    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 7, 1991]
    [Page 625]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    White House Statement on Federal Budget Amendments for the Education
    Reform Strategy
    June 7, 1991

        The President today sent to the Congress FY 1992 budget amendments
    that would provide financing for his America 2000 education reform
    strategy now before the Congress. The strategy is a national--not a
    Federal--strategy, requiring the participation and support of families,
    communities, and the business sector in addition to Federal, State, and
    local governments. Federal resources and authorities, however, should
    play an important role in helping the States to achieve the national
    education goals and to help bring schools and teaching up to the
    standards necessary for America to compete effectively in the world
    economy of the next century.
        The requested amendments would provide funds for the following
    activities:

        new American schools ($180 million);
        merit schools ($100 million);
        Governors' academies for teachers ($70 million);
        Governors' academies for school leaders ($22.5 million);
        alternative certification of teachers and principals ($25
                million);
        assistance for parental choice programs ($200 million);
        parental choice programs of national significance ($30
                million);
        the Commission on Time, Study, Learning, and Teaching ($1
                million); and
        a variety of activities to develop world-class educational
                standards, American achievement tests, and electronic
                education networks for elementary and secondary schools, to
                assess workplace literacy skills, and for other purposes
                ($38.2 million).

        These requests reflect reallocations among accounts in the
    Department of Education. In total, these reallocations would not affect
    current FY 1992 budget estimates.