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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 15, 1999 113 STAT. 1991 (4) decision making authority should be placed in the hands of States, localities, and families to implement innovative solutions to local educational challenges and to increase the performance of all students, unencumbered by unnecessary Federal rules and regulations. SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORK- ING POOR. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) 33 percent of all American households and 60 percent of African American households have no or negative financial assets. (2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in households with no financial assets, including 40 p»ercent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of African.American children. (3) In order to provide low-income families with more tools for empowerment, incentives which encourage asset-building should be established. (4) Across the Nation, numerous small public, private, and public-private asset-building incentives, including individual development accounts, are demonstrating success at empowering low-income workers. (5) Middle and upper income Americans currently benefit from tax incentives for building assets. (6) The Federal Government should utilize the Federal tax code to provide low-income Americans with incentives to work and build assets in order to escape poverty permanently. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— I t is the sense of Congress that the provisions of this concurrent resolution assume that Congress should modify the Federal tax law to include provisions which encourage low-income workers and their families to save for buying a first home, starting a business, obtaining an education, or taking other measures to prepare for the future. SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHILD NUTRITION. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— (1) both Republicans and Democrats understand that an adequate diet and proper nutrition are essential to a child's general well-being; (2) the lack of an adequate diet and proper nutrition may adversely affect a child's ability to perform up to his or her ability in school; (3) the Federal Government currently plays a role in funding school nutrition programs; and (4) there is a bipartisan commitment to helping children learn. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— I t is the sense of Congress that the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Agriculture in the House, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the Senate should examine our Nation's nutrition programs to determine if they can be improved, particularly with respect to services to low-income children. SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING 1?UNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress makes the following findings: (1) In the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) (referred to in this concurrent resolution

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