This document presents the text of the Senate hearing on the Dropout Prevention and Reentry Act of 1985, a bill designed to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies for dropout prevention demonstration projects. Testimony is delivered by Senators Stafford, Pell, Chafee, Bradley, Chiles, and Kennedy with prepared statement by Senators Simon and Specter. Witnesses testifying or providing statements include: (1) Charles Davis, executive vice president, Educational Clinics, Inc.; (2) Douglas G. Glasgow, vice president, Washington operations, National Urban League; (3) Eileen C. Largey; (4) Lieselotte Maher, assistant administrator, Booker T. Washington Alternative School; (5) Marion Fye, high school student; (6) Navajo Nation; (7) Nathan Quinones, chancellor, New York City Board of Education; (8) J. Troy Earhart, commissioner of elementary/secondary education for the state of Rhode Island; (9) Laval S. Wilson, superintendent, Boston public schools; (10) John J. Ramos, director, Alternative Learning Project; (11) G. Alfred Hess, Jr., executive director, Chicago Panel on Public School Finances; (12) Keith Geiger, vice president, National Education Association; and (13) Robin Trimble White, state supervisor, Home Economics Education, West Virginia Department of Education. Witnesses describe local and state efforts to deal with the problem of dropouts and give their views on the Dropout Prevention and Reentry Act of 1985. Articles, publications, and additional materials submitted for the record are included throughout the text. (ABL)