Chuck Schumer: “The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should appropriate all funds…”

“The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should appropriate all funds authorized for elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2002) At the appropriate place insert the following: SEC. 902. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON APPROPRIATION OF ALL FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that-- (1) President George W. Bush has said that bipartisan education reform will be the cornerstone of his administration and that no child should be left behind; (2) the Bush administration has said that too many of the neediest students of our Nation are being left behind and that the Federal Government can, and must, help close the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers; (3) more of the children of our Nation are enrolled in public school today than at any time since 1971; (4) math and science skills are increasingly important as the global economy transforms into a high tech economy; (5) last year's Glenn Commission concluded that the most consistent and powerful predictors of student achievement in math and science are whether the student's teacher had full teaching certification and a college major in the field being taught; and (6) Congress increased appropriations for elementary and secondary education by 20 percent in fiscal…”