The 106^th Congress has addressed the need for greater local flexibility, basic academics, and better quality in federal education programs. Major accomplishments include the Academic Achievement for All Act, the Student Results Act, the Teacher Empowerment Act, and the Education Flexibility Act. The status of these and other bills is below.

• H.R. 2300, the Academic Achievement for All Act, passed the House and would allow up to 10 states maximum flexibility in how to use federal K-12 funds in exchange for the states being held strictly accountable for improving academic achievement. State participation would be optional;
• H.R. 2, the Student Results Act, passed the House and revises Title I (for educationally disadvantaged students) under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The bill provides for more accountability to parents; allows parents to transfer their children from failing Title I schools to other public and charter schools; and improves the quality of Title I teachers and teacher aides. The bill also reforms the bilingual education program, Indian education programs, and rural education assistance in ESEA;
• H.R. 1995, the Teacher Empowerment Act, passed the House and combines funds from the Eisenhower Professional Development Program, Goals 2000, and the President’s class size reduction program to provide funds giving schools more flexibility to increase teacher quality and to hire quality teachers to reduce class size;
• H.R. 4055, the IDEA Full Funding Act of 2000, passed the House and seeks to fully fund the commitment Congress made to school districts when it passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
• Public Law 106-25, the Education Flexibility Act, allows states and school districts to bypass the requirements of federal education programs so as to provide greater flexibility with accountability in trying innovative education reforms;
• H. Res. 303, the Dollars to the Classroom Resolution, calls for at least 95 percent of federal funding to go directly to the classroom;
• H. Con. Res. 84, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Resolution, states that IDEA is the highest priority among Federal elementary and secondary education programs and that it should provide full funding to school districts as originally promised by Congress;
• H. Con. Res. 88, the Pell Grant Resolution, urges increased funding for the Pell Grant program and Campus-Based Aid programs.