George W. Bush in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


On Education: Shift $7B from Title I to low-income schools

Bush calls for a shift in the spending of money from the federal Title I program that sends $7.7 billion a year to schools with students from low-income families. Bush wants all schools that get Title I funds, about 44,000, to offer annual exams - determined by each state’s standards - to measure student performance on basic academics. Schools that fail to show annual progress would get warnings from the federal government. After 3 strikes, a school would be out and the money given to the states.
Source: Ken Herman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sep 3, 1999

On Education: Shift Title I funds to parents for failed schools

Bush wants all schools that get Title I funds - about 44,000 schools receive a total of $7.7 billion - to offer annual exams to measure student performance on basic academics. Schools that fail to show annual progress would get warnings from the federal government. After three strikes, a school would be out and the money given to the states, which would set up education accounts for parents amounting to about $1,500 a year per student. The money could be spent on private school tuition.
Source: Ken Herman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sep 3, 1999

On Families & Children: Abstinence Ed should get funded as much as Sex Ed

Bush has long supported sexual abstinence for unmarried couples...announced that if he were elected president, the federal government would channel as much money into abstinence education as it spends on sex education. “The twin epidemics of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease are a major problem for the future of America,” Bush said.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun 22, 1999

On Families & Children: Federal studies & grants for abstinence programs

Bush’s battle plan against premarital sex also includes an end “to hostile regulations and bureaucratic rules” that deter religious groups from seeking federal grants for abstinence programs, and a long-term study to measure the effectiveness of all abstinence programs.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun 22, 1999

On Technology: Census by head count, if possible

Bush has not come down clearly on either side (sampling vs. traditional head count) “He believes every effort ought to be made to count every person and get it right,” the governor’s spokeswoman said.
Source: Mark Sherman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun 4, 1999

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