S 1150

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An original bill to improve learning and teaching by providing a national framework for education reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high levels of educational achievement for all American students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certifications; and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
2/8/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 30: On the Amendment jeffords amdt no. 1420; To express the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should provide States and communities with adequate resources under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as soon as reasonably possible, through the reallocation of funds within the current budget constraints.
2/8/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 29: On the Amendment kennedy amdt no. 1393; To ensure that all federally funded programs which provide for the distribution of contraceptive devices to unemancipated minors develop procedures to encourage family participation in such programs.
2/8/94	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 28: On the Amendment helms amdt no. 1390; To provide that no Federal funds shall be used by the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services to support the distribution or provision of condoms or other contraceptive devices or drugs to an unemancipated minor without the prior written consent of such minor's parent or guardian.
2/8/94	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 27: On the Amendment helms amdt no. 1190; To provide that no Federal funds shall be used by the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services to support the distribution or provision of condoms or other contraceptive devices or drugs to an unemancipated minor without the prior written consent of such minor's parent or guardian.
2/8/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 26: On the Amendment grassley amdt no. 1388; To prohibit the use of certain funds for activities related to a student's personal values, attitudes, beliefs, or sexual behavior without certain consent, notification, access to information, and an opportunity for a hearing; to provide for enforcement of such prohibition; and to require the Secretary of Education to designate or establish an office and review board within the Department of Education.
2/8/94	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 25: On the Amendment coats amdt no. 1386; To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.
2/4/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 24: On the Amendment Danforth amdt. no. 1383; To express the sense of the Senate that local educational agencies should encourage a brief period of daily silence for students for the purpose of contemplating their aspirations.
2/3/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 22: On the Amendment helms amdt no 1382 (as amended); To prohibit the use of funds to any state or local educational agency which has a policy of denying prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis.
2/3/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 21: On the Amendment Hatfield Amdt. No. 1377; To encourage and assist States, local educational agencies, and schools in their comprehensive educational reform efforts by allowing flexibility in the application of selected Federal statutory or regulatory requirements that present barriers to education restructuring and reform.
2/2/94	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 20: On the Amendment gregg amdt no. 1370; To strike all references to opportunity-to-learn standards.
2/2/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 19: On the Amendment Danforth Amdt. No. 1368; To express the sense of the Senate that the speech made by Mr. Khalid Abdul Mohammed at Kean College on November 29, 1993 was false, anti-Semitic, racist, divisive, repugnant and a disservice to all Americans and is therefore condemned.