William Herbert Gray III on Education

DemocratPA

Education90 votes · 84.4/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

123 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 90 of them counted toward the score above: 70 toward “Expand federal role” and 20 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 33 did not count: 31 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1979-06-13	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reduce federal role
1979-06-13	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL DEFENSE FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF OVERSEAS DEPENDENTS TO THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-13	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-13	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY TRANSFERRING CETA TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND THE STRUCTURALLY UNEMPLOYED INTO THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Reduce federal role
1979-06-13	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF HEALTH MANPOWER PROGRAMS TO THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reduce federal role
1979-06-13	THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2444, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING LANGUAGE PROVIDING FOR FIVE OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT FUNCTIONS DELEGATED BY THE SECRETARY. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING LANGUAGE WHEREBY PRINCIPAL OFFICERS IN THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT MAY BE DELEGATED TO PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT EDUCATION AND RELATED OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITIES. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY DELETING THE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS TO COLLECT DATA REQUIRED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, TO HIRE AND SUPERVISE EMPLOYEES,AND TO CONTRACT OUT FOR SERVICES PURSUANT TO COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY REQUIRING THAT ANYONE SELECTED FOR ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL POSTITIONS HAVE BEEN A TEACHER OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR DURING 18 OF THE 24 MONTHS PRECEEDING NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN REHABILITATION SERVICES TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO INSTEAD AUTHORIZE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE HANDICAPPED IN HEW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HANDICAPPED RESEARCH, AND SUCH OTHER PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reduce federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED APPROACH TO RURAL FAMILY EDUCATION THROUGH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY LANGUAGE AFFAIRS WITHIN THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE TO THE GARCIA AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2444. THE GARCIA AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES AN OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY LANGUAGES AFFAIRS WITHIN THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE DE LA GARZA SUBSTITUTE SPECIFIES THAT SUCH AN OFFICE BE ADMINISTERED BY A DIRECTOR OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION, APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY, RATHER THAN HEADED BY ONE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AS SPECIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reduce federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING LANGUAGE CREATING THE STRUCTURE WITHIN THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE FUNCTIONS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS FOR OVERSEAS DEPENDENTS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PROHIBITING DENIAL OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BY RULES WHICH UTILIZE ANY RATIO OR OTHER NUMERICAL REQUIREMENT RELATED TO RACE, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR SEX. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-12	THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2444. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-06-11	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PROVIDING THAT NO PROVISION OF LAW SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY TO REQUIRE BUSING OF STUDENTS OR TEACHERS TO CARRY OUT DESEGREGATION AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-11	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY DECLARING THAT IT WAS THE INTENT OF CONGRESS TO LIMIT FUTURE BUDGET AUTHORITY TO THE LEVEL SET IN THIS BILL PLUS YEARLY COST OF LIVING INCREASES. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-11	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY MAKING IT A PURPOSE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO PERMIT DAILY OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTARY PRAYER OR MEDITATION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1979-06-11	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY CREATING AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF EDUCATION RATHER THAN A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1979-06-11	TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1979-06-11	THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2444, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2444 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand federal role / Reduce federal role axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.