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The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 136) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local school districts in the State of California in providing educational services for students attending schools located within Yosemite National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.

The Committee convened a hearing to examine access and accountability relating to providing quality postsecondary education, focusing on the federal government's role in making postsecondary education financially available for Americans. Statements were presented by: Michael B. Enzi, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT); Lamar Alexander (R-TN); Kati Haycock, director, Education Trust; Trinity Thorpe, student, Pepperdine University; Brian Bothworth, president, FutureWorks; Robert M. Shireman, director, the Institute for College Access & Success, Inc.; and Phillip F. Van Horn, chairman of the board and president, Wyoming Student Loan Corporation, and president and CEO, Western States Learning Corporation. Additional material consisted of: Response to questions of Senator Enzi by Kati Haycock; Response to questions of Senator Enzi by Trinity Thorpe; Response to questions of Senator Enzi by Brian Bosworth; Response to questions of Senator Enzi and Senator Murray by Robert Shireman; and Response to questions of Senator Enzi by Phillip F. Van Horn.

The purpose of this hearing was to examine the federal role in improving the effectiveness and coordination of sixty-nine Federal programs that are designed to help parents help their young children with child care and early education. Opening statements were delivered by Subcommittee Chairman Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee; Ranking Member Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts; Committee Chairman Senator Michael B. Enzi, Wyoming ;and Senator Christopher Dodd, Connecticut. Witness testimonies were heard from: Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.; Raymond Simon, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.; and Kate Coler, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Margaret Spellings to be Secretary of Education. Statements were presented by: Michael B. Enzi, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts; Kay Bailey Hutchison, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas; John Cornyn, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas; Margaret Spellings, of Texas, nominated to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Judd Gregg, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire, Lamar Alexander, a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee; Orrin Hatch, a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah; and Barbara Mikulski, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland. Margaret Spellings presented responses to questions of Senators Enzi, Hatch, Roberts, Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, Mikulski, Murray, Reed, and Clinton.

The purpose of these hearings was to explore the problems that unaccredited, substandard colleges and universities, often referred to as diploma mills, pose to the Federal Government and to private-sector employers. The schools examined during these hearings practice a sophisticated form of deception and they charge students accordingly. All of the schools we investigated gave credit for prior work or life experience, even for advanced degrees, which is very rare among accredited institutions. One institution's list of life experiences that could qualify for academic credit included horseback riding, playing golf, pressing flowers, serving on a jury, and planning a trip. The schools examined also required their students to do some modicum of work, either tests or papers or both, and they at least give the impression that the school includes professors with suitable academic credentials who actually play a role in the school's academic programs. The danger of these more sophisticated diploma mills is that they can attract a far broader range of students. The schools investigated take pains to try to convince prospective students that they are legitimate and that students have to earn their degrees. That is why a healthy dose of credit for work and life experience becomes such a critical component of their business model. That is what permits these more sophisticated diploma mills to assume an air of legitimacy while minimizing the actual amount of work required. During the two days of these hearings, the focus was on the challenges posed by diploma mills to the Federal Government. Opening statements at the hearings were provided by: Senators Collins; Akaka; Lautenberg; Carper; Durbin; Lieberman; and Pryor. Witnesses provided testimonies and prepared statements on both days of the hearings. An appendix presents: (1) memorandum dated April 15, 2004; and (2) questions and responses for the record from various participants. (Contains 31 exhibits.)

The Subcommittee conducted an oversight hearing on Section 529 College Savings Plans, State-sponsored investments that are designed to encourage families to save money for their children's college education. Section 529 refers to the Internal Revenue Code section that authorizes and confers special tax treatment on these entities. Section 529 College Savings Plans are instrumentalities of the various State Governments. The States usually organize the plans as trusts which, in turn, typically invest the plan assets in mutual funds managed by third party asset managers. This oversight hearing built on two previous hearings in which this Subcommittee examined mutual fund management and governance, mutual fund fees, and the adequacy of fee disclosures. Testimony was presented by: Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-IL); Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ); Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR); Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii); Steven T. Miller, Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division, Internal Revenue Service; Mary L. Schapiro, Vice Chairman and President, Regulatory Policy and Oversight, NASD; Ernesto A. Lanza, Senior Associate General Counsel, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Michael A. Ablowich, Treasurer, State of New Hampshire, on behalf of the National Association of State Treasurers; Jacqueline T. Williams, Executive Director, College Advantage Savings Plan, Ohio Tuition Trust Authority, on behalf of the College Savings Plan Network; Martin M. Noven, Deputy Chief of Staff, on behalf of Judy Baar Topinka, State Treasurer, State of Illinois; Richard O. Davis, Deputy Executive Director for Finance and Administration, Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority; Daniel McNeela, CFA, Senior Analyst, Morningstar, Inc.; and Mercer E. Bullard, President and Founder, Fund Democracy, Inc. Appendices includes a chart entitled "Value of a $10,000 investment after 10 years"; a chart entitled "Value of a $10,000 investment after 18 years"; a chart entitled "Growth in Section 529 Plans 1996-2004"; The "529 Plan Information" chart from the Morningstar website; Barbara Hafer, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, prepared statement with an attachment; Tim Berry, Indiana State Treasurer and NAST President, National Association of State Treasurers; and Questions and Responses to Senator Lautenberg from Mr. Miller, Mr. Lanza, Ms. Schapiro, Mr. McNeela, and Mr. Bullard.

