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PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994
108 STAT. 3911
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Act of 1994, and the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act, on improvement in educational achievement of
participating students and on school and local educational agency administrative responsibilities, structure, and resources based on an appropriate sample
of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, schools, and tribes receiving waivers.
"(D) a study of the waivers provided under section
1114 to support schoolwide programs which shall include—
"(i) the extent to which schoolwide programs are
meeting the intent and purposes of any program for
which provisions were waived; and
"(ii) the extent to which the needs of all students
are being served by such programs particularly students who would be eligible for assistance under any
provisions waived.
"(2) INDEPENDENT PANEL. — The Secretary shall appoint an
independant panel to review the plan for the evaluation
described in paragraph (1), to advise the Secretary on such
evaluation's progress, and to comment, if the panel so wishes,
on the final report described in paragraph (3).
"(3) REPORT. —The Secretary shall submit a final report
on the evaluation described in this subsection by January 1,.
1998, to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House
of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources of the Senate.
"(c) RECIPIENT EVALUATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IMPROVE-
MENT.— The Secretary is authorized to provide guidance, technical
assistance, and model programs to recipients of assistance under
this Act to strengthen information for quality assurance and
performance information feedback at State and local levels. Such
guidance and assistance shall promote the development, measurement and reporting of valid, reliable, timely and consistent performance indicators within a program in order to promote continuous
program improvement. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to establish a national data system.
"PART H—SENSE OF THE CONGRESS
"SEC. 14801. SENSE OF CONGRESS TO INCREASE THE TOTAL SHARE 20 USC 8961.
OF FEDERAL SPENDING ON EDUCATION.
"(a) FINDINGS. — The Congress finds that-
'll) in order to increase our Nation's standard of living
and to increase the number of good jobs, the United States
must increase its productivity and ability to compete in the
international marketplace by improving the educational level
of our workforce;
"(2) although efforts are being made to establish higher
educational standards and goals, there is a substantial shortage
of resources to meet such standards and goals;
"(3) States and local communities are finding it increasingly
difficult to meet ever higher educational standards and goals,
and States will not be able to fund needed changes without
Federal help to reach such standards and goals;
"(4) the Federal Government has established many educational programs but failed to provide adequate funding for
such programs, for example one such program provides edu-
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