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Senator Leahy with the 2004 Vermont
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In Vermont, schools are at the core of what brings our communities
together. Vermonters understand the importance of giving our children a
quality education, and they understand that a child's education begins
well before their first day of school and will continue long after their
final graduation day. Over the past few years Congress has made
significant changes to the education system in America. In 2001
Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act, a series of sweeping reforms
for elementary and secondary schools that mandate numerous new testing
requirements for students and new qualification criteria for teachers.
Congress has also debated the impact of the Higher Education Act and the
increasing costs of attending college.
College tuition and fees have been rising
more rapidly than household income over the past two decades and it is
becoming increasingly difficult for students and their families to afford
these costs.
Learn More about Senator Leahy's Work on Education:
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Leahy, Feingold Introduce Bill To Reform No Child Left Behind
September 17, 2007
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Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, The Higher Education Access Act Of 2007
07/19/2007
- Ed Flex
Extension Passes House, Heads to President's Desk - 03/14/2006
- Letter to Chairman and Ranking
Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Regarding Hearings on No Child Left Behind - 02/21/2006
- Letter to Chairman and Ranking
Members of the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations Requesting
Supplemental Funds for the Title I Program - 05/18/2004
- Speech Of
Senator Patrick Leahy Before the Vermont-NEA - 02/07/2004
- Leahy, Murray,
Kennedy And Clinton Ask Secretary Rumsfeld To Nix Plans To Close Commissaries,
Base Schools - 11/03/2003
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Letter to Education
Secretary Rod Paige on Title IX - 01/30/2003
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Senator Leahy
joined Senators Daschle, Snowe, Kennedy, Specter and Murray in sending a letter
to President Bush urging strong support for Title IX - 02/27/2003
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Statement of
Senator Patrick Leahy Given On The Senate Floor On The Importance Of Title IX
02/27/2003
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Statement of
Senator Patrick Leahy On Passage of the Education Reform Conference Report -
12/18/2001
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Vermont Police Departments Gain $496,000 In "COPS In Schools" Grants -
09/24/2001
- Leahy-Hatch
Provisions Secure Funding for Boys and Girls Clubs in Senate
Passed Education Reform Bill - 06/14/2001
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Floor Statement on
the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001 -
06/08/2001
- Leahy
Applauds U.S. Education Secretary Riley For Prompt Release Of $1 M. Technology
Literacy Grant To Vermont Schools - 03/14/1997
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