The purpose of this hearing was to gather information and hear testimony on three issues: (1) the expansion of the Cancer Research Center in Hawaii; (2) the recently granted legislative authority for Hawaii 3R's to utilize monies in the Native Hawaiian Education funds to repair those public schools to 25 percent or more Native Hawaiian children; and (3) the need to expand certified apprenticeship and journeymen training programs to ensure that we have qualified, homegrown tradesmen and women to meet the demand that will come as a result of the privatization of military housing. Statements were presented by: Senator Daniel K. Inouye; Senator Daniel K. Akaka; Dr. Evan S. Dobelle, president, University of Hawaii; Dr. Carl Vogel, director, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii; Ms. Dew-Anne Langcoan, vice president, Hawaii Pacific Health; Dr. Okamoto, president and CEO, the Queen's Health Systems; Dr. Jonathan K. Cho, a practicing community oncologist; Honorable Ed Case, U.S. Representative from Hawaii; Patricia Hamamoto, superintendent, State of Hawaii Department of Education; Bruce A. Coppa, Chair, Hawaii 3R's Program; Dennis Manalili, principal, Kaimuki High School; Neil Abercrombie, U.S. Representative from Hawaii; Linda Lingle, Governor, State of Hawaii; Donna Kim, vice president, Hawaii State Senate; and Sylvia J. Luke, vice speaker, Hawaii State House of Representatives; Dr. Clyde M. Sakamoto, chancellor, Maui Community College; Ramsey R. Pedersen, chancellor, Honolulu Community College; Lance Inouye, past president, General Contractors Association of Hawaii; Randy Lau, past president, Building Industry Association; Ron Taketa, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local 745; Lynn Kinney, Painters, Decorators, Paperhangers and Allied Traders, Local 1791; Glaziers Architectural and Glass Metal Workers Local 1889, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council; Laborers' Union, Local 368; and Hawaii Operating Engineers J.A.C. Further prepared statements were submitted by: International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 132, Hawaii; Bricklayers & Ceramic Tile Setters Local 1 and Plasterers' & Cement Masons' Local 630; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1186, Hawaii; Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders Union, Local 204; Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers United Union of Roofers, Local 221; United Association of Plumbers and Fitters Local 675; Scott Y. Nishimoto, State of Hawaii Representative, District 21; Pacific Resource Partnership; Americas Promise Hawaii; Joint Venture Education Forum; Drywall Tapers and Finishers Local 1944, AFL-CIO; Carpet Linoleum and Soft Tile Local 1926, AFL-CIO; CRTC, Inc; Iron Workers Local 625 and Iron Workers Shopmen Local 803; John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii at Manoa; Joseph Kane, Jr.; and Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 293.

Statements by the following individuals were given at this hearing and are presented in this document: Hon. Lamar Alexander; David McCullough; Hon. Robert Byrd; Bruce Cole; Eugene W. Hickok; James H. Billington; Diane Ravitch; Hon. Christopher J. Dodd; and Russell Berg accompanied by Peter Sullivan and Blanche Deaderick. Additional material including statements, articles, publications, and letters relating to this hearing are appended. (MA)

This hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies is about what will be done in the 21st century to improve the learning skills for children from the earliest age through all their education. Senator Tom Harkin (Iowa) presided. Opening statements were given by Senator Harkin and Senator Arlen Spector (Pennsylvania). The opening statements are followed by the statement of Dr. Margaret Honey, Vice President and Director, Education Development Center, Center for Children and Technology, with highlights including: the benefits of educational technology, effective software design, and the role of the Federal Government. The statement of Cheryl Williams, President, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is then given, followed by the statement of Thomas Gann, Director, Strategic Alliances for Global Education Research, Sun Microsystems, Incorporated, with highlights including: the need for networking, progress in e-learning, the Federal role, and recommendations. The last statement is given by Dr. David H. Rose, Ed.D., Co-Executive Director, CAST, with highlights including: assistive technologies and the present, the power of digital content for students with disabilities, and the universal design of learning technologies. A discussion follows. (AEF)

This Congressional hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary presents testimony on the Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, or the TEACH Act, introduced by Senator Orin Hatch (Utah) and Senator Patrick Leahy (Vermont). This legislation updates the education and distance learning provisions of the copyright law for the 21st century, allowing students and teachers to benefit from the deployment of advanced digital transmission technologies like the Internet in education. Opening statements of Senator Hatch and Senator Leahy are given. Statements from two other committee members are included: Senator Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts) and Senator Maria Cantwell (Washington) (submission for the record). The following witnesses provide statements: Allan Robert Adler, Vice President for Legal and Governmental Affairs, Association of American Publishers; Gary Carpentier, Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University; Gerald A. Heeger, President, University of Maryland University College; Paul LeBlanc, President, Marlboro College, Vermont; Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights; and Richard M. Siddoway, Principal, Utah Electronic High School. In a session of questions and answers, responses are provided by Allan Robert Adler, Gary Carpentier, Gerald A. Heeger, Richard M. Siddoway, and Marybeth Peters. (AEF)

