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Section: December 1997
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From Capital to Campus. . .
The Fiscal Year 1998 budget for education signed into law by the President
in mid-November contains the largest increase in Pell grants in two decades,
raising the maximum award from $2,700 to $3,000. In addition, the bill
contains $400 plus million dollars to expand eligibility to about 150,000
dependent and independent students. NEA together with other student aid
proponents, will try to win additional funding during the Higher Education Act
reauthorization ...
Overall, the
education bill represents a tremendous victory for NEA, children, and education,
note NEA lobbyists. This year's 12 percent increase provides $3.25 billion
more for discretionary education programs and is the first real growth in
education funding in five years...
On Monday, November 3, the Supreme Court denied an appeal by a number of
civil rights groups to hear a petition appealing a lower court's decision on
the constitutionality of California's controversial Proposition 209, the measure
that effectively ended affirmative action in California.
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