1. Authorizes the state to test convicted rapists for H.I.V. or other diseases at the request of victims. 2. Clinton supports allowing states to test welfare recipients for drug use, he said, and five states have received waivers from Washington to permit sanctions for drug use. 3. In exchange, the bill demands that all states test students annually, separating the data to reflect how well disabled, minority and poor children are learning. 4. Most states have tested newborns for HIV in an effort to track the spread of the disease. 5. Most states test infants for HIV to help track the spread of the AIDS epidemic. 6. President Bush wants to do so by requiring states to test third- to eighth-grade students each year, and intervene if scores lag. 7. Still, most states do not test for the disease. 8. Ten states already test technological skills, mostly among high school students. 9. The bill requires that states must test all students in grades three through eight in math and reading. 10. The Clinton administration has pushed through legislation that requires states to test prisoners and parolees for drugs in order to receive new federal money for prisons. |