The federally funded National Writing Project has 167 sites in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Of the eight sites in Mississippi, the Live Oak Writing Project is the newest, based at the Gulf Coast campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Long Beach. A Congressional Committee on Appropriations special hearing was held to review the success and importance of federally funded teacher training programs, specifically the National Writing Project and the Live Oak Writing Project. This booklet contains the minutes of the hearing. The booklet is divided into the following sections: Opening Statement of Senator Thad Cochran; Statement of Dr. Richard Sterling, executive director, National Writing Project; Prepared Statement; Statement of Dr. Sherry Swain, director, Mississippi Writing and Thinking Project, Starkville, MS; Prepared Statement; Statement of Dr. Huntley Biggs, executive director, Mississippi Power Foundation; Prepared Statement; Statement of Kim Myrick Stasny, Ph.D., superintendent, Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District; Prepared Statement; Statement of Stacey Gorum, teacher, North Bay Elementary School; Statement of Sharon McKenna Ladner, curriculum instruction specialist, Pascagoula School District; Statement of Lisa Eveleigh, parent, North Elementary, Bay St. Louis, MS; Prepared Statement; National Writing Project Evaluation, Student Writing Achievement, Year One Results; National Writing Project Annual Report 2000; Letter from Amy Tuck, Lieutenant Governor, State of Mississippi, to Senator Thad Cochran; Prepared Statement of State Senator Alice V. Harden; Prepared Statement of Kim Patterson, co-director, Mississippi State University Writing/Thinking Project; Prepared Statement of Linda Buchanan; Prepared Statement of Jeanne R. Ezell; Prepared Statement of John W. Dorroh; and Prepared Statement of Katherine Dale Pohl, parent. (NKA)

A Senate hearing considered five bills related to the national parks. Of interest to the education community is S. 2232, which would establish Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in Arkansas as a unit of the National Park Service. In 1957 the school became a center of controversy over school desegregation when nine African American students attempted to enroll at Central High. Senator Dale Bumpers from Arkansas spoke of the importance of recognizing the site, already on the National Register of Historic Places as the location of the first real test of desegregation in the wake of the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision. Everett Tucker, III, President of the Central High Museum spoke in support of the measure, as did Ernest Green, one of the nine students who integrated the school with federal support. Both speakers noted that the nine students were an inspiration to America because of their poise in a crisis. Although the school would be designated as a National Parks site, it would continue to be a functioning school, administered by the Little Rock school district. The hearing report also contains testimony by witnesses related to the other bills and the prepared statements of all witnesses. (SLD)

The Committee on Labor and Human Resources examined the need for more qualified teachers in America's classrooms. Senators Bingaman and Jeffords made opening statements regarding the importance of the issue, then Margot Schenet, a specialist in social legislation with the Congressional Research Service, discussed the need for program quality in postsecondary schools and the role of the federal government. Her statement addressed institutional eligibility for student aid under the Higher Education Act. Statements from Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust; Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President of the American Council on Education; Arthur Wise, President of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education; and Donald Warren, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University followed. They addressed the importance of teacher quality and competency in providing optimal education to diverse students. An opening statement by Senator DeWine discussed the crisis in teacher education in the U.S., examining NCATE accreditation. Statements from Thomas Payzant, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, and Nancy Grasmick, State Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education, follow. Payzant discussed the type of training teachers need to succeed in Boston's public schools. Grasmick discussed teacher education initiatives and reforms in Maryland. Prepared statements by Senators Bill Frist and Edward Kennedy supported the statements of the previous speakers. A prepared statement of the National Education Association made recommendations for achieving the goal of improved educational quality. (SM)

Charter schools are public schools that are established through state law and are often released from traditional regulations that apply to public schools in return for an accountability system that emphasizes student outcomes. This hearing focused on how Federal education funds are distributed to charter schools; the academic and administrative operations of charter schools; the impact of a charter-school environment on special-needs students; and the impact of charter schools on the public school system. The hearing includes the statements of Representative Tim Roemer; Senator Joseph Lieberman; Cornelia Blanchette, associate director of education and employment issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division of the General Accounting Office; Lisa Keegan, state superintendent of Public Instruction, Arizona; Senator Christopher Dodd; Joan Heffernan, director of the Integrated Day Charter School; Raymond Jackson, president and chief executive officer of ATOP Academy; Tim Sindelar, an attorney for the Disability Law Center; and Eric Rofes, who produced a report on how school districts respond to charter laws and charter schools. Some of the issues covered include how some charter schools improve graduation rates and how some of these schools underserve the special-education population. (RJM)

This hearing focused on the cause of juvenile crime and the need for juvenile justice reform. On the first day, an opening statement by Senator Joseph R. Biden examined the seriousness of the problem. Two panels contributed prepared statements. The first panel included Jim Hutchinson, Mayor, Dover, DE; Alan Ellingsworth, Colonel, Delaware State Police; George Pipin, Stevenson House, Milford, DE; and Greg Sleet, U.S. Attorney. The second panel included among others George Puliam, Unit Director for the Dover Boys and Girls Club, and Anthony Southerland, Director of the Youth Violence Initiative. On the second day, 13 people delivered statements. They included Jane Brady, Delaware Attorney General; Larry Sullivan, Public Defender; Hon. Vincent Poppiti, Chief Judge, Family Court, Delaware; Tom Gordon, Police Chief; New Castle, DE; Guy Sapp, Director of Division of Rehabilitative Services, Wilmington, DE; Orlando J. George, Jr., President, Delaware Technical and Community College; Hon. Rich Davis, Representative in the State House, DE; and Vince Garlick, President, Stormin' Norman Basketball League. An appendix presents additional submissions. (SM)

This hearing discussed proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Opening statements by senators Fred Thompson, Joseph R. Biden, Herbert Kohl, Orrin G. Hatch, Charles E. Grassley, and Alan K. Simpson introduced the issue. Presentations involved two panels. The first consisted of Steve A. Carson, Chief of Police, LaFollette, TN; Byron Oedekoven, Sheriff, Campbell County, WY; Ray Luick, Administrative Officer, Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance, Madison, WI; and William R. Woodward, Director, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety, Denver, CO. The second included S. Camille Anthony, Executive Director, Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Salt Lake City, UT; Jerry Regier, Director, Oklahoma Department of Juvenile Justice, Oklahoma City, OK; Patricia West, Director, Virginia Department of Youth and Family Services, Richmond, VA; Marion Kelly, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services; and Robert G. Schwartz, Chairman, Juvenile Justice Committee, American Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA. An appendix presents questions to witnesses on both panels from the Committee on the Judiciary and responses from the panelists. Additional submissions include letters to Senator Thompson from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice and from the Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety; a biography of Jerry Paul Regier; and prepared statements from Gary B. Melton for the American Psychological Association; Lavonda Taylor for the Coalition for Juvenile Justice; and Barry Krisbert, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency. (SM)

