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H.R. 2846 (105th)

To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific legislation.

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Introduced

6 November 1997

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Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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Summary

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the use of funds provided to the Department of Education, or to an applicable program, to develop, plan, implement, or administer any national testing program. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a similar prohibition against use of certain funds (from the Fund for the Improvement Education) for any national testing program. Exempts from such funding prohibitions the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.

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