§ 5801. — Purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC5801]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
Sec. 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, systemic education reform;
(2) improving the quality of learning and teaching in the
classroom and in the workplace;
(3) defining appropriate and coherent Federal, State, and local
roles and responsibilities for education reform and lifelong
learning;
(4) establishing valid and reliable mechanisms for--
(A) building a broad national consensus on American
education reform;
(B) assisting in the development and certification of high-
quality, internationally competitive content and student
performance standards; and
(C) assisting in the development and certification of high-
quality assessment measures that reflect the internationally
competitive 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 employment and civic participation;
(6) providing a framework for the reauthorization of all Federal
education programs by--
(A) creating a vision of excellence and equity 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 expected to
achieve;
(C) encouraging and enabling all State educational agencies
and local educational agencies to develop comprehensive
improvement plans that will provide a coherent framework for the
implementation of reauthorized Federal education and related
programs in an integrated fashion that effectively 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 enable all students
to achieve the National Education Goals;
(7) stimulating the development and adoption of a voluntary
national system of skill standards and certification to serve as a
cornerstone 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 children at home
and in providing parents with skills to advocate for their children
at school.
(Pub. L. 103-227, Sec. 2, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 104-134,
title I, Sec. 101(d) [title VII, Sec. 703(a)(2)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110
Stat. 1321-211, 1321-252; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140,
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
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, Sec. 101(d) [title VII,
Sec. 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 development and certification of
opportunity-to-learn standards; and''.
Par. (6)(C) to (F). Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 101(d) [title VII,
Sec. 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 opportunity-to-learn standards that all States, local
educational agencies, and schools should achieve;''.
Short Title of 1999 Amendment
Pub. L. 106-25, Sec. 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 enacting 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
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 103-227 provided that: ``This Act (other
than titles V and IX) [enacting this chapter (other than subchapters V
and IX) and sections 3351 and 3425 of this title, amending sections
1107, 1221e-1, 1232h, 2421, 3381 to 3384, 3386, and 5093 of this title,
section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, sections
1632, 1633, and 1635 of Title 29, Labor, and section 11903a of Title 42,
The Public 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'.''