This hearing examined the current state of youth violence, focusing on its changing nature and juvenile intervention programs designed to prevent increased violence. Opening statements by Senators Fred Thompson, Herbert Kohl, and Joseph R. Biden addressed the seriousness of the problem. Two panels contributed prepared statements. The first panel included James Alan Fox, Dean, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Alfred Blumstein, Professor, the Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; John J. Dilulio, Jr., Director, Center for Public Management, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; and Eugene F. Rivers, III, Fellow, Center for the Study of Values and Public Life, Harvard Divinity School, and Pastor, Azusa Christian Community, Dorchester, MA. The second panel included the Honorable Carol Kelly, Circuit Court Judge, Oak Park, IL; the Honorable C. Van Deacon, Jr., General Services and Juvenile Circuit Court Judge, Bradley County, TN; Thomas P. Gordon, former Chief of Police, New Castle County, DE; and Steven Hare, Faith City Baptist Church, Newark, DE. (SM)

This hearing focused on a bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to identify violent and hard core juvenile offenders and treat them as adults. Opening statements by four U.S. senators (the Honorable Fred Thompson, Herbert Kohl, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Orrin G. Hatch) present various perspectives on the role of the federal government in dealing with the problem of increasing youth violence. Following that are prepared statements by Senator John Ashcroft; Shay Bilchik, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice; a panel consisting of Laurie E. Ekstrand, Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office; Ira Schwartz, Dean, School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania; and Lavonda Taylor, Chair, Coalition for Juvenile Justice, West Memphis, AR; and a panel consisting of Marvin E. Wolfgang, Professor of Criminology and of Law and Director, Selin Criminology Center, University of Pennsylvania; Delbert S. Elliott, Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Terence P. Thornberry, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, NY. An appendix presents questions and answers. (SM)

This report from the Committee on Environment and Public Works describes S.1873, the National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996, which amends the National Environmental Education Act of 1990. The report begins with a general statement on the background of the Act, which established a comprehensive environmental education program at the Federal level to support State and local efforts. It also established an Office of Environmental Education within the Environmental Protection Agency. The general statement is followed by the current congressional legislation history and a summary of S.1873. The bill, a single title with nine sections, extends the authorization for programs authorized by the National Environmental Education Act until the year 2007. The bill includes a number of changes to make programs authorized under the Act operate more effectively and efficiently. For example, Section 2 ensures that the Office of Environmental Education's programs will be balanced and scientifically sound. The Act supports environmental education programs and materials that characterize environmental problems in a factual and objective manner. A section-by-section analysis describes these changes. The analysis is followed by a cost projection of the legislation and changes in the language of the existing law. (PVD)

This document contains proceedings of Senate hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations on H.R. 2127, an act making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and other related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996. The document contains testimonies, answers to committee questions, and prepared statements from: Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor; Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Richard Riley, Secretary of Education; Harold Varmus, Director of the National Institutes of Health; and representatives from other federal agencies. Secretary Riley's testimony includes comments on proposed revisions from Department of Education Programs, the streamlining of Department services and functions, the features of the 1996 budget request, standards-based reform, and preparing students to work in the Information Age. A subject index and list of witnesses, communications, and prepared statements are included. (LMI)

The Subcommittee heard testimony from seven witnesses and statements from three senators on whether or not it is in the Federal Government's best interest to divest itself of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), and the College Construction Loan Insurance Association (Connie Lee). Lawrence A. Hough of the Student Loan Marketing Association testified that Sallie Mae is poised to move away from government sponsorship, that it would remain committed to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, and that privatization plans must be designed carefully to assure approval by shareholders. Oliver R. Stockwell of Connie Lee testified that Connie Lee was ready and willing to convert to private status. Senator Dodd appeared and spoke in support of privatization. Leo Kornfeld of the Department of Education testified in support of privatizing Connie Lee and cautioned that the current marketplace needs, offset fees, and exit fees must be considered in any Sallie Mae privatization plan. Darcy Bradbury of the Department of the Treasury argued for privatization to reduce the debt that carries some perception of government support. Senator Claiborne Pell urged caution in privatization. A member of the Congressional Research Service, a representative of the Financial Guaranty Insurers, and a representative of First Boston Corporation also testified on privatization issues. Prepared statements of senators and witnesses are included. (JB)

The Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary convened to discuss the federal role in combating juvenile participation in gangs. A proposed amendment to the crime bill being developed, described at the hearing by Senator Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), makes it a federal offense to engage in gang-related crime and subjects gang members to tough mandatory minimum penalties, while providing funding for additional federal prosecutors to make implementation of the measure a reality. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (Connecticut) spoke in support of the "ounce of prevention" amendment to the crime bill he and other senators have sponsored that would make resources available to community agencies that are already working with young people to reduce gang problems. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Colorado) expressed some personal insights on gang issues and suggested tax benefits for corporations involved in juvenile rehabilitation efforts. A panel of law enforcement officials and an educational administrator spoke about the roles of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the local police, and school systems in combating gang violence. A second panel of youth agency leaders, a police administrator, and a college professor reviewed the gang situation and provided examples of successful initiatives. (SLD)

