20 U.S.C. § 5801 — Purpose

Page 1290 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 5801 Sec. PART G—COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS 6053 to 6053e. Repealed. PART H—NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK 6054 to 6054b. Repealed. PART I—EISENHOWER REGIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSORTIA 6055 to 6055h. Repealed. PART J—TECHNOLOGY-BASED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 6056, 6056a. Repealed. SUBCHAPTER X—MISCELLANEOUS PART A—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 6061. School prayer. 6062. Funding for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 6063. Study of Goals 2000 and students with disabil- ities. 6064. Contraceptive devices. 6065. Assessments. 6066. Public schools. 6067. Sense of Congress. PART B—ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE 6081. Short title. 6082. Definitions. 6083. Nonsmoking policy for children’s services. 6084. Preemption. § 5801. Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to provide a framework for meeting the National Education Goals established by subchapter I of this chapter by— (1) promoting coherent, nationwide, sys- temic education reform; (2) improving the quality of learning and teaching in the classroom and in the work- place; (3) defining appropriate and coherent Fed- eral, State, and local roles and responsibilities for education reform and lifelong learning; (4) establishing valid and reliable mecha- nisms for— (A) building a broad national consensus on American education reform; (B) assisting in the development and cer- tification of high-quality, internationally competitive content and student perform- ance standards; and (C) assisting in the development and cer- tification of high-quality assessment meas- ures that reflect the internationally com- petitive content and student performance standards; (5) supporting new initiatives at the Federal, State, local, and school levels to provide equal educational opportunity for all students to meet high academic and occupational skill standards and to succeed in the world of em- ployment and civic participation; (6) providing a framework for the reauthor- ization of all Federal education programs by— (A) creating a vision of excellence and eq- uity that will guide all Federal education and related programs; (B) providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive content and student performance standards and strategies that all students will be ex- pected to achieve; (C) encouraging and enabling all State educational agencies and local educational agencies to develop comprehensive improve- ment plans that will provide a coherent framework for the implementation of reau- thorized Federal education and related pro- grams in an integrated fashion that effec- tively educates all children to prepare them to participate fully as workers, parents, and citizens; (D) providing resources to help individual schools, including those serving students with high needs, develop and implement comprehensive improvement plans; and (E) promoting the use of technology to en- able all students to achieve the National Education Goals; (7) stimulating the development and adop- tion of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certification to serve as a cor- nerstone of the national strategy to enhance workforce skills; and (8) assisting every elementary and secondary school that receives funds under this chapter to actively involve parents and families in supporting the academic work of their chil- dren at home and in providing parents with skills to advocate for their children at school. (Pub. L. 103–227, § 2, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–211, 1321–252; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 103–227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 125, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables. AMENDMENTS 1996—Par. (4)(B) to (D). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(A)], inserted ‘‘and’’ at end of subpar. (B), redesignated subpar. (D) as (C), and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: ‘‘assisting in the de- velopment and certification of opportunity-to-learn standards; and’’. Par. (6)(C) to (F). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(2)(B)], redesignated subpars. (D) to (F) as (C) to (E), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: ‘‘providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive oppor- tunity-to-learn standards that all States, local edu- cational agencies, and schools should achieve;’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 1999 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 106–25, § 1, Apr. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 41, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 5891a and 5891b of this title, amending section 1415 of this title, and en- acting provisions set out as notes under sections 1415 and 5891a of this title] may be cited as the ‘Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999’.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 103–227, § 1(a), Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 125, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act (other than titles V and IX) [en- Page 1291 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 5802 1 See References in Text note below. acting this chapter (other than subchapters V and IX) and sections 3351 and 3425 of this title, amending sec- tions 1107, 1221e–1, 1232h, 2421, 3381 to 3384, 3386, and 5093 of this title, section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organi- zation and Employees, sections 1632, 1633, and 1635 of Title 29, Labor, and section 11903a of Title 42, The Pub- lic Health and Welfare, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 5093 and 6301 of this title and section 11901 of Title 42] may be cited as the ‘Goals 2000: Educate America Act’.’’ § 5802. Definitions (a) Subchapters I, II, III, and X As used in subchapters I, II, III, and X of this chapter— (1) the terms ‘‘all students’’ and ‘‘all chil- dren’’ mean students or children from a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, in- cluding disadvantaged students and children, students or children with diverse racial, eth- nic, and cultural backgrounds, American Indi- ans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, stu- dents or children with disabilities, students or children with limited-English proficiency, school-aged students or children who have dropped out of school, migratory students or children, and academically talented students and children; (2) the term ‘‘Bureau’’, unless otherwise pro- vided, means the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (3) the terms ‘‘community’’, ‘‘public’’, and ‘‘advocacy group’’ include representatives of organizations advocating for the education of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children and Indian tribes; (4) the term ‘‘content standards’’ means broad descriptions of the knowledge and skills students should acquire in a particular subject area; (5) the term ‘‘Governor’’ means the chief ex- ecutive of the State; (6) the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’ and ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meaning given such terms in section 8801 of this title; 1 (7) the term ‘‘outlying areas’’ means Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Com- monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau (until the effective date of the Compact of Free Association with the Government of Palau), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia; (8) the term ‘‘performance standards’’ means concrete examples and explicit definitions of what students have to know and be able to do to demonstrate that such students are pro- ficient in the skills and knowledge framed by content standards; (9) the term ‘‘related services’’ has the same meaning given such term under section 1401 of this title; (10) the term ‘‘State assessment’’ means measures of student performance which in- clude at least 1 instrument of evaluation, and may include other measures of student per- formance, for a specific purpose and use which are intended to evaluate the progress of all students in the State toward learning the ma- terial in State content standards in 1 or more subject areas; (11) the term ‘‘school’’ means a public school that is under the authority of the State edu- cational agency or a local educational agency or, for the purpose of carrying out section 5895(b) 1 of this title, a school that is operated or funded by the Bureau; (12) the term ‘‘Secretary’’, unless otherwise provided, means the Secretary of Education; and (13) the term ‘‘State’’, unless otherwise pro- vided, means each of the 50 States, the Dis- trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer- to Rico, and each of the outlying areas. (b) Subchapters IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX For the purpose of subchapters IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX— (1) except as provided in paragraph (3) and unless otherwise provided, the terms used in such subchapters have the same meanings given such terms in section 8801 of this title; 1 (2) the term ‘‘Bureau’’, unless otherwise pro- vided, means the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’, unless otherwise provided, means the Secretary of Education. (Pub. L. 103–227, § 3, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 129; Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 394(f)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4027; Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(d) [title VII, § 703(a)(3)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–211, 1321–252; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327; Pub. L. 108–446, title III, § 305(e), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2805.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Subchapters I to X, referred to in text, were in the original references to titles I to X of Pub. L. 103–227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 131–265. Titles I, V, VI, and VIII are classified generally to subchapters I (§ 5811 et seq.), V (§ 5931 et seq.), VI (§ 5951), and VIII (§ 5981 et seq.), re- spectively, of this chapter. Title II enacted subchapter II (§ 5821 et seq.) of this chapter and section 3425 of this title, amended section 5093 of this title and section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 5093 of this title. Title VII enacted subchapter VII (§ 5961 et seq.) of this chapter and amended section 1221e–1 of this title. Titles III and IV were classified generally to subchapters III (§ 5881 et seq.) and IV (§ 5911 et seq.), respectively, of this chapter and were repealed by Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(4) [title III, § 310(i)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–265. Section 5895(b) of this title was repealed by Pub. L. 106–113. Title IX en- acted subchapter IX (§ 6001 et seq.) of this chapter, amended sections 2422, 3155, 3412, 3419, 3462, and 4085b of this title, repealed section 1221e of this title, and en- acted provisions set out as notes under sections 1221e and 3155 of this title. Title X enacted subchapter X (§ 6061 et seq.) of this chapter and section 3351 of this title, amended sections 1107, 1232h, 2421, 3381 to 3384, and 3386 of this title, sections 1632, 1633, and 1635 of Title 29, Labor, and section 11903a of Title 42, The Pub- lic Health and Welfare, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 6301 of this title and section 11901 of Title 42. For complete classification of titles I to X to the Code, see Tables. Section 8801 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a)(6) and (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(C), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1986. For Oct. 1, 1994, as the date the Compact of Free As- sociation with the Government of Palau takes effect, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), see Proc. No. 6726, Sept. 27, 1994, 59 F.R. 49777, set out as a note under section 1931 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.