[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.