This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses who testified at a hearing on a proposed amendment to the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1993. The amendment would spell out how the federal work force is to be reduced in size and would provide cash incentives for early retirement as well as make retraining of existing workers more feasible. Witnesses included Senators Glenn, Roth, Stevens, Sasser, Pryor, and Akaka, as well as several officials of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Defense. The witnesses generally supported the idea of the amendment but pointed out the need to ensure that new workers were not hired to replace each one who left and that top-level officials as well as lower supervisors and workers were chosen for early retirement or voluntary layoff. The text of the amendment is included in the document. (KC)

A hearing was held on Senate Bill 335, the Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993, a bill that requires the federal government to transfer 200 megahertz of spectrum to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for new technologies. Integral to this measure, a bipartisan effort, is a provision that will allow the FCC to use competitive bidding on a trial basis to assign licenses for use of up to 30 megahertz of the spectrum. The shortage of available spectrum and the potential of new spectrum-based technologies are the catalysts for this bill. Opening statements were presented by Senators Burns, Gorton, Hollings, Inouye, and McCain. The following witnesses addressed the issues involved in the use of the spectrum and auctioning its use: (1) Robert S. Foosaner, of Fleet Call, Inc.; (2) Edward O. Fritts, of the National Association of Broadcasters; (3) Jay Kitchen, of the National Association of Business and Educational Radio; (4) Phillip C. Nelson, of the Rural Telephone Coalition; (5) Wayne Perry, of McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.; and (6) Thomas P. Stanley, of the FCC. An appendix contains prepared statements from other associations and interested individuals. (SLD)

This document contains proceedings of hearings which examined the need for school finance reform, with a focus on the adequacy of educational finance in the United States and its effect on the quality of education. They also explored whether or not there should be a federal role in educational finance, and if so, what that role should be, and what the expectations should entail. This document contains testimonies and prepared statements made by Senators, education and economics professors, educators, administrators, policy analysts, a Congressman, an attorney, the governor of Colorado, and the mayor of Baltimore. (LMI)

This report is a recommendation for passage of Senate bill S.4, the National Competitiveness Act of 1993, with an amendment. The purpose of this bill is to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic growth of the United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian technology programs of the Department of Commerce and amending the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance the development and nationwide deployment of manufacturing technologies and authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration of the department. The report discusses background and needs, the overall U.S. position in advanced technology, applications of high performance computing and networking, legislative history, summary of major provisions, estimated cost, and regulatory impact statement. A section-by-section analysis of the bill follows. Other contents include additional views of Senator Larry Pressler and a run-down of all the changes in existing law that would be made by the bill. (YLB)

These transcripts feature statements and testimony from a Senate hearing on gun-related violence among school children. Opening statements by judiciary committee members Joseph R. Biden, Paul Simon, Herbert Kohl, Strom Thurmond, and John H. Chaffee offer statistics and anecdotes about the increasing presence of guns on school campuses, the incidence of accidental and intentional shootings and suicides by children, and the impact of drugs and gangs. Testimony was presented by panel members: (1) Jack Vinokur from the Brandywine School District in Wilmington, Delaware, who explained the school district's student code of conduct regarding the possession of weapons and the background to the policy's development; (2) Lieutenant Thomas Byrne of the Chicago Police Department School Patrol Unit, who offered information on how children obtain firearms, why they carry guns to school, and how gangs impact children; and (3) Ronald Stephens of the National School Safety Center in California, who offered additional anecdotes about violence involving children, presented statistics on school crime and violence, suggested that children obtain guns primarily from home, provided an essay by a student about weapons at school, and discussed the influence of drugs and gangs on the proliferation of guns in school. In addition, Stephens suggested 15 ways in which Congress and local communities can respond to the problem. An appended statement by Michael K. Beard, president of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, proposes that reduced, and eventually banned, access to handguns is the most effective solution to gun violence. (AC)

This document presents a field hearing of the Governmental Affairs Committee to examine the current reform efforts in science and mathematics education at the federal and state levels, focusing specifically on the experiences of Ohio. Nine witnesses representing various educational levels presented testimony concerning mathematics and science education initiatives in Ohio. Initiatives and issues discussed included: (1) the Ohio Proficiency Test; (2) Project Discovery, a project focusing on preparing middle school students to think critically and solve problems; (3) the National Center for Science Teaching and Learning; (4) curriculum reform; (5) societal factors influencing reform; (6) collaboration among the higher education, public education, and business sectors; (7) the B-WISER Institute, a summer camp and follow-up program that empowers young women to achieve in science; and (8) the under-representation of minorities and women in mathematics and science. Appendices contain copies of prepared statements by the witnesses and other participants. (MDH)

These proceedings are from a hearing that addressed the so-called "glass ceiling"--the dearth of women in mid- and upper-management level positions in corporations and other organizations. Statements of the following persons are included: Senator Paul Simon; Elsie Vartanian, Director of the Women's Bureau; Senator Robert Dole; Lynn Martin, Secretary, Department of Labor; Representative Susan Molinari; Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, National Council of Negro Women, Inc.; Pat Taylor, National President, National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Judith L. Lichtman, President, Women's Legal Defense Fund; Marica D. Greenberger, Co-president, National Women's Law Center; and Eleanor Cutrie Smeal, President, The Feminist Majority Foundation; and Ellen W. Ober. (DB)

