Bill Clinton
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Clinton Offers Family-Friendly Goals At Teen Conference
At a White House conference on teenagers last week, President Clinton called on Congress to adopt several family-friendly budget items and signed an executive order that bars federal workplaces from discriminating against employees who are parents.
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Clinton: New Ideas, Expanded Programs
Here are excerpts from President Clinton's State of the Union Address:
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Clinton Budget Initiatives
In addition to a proposed $1 billion teacher-quality program, President Clinton last week previewed several other major proposed increases in his fiscal 2001 budget, which will be released Feb. 7:
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Clinton Calls for Emphasis On Teachers
The teacher-quality initiative and other education proposals President Clinton unveiled in his State of the Union Address last week sounded popular themes that offer appeal to both Democrats and Republicans. Includes "Clinton: New Ideas, Expanded Programs," and excerpts from the Republican response, "GOP: More Money, Local Control."
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Ed. Dept. Tries To Shield Key Programs From Cuts
Funding for programs to assist disadvantaged K-12 students and encourage class-size reduction escaped the Department of 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ scalpel as the agency last week unveiled details of how it would comply with a $108 million mandated cut in its fiscal 2000 budget.
Assessment
OCR Issues Revised Guidance On High-Stakes Testing
Officials at the Department of 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ's office for civil rights have expanded a controversial draft guide outlining the proper use of high-stakes tests in an effort to better detail the legal principles involved and ways in which such issues will affect students.
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Clinton Renews Call For Construction Funds
President Clinton is again proposing that the federal government spend $3.7 billion on a five-year program to help districts build or renovate school facilities.
Federal
91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ Budget Has Unprecedented 'Pork'
The San Bernardino County, Calif., superintendent of schools issued a news release last week proudly announcing a $3 million federal grant to underwrite program development for a "virtual" high-tech high school.
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Congress Adjourns With ESEA Unfinished
As members of Congress returned to their home districts last week after wrapping up work on a new federal budget, they left behind an unfinished agenda for reauthorizing the nation's main K-12 law, the Elementary and Secondary 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ Act.
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Districts Put Clinton Plan To the Test
Not long after she finished work on her elementary education degree from Pennsylvania State University last spring, Denise Wisniewski packed her bags and headed for Columbus, Ohio, with the promise of teaching a small class of 1st graders.
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Negotiators Unveil Deal On Class-Size Plan
The White House and congressional leaders struck a deal last week on President Clinton's class-size-reduction program that basically keeps it intact, but makes changes concerning the hiring of licensed teachers and districts' flexibility in spending class-size dollars.
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Budget Negotiations Continue
President Clinton was urging Congress to make education a top priority in this year's budget, as lawmakers last week attempted to negotiate a compromise plan for education funding.
Federal
House Panel Passes Title I, 'Straight A's' Bills
The House 91ÖÆƬ³§ÊÓƵ and the Workforce Committee overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan plan last week to reauthorize the $8 billion Title I program for disadvantaged students. The panel made only minor adjustments to the measure during four days of deliberations.
Student Well-Being
News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
- Clinton Announces Efforts To Boost CHIP Enrollment
- GAO Examines K-12 Spending
- Schools Request Census Kits
- Justice Opens Youth-Court Center
- Anti-Drug Grants Announced