[20020125]RS21062_童子军修正案107-110《2001年不让一个孩子掉队法案》：法律背景.pdf

1 P.L. 107-110.2 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21062Updated January 25, 2002The Boy Scouts Amendment to P.L. 107-110,the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: LegalBackgroundname redactedLegislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryOn January 8, 2002, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Actof 2001, making major reforms to educational programs authorized by the Elementaryand Secondary Education Act of 1965. A controversy that had shadowed the measureall year, and triggered divergent legislative responses from both houses, concerned theBoy Scouts of America (BSA), and the right of that organization to equal access withother community groups to use of federally funded public school facilities. In reactionto a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, and BSAs highly publicized policy ofexcluding homosexuals from membership, several school districts across the nationsought to deny local scouting organizations free use of their facilities. By an agreementreached near the end of last session, conferees on H.R. 1 resolved differences betweencompeting House and Senate