The purpose of this hearing was to provide insight into the role of the Federal Government in supporting the development and implementation of the educational technology structure that is needed by elementary and secondary schools. It is argued that what is needed is a broad-based policy agreement about the role that educational technology can play in enhancing student achievement and curriculum development, changing the face of instruction in the classroom, and addressing the challenges of education in the 90s. A brief opening statement by Jeff Bingaman, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Technology and National Security, is followed by statements and, in some cases, submissions for the record, by the following witnesses: (1) Shelly Weinstein, President EDSAT Institute; (2) Jack D. Foster, Cabinet Secretary for Education and the Humanities, Kentucky (statement and report, "Analysis of a Proposal for an Education Satellite"); (3) Donald Ledwig, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (statement and report, "1991 Study of School Uses of Television Video"); (4) Henry J. Cauthen, America's Public Television Stations and South Carolina Educational Television Network; (5) Dennis D. Gooler, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory; (6) Daniel Schultz, Michigan Department of Education (statement and article, "An Inquiry-Centered Classroom of the Future"); (7) Cecilia Lenk, Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (statement and report "Reach for the Stars"); (8) Sally M. Johnstone, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (statement and article, "Research on Telecommunicated Learning: Past, Present and Future"); (9) Gregory J. Liptak, Mind Extension University; and (10) Gary N. Vance, Satellite Educational Resources Consortium (SERC) on Technology in the Classroom. An opening statement by Strom Thurmond, member of the Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities, is also included. (DB)

The purpose of this hearing was to get a sense of the larger picture of what educational television is currently doing, what the alternative modes for educational television are, the merits of the programming that is currently available, what the documented educational impact in schools that have used educational TV has been, the types of policy concerns that exist, how the Federal Government might help educators attend to the needs of students of all ages, and the direction for educational technology in the classroom in the next decade. A topic of particular concern was public school participation in "Channel One," a news and public affairs program that includes commercials, and involves the donation of equipment to schools with the proviso that a specified percentage of students watch the program at the same time everyday without interruptions. Following the opening statement by Jeff Bingaman, Senator from New Mexico, prepared statements were presented by: (1) Linda G. Roberts, Senior Associate of the Science Education and Transportation Program, Office of Technology Assessment; (2) Laura Eshbaugh, Vice Chairman of Whittle Communications, Knoxville, Tennessee; (3) Gary R. Rowe, Senior Vice President, Turner Educational Services, Atlanta, Georgia; (4) Sandra H. Welch, Executive Vice President, Education Services, Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, Virginia; (5) Frank Mankiewicz, Vice Chairman, Hill and Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide, Washington, D.C.; (6) Gary Tydings, Executive Director, Professional Engineering Development and Instructional Television, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; (7) Claiborne Pell, Senator from Rhode Island; and (8) Bill Honig, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for California. (DB)

Congressional hearings on American children and youth living in crisis were conducted in an effort to determine how the needs of these young people can assume their proper place in national priorities. A three-pronged strategy was suggested by chairman Edward Kennedy: (1) more investment in cost-effective programs that work (for example, Head Start); (2) investments in families that will build on their strengths; and (3) support for young children who need to break the poverty cycle. The report of the hearings includes testimony and prepared statements from numerous witnesses, including those representing the states of Utah, Connecticut, Florida, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia; the Committee for Economic Development, Minnesota; Project UpLift; YouthBuild; the National Education Association; the YMCA; the Council of Chief State School Officers; South Carolina ETV; All Our Children; Public Affairs Television; the Commission on Work, Family and Citizenship; the National Council of La Raza; the American Academy of Pediatrics; the American Public Welfare Association; the American Medical Association; the Child Welfare League of America; the National League of Cities; and the Association of Junior Leagues International. (LB)

This report discusses Senate Bill no. 272, which provides for a coordinated federal research and development program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in high-performance computing. High performance computing is defined as representing the leading edge of technological advancement in computing, i.e., the most sophisticated computer chips, the fastest computers with the largest memories, the fastest algorithms, and the fastest computer networks. This report documents the background of the bill, the growth of fiber optic networks, and prior administrative and congressional action. A summary of the major provisions of the bill precedes analyses of each of the 10 sections of the bill, including the National High-Performance Computing Program, the role of the National Research and Education Network (NREN), the goal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the continuing development of supercomputers in light of international competition. The report concludes with the presentation of new materials in S. 272 that would change the provisions of Title VII of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities Act of 1976. (DB)

This document contains the record of a hearing designed to review the policies of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education toward minority school children, with a particular focus on the practice of ability grouping and the labeling of children as "slow" or "dumb" by placing them in particular classrooms. The document includes the prepared statements of Senator Paul Simon (presiding), Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Brock Adams, Michael L. Williams (Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education), and Franklin Frazier (Director of Education and Employment Issues, Human Resources Division, U.S. General Accounting Office). The document also contains an index of documents in the Office of Civil Rights Codification System (as of April 3, 1991), communications directed to Senator Simon and others concerning the problems at issue, and questions and answers between Senator Simon, Michael Williams, and Franklin Frazier. (DB)

This document reports on two days of congressional hearings held to examine educational budgetary issues for fiscal year 1993 and beyond. The statements of the following persons are included in the proceedings: Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers and Committee for Economic Development; Hon. William E. Brock, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, Department of Labor; Nancy Coolidge, Office of the President, University of California; Charlotte J. Fraas, Congressional Research Service; Sandra Kessler Hamburg, Committee for Economic Development; D. Bruce Johnstone, State University of New York (SUNY); Roberts T. Jones, Department of Labor; Donald J. Nolan, New York State Education Department, representing State Higher Education Executive Officers Association; Hon. Ted Sanders, Department of Education (accompanied by Sally H. Christensen, Director of Budget Services, and Bruno Manno, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement). Prepared statements submitted by these witnesses and others are also included. (DB)

