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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 18, 1993
National Commission on School Finance to Meet the National Education Goals Act - Establishes the National Commission on School Finance to Meet the National Education Goals (the Commission), as an independent agency in the executive branch. Directs the Commission to: (1) study and report to the Congress on the research on innovations in practice to determine what will be necessary (including cost implications) to achieve the National Education Goals; (2) investigate the extent to which there is a Federal policy on educational equity of resources, Federal education laws promote such policy, there are alternatives to current school finance mechanisms, and schools and States can finance the reform demands implied in such goals; and (3) synthesize and evaluate existing information in specified areas relating to educational need-analysis, school finance, and educational program and cost data-gathering. Authorizes appropriations.
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Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D–NM
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1911-1912)
Introduced in Senate
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