Amendment105th Congress
Amendment changes the within State funding formula for distributing funds to school districts; raises the minimum grant amount for various programs; and makes other changes relating to rural area reserves, allotment for urban areas, parental involvement, vocation education performance standards, and assessments to include vocational proficiencies.
- Amendment Number
- 255
- Description
- Amendment changes the within State funding formula for distributing funds to school districts; raises the minimum grant amount for various programs; and makes other changes relating to rural area reserves, allotment for urban areas, parental involvement, vocation education performance standards, and assessments to include vocational proficiencies.
- Purpose
- An amendment, printed as amendment No. 1 in the Congressional Record of July 16, 1997, to raise the minimum grant for a secondary agency from $7,500 to $10,000, and from $20,000 to $35,000 for postsecondary programs; delete the provision in the bill that allows states to reserve five percent of their allotment for incentive grants; decrease the amount a state is allowed to reserve for rural areas from 10 percent to five percent; allow states to reserve five percent of their allotment for urban areas; require states that qualify to use an alternative secondary distribution formula to target higher areas of poverty; prohibit funds authorized for state grants to be used for national programs; raise the minimum grant award a small state must receive for tech-prep from $200,000 to $250,000;increases parental involve-ment in vocational education programs; increase parental involvement in vocational education programs; require states to describe how local school boards will participate in developing state vocational education performance standards; require state performance assessments to include vocational proficiencies; and allow states to provide professional development programs to non-profit private schools with secondary vocational education programs.
- Congress
- 105
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jul 17, 1997
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Goodling amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 11:44:49
- Submitted Date
- Jul 17, 1997
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021