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Robson, Kelly; Squire, Juliet; Dammu, Indira – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Over the last 25 years, the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has invested nearly $5.3 billion into the charter school sector, directing funds to schools in 43 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Approximately 60% of students in CSP grantee schools are from low-income backgrounds and 64% are Black or Hispanic. The CSP has played a critical role in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Federal Aid
US Senate, 2007
The purpose of this hearing was to examine the education system of New Orleans. Statements were presented by: Honorable Lamar Alexander, Chairman, Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development; Honorable Mary L. Landrieu, U.S. Senator from Louisiana; Honorable Richard Burr, U.S. Senator from North Carolina; Linda Johnson, President,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Improvement, Charter Schools, Catholic Schools
Palladino, Dolores; And Others – 1988
This booklet provides vocational educators with a guide that they can follow as they plan their communications with legislators. The guide contains two parts. The first part explains the legislative branch of government and shows how an idea becomes a bill and then a law. The second part provides effective communication strategies that vocational…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Silver, Howard J. – 1983
The impact of federal aid on state spending in general, and specifically on state spending for institutional support, private education, and two-year institutions was assessed through a telephone survey of 74 legislators in 47 states. Almost all of the legislators chair their legislature's committees responsible for higher education policy-making.…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Expenditures, Federal Aid, Federal State Relationship
Nunez, Ann R.; Russell, Jill Frymier – 1982
A survey of state legislators was conducted to determine their views of what vocational education should be doing and how it could be improved as well as their perceptions about federal and state roles relative to vocational education. Findings were based on 45 percent of the sample of 209 members of the National Conference of State Legislatures…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Andersen, Carol – 1975
The term "school finance" refers to the levying of taxes to obtain revenue for our public elementary and secondary schools. For most people it brings to mind the local property tax, teacher salaries, and, perhaps, some personal memories of their own experiences in the schools. For state legislators school finance brings to mind the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education