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In 1946, President Harry Truman (D, 1945–53) signed the National School Lunch Act into law, providing free school lunches for low-income students. In 1966, the Child Nutrition Act shifted control of the school lunch program from a number of government agencies to one, the USDA.
However, according to OSPI’s own data, just over 50% of students met English Language Arts standards, less than 40% met math standards, and 43.5% met science standards in assessments taken ...
A 2011 Harvard study determined that Admission Possible more than doubles the chances a low-income student will enroll in a four-year institution. [12] A later 2013 Harvard study found College Possible to have a significant positive impact on four-year college enrollment, though it had no statistically significant effect on ACT scores.
The program targeted 2,000 children from low-income families in Washington D.C. These children were given funding to help offset the cost of private schooling. [ 1 ] In 2008, the program funded attendance at 54 D.C. private schools for students from families with an average income of $22,736, "or about 107 percent of the federal poverty level ...
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SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, University of Kansas (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies. Income sources are adjusted for inflation.
In 1996, private institutions gave students with high SAT scores and a low family income $7,123 versus $2,382 for students with low SAT scores and a low family income. Thus, "institutional need-based awards are less sensitive to need and more sensitive to 'academic merit' than the principles of needs analysis would lead us to expect."
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies.