                  CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM LEADERSHIP, STANDARDS, AND 
                               ASSESSMENTS
 
                 Part A--National Education Goals Panel
 
Sec. 5821. Purpose

    It is the purpose of this part to establish a bipartisan mechanism 
for--
        (1) building a national consensus for education improvement;
        (2) reporting on progress toward achieving the National 
    Education Goals; and
        (3) reviewing the voluntary national content standards and 
    voluntary national student performance standards.

(Pub. L. 103-227, title II, Sec. 201, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 133; Pub. 
L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(d) [title VII, Sec. 703(a)(4)], 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.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (3). Pub. L. 104-134 substituted ``and voluntary national 
student performance standards'' for ``, voluntary national student 
performance standards and voluntary national opportunity-to-learn 
standards certified by the National Education Standards and Improvement 
Council, as well as the criteria for the certification of such 
standards, and the criteria for the certification of State assessments 
certified by the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, 
with the option of disapproving such standards and criteria not later 
than 90 days after receipt from such Council''.