The first of two hearings held in the winter and spring of 1991 to consider the reauthorization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement focused on the question of national testing. The proposed legislation stipulates that a national test would measure an individual's educational achievement, give the local education agency an indication of how its students compare with others, and highlight strengths and weaknesses in the educational attainment of students on a district-by-district basis. Advocates and opponents of a national test and testing system addressed the hearings. Speeches and prepared statements were presented by: Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas; Governor Roy Romer of Colorado; Jack Anderson, school superintendent; Maureen Daniels, elementary teacher, and the senior officers of a range of education related organizations including: William H. Kolberg, National Alliance of Business; Laura Resnick, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh; Gordon Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers; Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers; and Michael E. Melody, College and Test Publishing, Houghton Mifflin Company. At the second session, during which broader issues relating to educational research and improvement were examined, witnesses included Senator Kassebaum, joined by senators Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), James H. Jeffords (Vermont), and Dan Coats (Indiana). Also testifying were Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander and the following nongovernment witnesses: Jeri Nowakowski, North Carolina Regional Educational Development and Research; Arthur E. Wise, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education; Nathaniel M. Semple, Committee for Economic Development; Boyd W. Boehlje, National Assessment Governing Board; and Daniel M. Stewart, The College Board. Prepared statements and other documentation are included. (SLD)

This document contains the transcript of a Senate hearing on the crisis in science and math education. The document includes mathematics, science, and engineering education; enhance the scientific and technical literacy of the U.S. public; stimulate the professional from the state of Oregon; Carl Sagan, Cornell women and minorities in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. and retraining of the nation's technologists; and increase participation of women and minorities in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. This document contains a summary of Senate Bill 2114, the Excellence in University of California at Berkeley; Betty M. Vetter, Commission on the legislative history, background and need for the legislation, committee views, votes in committee, cost estimate, regulatory impact, and a section-by-section analysis of this legislation. (CW)

This hearing was called to consider two bills that would amend the section of the United States Code relating to fair use, to clarify that such section applies to both published and unpublished copyrighted works. Recent judicial developments are reviewed which suggest that the fair use doctrine does not apply to the subsequent uses of unpublished works and that an author's copyright in unpublished materials is, therefore, infringed by those subsequent uses, and that an injunction is appropriate to prevent publication. Opening statements by the chairmen of the two presiding subcommittees, Dennis DeConcini and Robert A. Kastenmeier, open the report, followed by the texts of the two bills. Testimony and prepared statements are then presented from the following witnesses: Floyd Abrams, A. G. W. Biddle, Taylor Branch, James M. Burger, Pierre N. Leval, Jonathan W. Lubell, J. Anthony Lukas, Roger J. Miner, James L. Oakes, William F. Patry, Barbara Ringer, and Senator Paul Simon, who introduced letters and statements on behalf of the Magazine Publishers of America; the American Association of Law Libraries; the American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries; the Electronic Industries Association; and nine educational testing organizations, namely: the American College Testing Program, College Entrance Examination Board, Educational Testing Service, Graduate Management Admission Council, Graduate Record Examinations Board, Law School Admission Council, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, and Test of English as a Foreign Language Policy Council. Letters to Robert Kastenmeier, Dennis DeConcini, and Paul Simon are also appended together with a statement from the National Center for Fair and Open Testing. (DB)

Environmental issues are increasingly complex and interrelated. Responding to national and global environmental problems over the long run will require public understanding of those problems. An expanded program in environmental education will provide a foundation for public understanding of environmental issues and help assure active and informed discussion of the best ways to address environmental problems. The National Environmental Education Act (S.1076) was introduced in May 1989 and is intended to renew and reestablish the federal role in environmental education. It is designed to complement the range of existing environmental education programs being implemented by both government agencies and nonprofit organizations. This report briefly describes the Act and provides a section-by-section analysis. In addition, hearings, roll call votes, regulatory impact, and estimated cost to the Federal Government are discussed. The full text of Senate Bill 1706 as reported is included in this document. (CW)

This committee report is intended to accompany S. 1067, a bill designed to provide for a coordinated federal research program in high-performance computing (HPC). The primary objective of the legislation is given as the acceleration of research, development, and application of the most advanced computing technology in research, education, and industry. Each of the seven titles of the bill is discussed in detail: (1) Title 1 establishes an interagency National HPC Program to provide for coordination of the federal agencies involved in high-performance computing by the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET); (2) Title 2 calls for the creation of a National Research and Education Network (NREN) to link researchers in government, industry, and universities around the country; (3) Title 3 makes the National Science Foundation the lead agency for ensuring that federally funded databases and network services can be accessed over the network; (4) Title 4 calls for expanded software research and development, especially on software for supercomputers; (5) Title 5 provides for research on supercomputers and encourages development of new supercomputing technology by the private sector; (6) Title 6 requires the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to oversee and coordinate federal programs for basic research in computer technology and for the education of computer scientists, computational scientists, information scientists, and electrical engineers; and (7) Title 7 authorizes funding for the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the purposes of the bill. Also discussed are the benefits of and need for high-performance computing, and the legislative history of the bill. (DB)

This is a Congressional hearing on an examination of problems faced by women in transition from work without pay to economic self-sufficiency. Testimony includes statements from individuals representing the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor; the Career Training Program, Women's Center, Enterprise State Junior College, Alabama; the National Displaced Homemakers Network; Project Move, Manatee County Schools, Bradenton, Florida; Wider Opportunities for Women; statements from graduates of displaced homemakers programs; and U.S. Senators. Additional information includes an executive summary of a Florida needs assessment study and questions and answers. (YLB)

