To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend the authorization for certain school dropout demonstration programs.
Public Law 101-250 · H.R. 2281 · 101st Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Mar 6, 1990 · Education
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Hayes (D-IL-1)
Cosponsors (2): Rep. Gus Hawkins, Rep. William Goodling
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateRecorded vote: 94 yea, 0 nay94–0
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to extend through FY 1991 the authorization of appropriations for certain school dropout demonstration programs under part A of title VI of the Act.
Provides that no funds are authorized for such programs in any fiscal year in which assistance is made available to local educational agencies (LEAs) under other specified provisions for secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry.
Reserves a specified amount for evaluating the school dropout demonstration programs under part A of title VI.
Increases from 25 percent to a range of from 25 to 50 percent of certain funds for dropout programs the amount which is to be allotted to educational partnerships between LEAs and businesses or other specified entities.
Extends the deadline for evaluations by the Secretary of Education of programs under title VI (Projects and Programs Designed to Address School Dropout Problems and to Strengthen Basic Skills Instruction) of the Act.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 97 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
97 yea0 nay3 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(53)
- Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA- Sen. Quentin BurdickD-ND
- Sen. Brock AdamsD-WA
Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD- Sen. Paul SimonD-IL
- Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
- Sen. James SasserD-TN
- Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA
Sen. Kent ConradD-ND- Sen. Tom DaschleD-SD
- Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
- Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV- Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
Sen. John KerryD-MA- Sen. Bill BradleyD-NJ
- Sen. David PryorD-AR
Sen. Frank LautenbergD-NJ- Sen. Timothy WirthD-CO
Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV- Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
- Sen. George MitchellD-ME
Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
Sen. Herb KohlD-WI
Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT- Sen. Albert GoreD-TN
- Sen. Robert KerreyD-NE
Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM
Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI- Sen. James SanfordD-NC
Sen. Joseph LiebermanD-CT- Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
- Sen. John GlennD-OH
- Sen. Wyche FowlerD-GA
- Sen. Richard BryanD-NV
Sen. Max BaucusD-MT
Sen. Harry ReidD-NV- Sen. Dennis DeConciniD-AZ
- Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
- Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
- Sen. John BreauxD-LA
- Sen. James ExonD-NE
- Sen. Bob GrahamD-FL
- Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
- Sen. Charles RobbD-VA
- Sen. Alan DixonD-IL
- Sen. David BorenD-OK
Sen. Richard ShelbyD-AL- Sen. Howell HeflinD-AL
Republicans who voted yea(44)
- Sen. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Sen. Mark HatfieldR-OR
- Sen. William CohenR-ME
- Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
- Sen. Henry HeinzR-PA
Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA- Sen. David DurenbergerR-MN
- Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
- Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
Sen. John WarnerR-VA- Sen. John DanforthR-MO
- Sen. Nancy KassebaumR-KS
- Sen. Larry PresslerR-SD
- Sen. Warren RudmanR-NH
- Sen. Robert KastenR-WI
- Sen. Pete WilsonR-CA
- Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
Sen. Thad CochranR-MS
Sen. John McCainR-AZ- Sen. Rudy BoschwitzR-MN
- Sen. Frank MurkowskiR-AK
- Sen. Alan SimpsonR-WY
- Sen. William RothR-DE
Sen. Richard LugarR-IN
Sen. Kit BondR-MO
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY- Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA- Sen. Conrad BurnsR-MT
- Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
Sen. Daniel CoatsR-IN
Sen. Trent LottR-MS- Sen. Phil GrammR-TX
- Sen. Connie MackR-FL
- Sen. Don NicklesR-OK
- Sen. Jake GarnR-UT
- Sen. James McClureR-ID
- Sen. Gordon HumphreyR-NH
- Sen. William ArmstrongR-CO
- Sen. Steven SymmsR-ID
- Sen. Malcolm WallopR-WY
- Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 327 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Mar 6, 1990Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-250.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Feb 22, 1990PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Feb 20, 1990FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 94-0. Record Vote No: 15.Senate roll call 15
- Jun 13, 1989FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Goodling demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Hawkins moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Education and Workforce Committee
- Jun 8, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Education and Workforce Committee
- May 9, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Education and Workforce Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.