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 108 STAT. 142 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 (2) PROHIBITION. — ^A member of the Council who resides in a State which has developed State content standards, State student performance standards, State opportunity-to-leam standards or State assessments that are submitted to the Council for certification may not participate in Council consideration of such standards and assessments. (3) SPECIAL RULES. —(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, before an individual is appointed to the Council, the official responsible for issuing waivers under section 208(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a copy of the waiver required by that section. Information contained in the waiver that would not otherwise be publicly available under section 208(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code, shall be provided to such committees, but shall be noted as nonpublic information. (B) The Council shall develop, consistent with the provisions of and regulations promulgated pursuant to section 208(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate procedures governing the participation of members in any matter that affects the financial interests of the members or of a person or entity whose interests are imputed to the member. (k) TRAVEL.— Each member of the Council may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for each day the member is engaged in the performance of duties away from the home or regular place of business of the member. (1) OFFICERS. —The members of the Council shall select officers from among its members. The officers of the Council shall serve for one-year terms. 20 USC 5843. SEC. 213. DUTIES. (a) VOLUNTARY NATIONAL CONTENT STANDARDS; VOLUNTARY NATIONAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council, which may consult with outside experts, shall— (A) identify areas in which voluntary national content standards need to be developed; (B) certify voluntary national content standards and voluntary national student performance standards using the criteria developed under paragraph (2)(A)(i), that define what all students should know and be able to do; (C) forward such voluntary national content standards and voluntary national student performance standards to the Goals Panel for review, except that the (jroals Panel shall have the option of disapproving such standards by a two-thirds majority vote of the full membership of the Goals Panel not later than 90 days after receipt of such standards; and (D) develop a process for periodically reviewing any voluntary national content standards, voluntary national student performance standards, and voluntary national opportunity-to-leam standards that have been certified.

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