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S 1642 106th Congress Senate

Education for Democracy Act

Official title: A bill to amend part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 1, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Sep 27, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11494-11495)
Sep 27, 1999
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Education for Democracy Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions for Civic Education, under part F of title X (Programs of National Significance).

(Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with: (1) the Center for Civic Education (CCE) to carry out civic education activities under the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program, and under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs; and (2) the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) to carry out economic education activities under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs.

Revises requirements for CCE implementation of the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program.

Sets forth requirements for the Cooperative Educational Exchange programs of civic education by CCE and economic education by NCEE. Makes eligible for such programs Central European countries, an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Allows such program eligibility also for the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and any developing country as defined under the Education for the Deaf Act.

Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004 for: (1) the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program; and (2) the Cooperative Educational Exchange programs.

(Sec. 3) Repeals title VI (International Education Program) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 1, 1999
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