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Inadequate school funding has a disproportionate impact on low-income students and high-poverty schools. 14% of 4th graders at poor schools were at or above proficient in reading and 17% at math while in low poverty schools, more than twice as many were at proficiency or above in reading and 60% were for math.
A school voucher, also called an education voucher in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester.
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, also known as ESSER. [1] is a $190 billion program created by the U.S. federal government's economic stimulus response bills, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act), passed by the 116th and 117th U.S. Congress.
“Instead of a one size fits all approach to the 421 school districts in our state, school referendums allow for local communities to weigh in on decisions that most affect them.
The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions.
Provided federal funding for school districts in areas affected by federal activities. Pub. L. 81–815: 1950 (No short title) Provided federal funding for school districts in areas affected by federal activities. Pub. L. 81–874: 1954 Agricultural Act of 1954: Included a provision establishing the Special Milk Program. Pub. L. 83–690: 1958
The unemployment rate edged up moderately to 4.2% from October's 4.1%. A new labor reading for December is due on January 10, 2025 — the first major economic report in the new year.
Governor Howard Dean (August 14, 1991 – January 9, 2003), who signed Act 60 into law.. Act 60, known as "The Equal Educational Opportunity Act", was a Vermont law enacted in June 1997 by the Vermont legislature intended to achieve a fair balance of educational spending across school districts, independent of the degree of prosperity within each district. [1]