Testimony is presented in these congressional hearings by the nonfederally recognized Cowlitz and Grand River Band of Ottawa American Indian tribal and administrative representatives re: legislation introduced at the request of the two Indian groups following the Secretary of the Interior's withdrawal from Congress of distribution plans prepared pursuant to the Indian Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (Public Law 93-134). Senate Bills S. 1334 and S. 1659 are described as limiting the payment of per capita shares to individuals who possess one-sixteenth and one-fourth degree or more Cowlitz and Grand River Band of Ottawa Indian blood, respectively. Included in these hearings are: reports by the Department of the Interior re: S. 1334 and S. 1659; testimony by a South Dakota Senator, the Chairman of the Cowlitz Tribal Council, the Vice Chairman of the Yakima tribe, the Chairman of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Descendants Committee an attorney for the Grand River Band of Ottawa Descendants Committee, a Michigan Senator, the Secretary of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Descendants Committee, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Chairman of the Cowlitz tribe, and a tribal councilman from the Yakima tribe; letters from the Ottawa Descendants Committee to the Speaker of the House, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to a Senator, the Cowlitz Chairman to President Ford, etc. (JC)

This government publication covers hearings regarding the amendment to Title IX on prohibition of sex discrimination, referred to as the "Tower Amendment" (Sept. 16-18, 1975). Testimoney by those interested in supporting and defeating this amendment is published in the form of papers, letters and signatures, and indicates the need for attention to women's right to equal opportunity in athletics/physical education. Arguments are proposed to emphasize the importance of meeting the minimum needs of both sexes before granting extra benefits to the "elite few" (men) in athletics. Special arguments pertain to the need for university wide efforts to extablish stable, non-gate receipt sources of financial support for all athletics. (SBP)

Transcripts of the hearings on honor codes at the federal military academies in June and August of 1976 include the statements of the Secretary of the Army, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, Commandant of Cadets at the Military Academy, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, the Officer Representative to the Brigade Honor Committee (Naval Academy), Superintendent of the Air Force Academy, Commandant of Cadets (Air Force Academy), Cochairmen of the Superintendent's Special Study Group on Honor at West Point, other military committee members, a faculty member (Military Academy), and Representative Tom Downey of New York. (MSE)

The purpose of these hearings was to hear testimony on an amendment to the Emergency School Aid Act proposed by Senator Jackson. This amendment would provide 50 million dollars in discretionary funds to the Commissioner of Education. These funds could be used in areas having special problems with school integration. Testimony was given on the needs and problems of two desegregating school systems: the Louisville-Jefferson combined school system in Kentucky, and the Boston, Mass. public schools. The needs and problems of the Cleveland, Ohio public schools were also discussed in testimony. The following congressional witnesses gave testimony: the Hon. E. Brooke, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts; the Hon. H. Jackson, U.S. Senator from Washington; and the Hon. E. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. The Hon. K. White, Mayor, Boston, Mass. also testified. Letters, telegrams and prepared statements were received from government officials and private citizens affiliated with such organizations as: New Detroit, Inc.; the Detroit public schools; the Omaha, Nebraska, public schools; the Equal Educational Opportunity Program, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Jefferson County and Louisville, Kentucky; the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools; the Boston School Committee and the Boston City Council. (Author/AM)

This document contains the hearings before the U. S. Senate's Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics on the questions of extending and improving the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970. Because of the concerns inherent in possible repeal of this act, two bills were presented which would greatly improve both the quality and quantity of drug and alcohol abuse education programs in schools and communities. Under Bill 2848, funds would be allocated for comprehensive demonstration programs in school-communities which would focus on the causes of abuse rather than the symptoms. Money under this bill would also be available for creative primary prevention and early intervention programs utilizing an interdisciplinary 'school team approach.' Community education programs and thorough evaluation techniques were also discussed. Committee Bill 9456 would extend for three years the 1970 Act and would authorize $90 million over a three-year period. (Author/PC)

Experts testifying at the National Nutrition Policy study hearings on June 19-21, 1974 in Washington, at the invitation of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, recommended several steps which the committee staff feel merit a prompt Congressional response. This report prepared by staff incorporates those recommendations, focusing on the need for: (1) creation of a Federal Food and Nutrition Office; (2) formalizing nutrition policy making into a written National Nutrition Plan; and (3) implementation of a better system of National Nutrition Surveillance. Members of the Nutrition Committee submitted legislation for improved nutrition education during the ninety-third Congress, and those recommendations are therefore only treated briefly in this report. A comprehensive National Nutrition Policy is necessary to coordinate and monitor the varied nutrition-related programs and activities now dispersed throughout the government. The present global food situation threatens millions overseas with starvation and requires immediate concerted action. The present lack of policy coordination derives from the multidimensional character of nutrition. Agricultural policy, tax policy, and even foreign policy all have nutritional implications. The flow of information to decision makers in a form they can use must be coordinated. (Author/JM)

This is one of two volumes that present a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. Senate during hearings on the problem of violence and vandalism in American schools. This volume summarizes a hearing conducted on September 17, 1975, that focused specifically on models and strategies for change that might be useful in attacking the problem of school violence and vandalism. Included are testimony and exhibits presented by representatives of the Children's Defense Fund, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, the National Committee for Citizens in Education, the New York Civil Liberties Union Student Rights Project, and by Robert E. Phay, professor of Public Law and Government at the University of North Carolina. The appendix contains numerous newspaper and magazine articles and excerpts from other publications dealing with school violence and vandalism, as well as a variety of other supplemental material and statements. (JG)