§ 5801. Purpose

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1994

   Goals 2000: Educate America Act

   Pub. L. 103–227 § 2 · 108 Stat. 125

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 5801

   Pub. L. 103–227, § 2, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 128

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 103–227, § 2, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 128

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to provide a framework for meeting the National Education Goals established by title I of this Act by— (1) promoting coherent, nationwide, systemic education reform; (2) improving the quality of learning and teaching in the classroom and in the workplace; (3) defining appropriate and coherent Federal, State, and local roles and responsibilities for education reform and lifelong learning; (4) establishing valid and reliable mechanisms for— (A) building a broad national consensus on American education reform; (B) assisting in the development and certification of high-quality, internationally competitive content and student performance standards; (C) assisting in the development and certification of opportunity-to-learn standards; and (D) assisting in the development and certification of high-quality assessment measures that reflect the internationally competitive content and student performance standards; (5) supporting new initiatives at the Federal, State, local, and school levels to provide equal educational opportunity for all students to meet high academic and occupational skill standards and to succeed in the world of employment and civic participation; (6) providing a framework for the reauthorization of all Federal education programs by— (A) creating a vision of excellence and equity that will guide all Federal education and related programs; (B) providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive content and student performance standards and strategies that all students will be expected to achieve; (C) providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive opportunity-to-learn standards that all States, local educational agencies, and schools should achieve; (D) encouraging and enabling all State educational agencies and local educational agencies to develop comprehensive improvement plans that will provide a coherent framework for the implementation of reauthorized Federal education and related programs in an integrated fashion that effectively educates all children to prepare them to participate fully as workers, parents, and citizens; (E) providing resources to help individual schools, including those serving students with high needs, develop and implement comprehensive improvement plans; and (F) promoting the use of technology to enable all students to achieve the National Education Goals; (7) stimulating the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certification to serve as a cornerstone of the national strategy to enhance workforce skills; and (8) assisting every elementary and secondary school that receives funds under this Act to actively involve parents and families in supporting the academic work of their children at home and in providing parents with skills to advocate for their children at school.

2. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–134 § 101(d)(tVII)(s703)(a)(2)(A) · 110 Stat. 1321

   1. Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 5801(4)(B)(D)

      Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(A)], inserted “and” at end of subpar. (B)

   2. Redesignated · 20 U.S.C. § 5801(4)(B)(D)

      Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(A)], redesignated subpar. (D) as (C)

   3. Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 5801(4)(B)(D)

      Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(A)], struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: “assisting in the development and certification of opportunity-to-learn standards; and”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (4)(B) to (D). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(A)], inserted “and” at end of subpar. (B), redesignated subpar. (D) as (C), and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: “assisting in the development and certification of opportunity-to-learn standards; and”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Section 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

3. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–134 § 101(d)(tVII)(s703)(a)(2)(B) · 110 Stat. 1321

   1. Redesignated · 20 U.S.C. § 5801(6)(C)(F)

      Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(B)], redesignated subpars. (D) to (F) as (C) to (E), respectively

   2. Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 5801(6)(C)(F)

      Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(B)], struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: “providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive opportunity-to-learn standards that all States, local educational agencies, and schools should achieve;”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (6)(C) to (F). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(B)], redesignated subpars. (D) to (F) as (C) to (E), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: “providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive opportunity-to-learn standards that all States, local educational agencies, and schools should achieve;”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Section 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

6 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision