Bill Clinton
Education
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 Education Act.
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 Education Act.
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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 Education 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
Federal
House Panel Sticks To Bipartisan Title I Plan
Maintaining for now most aspects of a compromise brokered by Republican and Democratic leaders, the House Education and the Workforce Committee spent much of last week considering a largely bipartisan plan for reauthorizing the biggest federal program for K-12 education.
Maintaining for now most aspects of a compromise brokered by Republican and Democratic leaders, the House Education and the Workforce Committee spent much of last week considering a largely bipartisan plan for reauthorizing the biggest federal program for K-12 education.
Federal
Senate Appropriators Advance Spending Bill
Senate appropriators quickly pushed through a plan last week that would give a higher-than-expected boost to education spending in fiscal 2000 while restructuring programs to prevent school violence and hire new teachers.
Student Well-Being
News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
- Clinton Announces $100 Million
In Grants Against Youth Violence - Effort Targets Student-Loan Defaulters
- HHS Approves Last State CHIP Plans
Federal
Gore Unveils Pledge To Expand Child-Health-Insurance Program
Campaigning for support for his 2000 presidential bid, Vice President Al Gore last week proposed dramatically expanding children's access to health insurance.
Campaigning for support for his 2000 presidential bid, Vice President Al Gore last week proposed dramatically expanding children's access to health insurance.
Education Funding
Education Budget Unfinished With Deadline Nearing
The status of the federal education budget for fiscal 2000 remains a big question mark as appropriators near the Oct. 1 deadline for passing a spending bill.
