United States · Law · HR
H.R. 5 (100th)
Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988
Introduced
6 January 1987
Last action
28 April 1988 · Became law
Status
Became Public Law No: 100-297.
Sponsors
Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29], Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19], Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1], Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2], Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2], Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2], Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15], Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23], Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5], Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13], Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13], Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7], Rep. Tallon, Robert M. (Robin) [D-SC-6], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3], Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20], Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3], Del. Blaz, Ben G. [R-GU-At Large], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3], Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
21 July 2025
Summary
School Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to reauthorize through FY 1993 grants to State educational agencies under the Chapter 1 program, Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children, and the Chapter 2 program, Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education. Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for the Chapter 2 program. Amends the Adult Education Act to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act. Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for grants for the improvement of educational opportunities for adult Indians. Amends the Bilingual Education Act to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act. Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for grants for State programs. Requires reports on bilingual education to be made in 1990 and 1992 (as well as 1988). Extends the existence of the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education until October 1, 1993. Amends specified Federal laws relating to impact aid to extend through FY 1993 the provision of assistance to local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities and for school construction in areas affected by Federal activities. Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Education for Economic Security program; (2) the National Science Foundation Program for Partnerships in Education for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering; (3) the Excellence in Education program; and (4) the Magnet School Assistance program. Amends the Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations to make payments to State educational agencies and payments for administration. Reauthorizes State entitlements to such payments through FY 1993. Amends the Indian Education Act to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for special educational training programs for teachers of Indian people. Extends the existence of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education until October 1, 1993. Amends Federal law relating to financial assistance to local educational agencies for the education of Indian children to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for such assistance. Amends the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1978 to require annual reports through FY 1993. Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act. Amends specified Federal law to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for Allen J. Ellender fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students and their teachers to enable them to participate in the Close Up Foundation program to increase understanding of the Federal Government. Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) assistance to improve public education in the Virgin Islands; and (2) territorial teacher training assistance for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
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Timeline
6 January 1987
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Source: IntroReferral
6 January 1987
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 January 1987
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 1987
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Source: Committee
26 February 1987
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from Education.
Source: Committee
26 February 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
3 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
5 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
9 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
10 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
11 March 1987
Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
16 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
19 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
24 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
26 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
30 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
31 March 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
2 April 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
7 April 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
8 April 1987
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
8 April 1987
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
21 April 1987
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
22 April 1987
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
22 April 1987
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
15 May 1987
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 65.
Source: Calendars
15 May 1987
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 100-95.
Source: Committee
15 May 1987
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 100-95.
Source: Committee
19 May 1987
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.172 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
19 May 1987
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate; Waiving All Points of Order.
Source: Floor
20 May 1987
Floor
Called up by House by Rule.
Source: Floor
20 May 1987
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
21 May 1987
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 401 - 1 (Record Vote No: 143).
Source: Floor
21 May 1987
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 401 - 1 (Record Vote No: 143).
Source: Floor
21 May 1987
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
21 May 1987
Floor
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
Source: Floor
21 May 1987
Committee
Provisions of H.R.6, H.R.543, H.R.738, H.R.950, H.R.1227, H.R.1795, H.R.1862, H.R.1896, H.R.1958 Incorporated Into H.R.5.
Source: Committee
3 June 1987
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
15 June 1987
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities.
Source: Committee
14 October 1987
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
19 November 1987
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
Source: Calendars
19 November 1987
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
19 November 1987
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
1 December 1987
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Kennedy; Pell; Metzenbaum; Matsunaga; Dodd; Simon; Mikulski; Stafford; Hatch; Quayle; Thurmond; Weicker.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 December 1987
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
1 December 1987
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 373 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97-1. Record Vote No: 390.
Source: Floor
8 December 1987
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
9 December 1987
ResolvingDifferences
Senate appointed conferees. Inouye; Melcher; DeConcini; Burdick; Daschle; Evans; Murkowski; McCain for the consideration of title XI.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 December 1987
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
9 February 1988
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
9 February 1988
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Ford (MI), Kildee, Williams, Martinez, Hayes (IL), Perkins, Sawyer, Solarz, Wise, Richardson, Robinson, Visclosky, Atkins, Jeffords, Goodling, Petri, Roukema, Gunderson, Bartlett, Fawell, Henry, Grandy.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
9 February 1988
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
17 February 1988
Vote
House Conferees Instructed by Yea-Nay Vote: 382 - 0 (Record Vote No: 9).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 February 1988
Committee
Executive Comment Received From Education.
Source: Committee
1 March 1988
Vote
House Conferees Instructed by Yea-Nay Vote: 274 - 17 (Record Vote No: 14).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 March 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 March 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
31 March 1988
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
31 March 1988
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 April 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 100-567 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 April 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-567 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 April 1988
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.427 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
18 April 1988
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against Consideration of the Conference Report.
Source: Floor
19 April 1988
Vote
House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 397 - 1 (Record Vote No: 58).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 April 1988
Vote
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 397 - 1 (Record Vote No: 58).
Source: NotUsed
19 April 1988
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
20 April 1988
Passed
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 April 1988
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
Source: Floor
20 April 1988
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
21 April 1988
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
27 April 1988
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
28 April 1988
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
28 April 1988
Became law
Became Public Law No: 100-297.
Source: President
28 April 1988
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
Votes
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Documents
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 29 April 1988
House receded and concurred with amendment
summary · EN · 19 April 1988
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Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 13 April 1988
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 1 December 1987
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 21 May 1987
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 15 May 1987
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 January 1987
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Sponsors
- Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tallon, Robert M. (Robin) [D-SC-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. Blaz, Ben G. [R-GU-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] · D · Cosponsor
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- related to → Effective Schools and Even Start Act
- related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 5) to improve elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.
- related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against the conference report on H.R. 5 and against consideration of such conference report, and providing for the consideration of a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934.
- related to ← Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Education Act of 1987
- related to ← School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1987
- related to ← Special Educational Needs Act of 1987
- related to ← Secondary School Basic Skills Act
- related to ← Bilingual Education Improvement Act of 1987
- related to ← Partnership for Educational Innovation Act
- related to ← Telephone Decency Act
- related to ← Magnet Schools Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1987
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