''.
    Page 7, line 11, insert ``that includes part A of title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in its 
performance agreement'' after ``State''.
    Page 7, line 22, strike ``(5)(A);'' and insert ``(5);''.
    Beginning on page 10, strike line 18 through page 11, line 
3, and insert the following:
    (e) Special Rules.--
          (1) In general.--If a State does not include part A 
        of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
        Act of 1965 in its performance agreement, the State 
        shall--
                  (A) certify that it has developed a system to 
                measure the academic performance of all 
                students; and
                  (B) establish challenging academic 
                performance goals for such other programs in 
                accordance with paragraph (6)(A) of subsection 
                (d), except that clauses (vi) and (vii) of such 
                paragraph shall not apply to such performance 
                agreements.
          (2) Title ii included.--If a State includes title II 
        of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
        in its performance agreement, it shall include specific 
        performance goals to improve achievement in science in 
        its performance agreement.
    Page 14, strike lines 3 through 6 and insert the following:
    (c) Uses of Funds.--
          (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        funds made available under this Act to a State shall be 
        used for any elementary and secondary educational 
        purposes permitted by State law of the participating 
        State.
          (2) Exception.--
                  (A) Use of funds.--A State may not use any 
                funds provided under this Act for private 
                school tuition.
                  (B) Inclusion of part a of title i.--If a 
                State includes part A of title I of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
                in its performance agreement, such State shall 
                ensure that school districts within the State 
                allocate funds received under section 5(c) to 
                address the educational needs of disadvantaged 
                students.
    Page 18, line 3, strike ``REVIEW.'' and insert ``REVIEW AND 
PENALTIES.''.
    Page 20, line 5, strike ``The'' and insert ``If funds are 
sufficient, the''.
    Page 20, line 17, after ``students'' insert ``under section 
3(d)(5)(C)''.
    Page 22, line 6, strike ``whitholdling'' and insert 
``withholding''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fattah of Pennsylvania, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

    Page 22, line 20, redesignate section 16 as section 17 and 
insert after line 19 the following:

SEC. 16. EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.

    (a) Educational Equity.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, beginning 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act no State shall receive Federal funds for 
its performance agreement under programs specified in section 4 
unless the State certifies annually to the Secretary that--
          (1) per pupul expenditure in the local educational 
        agencies in the State are substantially equal, taking 
        into consideration the variation in cost of serving 
        pupils with special needs and the local variation in 
        cost of providing education services; or
          (2) the achievement levels of students on reading and 
        mathematics assessments, graduation rates, and rates of 
        college-bound students in the local educational 
        agencies with the lowest per pupil expenditures are 
        substantially equal lto those of the local educational 
        agencies with the highest per pupil expenditures.
    (b) Guidelines.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
National Academy of Sciences, shall develop and publish 
guidelines not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act to define the terms ``substantially equal'' and 
``per pupil expenditures''.

                                

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