Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 10, insert ``AND STATE'' after ``national''. Page 1, line 11, strike ``The Secretary'' and insert the following: (a) National Activities.--The Secretary Page 2, after line 3, insert the following: (b) State Activities.--The Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available under section 10 for a fiscal year for planning grants and implementation grants made to State educational agencies under section 4. Page 7, line 9, strike ``and'' at the end. Page 7, line 20, strike the period at the end and insert ``; and''. Page 7, after line 20, insert the following: (11) in the case of an application by a State education agency, a demonstration that the agency has procedures in place-- (A) to assess and prevent the redrawing of school district lines in a manner that increases racial or socioeconomic isolation; (B) to assess the segregation impacts of new school construction proposals and to prioritize school construction funding that will foreseeably increase racial and economic integration; and (C) to include progress toward reduction of racial and economic isolation as a factor in its State plan under section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311). Page 13, line 14, insert ``a State educational agency,'' after ``means''.…”