Key Federal Education Policymakers, 1989-1992, Bush Administration

1989 - 1992 Bush Administration

Major education actions:

1990 - Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L. 101-336) [Note 5]
1990 - Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1990 (P.L. 101-476)
1990 - Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (P.L. 101-508) [Note 6] (repealed, 1998)
1990 - National and Community Service Act (P.L. 101-610) [Note 5]
1991 - Education Council Act (P.L. 102-62)
1991 - America 2000 proposed, but not enacted
1992 - Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (P.L. 102-325) [Note 3]
1992 - Higher Education Facilities Act of 1992 (in P.L. 102-325)
1992 - EEOC Educational, Technical Assistance, and Training Revolving Fund Act (P.L. 102-411)
1992 - Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992 (P.L. 102-421)

101st Congress (1989-1990)

SENATE: 55-Dem, 45-Rep.
- Vice-President: Dan Quayle (R)
- Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell (D-ME)
- Minority Leader: Robert Dole (R-KS)
- Committee: Labor and Human Resources
  - Chair: Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
  - Ranking Minority Member: Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

HOUSE: 260-Dem, 175-Rep.
- Speaker: James C. Wright, Jr. (D-TX), resigned 6/6/1989

Thomas S. Foley (D-WA), 6/6/1989

Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO) 6/14/1989

Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
Committee: Committee on Education and Labor
- Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins (D-CA)
- Ranking Minority Member: William F. Goodling (R-PA)

102nd Congress (1991-1992)

SENATE: 56-Dem, 44-Rep.
- Vice-President: Dan Quayle (R)
- Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell (D-ME)
- Minority Leader: Robert Dole (R-KS)
- Committee: Labor and Human Resources
  - Chair: Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
  - Ranking Minority Member: Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

HOUSE: 267-Dem, 167-Rep, 1-Other
- Speaker: Thomas S. Foley (D-WA)
- Majority Leader: Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)
- Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
- Committee: Committee on Education and Labor
  - Chair: William D. Ford (D-MI)
  - Ranking Minority Member: William F. Goodling (R-PA)