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Senator Leahy is shown here with the 2010 Vermont
Principal of the Year William Rivard. Rivard has been the principal at North Country Union High School for the past eight years.

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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 graduation day.

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:

$52 Million In Education Funds Now Available For Vermont July 27, 2009

Leahy, Feingold Introduce Bill To Reform No Child Left Behind September 17, 2007

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

Letter to Education Secretary Rod Paige on Title IX - 01/30/2003

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

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy Given On The Senate Floor On The Importance Of Title IX 02/27/2003

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On Passage of the Education Reform Conference Report - 12/18/2001

Four 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

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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