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Presidential Documents Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, January 12, 2004 Volume 40—Number 2 Pages 15–52 VerDate jul 14 2003 10:27 Jan 13, 2004 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.009 P02JAF4 Contents Addresses and Remarks Communications to Federal Agencies— Florida, Bush-Cheney reception in Palm Continued Beach Gardens—38 Services under the Foreign Assistance Act Immigration reform—25 and the Arms Export Control Act, Missouri memorandum—23 Bush-Cheney reception in St. Louis—19 Safety, Health, and Return-to-Employment Pierre Laclede Elementary School in St. (SHARE) Initiative, memorandum—50 Louis—16 Notices National Catholic Educational Association—47 Radio address—15 Continuation of the National Emergency With Tennessee Respect to Libya—23 Bush-Cheney luncheon in Knoxville—33 Statements by the President West View Elementary School in Knoxville—28 Afghanistan’s adoption of a new constitution— Women small-business owners, discussion—42 16 Representative Ralph M. Hall’s joining the Communications to Congress Republican Party—15 Libya, letter on continuation of national Supplementary Materials emergency—24 Acts approved by the President—52 Checklist of White House press releases—52 Communications to Federal Agencies Digest of other White House Eligibility of the Regional Security System announcements—50 (RSS) to Receive Defense Articles and Nominations submitted to the Senate—52 Editor’s Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on January 9, the closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in this issue will be printed next week. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF Distribution is made only by the Superintendent of Docu- PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. 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Ch. 15), under There are no restrictions on the republication of material regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the appearing in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu- Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; ments. 1 CFR Part 10). VerDate jul 14 2003 10:27 Jan 13, 2004 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.009 P02JAF4 VerDate jul 14 2003 10:27 Jan 13, 2004 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7969 Sfmt 7969 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.009 P02JAF4 newmail.eps Week Ending Friday, January 9, 2004 Statement on Representative For the past 24 months, schools and State Ralph M. Hall’s Joining the Governments have been putting the new re- Republican Party forms into action. All 50 States, plus the Dis- trict of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have January 2, 2004 drawn up plans to hold every public school I welcome Congressman Ralph Hall to the accountable for student achievement. We’re Republican Party. Ralph is a close friend of measuring results. We’re giving teachers the the Bush family. He is a well-respected lead- information they need to improve instruction er of the highest integrity and a tireless advo- and giving parents new options to help their cate for the people of Texas. We have worked children when schools do not measure up. closely together on the important challenges We have recently received test results that facing our Nation. I strongly support his re- show America’s children are making election. progress. In 2003, math scores for fourth graders nationwide were nine points higher than in 2000. Math scores for eighth graders NOTE: This item was not received in time for pub- lication in the appropriate issue. improved by five points. And a higher per- centage of fourth graders tested at or above their grade level in reading. The President’s Radio Address To mark the anniversary of the No Child January 3, 2004 Left Behind Act, I will travel this coming week to schools in St. Louis, Missouri, and Good morning. Two years ago this month, Knoxville, Tennessee. Children at these I signed into law the No Child Left Behind schools once struggled, but in recent years, Act, the most important reform of public they have risen to meet our new standards. education in a generation. Their example shows that high expectations, In that landmark law, we made our expec- a commitment to measuring achievement, tations clear: Every child in America will and a belief in every child can change lives learn to read, write, add, and subtract at and turn schools around. grade level. Schools are now required to test Some critics have objected to these re- children regularly to make sure students are forms because they believe our expectations learning and that schools are teaching well. are too high or that it is unfair to hold all And when schools do not show progress students to the same standards regardless of toward high standards, we’re giving parents background or that we’re punishing schools better options, including tutoring for their that are not making progress. But the time children or a transfer to a better public for excuses has passed. Our reforms insist on school. Above all, the No Child Left Behind high standards because we know every child Act required a change in attitude from the can learn. Our reforms call for testing be- educators and public officials responsible for cause the worst discrimination is to ignore our schools. a school’s failure to teach every child. And We will no longer write off some children our reforms identify underperforming as hopeless. We will no longer accept or ex- schools because we need to direct our help cuse schools that do not effectively teach the to the schools that need it most. basics. We will insist on high standards and In 2003, we provided $234 million to assist accountability because we believe that every the lowest performing schools that need the school should teach and every child can most improvement. In 2004, we plan to more learn. than double that amount. We have increased 15 VerDate jul 14 2003 01:23 Jan 13, 2004 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAT4.009 P02JAT4 16 Jan. 3 / Administration of George W. Bush, 2004 Federal funding for elementary and high Remarks in a Discussion at Pierre school education from about $25 billion in Laclede Elementary School in 2001 to more than $33 billion in 2003, an St. Louis, Missouri increase of about 36 percent and the highest level ever. January 5, 2004 We’ve committed $1.8 billion in grants to The President. Well, I’m glad to be here, help train tens of thousands of teachers to Madam Principal. [Laughter] One of the use effective reading instruction methods things you find in a successful school is a and materials. We expect schools to do their strong-willed, smart, capable principal. And job, and we’re helping them to do their job. that’s obviously the case here, and I appre- So there’s no excuse for failure. When we ciate your hospitality. set a high standard, we are showing our belief I’m here at Laclede because this is a school in the capacities of every child. And when that has defied expectations. It’s defied ex- we prepare them to meet a high standard, pectations by raising the bar and believing we’re giving them a better chance in life. that every child can learn. That’s not the case High expectations set children on a path to in some parts of our country, unfortunately. success. I’m pleased to report that the No In some parts of the country, schools just Child Left Behind Act is helping put more shuffle kids through, and that’s not right. of America’s children on that path, so they That’s not the American way. succeed in school and in life. This school is a school that has performed, Thank you for listening. you have to say, brilliantly. Since 1999, 7 per- cent of the kids could read, and now 80 per- cent can read at grade level in the third NOTE: The address was recorded at 9:55 a.m. on grade. That speaks to strong principals; it January 2 at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, speaks to really good teachers. It says this for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on January 3. The tran- school has got teachers that believe in the script was made available by the Office of the capability of every child. It says the school Press Secretary on January 2 but was embargoed has raised standards and is not afraid to for release until the broadcast. The Office of the measure. Press Secretary also released a Spanish language transcript of this address. And see, one of the things I’m here to talk about is the No Child Left Behind Act.
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